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Best Drama TV Series of the 1960s

Top 500 most popular Drama series that started in the 1960s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

Where the Heart Is

★ 7.4
41 910 1969–1973
Drama

The Brothers Brannagan

★ 6.9
40 39 1960–present
Crime · Drama

Pathfinders in Space

★ 6.6
40 7 1960–1961
Drama · Family · Sci-Fi

Half Hour Story

★ 7.1
40 38 1967–present
Drama

Der Staudamm

★ 7.9
40 13 1968–present
Action · Crime · Drama

Sabu & Ichi's Arrest Note

★ 7.0
39 52 1968–1969
Action · Animation · Drama

Two Faces West

★ 7.7
39 39 1960–1961
Drama · Western

Detective

★ 6.9
39 45 1964–1969
Crime · Drama

David Copperfield

★ 7.6
39 8 1965–present
Drama

Man from Interpol

★ 6.2
39 40 1960–1960
Crime · Drama

Chronik der Familie Nägele

★ 8.2
38 8 1968–present
Drama · Family

Wolf unter Wölfen

★ 8.5
38 4 1964–1965
Drama

Oliver Twist

★ 7.4
38 13 1962–1962
Adventure · Drama · Family

Goodbye, I'm Kurt

★ 7.3
37 3 1969–1969
Drama · Family

Der Vater und sein Sohn

★ 9.0
37 13 1967–present
Drama

Alle machen Musik

★ 8.4
37 13 1965–1965
Drama · Family

Sumorna jesen

★ 7.8
37 9 1969–1969
Drama · War

Pimedad aknad

★ 6.6
36 3 1968–1969
Drama · Romance · War

Vorsicht, Falle! - Nepper, Schlepper, Bauernfänger

★ 6.8
36 267 1964–2021
Crime · Drama

Junger Herr auf altem Hof

★ 8.8
36 13 1969–present
Drama · Family

Yhdeksän miehen saappaat

★ 7.3
35 9 1969–1969
Drama · War

Great Expectations

★ 7.2
35 10 1967–1967
Drama

Klub profesora Tutki

★ 7.2
35 14 1966–present
Drama

Kleiner Mann - was nun?

★ 7.4
35 1967–present
Drama
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