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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)

Königlich Bayerisches Amtsgericht

★ 8.1
113 53 1969–1971
Comedy · Drama

Whiplash

★ 7.7
110 34 1960–1961
Drama · Western

Sam Benedict

★ 7.6
109 28 1962–1963
Drama

Jericho

★ 7.4
108 16 1966–1967
Drama · War

The Crew of the Blue Seagull

★ 7.9
108 8 1969–1969
Adventure · Drama · Family

The Three Musketeers

★ 7.3
107 10 1966–1967
Drama

Target: The Corruptors

★ 7.5
107 35 1961–1962
Drama

Coronado 9

★ 7.8
106 39 1960–1961
Crime · Drama

The Wars of the Roses

★ 8.4
106 14 1965–1966
Drama · History · War

Leo the Lion

★ 6.8
105 26 1966–1967
Animation · Drama · Family

Estudio 1

★ 7.8
104 562 1965–2016
Drama

Pride and Prejudice

★ 7.2
104 6 1967–1967
Drama · Romance

The Young Lawyers

★ 7.1
104 25 1969–1971
Drama

Kentucky Jones

★ 7.8
103 26 1964–1965
Comedy · Drama · Family

NBC Experiment in Television

★ 6.6
102 32 1967–1971
Animation · Comedy · Drama

Profiles in Courage

★ 8.2
101 26 1964–1965
Biography · Drama · History

The Asphalt Jungle

★ 7.9
101 13 1961–1961
Crime · Drama

Sous le signe du lion

★ 8.1
101 30 1961–present
Drama

Operatsiya «Trest»

★ 7.1
100 4 1968–1968
Adventure · Drama · History

Espionage

★ 7.5
100 25 1963–1964
Drama · War

La balsamine

★ 7.5
99 1962–1963
Drama

Ka' De li' østers

★ 7.1
99 6 1967–1967
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Strange Paradise

★ 8.2
98 195 1969–1970
Drama · Horror

Love Is a Many Splendored Thing

★ 7.7
97 1430 1967–1973
Drama
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