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Best Mystery TV Series of the 1970s

146 Mystery series that started in the 1970s, ranked by popularity

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146 series

Il segno del comando

★ 8.1
220 5 1971–present
Horror · Mystery

Krakh inzhenera Garina

★ 6.6
216 4 1973–1973
Crime · Mystery · Sci-Fi

Dead of Night

★ 7.3
215 7 1972–1972
Drama · Horror · Mystery

Madigan

★ 7.2
213 6 1972–1973
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Tales of the Unexpected

★ 7.3
186 8 1977–1977
Mystery · Sci-Fi · Thriller

Vanished

★ 6.9
186 2 1971–1971
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Wakacje z duchami

★ 6.8
176 7 1970–present
Adventure · Family · Mystery

Whodunnit?

★ 7.9
175 48 1972–1978
Family · Game-Show · Mystery

The Wide World of Mystery

★ 6.9
162 265 1973–1976
Drama · Horror · Mystery

The Moonstone

★ 7.2
156 5 1972–1972
Drama · Mystery · Thriller

The Zoo Gang

★ 7.2
141 6 1974–1974
Crime · Drama · Mystery

I eto vsyo o nyom

★ 6.9
139 6 1978–1978
Crime · Drama · Mystery

The New Perry Mason

★ 5.2
139 15 1973–1974
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle

★ 7.5
134 7 1977–1977
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Melissa

★ 7.5
119 3 1974–1974
Drama · Mystery

Joseph Balsamo

★ 6.9
108 7 1973–1973
Crime · History · Mystery

Sledstvie vedut znatoki

★ 7.3
108 32 1971–2003
Crime · Drama · Mystery

The Dick Francis Thriller: The Racing Game

★ 7.2
98 6 1979–1980
Mystery

The NBC Mystery Movie

★ 8.7
96 1971–1977
Crime · Drama · Mystery

La poupée sanglante

★ 7.9
94 6 1976–1976
Fantasy · Horror · Mystery

The Frighteners

★ 7.1
93 13 1972–1973
Drama · Horror · Mystery

A Sucessora

★ 8.4
82 125 1978–1979
Drama · Mystery · Romance

Creature Feature

★ 9.3
72 1805 1970–1995
Comedy · Horror · Mystery

Ritratto di donna velata

★ 7.2
70 5 1975–present
Horror · Mystery
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