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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

Gruby

★ 6.0
29 7 1973–present
Adventure · Mystery

Le voyageur des siècles

★ 8.0
28 4 1971–present
Mystery · Sci-Fi

I racconti di Padre Brown

★ 6.4
27 6 1970–present
Drama · Mystery

Electroid Zaborger 7

★ 7.1
27 52 1974–present
Action · Crime · Mystery

Les compagnons d'Eleusis

★ 8.2
25 30 1975–present
Adventure · Mystery · Romance

Veidas taikinyje

★ 5.6
25 1978–present
Crime · Drama · Mystery

I racconti fantastici di Edgar Allan Poe

★ 5.9
23 4 1979–present
Fantasy · Horror · Mystery

The Cliffwood Avenue Kids

★ 7.4
23 13 1977–present
Comedy · Family · Mystery

La sonrisa del diablo

★ 7.8
22 50 1970–1970
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Lykkespill

★ 6.6
21 3 1977–present
Crime · Mystery

Solospill

★ 7.0
21 3 1977–present
Crime · Mystery

Andra

★ 7.9
21 8 1976–1976
Adventure · Drama · Mystery

FBI - Francesco Bertolazzi investigatore

★ 6.9
21 6 1970–present
Comedy · Crime · Mystery

The Uncanny Film Festival and Camp Meeting

★ 8.3
20 1971–1973
Fantasy · Horror · Mystery

La dama dei veleni

★ 6.5
19 3 1979–present
Crime · Horror · Mystery

Philo Vance

★ 5.5
19 6 1974–present
Mystery

Silver Mask

★ 8.3
18 26 1971–1972
Mystery · Sci-Fi

Serzhant militsii

★ 7.1
17 3 1975–1975
Crime · Mystery

Sidestreet

★ 6.0
17 33 1975–present
Mystery

Seishi Yokomizo

★ 6.6
17 57 1977–1978
Mystery

A.C. Dupin zasahuje

★ 7.2
17 3 1970–1970
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Whodunnit?

★ 4.7
16 3 1979–1979
Game-Show · Mystery

Eerie Street

★ 7.9
16 138 1971–1973
Comedy · Horror · Mystery

La loba

★ 5.9
15 3 1973–present
Drama · Horror · Mystery
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