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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

Luk Siu-fung

★ 7.5
14 1976–1978
Action · Adventure · Mystery

Moona Lisa's Creature Features

★ 8.2
14 1973–present
Comedy · Horror · Mystery

Karatekas and co

★ 4.5
14 6 1973–present
Action · Adventure · Mystery

Boo! Theatre

★ 8.2
13 1972–1972
Fantasy · Horror · Mystery

Histoires insolites

★ 5.7
13 12 1974–1979
Crime · Mystery · Thriller

Sexton Blake and the Demon God

★ 6.3
12 6 1978–present
Mystery

L'ultimo aereo per Venezia

★ 5.0
11 8 1977–present
Mystery · Thriller

Conceptions of Murder

★ 6.2
10 6 1970–1970
Mystery

The Uncanny Film Festival and Camp Meeting

★ 8.8
10 1970–1971
Fantasy · Horror · Mystery

The Truth Is Unknown

★ 6.5
10 14 1977–1977
Crime · Mystery

Giallo di sera

★ 5.9
10 6 1971–present
Crime · Mystery

Mundos opuestos

★ 6.6
10 216 1976–present
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Il commissario De Vincenzi

★ 5.4
10 3 1974–present
Mystery

La donna di picche

★ 7.4
10 5 1972–present
Crime · Mystery

Those Who Burn

★ 7.1
10 1977–1977
Mystery

L'Alphoméga

★ 4.2
10 6 1973–present
Comedy · Fantasy · Mystery

La hiena

★ 7.9
9 190 1973–1974
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Murder at the Wedding

★ 7.6
9 4 1979–present
Mystery

The Ghoul

★ 8.8
9 1976–1978
Comedy · Horror · Mystery

Edogawa Rampo no bijo

★ 6.1
9 33 1977–1994
Mystery

Paraxenos taxidiotis

★ 8.4
8 256 1972–1973
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Ayam Min El Mady

★ 6.2
8 1979–1979
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Más allá

★ 6.7
8 15 1976–1981
Mystery · Sci-Fi

Crónicas fantásticas

★ 5.4
7 6 1974–1974
Fantasy · Mystery · Sci-Fi
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