☰
Genres
DramaComedyAnimationActionCrimeAdventureRomanceReality-TV More genres →
Decades
2020s2010s2000s1990s1980s1970s1960s1950s1940s1930s1920s1900s
Tags Search Sign in

Best Mystery TV Series of 1979

16 Mystery series that started in 1979, ranked by popularity

All Mystery series All series from 1979
Filter & sort
Genres

Genres as assigned by IMDb. Selecting several means a show must match all of them.

Decades

By first-air year. Several selections widen the range; a specific year narrows within its decade.

Specific year
Tags

Rating patterns, computed from IMDb episode-rating trajectories. Deliberately strict: only shows with an unmistakable pattern carry one, so expect small numbers.

Rating patterns

Taste tags, judged by our AI taste model. They cover the 5,000 most-rated shows.

Tone & mood
Pacing & structure
Humor style
Themes & subject matter
Characters & perspective
Emotional payoff
Craft & style
Format & audience
Viewing-culture clusters
Intensity & content character
16 series

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

★ 8.4
11K 7 1979–1979
Espionage · Slow burn · British TV

Sapphire & Steel

★ 7.8
2K 34 1979–1982
Mystery · Sci-Fi · Thriller

Mrs. Columbo

★ 5.7
641 13 1979–1980
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Timm Thaler

★ 7.3
482 13 1979–1980
Adventure · Drama · Mystery

Rebecca

★ 8.1
458 4 1979–1979
Drama · Mystery · Romance

Coffin Island

★ 7.7
369 6 1979–1979
Crime · Drama · Mystery

The Omega Factor

★ 7.2
290 10 1979–1979
Drama · Horror · Mystery

Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson

★ 7.4
234 24 1979–1980
Mystery

The Dick Francis Thriller: The Racing Game

★ 7.2
98 6 1979–1980
Mystery

The Great Detective

★ 7.5
63 35 1979–present
Crime · Mystery

Chor Lau-heung

★ 7.5
44 1979–present
Action · Adventure · Mystery

I racconti fantastici di Edgar Allan Poe

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

La dama dei veleni

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

Whodunnit?

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

Murder at the Wedding

★ 7.6
9 4 1979–present
Mystery

Ayam Min El Mady

★ 6.2
8 1979–1979
Crime · Drama · Mystery
‹ 1978 1979 1980 ›
Browse by genre
Action Adult Adventure Animation Biography Comedy Crime Documentary Drama Family Fantasy Game-Show History Horror Music Musical Mystery News Reality-TV Romance Sci-Fi Short Sport Talk-Show Thriller War Western