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Best Mystery TV Series of the 1980s

195 Mystery series that started in the 1980s, ranked by popularity

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195 series

Tucker's Witch

★ 7.4
299 13 1982–1983
Drama · Fantasy · Mystery

Hora marcada

★ 7.8
296 99 1988–1990
Fantasy · Horror · Mystery

Fantômas

★ 6.5
283 4 1980–1980
Crime · Horror · Mystery

The Woman in White

★ 7.7
279 5 1982–1982
Mystery · Thriller

Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World

★ 8.0
274 13 1980–1980
Documentary · Mystery

Star Cops

★ 7.2
266 9 1987–1987
Crime · Drama · Mystery

The Endless Game

★ 6.1
258 2 1989–1989
Drama · Mystery · Thriller

Probe

★ 7.8
257 7 1988–1988
Comedy · Crime · Mystery

Hannay

★ 7.2
244 13 1988–1989
Adventure · Crime · Mystery

Queen Millennia

★ 7.9
244 42 1981–1982
Animation · Drama · Mystery

Twilight Q

★ 6.7
241 2 1987–1987
Animation · Mystery · Sci-Fi

Mancuso, FBI

★ 7.2
207 20 1989–1990
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Cribb

★ 7.7
203 14 1980–1981
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Ta den ring

★ 6.3
197 3 1982–1982
Mystery · Sci-Fi · Thriller

Unsub

★ 8.1
184 8 1989–1989
Mystery · Thriller

Uncle Silas

★ 7.1
182 3 1989–1989
Drama · Horror · Mystery

Q.E.D.

★ 7.8
182 6 1982–1982
Adventure · Comedy · Mystery

The Law and Harry McGraw

★ 7.5
180 16 1987–1988
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Karamchand

★ 8.6
180 72 1985–present
Comedy · Mystery

Les documents interdits

★ 7.3
177 13 1989–present
Horror · Mystery · Sci-Fi

Painajainen

★ 7.6
158 4 1988–1988
Horror · Mystery

Brat Farrar

★ 7.8
148 6 1986–1986
Drama · Mystery

Professiya - sledovatel

★ 7.1
147 5 1984–present
Crime · Mystery

Sonny Spoon

★ 7.0
145 15 1988–1988
Comedy · Crime · Mystery
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