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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

The Magistrate

★ 7.0
27 6 1989–1989
Crime · Drama · Mystery

There's Hope America

★ 3.8
27 58 1984–2012
Family · Music · Mystery

Hemmelighetene i B-by

★ 7.0
27 13 1982–present
Comedy · Crime · Mystery

Wayfarer

★ 8.0
27 15 1983–1983
Drama · Mystery

Dokument 'R'

★ 7.2
26 3 1985–1985
Drama · Mystery

El engaño

★ 6.8
26 130 1986–1986
Drama · Mystery

USA Saturday Nightmares

★ 8.5
26 1986–1994
Fantasy · Horror · Mystery

Le tiroir secret

★ 7.0
25 6 1986–present
Drama · Mystery

Los Cuervos

★ 8.1
25 105 1984–1986
Drama · Horror · Mystery

Dosije

★ 7.1
24 4 1986–1986
Crime · Mystery · Thriller

Stoft och skugga

★ 5.2
23 6 1988–1988
Crime · Mystery

Jup do bo

★ 8.0
22 1980–1980
Comedy · Mystery

Chelovek menyaet kozhu

★ 6.8
21 5 1982–1982
Drama · Mystery

Unheimliche Geschichten

★ 5.5
21 13 1982–present
Horror · Mystery

Timelapse

★ 8.1
21 12 1980–1980
Action · Drama · Mystery

Der Fuchs von Övelgönne

★ 7.2
20 13 1981–present
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Saken Ruth Vang

★ 6.9
20 3 1981–present
Crime · Mystery

Pokusheniye na Goelro

★ 7.0
20 3 1986–present
Mystery

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

★ 7.4
19 4 1980–1980
Mystery

Morgus Presents

★ 8.5
18 338 1986–1993
Comedy · Horror · Mystery

I sandhedens tjeneste

★ 8.0
17 18 1984–1991
Documentary · Drama · Mystery

Maigret at the Minister

★ 6.4
17 2 1987–1987
Crime · Drama · Mystery

L'enigma delle due sorelle

★ 5.6
16 4 1980–present
Mystery · Thriller

The ultimate reason for kings

★ 7.0
15 4 1986–1986
Drama · Mystery
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