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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

Watch All Night

★ 7.1
15 7 1980–1980
Mystery · Thriller

Interbang!?

★ 7.7
15 1982–present
Adventure · Family · Mystery

Ellinikes istories mystiriou kai fantasias

★ 7.2
15 6 1989–1989
Fantasy · Mystery · Sci-Fi

Honee Ahonee

★ 6.5
13 1 1988–present
Mystery

The Unknown Soldier

★ 7.7
11 3 1985–1985
Adventure · Family · Mystery

Strangers

★ 8.8
11 6 1989–present
Mystery

Giallo

★ 6.2
9 1987–1988
Mystery

Jok gor juk

★ 5.5
9 1981–present
Comedy · Mystery

Un uomo in trappola

★ 4.7
9 4 1985–present
Mystery · Thriller

Cat's Head

★ 6.3
8 1980–1980
Mystery

Cuentos de Madrugada

★ 4.6
8 1985–present
Fantasy · Horror · Mystery

Al-Waseet

★ 6.8
8 1985–1985
Drama · Mystery

The Connection

★ 6.1
8 7 1989–1993
Action · Drama · Mystery

Non basta una vita

★ 5.0
8 2 1988–1989
Comedy · Drama · Mystery

Square Mile of Murder

★ 6.7
8 6 1980–1980
Crime · Mystery

Extraños caminos del amor

★ 8.8
8 209 1981–present
Drama · Mystery · Romance

The Willow Bend Mystery

★ 7.4
8 5 1981–present
Horror · Mystery

Searching for Mystery

★ 7.3
7 13 1989–1989
Documentary · History · Mystery

El solitario

★ 8.7
7 39 1980–present
Drama · Mystery · Thriller

Al Qina' Al Za'ef

★ 6.4
7 1980–1980
Drama · Mystery

Al Khabaya

★ 6.4
7 1980–1980
Drama · Mystery

Julia

★ 7.6
7 113 1984–present
Drama · Mystery · Romance

The Real Adventures of Sherlock Jones and Proctor Watson

★ 7.8
6 10 1987–present
Adventure · Family · Mystery

Met voorbedachten rade: Wurgmoord in M.P.I.

★ 7.8
6 3 1982–present
Action · Mystery · Thriller
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