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Best Mystery TV Series of the 1990s

274 Mystery series that started in the 1990s, ranked by popularity

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274 series

Killer Net

★ 6.6
548 4 1998–1998
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Crime Traveller

★ 7.2
521 8 1997–1997
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Chancer

★ 7.4
520 20 1990–1991
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Burke's Law

★ 6.6
512 27 1994–1995
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Cracker: Mind Over Murder

★ 6.2
502 16 1997–1998
Crime · Drama · Mystery

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

★ 7.2
476 4 1997–1999
Crime · Drama · Mystery

She-Wolf of London

★ 7.2
466 21 1990–1991
Comedy · Horror · Mystery

The Adventures of Shirley Holmes

★ 7.5
444 52 1997–2000
Family · Mystery

Dandelion Dead

★ 7.4
432 4 1994–1994
Crime · Drama · Mystery

The Sculptress

★ 7.3
423 4 1996–1996
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Wildside

★ 8.2
413 60 1997–1999
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Devices and Desires

★ 7.2
403 6 1991–1991
Crime · Drama · Mystery

A Dark Adapted Eye

★ 7.5
391 2 1994–1994
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Georgia Coffee: Twin Peaks

★ 7.4
358 4 1993–1993
Mystery

Black Jack

★ 7.4
358 12 1993–2000
Animation · Drama · Mystery

The Zee Horror Show

★ 8.1
353 30 1993–1997
Drama · Horror · Mystery

The Echo

★ 6.7
347 2 1998–present
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths & Legends

★ 7.4
336 41 1999–2000
Action · Animation · Mystery

A Certain Justice

★ 7.2
329 3 1998–1998
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Original Sin

★ 7.3
328 3 1997–1997
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Endless Summer

★ 6.7
326 679 1998–2000
Comedy · Drama · Mystery

The Burden of Proof

★ 5.9
317 2 1992–1992
Crime · Drama · Mystery

The Dark Room

★ 6.5
309 2 1999–present
Crime · Drama · Mystery

An Inconvenient Woman

★ 6.9
307 2 1991–1991
Drama · Mystery · Thriller
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