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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

Private Crimes

★ 6.9
109 4 1993–1993
Crime · Mystery

Tales of Mystery and Imagination

★ 6.0
107 13 1995–1995
Drama · Horror · Mystery

Sôryûden

★ 7.2
107 12 1991–1991
Animation · Drama · Mystery

Ghurghutiyar Ghotona

★ 7.1
106 1998–1998
Mystery

The Extraordinary

★ 8.8
106 7 1993–1996
Mystery

Seekers

★ 6.3
100 2 1993–1993
Mystery

El Día Menos Pensado

★ 8.5
99 164 1999–2024
Horror · Mystery

Resort to Murder

★ 6.5
97 5 1995–1995
Crime · Mystery

Ying si jing chap dong on

★ 7.8
92 150 1995–present
Mystery

The Paranormal Borderline

★ 7.0
89 9 1996–present
Mystery

Blueprint

★ 6.0
79 3 1992–1992
Mystery · Thriller

De bossen van Vlaanderen

★ 8.1
79 6 1991–1991
Drama · Mystery

Ice World

★ 8.2
75 11 1999–1999
Drama · Mystery · Romance

Star Bestsellers

★ 7.9
74 14 1999–2000
Action · Drama · Mystery

La chacala

★ 7.9
73 180 1997–present
Horror · Mystery

Yellowthread Street

★ 8.2
72 13 1990–1990
Action · Crime · Mystery

Isabella

★ 7.8
70 139 1999–1999
Drama · Mystery · Romance

Chandler & Co

★ 7.4
70 12 1994–1995
Crime · Mystery

Bouvard et Pecuchet

★ 7.3
65 2 1990–present
Adventure · Drama · Mystery

Secrets of the Dead

★ 8.3
64 51 1999–present
Documentary · History · Mystery

The New Ghostwriter Mysteries

★ 4.7
63 13 1997–present
Family · Fantasy · Mystery

True Detectives

★ 7.3
63 10 1990–1991
Documentary · Drama · Mystery

Por el nombre de Dios

★ 8.1
62 13 1999–1999
Adventure · Mystery · Sci-Fi

Operacija Barbarossa

★ 8.2
60 7 1990–present
Action · Comedy · Mystery
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