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Best Thriller TV Series of 1980

8 Thriller series that started in 1980, ranked by popularity

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8 series

Condominium

★ 6.2
182 2 1980–1980
Action · Drama · Thriller

Breakaway

★ 7.0
59 12 1980–1980
Mystery · Thriller

Docteur Teyran

★ 7.9
20 3 1980–present
Crime · Drama · Thriller

Achtung Zoll!

★ 6.2
20 48 1980–1981
Action · Thriller

L'enigma delle due sorelle

★ 5.6
16 4 1980–present
Mystery · Thriller

Watch All Night

★ 7.1
15 7 1980–1980
Mystery · Thriller

Illusion and truth

★ 6.8
8 1980–1980
Thriller

El solitario

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