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Best Thriller TV Series of 1988

20 Thriller series that started in 1988, ranked by popularity

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20 series

Freddy's Nightmares

★ 6.2
4K 44 1988–1990
Monster horror · Anthology

Windmills of the Gods

★ 6.1
476 2 1988–1988
Drama · Thriller

Game, Set, and Match

★ 8.3
311 13 1988–1988
Drama · Thriller

Favorite Son

★ 7.3
257 3 1988–1988
Action · Thriller

El extraño retorno de Diana Salazar

★ 8.4
200 200 1988–1989
Drama · Romance · Thriller

The One Game

★ 7.3
173 4 1988–1988
Thriller

Polisen som vägrade ta semester

★ 6.7
132 4 1988–1988
Thriller

Codename: Kyril

★ 7.0
126 4 1988–1988
Drama · Thriller

Act of Betrayal

★ 7.8
97 2 1988–1988
Drama · Thriller

Eurocops

★ 5.7
60 72 1988–1994
Crime · Thriller

Som man ropar

★ 6.4
59 3 1988–1988
Crime · Thriller

Sueurs froides

★ 6.9
42 18 1988–1988
Crime · Mystery · Thriller

Historias del otro lado

★ 6.1
37 13 1988–1996
Horror · Thriller

Menace Unseen

★ 6.7
29 3 1988–1988
Mystery · Thriller

Haute tension

★ 7.6
23 19 1988–1994
Thriller

Police Cadet III

★ 6.8
19 1988–present
Drama · Thriller

Thin Air

★ 8.2
18 5 1988–present
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Crossfire

★ 7.2
16 5 1988–present
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Thaman Al Khawf

★ 5.7
11 1988–1988
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Kuriren

★ 5.0
6 7 1988–1988
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