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Best Thriller TV Series of the 1990s

198 Thriller series that started in the 1990s, ranked by popularity

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198 series

Murder Call

★ 7.1
585 56 1997–2000
Crime · Drama · Thriller

Faceless Murderer

★ 6.3
585 4 1995–1995
Crime · Mystery · Thriller

The Net

★ 6.1
582 22 1998–1999
Thriller

The Invaders

★ 5.0
564 2 1995–1995
Sci-Fi · Thriller

Dead by Sunset

★ 6.8
465 2 1995–1995
Drama · Thriller

Extremely Dangerous

★ 6.8
463 4 1999–1999
Thriller

Blind Faith

★ 7.1
448 2 1990–1990
Thriller

Seduced by Madness: The Diane Borchardt Story

★ 6.8
447 2 1996–1996
Crime · Drama · Thriller

Framed

★ 6.6
439 4 1992–present
Crime · Thriller

Omertà, la loi du silence

★ 8.2
439 38 1996–1999
Crime · Drama · Thriller

Schimanski

★ 7.1
421 17 1997–2013
Crime · Drama · Thriller

Forgotten

★ 7.3
341 3 1999–present
Crime · Thriller

Memories of Midnight

★ 5.6
340 2 1991–1991
Drama · Thriller

Der Schattenmann

★ 7.8
315 5 1996–1996
Crime · Thriller

Les intrépides

★ 7.9
310 52 1993–1996
Adventure · Family · Thriller

An Inconvenient Woman

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

The Client

★ 6.0
306 21 1995–1996
Crime · Drama · Thriller

Silvermannen

★ 6.7
264 3 1996–1996
Thriller

Wilderness

★ 6.5
253 3 1996–1997
Drama · Horror · Thriller

The Burning Zone

★ 7.1
252 19 1996–1997
Fantasy · Sci-Fi · Thriller

To Serve and Protect

★ 5.5
247 2 1999–1999
Crime · Drama · Thriller

Sir Dosyasi

★ 7.9
242 5 1998–1998
Drama · Sci-Fi · Thriller

In the Red

★ 7.8
236 3 1998–1998
Crime · Thriller

Lifestories: Families in Crisis

★ 7.3
228 15 1992–1996
Drama · Family · Thriller
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