Best crime series of all time filmaffinity
In the following page, you will see a ranking of the best crime series of all time. We have gathered the ratings of Imdb, Metacritic, Filmaffinity and crafted our own algorithm and generated the following ratings.
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1. Breaking Bad (2008)
A chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine with a former student in order to secure his family's future. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
8.8
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9.5
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9.2
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2. The Wire (2002)
The Baltimore drug scene, as seen through the eyes of drug dealers and law enforcement. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
8.8
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9.3
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9.1
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3. The Sopranos (1999)
New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano deals with personal and professional issues in his home and business life that affect his mental state, leading him to seek professional psychiatric counseling. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama
8.5
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9.2
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8.8
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4. True Detective (2014)
Seasonal anthology series in which police investigations unearth the personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within and outside the law. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery
8.5
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8.9
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8.7
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5. Fargo (2014)
Various chronicles of deception, intrigue and murder in and around frozen Minnesota. Yet all of these tales mysteriously lead back one way or another to Fargo, North Dakota. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
8.2
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8.9
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8.6
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6. Death Note (2006)
An intelligent high school student goes on a secret crusade to eliminate criminals from the world after discovering a notebook capable of killing anyone whose name is written into it. read more
Genres: Animation, Crime, Drama
8.2
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8.9
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8.6
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7. Peaky Blinders (2013)
A gangster family epic set in 1900s England, centering on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama
8.1
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8.8
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8.4
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8. Better Call Saul (2015)
The trials and tribulations of criminal lawyer Jimmy McGill in the time before he established his strip-mall law office in Albuquerque, New Mexico. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama
7.9
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9.0
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8.4
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9. When They See Us (2019)
Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park. Based on the true story. read more
Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama
7.9
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8.9
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8.4
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10. Narcos (2015)
A chronicled look at the criminal exploits of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, as well as the many other drug kingpins who plagued the country through the years. read more
Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama
7.9
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8.8
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8.3
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11. Twin Peaks (1990)
An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery
7.9
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8.8
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8.3
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12. Dexter (2006)
He's smart. He's lovable. He's Dexter Morgan, America's favorite serial killer, who spends his days solving crimes and nights committing them. Golden Globe winner Michael C. Hall stars in the hit SHOWTIME Original Series. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery
7.9
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8.7
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8.3
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13. Oz (1997)
A series chronicling the daily activities of an unusual prison facility and its criminal inhabitants. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
7.9
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8.7
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8.3
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14. The Shield (2002)
Follows the lives and cases of a dirty Los Angeles Police Department cop and the unit under his command. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
7.9
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8.7
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8.3
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15. Boardwalk Empire (2010)
An Atlantic City politician plays both sides of the law by conspiring with gangsters during the Prohibition era. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, History
7.9
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8.6
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8.2
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16. The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (2015)
Filmmaker Andrew Jarecki examines the complicated life of reclusive real estate icon Robert Durst, the key suspect in a series of unsolved crimes. read more
Genres: Crime, Documentary, Mystery
7.9
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8.6
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8.2
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17. Making a Murderer (2015)
Filmed over a 10-year period, Steven Avery, a DNA exoneree who, while in the midst of exposing corruption in local law enforcement, finds himself the prime suspect in a grisly new crime. read more
Genres: Crime, Documentary
7.9
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8.5
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8.2
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18. The Night Of (2016)
After a night of partying with a woman he picked up, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery
7.9
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8.4
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8.2
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19. Mindhunter (2017)
Set in the late 1970s, two FBI agents are tasked with interviewing serial killers to solve open cases. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
7.8
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8.6
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8.2
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20. Deadwood (2004)
A show set in the late 1800s, revolving around the characters of Deadwood, South Dakota; a town of deep corruption and crime. read more
Genres: Crime, Drama, History
7.8
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8.6
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8.2
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