All-time top 100

Best Crime TV shows

The greatest series ever ranked by viewer rating — weighted so a fluke never outranks the classics.

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Luther posterViewer rating: 84%
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  1. Longmire posterViewer rating: 83%
    Longmire6 Seasons
  2. Elementary posterViewer rating: 83%
    Elementary7 Seasons
  3. The Killing posterViewer rating: 82%
    The Killing4 Seasons
  4. 24 posterViewer rating: 82%
    249 Seasons
  5. Bodyguard posterViewer rating: 82%
    Bodyguard2018
  6. Homeland posterViewer rating: 82%
    Homeland8 Seasons
  7. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency posterViewer rating: 82%
    Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency2016
  8. The Night Manager posterViewer rating: 81%
    The Night Manager2 Seasons
  9. The Blacklist posterViewer rating: 81%
    The Blacklist10 Seasons
  10. Dept. Q posterViewer rating: 81%
    Dept. Q1 Season
  11. Forever posterViewer rating: 81%
    Forever1 Season
  12. Blue Bloods posterViewer rating: 81%
    Blue Bloods14 Seasons
  13. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation posterViewer rating: 81%
    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation16 Seasons
  14. Pushing Daisies posterViewer rating: 81%
    Pushing Daisies2 Seasons
  15. MacGyver posterViewer rating: 81%
    MacGyver7 Seasons
  16. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour posterViewer rating: 81%
    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour3 Seasons
  17. The Avengers posterViewer rating: 81%
    The Avengers6 Seasons
  18. NCIS posterViewer rating: 80%
    NCIS24 Seasons
  19. The Lincoln Lawyer posterViewer rating: 80%
    The Lincoln Lawyer2022
  20. The Fall posterViewer rating: 80%
    The Fall3 Seasons
  21. The Brokenwood Mysteries posterViewer rating: 80%
    The Brokenwood Mysteries12 Seasons
  22. Queen of the South posterViewer rating: 80%
    Queen of the South2016
  23. Goliath posterViewer rating: 80%
    Goliath4 Seasons
  24. Lie to Me* posterViewer rating: 80%
    Lie to Me*3 Seasons
  25. Cold Case posterViewer rating: 80%
    Cold Case7 Seasons
  26. Life posterViewer rating: 80%
    Life2 Seasons
  27. Spooks posterViewer rating: 80%
    Spooks10 Seasons
  28. Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries posterViewer rating: 80%
    Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries3 Seasons
  29. Lewis posterViewer rating: 80%
    Lewis9 Seasons
  30. Rectify posterViewer rating: 80%
    Rectify4 Seasons
  31. Prime Suspect posterViewer rating: 80%
    Prime Suspect7 Seasons
  32. Life on Mars posterViewer rating: 80%
    Life on Mars2 Seasons
  33. Hustle posterViewer rating: 80%
    Hustle8 Seasons
  34. The Bletchley Circle posterViewer rating: 80%
    The Bletchley Circle2 Seasons
  35. Wire in the Blood posterViewer rating: 80%
    Wire in the Blood6 Seasons
  36. Miss Marple posterViewer rating: 80%
    Miss Marple1984
  37. Hill Street Blues posterViewer rating: 80%
    Hill Street Blues7 Seasons
  38. The Rockford Files posterViewer rating: 80%
    The Rockford Files6 Seasons
  39. Ludwig posterViewer rating: 79%
    Ludwig1 Season
  40. Power posterViewer rating: 79%
    Power6 Seasons
  41. Orange Is the New Black posterViewer rating: 79%
    Orange Is the New Black7 Seasons
  42. The Closer posterViewer rating: 79%
    The Closer7 Seasons
  43. Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler posterViewer rating: 79%
    Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler2019
  44. Babylon Berlin posterViewer rating: 79%
    Babylon Berlin4 Seasons
  45. Carnival Row posterViewer rating: 79%
    Carnival Row2019
  46. The Borgias posterViewer rating: 79%
    The Borgias3 Seasons
  47. ZeroZeroZero posterViewer rating: 79%
    ZeroZeroZero2020
  48. Millennium posterViewer rating: 79%
    Millennium1996

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