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The best crime TV series of the 2010s

The top 3 according to 1,570 votes from people: Peaky Blinders (2013) · Sherlock (2010) · True Detective (2014). (Updated Dec 12, 2022.)

Peaky Blinders, Sherlock, Better Call Saul, True Detective, Narcos, Fargo, Mindhunter and Happy Valley: the crime series launched in the 2010s rated highest by AlloCiné viewers.

mspageturner · · 15 items · 1570 votes · 2 comments

Top 15

  1. 1

    Peaky Blinders (2013)

    Steven Knight.

    ▲ 166 ▼ 18

    148
  2. 2

    Sherlock (2010)

    Mark Gatiss & Steven Moffat.

    ▲ 143 ▼ 10

    133
  3. 3

    True Detective (2014)

    Nic Pizzolatto.

    ▲ 129 ▼ 10

    119
  4. 4

    Better Call Saul (2015)

    Vince Gilligan & Peter Gould.

    ▲ 115 ▼ 6

    109
  5. 5

    Narcos (2015)

    Chris Brancato, Carlo Bernard & Doug Miro.

    ▲ 106 ▼ 10

    96
  6. 6

    Fargo (2014)

    Noah Hawley.

    ▲ 100 ▼ 16

    84
  7. 7

    Mindhunter (2017)

    Joe Penhall.

    ▲ 82 ▼ 16

    66
  8. 8

    Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)

    Dan Goor & Michael Schur.

    ▲ 77 ▼ 11

    66
  9. 9

    Gomorrah (2014)

    Based on Roberto Saviano's book.

    ▲ 62 ▼ 14

    48
  10. 10

    Ray Donovan (2013)

    Ann Biderman.

    ▲ 59 ▼ 11

    48
  11. 11

    Happy Valley (2014)

    Sally Wainwright.

    ▲ 65 ▼ 20

    45
  12. 12

    Broadchurch (2013)

    Chris Chibnall.

    ▲ 65 ▼ 21

    44
  13. 13

    Unbelievable (2019)

    Susannah Grant, Michael Chabon & Ayelet Waldman.

    ▲ 66 ▼ 24

    42
  14. 14

    Penny Dreadful (2014)

    John Logan.

    ▲ 57 ▼ 21

    36
  15. 15

    Babylon Berlin (2017)

    Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries & Hendrik Handloegten.

    ▲ 49 ▼ 21

    28

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Andrew Pierce

Happy Valley is criminally underrated outside the UK. Sarah Lancashire deserved every award going.

lakshmi_hyd

Agreed. Catherine Cawood is one of the best TV characters of the decade, full stop.

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