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Best Biography TV Series of 1990

19 Biography series that started in 1990, ranked by popularity

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19 series

Portrait of a Marriage

★ 7.6
538 4 1990–1990
Biography · Drama · Romance

Intimate Portrait

★ 7.5
409 322 1990–2005
Biography · Documentary

The Sword of Tipu Sultan

★ 6.8
311 60 1990–present
Biography · Drama · History

Elvis

★ 8.0
275 13 1990–1990
Biography · Drama · Music

Vincent and Theo

★ 6.9
142 4 1990–1990
Biography · Drama

A Season of Giants

★ 6.9
124 3 1990–present
Biography · Drama · History

La forja de un rebelde

★ 7.6
88 6 1990–1990
Biography · Drama · War

Tenali Rama

★ 8.2
79 12 1990–1990
Biography · Comedy · History

Sofya Kovalevskaya

★ 8.0
76 3 1990–present
Biography · Drama

Aleksa Santic

★ 7.7
68 8 1990–1992
Biography · Drama · History

Nikolai Vavilov

★ 6.5
44 6 1990–present
Biography · Drama

Stalin

★ 6.9
36 4 1990–present
Biography · History

Without Walls

★ 5.0
32 97 1990–1996
Biography · Documentary

Modrzejewska

★ 7.8
28 7 1990–present
Biography · Drama · History

Albert Einstein

★ 6.8
28 2 1990–1990
Biography

SRF DOK

★ 7.0
22 305 1990–present
Biography · Documentary · History

Akrivi mou Sofia

★ 6.2
18 1990–present
Biography · Romance

Buyna

★ 6.3
8 2 1990–present
Biography · Drama

Nejvetsi z Pierotu

★ 7.2
7 5 1990–present
Biography
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