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Best Biography TV Series of the 1990s

169 Biography series that started in the 1990s, ranked by popularity

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169 series

Pod znakom skorpiona

★ 7.8
38 4 1995–present
Biography · Drama · History

20th Century with Mike Wallace

★ 7.7
36 166 1994–present
Biography · Documentary · History

Stalin

★ 6.9
36 4 1990–present
Biography · History

Crónicas de una generación trágica

★ 8.7
35 6 1993–present
Action · Biography · Drama

Saints & Sinners: The History of the Popes

★ 7.1
35 6 1996–2005
Biography · Documentary · History

Delo Sukhovo-Kobylina

★ 6.6
34 1991–present
Biography · Drama

Archive of American Television

★ 6.6
33 561 1997–2021
Biography · History

Animal Stories

★ 7.4
33 57 1998–2002
Animation · Biography · Family

Headliners & Legends with Matt Lauer

★ 4.5
33 61 1998–2008
Biography · Documentary

The U.S.-Mexican War

★ 7.9
32 4 1998–present
Biography · War

Without Walls

★ 5.0
32 97 1990–1996
Biography · Documentary

Churchill

★ 6.9
32 4 1992–present
Biography · Documentary

L'aventure humaine

★ 7.6
31 103 1997–present
Biography · Documentary · History

Nachtstudio

★ 7.8
30 430 1997–2012
Biography · Documentary · Music

VH-1 Behind the Movie

★ 6.9
29 7 1999–2003
Biography · Documentary

Modrzejewska

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

Albert Einstein

★ 6.8
28 2 1990–1990
Biography

The Churchills

★ 7.3
27 2 1996–present
Biography · Documentary · History

The Young Picasso: 1881-1906

★ 6.4
25 4 1993–1993
Biography · Drama

Simurgh

★ 3.4
24 1992–1992
Biography · Drama · War

Chtoby pomnili

★ 7.1
24 114 1993–2004
Biography · Documentary

I ektelesi

★ 7.9
23 1 1993–present
Biography · Drama · History

Alys Robi

★ 6.8
22 1 1994–present
Biography · Documentary

SRF DOK

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