Best Documentary TV Series of the 1990s

Top 500 most popular Documentary series that started in the 1990s

Bill Nye the Science Guy

★ 8.2
9K 100 1993–1998
Comedy · Documentary · Family

Forensic Files

★ 8.8
8K 406 1996–2011
Crime · Documentary

Good Eats

★ 8.8
4K 252 1999–2012
Comedy · Documentary

Dateline NBC

★ 7.4
4K 1476 1992–present
Crime · Documentary · News

Grand Designs

★ 8.5
4K 256 1999–present
Documentary · Reality-TV

Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends

★ 8.5
4K 17 1998–2000
Documentary

Art Attack

★ 7.4
3K 348 1990–2007
Documentary · Family

The Crocodile Hunter

★ 7.7
3K 68 1996–2004
Action · Adventure · Documentary

Modern Marvels

★ 8.1
2K 685 1993–present
Documentary · History

The Awful Truth

★ 6.9
2K 24 1999–2000
Documentary

Cold Case Files

★ 8.0
2K 127 1999–present
Crime · Documentary

Time Team

★ 8.6
2K 312 1994–present
Documentary · History

Fishing with John

★ 8.0
2K 6 1991–1991
Comedy · Documentary · Sport

Behind the Music

★ 7.4
2K 277 1997–2021
Biography · Documentary · Music

The F.B.I. Files

★ 7.9
1K 144 1998–2009
Biography · Crime · Documentary

Old Enough!

★ 8.2
1K 31 1990–present
Adventure · Documentary · Reality-TV

E! True Hollywood Story

★ 6.5
1K 490 1996–present
Biography · Documentary

Comedy Central Presents

★ 7.9
1K 288 1998–2011
Comedy · Documentary

You've Been Framed!

★ 5.6
1K 107 1990–2022
Comedy · Documentary · Family

True Life

★ 7.3
1K 414 1998–2020
Documentary · Romance

Globe Trekker

★ 8.6
951 256 1994–present
Adventure · Documentary

American Justice

★ 8.1
921 342 1992–present
Crime · Documentary · History

City Confidential

★ 8.6
859 164 1998–2025
Crime · Documentary

Independent Lens

★ 8.1
741 560 1999–present
Documentary