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Best Drama TV Series of the 1990s

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

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500 series (top 500 shown)

The Green House

★ 7.5
2K 25 1996–present
Comedy · Drama · Family

Marimar

★ 6.6
2K 149 1994–1994
Drama · Romance

Solomon

★ 6.6
2K 2 1997–1997
Adventure · Biography · Drama

Aaj Robibar

★ 9.3
2K 7 1996–1999
Comedy · Drama · Family

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders

★ 7.6
2K 4 1996–1996
Comedy · Drama · Romance

Hotel Room

★ 6.4
2K 3 1993–1993
Drama · Mystery

George Wallace

★ 7.1
2K 2 1997–1997
Biography · Drama

Excel Saga

★ 7.5
2K 26 1999–2001
Animation · Comedy · Drama

Hotel Cæsar

★ 2.9
2K 3123 1998–2017
Drama

Christy

★ 7.8
2K 20 1994–1995
Drama · Family · History

Homefront

★ 8.9
2K 42 1991–1993
Drama · History · Romance

Total Recall 2070

★ 6.8
2K 22 1999–1999
Action · Drama · Mystery

Once Upon a Time

★ 8.3
2K 17 1991–1992
Action · Drama · History

Goede tijden, slechte tijden

★ 3.6
2K 7296 1990–present
Drama · Romance

My Fair Princess

★ 7.5
2K 73 1998–2003
Action · Comedy · Drama

Kothao Keu Nei

★ 9.6
2K 30 1990–1990
Crime · Drama

Trial & Retribution

★ 7.6
2K 44 1997–2009
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Baantjer

★ 7.2
2K 124 1995–2006
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Lipstick on Your Collar

★ 8.1
2K 6 1993–1993
Comedy · Drama · Musical

Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory

★ 7.6
1K 13 1991–1992
Action · Animation · Drama

Da Vinci's Inquest

★ 8.1
1K 91 1998–2006
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Red Shoe Diaries

★ 5.8
1K 66 1992–1996
Drama · Romance

Rederiet

★ 6.5
1K 318 1992–2002
Drama

Good Times, Bad Times

★ 3.0
1K 8583 1992–present
Drama · Family · Romance
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