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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)

Blue Submarine No. 6

★ 6.7
1K 4 1998–2000
Action · Animation · Drama

The Girl from Tomorrow

★ 7.9
1K 24 1990–1992
Adventure · Drama · Family

Çiçek Taksi

★ 6.1
1K 1995–2003
Comedy · Drama

Takin' Over the Asylum

★ 8.5
1K 6 1994–1994
Drama

Undressed

★ 6.4
1K 225 1999–2002
Comedy · Drama

Shooting the Past

★ 8.4
1K 3 1999–1999
Drama · History

Breaking News

★ 8.7
1K 39 1994–1997
Comedy · Drama

The Torkelsons

★ 7.8
1K 20 1991–1992
Comedy · Drama · Family

City Central

★ 7.0
1K 32 1998–2000
Crime · Drama

The Scarlet Pimpernel

★ 7.4
1K 6 1999–2000
Adventure · Drama

The Hunger

★ 6.2
1K 44 1997–2000
Drama · Fantasy · Horror

Models Inc.

★ 6.3
1K 29 1994–1995
Drama

SeaChange

★ 8.0
1K 47 1998–2019
Comedy · Drama

Samson and Delilah

★ 5.8
1K 2 1996–1996
Adventure · Drama · History

Water Rats

★ 6.9
1K 177 1996–2001
Action · Crime · Drama

Esmeralda

★ 5.8
1K 112 1997–1998
Drama · Romance

Wycliffe

★ 7.2
1K 38 1993–1998
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Aahat

★ 7.2
1K 545 1995–2015
Adventure · Drama · Fantasy

Oh My Goddess!

★ 7.4
1K 5 1993–1994
Animation · Comedy · Drama

Ivanhoe

★ 7.3
1K 6 1997–1997
Adventure · Drama · Romance

Kavanagh QC

★ 7.7
1K 27 1995–2001
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Maigret

★ 7.8
1K 12 1992–1993
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Svengoolie

★ 8.7
1K 1697 1995–present
Comedy · Drama · Fantasy

Zoom

★ 7.3
1K 203 1997–present
Comedy · Drama · Family
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