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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)

Terra Nostra

★ 6.8
910 221 1999–2000
Drama · Romance

Oliver Twist

★ 7.6
904 4 1999–1999
Crime · Drama

G.B.H.

★ 8.5
898 7 1991–1991
Comedy · Drama

Taxi

★ 6.7
895 56 1997–1999
Crime · Drama

Fantasy Island

★ 6.4
895 13 1998–1999
Adventure · Comedy · Drama

F/X: The Series

★ 6.6
890 39 1996–1998
Action · Crime · Drama

Pistvakt - En vintersaga

★ 7.4
887 12 1998–2000
Comedy · Drama

The Legend of Prince Valiant

★ 7.4
882 65 1991–1993
Adventure · Animation · Drama

The King of the Cattle

★ 7.5
876 218 1996–1997
Adventure · Drama · Romance

The Crow Road

★ 8.1
876 4 1996–1996
Drama

The Queen's Nose

★ 7.1
865 44 1995–2003
Comedy · Drama · Family

Band of Gold

★ 7.8
862 18 1995–1997
Crime · Drama

Coming Home

★ 6.8
861 2 1998–1998
Drama · Romance · War

The Glass Virgin

★ 7.0
854 3 1995–1995
Drama · Romance

Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog

★ 6.7
849 50 1998–1999
Action · Adventure · Drama

Mike Hammer, Private Eye

★ 7.1
846 26 1997–1998
Action · Crime · Drama

Four Seasons

★ 8.8
838 74 1999–2002
Comedy · Drama · Family

Cold Lazarus

★ 7.6
838 4 1996–1996
Drama · Sci-Fi · Thriller

Asphalt Man

★ 8.2
836 1995–1995
Drama · Romance

Young Hearts

★ 4.9
835 6245 1995–2020
Comedy · Drama · Family

Promised Land

★ 7.1
832 70 1996–1999
Drama

The Demon Headmaster

★ 7.3
830 19 1996–1998
Drama · Family · Fantasy

Café con aroma de mujer

★ 8.4
820 316 1993–present
Drama · Romance

Tre kronor

★ 5.7
809 123 1994–1999
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