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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)

Video Girl Ai

★ 7.4
809 7 1992–1992
Animation · Comedy · Drama

Pandora's Clock

★ 6.2
806 2 1996–1996
Action · Drama · Thriller

Patriarch

★ 6.7
788 22 1994–1995
Drama

Kassandra

★ 7.4
787 150 1992–1993
Drama · Romance

A Matter of Justice

★ 7.0
786 2 1993–present
Drama · Thriller

Chandrakanta

★ 7.8
783 133 1994–present
Drama · Fantasy · Mystery

VR.5

★ 7.2
782 13 1995–1997
Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi

Switched at Birth

★ 6.8
775 2 1991–1991
Drama

All stars: De serie

★ 7.6
771 39 1999–2001
Comedy · Drama · Sport

The Moth

★ 7.4
770 3 1997–present
Drama

Flikken

★ 6.8
769 127 1999–2009
Action · Crime · Drama

Mahabharat Katha

★ 9.2
767 45 1997–1998
Action · Adventure · Drama

The Grand

★ 7.5
766 18 1997–1998
Drama

Falling for a Dancer

★ 7.2
765 4 1998–1998
Drama · Romance

The Vice

★ 7.5
764 28 1999–2003
Crime · Drama

The Best Intentions

★ 7.9
762 4 1991–1991
Biography · Drama · Romance

María Mercedes

★ 6.3
759 98 1992–1993
Drama · Romance

In a Child's Name

★ 7.8
758 2 1991–1991
Biography · Drama · Thriller

Verbotene Liebe

★ 5.2
748 4664 1995–2015
Drama · Romance

Love Generation

★ 7.6
748 11 1997–1997
Comedy · Drama · Romance

Otaku no video

★ 7.0
747 2 1991–1991
Animation · Comedy · Drama

Brides of Christ

★ 8.2
745 6 1991–1991
Drama

Médico de familia

★ 5.4
744 120 1995–1999
Comedy · Drama

World War II: When Lions Roared

★ 6.6
740 2 1994–1994
Drama · History · War
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