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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)

Compañeros

★ 6.0
672 121 1998–2002
Comedy · Drama · Romance

Rag Nymph

★ 7.4
661 3 1997–1997
Drama · History

Reckless

★ 8.0
659 6 1997–1997
Drama · Romance

Clarissa

★ 7.0
659 4 1991–1991
Drama · History

Jul i Blåfjell

★ 7.1
656 24 1999–1999
Drama · Family · Fantasy

Thuis

★ 4.3
653 3947 1995–present
Action · Comedy · Drama

Saygilar Bizden

★ 7.4
653 13 1992–1992
Comedy · Drama

Chiquititas

★ 6.3
649 1150 1995–2001
Comedy · Drama · Family

Kodocha

★ 7.5
646 102 1996–1998
Animation · Comedy · Drama

Skilda världar

★ 4.6
645 473 1996–2002
Drama

Strange Luck

★ 8.1
640 17 1995–1996
Crime · Drama · Fantasy

Doctor Finlay

★ 7.6
636 27 1993–1996
Drama

The Wingless Bird

★ 7.5
635 3 1997–1997
Drama

Mirror, Mirror

★ 7.4
634 46 1995–1998
Adventure · Drama · Family

Under the Sun

★ 5.5
624 480 1996–2008
Drama · Romance

Peak Practice

★ 6.5
622 152 1993–2002
Drama

The Newsroom

★ 7.9
619 32 1996–2005
Comedy · Drama

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

★ 7.1
616 2 1994–1994
Drama · War

The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo

★ 7.1
610 41 1996–2002
Crime · Drama · Family

Jewels

★ 6.9
610 3 1992–1992
Drama · Romance

Fallen Angels

★ 6.5
607 15 1993–1996
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Family Law

★ 6.7
604 68 1999–2002
Crime · Drama · Romance

Fifteen

★ 6.9
604 65 1990–1993
Drama

Marmalade Boy

★ 7.2
599 76 1994–2005
Animation · Comedy · Drama
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