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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)

Tabaluga

★ 6.1
599 29 1994–2004
Animation · Comedy · Drama

Port Charles

★ 6.7
596 1764 1997–2003
Drama · Fantasy · Romance

Emily of New Moon

★ 7.4
593 47 1998–2003
Drama

Secrets of Sand

★ 6.9
591 203 1993–1993
Drama · Romance

Anything for Love

★ 7.6
590 190 1997–1998
Drama · Romance

Brooklyn Bridge

★ 8.6
590 33 1991–1993
Comedy · Drama · Family

A Dance to the Music of Time

★ 7.5
589 4 1997–1997
Drama

Bila jednom jedna zemlja

★ 8.4
589 6 1995–1996
Comedy · Drama · Fantasy

The Water Margin

★ 8.0
586 43 1997–1998
Action · Drama · History

Murder Call

★ 7.1
585 56 1997–2000
Crime · Drama · Thriller

W817

★ 7.6
578 131 1999–2003
Comedy · Drama

The Politician's Wife

★ 7.8
577 3 1995–1995
Drama

Kraj dinastije Obrenovic

★ 8.2
576 11 1995–1995
Biography · Drama · History

The Buddha of Suburbia

★ 7.3
576 4 1993–1993
Comedy · Drama

Nightmare Cafe

★ 7.0
573 6 1992–1992
Comedy · Crime · Drama

Crest of the Stars

★ 7.5
570 13 1999–1999
Action · Animation · Drama

Dynasty: The Reunion

★ 6.2
568 2 1991–1991
Drama · Mystery

Catherine Cookson's Tilly Trotter

★ 7.0
562 4 1999–1999
Drama · Romance

The Next Victim

★ 8.2
562 203 1995–1995
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Charlot and Charlotte

★ 7.6
562 4 1996–1996
Comedy · Drama · Music

Wind at My Back

★ 7.9
560 67 1996–2001
Drama

Family Album

★ 6.4
559 2 1994–1994
Drama · Romance

Legacy

★ 7.9
555 19 1998–1999
Drama

The Cinder Path

★ 6.6
554 3 1994–1994
Drama · Romance · War
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