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Best History TV Series of the 1990s

399 History series that started in the 1990s, ranked by popularity

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399 series

Prinsesse Gullhår og de tre omreisende trubadurer

★ 7.0
38 9 1997–present
Comedy · History · Musical

Stalin

★ 6.9
36 4 1990–present
Biography · History

20th Century with Mike Wallace

★ 7.7
36 166 1994–present
Biography · Documentary · History

T'Kuma

★ 8.6
35 22 1998–1998
Documentary · History · War

Nobunaga: King of Zipangu

★ 8.1
35 49 1992–present
Drama · History

Saints & Sinners: The History of the Popes

★ 7.1
35 6 1996–2005
Biography · Documentary · History

How the West Was Lost

★ 9.0
34 13 1993–1995
Documentary · History · Western

Napoleon

★ 5.9
34 6 1991–1991
Drama · History

Solens sønn og månens datter

★ 8.1
34 4 1993–1993
Drama · History · Romance

Arnau

★ 7.3
34 5 1994–1994
Drama · History

The Face of Tutankhamun

★ 8.0
33 5 1992–1992
Documentary · History

Antiikkia, antiikkia

★ 5.7
33 187 1997–present
History

Ei vanhene koskaan

★ 7.1
33 9 1997–1997
Crime · Documentary · History

Bligh

★ 6.1
33 13 1992–1992
Comedy · History

Archive of American Television

★ 6.6
33 561 1997–2021
Biography · History

Zlochyn z bahatma nevidomymy

★ 7.8
32 7 1993–1993
Drama · History

Magic Grandad

★ 7.0
32 21 1993–2009
Family · Fantasy · History

Ancient Voices

★ 7.3
32 11 1998–1998
Documentary · History

L'aventure humaine

★ 7.6
31 103 1997–present
Biography · Documentary · History

Bismarck

★ 6.9
31 2 1990–present
History

A Science Odyssey

★ 8.6
31 6 1998–present
History

Great Castles of Europe

★ 7.8
31 25 1993–1994
Documentary · History

Mujercitas

★ 8.6
31 110 1999–1999
Drama · History · Romance

Minister plenipotentiary

★ 6.3
31 1991–present
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