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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

Animal People

★ 9.4
31 1 1997–1999
History

Trains Unlimited

★ 8.5
30 27 1997–1998
Documentary · History

Raskol

★ 7.3
29 9 1993–present
History

The Great Depression

★ 7.0
29 4 1998–present
Documentary · History

Dong zhou lie guo. Chun qiu pian

★ 8.7
28 1996–1996
History

Modrzejewska

★ 7.8
28 7 1990–present
Biography · Drama · History

Crimen

★ 7.0
28 6 1990–1990
Adventure · Crime · History

Inside the Vatican

★ 6.3
27 4 1993–1993
Documentary · History

The Native Americans

★ 7.2
27 6 1994–present
Documentary · History

The Churchills

★ 7.3
27 2 1996–present
Biography · Documentary · History

Tanks!

★ 8.7
27 12 1997–2005
History · War

Le destin des Steenfort

★ 7.1
27 4 1999–present
History

Charlotte Sophie Bentinck

★ 7.3
27 6 1996–1996
Drama · History

The Second Russian Revolution

★ 8.3
26 8 1991–1991
History

The Story of the Gun

★ 6.8
26 1996–present
Documentary · History

Mia, Liebe meines Lebens

★ 6.8
26 4 1998–1998
History

Eight Clouds Rising

★ 5.2
26 2 1997–1997
Adventure · Animation · History

Zheleznyy zanaves

★ 6.7
25 5 1994–present
Drama · History

Creation Seminar

★ 6.3
25 7 1999–present
History

Durchreise

★ 7.3
25 6 1993–present
Drama · History

Die Geschichte Mitteldeutschlands

★ 7.3
24 107 1999–present
History

The First World War: The War to End All Wars

★ 6.7
24 10 1991–2008
Documentary · History · War

The Birth of Europe

★ 8.2
23 7 1991–present
Documentary · History

Plantão da Globo

★ 8.1
23 2 1991–present
Crime · History · News
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