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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

Blood & Iron: The Story of the German War Machine

★ 6.6
10 3 1995–present
Documentary · History · War

The Hip Hop Years

★ 8.7
10 3 1999–1999
Documentary · History · Music

The Great Adventurers

★ 5.0
10 7 1999–1999
Adventure · Documentary · History

Political Assassination

★ 7.3
10 10 1998–present
Biography · Documentary · History

Teatar u Srba

★ 5.3
10 10 1991–1995
Biography · History

The Complete History of the Navy SEALs

★ 7.8
10 1999–present
Documentary · History · War

Witness to Yesterday

★ 8.4
10 12 1998–present
Drama · History

Deli Balta

★ 6.0
10 1993–1993
History

Dong Zhou lie guo. Zhan guo pian

★ 7.8
9 1997–1997
History

Hazaña... El deporte vive

★ 7.3
9 2 1998–present
Documentary · History · Sport

Köroglu

★ 7.2
9 11 1991–1991
History

Kanclerz

★ 7.5
9 5 1991–1991
Biography · History

Laskavý divák promine

★ 6.3
9 5 1994–present
Biography · Drama · History

Danske drømme - en TV-historie om det moderne Danmark fortalt af Leif Davidsen

★ 6.2
9 5 1998–1999
Documentary · History

L'Armée Rouge

★ 7.4
9 3 1999–present
Documentary · History · War

Yaqout

★ 6.7
9 6 1998–1999
Drama · History

Hana no ran

★ 8.2
9 37 1994–1994
Drama · History · War

Aya wa Hekaya

★ 6.3
8 1992–1992
History

Rod Qalby

★ 5.3
8 1998–1999
Drama · History · Romance

Seisho Monogatari

★ 6.2
8 1 1997–present
History

1628 eller Regalskeppet Wasans uppbyggnad och undergång

★ 6.2
8 3 1991–1991
Comedy · History · War

Hovimäen aikaan

★ 7.2
8 1999–present
Documentary · History

La otra raya del tigre

★ 7.0
7 120 1993–present
Drama · History

AFI 100 Years 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies

★ 7.2
7 10 1998–1998
Crime · Fantasy · History
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