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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

Century of Cinema

★ 7.4
134 16 1995–1998
Biography · Documentary · History

Vidas Proibidas - Ballet Rose

★ 7.7
130 10 1998–1998
Crime · Drama · History

The Real West

★ 7.6
129 65 1992–1994
Documentary · History · Western

100 Jahre - Der Countdown

★ 8.6
125 99 1999–present
Documentary · History

The American Revolution

★ 8.2
125 6 1994–1994
Documentary · History · War

Heritage Minutes

★ 8.0
124 107 1991–present
Drama · History · Short

A Season of Giants

★ 6.9
124 3 1990–present
Biography · Drama · History

The Century: America's Time

★ 8.3
123 15 1999–1999
Documentary · History · War

Billy, How Did You Do It?

★ 8.0
123 6 1991–present
Documentary · History

Hitler: A Profile

★ 7.8
119 6 1995–present
Biography · Documentary · History

El vuelo del águila

★ 8.6
118 141 1994–1995
Biography · Drama · History

The Life and Crimes of William Palmer

★ 6.5
116 2 1998–present
Crime · Drama · History

Al-Ababeed

★ 7.4
115 2 1996–1997
Drama · History

Really Wild Animals

★ 8.4
110 13 1993–1998
Documentary · Family · History

The Land Gone Wild

★ 7.1
105 45 1997–2012
Adventure · History

Kongo

★ 7.3
105 7 1997–1997
Drama · History

The Crimean War

★ 7.6
100 3 1997–1997
Documentary · History · War

Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen

★ 7.5
99 6 1996–1996
Documentary · History

Great Crimes and Trials of the Twentieth Century

★ 8.2
95 78 1992–2000
Crime · Documentary · History

Lords of the Mafia

★ 7.7
93 16 1999–2000
Crime · Documentary · History

Les Alsaciens: ou les deux Mathilde

★ 7.9
92 4 1996–1996
Drama · History

Through the Bible with Les Feldick

★ 8.8
92 29 1990–present
History

Garden City Ladies

★ 6.3
87 65 1997–1998
Drama · History · Romance

Cadillac Desert

★ 8.8
84 5 1997–present
Documentary · History
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