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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

The Machine That Changed the World

★ 8.1
83 5 1992–present
History

Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre

★ 7.5
82 3 1994–present
Action · Adventure · History

Great Books

★ 8.6
81 48 1993–2006
Documentary · Drama · History

My Classic Car

★ 8.8
81 337 1997–present
Documentary · History

Biography of the Millennium: 100 People - 1000 Years

★ 7.2
80 1999–1999
Biography · Documentary · History

The History of Sex

★ 7.2
79 5 1999–present
Documentary · History

Tenali Rama

★ 8.2
79 12 1990–1990
Biography · Comedy · History

Secret History

★ 6.6
79 124 1991–present
Documentary · History

Réquiem por Granada

★ 7.6
78 8 1991–1991
Drama · History · Romance

The Great Indian Wars 1540-1890

★ 7.0
77 5 1991–present
Documentary · History · War

Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery

★ 7.6
76 4 1998–present
Documentary · History

Making Sense of the Sixties

★ 8.6
72 6 1991–1991
Documentary · History · War

The Wild West

★ 7.3
71 7 1993–1993
History

Al Ziny Barakat

★ 7.6
71 21 1995–present
History

Sun on the Stubble

★ 8.1
70 6 1996–present
Drama · Family · History

Kon Belyy

★ 7.8
70 10 1993–1993
Drama · History · War

Aleksa Santic

★ 7.7
68 8 1990–1992
Biography · Drama · History

Christopher Columbus: The Commemorative Series

★ 6.8
67 26 1992–1992
Adventure · Animation · History

Hermans historia

★ 8.7
67 28 1991–present
Documentary · History · War

3000 scénarios contre un virus

★ 6.1
67 31 1994–present
Drama · History

La antorcha encendida

★ 8.8
67 140 1996–1996
Drama · History · Romance

Julianus barát

★ 4.4
66 3 1991–present
Drama · History

Corpus Christi

★ 8.6
66 12 1997–present
Documentary · History

Vivat, gardemariny!

★ 6.4
65 2 1993–1994
Adventure · History · Musical
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