Best Dramas of the 1990s

Vote for your favorite dramas of the 1990s.

mjf314 Dec 12, 2019
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  • GTO

    1. GTO

    Japanese Drama - 1998, 12 episodes
    8.2
    699 points by 7 voters
    Onizuka Eikichi is a graduate of a third-rate University and the leader of a motorcycle gang, whose lifelong dream is to become a teacher. After being hired by a seemingly eccentric director, ...more
  • Long Vacation

    2. Long Vacation

    Japanese Drama - 1996, 11 episodes
    8.2
    299 points by 3 voters
    Sena is a college music graduate who dreams of becoming a professional musician and a world-class pianist. Unfortunately, he has not been able to find any breakthrough opportunities and has to settle ...more
  • Tokyo Love Story

    3. Tokyo Love Story

    Japanese Drama - 1991, 11 episodes
    7.4
    298 points by 3 voters
    When Kanchi first came to Tokyo to work, he is full of uncertainties. He is 'lost' in his work and his love relationship is in a mess. During those times, Rika, his ...more
  • Kamisama Mou Sukoshi Dake

    4. Kamisama Mou Sukoshi Dake

    Japanese Drama - 1998, 12 episodes
    7.8
    200 points by 2 voters
    High-school student, Kano Masaki, found herself falling into the practice of selling her body in order to earn money. When she heard that her favourite music composer, Ishikawa Keigo was holding a ...more
  • Journey to the West

    5. Journey to the West

    Hong Kong Drama - 1996, 30 episodes
    8.2
    199 points by 2 voters
    There is a fairy stone on Huaguo Mountain which suddenly exploded one day, and a spirit monkey burst out. He studied under the Bodhi Patriarch and was named Sun Wu Kong. Wu ...more
  • Majo no Jouken

    6. Majo no Jouken

    Japanese Drama - 1999, 11 episodes
    7.6
    198 points by 2 voters
    Michi, a 26-year-old high school math teacher, tentatively accepts her boyfriend's proposal of marriage, uncertain of her love for him, but feeling pressure from her father and society to do what is ...more
  • Beach Boys

    7. Beach Boys

    Japanese Drama - 1997, 12 episodes
    7.9
    196 points by 2 voters
    Upon getting thrown out of his girlfriend Fujiko's apartment, Hiromi decides to head for the ocean. En route, he crosses paths with Kaito, an elite employee of a large multinational trading company ...more
  • Ice World

    8. Ice World

    Japanese Drama - 1999, 11 episodes
    7.8
    195 points by 2 voters
    Investigations on a mysterious woman Toko started when Sonoe, a teacher and Toko's fellow faculty member, was found dead as a result of what seemed to be an unfortunate accident. Eiki, an ...more
  • Aishiteiru to Ittekure

    9. Aishiteiru to Ittekure

    Japanese Drama - 1995, 12 episodes
    7.7
    100 points by 1 voters
    In a bustling city, Hiroko struggles to reach an apple on a lone tree until Koji, a rising artist who lost his hearing at age 7, helps her. Koji, who communicates through ...more
  • Chouriki Sentai Ohranger

    10. Chouriki Sentai Ohranger

    Japanese Drama - 1995, 48 episodes
    7.0
    100 points by 1 voters
    Six hundred million years ago, Pangaea created a robot named Bacchushund, who turned on his creators. The King Ranger defeated Bacchushund and banished him from Earth. In the year 1999, Bacchushund returned ...more
  • Sandglass

    11. Sandglass

    Korean Drama - 1995, 24 episodes
    7.8
    100 points by 1 voters
    The Sandglass is a story of two men whose friendship is tested through the 1970s and 1980s, one of Korea's politically tumultuous periods. Park Tae Soo, tough and loyal, grows up to ...more
  • Ninja Sentai Kakuranger

    12. Ninja Sentai Kakuranger

    Japanese Drama - 1994, 53 episodes
    7.4
    99 points by 1 voters
    Four hundred years ago, the ninja and the Youkai had a great war. The legendary Sarutobi Sasuke and other four ninja sealed the Youkai Commander Nurarihyon and all his Youkai's energies away ...more
  • Houkago

    13. Houkago

    Japanese Drama - 1992, 5 episodes
    7.3
    99 points by 1 voters
    The story begins with a girl, Azusa, talking about old photos she has on her wall. She talks about a moment in her life when she and a boy, Kouhei, exchanged their ...more
  • Love Generation

    14. Love Generation

    Japanese Drama - 1997, 11 episodes
    7.6
    99 points by 1 voters
    Katagiri Teppei is a promising creative agent, but whose attitude gets him transferred to the sales department. He has to learn to adapt to the new working environment, which includes cutting his ...more
  • Over Time

    15. Over Time

    Japanese Drama - 1999, 12 episodes
    7.2
    98 points by 1 voters
    While on vacation in Hokkaido, Natsuki happens to meet Soichirou, a photographer. Unbelievably, she runs into him two more times completely by coincidence, and out of this, a great friendship is formed. ...more
  • Shomuni

    16. Shomuni

    Japanese Drama - 1998, 12 episodes
    7.5
    95 points by 1 voters
    The stories revolve around the Office Ladies of General Affairs department 2 (Shomu ni, or GA-2) in a large multinational company called Manpan Corporation. GA-2 is called "the graveyard for female office ...more

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