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500 series (top 500 shown)

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

★ 7.9
2K 6 2006–2006
Documentary · Drama · History

When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions

★ 8.8
2K 7 2008–2008
Documentary · History

A French Village

★ 8.4
2K 84 2009–2017
Drama · History

The Last King

★ 7.5
2K 4 2003–2003
Biography · Drama · History

Zero Point Orbit

★ 7.7
2K 30 2007–2007
Drama · History · Romance

Empire

★ 6.2
2K 6 2005–2005
Action · Drama · History

Emperor of the Sea

★ 7.9
2K 51 2004–2005
Action · Drama · History

The Kingdom of the Winds

★ 7.5
2K 36 2008–2009
Drama · Fantasy · History

The Great Queen Seondeok

★ 8.6
2K 62 2009–2009
Biography · Drama · History

I Love the '80s

★ 8.5
2K 10 2002–2002
Comedy · Documentary · History

The Palestinian Alienation

★ 9.4
2K 31 2004–2004
Drama · History · War

Farewell Rumelia

★ 8.0
2K 83 2007–2009
Drama · History

Walking with Cavemen

★ 7.6
2K 4 2003–2003
Documentary · History

Hem till Midgård

★ 7.4
2K 24 2003–2004
Action · Comedy · History

The First World War

★ 8.6
2K 10 2003–2003
Documentary · History · War

Aoi Bungaku Series

★ 7.4
2K 12 2009–2009
Animation · Drama · History

Who Do You Think You Are?

★ 8.0
1K 194 2004–present
Biography · Documentary · History

Águila Roja

★ 6.7
1K 116 2009–2016
Action · Adventure · History

Guns, Germs, and Steel

★ 7.5
1K 3 2005–2005
Documentary · History

Gharib's Story

★ 7.0
1K 36 2007–present
Biography · Drama · History

Garrow's Law

★ 8.3
1K 12 2009–2011
Biography · Drama · History

Simon Schama's Power of Art

★ 8.5
1K 8 2006–2006
Documentary · Drama · History

Monsterquest

★ 7.1
1K 76 2007–2026
Documentary · History · Mystery

Snapphanar

★ 5.5
1K 3 2006–2006
Action · Drama · History
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