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500 series (top 500 shown)

The Last Dance

★ 9.0
183K 10 2020–2020
Sports · Docuseries · Nostalgic

Queen Cleopatra

★ 1.2
88K 4 2023–2023
Royalty & aristocracy

Ratched

★ 7.2
80K 8 2020–2020
Stylized direction

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story

★ 7.6
79K 6 2023–2023
Royalty & aristocracy · Love story

Masters of the Air

★ 7.8
71K 9 2024–2024
War & military · Real history

All the Light We Cannot See

★ 7.5
54K 4 2023–2023
War & military · Period piece

Rise of Empires: Ottoman

★ 8.0
48K 12 2020–2022
Real history · War & military

When Life Gives You Tangerines

★ 9.0
41K 16 2025–2025
K-drama · Tearjerker · Sentimental

The Beatles: Get Back

★ 8.9
38K 3 2021–2021
Music scene · Docuseries

Perry Mason

★ 7.6
31K 16 2020–2023
Atmospheric · Period piece

House of Guinness

★ 7.4
30K 9 2025–present
Family saga · Period piece

Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar

★ 6.3
29K 9 2024–present
Visually striking

Anne Boleyn

★ 5.6
29K 3 2021–2021
Period piece

The Railway Men: The Untold Story of Bhopal 1984

★ 8.4
29K 4 2023–2023
Real history · Emotionally heavy

Boots

★ 7.8
27K 8 2025–2025
Coming of age · Queer stories

The Apothecary Diaries

★ 8.6
26K 49 2023–present
Genius lead · Anime

Trainwreck: Woodstock '99

★ 7.4
25K 4 2022–2022
Docuseries · Chaotic energy

My Lady Jane

★ 7.4
24K 8 2024–2024
Whimsical · Strong female lead

IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack

★ 5.8
24K 6 2024–2024
Tense · Indian TV · Real history

Those About to Die

★ 6.7
23K 10 2024–2024
Period piece

The Empress

★ 7.8
22K 18 2022–present
Royalty & aristocracy

Last Samurai Standing

★ 7.5
22K 6 2025–present
Survival · Graphic violence

Rocket Boys

★ 8.8
21K 16 2022–present
Indian TV · Real history

One Hundred Years of Solitude

★ 8.3
20K 16 2024–2026
Family saga · Sprawling saga
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