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500 series (top 500 shown)

Omar affendi

★ 7.3
877 15 2024–2024
Drama · History · Sci-Fi

Fated Hearts

★ 8.2
871 38 2025–present
Drama · History · Romance

Our Miracle Years

★ 6.9
866 12 2020–2023
Biography · Drama · History

ARA San Juan: The Submarine That Disappeared

★ 6.3
865 8 2024–2024
Documentary · History

Bali 2002

★ 7.0
862 4 2022–2022
Drama · History · Thriller

The Waking of a Nation

★ 7.6
853 6 2025–present
History · Thriller

Historien om Sverige

★ 6.8
835 10 2023–2024
History

Portrait of a Scandalous Family

★ 7.3
824 16 2024–2025
Drama · History

Titanic Sinks Tonight

★ 7.7
810 4 2025–2025
Documentary · Drama · History

The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek

★ 8.4
785 11 2021–2022
Documentary · History

A Royal Secret

★ 6.7
777 4 2021–2021
Biography · Drama · History

Ghamam's Island

★ 8.2
771 30 2022–present
Drama · Fantasy · History

Hostages

★ 7.9
763 4 2022–2022
Documentary · History

River Where the Moon Rises

★ 7.4
747 20 2021–2021
History · Romance

Malory Towers

★ 7.2
735 124 2020–2025
Drama · Family · History

Bir Zamanlar Kibris

★ 7.2
724 24 2021–2022
Action · History

The American Experiment

★ 7.0
723 5 2026–2026
Documentary · History

Never Let Him Go

★ 7.1
722 4 2023–2023
Crime · Documentary · History

Fairy Garden

★ 6.2
715 8 2023–present
Drama · History · Romance

Enslaved

★ 6.5
702 6 2020–2020
Documentary · History

One and Only

★ 7.7
686 24 2021–2021
Drama · History · Romance

The Rebel Princess

★ 8.0
684 68 2021–2021
Drama · History · Romance

Cromañon

★ 6.9
682 8 2024–2024
Drama · History

Dark Passages

★ 6.2
681 3 2021–present
Documentary · Fantasy · History
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