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500 series (top 500 shown)

On This Day... 1776

★ 1.0
678 13 2026–present
Animation · Documentary · History

The Heike Story

★ 7.5
674 11 2021–2021
Animation · Drama · History

Planet Sex with Cara Delevingne

★ 5.2
665 6 2022–2022
Documentary · History

American Godfathers: The Five Families

★ 7.4
662 3 2024–2024
Crime · Documentary · History

JFK: Destiny Betrayed

★ 7.9
657 4 2021–2021
Documentary · History

Love Song for Illusion

★ 7.2
646 16 2024–2024
Drama · Fantasy · History

History of the Sitcom

★ 7.2
644 8 2021–2021
Documentary · History

Superpowered: The DC Story

★ 7.2
641 3 2023–2023
Documentary · History

Legacy

★ 7.9
635 8 2023–2023
Drama · History · War

Bonn

★ 6.8
633 6 2022–2022
Drama · History · Thriller

Memoir of Rati

★ 8.1
630 12 2025–2025
Drama · History · Romance

The Secret Romantic Guesthouse

★ 7.4
624 18 2023–2023
Drama · History · Romance

Kevin Costner's the West

★ 7.1
624 8 2025–2025
Biography · Documentary · History

Mysteries of the Faith

★ 5.6
624 4 2023–present
Documentary · History

Quisling

★ 7.5
619 5 2024–present
Biography · Drama · History

Alpha King's Hated Princess

★ 7.1
618 2025–2025
Action · Drama · History

The King Who Never Was

★ 6.5
615 3 2023–2023
Crime · Documentary · History

Oklahoma City Bombing: One Day in America

★ 7.3
610 3 2025–2025
Crime · Documentary · History

The Faithful

★ 5.8
609 6 2026–2026
Drama · History

Golden Kamuy: The Hunt of Prisoners in Hokkaido

★ 6.9
601 9 2024–2024
Action · Adventure · History

Blossoms in Adversity

★ 7.9
598 40 2024–present
Drama · History · Romance

The Story of Late Night

★ 7.7
595 6 2021–2021
Documentary · History

Aema

★ 6.3
593 6 2025–2025
Comedy · Drama · History

The Story of the Netherlands

★ 8.4
592 29 2022–present
Documentary · Drama · History
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