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500 series (top 500 shown)

Analog Squad

★ 7.5
498 8 2023–present
Drama · History

Missing Crown Prince

★ 7.2
494 20 2024–2024
Comedy · History · Romance

The Sword and the Brocade

★ 7.7
492 45 2021–2021
Drama · History · Romance

Hotel Europa

★ 6.7
491 2 2021–2023
Drama · History · War

Scholar Ryu's Wedding

★ 6.5
491 8 2021–2021
Drama · History · Romance

Motherland

★ 6.0
485 66 2023–2024
Drama · History

Judge Dee's Mystery

★ 7.3
482 32 2024–present
Drama · History · Mystery

Fight the Power How Hip Hop Changed the World

★ 7.6
473 4 2023–present
Documentary · History · Music

Karamora

★ 6.1
470 8 2022–2022
Fantasy · History · Thriller

Asirlik Gece

★ 3.9
467 15 2026–present
Action · Drama · History

Reframed: Marilyn Monroe

★ 7.4
464 4 2022–2022
Biography · Documentary · History

Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

★ 7.4
464 6 2023–2023
Documentary · History · News

Mavera: Hace Ahmed Yesevi

★ 6.8
462 26 2021–2021
History

Diciembre 2001

★ 6.8
461 6 2023–2023
Drama · History · Thriller

Erin

★ 6.9
460 12 2022–2022
Crime · Drama · History

Labyrinth of Peace

★ 7.2
458 6 2020–2020
Drama · History

The Zelensky Story

★ 8.1
458 3 2024–2024
Biography · Documentary · History

Kralj

★ 4.2
456 15 2021–2021
Biography · Drama · History

Afghanistan: The Wounded Land

★ 8.4
456 4 2020–2020
Documentary · History

Kizilelma: Bir Fetih Öyküsü

★ 6.9
450 8 2023–present
History

A Sinister Sect: Colonia Dignidad

★ 7.6
449 4 2020–2020
Documentary · History

Coroner's Diary

★ 8.0
441 38 2025–present
Drama · History · Mystery

Either Freedom or Death

★ 7.6
441 12 2020–2020
Drama · History

History's Greatest Heists

★ 7.5
436 8 2023–present
Crime · Documentary · History
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