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Best History TV Series of the 2020s

Top 500 most popular History series that started in the 2020s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

Death by Lightning

★ 7.6
19K 4 2025–2025
Real history · Political intrigue

The English Game

★ 7.6
19K 6 2020–2020
Class divide · Period piece

Chief of War

★ 7.5
19K 9 2025–present
Real history · Period piece

The Empire

★ 4.7
17K 10 2021–present
Royalty & aristocracy

Gyeongseong Creature

★ 7.4
17K 17 2023–2024
Period piece · Monster horror

Say Nothing

★ 8.2
17K 9 2024–2024
Real history · Secrets & lies

A Small Light

★ 8.4
15K 8 2023–2023
Real history · Emotionally heavy

Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker

★ 7.3
15K 4 2020–2020
Female perspective

Bon Appetit, Your Majesty

★ 8.0
15K 12 2025–2025
Food & cooking · K-drama

Mrs. America

★ 7.8
15K 9 2020–2020
Female perspective · Real history

House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths

★ 7.4
15K 3 2021–2021
True crime · Docuseries

The Tattooist of Auschwitz

★ 8.0
14K 6 2024–2024
Real history · Emotionally heavy

Alexander: The Making of a God

★ 5.6
14K 6 2024–present
Real history · Period piece

A Gentleman in Moscow

★ 7.5
14K 8 2024–2024
Period piece · Bittersweet

Pepsi, Where's My Jet?

★ 7.0
14K 4 2022–2022
Docuseries · Nostalgic

Around the World in 80 Days

★ 7.2
14K 16 2021–2021
Period piece

Tale of the Nine Tailed

★ 7.9
13K 28 2020–2023
Urban fantasy · K-drama

Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror

★ 7.9
13K 5 2021–2021
Docuseries · Real history

The Pembrokeshire Murders

★ 7.1
13K 3 2021–2021
True crime · Detective mystery

The Club

★ 7.8
13K 20 2021–2023
Period piece · Turkish drama

A Thousand Blows

★ 7.3
13K 12 2024–present
Criminal underworld · Period piece

The Decameron

★ 6.5
13K 8 2024–2024
Dark comedy · Period piece

White House Plumbers

★ 6.8
13K 5 2023–2023
Political intrigue · Real history

Made in India: A Titan Story

★ 8.6
13K 6 2026–present
Indian TV · Real history
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