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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)

Domina

★ 7.3
8K 16 2021–2023
Royalty & aristocracy

A Very British Scandal

★ 7.0
8K 3 2021–2021
Period piece

The Days

★ 7.2
8K 8 2023–2023
Real history · Tight limited run

Murder Among the Mormons

★ 7.0
8K 3 2021–2021
True crime · Docuseries

We Were the Lucky Ones

★ 7.7
8K 8 2024–2024
Family saga · Real history

The Salisbury Poisonings

★ 7.2
8K 4 2020–2020
Tight limited run · Naturalistic

History of the World: Part II

★ 5.5
7K 8 2023–2023
Sketch & variety · Parody

Orb: On the Movements of the Earth

★ 8.4
7K 25 2024–2025
Faith & religion · Philosophical

World War II: From the Frontlines

★ 8.2
7K 6 2023–2023
War & military · Real history

The Leopard

★ 7.5
7K 6 2025–2025
Period piece

King & Conqueror

★ 6.0
7K 8 2025–present
Real history · Period piece

Once Upon a Time in Iran

★ 7.6
7K 24 2021–2022
Turkish drama · Love story

Radioactive Emergency

★ 7.6
7K 5 2026–2026
Real history · Tight limited run

Sophie: A Murder in West Cork

★ 6.8
7K 3 2021–2021
True crime · Docuseries

Famagusta

★ 4.5
7K 24 2024–2024
Turkish drama · Real history

The First Lady

★ 7.3
7K 10 2022–2022
Female perspective · Real history

Transatlantic

★ 6.6
7K 7 2023–2023
Real history · Period piece

The Forgotten Army - Azaadi ke liye

★ 7.9
6K 5 2020–2020
War & military · Real history

Rise of the Raven

★ 7.6
6K 10 2024–present
Real history · Period piece

Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi

★ 7.1
6K 4 2022–2022
True crime · Docuseries

Four Lives

★ 7.4
6K 3 2022–2022
True crime · Emotionally heavy

Bad Surgeon: Love Under the Knife

★ 7.2
6K 3 2023–2023
True crime · Docuseries

Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer

★ 6.5
6K 3 2021–2021
True crime · Docuseries

Little House on the Prairie

★ 7.3
6K 9 2026–present
Drama · Family · History
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