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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)

Steeltown Murders

★ 7.1
5K 4 2023–2023
True crime · Detective mystery

El Cid

★ 6.8
5K 10 2020–2021
Real history · Period piece

Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial

★ 7.7
5K 6 2024–2024
Docuseries · Real history

Trial by Fire

★ 7.6
5K 7 2023–2023
Emotionally heavy · Legal

Marie Antoinette

★ 7.3
5K 16 2022–present
Royalty & aristocracy

The Wolf

★ 7.7
4K 49 2020–present
Turkish drama · Espionage

The Right Stuff

★ 6.8
4K 8 2020–2020
Real history · Period piece

Red Sleeve

★ 8.4
4K 17 2021–2022
Royalty & aristocracy · K-drama

Light & Magic

★ 8.7
4K 9 2022–2025
Docuseries · Nostalgic

Surviving Black Hawk Down

★ 7.4
4K 3 2025–2025
War & military · Docuseries

Becoming Elizabeth

★ 7.1
4K 8 2022–2022
Royalty & aristocracy

Atlantic Crossing

★ 7.3
4K 8 2020–2020
Real history · Period piece

Till Murder Do Us Part: Soering vs. Haysom

★ 7.0
4K 4 2023–2023
True crime · Docuseries

Faraway Downs

★ 7.0
4K 6 2023–2023
Stylized direction

Dear Hongrang

★ 7.6
4K 11 2025–2025
K-drama · Period piece

Sisi: Austrian Empress

★ 7.1
4K 24 2021–2024
Royalty & aristocracy

Yesilçam

★ 7.6
4K 20 2021–2021
Turkish drama · Period piece

Honour

★ 7.1
4K 2 2020–2020
True crime · Emotionally heavy

Great Expectations

★ 5.5
4K 6 2023–2023
Period piece · Class divide

Red Alert

★ 6.9
4K 4 2025–2025
Political intrigue

Dead Mountain

★ 7.6
4K 8 2020–2020
Real history · Atmospheric

Ghosts of Beirut

★ 7.3
4K 4 2023–2023
Espionage · Political intrigue

Legend of Fei

★ 7.3
4K 51 2020–2021
Strong female lead · Period piece

Youth of May

★ 8.3
4K 12 2021–2021
Tearjerker · K-drama
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