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500 series (top 500 shown)

D.B. Cooper: Where Are You?!

★ 5.4
4K 4 2022–2022
True crime · Docuseries

Barbaros: Sword of the Mediterranean

★ 7.2
4K 32 2021–2022
Turkish drama · Real history

Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami

★ 7.1
4K 6 2021–2021
True crime · Docuseries

Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators

★ 7.2
4K 5 2023–2023
Docuseries

Romulus

★ 7.0
3K 18 2020–2022
Real history · Atmospheric

Litvinenko

★ 7.3
3K 4 2022–2022
Espionage · True crime

The Raincoat Killer: Chasing a Predator in Korea

★ 6.4
3K 3 2021–2021
True crime · Docuseries

Exterminate All the Brutes

★ 7.5
3K 4 2021–2021
Documentary · History

The Lady's Companion

★ 7.1
3K 8 2025–2025
Comedy · History · Romance

The East Palace

★ 7.4
3K 8 2026–2026
Action · Fantasy · History

WWII in Color: Road to Victory

★ 8.2
3K 10 2021–present
Documentary · History · War

Freedom at Midnight

★ 8.4
3K 15 2024–present
Drama · History

Tasian

★ 7.1
3K 23 2025–2025
Drama · History · Romance

Becoming Karl Lagerfeld

★ 7.2
3K 6 2024–2024
Biography · Drama · History

Black Cake

★ 7.4
3K 8 2023–2023
Drama · History · Mystery

Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: an Almost History of America

★ 6.5
3K 7 2026–present
Comedy · History

Dirty Lines

★ 7.4
3K 6 2022–2022
Drama · History

Mehmed: Sultan of Conquests

★ 7.8
3K 83 2024–present
Drama · History · War

Turning Point: The Vietnam War

★ 7.9
3K 5 2025–2025
Documentary · History · War

Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown

★ 7.5
3K 3 2024–2024
Crime · Documentary · History

The American Revolution

★ 8.5
3K 6 2025–2025
Documentary · History

Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood

★ 6.8
3K 6 2020–2020
Drama · History · Thriller

Alparslan: The Great Seljuks

★ 7.3
3K 62 2021–2023
Action · History · War

Who Killed Jill Dando?

★ 6.3
3K 3 2023–2023
Crime · Documentary · History
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