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500 series (top 500 shown)

Encounters

★ 6.4
2K 4 2023–2023
Documentary · History

The Diamond Heist

★ 7.0
2K 3 2025–2025
Crime · Documentary · History

Saladin: The Conquerer of Jerusalem

★ 6.2
2K 58 2023–2025
Action · History

The Long Ballad

★ 8.1
2K 49 2021–present
Action · Adventure · History

Exterior Night

★ 7.7
2K 6 2022–2022
Crime · Drama · History

1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything

★ 7.6
2K 8 2021–2021
Documentary · History · Music

The Hijacking of Flight 601

★ 6.7
2K 6 2024–2024
Drama · History · Thriller

Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage, and Reckoning

★ 7.1
2K 3 2023–2023
Crime · Documentary · History

Captivating the King

★ 7.6
2K 16 2024–2024
Drama · History · Romance

Heirs to the Land

★ 7.2
2K 8 2022–2022
Drama · History

Blood, Sex & Royalty

★ 5.9
2K 3 2022–2022
Biography · Drama · History

Destan

★ 7.1
2K 28 2021–2022
Action · History · War

Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers

★ 8.2
2K 10 2022–2022
Documentary · History · Sport

The U.S. and the Holocaust

★ 8.7
2K 3 2022–2022
Documentary · History

This England

★ 6.7
2K 6 2022–2022
Biography · Drama · History

Moawiya

★ 6.6
2K 22 2025–present
History · War

Baghdad Central

★ 7.3
2K 6 2020–2020
Crime · Drama · History

The Interpreter of Silence

★ 7.5
2K 5 2023–2023
Drama · History

Luoyang

★ 7.3
2K 39 2021–2021
Drama · History · Mystery

A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story

★ 7.0
2K 4 2025–2025
Crime · Drama · History

Turncoat

★ 6.8
2K 4 2020–present
Drama · History · War

The 1619 Project

★ 4.8
2K 6 2023–2023
Documentary · History

Hemingway

★ 8.1
2K 3 2021–2021
Biography · Documentary · History

I Love You Since 1892

★ 2.0
2K 18 2025–present
Drama · Fantasy · History
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