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Chief of War

★ 7.5 19K votes 2025–present 1 season · 9 episodes Ended Apple TV
Real historyReal historical events and figures woven into the story.This show: 9/10Period pieceSet meaningfully in a past era.This show: 9/10War & militaryArmed conflict and the soldier's experience.This show: 8/10Political intriguePower struggles inside governments and institutions.This show: 7/10Graphic violenceExplicit, unflinching violence.This show: 7/10Visually strikingComposition and imagery worth pausing for.This show: 7/10AtmosphericMood and place thick enough to touch.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Jason MomoaLuciane BuchananTe Ao o HinepehingaTe Kohe TuhakaMainei KinimakaSiua Ikale'o
Written by
Jason MomoaThomas Pa'a Sibbett
Starring
Jason MomoaLuciane BuchananTe Ao o HinepehingaTe Kohe TuhakaMainei KinimakaSiua Ikale'o
Written by
Jason MomoaThomas Pa'a Sibbett
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About

"A native-told epic of island conquest"

Set in late-18th-century Hawai'i, this epic traces the brutal wars that led to the unification of the islands, centering a warrior caught between rival chiefs and his own people's fate. Jason Momoa stars and co-created the series, which leans heavily on Hawaiian language, ritual, and landscape to root the story in a specific culture rather than generic epic-fantasy tropes. It's slow-building and heavy with political maneuvering and violence, favoring atmosphere and cultural texture over quick thrills, with sweeping visuals carrying long stretches between action.

Watch it for

the rare big-budget epic centering Native Hawaiian history, language, and perspective.

Maybe skip if

you want fast pacing over slow-building political and cultural detail.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Miniseries2025
7.610K97h 15m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1The Chief of War7.6
2K51 min
▶2Changing Tides7.9
1K49 min
▶3City of Flowers7.3
1K48 min
▶4City of Flowers Part II7.3
98445 min
▶5The Race of the Gods7.5
94047 min
▶6The Splintered Paddle7.1
88442 min
▶7Day of Spilled Brains7.7
89340 min
▶8The Sacred Niu Grove7.6
88654 min
▶9The Black Desert8.4
1K59 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Jason Momoa Ka'iana
Luciane Buchanan Ka'ahumanu
Te Ao o Hinepehinga Kupuohi
Te Kohe Tuhaka Namake
Mainei Kinimaka Heke
Siua Ikale'o Nahi'
Moses Goods Moku
James Udom Tony
Benjamin Hoetjes John Young
Brandon Finn Prince Kupule

Crew

Thomas Pa'a Sibbett

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