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Best History Series

The 50 highest-rated history series among the 881 with at least 1,000 IMDb votes, ranked by IMDb rating and votes. Ratings are IMDb’s. Badges show the services that carry each title in your country; pick one to keep only its titles. Open a title for every way to watch it, or run it as a live search to see the badges on every card.

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1. 1
   Chernobyl(2019)

   ★ 9.3 · 1M votes · Drama, History, Thriller

2. 2
   Band of Brothers(2001)

   ★ 9.4 · 604K votes · Action, Drama, History, War

3. 3
   Peaky Blinders(2013)

   ★ 8.7 · 793K votes · Crime, Drama, History

4. 4
   Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey(2014)

   ★ 9.2 · 141K votes · Documentary, Family, Mystery, History

5. 5
   The Last Dance(2020)

   ★ 9.0 · 184K votes · Biography, Documentary, History, Drama, Sport

6. 6
   Vikings(2013)

   ★ 8.5 · 650K votes · Action, Adventure, Drama, History

7. 7
   The Crown(2016)

   ★ 8.6 · 285K votes · Biography, Drama, History

8. 8
   The Chosen(2017)

   ★ 9.1 · 72K votes · Biography, Drama, History

9. 9
   Shōgun(2024)

   ★ 8.6 · 252K votes · Action, Adventure, Drama, History

10. 10
    Spartacus(2010)

    ★ 8.4 · 298K votes · Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History

11. 11
    The Last Kingdom(2015)

    ★ 8.5 · 193K votes · Action, Drama, History

12. 12
    Deadwood(2004)

    ★ 8.6 · 130K votes · Crime, Drama, History, Western

13. 13
    The World at War(1973)

    ★ 9.2 · 38K votes · Documentary, History, War

14. 14
    The Heroes(2008)

    ★ 8.4 · 171K votes · Animation, Drama, History

15. 15
    The Vietnam War(2017)

    ★ 9.1 · 37K votes · Documentary, History, War

16. 16
    When Life Gives You Tangerines(2025)

    ★ 9.0 · 43K votes · Drama, History, Romance

17. 17
    Anne with an E(2017)

    ★ 8.6 · 83K votes · Drama, Family, History

18. 18
    The Beatles: Get Back(2021)

    ★ 8.9 · 38K votes · Biography, Documentary, History, Music

19. 19
    The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst(2015)

    ★ 8.6 · 59K votes · Biography, Crime, Documentary, Mystery, History

20. 20
    The Civil War(1990)

    ★ 9.0 · 27K votes · Documentary, History, War

21. 21
    The Knick(2014)

    ★ 8.4 · 58K votes · Drama, History

22. 22
    Kingdom(2019)

    ★ 8.3 · 65K votes · Action, Drama, Horror, Fantasy, History

23. 23
    Call the Midwife(2012)

    ★ 8.6 · 36K votes · Drama, History

24. 24
    Apocalypse: The Second World War(2009)

    ★ 9.0 · 21K votes · Documentary, History, War

25. 25
    The Tudors(2007)

    ★ 8.1 · 88K votes · Drama, History, Romance

26. 26
    The Young Pope(2016)

    ★ 8.3 · 52K votes · Drama, History

27. 27
    John Adams(2008)

    ★ 8.4 · 41K votes · Biography, Drama, History

28. 28
    I, Claudius(1976)

    ★ 8.8 · 22K votes · Biography, Drama, History

29. 29
    The Apothecary Diaries(2023)

    ★ 8.6 · 28K votes · Animation, Drama, History, Romance, Mystery

30. 30
    Monster(2022)

    ★ 7.7 · 226K votes · Biography, Crime, Drama, History

31. 31
    The Great(2020)

    ★ 8.1 · 66K votes · Biography, Comedy, Drama, History

32. 32
    Generation War(2013)

    ★ 8.4 · 36K votes · Action, Drama, History, War

33. 33
    Babylon Berlin(2017)

    ★ 8.4 · 34K votes · Crime, Drama, History, Thriller

34. 34
    Jesus of Nazareth(1977)

    ★ 8.5 · 28K votes · Biography, Drama, History

35. 35
    The Gilded Age(2022)

    ★ 8.1 · 55K votes · Drama, History

36. 36
    'Allo 'Allo!(1982)

    ★ 8.4 · 29K votes · Comedy, History, War

37. 37
    Rogue Heroes(2022)

    ★ 8.2 · 39K votes · Action, Drama, Thriller, War, History

38. 38
    Victoria(2016)

    ★ 8.2 · 35K votes · Biography, Drama, History

39. 39
    Rurouni Kenshin(1996)

    ★ 8.5 · 22K votes · Action, Adventure, Animation, History

40. 40
    Rise of Empires: Ottoman(2020)

    ★ 8.0 · 48K votes · Documentary, Drama, History, War

41. 41
    The Spy(2019)

    ★ 7.9 · 58K votes · Biography, Drama, History, Thriller

42. 42
    The Borgias(2011)

    ★ 7.9 · 57K votes · Crime, Drama, History, Romance

43. 43
    Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal(1999)

    ★ 8.6 · 18K votes · Action, Adventure, Animation, Romance, History

44. 44
    Masters of the Air(2024)

    ★ 7.8 · 72K votes · Action, Drama, History, War

45. 45
    The Black Adder(1983)

    ★ 8.0 · 44K votes · Comedy, History

46. 46
    Wild Wild Country(2018)

    ★ 8.0 · 39K votes · Crime, Documentary, History

47. 47
    Cunk on Earth(2022)

    ★ 8.1 · 32K votes · Comedy, History

48. 48
    Roots(1977)

    ★ 8.4 · 20K votes · Biography, Drama, History

49. 49
    Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo(2016)

    ★ 8.6 · 16K votes · Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, History

50. 50
    War & Peace(2016)

    ★ 8.1 · 30K votes · Drama, History, Romance