The Last Dance
The Last Dance
Ended
#1Score 8.98185.2k IMDb votes
Charting the rise of the 1990s Chicago Bulls, led by Michael Jordan, one of the most notable dynasties in sports history.
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Shogun 2024
Shogun 2024
Ongoing
#2Score 8.59254.1k IMDb votes
When a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village, Lord Yoshii Toranaga discovers secrets that could tip the scales of power and devastate his enemies.
Its a Sin
Its a Sin
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#3Score 8.5441.5k IMDb votes
A chronicle of four friends during a decade in which everything changed, including the rise of AIDS.
Spartacus
Spartacus
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#4Score 8.39298.7k IMDb votes
An anthology series of stand-alone episodes delving into horror myths, legends and lore.
Pachinko
Pachinko
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#5Score 8.2918.7k IMDb votes
Based on the New York Times bestseller, this sweeping saga chronicles the hopes and dreams of a Korean immigrant family across four generations as they leave their homeland in an indomitable quest to survive and thrive.
A Small Light
A Small Light
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#6Score 8.2715.6k IMDb votes
Follows the remarkable story of Miep Gies, a Dutch woman who risked her life to shelter Anne Frank's family from the Nazis for more than two years during World War II.
Prehistoric Planet 2022
Prehistoric Planet 2022
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#7Score 8.2413k IMDb votes
Travel back 66 million years to when majestic dinosaurs and extraordinary creatures roamed the lands, seas and skies.
Say Nothing
Say Nothing
Ended
#8Score 8.1018.1k IMDb votes
Spanning four tumultuous decades during The Troubles in Northern Ireland.
The Great
The Great
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#9Score 8.0766.7k IMDb votes
A royal woman living in rural Russia during the 18th century is forced to choose between her own personal happiness and the future of Russia, when she marries an Emperor.
The U.S. and the Holocaust
The U.S. and the Holocaust
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#10Score 7.972.1k IMDb votes
Explores America's response to the Holocaust, and how it challenged the ideals of democracy.
The Artful Dodger
The Artful Dodger
Ongoing
#11Score 7.9319.9k IMDb votes
Set in 1850s Australia the series follows adult double life of Charles Dickens' famous prince of thieves Dodger now a surgeon, but who can't shake his predilection for crime.
Grant
Grant
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#12Score 7.933k IMDb votes
The documentary-series examines Ulysses S. Grant's life story using his perspective and experiences to explore a turbulent time in history: the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Outlander Blood of My Blood
NewOutlander Blood of My Blood
Ongoing
#13Score 7.927.7k IMDb votes
This prequel to the Outlander series focuses on the lives and courtship of the parents of Jamie Fraser: Brian Fraser and Ellen Mackenzie as well as Claire Beauchamp's parents, Henry Beauchamp and Julia Moriston.
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
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#14Score 7.9114.5k IMDb votes
Based on the eponymously entitled novel, this is the powerful real-life story of Lale Sokolov, a Jewish prisoner who was tasked with tattooing ID numbers on prisoners' arms in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during World...
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
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#15Score 7.8113.4k IMDb votes
Edmond Dantes, a sailor falsely accused of treason, is imprisoned in the Château d'If off Marseille. After escaping, and adopting the identity of the Count of Monte Cristo, he plans revenge against those who wrongly accused him.
Masters of the Air
Masters of the Air
Ended
#16Score 7.7872.7k IMDb votes
During World War II, five miles above the ground and behind enemy lines, ten men inside an aluminum bomber known as a "Flying Fortress" battle antiaircraft fire and unrelenting flocks of German fighters.
Boots
Boots
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#17Score 7.7628.1k IMDb votes
Bullied gay teen Cameron joins the Marine Corps with his best friend despite risks. In boot camp they experience profound personal change amid danger, as their platoon confronts both literal and figurative landmines.
Boots
Boots
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#18Score 7.7628.1k IMDb votes
Bullied gay teen Cameron joins the Marine Corps with his best friend despite risks. In boot camp they experience profound personal change amid danger, as their platoon confronts both literal and figurative landmines.
The Americas
The Americas
Ongoing
#19Score 7.761.7k IMDb votes
Explores the wonders, mysteries, and fragilities of the Americas, the largest landmass on Earth, as well as extraordinary, untold wildlife tales that will resonate with millions of people all over the world.
Mrs. America
Mrs. America
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#20Score 7.7314.9k IMDb votes
Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly leads an unexpected fight against the Equal Rights Amendment movement during the 1970s.
World War II with Tom Hanks
World War II with Tom Hanks
Ended2026-2026
#21Score 7.712.5k IMDb votes
Explores WWII from Germany's invasion of Poland through the atomic age, examining pivotal battles, wartime leaders like Churchill and Roosevelt, and the human cost of total war.
Challenger The Final Flight
Challenger The Final Flight
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#22Score 7.698.7k IMDb votes
Four-part docuseries on the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster, unpacking an indelible moment for a generation of Americans.
Our Flag Means Death
Our Flag Means Death
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#23Score 7.6848.3k IMDb votes
The year is 1717. Wealthy landowner Stede Bonnet has a midlife crisis and decides to blow up his cushy life to become a pirate. It does not go well. Based on a true story.
The Serpent Queen
The Serpent Queen
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#24Score 7.6312.4k IMDb votes
Eight-part series based on Leonie Frieda's book "Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France."
American Manhunt Osama Bin Laden
American Manhunt Osama Bin Laden
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#25Score 7.6312.1k IMDb votes
Follows an in-depth look at how the world mobilized to hunt down Osama Bin Laden after his orchestrations of the September 11th, 2001 attacks on the United States.
The Sixth Commandment
The Sixth Commandment
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#26Score 7.619k IMDb votes
Follows the deaths of Peter Farquhar and Ann Moore-Martin in the village of Maids Moreton, Buckinghamshire, and the extraordinary events that unfolded in the following years.
Queen Charlotte A Bridgerton Story
Queen Charlotte A Bridgerton Story
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#27Score 7.5980.4k IMDb votes
Betrothed against her will to King George, young Charlotte arrives in London on her wedding day and faces scrutiny from the monarch's cunning mother.
Perry Mason 2020
Perry Mason 2020
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#28Score 7.5831.9k IMDb votes
In booming 1932 Los Angeles, a down-and-out defense attorney takes on the case of a lifetime.
Sanditon
Sanditon
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#29Score 7.5720.8k IMDb votes
About Charlotte Heywood, a spirited and impulsive woman, who moves from her rural home to Sanditon, a fishing village attempting to reinvent itself as a seaside resort.
Des
Des
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#30Score 7.5725.6k IMDb votes
In 1983 Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen was arrested after the discovery of human remains which had blocked a drain near his London home.
Death by Lightning
Death by Lightning
#31Score 7.5720.4k IMDb votes
Dramatizes the stranger-than-fiction true story of 20th U.S. President James Garfield, and admirer Charles Guiteau, who assassinated him.
The English Game
The English Game
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#32Score 7.5619.2k IMDb votes
The story of the invention of football and how it quickly rose to become the world's most popular game by crossing class divides.
Washington
Washington
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#33Score 7.541.8k IMDb votes
The life story of George Washington, the first President of the United States.
The Good Lord Bird
The Good Lord Bird
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#34Score 7.538.7k IMDb votes
Ethan Hawke stars as abolitionist John Brown in this series based on the novel. "Onion" is a fictional enslaved boy who becomes a member of Brown's family of abolitionist soldiers and finds himself in the 1859 raid at Harpers Ferry.
The Liberator 2020
The Liberator 2020
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#35Score 7.527.7k IMDb votes
The true story of one of the bloodiest battles of World War II.
Suspect The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes
Suspect The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes
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#36Score 7.513.1k IMDb votes
Police pursue suspects in failed bombing attempts. Innocent Brazilian man is misidentified as a suspect and shot dead by police. Police are found guilty in his death. Police Commissioner resigns.
Bridgerton
Bridgerton
Ongoing
#37Score 7.50234.2k IMDb votes
Wealth, lust, and betrayal set against the backdrop of Regency-era England, seen through the eyes of the powerful Bridgerton family.
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See
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#38Score 7.4954.4k IMDb votes
The story of Marie-Laure, a blind French teenager, and Werner, a German soldier, whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II.
Hollywood
Hollywood
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#39Score 7.4944.4k IMDb votes
A group of aspiring actors and filmmakers in post-World War II Hollywood try to make it big - no matter the cost.
Castlevania Nocturne
Castlevania Nocturne
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#40Score 7.4824.9k IMDb votes
During the French Revolution, vampire hunter prodigy Richter Belmont fights to uphold his family's legacy and prevent the rise of a ruthless, power-hungry vampire.
A Gentleman in Moscow
A Gentleman in Moscow
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#41Score 7.4714.1k IMDb votes
A Russian aristocrat is spared from death and placed on house arrest while the Bolshevik Revolution plays out before him.
Chief of War
Chief of War
Ongoing
#42Score 7.4719.1k IMDb votes
A thrilling, unprecedented telling of the unification of the Hawaiian Islands from an indigenous perspective. A Hawaiian war chief joins a bloody campaign to unite the warring islands in order to save them from the threat of colon...
House of David
House of David
Ongoing
#43Score 7.4715.8k IMDb votes
The once-mighty King Saul falls victim to his own pride, as an outcast shepherd boy, David is anointed as the second king.
The Bombing of Pan Am 103
The Bombing of Pan Am 103
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#44Score 7.4611.5k IMDb votes
Based on the events surrounding the 1988 Lockerbie bombing. Lockerbie will focus on the investigation into the crash on both sides of the Atlantic and the devastating effect it had on the small town and the families who lost loved...
Belgravia
Belgravia
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#45Score 7.4610.9k IMDb votes
Follows events when the emerging nouveau riche, including the Trenchard family, rub shoulders with London's established upper classes and when secrets from the past threaten to emerge.
The Dinosaurs
The Dinosaurs
#46Score 7.459.3k IMDb votes
Explores the evolutionary journey of dinosaurs, unraveling their origins, ecological significance, diversification, and eventual extinction.
1971 The Year That Music Changed Everything
1971 The Year That Music Changed Everything
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#47Score 7.422.2k IMDb votes
The musicians and soundtracks that shaped the culture and politics of 1971.
George and Tammy
George and Tammy
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#48Score 7.425.4k IMDb votes
A look at the romance between famed country musicians George Jones and Tammy Wynette.
Vikings Valhalla
Vikings Valhalla
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#49Score 7.4072.8k IMDb votes
Follow-up series to 'Vikings' set 100 years afterward and centering on the adventures of Leif Erikson, Freydis, Harald Hardrada and the Norman King William the Conqueror.
Breathtaking
Breathtaking
Ended
#50Score 7.401.8k IMDb votes
Drama series following a doctor looking after the most gravely unwell patients in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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