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1. Domina (2021–2023)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, History
The life and rise of Livia Drusilla, the powerful wife of the Roman emperor Augustus Caesar.
Stars: Alex Lanipekun, Ewan Horrocks, Matthew McNulty, Kasia Smutniak
Votes: 6,416
2. The Serpent Queen (2022–2024)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama
Series based on Leonie Frieda's book "Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France."
Stars: Samantha Morton, Amrita Acharia, Enzo Cilenti, Sennia Nanua
Votes: 7,331
3. Becoming Elizabeth (2022)
TV-MA | 60 min | Biography, Drama, History
Elizabeth Tudor, an orphaned teenager who becomes embroiled in the political and sexual politics of the English court on her journey to secure the crown.
Stars: Alicia von Rittberg, John Heffernan, Oliver Zetterström, Jamie Parker
Votes: 3,642
4. The Spanish Princess (2019–2020)
TV-MA | 55 min | Drama, History, Romance
Spanish princess Catherine of Aragon navigates the royal lineage of England with an eye on the throne.
Stars: Laura Carmichael, Aaron Cobham, Charlotte Hope, Stephanie Levi-John
Votes: 10,715
5. The Borgias (2011–2013)
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, History
In the fifteenth century, Pope Alexander VI tries to control all power in Italy with the help of his several sons, through murder, intrigue, war, and marriage alliances.
Stars: Jeremy Irons, François Arnaud, Holliday Grainger, Peter Sullivan
Votes: 53,964
6. Medici (2016–2019)
TV-14 | 1,314 min | Biography, Drama, History
A political family drama set in Florence in the early fifteenth century. Cosimo de Medici finds himself at the helm of his banking dynasty when his father, Giovanni, dies suddenly.
Stars: Daniel Sharman, Alessandra Mastronardi, Synnove Karlsen, Sebastian De Souza
Votes: 22,327
7. Versailles (2015–2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1667, 28-year-old all-powerful king of France, Louis XIV, decides to build the greatest palace in the world - Versailles. But drained budget, affairs and political intrigues complicate things.
Stars: George Blagden, Alexander Vlahos, Tygh Runyan, Stuart Bowman
Votes: 18,723
8. Dangerous Liaisons (2022)
R | 60 min | Drama, History
A pair of scheming ex-lovers attempt to exploit others by using the power of seduction.
Stars: Alice Englert, Nicholas Denton, Kosar Ali, Nathanael Saleh
Votes: 1,015
9. The Gallows Pole (2023)
184 min | Drama, History
Follows Hartley as he assembles a gang of weavers and land-workers for a criminal enterprise that will capsize the economy and become the biggest fraud in British history.
Stars: Nicole Barber-Lane, Stevie Binns, Emma Chadbourne, Samuel Edward-Cook
Votes: 1,272
10. The Winter King (2023– )
TV-MA | Drama, Fantasy
A former warrior, now turned monk, tells the story of how Arthur became the lord of war despite the illegitimacy of his throne.
Stars: Iain De Caestecker, Stuart Campbell, Valene Kane, Steven Elder
Votes: 5,484
11. The Decameron
Comedy, Drama, History | Post-production
Set in 1348 during the Black Death, the deadliest pandemic in human history, explores the timely themes of class systems, power struggles and survival in a time of pandemic.
Stars: Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Zosia Mamet, Tony Hale, Tanya Reynolds
12. My Lady Jane (2024– )
99 min | Comedy, History | Post-production
History's most tragic heroines but reimagines it with an uplifting twist: the damsel in distress saves herself - and then the kingdom.
Stars: Emily Bader, Edward Bluemel, Anna Chancellor, Jordan Peters
13. The Bronte Girls
Drama | Announced
Reverend Bronte's three daughters, Charlotte (19), Emily (17) and 17-year-old Anne spent their last summer together as teenagers. Theirs was not a prim and proper youth, anticipates something of the passion of the sisters.
14. The War Rooms (2024– )
Drama | Pre-production
Follows the women who worked in Winston Churchill's secret bunker in Whitehall, central London.
Star: Jenna Coleman
15. Marie Antoinette (2022– )
52 min | Biography, Drama, History
Follows the famed queen Marie Antoinette, who was the last queen of France before the French Revolution.
Stars: Emilia Schüle, Louis Cunningham, Jack Archer, Jasmine Blackborow
Votes: 2,937
16. Outlander (2014– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Claire Beauchamp Randall, a nurse in World War II, mysteriously goes back in time to Scotland in 1743. There, she meets a dashing Highland warrior and gets drawn into an epic rebellion.
Stars: Caitríona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Sophie Skelton, Richard Rankin
Votes: 179,205
17. Our Flag Means Death (2022–2023)
TV-MA | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
The year is 1717. Wealthy land-owner 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.
Stars: Rhys Darby, Joel Fry, Samson Kayo, Matthew Maher
Votes: 43,029
18. The Empress (2022– )
TV-MA | 55 min | Drama, History, Romance
Two young people meet. A fateful encounter - the proverbial love at first sight. He is Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary, she is Elisabeth von Wittelsbach, Princess of Bavaria and the sister of the woman Franz is to marry.
Stars: Svenja Jung, Melika Foroutan, Philip Froissant, Devrim Lingnau
Votes: 14,682
19. Glow & Darkness (2021– )
Action, Adventure, Drama
In the midst of the struggle between kings, emperors, sultans and popes, follow the intertwined stories of such figures as Saladin, Emperor Barbarossa, Richard the Lionheart, Philip Augustus, Francis of Assisi and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Stars: Steve Byers, Joan Collins, Geraldine Chaplin, Joel Abadal
Votes: 7
21. World on Fire (2019–2023)
TV-14 | 57 min | Drama, Romance, War
World War II-era drama centered on the lives of ordinary people affected by the war.
Stars: Jonah Hauer-King, Zofia Wichlacz, Lesley Manville, Eryk Biedunkiewicz
Votes: 8,131
22. The Artful Dodger (2023– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, History
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.
Stars: Thomas Brodie-Sangster, David Thewlis, Maia Mitchell, Damon Herriman
Votes: 11,193
23. Mary & George (2024– )
Drama, History
The Countess of Buckingham who molded her son to seduce King James I and become his all-powerful lover, through intrigue, becoming richer, more titled and influential than England has ever seen.
Stars: Julianne Moore, Nicholas Galitzine, Tony Curran, Mark O'Halloran
Votes: 3,990
24. M. Il figlio del secolo
Biography, Drama, History | Post-production
Chronicles the rise of power of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini in a history of a country that surrendered to dictatorship.
Stars: Luca Marinelli, Francesco Russo, Barbara Chichiarelli, Benedetta Cimatti
25. The Hollow Crown (2012–2016)
TV-14 | 150 min | Drama, History, War
A mini-series of adaptations of Shakespeare's history plays: Richard II, Henry IV: Parts 1 and 2, and Henry V.
Stars: Anton Lesser, Simon Russell Beale, Tom Georgeson, John Mackay
Votes: 7,319
26. Pompeii
Drama, History, Thriller | Announced
A dramatic thriller set against the backdrop of Mt. Vesuvius just before and during its eruption.
28. The Roman Empire (II)
History | Announced
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29. William the Conqueror
Drama, History | Announced
The dramatic retelling of the life and loves of one of history's most feared and admired leaders, William The Conquerer.
31. Lion of Ireland
Action, Adventure, History | Announced
Brian Boru, the greatest king who liberated the Irish nation from centuries of Viking rule.
32. Romulus (2020– )
Drama, Fantasy, History
The story of Romulus and his twin brother Remus, in eighth century B.C. as seen through the eyes of three people marked by death, loneliness and violence.
Stars: Andrea Arcangeli, Francesco Di Napoli, Marianna Fontana, Sergio Romano
Votes: 2,904
33. The White Queen (2013)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, History, Romance
Three different, yet equally relentless women vie for the throne in 15th-century England.
Stars: Aneurin Barnard, Rebecca Ferguson, Amanda Hale, Faye Marsay
Votes: 31,420
34. Wolf Hall (2015)
TV-14 | 60 min | Biography, Drama, History
After the downfall of Cardinal Wolsey, his secretary, Thomas Cromwell, finds himself amongst the treachery and intrigue of King Henry VIII's court and soon becomes a close advisor to the King, a role fraught with danger.
Stars: Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis, Claire Foy, Thomas Brodie-Sangster
Votes: 13,101
35. The White Princess (2017)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, History, Romance
Based on the Philippa Gregory book of the same name, the story of Elizabeth of York, the White Queen's daughter, and her marriage to the Lancaster victor, Henry VII.
Stars: Jodie Comer, Rebecca Benson, Jacob Collins-Levy, Richard Dillane
Votes: 15,605
36. The King's Favorite (2022– )
Biography, Drama, History
It follows Diane de Poitiers, an emeritus huntress whose unalterable beauty fuels rumors and legends during her lifetime - and even in her death.
Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Hugo Becker, Samuel Labarthe, Virginie Ledoyen
Votes: 104
37. Death Comes as the End
Crime, Drama, Mystery | Announced
Set in Ancient Egypt, a young woman suspects her priest father may be tied up in the death of a concubine.
38. Great Expectations (2023)
TV-MA | Drama, History
Follows orphan Pip, who spent his childhood as a blacksmith's apprentice and suddenly receives a windfall from an unknown benefactor that allows him to travel to London and enter high society.
Stars: Fionn Whitehead, Owen McDonnell, Rudi Dharmalingam, Olivia Colman
Votes: 3,229
39. War & Peace (2016)
TV-14 | 63 min | Drama, History, Romance
As the Russian conflict with Napoleon reaches its peak, five aristocratic families face the possibility of their lives being changed forever.
Stars: Paul Dano, James Norton, Lily James, Adrian Edmondson
Votes: 26,653
40. A Gentleman in Moscow (2024– )
TV-14 | Drama, History, Thriller
A Russian aristocrat is spared from death and placed on house arrest while the Bolshevik Revolution plays out before him.
Stars: Ewan McGregor, Daniel Cerqueira, Johnny Harris, Leah Harvey
Votes: 3,011
41. Stalin's Daughter
Drama | Announced
Interviews and photographs illuminate the odyssey of Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana, who defected to the West at the height of the Cold War.
42. The Essex Serpent (2022)
TV-14 | 48 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Follows London widow Cora Seaborne who moves to Essex to investigate reports of a mythical serpent. She forms a bond of science and skepticism with the pastor, but when tragedy strikes, locals accuse her of attracting the creature.
Stars: Claire Danes, Tom Hiddleston, Frank Dillane, Clémence Poésy
Votes: 7,432
43. All the Light We Cannot See (2023)
TV-MA | 57 min | Drama, History, War
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.
Stars: Aria Mia Loberti, Louis Hofmann, Lars Eidinger, Hugh Laurie
Votes: 44,398
44. Reagan & Gorbachev
Drama, History | Announced
The dramatic account of the historic 1986 Reagan-Gorbachev summit in Iceland, the definitive weekend that was the key turning point in the Cold War.
Stars: Michael Douglas, Christoph Waltz
45. The Leopard
60 min | Drama, History | Post-production
Based on the novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Stars: Francesco Colella, Astrid Meloni, Marcus Marcelli, Mario Patanè
46. To Walk Invisible: The Brontë Sisters (2016 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History
A chronicle of the Brontë sisters' battle to overcome obstacles and publish their novels, which would become some of the greatest in the English language.
Director: Sally Wainwright | Stars: Finn Atkins, Charlie Murphy, Chloe Pirrie, Adam Nagaitis
Votes: 3,095
47. Empire (2023)
93 min | Comedy, Drama, History
St. Croix, the Danish West Indies, 1848. Anna and Petrine are close friends. Both are women of color, but Anna is free and owns her housekeeper, the enslaved Petrine. Things are seemingly fine until rumors of a rebellion begin to swirl.
Director: Frederikke Aspöck | Stars: Anna Neye, Sara Fanta Traore, Claus Riis Østergaard, Jesper Groth
Votes: 339
48. The Lioness: Eleanor of Aquitaine
Biography, History | Announced
The bright, energetic daughter of a French noble family, young Eleanor becomes Duchess of Aquitaine, Queen of France, then Queen of England, as she and her family move the powerful foundations of 12th Century Europe.
Director: Alexander Emmert
49. The Miniaturist (2017)
60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A young woman moves to 17th century Amsterdam and hires a mysterious local miniaturist to furnish the dollhouse she received from her merchant husband as a present, but the lifelike miniatures somehow start eerily foreshadowing her fate.
Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Romola Garai, Hayley Squires, Alex Hassell
Votes: 6,183
50. Transatlantic (2023)
TV-14 | 50 min | Drama, History
An American journalist who spent 13 months in France 1940-41 managed to arrange safe passage to the US for over 2,000 refugees; who were in danger of losing their lives.
Stars: Gillian Jacobs, Lucas Englander, Cory Michael Smith, Corey Stoll
Votes: 5,573
51. The Pendragon Cycle (2024– )
Fantasy | Post-production
Showcases a retelling of the Arthurian legend set in a Roman-occupied Britain where barbarian invaders threaten to lay claim to the island.
Stars: Rose Reid, Tom Sharp, Myles Clohessy, Alex Laurence-Phillips
52. The Narrow Road to the Deep North (2024– )
Romance | Post-production
Burma Railway in 1943 and across the Pacific during World War II, charts the cruelty of war, the tenuousness of life and the impossibility of love, as seen through the eyes of an Australian doctor and prisoner of war.
Stars: Masa Yamaguchi, Luca Timpano Bilbatua, Joel Aaron Baker, Taki Abe
53. Hysteria! (2024– )
Thriller | Active
Follows a struggling high school heavy metal band of outcasts who use the town's sudden interest in the occult to start a reputation as a Satanic metal band, until a strange series of events triggers a witch hunt that leads back to them.
Stars: Chiara Aurelia, Nikki Hahn, Eric Tiede, Jessica Luza
54. Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (2024– )
Biography, Drama, History | Post-production
Follows Cromwell's life during the last four years, completing his transformation from a self-made man to the most powerful and feared person of his era.
Stars: Damian Lewis, Mark Rylance, Ravi Multani, Didier Vinson
55. The Tattooist of Auschwitz (2024– )
Drama, Romance, War
Based on the eponymously titled 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 War Two.
Stars: Anna Próchniak, Jonah Hauer-King, Melanie Lynskey, Jonas Nay
Votes: 762
56. Manhunt (2024)
TV-MA | Drama, History, Thriller
The aftermath of the first American presidential assassination and the fight to preserve and protect the ideals that were the foundation of Lincoln's Reconstruction plans.
Stars: Tobias Menzies, Anthony Boyle, Lovie Simone, Will Harrison
Votes: 4,996
57. The Way of the Wind
Drama, History | Post-production
A retelling of several episodes in the life of Jesus.
Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Matthias Schoenaerts, Martin McCann, Ben Kingsley, John Rhys-Davies
58. Shōgun (2024)
TV-MA | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, History
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.
Stars: Cosmo Jarvis, Anna Sawai, Tadanobu Asano, Yûki Kedôin
Votes: 107,818
59. Miss Austen (II)
Romance | Announced
It follows the lives of Jane Austen and Cassandra, her sister.
Stars: Rose Leslie, Keeley Hawes, Phyllis Logan, Jessica Hynes
60. La lunga notte (2024)
History
1943. Anticipando la crisi che sta per travolgere il regime, Dino Grandi, Presidente della Camera dei fasci, cerca di riportare l'Italia nelle mani dei Savoia in un clima di forti tensioni.
Stars: Alessio Boni, Pierpaolo Lovino, Duccio Camerini, Marco Foschi
Votes: 106
61. Rise of the Raven
Post-production
Follows the fearless warrior Janos Hunyadi who defeated the Ottoman Army and defended Europe in 1456.
Stars: Kádár L. Gellért, Vivien Rujder, Franciska Töröcsik, László Mátray
62. We Were the Lucky Ones (2024)
TV-MA | Drama
A Jewish family is determined to survive and reunite after being separated in World War II.
Stars: Joey King, Logan Lerman, Hadas Yaron, Robin Weigert
Votes: 1,916
63. Those About to Die (2024– )
Action, Drama | Post-production
The series explores a side of Rome never before told - the dirty business of entertaining the masses, giving the mob what they want most - blood and sport.
Stars: Mia McGovern Zaini, Kyle Rowe, Victor von Schirach, Giulia Nunnari
64. The Count of Monte Cristo (II)
Drama | Post-production
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.
Stars: Sam Claflin, Robin Greer, Poppy Corby-Tuech, Méghane De Croock
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