The Twentieth Century
1957 ★ 8.0The Twentieth Century is a long-running CBS documentary television series that aired from 1957 to 1966, sponsored throughout its run by the Prudential Insurance
The American Experiment
2026 ★ 4.0Life. Liberty. The pursuit of happiness. This sweeping historical documentary series traces how the ideals of America's founders gave rise to a nation. The tele
Timewatch
1982 ★ 6.9Timewatch is a long-running British television series showing documentaries on historical subjects, spanning all human history. It was first broadcast on 29 Sep
King Arthur
2004 ★ 6.3The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry tr
Yongzheng Dynasty
1999 ★ 8.6The series was adapted from Eryue He's historical novels, which are loosely based on historical events in the reigns of the Kangxi and Yongzheng Emperors in the
Secrets of the Dead
2000 ★ 6.4Part detective story, part true-life drama, long-running series explores some of the most iconic moments in history to debunk myths and shed new light on past e
NBC White Paper
1960 ★ 7.3NBC White Paper is a long-running American documentary television series that aired on the NBC network from 1960 to 1989, dedicated to investigative reporting a
Nuremberg
2025 ★ 7.6In postwar Germany, an American psychiatrist must determine whether Nazi prisoners are fit to go on trial for war crimes, and finds himself in a complex battle
Casino
1995 ★ 8.0In Las Vegas, two best friends--a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite. Casino is a cri
A Frozen Flower
2008 ★ 6.8A historical drama set in the Koryo dynasty and focused on the relationship between a king and his bodyguard. A Frozen Flower is a historical drama film release
Ertugrul Ghazi Urdu
2017 ★ 0.0The heroic story of Ertugrul Ghazi, the father of Osman (Uthman) who founded the Ottoman Empire. Ertugrul Ghazi Urdu is a television series that premiered in 20
La antorcha encendida
1996 ★ 7.8A Mexican telenovela produced in 1996. It was the last historical telenovela produced by Televisa. The plot tells the Independence of Mexico, with an emphasis
Masada
1981 ★ 7.0Masada is a 1981 American historical drama television miniseries aired on ABC under the tentpole ABC Novel for Television. The screenplay by Joel Oliansky is ba
Ryōmaden
2010 ★ 9.1Ryōmaden is the 49th NHK Taiga drama. It was shown on NHK from January 3 to November 28, 2010 spanning 48 episodes. The story centers on the life of 19th-centur
The Hollow Crown
2012 ★ 7.5A series of British television films featuring William Shakespeare's History Plays. The Hollow Crown is a series of British television films that explores the h
The Ministry of Time
2015 ★ 7.6A soldier from the 15th century, a university student from the 19th century and a nurse from the present join the secret 'Department of Time', a secret departme
The Emperor in Han Dynasty
2005 ★ 8.2The Emperor in Han Dynasty,[1] also released under the title The Emperor Han Wu in some countries, is a 2005 Chinese historical television series based on the l
Lady Chablis
The Lady Chablis (March 11, 1957 – September 8, 2016), also known as The Grand Empress and The Doll, was an American actress, author, and transgender club perfo
Minnesota Experience
2018 ★ 0.0For decades, Twin Cities PBS (TPT) has dived into the whitewater of bygone eras and emerged with insight about our shared past and values as Minnesotans. Tappin
I, Claudius
1976 ★ 7.9Acclaimed blackly comic historical drama series. Set amidst a web of power, corruption and lies, it chronicles the reigns of the Roman emperors - Augustus, Tibe
Vyprávěj
2009 ★ 7.3Set in Czechoslovakia, the drama follows the lives of its characters against the backdrop of real historical events that shape their personal stories. To evoke
Clone High
2002 ★ 7.5A group of high-school teens are the products of government employees' secret experiment. They are the genetic clones of famous historical figures who have been
History's Mysteries
1998 ★ 6.3History's Mysteries was an American documentary television series on the History Channel. "History's Mysteries" is a documentary television series. The show air
A.D.
1985 ★ 5.4A.D. is a 1985 television drama miniseries created and written by Vincenzo Labella and Anthony Burgess, based on Burgess' historical novel The Kingdom of the Wi