Historical Epic

The historical epic subgenre features grand and sweeping stories set around significant historical events, providing insight into how individuals were affected by or influenced those events. Historical epics aim to depict important events, eras, or figures from history in a larger-than-life manner.

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1. Into Flight Once More

May 23, 2022  •  TV Shows
Brings the history of June 6, 1944 to the present through the lens of one squadron and their epic recreation journey across the North Atlantic to Normandy for the 75th Anniversary of D-Day.
6.9
Generally favorable

2. Broken Circle

Mar 6, 2005  •  TV Shows
In Ancient Greece, in the time of Agamemnon, shortly before the Trojan War, events are reversed and the order of things changes. Young Electra while is in an existential quest for truth, she's being trapped in the crack of time.
6.7
Generally favorable

3. Qin Dynasty Epic

Nov 30, 2020  •  TV Shows
It follows the Qin State during the late stages of the Warring States era. Ying Zheng, Lu Bu Wei, Li Si, Wang Jian, and many formidable politicians work together to unite the six states under one rule.
7.1
Generally favorable

4. Lee San, Wind of the Palace

Sep 16, 2007  •  TV Shows
King Jeongjo's sympathetic rule and reforms to improve living conditions for the Korean people despite his royal upbringing
8
Generally favorable

5. The Gallows Pole

May 30, 2023  •  TV Shows
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.
6.5
Generally favorable

6. Rocket Boys

Feb 3, 2022  •  TV Shows
The story of two extraordinary men, Dr. Homi Jehangir Bhabha and Dr. Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, who created history while building India's future.
8.9
Generally favorable

7. The Chosen

Apr 20, 2019  •  TV Shows
The Chosen is a historical drama based on the life of Jesus and those who knew him. Set against the backdrop of Roman oppression in first-century Israel, the series shares an authentic look at Jesus' revolutionary life and teachings.
9.2
Universal Acclaim

8. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

Jan 30, 1974  •  TV Shows
Story of a black woman in the South who was born into slavery in the 1850s and lives to become a part of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
7.9
Generally favorable

9. Cheyenne Autumn

Dec 21, 1964  •  TV Shows
The Cheyenne, tired of broken U.S. government promises, head for their ancestral lands but a sympathetic cavalry officer is tasked to bring them back to their reservation.
6.7
Generally favorable

10. Russian Ark

Apr 18, 2003  •  TV Shows
A 19th century French aristocrat, notorious for his scathing memoirs about life in Russia, travels through the Russian State Hermitage Museum and encounters historical figures from the last 200+ years.
7.2
Generally favorable

11. 1900

Aug 31, 1976  •  TV Shows
The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth-century Italy as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.
7.6
Generally favorable

12. The Leopard

Mar 28, 1963  •  TV Shows
The Prince of Salina, a noble aristocrat of impeccable integrity, tries to preserve his family and class amid the tumultuous social upheavals of 1860s Sicily.
7.9
Generally favorable

13. Deeds

Feb 6, 1983  •  TV Shows
Set in pre-Civil War New York, three very diverse women and a former slave learn the battle to abolish slavery and secure equal rights is not on the battlefield but in the parlors of wealthy northern families.
0
No rating

14. The Spanish Princess

May 4, 2019  •  TV Shows
Spanish princess Catherine of Aragon navigates the royal lineage of England with an eye on the throne.
6.9
Generally favorable

15. Orphans of the Storm

Jan 29, 1922  •  TV Shows
Two orphaned sisters are caught up in the turmoil of the French Revolution, encountering misery and love along the way.
7.3
Generally favorable
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