Popular War & Politics TV Shows

Unknown Soldier
Unknown Soldier
The Unknown Soldier miniseries expands the story of the 2017 film of the same name. The World War II series based on Väinö Linna's classic novel closely follows a machine gun company of the Finnish Army on the Karelian front during the Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union, from mobilization in 1941 to the Moscow Armistice in 1944. It's a story about how camaraderie, humor, and a desire to survive connect men on their journey. War upends the lives of both the individual soldiers and those left on the home front, and leaves its mark on the entire nation.
Unknown Soldier 2018
Basilisk: The Ouka Ninja Scrolls
Basilisk: The Ouka Ninja Scrolls
It has been 10 years since the war between the Iga and Kouga ninja clans came to an end. The two groups have since made peace, supposedly dispelling the animosity that once existed between them. Hachirou Kouga and Hibiki Iga, the successors of their respective bloodlines, seem to have the perfect conditions for their love to bloom, but not everyone is satisfied with the results of the age-old battle. Different tales of the final showdown between Gennosuke Kouga and Oboro Iga have spread, leaving Tadanaga Tokugawa—whom the Kouga represented—dissatisfied. As tension between the two clans rises once again, the brewing political climate threatens to keep the two fated lovers apart, just as it had in the previous generation. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Basilisk: The Ouka Ninja Scrolls 2018
Atlantic Crossing
Atlantic Crossing
The incredible, true story of the Norwegian Crown Princess Märtha’s efforts to support her country during World War II. After a headlong flight from the Nazis, she was forced to part from her husband and cross the Atlantic Ocean to seek refuge in the United States. There, she soon found herself involved in a close relationship with the President of the United States: Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Atlantic Crossing 2020
Dope
Dope
Filmed from the perspectives of dealers, users and the police, this vivid series offers a bracing look at the war on drugs.
Dope 2017
National Treasure’s Extraordinary Journey
National Treasure’s Extraordinary Journey
A story about a group of intellectuals on a mission to protect priceless treasures in order to preserve their national heritage. After the Mukden Incident on September 18, 1931, North China was pushed to a desperate situation. Ren Hong Yi, a Kuomintang military officer, and Zhou Ruo Si who works at the cultural section of the Forbidden City are given the task of safely transporting national treasures further South to ensure that they do not fall into the wrong hands. No matter the challenges they face, they hold on to the belief that as long as its cultural roots remain, China will not fall. (Source: ChineseDrama.info)
National Treasure’s Extraordinary Journey 2019
Yeon Gaesomun
Yeon Gaesomun
The series follows the life of Yeon Gaesomun, a powerful military dictator in the waning days of the Goguryeo kingdom.
Yeon Gaesomun 2006
The Politician's Husband
The Politician's Husband
A drama about the shifting power in a marriage when the personal and political collide.
The Politician's Husband 2013
The Unknown War
The Unknown War
A documentary television series of the Nazi-Soviet War, edited from over 3.5 million feet of film taken by Soviet camera crews from the first day of the war, 22 June 1941, to the Soviet entry into Berlin in May 1945.
The Unknown War 1978
The Years You Were Late
The Years You Were Late
Riding on the tides of reformation, the story revolves around a former soldier adjusting to civilian life. In the year 1985, a team of military medics receive a mission to provide reinforcements to soldiers. Because of that day, Mo Li, Zeng Bu Yu, Zhao Yi Qin, Wen Ting, and Wang Jian Yun come to form a complicated relationship with the team of soldiers that they met.
The Years You Were Late 2018
The Bomber: Terror of WWII
The Bomber: Terror of WWII
Terror of the World: The story of a deadly war that intertwines Germany, Poland, Japan, Italy and Spain, and the remorseless development of weapons and bombers.
The Bomber: Terror of WWII 2022
Kalbimin Sultani
Kalbimin Sultani
Mahmud brings Anna to his palace to teach his children French. The Russian ambassador also sends him there with the pressure to 'spy on his country'.
Kalbimin Sultani 2018
The World Wars
The World Wars
The story of three decades of war told through the eyes of various men who were its key players: Roosevelt, Hitler, Patton, Mussolini, Churchill, Tojo, DeGaulle and MacArthur. The series examines the two wars as one contiguous timeline starting in 1914 and concluding in 1945 with these unique individuals coming of age in World War I before ultimately calling the shots in World War II.
The World Wars 2014
Снайпер: Оружие возмездия
Снайпер: Оружие возмездия
Снайпер: Оружие возмездия 2010
The Challenge: ETA
The Challenge: ETA
The story of how the Guardia Civil, a militarized police force, fought for nearly half a century against ETA, a ruthless terrorist gang dedicated to murder, kidnapping, extortion and arms and drug smuggling while cynically demanding independence for the Basque Country in northern Spain.
The Challenge: ETA 2020
Xi Shi
Xi Shi
Xi Shi 1996
The Legend of Kublai Khan
The Legend of Kublai Khan
The Legend of Kublai Khan 2013
Korea: The Unknown War
Korea: The Unknown War
A documentary about the Korean War by Thames Television that aired in the Summer of 1988 and in the US in November 1990 through WGBH Boston.
Korea: The Unknown War 1988
Barbaros Hayreddin Sultanin Fermani
Barbaros Hayreddin Sultanin Fermani
TRT's historical drama, based on the life of "Barbaros" Hayreddin Pasha and his brothers. The series tells the adventures of Ishak, Oruc, Hizir, and Ilyas fighting high tides and the secrets of the seas in pursuit of the holy secret.
Barbaros Hayreddin Sultanin Fermani 2022
Life and Death
Life and Death
Story of a small man's counterattack and revenge, a soldier's growth, and a group of iron-boned warriors shedding blood on the battlefield.
Life and Death 2015
Spyship
Spyship
When an ordinary British fishing vessel and its 36-man crew mysteriously disappears off the coast of Norway, journalist Martin Taylor is determined to find out why.
Spyship 1983
Battle of Tongues
Battle of Tongues
A high-quality news review program where panels from various backgrounds with diverse perspectives review issues without reservations; a battlefield of sharp wits that broadens the worldview of its audience.
Battle of Tongues 2013
Lenin: Revolution Chronicles
Lenin: Revolution Chronicles
Lenin: Revolution Chronicles 2017
Kurulus Osman
Kurulus Osman
The series will focus on the life of Osman Bey, the son of Ertugrul Gazi and the founder of the Ottoman Empire. The TV show includes Osman Gazi's internal and external struggles and how he establishes and controls the Ottoman Empire. It portrays his struggles against Byzantium and the Mongol Ilkhanate and how he was able to secure independence from the Sultanate of Rum to establish a sovereign state that would stand up to the Byzantine and Mongol Empires and would honor the Turks. The character of Osman faces many enemies and traitors in his quest and the show illustrates how he was able to overcome these obstacles and fulfill his mission with the help of his loyal companions, family, and friends.
Kurulus Osman 2019
Vietnam in HD
Vietnam in HD
The firsthand experiences of thirteen Americans during the Vietnam War. The thirteen Americans retell their stories in Vietnam paired with found footage from the battlefield.
Vietnam in HD 2011
The Turkish Gambit
The Turkish Gambit
Titular Advisor Erast Fandorin took part in military operations during the Russian-Turkish War of 1877-1878. Being a Serbian volunteer, Erast Petrovich meets a charming young lady, Varvara Andreevna Suvorova, who is heading to the location of the Russian troops to see her fiance. With her help, Fandorin manages to unravel a complex and mysterious espionage case…
The Turkish Gambit 2006
Hitler's Engineers: Building the Third Reich
Hitler's Engineers: Building the Third Reich
Meet the architects behind the Nazi war machine. The Führer's most prominent planners, designers, architects, and builders tried to downplay their role in the Holocaust, but the truth is now exposed.
Hitler's Engineers: Building the Third Reich 2023
Through the Smoke
Through the Smoke
Through the Smoke 2015
Daichi no Ko
Daichi no Ko
Daichi no Ko 1995
Soviet Storm: WW2 in the East
Soviet Storm: WW2 in the East
The epic television history of the Second World War’s Eastern Front giving an unprecedented Russian perspective on the war’s most decisive and bloody theater.
Soviet Storm: WW2 in the East 2010
Yüzyıllık Mühür
Yüzyıllık Mühür
Epic stories of nameless heroes of The Gallipoli Campaign.
Yüzyıllık Mühür 2016
The Bold Ones: The Senator
The Bold Ones: The Senator
The Bold Ones: The Senator is an American political television drama series that aired on NBC from 1970 through 1971, lasting for nine episodes. The series stars Hal Holbrook as Senator Hays Stowe. The Senator was part of The Bold Ones, a rotating series of dramas that also included The New Doctors, The Lawyers, and The Protectors. As a group of dramas, The Bold Ones was nominated for nine Emmy Awards and won five awards. It was also nominated for a Golden Globe for best Drama TV Show. The series was based on an earlier television movie, A Clear and Present Danger.
The Bold Ones: The Senator 1970
La Plaça del Diamant
La Plaça del Diamant
The life of a young woman in Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath. This a Television version, in a 4-episode miniseries format, of the film of the same name, based on the novel by Mercè Rodoreda.
La Plaça del Diamant 1983
Mobile Suit Gundam: Twilight AXIS
Mobile Suit Gundam: Twilight AXIS
Universal Century 0096. Several months have passed since the incident surrounding Laplace's box also known as the Universal Century Charter. The Earth Federation Forces dispatches a group of investigators to the severed Axis which is drifting outside the Earth Sphere. Two civilians participate as members of the research group: Arlette Almage and Danton Hyleg. Both have pasts with government service to the Principality of Zeon and Neo Zeon as an engineer and test pilot. Having infiltrated Axis, the investigators come under attack inside a base where no one should be. Arlette and Dalton are confronted with an incident they never imagined.
Mobile Suit Gundam: Twilight AXIS 2017
Takeda Shingen
Takeda Shingen
There was a very turbulent time in the warring period in the history, and Takeda Shingen is consider one of the great warlord among many other.
Takeda Shingen 1988
The Kinnaree Conspiracy
The Kinnaree Conspiracy
During the reign of Narayan Nyamgyi, the land of Ayutthaya was prosperous, as I said, there was trade with Westerners, and everywhere there were foreign merchants, ambassadors, It is full of military officers. Makoying Phutkan is the daughter of a famous physician who has passed away. Lon Trafford is a battalion commander responsible for the safety of the city's citizens. Robert is an officer who is close to the French diplomatic officer recruited from the King of France. One day, when the body of a drowned person appeared, and the dead person was a French officer, the officer not only drowned, but also wore a canary dress that only young ladies in the court wear, and conflicts arose between France and Ayutthaya. When Loin and Rob have feelings for escape
The Kinnaree Conspiracy 2022
Heaven and Earth
Heaven and Earth
The story chronicles the life of Nagao Kagetora.
Heaven and Earth 1969
The Buildings That Fought Hitler
The Buildings That Fought Hitler
Exploring the buildings that were built to defend Britain from a German invasion during World War II. From coastal defences, to secret bases, travel across Britain looking at the buildings that were built to fight Hitler and his advancing army.
The Buildings That Fought Hitler 2021
Twilight of a Nation
Twilight of a Nation
Twilight of a Nation is a Hong Kong television series based on the events of the Taiping Rebellion and the rise and fall of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom during the late Qing Dynasty. The 45 episodes long series was produced by Siu Sang and was first aired on TVB Jade in Hong Kong in November 1988. It was broadcast again on TVB in 1996. The theme songs and insert songs in the series were performed by Roman Tam.
Twilight of a Nation 1988
Gallipoli
Gallipoli
As dawn breaks on April 25, 1915, ANZAC troops go into battle on the beaches of the Gallipoli peninsula. Landing in the dark chaos, Tolly, Bevan and their mates struggle to establish a tenuous foothold on the treacherous slopes and deep ravines. They endure the next eight months on the peninsula learning lessons of survival. By the time of the final evacuation they have also learned the skills of combat and what it means to be a young man in war.
Gallipoli 2015
Héroes
Héroes
Chilean TV miniseries. Each episode relates the history of one of the principal figures Chilean figures of the 19th century: Bernardo O'Higgins, José Miguel Carrera, Manuel Rodríguez, Diego Portales, José Manuel Balmaceda and Arturo Prat.
Héroes 2007