Best reality, war, & western shows on Max, ranked.

The story of Easy Company of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division and their mission in World War II Europe, from Operation Overlord to V-J Day.

In the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government.

A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo and learn something about each other in the process.

A carpenter in the Fascist Slovak State is appointed "Aryan controller" of a Jewish widow's store.

During the Nazi occupation of Rome in 1944, the Resistance leader, Giorgio Manfredi, is chased by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a way to escape.

A French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives. Occupying the next bed in the dormitory to the top student in his class, the two young boys begin to form a bond.

From the Boer War through World War II, a soldier rises through the ranks in the British military.

In post-war Berlin, an American private helps a lost Czech boy find his mother.

A bounty hunter trying to bring a murderer to justice is forced to accept the help of two less-than-trustworthy strangers.

American military personnel interact warily with a variety of Italian locals over a year and a half in the push north during the Italian Campaign of WWII as German forces make their retreat.

As the residents of Deadwood gather to commemorate Dakota's statehood in 1889, saloon owner Al Swearengen and Marshal Seth Bullock clash with Senator George Hearst.

Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers.

As World War II and the German occupation ends, the Polish resistance and the Soviet forces turn on each other in an attempt to take over leadership in Communist Poland.

In the mid 1960s, President Lyndon B. Johnson (Sir Michael Gambon) and his foreign-policy team debate the decision to withdraw from or escalate the war in Vietnam.

A group of German solders fight on the front line in France at the end of World War I.

In 1874, after noticing the total lawlessness in Wichita, Wyatt Earp reluctantly accepts the Marshal's job and runs into the worst local troublemakers.

After the murder of his fiancée, a Wyoming ranch hand sets out to find her killer.

A boy in Nazi Germany, trying to conceal that he is Jewish, joins the Hitler Youth.

A merchant ship's crew tries to survive the loneliness of the sea and the coming of war.

A mysterious woman persuades two cowboys to help her in a revenge scheme.

During World War 2, a young lad's called up and, with increasing sense of foreboding, undertakes his army training for D-day.

A platoon of Navy SEALs embark on a dangerous mission in Ramadi, Iraq, with the chaos and brotherhood of war retold through their memories of the event.

A Rolling Stone reporter, embedded with The 1st Recon Marines chronicles his experiences during the first wave of the American-led assault on Baghdad in 2003.

An Italian Countess is allied with Nationalists during the Italian-Austrian war of unification. However, she risks betraying their cause when she falls in love with an Austrian lieutenant.

This "story of a ship", the British destroyer H.M.S. Torrin, is told in flashbacks by survivors as they cling to a life raft.

A World War II U-boat crew are stranded in northern Canada. To avoid internment, they must make their way to the border and get into the still-neutral U.S.

In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Germans while doing both of their jobs.

The true story of how a group of African-American pilots overcame racist opposition to become one of the finest United States fighter groups in World War II.

It explores The Battle of Borodino through the eyes of Pierre.

Unemployed cowhand Jim Garry is hired by his dishonest friend Tate Riling as muscle in a dispute between homesteaders and cattleman John Lufton.

In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. In 1939, World War II breaks out.

Napoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia including his disastrous 1812 invasion serve as the backdrop for the tangled personal lives of five aristocratic Russian families.

Two brothers are divided by marriage and fate during the 100 horrifying days of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

Ten home potters from around the country head to Stoke-on-Trent, the home of pottery, in their quest to become Top Potter.

A trio of drag queens descend upon various American towns and cities to inspire and teach their own "drag daughters" to step outside their comfort zone for a night of no-holds-barred full-on drag.

After his employer is murdered by rival cattlemen, a troubled and uneducated young cowboy vows revenge on the murderers.

A highly fictionalized account of the life of George Armstrong Custer from his arrival at West Point in 1857 to his death at the battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876.

Chip and Joanna Gaines take on clients in the Waco Texas area, turning their fixer uppers into the homes of their dreams.

A cooking series featuring the multi-platinum-selling recording artist, actress, producer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist as she navigates unfamiliar territory: making delicious meals while stuck at home in quarantine.

Bob Ford murders his best friend Jesse James in order to obtain a pardon that will free him to marry his girlfriend but is plagued by guilt and self-disgust.

A trail guide escorts a group of women from Chicago to California to marry men that have recently begun settling there.

Comedy western in which a traveler bets more money than he can afford in a poker game, and unusual events follow.

Follows the exploits of Mike Rowe as he performs various dirty and dangerous jobs around the USA.

On the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange Native American man named Nobody who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.

In 1980, the U.S. government banned new human occupation in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, a protected area, home to thousands of native animals and pristine terrain spanning roughly the size of South Carolina. Currently, only a handful of families spread across seven permitted cabins are allowed to remain in the refuge. Within less than 100 years, all remaining permits will reach expiration, and there will be no human presence left.

A historic chronicle based on the book by Dee Brown explains how Native Americans were displaced as the United States expanded west.

Ben and Erin Napier work with each other to change old homes into dream homes.

Follow Dr. Jeff and his crew as they take on some the wildest cases in their animal house of a hospital.

An officer in the United States military becomes a whistleblower and pushes for survivability testing after corrupt generals in the Pentagon attempt to cover up glaring safety problems with the new Bradley Fighting Vehicle.

Host Andrew Zimmern explores various cultures through their cuisines.

A private in the latter days of WWII on the German front struggles between his will to survive and what his superiors perceive as a battlefield instinct.

Ranch hand Rocklin arrives in town to start his new job but his employer has been murdered and the locals don't seem too friendly.

In 1932, a modernizing U.S. Army orders the Cavalry to destroy its horses but some sympathetic cavalrymen, defying orders, steal the horses in order to save them from destruction, to the dismay of the top Army-brass.

It's a Chopped All-Stars tournament event! Through four preliminary competitions, sixteen celebrities battle it out for a spot in the $50,000 finale!

An in-depth behind the scenes look at the animals of the Bronx Zoo.

City slickers get schooled by awesome hosts on their last chance to succeed off grid & survive off the land... among wildlife predators & natural disasters

Jackson deals with cats that are not very well behaved. He helps couples and all sorts of people with their behavioral issues.

Builder Chase Morrill is teaming up with his brother, sister and best friend to save and transform abandoned cabins buried deep in the remote woods of Maine. From historic cottages nearly a century old, to camp cabins in need of some major TLC, they'll give these properties the facelift they've needed for decades. And, you never know what you might find when you go for a walk in the woods.

In May of 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff and mayor sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, New Mexico.

Chefs are offered a chance to share their stories and business dreams while going head-to-head for a life-altering prize.

A reality TV show that follows crews mining the gold placer deposits of the Yukon Territory.

Centers on Kilcher family and their community outside Homer, Alaska. Begun by patriarch Yule Kilcher who immigrated from Europe.

The true story of the U.S. Government's 1932 Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, in which a group of black test subjects were allowed to die, despite a cure having been developed.

Food Network's Guy Fieri rolls out to visit America's favorite diners, drive-ins and dives, interviewing the owners of the food establishments and samples the items on their menus.

Daphne and Ian face challenges like tight budgets, pests, treasure hunting and endless renovations as they restore a historic estate and honor her grandfather's legacy.

Trixie will face the reality of having invested her life savings into a rundown motel in super-trendy Palm Springs, California.

Eluding a sheriff's posse, an escaped man saves a farming family from a Comanche attack and escorts it to the nearby Fort Dobbs.

Freddy helps mine owners who've sunk everything into their operations but are ready to call it quits.

Follows a group of survivalists as they compete in a multiphase challenge and have their skills tested to win $100,000.

Major Lex Kearney becomes the North's first counterespionage agent as he tries to discover who's behind the theft of Union cavalry horses in Colorado during the Civil War.

Based on real-life events, Lt. Col. Michael Strobl, a volunteer military escort officer, accompanies the body of 19-year-old Marine Chance Phelps back to his hometown of Dubois, Wyoming.

Dave and Jenny Marrs focus on restoring historic homes in their neighborhood of Bentonville, Arkansas.

A bounty hunter, hired by Pinkerton, trails 3 unknown murderous train robbers to a town and finds a host of suspects.

A successful entrepreneur is dropped into a remote community with little resources and has 90 days to create a successful company.

Drew Pritchard is a modern-day treasure hunter.

In Medicine Bend, a crooked businessman has the town mayor and sheriff in his pocket while his henchmen raid the wagon trains passing through the region.

Ride along with Hot Rod's David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan as they continue their love/hate relationship with hot rods, street machines and other highly strung performance vehicles. In Roadkill, Freiburger and Finnegan hit the road in everything from a 1968 Ford Ranchero to a 1500 horsepower Camaro called the F-Bomb. Just getting to their destination is an adventure.

Mom and daughter flipping abandoned houses in Indianapolis.

Pairs of professional bakers compete to create spellbinding edible showpieces on the sets where the Harry Potter films were made.

America's chefs battle the food wizardry of the resident Iron Chefs.

After a personal tragedy, Polish intelligence agent Ewa Oginiec plans to quit the service. Her world is shaken when her partner vanishes following exposure by Russian operatives.

24 chefs must complete 24 challenges in a period of 24 consecutive hours.

Follows Baylen Dupree, a vibrant young woman with Tourette's Syndrome and her journey towards independence.

When a banker finds his stagecoach shipments of gold from Carson City are vulnerable to holdups, he commissions the building of a railroad through the mountains.

Follow Jared "Cappie" Capp, an unconventional designer and builder, and his daughter Alex as they alter standard, pre-existing structures into unique dream retreats.

Five survival experts and friends send each other to harsh environments with only 100 hours to find civilization - and they have no idea when they're going to be taken there.

Larry Madden returns to Little River after several years, still vowing to avenge himself against the humiliating whipping he received at the hands of cattle baron Tucker Ordway.

In Post-Bellum Texas, an army captain tries to keep the peace between overtaxed, impoverished farmers and greedy carpetbaggers.

A doctor stops in a small Southwestern town to bury his wife. He decides to stay there and start a practice, but soon runs into violent cattle ranchers.

Expect blood, tears and heart-in-mouth action as explorer Ed Stafford takes on the best explorers in the world in a battle across Discovery's screens in order to be the First Man Out - a show in which survival is only half the bat...

It doesn't matter whether it's a busted out bike or a rusted out roadster, Joe Martin and his crew are hard at work giving vehicles another chance in life.

Dave Kindig and his crew in his Salt Lake City shop builds and restores classic vehicles from a '33 Ford Tudor to a '69 Camaro.

Features car builder Ian Roussel at work, creating one-of-a kind vehicles. With different builds in each episode, Ian's unique fabrication will be put to the test. It's gonna be a wild ride and he ain't stopping till it's Full Cus...

Amy Bruni and Adam Berry visit people who believe their homes are haunted. They attempt to contact the spirits and obtain evidence of a paranormal presence. Hoping to bring closure to them and the spirits.

Tough dance hall girl working for the local villain falls for a cowboy trying to clean up the town.

Jennifer Todryk, know as The Rambling Redhead on Instagram, redesigns homes for homeowners without any major demolition.

Hollywood celebrities express their deep gratitude to the people who have had a huge impact on their lives by surprising them with large and moving renovations to their homes that make everyone cry.

Civil War veteran and former newspaperman Ned Britt returns to Fort Worth after the war is over and finds himself fighting an old friend who's grown ambitious.

Follow Property Pros Egypt Sherrod and Husband Mike Jackson while they balance their personal life and a busy professional life helping clients get their dream houses.

A former Confederate officer hunting for an outlaw who wronged him finds him in Dallas, but now as a wealthy, respectable citizen.