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Best Biography TV Series of the 2020s

Top 500 most popular Biography series that started in the 2020s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

Des

★ 7.6
25K 3 2020–2020
True crime · Disturbing

Harry & Meghan

★ 5.1
25K 6 2022–2022
Docuseries · Royalty & aristocracy

Arnold

★ 8.0
24K 3 2023–2023
Docuseries

This Is Going to Hurt

★ 8.3
23K 7 2022–2022
Medical · Dark comedy

Under the Bridge

★ 7.2
22K 8 2024–2024
True crime · Emotionally heavy

Senna

★ 8.2
22K 6 2024–2024
Sports · Tearjerker · Gut punch

Death by Lightning

★ 7.6
19K 4 2025–2025
Real history · Political intrigue

Halston

★ 7.4
18K 5 2021–2021
Event miniseries

Apple Cider Vinegar

★ 7.1
18K 6 2025–2025
True crime · Tight limited run

The Playlist

★ 7.4
18K 6 2022–2022
Music scene · Real history

The Shrink Next Door

★ 7.1
18K 8 2021–2021
Central duo · Character study

Five Days at Memorial

★ 7.7
17K 8 2022–2022
Medical · Emotionally heavy

Lawmen: Bass Reeves

★ 7.3
16K 8 2023–2023
Rural & frontier · Real history

Mr Bates vs. The Post Office

★ 8.4
16K 4 2024–2024
Social commentary · British TV

A Small Light

★ 8.4
15K 8 2023–2023
Real history · Emotionally heavy

Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes

★ 7.1
15K 3 2022–2022
True crime · Disturbing

Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker

★ 7.3
15K 4 2020–2020
Female perspective

House of David

★ 7.5
15K 17 2025–present
Faith & religion · Period piece

Mrs. America

★ 7.8
15K 9 2020–2020
Female perspective · Real history

Julia

★ 8.3
15K 16 2022–2023
Food & cooking

The Pogmentary

★ 1.1
14K 5 2022–2022
Sports · Docuseries

Sean Combs: The Reckoning

★ 7.4
13K 4 2025–2025
True crime · Docuseries

The Murders at White House Farm

★ 7.4
13K 6 2020–2020
True crime · British TV

Love Story

★ 7.4
13K 10 2026–present
Love story · Romantic yearning
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