☰
Genres
DramaComedyAnimationActionCrimeAdventureRomanceReality-TV More genres →
Decades
2020s2010s2000s1990s1980s1970s1960s1950s1940s1930s1920s1900s
Tags Search Sign in

Best Documentary TV Series of the 2000s

Top 500 most popular Documentary series that started in the 2000s

All Documentary series All series from the 2000s
Filter & sort
Genres

Genres as assigned by IMDb. Selecting several means a show must match all of them.

Decades

By first-air year. Several selections widen the range; a specific year narrows within its decade.

Specific year
Tags

Rating patterns, computed from IMDb episode-rating trajectories. Deliberately strict: only shows with an unmistakable pattern carry one, so expect small numbers.

Rating patterns

Taste tags, judged by our AI taste model. They cover the 5,000 most-rated shows.

Tone & mood
Pacing & structure
Humor style
Themes & subject matter
Characters & perspective
Emotional payoff
Craft & style
Format & audience
Viewing-culture clusters
Intensity & content character
500 series (top 500 shown)

Family Business

★ 7.0
307 40 2003–2006
Documentary

2057

★ 7.2
305 3 2007–present
Documentary · Drama · Sci-Fi

Vlogbrothers

★ 8.3
304 1438 2007–present
Comedy · Documentary · Music

Japanorama

★ 8.3
304 18 2002–present
Documentary

Final 24

★ 7.3
300 15 2006–2007
Biography · Documentary · Drama

Deadly Women

★ 7.7
298 3 2005–2005
Crime · Documentary

Extreme Fishing with Robson Green

★ 7.8
297 31 2008–2011
Documentary

Keuringsdienst van waarde

★ 8.2
297 507 2003–present
Documentary

Just for Laughs

★ 6.1
294 96 2002–present
Comedy · Documentary

Science & Islam

★ 8.1
294 3 2009–2009
Documentary · History

James May's Big Ideas

★ 7.6
291 3 2008–present
Documentary

Supernanny

★ 6.0
290 30 2004–2009
Documentary · Reality-TV

Around the World in 80 Treasures

★ 8.0
290 10 2005–2005
Documentary

Megafactories

★ 7.7
287 82 2006–2013
Documentary

The Xtra Factor

★ 3.3
287 297 2004–2016
Documentary · Music · Talk-Show

Ancient Discoveries

★ 7.6
284 42 2003–2009
Documentary · History

Il testimone

★ 8.6
283 89 2007–2021
Documentary

History Detectives

★ 8.8
283 116 2003–present
Documentary · History · Mystery

Sex: The Revolution

★ 8.4
279 4 2008–present
Documentary

Der Penny-Markt auf der Reeperbahn

★ 9.0
278 9 2007–2023
Documentary

8th & Ocean

★ 5.8
277 10 2006–present
Documentary · Reality-TV

Pump Up the Volume

★ 8.4
277 3 2001–present
Documentary · Music

Pioneers of Television

★ 7.9
276 18 2008–2019
Documentary · History

Derren Brown: Mind Control

★ 8.3
276 8 2000–present
Documentary
Browse by decade
1900s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
Browse by year
2009200820072006200520042003200220012000
Browse by genre
Action Adult Adventure Animation Biography Comedy Crime Documentary Drama Family Fantasy Game-Show History Horror Music Musical Mystery News Reality-TV Romance Sci-Fi Short Sport Talk-Show Thriller War Western