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Best Documentary TV Series of the 2010s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

Stephen Hawking's Grand Design

★ 8.3
1K 3 2012–2012
Documentary

The Nineties

★ 8.1
1K 7 2017–2017
Documentary · History

Diagnosis

★ 7.7
1K 7 2019–2019
Documentary

Highway Thru Hell

★ 8.0
1K 217 2012–present
Documentary · Reality-TV

Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music

★ 8.4
1K 8 2016–2016
Documentary · History · Music

Andrew Marr's History of the World

★ 8.3
1K 8 2012–2012
Documentary · Drama · History

Rise of the Nazis

★ 8.1
1K 12 2019–2023
Documentary · History · War

Dogs

★ 8.0
1K 10 2018–2021
Documentary · History · Reality-TV

On Death Row

★ 7.9
1K 8 2012–2013
Documentary

Waco: Madman or Messiah

★ 7.5
1K 2 2018–2018
Documentary

Broken

★ 6.9
1K 4 2019–2019
Documentary

No Small Parts

★ 8.0
1K 342 2014–present
Biography · Documentary

People Magazine Investigates

★ 7.6
1K 118 2016–present
Crime · Documentary

The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth

★ 7.3
1K 130 2016–2023
Documentary

Louis Theroux: By Reason of Insanity

★ 7.6
1K 2 2015–present
Documentary

My Strange Addiction

★ 5.7
1K 59 2010–present
Biography · Documentary · Reality-TV

24 Hours in Police Custody

★ 8.4
1K 104 2014–present
Crime · Documentary

Murder in the Bayou

★ 7.1
1K 5 2019–2019
Crime · Documentary · Mystery

Grand Prix Driver

★ 7.4
1K 4 2018–2018
Documentary · Sport

How TV Ruined Your Life

★ 8.3
1K 6 2011–2011
Comedy · Documentary

Secrets of Great British Castles

★ 7.7
1K 12 2015–2016
Documentary · History

90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way

★ 6.7
1K 144 2019–present
Documentary · Reality-TV

Trigger Warning with Killer Mike

★ 7.1
1K 7 2019–2019
Comedy · Documentary

Girls Incarcerated: Young and Locked Up

★ 7.3
1K 16 2018–present
Documentary · Reality-TV · Talk-Show
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