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Best Documentary TV Series of the 2010s

Top 500 most popular Documentary series that started in the 2010s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

Beyond Scared Straight

★ 7.2
1K 83 2011–2015
Crime · Documentary · Reality-TV

Casey Neistat Vlog

★ 9.1
1K 467 2015–present
Documentary · Reality-TV

The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen

★ 7.9
1K 4 2018–2018
Documentary · History

Hellier

★ 5.9
1K 15 2019–2019
Documentary

Inside the Criminal Mind

★ 5.5
1K 4 2018–2018
Crime · Documentary

Third Reich: The Rise & Fall

★ 8.4
1K 2 2010–2010
Documentary · History · War

Exhibit A

★ 6.3
1K 4 2019–2019
Crime · Documentary

Maradona in Mexico

★ 7.2
1K 7 2019–2019
Comedy · Documentary · Drama

Fear Thy Neighbor

★ 7.6
1K 108 2014–2024
Action · Crime · Documentary

Galapagos 3D

★ 8.6
1K 4 2013–2013
Documentary

Louis Theroux: Dark States

★ 7.8
1K 3 2017–2017
Documentary

Serengeti

★ 7.8
1K 18 2019–present
Documentary

Louis Theroux's LA Stories

★ 7.8
1K 3 2014–present
Documentary

American Monster

★ 7.4
1K 133 2016–present
Crime · Documentary · Drama

The Day I Met El Chapo: The Kate Del Castillo Story

★ 6.8
1K 3 2017–2017
Biography · Documentary

Every Frame a Painting

★ 9.1
1K 35 2014–2026
Documentary · History · Talk-Show

Breaking Amish

★ 5.1
1K 30 2012–2014
Documentary · Drama · Reality-TV

Afflicted

★ 5.2
1K 7 2018–present
Documentary · Mystery · Reality-TV

Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention

★ 7.2
1K 6 2010–2010
Animation · Comedy · Documentary

Apocalypse: Stalin

★ 7.8
1K 3 2015–2015
Documentary · History · War

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

★ 6.7
1K 4 2019–2019
Documentary

The Other Sport

★ 8.7
1K 3 2013–present
Documentary · Sport

Casey Anthony: An American Murder Mystery

★ 7.0
1K 3 2017–2017
Biography · Crime · Documentary

Paranormal Caught on Camera

★ 6.1
1K 144 2019–2025
Documentary · Horror · Thriller
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