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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)

Being: Liverpool

★ 8.4
1K 6 2012–2012
Documentary · Reality-TV · Sport

Unusual Suspects

★ 7.5
1K 102 2010–2016
Crime · Documentary

Matchday: Inside FC Barcelona

★ 7.9
1K 8 2019–2019
Documentary · Sport

America Unearthed

★ 5.6
1K 49 2012–present
Documentary · History

Taco Chronicles

★ 7.8
1K 21 2019–present
Documentary

All or Nothing: The Dallas Cowboys

★ 7.6
1K 8 2018–2018
Documentary · Sport

America's Book of Secrets

★ 6.7
1K 43 2012–2021
Documentary

Myths & Monsters

★ 7.6
1K 6 2017–2017
Documentary · Fantasy

The Case of: JonBenét Ramsey

★ 7.2
1K 2 2016–2016
Crime · Documentary

The Clinton Affair

★ 8.0
1K 6 2018–2018
Documentary

Class of '92: Out of Their League

★ 8.1
1K 4 2015–2016
Documentary · Reality-TV · Sport

QB1: Beyond the Lights

★ 7.7
1K 40 2017–present
Documentary · Sport

Fightworld

★ 7.5
1K 5 2018–present
Documentary

The Slow Mo Guys

★ 8.7
1K 182 2010–present
Documentary

The Disappearance of Susan Cox Powell

★ 7.1
995 2 2019–2019
Crime · Documentary

United Shades of America

★ 7.0
994 54 2016–2022
Adventure · Documentary · History

The Undateables

★ 7.1
988 52 2012–present
Documentary · Reality-TV · Romance

Bring the Soul: Docu-Series

★ 9.3
978 6 2019–2019
Documentary · Music

The Devil You Know

★ 7.0
977 12 2019–present
Crime · Documentary

No One Saw a Thing

★ 6.4
976 6 2019–2021
Crime · Documentary

This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy

★ 7.7
976 8 2019–2019
Documentary

Inside the American Mob

★ 8.1
975 10 2013–present
Biography · Crime · Documentary

Micro Monsters 3D

★ 8.3
972 7 2013–2013
Documentary

Ghost Nation

★ 5.9
971 30 2019–present
Documentary · Horror
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