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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)

This Is Football

★ 7.9
870 6 2019–2019
Documentary · Sport

Szabadság tér '56

★ 1.0
861 44 2016–2016
Documentary · History

Natural Curiosities

★ 8.6
859 27 2013–2018
Documentary · History

Lost Cities with Albert Lin

★ 7.5
858 11 2019–present
Documentary · History

The Fourth Estate

★ 7.6
858 4 2018–2018
Documentary · History

Chasing the Moon

★ 8.6
856 3 2019–2019
Documentary · History

Years of Living Dangerously

★ 8.4
854 17 2014–2016
Documentary

Flavours of Romania

★ 9.4
854 31 2017–present
Documentary

72 Dangerous Animals: Latin America

★ 6.6
847 12 2017–2017
Documentary

Hoarding: Buried Alive

★ 6.6
845 86 2010–2014
Documentary

The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park

★ 6.9
838 5 2019–2019
Crime · Documentary

Breaking the Barriers

★ 6.2
838 20 2015–present
Documentary

Flavorful Origins

★ 7.6
834 40 2019–present
Documentary

I (Almost) Got Away with It

★ 7.5
834 92 2010–2016
Crime · Documentary · Mystery

Murder Comes to Town

★ 7.2
832 46 2014–2018
Crime · Documentary

Decoded

★ 6.2
830 24 2010–2012
Documentary · History · Mystery

How the Earth Changed History

★ 8.3
827 5 2010–present
Documentary

Body Cam

★ 8.0
824 103 2018–present
Documentary

Inside the Real Narcos

★ 7.5
822 3 2018–2018
Crime · Documentary

Scam City

★ 7.9
820 20 2012–present
Adventure · Documentary · Reality-TV

The Code

★ 7.3
816 3 2011–2011
Documentary

Killer Women with Piers Morgan

★ 6.6
816 9 2016–2017
Crime · Documentary

Very Scary People

★ 7.6
814 68 2019–present
Biography · Crime · Documentary

All or Nothing: The Michigan Wolverines

★ 7.6
808 8 2018–2018
Documentary · Sport
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