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500 series (top 500 shown)

60 Days In

★ 7.6
4K 128 2016–present
Docuseries · Gritty

Who Killed Little Gregory?

★ 7.4
4K 5 2019–2019
True crime · Docuseries

Street Food: Asia

★ 7.8
3K 9 2019–2019
Food & cooking · Docuseries

Apocalypse la 1ère Guerre mondiale

★ 8.8
3K 5 2014–2014
War & military · Docuseries

Gogglebox

★ 7.4
3K 326 2013–present
Documentary · Reality-TV

Cooked

★ 8.0
3K 4 2016–2016
Documentary

Dave Chappelle

★ 8.6
3K 2 2017–2017
Comedy · Documentary

Counting Cars

★ 7.0
3K 196 2012–present
Documentary · Reality-TV

Redrum

★ 6.9
3K 50 2013–2015
Crime · Documentary · Drama

The World According to Jeff Goldblum

★ 7.6
3K 22 2019–2022
Comedy · Documentary

BTS: Burn the Stage

★ 9.0
3K 8 2018–2018
Documentary · Music

Salt Fat Acid Heat

★ 7.6
3K 4 2018–2018
Documentary

TIME: The Kalief Browder Story

★ 8.4
3K 6 2017–2017
Biography · Documentary

An American Murder Mystery: The Staircase

★ 7.4
3K 4 2017–2018
Crime · Documentary

The Case Against Adnan Syed

★ 6.7
3K 5 2019–2025
Crime · Documentary

History of the Eagles

★ 8.2
3K 2 2013–2013
Documentary · Music

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

★ 8.8
3K 7 2014–2014
Biography · Documentary · History

The Alcàsser Murders

★ 7.0
3K 5 2019–2019
Crime · Documentary

Paranormal Witness

★ 7.8
3K 65 2011–2016
Documentary · Horror · Mystery

Mind Field

★ 8.7
3K 25 2017–2019
Adventure · Documentary

Eli Roth's History of Horror

★ 8.0
3K 19 2018–2021
Documentary · History · Horror

Varda by Agnès

★ 7.8
3K 2 2019–2019
Biography · Documentary

Metal Evolution

★ 8.5
3K 12 2011–2014
Documentary · Music

Hunting Hitler

★ 7.4
3K 27 2015–2020
Documentary · History
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