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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)

The Making of the Mob

★ 7.8
3K 16 2015–2016
Crime · Documentary · History

Lorena

★ 7.2
3K 4 2019–2019
Crime · Documentary

Evil Lives Here

★ 7.9
3K 184 2016–present
Biography · Crime · Documentary

What's My Name: Muhammad Ali

★ 8.4
3K 2 2019–present
Biography · Documentary · Sport

American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story

★ 7.5
3K 10 2017–2017
Biography · Documentary · Drama

Life Below Zero

★ 7.9
3K 270 2013–2025
Adventure · Documentary · Reality-TV

Chelsea Does

★ 7.4
3K 4 2016–2016
Documentary · Talk-Show

Better Late Than Never

★ 8.6
3K 12 2016–2018
Comedy · Documentary

Sinatra: All or Nothing at All

★ 8.0
3K 2 2015–2015
Biography · Documentary · Music

The World Wars

★ 7.9
3K 12 2014–2014
Documentary · History · War

Who Killed Malcolm X?

★ 7.5
3K 6 2019–2020
Biography · Crime · Documentary

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing

★ 9.0
3K 57 2018–present
Comedy · Documentary · Game-Show

Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On

★ 6.6
3K 6 2017–2017
Documentary

Beyond Stranger Things

★ 7.3
3K 7 2017–2017
Documentary · Talk-Show

Made in Chelsea

★ 4.6
3K 354 2011–present
Documentary · Reality-TV

Life Story

★ 9.0
2K 8 2014–2015
Documentary · Family

Teen Mom 2

★ 4.5
2K 260 2011–present
Documentary · Drama · Reality-TV

The UnXplained

★ 7.3
2K 112 2019–present
Documentary

The Incredible Dr. Pol

★ 8.6
2K 291 2011–2024
Documentary · Reality-TV

Barbarians Rising

★ 7.7
2K 4 2016–2016
Action · Documentary · Drama

All or Nothing: A Season with the Arizona Cardinals

★ 8.5
2K 8 2016–2016
Documentary · Sport

The Repair Shop

★ 8.7
2K 394 2017–present
Documentary · Reality-TV

Madagascar

★ 8.5
2K 4 2011–2011
Documentary · Family

The Dust Bowl

★ 8.2
2K 5 2012–2012
Documentary · History
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