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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)

All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace

★ 8.3
2K 3 2011–2011
Documentary

Take Us Home: Leeds United

★ 8.0
2K 8 2019–2020
Documentary · Sport

American Horror Story FreakShow: Extra-Ordinary-Artists

★ 7.9
2K 8 2014–2014
Documentary

I Am Cait

★ 3.6
2K 16 2015–2016
Biography · Documentary

Unnatural Selection

★ 7.8
2K 4 2019–2019
Documentary

Iklim Meselesi

★ 9.0
2K 4 2017–2017
Documentary

Bobby Kennedy for President

★ 8.1
2K 4 2018–2018
Biography · Documentary · Drama

The Cuba Libre Story

★ 7.6
2K 8 2015–2016
Documentary · History

First Team: Juventus

★ 7.2
2K 6 2018–2018
Documentary · Reality-TV · Sport

Kevin Hart: Don't F**k This Up

★ 6.5
2K 6 2019–2019
Biography · Documentary

Cold Justice

★ 8.1
2K 133 2013–present
Crime · Documentary · Reality-TV

Apocalypse: The Rise of Hitler

★ 8.2
2K 2 2011–2011
Documentary · History · War

America: The Story of the US

★ 7.3
2K 13 2010–2010
Documentary · Drama · History

Shot in the Dark

★ 7.9
2K 8 2017–2017
Documentary · Reality-TV

Ralphthemoviemaker

★ 8.6
2K 180 2013–present
Comedy · Documentary · Fantasy

Killer Ratings

★ 7.5
2K 7 2019–2019
Crime · Documentary

Finding Your Roots

★ 8.7
2K 126 2012–present
Biography · Documentary · History

Tales by Light

★ 8.2
2K 15 2015–2018
Documentary

Medal of Honor

★ 8.2
2K 8 2018–2018
Documentary · War

Finding Bigfoot

★ 4.1
2K 93 2011–present
Documentary · Drama · Thriller

Losers

★ 7.6
2K 8 2019–2019
Documentary · Sport

BuzzFeed Unsolved: True Crime

★ 8.7
2K 66 2016–2021
Comedy · Crime · Documentary

Country Music

★ 8.9
2K 8 2019–2019
Documentary · Music

Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files

★ 6.3
2K 37 2010–2012
Documentary · Sci-Fi
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