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Best Documentary TV Series of the 2020s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

Dig Deeper: The Disappearance of Birgit Meier

★ 7.2
3K 4 2021–2021
Crime · Documentary

Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak

★ 6.4
3K 6 2020–2020
Documentary

Grant

★ 8.4
3K 3 2020–2020
Biography · Documentary · History

Last Stop Larrimah

★ 7.1
3K 2 2023–2023
Crime · Documentary · Mystery

We Need to Talk About Cosby

★ 7.8
3K 4 2022–2022
Biography · Crime · Documentary

Polo

★ 3.0
3K 5 2024–present
Documentary · Sport

Jared from Subway: Catching a Monster

★ 6.0
3K 3 2023–2023
Crime · Documentary

African Queens: Njinga

★ 3.1
3K 4 2023–present
Documentary · Drama · History

Katrina: Come Hell and High Water

★ 7.0
3K 3 2025–2025
Documentary

How to Become a Cult Leader

★ 6.7
3K 6 2023–2023
Crime · Documentary

Simone Biles Rising

★ 7.3
3K 4 2024–2024
Biography · Documentary · Sport

Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult

★ 7.4
3K 4 2020–2020
Crime · Documentary

Court of Gold

★ 7.6
3K 6 2025–2025
Documentary · Sport

Missing: Dead or Alive?

★ 6.0
3K 8 2023–present
Crime · Documentary

Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet

★ 6.5
3K 6 2022–2022
Crime · Documentary

The Dark Wizard

★ 8.6
3K 4 2026–2026
Action · Biography · Documentary

Can't Get You Out of My Head

★ 8.5
3K 6 2021–2021
Documentary · History

Hillary

★ 7.0
3K 4 2020–2020
Biography · Documentary

Frozen Planet II

★ 9.0
3K 7 2022–2023
Documentary · Family

Spycraft

★ 6.7
3K 9 2020–2022
Documentary

John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise

★ 7.2
3K 6 2021–2021
Biography · Crime · Documentary

Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul

★ 6.7
3K 4 2023–2023
Documentary

Ronaldinho: The One and Only

★ 7.0
3K 3 2026–2026
Biography · Documentary · Sport

Starting 5

★ 7.2
3K 18 2024–present
Documentary · Sport
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