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Best Documentary TV Series of the 2020s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

Room 2806: The Accusation

★ 7.0
3K 4 2020–2020
Crime · Documentary

Surviving Death

★ 6.2
3K 6 2021–2021
Documentary · Reality-TV

WWE: Unreal

★ 8.0
3K 15 2025–2026
Documentary · Reality-TV · Sport

Attack on London: Hunting the 7/7 Bombers

★ 6.9
3K 4 2025–2025
Crime · Documentary

SmartLess: On the Road

★ 8.2
3K 6 2023–2023
Adventure · Comedy · Documentary

Trial 4

★ 7.4
3K 8 2020–2020
Crime · Documentary

Maradona: Blessed Dream

★ 7.2
3K 10 2021–2021
Biography · Documentary · Drama

One Night in Idaho: The College Murders

★ 7.0
3K 7 2025–2026
Crime · Documentary

Coronavirus, Explained

★ 7.5
3K 3 2020–2020
Documentary

The Kings of Tupelo: A Southern Crime Saga

★ 6.6
3K 3 2024–2024
Crime · Documentary

James May: Oh Cook!

★ 7.5
3K 14 2020–2023
Documentary

True Haunting

★ 6.0
3K 5 2025–present
Documentary · Horror

Victoria Beckham

★ 6.3
3K 3 2025–2025
Documentary · Drama

The Real Bling Ring: Hollywood Heist

★ 5.8
3K 3 2022–2022
Crime · Documentary · History

Can I Tell You a Secret?

★ 5.5
2K 2 2024–2024
Crime · Documentary

Steve! (Martin): A Documentary in 2 Pieces

★ 7.5
2K 2 2024–2024
Biography · Documentary

Alma Matters: Inside the IIT Dream

★ 8.2
2K 3 2021–2021
Documentary

Mind Over Murder

★ 7.2
2K 6 2022–2022
Biography · Crime · Documentary

The Indrani Mukerjea Story: Buried Truth

★ 6.2
2K 4 2024–2024
Crime · Documentary

The Fall of Diddy

★ 6.4
2K 5 2025–2025
Crime · Documentary

Unlocked: A Jail Experiment

★ 7.1
2K 16 2024–present
Documentary · Reality-TV

Trainwreck: Storm Area 51

★ 5.6
2K 2 2025–2025
Documentary

Churchill at War

★ 7.6
2K 4 2024–2024
Biography · Documentary · History

The Golden Boy

★ 7.3
2K 2 2023–2023
Biography · Documentary · Sport
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