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Best Documentary TV Series of the 2020s

Top 500 most popular Documentary series that started in the 2020s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

The Bombing of Pan Am 103

★ 7.4
2K 6 2025–2025
Action · Documentary · Drama

Earth at Night in Color

★ 8.2
2K 12 2020–2021
Documentary

The 1619 Project

★ 4.8
2K 6 2023–2023
Documentary · History

Cursed Films

★ 7.1
2K 10 2020–2022
Documentary · Horror

The D'Amelio Show

★ 2.8
2K 28 2021–2023
Documentary · Reality-TV

Hemingway

★ 8.1
2K 3 2021–2021
Biography · Documentary · History

The Playbook

★ 7.4
2K 5 2020–2020
Documentary · Sport

The Comeback: 2004 Boston Red Sox

★ 8.2
2K 3 2024–2024
Documentary · Sport

A Brutal Pact: The Murder of Daniella Perez

★ 8.4
2K 5 2022–2022
Crime · Documentary

Secrets of Playboy

★ 6.9
2K 20 2022–2023
Documentary

Conversations with a Killer: The Son of Sam Tapes

★ 6.7
2K 3 2025–2025
Biography · Crime · Documentary

The Principles of Pleasure

★ 6.1
2K 3 2022–2022
Documentary

Living for the Dead

★ 6.5
2K 8 2023–2023
Documentary · Horror · Reality-TV

Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!

★ 8.2
2K 2 2026–2026
Documentary

SanPa: Sins of the Savior

★ 7.7
2K 5 2020–2020
Crime · Documentary

Estonia - funnet som endrer alt

★ 8.5
2K 7 2020–2022
Documentary · History

Voir

★ 6.8
2K 6 2021–2021
Documentary

Bill Russell: Legend

★ 7.8
2K 2 2023–2023
Biography · Documentary · Sport

Earthstorm

★ 7.2
2K 4 2022–2022
Documentary

Trafficked with Mariana Van Zeller

★ 8.5
2K 51 2020–present
Documentary

A Perfect Crime

★ 7.3
2K 4 2020–2020
Crime · Documentary

Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story

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

Murdaugh Murders: Deadly Dynasty

★ 6.8
2K 3 2022–2022
Crime · Documentary

Sasquatch

★ 6.3
2K 3 2021–2021
Crime · Documentary · History
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