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500 series (top 500 shown)

Sprint: The World's Fastest Humans

★ 7.4
2K 10 2024–present
Documentary · Sport

Undercurrent: The Disappearance of Kim Wall

★ 6.7
2K 2 2022–2022
Biography · Crime · Documentary

Investigation Alien

★ 6.5
2K 6 2024–present
Documentary

Tsunami: Race Against Time

★ 8.2
2K 4 2024–2024
Documentary

The Manhattan Alien Abduction

★ 5.3
2K 3 2024–2024
Documentary

Luxe Listings Toronto

★ 6.6
2K 7 2024–2024
Documentary · Reality-TV

Street Food: Latin America

★ 7.7
2K 6 2020–2020
Documentary

Absurd Planet

★ 4.1
2K 12 2020–2020
Comedy · Documentary · Musical

They Call Me Magic

★ 7.7
2K 4 2022–2022
Biography · Documentary · Sport

How to Get Rich

★ 6.3
2K 8 2023–2023
Documentary

Animal

★ 7.9
2K 8 2021–2022
Documentary

Spacey Unmasked

★ 5.9
2K 2 2024–present
Biography · Crime · Documentary

A Friend, a Murderer

★ 6.5
2K 3 2026–2026
Crime · Documentary

Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children

★ 7.1
2K 5 2020–2020
Crime · Documentary

We Are the Champions

★ 7.1
2K 6 2020–2020
Documentary · Game-Show

Man in the Arena

★ 8.5
2K 10 2021–2022
Documentary · Sport

Convicting

★ 7.7
2K 10 2023–2023
Documentary

The Most Dangerous Animal of All

★ 6.3
2K 4 2020–2020
Crime · Documentary

The Billionaire, the Butler & the Boyfriend

★ 6.8
2K 3 2023–2023
Crime · Documentary

Monique Olivier: Accessory to Evil

★ 6.8
2K 5 2023–2023
Crime · Documentary

At Home with the Furys

★ 7.0
2K 20 2023–present
Documentary · Reality-TV · Sport

Amend: The Fight for America

★ 7.9
2K 6 2021–2021
Documentary · History

Washington

★ 7.9
2K 3 2020–2020
Biography · Documentary · Drama

The Murders at Starved Rock

★ 6.6
2K 3 2021–2021
Crime · Documentary · Mystery
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