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500 series (top 500 shown)

The Beauty Queen Killer: 9 Days of Terror

★ 6.9
2K 3 2024–2024
Documentary

Muhammad Ali

★ 8.6
2K 4 2021–2021
Biography · Documentary · History

Crime Scene Berlin: Nightlife Killer

★ 5.8
2K 3 2024–2024
Crime · Documentary

The Fox Hollow Murders: Playground of a Serial Killer

★ 6.6
2K 5 2025–2026
Documentary

Our Oceans

★ 8.1
2K 5 2024–2024
Documentary

Koose Munisamy Veerappan

★ 9.0
2K 6 2023–present
Crime · Documentary

Wild Crime

★ 7.3
2K 16 2021–present
Crime · Documentary · Mystery

The Search for Instagram's Worst Con Artist

★ 6.4
2K 2 2023–2023
Crime · Documentary

World War II with Tom Hanks

★ 7.9
2K 20 2026–2026
Documentary · History · War

Benjamin Franklin

★ 8.3
2K 7 2022–2022
Biography · Documentary · History

Agents of Chaos

★ 7.4
2K 2 2020–2020
Documentary · History

Emergency NYC

★ 8.2
2K 8 2023–present
Documentary

Roadfood

★ 8.7
2K 13 2021–present
Adventure · Documentary

Ken and Barbie Killers: The Lost Murder Tapes

★ 7.2
2K 4 2021–2021
Crime · Documentary

High: Confessions of an Ibiza Drug Mule

★ 6.1
2K 5 2021–2021
Crime · Documentary

Once Upon a Time in Iraq

★ 9.0
2K 5 2020–2020
Documentary · History · War

How to Become a Mob Boss

★ 6.7
2K 6 2023–2023
Crime · Documentary

Richard Hammond's Workshop

★ 8.0
2K 40 2021–present
Documentary

The Americas

★ 8.4
2K 16 2025–present
Documentary · Family

Pop Star Academy: KATSEYE

★ 6.7
2K 8 2024–present
Documentary · Music

Janet Jackson.

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

The Lady and the Dale

★ 6.9
2K 4 2021–2021
Biography · Crime · Documentary

Dirty Business

★ 8.5
2K 3 2026–2026
Documentary · Drama

This Is Pop

★ 6.9
2K 8 2021–present
Documentary · Music
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