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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)

Hunting a Monster

★ 7.6
2K 3 2024–2024
Documentary

Naomi Osaka

★ 6.3
2K 3 2021–2021
Biography · Documentary · Sport

UFO

★ 6.6
2K 4 2021–2021
Documentary · History · Mystery

This Is a Gardening Show

★ 7.6
2K 6 2026–present
Comedy · Documentary · Reality-TV

The Super Models

★ 7.8
2K 4 2023–2023
Documentary

Lance

★ 7.5
2K 2 2020–2020
Biography · Documentary · Sport

Tiny Creatures

★ 5.1
2K 8 2020–2020
Documentary · Drama · Family

Dynasty: The Murdochs

★ 6.8
2K 4 2026–2026
Biography · Documentary

The Enfield Poltergeist

★ 6.6
2K 4 2023–2023
Documentary · Horror

Tucci in Italy

★ 8.1
1K 10 2025–present
Documentary

Laurel Canyon

★ 8.2
1K 2 2020–2020
Documentary · History · Music

The Outreau Case: A French Nightmare

★ 6.4
1K 4 2024–2024
Crime · Documentary

Money Heist: From Tokyo to Berlin

★ 7.6
1K 2 2021–2021
Crime · Documentary

Hope on the Street

★ 8.4
1K 6 2024–present
Documentary · Music

Break It All: The History of Rock in Latin America

★ 7.6
1K 6 2020–2020
Biography · Documentary · Music

Behind the Attraction

★ 7.7
1K 18 2021–present
Documentary · History

Last Call: When a Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York

★ 7.1
1K 4 2023–2023
Crime · Documentary

Wild Isles

★ 8.6
1K 5 2023–2023
Documentary · Family

Myth & Mogul: John DeLorean

★ 6.8
1K 3 2021–2021
Biography · Crime · Documentary

Chef's Table: BBQ

★ 7.7
1K 4 2020–2020
Documentary

The Black Swan

★ 8.3
1K 7 2024–2025
Crime · Documentary

Whose Vote Counts, Explained

★ 7.3
1K 3 2020–2020
Documentary

Raël: The Alien Prophet

★ 6.5
1K 4 2024–2024
Documentary

RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop

★ 8.7
1K 4 2023–2023
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