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Best Documentary TV Series of the 2020s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

Burden of Proof

★ 6.7
1K 4 2023–2023
Crime · Documentary · Thriller

Gold & Greed: The Hunt for Fenn's Treasure

★ 7.1
1K 3 2025–2025
Documentary

Being Gordon Ramsay

★ 6.9
1K 6 2026–present
Documentary

Neighbors

★ 6.8
1K 7 2026–present
Documentary · Reality-TV

Live to Lead

★ 4.3
1K 7 2022–present
Documentary

Vietnam: The War That Changed America

★ 8.1
1K 6 2025–present
Documentary · History

From Rock Star to Killer

★ 7.1
1K 3 2025–2025
Crime · Documentary

Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The Mafia

★ 6.6
1K 3 2025–present
Crime · Documentary

Visible: Out on Television

★ 8.3
1K 5 2020–2020
Documentary · History

Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland

★ 8.8
1K 5 2023–2023
Documentary · History · War

Files of the Unexplained

★ 5.5
1K 8 2024–present
Crime · Documentary · Mystery

Kaulitz & Kaulitz

★ 7.1
1K 24 2024–2026
Biography · Documentary · Music

Spy Ops

★ 6.3
1K 8 2023–present
Documentary · History

The Comedy Store

★ 8.2
1K 5 2020–2020
Comedy · Documentary · History

The Line

★ 7.7
1K 4 2021–2021
Crime · Documentary · War

Taken Together: Who Killed Lyric and Elizabeth?

★ 6.7
1K 3 2024–2024
Crime · Documentary

Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone

★ 8.6
1K 7 2022–2022
Documentary · History

Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed

★ 6.6
1K 4 2022–2022
Crime · Documentary

Dr. Death: The Undoctored Story

★ 7.5
1K 4 2021–2021
Crime · Documentary

FC Bayern: Behind the Legend

★ 8.1
1K 6 2021–2021
Documentary · Sport

The Surgeon's Cut

★ 8.4
1K 4 2020–2020
Documentary

Let Us Prey: A Ministry of Scandals

★ 7.4
1K 4 2023–2023
Documentary

The Houseboat

★ 7.1
1K 4 2021–2021
Documentary

Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time

★ 7.8
1K 5 2025–2025
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