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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)

Conan O'Brien Must Go

★ 8.2
5K 11 2024–present
Warm humor · Episodic

Tiger

★ 7.8
5K 2 2021–2021
Sports · Docuseries

The Curious Case of Natalia Grace

★ 6.8
5K 16 2023–2025
True crime · Docuseries

Honeymoon Se Hatya

★ 7.0
5K 5 2026–present
True crime · Docuseries

Shiny Happy People

★ 7.4
5K 7 2023–present
Docuseries · Faith & religion

Night on Earth

★ 8.1
5K 7 2020–2020
Nature & science · Wonder & awe

Murder on Middle Beach

★ 7.4
5K 4 2020–2020
True crime · Docuseries

Neymar: The Perfect Chaos

★ 6.6
5K 3 2022–2022
Sports · Docuseries

Robbie Williams

★ 7.2
5K 4 2023–2023
Docuseries · Music scene

This Is a Robbery: The World's Greatest Art Heist

★ 6.5
5K 4 2021–2021
Docuseries · Heists & cons

Planet Earth III

★ 9.1
5K 10 2023–2024
Nature & science · Wonder & awe

Telemarketers

★ 7.3
5K 3 2023–2023
Docuseries · True crime · Cynical

Pee-wee as Himself

★ 8.4
5K 2 2025–2025
Character study · Melancholic

History 101

★ 6.9
5K 20 2020–2022
Real history · Docuseries

Pole to Pole with Will Smith

★ 6.6
5K 7 2026–present
Docuseries

Everything's Gonna Be All White

★ 1.7
5K 4 2022–2022
Docuseries · Social commentary

Aftershock: Everest and the Nepal Earthquake

★ 7.3
5K 3 2022–2022
Docuseries · Survival

Full Swing

★ 7.9
5K 27 2023–present
Sports · Docuseries

The Crime of the Century

★ 8.1
5K 2 2021–2021
Docuseries · Addiction & vice

Break Point

★ 7.3
5K 16 2023–2024
Sports · Docuseries

Captains of the World

★ 8.2
5K 6 2023–2023
Sports · Docuseries

Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action

★ 6.4
5K 2 2025–2025
Docuseries · Chaotic energy

Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God

★ 7.2
5K 3 2023–2023
Docuseries · Faith & religion

Homicide

★ 7.4
5K 15 2024–2026
True crime · Docuseries
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