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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)

Testament: The Story of Moses

★ 6.4
5K 3 2024–2024
Faith & religion · Docuseries

Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam

★ 6.5
5K 3 2024–2024
Docuseries · True crime

Unabomber: In His Own Words

★ 7.2
5K 4 2020–2020
True crime · Docuseries

Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial

★ 7.7
5K 6 2024–2024
Docuseries · Real history

Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga

★ 6.4
5K 3 2022–2022
Docuseries · Social commentary

McGregor Forever

★ 7.0
5K 4 2023–2023
Sports · Docuseries

Alien Worlds

★ 6.5
5K 4 2020–2020
Nature & science · Wonder & awe

Indian Matchmaking

★ 6.3
5K 24 2020–present
Lifestyle reality · Indian TV

George Carlin's American Dream

★ 8.3
5K 2 2022–2022
Docuseries · Social commentary

LuLaRich

★ 7.4
5K 4 2021–2021
Docuseries · Social commentary

Wyatt Earp and the Cowboy War

★ 7.7
5K 6 2024–2024
Real history · Period piece

Life in Colour

★ 8.2
4K 3 2021–2021
Nature & science

House of Hammer

★ 6.1
4K 3 2022–2022
Docuseries · True crime

The Tribe

★ 7.1
4K 9 2024–present
Documentary · Reality-TV

Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones

★ 7.8
4K 4 2023–2023
Docuseries · Hopeful · Family-safe

The Way Down

★ 7.0
4K 5 2021–2022
Docuseries · Faith & religion

Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story

★ 8.4
4K 4 2023–2023
Sports · Docuseries

Light & Magic

★ 8.7
4K 9 2022–2025
Docuseries · Nostalgic

Surviving Black Hawk Down

★ 7.4
4K 3 2025–2025
War & military · Docuseries

Mr. Scorsese

★ 8.5
4K 5 2025–2025
Docuseries · Character study

Chimp Empire

★ 8.2
4K 4 2023–2023
Nature & science · Docuseries

Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos

★ 8.2
4K 2 2024–2024
Docuseries · Real history

Rafa

★ 8.6
4K 4 2026–2026
Documentary · Sport

Uninterrupted's Top Class: The Life and Times of the Sierra Canyon Trailblazers

★ 7.2
4K 26 2021–present
Sports · Docuseries
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