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500 series (top 500 shown)

Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian

★ 8.3
4K 11 2020–2023
Docuseries · Episodic

America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders

★ 7.1
4K 21 2024–present
Docuseries · Female perspective

Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami

★ 7.1
4K 6 2021–2021
True crime · Docuseries

100 Foot Wave

★ 8.1
4K 17 2021–present
Docuseries · Sports

Welcome to Earth

★ 7.7
4K 6 2021–2021
Nature & science · Wonder & awe

Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators

★ 7.2
4K 5 2023–2023
Docuseries

The Goop Lab

★ 2.7
4K 7 2020–2020
Docuseries · Lifestyle reality

What Happened, Brittany Murphy?

★ 6.5
4K 2 2021–2021
Docuseries

Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing

★ 6.5
4K 3 2025–2025
Docuseries · Disturbing

The Reluctant Traveler

★ 7.5
4K 31 2023–present
Easy watching · Feel-good

A Perfect Planet

★ 9.0
3K 6 2021–2021
Nature & science · Wonder & awe

Taylor Swift: The End of an Era

★ 8.6
3K 6 2025–2025
Music scene · Docuseries

Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields

★ 7.5
3K 2 2023–2023
Docuseries · Female perspective

The Innocence Files

★ 7.9
3K 9 2020–2020
True crime · Docuseries

The Raincoat Killer: Chasing a Predator in Korea

★ 6.4
3K 3 2021–2021
True crime · Docuseries

Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence

★ 7.2
3K 3 2023–2023
Crime · Documentary

Ctrl+Alt+Desire

★ 6.6
3K 3 2024–2024
Crime · Documentary

Don't Pick Up the Phone

★ 6.7
3K 3 2022–2022
Crime · Documentary

Exterminate All the Brutes

★ 7.5
3K 4 2021–2021
Documentary · History

The Last Narc

★ 8.5
3K 4 2020–2020
Crime · Documentary

Captive Audience

★ 6.8
3K 3 2022–2022
Biography · Crime · Documentary

Our Great National Parks

★ 8.1
3K 5 2022–2022
Documentary · Family

Marvel Studios: Assembled

★ 7.8
3K 23 2021–2024
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WWII in Color: Road to Victory

★ 8.2
3K 10 2021–present
Documentary · History · War
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