American Manhunt: Osama Bin Laden
American Manhunt: Osama Bin Laden Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 8.3 |
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About
"A decade of intelligence work distilled into tense history"
This documentary series reconstructs the roughly ten-year international manhunt for Osama bin Laden after the September 11 attacks, using archival news footage, declassified material, and interviews with intelligence and military figures involved. It moves chronologically through the frustrations, false leads, and breakthroughs that shaped the search, building toward the raid that ended it. The tone is tense and procedural rather than sensational, leaning on real footage and firsthand testimony instead of dramatization. It feels less like a thriller and more like a detailed, sober briefing, engaging for anyone interested in how the operation actually unfolded behind the headlines.
the archival footage and firsthand accounts that reconstruct a real intelligence operation in tense detail.
you already know the story well and want new revelations rather than a detailed recap.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | A New Kind of Enemy | 7.7 | 513 | 59 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Gloves Are Off | 7.6 | 463 | 44 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Operation Neptune Spear | 8.3 | 489 | 81 min |