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Docuseries

Docuseries TV Series

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Ranked by how defining this tag is for each show · 336 series

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336 series Taste tags cover the 5,000 most-rated shows.

The Last Dance

★ 9.0
182K 10 2020–2020
Sports · Docuseries · Nostalgic
10/10

Making a Murderer

★ 8.5
108K 20 2015–2018
True crime · Docuseries · Cynical
10/10

Formula 1: Drive to Survive

★ 8.5
60K 79 2019–present
Sports · Docuseries · Adrenaline
10/10

Wild Wild Country

★ 8.0
39K 6 2018–2018
Docuseries · Faith & religion
10/10

The World at War

★ 9.2
38K 26 1973–1974
War & military · Docuseries
10/10

The Beatles: Get Back

★ 8.9
37K 3 2021–2021
Music scene · Docuseries
10/10

The Vietnam War

★ 9.1
37K 10 2017–2017
War & military · Docuseries
10/10

Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes

★ 7.7
35K 4 2019–2019
True crime · Docuseries
10/10

Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich

★ 7.1
35K 4 2020–2020
True crime · Docuseries
10/10

The Keepers

★ 8.0
28K 7 2017–2017
True crime · Docuseries
10/10

The Civil War

★ 9.0
26K 9 1990–1990
Docuseries · Real history
10/10

Through the Wormhole

★ 8.6
19K 62 2010–2017
Nature & science · Docuseries
10/10

Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey

★ 7.3
19K 4 2022–2022
Docuseries · Faith & religion
10/10

Long Way Round

★ 8.6
17K 10 2004–2010
Docuseries · Friendship
10/10

The Devil Next Door

★ 7.5
16K 5 2019–2019
Docuseries · True crime
10/10

The Defiant Ones

★ 8.5
16K 4 2017–2017
Music scene · Docuseries
10/10

MH370: The Plane That Disappeared

★ 6.1
16K 3 2023–2023
Docuseries · Mystery box
10/10

Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror

★ 7.9
13K 5 2021–2021
Docuseries · Real history
10/10

How to Become a Tyrant

★ 7.4
13K 6 2021–2021
Docuseries · Real history
10/10

Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy

★ 8.0
13K 3 2022–2022
Music scene · Docuseries
10/10

Aka Charlie Sheen

★ 7.5
13K 2 2025–2025
Docuseries · Addiction & vice
10/10

Ancient Apocalypse

★ 7.3
12K 14 2022–2024
Docuseries · Real history
10/10

Mr. McMahon

★ 7.7
12K 6 2024–2024
Docuseries
10/10

The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness

★ 7.0
11K 4 2021–2021
True crime · Docuseries
10/10