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  • New York: A Documentary Film (1999)

    1. New York: A Documentary Film

    1999–20038 epsTV Mini Series
    9.1 (1.2K)
    Exploration of New York City's rich history as a complex and dynamic city that has played an unparalleled role in shaping the nation and reflecting its ideals.
    StarsDavid Ogden StiersKenneth JacksonMike Wallace
  • Vice (2013)

    2. Vice

    2013–2021131 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.8 (4.4K)
    Documentary series featuring startling, groundbreaking stories from around the world.
    StarsShane SmithGianna ToboniThomas Morton
  • American Masters (1985)

    3. American Masters

    1985– 307 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.2 (1.3K)
    Documentary series focusing on great American artists and personalities.
    CreatorSusan LacyStarsMartin ScorsesePeter BogdanovichTony Bennett
  • Outrageous Acts of Science (2012)

    4. Outrageous Acts of Science

    2012– 123 epsTV-PGTV Series
    7.1 (334)
    Each episode counts down 20 popular Internet videos and explains the science behind them.
    StarsHelen ArneyDebbie BerebichezHakeem Oluseyi
  • How Art Made the World (2005)

    5. How Art Made the World

    2005– 5 epsTV Mini Series
    8.2 (670)
    Documentary series looking at the influence of art on the current day situation of our society.
    StarsNigel SpiveyVilayanur RamachandranStefano Mariottini
  • The Code (2011)

    6. The Code

    20113 epsTV Mini Series
    7.3 (811)
    Numbers are the rulers of the universe. What if there is a code for life's perfection? A code making the world we see, the "what we are" and the "everything else in the universe"?
    StarsMarcus du SautoyLoren CarpenterKim Rossmo
  • The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011)

    7. The Story of Film: An Odyssey

    201115 epsNot RatedTV Mini Series
    8.4 (5K)
    A comprehensive history of the medium and art of motion pictures.
    StarsMark CousinsJuan Diego BottoAleksandr Sokurov
  • The Seventies (2015)

    8. The Seventies

    20158 epsTV Mini Series
    8.2 (1.6K)
    A documentary series focusing on the ongoing Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal, evolving music industry, the Iran Hostage Crisis, the sexual revolution, and the rise of foreign and domestic terrorism.
    StarsDouglas BrinkleyRick PerlsteinChris Connelly
  • Tofu (2015)

    9. Tofu

    20158 epsTV Series
    6.5 (573)
    A documentary series focusing on sex in the twenty-first century.
    CreatorRussell T. DaviesStarsJulie HesmondhalghNaith PaytonJake Bass
  • Steven Avery in Making a Murderer (2015)

    10. Making a Murderer

    2015–201820 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.5 (106K)
    Filmed over a 10-year period, Steven Avery, a DNA exoneree who, while in the midst of exposing corruption in local law enforcement, finds himself the prime suspect in a grisly new crime.
    StarsSteven AveryDolores AveryLaura Nirider
  • Michael Peterson in The Staircase (2004)

    11. The Staircase

    2004–201813 epsTV-MATV Series
    7.8 (28K)
    The high-profile murder trial of American novelist Michael Peterson following the death of his wife Kathleen Peterson in 2001.
    StarsMichael PetersonDavid RudolfRon Guerette
  • Michael Wood in The Story of China (2016)

    12. The Story of China

    20166 epsTV-PGTV Mini Series
    8.0 (411)
    Michael Wood embarks on a great historical adventure, exploring the stories, people and landscapes that have helped create China's distinctive character and genius over four thousand years.
    StarsMichael WoodTao Tao LiuFrank Ching
  • Cathouse: The Series (2005)

    13. Cathouse: The Series

    2005–201426 epsTV-MATV Series
    6.3 (321)
    Chronicles the women of a brothel in Nevada.
    StarsDennis HofMadam SuzetteIsabella Soprano
  • Taboo (2002)

    14. Taboo

    2002–2014106 epsTV-14TV Series
    7.9 (693)
    Around the world there are people of different cultures who take actions and decisions that seem out of the ordinary to the average westerner. Considered taboo, these people and their stories are now being known.
    StarsLance LewmanAndres WilliamsDavid McCallum
  • Aftermath (2008)

    15. Aftermath

    2008–20116 epsTV Series
    7.1 (93)
    What would happen if the world's supply of oil suddenly ran dry? What would happen if the population doubled overnight? What would happen if the Earth's spin suddenly started to slow down? What would happen if the sun began to age rapidly overnight? What would happen if we suddenly vanished? This documentary series will answer this hypothetical questions.
    StarsMike McCurliePauline AdamsGary Biggar
  • Dark Net (2016)

    16. Dark Net

    2016–201716 epsTV-MATV Series
    7.0 (1.6K)
    Explores the furthest reaches of the internet and the people who frequently use it, providing a revealing and cautionary look inside a vast cyber netherworld.
    CreatorMati KochaviStarsLauren TerpKristieDrew
  • The Century of the Self (2002)

    17. The Century of the Self

    20024 epsTV Mini Series80Metascore
    8.7 (6.6K)
    A documentary about the rise of psychoanalysis as a powerful means of persuasion for both governments and corporations.
    StarsAdam CurtisRobert ReichAnn Bernays
  • Inside Claridge's (2012)

    18. Inside Claridge's

    2012– 3 epsTV-PGTV Mini Series
    8.2 (73)
    This 3 part mini series is a documentary which excellently shows the machinations of running a 5 star luxury hotel in London, UK. It highlights certain valuable staff members and various guest requirements.
    StarThomas Kochs
  • Hjernevask (2013)

    19. Hjernevask

    2013– 7 epsTV Series
    8.7 (17)
    StarsLine Friis FrederiksenAnders StjernholmJack Hansen
  • Naked Science (2004)

    20. Naked Science

    2004–2011148 epsTV Series
    7.8 (363)
    Documentary series featuring various subjects related to science and technology.
    StarsEric MeyersMichael IzquierdoRushmore DeNooyer
  • Walking with Monsters (2005)

    21. Walking with Monsters

    20053 epsNot RatedTV Mini Series
    8.2 (2.6K)
    The final installment in the "Walking with" series is a 90-minute documentary about the evolution of life before the dinosaurs.
    StarsKenneth BranaghEdward Gero
  • Michael Wood in The Story of India (2007)

    22. The Story of India

    2007– 6 epsTV-PGTV Mini Series
    8.4 (1.1K)
    Michael Wood visits places and interviews experts all over India to cover the great chapters of the subcontinent's history.
    StarsMichael WoodChris Baily
  • The Killing Season (2016)

    23. The Killing Season

    20168 epsTV-14TV Series
    7.4 (1.6K)
    The Killing Season is an immersive series that follows documentarians Joshua Zeman and Rachel Mills as they investigate one of the most bizarre unsolved serial killer cases of our time.
    StarsRachel MillsPeter BrendtJoshua Zeman
  • 24. Reefwatch

    1988– TV Series
    StarsMartha HolmesTony Soper
  • Grayson Perry in Grayson Perry: All Man (2016)

    25. Grayson Perry: All Man

    2016– 3 epsTV Series
    8.4 (38)
    Grayson Perry explores the concept of masculinity at the beginning of the 21st century England.
    StarGrayson Perry

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