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The Confession Killer

2019

The Confession Killer

2019
7.2
Henry Lee Lucas rose to infamy when he confessed to hundreds of unsolved murders. This docuseries examines the truth -- and horrifying consequences.
Last Chance U

2016

Last Chance U

2016
7.2
In a docuseries set at one of NCAA football's most fertile recruiting grounds, guys with red flags seek to prove their worth on the field and in class.
FIFA Uncovered

2022

FIFA Uncovered

2022
7.1
From power struggles to global politics, an exploration of FIFA reveals the organization's checkered history — and what it takes to host a World Cup.
Gold & Greed: The Hunt for Fenn's Treasure

2025

Gold & Greed: The Hunt for Fenn's Treasure

2025
6.4
An eccentric man named Forrest Fenn sets off a real-life treasure hunt when he hides a chest of gold in the Rockies — and leaves clues in a cryptic poem.
Connected

2020

Connected

2020
6.3
Science journalist Latif Nasser investigates the surprising and intricate ways in which we are connected to each other, the world and the universe.
SanPa: Sins of the Savior

2020

SanPa: Sins of the Savior

2020
7.5
Amidst a heroin crisis, Vincenzo Muccioli cared for the addicted, earning him fierce public devotion — even as charges of violence began to mount.
Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak

2020

Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak

2020
6.9
In this docuseries, meet the heroes on the front lines of the battle against influenza and learn about their efforts to stop the next global outbreak.
We Are the Champions

2020

We Are the Champions

2020
5.9
Explore the quirkiest, most charming, and oddly inspirational competitions you never knew existed, and the determined, passionate, and incredibly skilled competitors who put it all on the line to become heroes in their own extraordinary worlds.
Living Undocumented

2019

Living Undocumented

2019
6.8
Eight undocumented families' fates roller-coast as the United States' immigration policies are transformed.
Jjajangmyeon Rhapsody

2024

Jjajangmyeon Rhapsody

2024
8
Trace Jjajangmyeon's flavorful evolution from its Chinese origins to its status as one of South Korea's most beloved comfort foods.
Cocaine Air: Smugglers at 30,000 Ft.

2025

Cocaine Air: Smugglers at 30,000 Ft.

2025
7.5
2013: four Frenchmen are arrested in Punta Cana with 700 kg of cocaine — none fit the trafficker profile. This documentary asks: who was behind the bust?
High: Confessions of an Ibiza Drug Mule

2021

High: Confessions of an Ibiza Drug Mule

2021
5.3
In 2013, Michaella McCollum from Northern Ireland and Melissa Reid from Scotland were caught at the Jorge Chavez International Airport in Peru trying to smuggle £1.5 million of cocaine into Spain. The pair, also known as the `Peru Two,' were sentenced to almost seven years in one of the most notorious prisons in the world. The series provides a first-hand account from Michaella, a former club hostess in the Spanish nightlife, as she traces her journey from arriving in the foreign country for her first holiday to her downward spiral into the illicit world of drugs and excess.
Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam

2024

Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam

2024
6.5
Backstreet Boys. NSYNC. Lou Pearlman created the biggest boy bands of the '90s — and one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history.
Mark Rober's CrunchLabs

2025

Mark Rober's CrunchLabs

2025
9.7
At CrunchLabs, Mark Rober transforms wild ideas into reality, blending engineering and outrageous fun for science adventures you'll never forget.
Girls Incarcerated

2018

Girls Incarcerated

2018
7.1
An eight-part documentary series that goes behind the scenes at Madison Juvenile Correctional Facility in Indiana, where teenage girls struggle to overcome their troubled pasts and find hope for the future.
Basketball or Nothing

2019

Basketball or Nothing

2019
7.4
Follow the lives of the Chinle High basketball team in Arizona's Navajo Nation on a quest to win a state championship and bring pride to their isolated community.
72 Dangerous Animals: Asia

2018

72 Dangerous Animals: Asia

2018
6.6
From fangs to claws to venomous stings, they all wield deadly weapons. But which creature will be crowned the fiercest of all?
The Playbook

2020

The Playbook

2020
6.4
Coaches with championship résumés share their personal rules for success in sports and life in this reflective and inspiring documentary series.
A Perfect Crime

2020

A Perfect Crime

2020
7
In April 1991, Detlev Rohwedder, the head of Treuhand, the East German Privatization and Restructuring Agency, was assassinated in Dusseldorf. This documentary details the strange evidence recovered.
Nisman: The Prosecutor, the President and the Spy

2019

Nisman: The Prosecutor, the President and the Spy

2019
6.7
Hours before denouncing Argentina’s president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner of negotiating impunity of Iranians possibly involved in the AMIA bombing in 1994, prosecutor Alberto Nisman was found dead in his apartment in Buenos Aires.