Top Rated Documentary TV Series - Page 21

Live PD

2016

Live PD

2016
7.6
Dash cams capture footage from urban and rural police forces while on the job. A live look inside the everyday calls of police officers across the nation.
Cooked

2016

Cooked

2016
7.2
Explored through the lenses of the four natural elements – fire, water, air and earth – COOKED is an enlightening and compelling look at the evolution of what food means to us through the history of food preparation and its universal ability to connect us. Highlighting our primal human need to cook, the series urges a return to the kitchen to reclaim our lost traditions and to forge a deeper, more meaningful connection to the ingredients and cooking techniques that we use to nourish ourselves.
Apocalypse: Stalin

2015

Apocalypse: Stalin

2015
7.3
The rise of Stalin, from his early beginning as a bankrobber to the cold-blooded leader of the Soviet Union.
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

2015

Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

2015
6.3
British comedian Richard Ayoade (later taken over by Joe Lycett), accompanied by a celebrity guest, takes a ruthlessly efficient approach to travel, covering everything top tourist destinations have to offer in just 48 hours.
Life Story

2014

Life Story

2014
8.4
The remarkable and often perilous story of the journey through life. It is a story that unites each of us with every animal on the planet, because we all set out on this journey from the moment we are born. For animals there is just one goal in life – to continue their bloodline in the form of offspring. This series follows that journey through its six crucial stages: first steps, growing up, finding a home, gaining power, winning a mate and succeeding as a parent.
Deadly Women

2005

Deadly Women

2005
7.9
This compelling series investigates the motives and m.o. of female murderers. While males are often driven by anger, impulse and destruction, women usually have more complex, long-term reasons to kill.
Snapped

2004

Snapped

2004
7.8
The fascinating cases of every day, seemingly average moms, wives and girlfriends accused of murder. Did they really do it? And if so, why?
The Life of Birds

1998

The Life of Birds

1998
8.1
In the documentary series produced by the BBC, The Life of Birds, Sir David Attenborough unveils a new investigation into the behaviour of birds, perfectly adapted animals that conquer the air. This ten-part series reveals the secret of the birds' great success, their remarkable strategies for finding food, their complex social systems, and their ingenious and often bizarre ways of mating and breeding. From the high speed of large airborne hunters to long distance migrations or the bright colors of nectar feeding hummingbirds, this is the ultimate bird series that every ornithologist should not miss.
Amy Bradley Is Missing

2025

Amy Bradley Is Missing

2025
7.1
This true-crime series investigates the 1998 disappearance of a 23-year-old woman from a Caribbean cruise and her family's tireless search for answers.
Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey

2024

Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey

2024
7.3
Police missteps and a media circus derailed the JonBenét Ramsey murder case. This definitive docuseries chronicles the decades-long quest for justice.
Investigation Alien

2024

Investigation Alien

2024
7.2
In this gripping docuseries, legendary reporter George Knapp travels the globe to uncover new evidence about UFOs and investigate their presence on Earth.
The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping

2024

The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping

2024
7.7
Years after being sent to a disciplinary school, a woman still haunted by her experiences exposes the corruption and abuse of the troubled teen industry.
Can I Tell You a Secret?

2024

Can I Tell You a Secret?

2024
4.2
Three women's lives are changed forever when a prolific stalker infiltrates their social media accounts. And they're only a fraction of his many victims.
Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones

2023

Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones

2023
7.6
Travel around the world with author Dan Buettner to discover five unique communities where people live extraordinarily long and vibrant lives.
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields

2023

Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields

2023
7.4
Actor, model, and global superstar Brooke Shields’ journey from a sexualized young girl to a woman who embraces her identity and voice.
Who Killed Little Gregory?

2019

Who Killed Little Gregory?

2019
7.5
When their 4-year-old son is murdered, a young couple fights a twisting and arduous battle trying to identify a frustratingly elusive killer.
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling

2018

The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling

2018
7.1
The story of legendary comedian Garry Shandling, featuring interviews from nearly four dozen friends, family and colleagues; four decades’ worth of television appearances; and a lifetime of personal journals, private letters and home audio and video footage.
Evil Lives Here

2016

Evil Lives Here

2016
7.9
The true stories of people who lived with a killer. How well do you really know your family? Would you recognize the warning signs? Or would you become entangled in evil?
Barbarians Rising

2016

Barbarians Rising

2016
7.4
Told from the perspective of the rebel leaders, the series chronicles a wave of rebellions against absolute power by those the Roman Empire called “barbarians” – tribes they viewed as beyond the fringe of civilization that lived a brutish and violent existence. But these also were men and women who launched epic struggles that shaped the world to come with a centuries-long fight to defeat the sprawling empire.
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

2014

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

2014
7.7
Chronicles the lives of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. It is the first time in a major documentary television series that their individual stories have been interwoven into a single narrative. This seven-part, fourteen hour film follows the Roosevelts for more than a century, from Theodore’s birth in 1858 to Eleanor’s death in 1962.