Top Rated Documentary TV Series on Free Services - Page 40

Making Black America

2022

Making Black America

2022
6
A chronicle of the vast social networks and organizations created by and for Black people—beyond the reach of the “White gaze.” Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. sits with noted scholars, politicians, cultural leaders, and old friends to discuss this world behind the color line and what it looks like today.
Ted Bundy: The Survivors

2020

Ted Bundy: The Survivors

2020
6
Ted Bundy's a murderer masquerading as a charming law student. His murders are shocking, but the stories of women who survived are inspiring.
Cult of Personality

2019

Cult of Personality

2019
8
The series explores the psychological underpinnings of cult leaders, examining their personal histories, motivations, and transformation into charismatic figures with significant influence over their followers.
ADOLF HITLER: THE ITINERARY

2019

ADOLF HITLER: THE ITINERARY

2019
9
For nearly 25 years, Harald Sandner, a history enthusiast, has accurately traced the Führer's itinerary from one place to another, from his childhood to the end of his life. Where was he ? Where was he sleeping? Where did he lead the war? How was he moving? Which places have witnessed the biggest decisions? Harald Sandner left nothing to chance. We will film his unique and exclusive discoveries. A collection that enters for the first time into the details of the daily life and life of the most bloodthirsty dictator of the twentieth century with the aim of decrypting the premises of the Nazi ideology.
Secrets of the Universe

2022

Secrets of the Universe

2022
6
Secrets of the Universe launches viewers on eight mind-blowing adventures to seek answers to some of the Universe’s biggest mysteries. How did the Universe begin? Are there other Earth-like worlds? What is life? Each stand-alone film tells the remarkable stories of the missions and the breakthroughs that have revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos, featuring many of the world’s top space scientists, engineers, and explorers. They reveal not just wonderful far away vistas and amazing science, but also the powerful human stories that reveal the dedication and perseverance needed to explore the Universe for all of humanity.
I (Almost) Got Away With It: Confessions

2022

I (Almost) Got Away With It: Confessions

2022
8
Murderers, drug dealers, bank robbers and jail escapees have different stories, but share the same motive -- to stay out of jail. Fugitives talk about life on the run, how they survived, and how they almost got away with it.
Yorkshire Ripper: The Secret Murders

2022

Yorkshire Ripper: The Secret Murders

2022
6
Series examining the police investigation into the crimes of serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, known as the Yorkshire Ripper, and the missed opportunities to charge him for his earlier, unacknowledged crimes.
Rich & Shameless

2022

Rich & Shameless

2022
6.5
The true stories of the successes, failures, thrills and miseries that accompany the kind of wealth that ordinary people can never understand. Using a combination of powerful interviews, unique archive and atmospheric visuals, Rich & Shameless goes behind the public facade to reveal the dangers of great prosperity.
Secrets of the Viking Stone

2022

Secrets of the Viking Stone

2022
6
Actor Peter Stormare's personal and often humorous journey through Minnesota to learn the truth about the Kensington Runestone, a disputed proof that vikings discovered America, through meetings with scholars, skeptics and sensationalists.
The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

2021

The Co-Ed Killer: Mind of a Monster

2021
8
Cruising Santa Cruz's ocean highways, Edmund Kemper appears to be a 6'9" gentle giant who offers hundreds of young female hitchhikers a ride. But behind his charming smile and signature gold-rimmed glasses lurks a brutal and perverted monster. In 1973, while awaiting trial, Kemper was interviewed by psychiatrist Dr. Donald Lunde. Lunde records Kemper's detailed confession on audiotape. For 50 years these tapes were locked away and forgotten, but now they are public for the first time and reveal a tormented childhood, dark sexual fantasies, and a thirst for revenge on the person he despises most, his own mother.
Muster Dogs

2022

Muster Dogs

2022
6
Five graziers from across Australia are given five Kelpie puppies from the same litter and set with the challenge of transforming these uniquely Australian dogs into champion muster dogs. Series 2 tracks five adorable Australian Border Collie puppies.
Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

2023

Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico

2023
5.5
Follow Eva Longoria as she traverses Mexico exploring one of the most popular, and arguably misunderstood, global cuisines. From harvesting blue agave for tequila as the Aztecs once did, to slow cooking traditional mole sauce in Oaxaca, join Longoria as she journeys across the many vibrant regions of Mexico to reveal its unique and colorful cuisines.
Killer Outbreaks

2011

Killer Outbreaks

2011
6.5
Food Markets: In the Belly of the City

2013

Food Markets: In the Belly of the City

2013
4.5
Going to the local market when we visit a foreign city is something we all love to do. More people visit them in one day than all the city's art museums put together. Markets attract us for their colours, smells, people, sounds and taste.
The Last 24

2018

The Last 24

2018
8
For the police the final fateful hours in the victims life becomes a puzzle. They try to understand where they were, who they met, and what happened to get their answers. The Last 24 follows investigators working the most shocking murder cases as they reconstruct those tragic final hours in the victim's life.
Conquering Southern China

2016

Conquering Southern China

2016
6
Two seasoned Youtube vloggers bike 5000km through the weirdest and wildest back roads of southern China. Join Winston Sterzel, "The Original China Vlogger," and his fellow Youtuber, C-Milk, on their epic southern China adventure. They tackle tough roads, witness breath-taking scenery, sample weird food and meet fascinating locals along the way. This is China like you've never seen it before.
Royals: Keeping the Crown

2021

Royals: Keeping the Crown

2021
6.5
Nothing quite captures the world’s attention like the rise, the fall, and the rebranding of royalty. From Queen Victoria’s attempts to unite Europe, to the end of Russia’s Romanovs, right up to Princes William and Harry, this series explores the survival strategies of royals through the ages.
Detective Diaries

2021

Detective Diaries

2021
8.5
This series takes us inside the investigative minds of five American detectives as they reexamine the harrowing cases that defined their careers. From hunting killers who hid in the shadows for decades, to taking on a political machine with more than blood on its hands, to reliving the same murder through three different victims in a row, every crime turns the story back on each detective, triggering memories of painstaking investigations, forcing them to come to terms with old wounds, and revealing what drives them to stand strong in the fight for justice.
The Flood

2018

The Flood

2018
8.5
The Okavango is one of the most diverse habitats on earth. This is a place of spectacular natural dramas where the fortunes of tens of thousands of animals each year are controlled by one ruler - The Great Flood.
Mysteries, Magic and Miracles

1994

Mysteries, Magic and Miracles

1994
6.5
Join Patrick MacNee as he travels the globe in search of the world’s most baffling stories and events. Infamous myths are put on trial as we try to answer those questions of the unsolved and unexplained.