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Best Documentary TV Shows

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97. Crossfire Hurricane

Rated Not Rated
The documentary directed by Brett Morgen and executive produced by the Rolling Stones uses archival clips and interviews to show the highs and lows of the rock band's early career.
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98. Welcome to Wrexham

Aug 24, 2022  •  Rated TV-MA
The documentry series follows what happens to a Welsh football (soccer) club and the town it represents when Ryan Renolds and Rob McElhenney becomes owners of the Wrexham Red Dragons in 2020.
77
Metascore

99. Love Fraud

Aug 30, 2020  •  Rated TV-MA
The four-part documentary series from Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing follows the victims defrauded by conman Richard Scott Smith as they band together to seek justice by finding him before he steals another woman's money and disappears again.
77
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100. Philly D.A.

Apr 20, 2021  •  Rated TV-PG
Directors Yoni Brook and Ted Passon follow civil rights attorney Larry Krasner as he seeks to reform the criminal justice system as Philadelphia's new district attorney in the eight-part documentary that airs as part of PBS' Independent Lens series.
77
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101. Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways

Oct 17, 2014  •  Rated TV-MA
The documentary series directed by Dave Grohl follows his rock band as they recorded their eighth studio album in eight cities: Austin, Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Seattle, and Washington, D.C.
77
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102. Pretend It's a City

Jan 8, 2021  •  Rated TV-14
Directed by Martin Scorsese, writer Fran Lebowitz talks about a variety of topics about New York City, including the arts, its subways, Times Square, and tourists.
77
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103. The Vow (2020)

Aug 23, 2020  •  Rated TV-MA
The documentary series directed by Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer looks into the NXIVM self-help program where Smallville actress Allison Mack recruited women to eventually join a secret society that allegedly included sexual slavery to co-founder Keith Raniere.
77
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104. Manhunt (2013)

Rated TV-14
The documentary directed by Greg Barker and based on a book by journalist Peter Bergen, explores the nearly 20-year hunt for Osama bin Laden by the CIA with interviews with the analysts and operatives.
76
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105. The Defiant Ones (2017)

Jul 9, 2017  •  Rated TV-MA
The four-part Allen Hughes documentary about how Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine become leaders of music empires and business partners.
76
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106. Trainwreck: Woodstock '99

Aug 2, 2022  •  Rated TV-MA
The three-part documentary series features interviews with those involved in the disastrous revival of the 1969 festival including Korn's Jonathan Davis, Jewel, Fatboy Slim, Bush's Gavin Rossdale, and the late Woodstock organizer Michael Lang.
76
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107. Benjamin Franklin

Apr 4, 2022
The life of Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers of the US, is explored in the two-part documentary written by Dayton Duncan and directed by Ken Burns.
76
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108. Challenger: The Final Flight

Sep 16, 2020  •  Rated TV-14
The four-part documentary series takes a look back at the events that led to the Challenger explosion that killed everyone onboard on January 28, 1986.
76
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109. The Lady and the Dale

2021  •  Rated TV-14
The four-part documentary series produced by Mark and Jay Duplass looks at the life of Elizabeth Carmichael, her promise of a fuel-efficient, three-wheeled car in the 1970s and the fraud case that exposed her past that included her life as Jerry Dean Michael and being involved in a counterfeiting operation.
76
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110. LuLaRich

Sep 10, 2021  •  Rated TV-14
The Jenner Furst and Julia Willoughby Nason four-part documentry series looks at the multilevel marketing company LuLaRoe and the accusations of it being a pyramid scheme.
76
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111. American Nightmare

Jan 17, 2024  •  Rated TV-MA
The three-part documentary from Felicity Morris and Bernadette Higgins centers on the 2015 kidnapping and sexual assault of Denise Huskins. The police accuse Denise and her boyfriend Aaron Quinn of a hoax when she reappears until a home invasion robbery turns up evidence of the kidnapping.
76
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112. Murder on Middle Beach

Nov 15, 2020  •  Rated TV-MA
Madison Hamburg investigates his mother Barbara Beach's unsolved 2010 murder in this four-part documentary he also directed.
76
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113. Naomi Osaka

Jul 16, 2021  •  Rated TV-14
The documentary series directed by Garrett Bradley follows champion tennis player Naomi Osaka as juggles the pressures of competing as she trains for the Tokyo Olympics and reflects on her heritage.
76
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114. folklore: the long pond studio sessions

Nov 25, 2020  •  Rated TV-14
The special directed by Taylor Swift in September 2020 in upstate New York, features Taylor, Justin Vernon, producers Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner performing all the tracks on her 2020 album, folklore as well as revealing behind-the-scene stories.
76
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115. Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words

Rated Not Rated
The documentary from Peter Kunhardt includes archival footage with audio from the tapes Nixon recorded from 1971 to 1973 while in the White House.
76
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116. Sasquatch

Apr 20, 2021  •  Rated TV-MA
The three-part documentary series from Mark and Jay Duplass and directed by Joshua Rofé looks into David Holthouse's investigation into the rumors a Sasquatch killed three people at a Northern California marijuana farm in 1993.
76
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117. Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

Rated R
In director Marina Zenovich's documentary, Lily Tomlin, Bob Newhart, Whoopi Goldberg, Mel Brooks, Jesse Jackson, Quincy Jones are some of the people who recall the life and work of comedian Richard Pryor.
75
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118. Hillary

Mar 6, 2020  •  Rated TV-MA
The four-part documentary series directed by Nanette Burstein about the former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton features interviews as well as behind the scenes footage from her 2016 campaign for President.
75
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119. Bill Cosby: Far From Finished

Nov 23, 2013  •  Rated TV-14
Bill Cosby's first comedy special in over 30 years was recorded at the Cerritos Performing Arts Center in Cerritos, California.
75
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120. Allen v. Farrow

Feb 21, 2021  •  Rated TV-MA
The four-part documentary series from Kirby Dick, Amy Ziering and Amy Herdy, looks into the sexual abuse accusation by then 7-year-old daughter Dylan against Woody Allen that led to a custody trial and the reveal of Allen’s relationship with elder daughter, Soon-Yi.
75
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