Best Documentary TV Shows
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Go inside the minds of some of the world's top chefs. Narrated by Executive Producer Anthony Bourdain, The Mind of a Chef is that rare and beautiful thing: an intelligent show about cooking.
Genre: | Documentary |
Number Of Seasons: | 5 |
Network: | PBS |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 8 / 10 (3) |
Ghost Hunters International was a spin-off series of Ghost Hunters that aired on Syfy. The series premiered on January 9, 2008. Like its parent series, GHI was a reality series that followed a team of paranormal investigators; whereas, the original series
Genre: | Documentary |
Number Of Seasons: | 3 |
Network: | Syfy |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.3 / 10 (7) |
Experience our planet's natural beauty and examine how climate change impacts all living creatures in this ambitious documentary of spectacular scope.
Genre: | Documentary |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Network: | Netflix |
Status: | Ended |
Origin Country: | GB |
User Score (votes): | 7.8 / 10 (8) |
A portrait of a public woman, interweaving moments from never-before-seen 2016 campaign footage with biographical chapters of Hillary Rodham Clinton's life. Featuring exclusive interviews with Hillary herself, Bill Clinton, friends, and journalists, an ex
Genre: | Documentary |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Network: | Hulu |
Status: | Ended |
Origin Country: | US |
User Score (votes): | 4 / 10 (6) |
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.
Genre: | Documentary |
Number Of Seasons: | 4 |
Created By: | Greg Whiteley |
Network: | Netflix |
Status: | Returning Series |
Origin Country: | US |
User Score (votes): | 7.7 / 10 (16) |
A zoo owner spirals out of control amid a cast of eccentric characters in this true murder-for-hire story from the underworld of big cat breeding.
Genre: | Documentary |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Network: | Netflix |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 6.5 / 10 (1) |
Chef and food writer Samin Nosrat travels the world to explore four basic keys to wonderful cooking, serving up feasts and helpful tips along the way.
Genre: | Documentary |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Network: | Netflix |
Status: | Ended |
Origin Country: | US |
User Score (votes): | 8.5 / 10 (15) |
A Cook's Tour is a travel and food show that aired on the Food Network. Host Anthony Bourdain visits exotic countries and cities worldwide where hosts treat him to local culture and cuisine. Two seasons of episodes were produced in 2000 and 2001 and aire
Genre: | Documentary |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Network: | Food Network |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 8.5 / 10 (2) |
Ride along as part of the crew and witness the campers’ journey across Washington State as these inspired teenagers experience raw nature for the first time, learn to work together like a family and discover the art of filmmaking while exploring the depth
Genre: | Documentary |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Network: | Freeform |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 0 / 10 (0) |
This docu-series explores and exposes flaws in the American justice system through emotional, in-depth examinations of the death row cases of Darlie Routier and Julius Jones.
Genre: | Documentary |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Network: | ABC |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 8 / 10 (1) |
Ghost Hunters Academy is a paranormal reality television series that premiered on November 11, 2009, on the Syfy channel. The program is the third spin-off series based on Ghost Hunters. The show features TAPS members Steve Gonsalves and Dave Tango as the
Genre: | Documentary |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Network: | Syfy |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 1 / 10 (1) |
Step inside the minds of the most innovative designers in a variety of disciplines and learn how design impacts every aspect of life.
Genre: | Documentary |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Network: | Netflix |
Status: | Returning Series |
Origin Country: | US |
User Score (votes): | 8.3 / 10 (21) |
Documentary series tracking the dreams and worries of Wrexham, a working-class town in North Wales, UK, as two Hollywood stars (Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds) take ownership of the town’s historic yet struggling football club.
Genre: | Documentary |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Network: | FX |
Status: | Returning Series |
Origin Country: | US |
User Score (votes): | 8.375 / 10 (8) |
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May are back with a show about adventure, excitement and friendship... as long as you accept that the people you call friends are also the ones you find extremely annoying. Sometimes it's even a show about cars.
Genres: | Comedy, Documentary |
Number Of Seasons: | 3 |
Network: | Amazon |
Created By: | Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May, Andy Wilman |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.8 / 10 (257) |
In 16 and Pregnant, they were moms-to-be. Now, follow Farrah, Maci, Amber, and Catelynn as they face the challenges of motherhood. Each episode interweaves these stories revealing the wide variety of challenges young mothers can face: marriage, relationsh
Genres: | Documentary, Reality |
Number Of Seasons: | 7 |
Network: | MTV |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 5.2 / 10 (21) |
An engaged couple travels the world for a year to explore marriage customs in diverse cultures. Will the journey bring them closer or tear them apart?
Genres: | Documentary, Reality |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Network: | Netflix |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 6 / 10 (1) |
The hosts talk about the latest cars and its specifications. They review the performance of the car and also find out if it is as good as the manufacturers claim. The current hosts are Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc with The Stig.
Genres: | Documentary, Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 25 |
Network: | BBC Two |
Created By: | Derek Smith |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.5 / 10 (292) |
This stylish mix of documentary and historical epic chronicles the reign of Commodus, the emperor whose rule marked the beginning of Rome's fall.
Genres: | Drama, Documentary |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Network: | Netflix |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 5.8 / 10 (15) |
A group of online justice seekers track down a guy who posted a video of him killing kittens.
Genres: | Documentary, Crime |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Network: | Netflix |
Status: | Ended |
Origin Country: | GB, US |
User Score (votes): | 7.8 / 10 (170) |
When social upheaval sweeps Russia in the early 20th century, Czar Nicholas II resists change, sparking a revolution and ending a dynasty.
Genres: | Drama, War & Politics, Documentary |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Network: | Netflix |
Status: | Ended |
Origin Country: | US |
User Score (votes): | 8 / 10 (3) |