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Best Documentary TV Series in TV history

1000 top rated Documentary TV Series on Filmaffinity with +500 votes

- 1
- Planet Earth II (TV Miniseries) (2016)
  
  Elizabeth White, Justin Anderson, Ed Charles
  
  Documentary, Self: David Attenborough
- 8.9
  
  4,240
- 2
- Blue Planet II (TV Miniseries) (2017)
  
  David Attenborough (Creator)
  
  Documentary, Self: David Attenborough
- 8.8
  
  1,660
- 3
- Cosmos (TV Series) (1980)
  
  Carl Sagan (Creator), David F. Oyster, Adrian Malone
  
  Documentary, Self: Carl Sagan
- 8.8
  
  13,188
- 4
- Seven Worlds One Planet (TV Miniseries) (2019)
  
  David Attenborough (Creator), Fredi Devas, Giles Badger, Chadden Hunter
  
  Documentary, Self: David Attenborough
- 8.7
  
  643
- 5
- Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey (TV Series) (2014)
  
  Ann Druyan (Creator), Steven Soter (Creator), Ann Druyan ...
  
  Documentary, Self: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Seth MacFarlane
- 8.7
  
  10,547
Empire of Light
- 6
- Apocalypse: The Second World War (TV Miniseries) (2009)
  
  Daniel Costelle, Isabelle Clarke
  
  Documentary, Self: Mathieu Kassovitz
- 8.6
  
  14,413
- 7
- Planet Earth (TV Series) (2006)
  
  Alastair Fothergill
  
  Documentary
- 8.5
  
  15,911
- 8
- The Beatles Anthology (TV Miniseries) (1995)
  
  Bob Smeaton, Geoff Wonfor
  
  Documentary, Self: The Beatles, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr
- 8.5
  
  1,963
- 9
- Our Planet (TV Series) (2019)
  
  David Attenborough (Creator), Adam Chapman, Hugh Pearson, Huw Cordey
  
  Documentary, Self: David Attenborough
- 8.5
  
  2,991
- 10
- Africa (TV Miniseries) (2013)
  
  David Attenborough (Creator), Katrina Bartlam, Felicity Egerton
  
  Documentary, Self: Forest Whitaker, David Attenborough, Simon Blakeney
- 8.5
  
  1,713
- 11
- Human Planet (TV Miniseries) (2011)
  
  Nicolas Brown, Mark Flowers, Tom Hugh-Jones
  
  Documentary, Self: John Hurt
- 8.5
  
  2,589
- 12
- Life (TV Miniseries) (2009)
  
  Simon Blakeney, Stephen Lyle
  
  Documentary, Self: David Attenborough, Oprah Winfrey
- 8.4
  
  2,871
- 13
- The World at War (TV Series) (1974)
  
  Jeremy Isaacs (Creator), Hugh Raggett, John Pett, David Elstein
  
  Documentary
- 8.4
  
  5,500
- 14
- Apocalypse: The First World War (TV Miniseries) (2014)
  
  Daniel Costelle, Isabelle Clarke
  
  Documentary, Self: Mathieu Kassovitz
- 8.4
  
  3,656
- 15
- Frozen Planet (TV Miniseries) (2011)
  
  David Attenborough (Creator), Elizabeth White
  
  Documentary, Self: David Attenborough
- 8.4
  
  1,023
- 16
- The Beatles: Get Back (TV Miniseries) (2021)
  
  Peter Jackson
  
  Documentary, Self: The Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono
- 8.3
  
  2,225
- 17
- Cosmos: Possible Worlds (TV Series) (2020)
  
  Ann Druyan (Creator), Steven Soter (Creator), Ann Druyan, Brannon Braga
  
  Documentary, Self: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Neil Arnote, Alexander Alayon, Hélène Cardona, Leandro Guedes, Marcello Guedes, Rick Pasqualone, J. Nathan Simmons
- 8.3
  
  1,251
- 18
- The Vietnam War (TV Series) (2017)
  
  Ken Burns, Lynn Novick
  
  Documentary
- 8.2
  
  1,117
- 19
- Wonders of the Solar System (TV Miniseries) (2010)
  
  Michael Lachmann, Paul Olding
  
  Documentary, Self: Brian Cox
- 8.2
  
  866
- 20
- The Story of Film: An Odyssey (TV Series) (2011)
  
  Mark Cousins
  
  Documentary, Self: Aleksandr Sokúrov, Norman Lloyd, Lars von Trier, Paul Schrader, Haskell Wexler, Yuen Woo-Ping, Samira Makhmalbaf ...
- 8.2
  
  3,443
Creed III
- 21
- Wonders of the Universe (TV Miniseries) (2011)
  
  Stephen Cooter, Chris Holt, Michael Lachmann
  
  Documentary, Self: Brian Cox
- 8.2
  
  748
- 22
- The Last Dance (TV Miniseries) (2020)
  
  Jason Hehir
  
  Documentary, Self: Michael Jordan, Phil Jackson, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, Steve Kerr, Jerry Krause, Doug Collins ...
- 8.2
  
  14,686
- 23
- The Private Life Of Plants (TV Miniseries) (1995)
  
  David Attenborough (Creator), Neil Lucas
  
  Documentary, Self: David Attenborough
- 8.2
  
  711
- 24
- Crims (TV Series) (2020)
  
  Carles Porta, Laia Foguet, Santi Baró
  
  Documentary, Self: Carles Porta
- 8.1
  
  2,082
- 25
- The Century of the Self (TV Miniseries) (2002)
  
  Adam Curtis
  
  Documentary
- 8.1
  
  1,038
- 26
- McCartney 3, 2, 1 (TV Miniseries) (2021)
  
  Zachary Heinzerling
  
  Documentary, Self: Paul McCartney, Rick Rubin
- 8.1
  
  651
- 27
- Celtics/Lakers: Best of Enemies (TV Miniseries) (2017)
  
  Jim Podhoretz
  
  Documentary
- 8.1
  
  939
- 28
- O.J.: Made in America (TV Miniseries) (2016)
  
  Ezra Edelman
  
  Documentary, Self: O.J. Simpson
- 8.0
  
  2,302
- 29
- The Blue Planet (TV Miniseries) (2001)
  
  Alastair Fothergill
  
  Documentary, Self: David Attenborough
- 8.0
  
  1,145
- 30
- The Universe (TV Series) (2007)
  
  Laura Verklan, Tony Long, Colin Campbell
  
  Documentary
- 8.0
  
  1,109

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