Top Documentary TV Shows

GameStop

2022

• Genre
• Documentary

Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan

2021

• Genre
• Documentary·History

• Cast
• Chika Kitney·Hiro Kanagawa·Masami Kosaka·Hayate Masao·Masayoshi Haneda·Hideaki Ito·Wilfred Lee·Seiji Hino·Elina Miyake Jackson·Ryota Kaneko

Life in Colour

2021

• Genre
• Documentary

JFK: Destiny Betrayed

2021

• Genre
• Documentary

Top Class: The Life and Times of the Sierra Canyon Trailblazers

2021

• Genre
• Documentary·Sport

Jeremy Clarkson: I Bought the Farm

2021

• Genre
• Documentary

James May: Our Man in Japan

2020

• Genre
• Documentary

History 101

2020

• Genre
• Documentary·History

• Cast
• Frankie Corzo·Natalie Silverman

All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur

2020

• Genre
• Documentary·Sport

The Chef Show

2019

• Genre
• Documentary

• Director

Formula 1: Drive to Survive

2019

• Genre
• Documentary·Sport

• Director

Somebody Feed Phil

2018

• Genre
• Documentary

Ugly Delicious

2018

• Genre
• Documentary

• Cast
• Walter Green

• Director

All or Nothing: Manchester City

2018

• Genre
• Documentary·Reality-TV·Sport

Sunderland 'Til I Die

2018

• Genre
• Documentary·Sport

One Strange Rock

2018

• Genre
• Documentary

• Director

Explained

2018

• Genre
• Documentary

• Director

Inside Look: The Assassination of Gianni Versace - American Crime Story

2017

• Genre
• Documentary·Short

• Cast
• Sal Rose·Vanessa Apolito·Anna Bogomazova

Abstract: The Art of Design

2017

• Genre
• Documentary

• Cast
• Cas Holman·Ian Spalter

• Director

The World's Most Extraordinary Homes

2017

• Genre
• Documentary

• Director
• Ed St. Giles

Last Chance U

2016

• Genre
• Documentary·Sport

• Cast
• Becca Zimmerman

• Director
• Greg Whiteley

Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath

2016

• Genre
• Documentary

• Director
• Hal Grant

Inside Look: The People v. O.J. Simpson - American Crime Story

2016

• Genre
• Documentary·Short

• Director
• Joel Knoernschild

Vietnam

2016

• Genre
• Documentary

• Director
• Ken Burns

Making a Murderer

2015

• Genre
• Documentary· Crime

• Cast
• Steven Avery

• Director
• Laura Ricciardi

Chef's Table

2015

• Genre
• Documentary

• Cast
• Dan Barber·Massimo Bottura·Bill Buford·Lara Gilmore

The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst

2015

• Genre
• Documentary

• Cast
• Robert Durst·Andrew Jarecki·Gary Napoli·Debra Kay Anderson

• Director
• Andrew Jarecki

The Hunt

2015

• Genre
• Documentary

• Cast
• David Attenborough

• Director
• Huw Cordey

Alone

2015

• Genre
• Documentary· Reality-TV

• Cast
• Dustin Feher·Alan Kay·Sam Larson·Mitch Mitchell

Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey

2014

• Genre
• Documentary

• Cast
• Neil deGrasse Tyson·Carl Sagan

Sonic Highways

2014

• Genre
• Documentary· Music

• Cast
• Steve Albini·Ryan Florig·David Fricke·Dave Grohl

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

2013

• Genre
• Documentary

• Cast
• Anthony Bourdain

Nathan for You

2013

• Genre
• Documentary· Comedy

• Cast
• Nathan Fielder

Africa

2013

• Genre
• Documentary

• Cast
• David Attenborough·Simon Blakeney

• Director

Vice

2013

• Genre
• Documentary· News

• Cast
• Shane Smith

The Bible

2013

• Genre
• Documentary· Action· Drama

• Cast
• Keith David·Robert Powell·Diogo Morgado·Darwin Shaw

• Director

The Bible

2013

• Genre
• Documentary· Action· Drama

• Cast
• Keith David·Robert Powell·Diogo Morgado·Darwin Shaw

• Director

Satyamev Jayate

2012

• Genre
• Documentary· Talk-Show

• Cast
• Aamir Khan

The Untold History of the United States

2012

• Genre
• Documentary

• Cast
• Oliver Stone·Alan Shearman·Jim Ward·André Sogliuzzo

The Men Who Built America

2012

• Genre
• Documentary· Biography· History

• Cast
• Campbell Scott·H.W. Brands·Mark Cuban·Donny Deutsch

The Untold History of the United States

2012

• Genre
• Documentary

• Cast
• Oliver Stone·Alan Shearman·Jim Ward·André Sogliuzzo

Wonders of the Universe

2011

• Genre
• Documentary

• Cast
• Brian Cox·Steven Mackintosh

• Director
• Jose Montesinos

The Story of Film: An Odyssey

2011

• Genre
• Documentary· History

• Cast
• Mark Cousins·Juan Diego Botto

• Director
• Mark Cousins

Brain Games

2011

• Genre
• Documentary

• Cast
• Jason Silva

Human Planet

2011

• Genre
• Documentary

• Cast
• John Hurt

• Director

Frozen Planet

2011

• Genre
• Documentary

• Cast
• David Attenborough·Alec Baldwin

• Director
• Juliet McKoen

Prohibition

2011

• Genre
• Documentary· History

• Cast
• Peter Coyote·Pete Hamill·Catherine Gilbert Murdock·Michael Lerner

• Director
• Ken Burns

Top Gear USA

2010

• Genre
• Documentary

• Cast
• Adam Ferrara·Tanner Foust·Rutledge Wood

Wonders of the Solar System

2010

• Genre
• Documentary

• Cast
• Brian Cox

• Director

Stephen Hawking's Universe

2010

• Genre
• Documentary

• Cast
• Benedict Cumberbatch·Stephen Hawking

An Idiot Abroad

2010

• Genre
• Documentary· Comedy· Reality-TV

• Cast
• Karl Pilkington·Ricky Gervais·Stephen Merchant

Through the Wormhole

2010

• Genre
• Documentary

• Cast
• Morgan Freeman

How the Universe Works

2010

• Genre
• Documentary

• Cast
• Richard Lintern·Phil Plait·Mike Rowe·Michelle Thaller

American Pickers

2010

• Genre
• Documentary· Reality-TV

• Cast
• Frank Fritz·Mike Wolfe·Danielle Colby-Cushman

Nature's Most Amazing Events

2009

• Genre
• Documentary

• Cast
• David Attenborough·Joe Stevens

• Director
• Peter Bassett

30 for 30

2009

• Genre
• Documentary· Biography· Sport

• Cast
• Dan Rather·Magic Johnson·Michael Jordan·Marv Albert

World War II in Color

2009

• Genre
• Documentary· War

• Cast
• Robert Powell·Adolf Hitler·Winston Churchill

Apocalypse: The Second World War

2009

• Genre
• Documentary· War

• Cast
• Mathieu Kassovitz·Adolf Hitler·Martin Sheen·Winston Churchill

• Director
• Isabelle Clarke

Ancient Aliens

2009

• Genre
• Documentary· History· Sci-Fi

• Cast
• Robert Clotworthy·Giorgio Tsoukalos·David Childress·Philip Coppens

River Monsters

2009

• Genre
• Documentary

• Cast
• Jeremy Wade

Life

2009

• Genre
• Documentary

• Cast
• David Attenborough·Oprah Winfrey

• Director

Top Gear

2008

• Genre
• Documentary

• Cast
• Tanner Foust·Eric A. Stromer·Rutledge Wood

1000 Ways to Die

2008

• Genre
• Documentary· Comedy· Drama

• Cast
• Alisdair Simpson·Ron Perlman·Khyber Zaffarkhan·Boyd Flinders

Long Way Down

2007

• Genre
• Documentary

• Cast
• Ewan McGregor·Charley Boorman·David Alexanian·Russ Malkin

• Director
• David Alexanian

Ice Road Truckers

2007

• Genre
• Documentary· Adventure· Reality-TV

• Cast
• Alex Debogorski·Thom Beers·Hugh Rowland·Lisa Kelly

The War

2007

• Genre
• Documentary· War

• Cast
• Keith David·Katharine Phillips·Tom Hanks·Paul Fussell

• Director
• Ken Burns

The Universe

2007

• Genre
• Documentary· History

• Cast
• Erik Thompson

The Real Housewives of Orange County

2006

• Genre
• Documentary· Reality-TV

• Cast
• Vicki Gunvalson·Tamra Judge·Gretchen Rossi·Brooks Ayers

Planet Earth

2006

• Genre
• Documentary

• Cast
• David Attenborough·Sigourney Weaver

• Director
• Alastair Fothergill

When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts

2006

• Genre
• Documentary

• Cast
• Darleen Asevedo

Life in the Undergrowth

2005

• Genre
• Documentary

• Cast
• David Attenborough

• Director
• Mike Salisbury

A Haunting

2005

• Genre
• Documentary

• Cast
• Anthony D. Call

Auschwitz: The Nazis and the 'Final Solution'

2005

• Genre
• Documentary· History· War

• Cast
• Samuel West·Linda Ellerbee·Gert Heidenreich·Linda Hunt

• Director
• Laurence Rees

Deadliest Catch

2005

• Genre
• Documentary· Adventure· Reality-TV

• Cast
• Mike Rowe·Sig Hansen·Edgar Hansen·Keith Colburn

Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations

2005

• Genre
• Documentary

• Cast
• Anthony Bourdain

Death on the Staircase

2004

• Genre
• Documentary· Crime

• Cast
• Caitlin Atwater·Margaret Blakemore·Ron Guerette·Bill Peterson

The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear

2004

• Genre
• Documentary· History

• Cast
• Ayman Al-Zawahiri·Osama bin Laden·Gilles Kepel·Sayyid Qutb

Ghost Hunters

2004

• Genre
• Documentary

• Cast
• Jason Hawes·Steve Gonsalves·Grant Wilson·Dave Tango

Survivorman

2004

• Genre
• Documentary· Adventure

• Cast
• Les Stroud

Long Way Round

2004

• Genre
• Documentary· Adventure

• Cast
• Ewan McGregor·Charley Boorman·David Alexanian·Russ Malkin

• Director
• David Alexanian

Wildboyz

2003

• Genre
• Documentary· Adventure· Comedy

• Cast
• Chris Pontius·Steve-O

Brainiac: Science Abuse

2003

• Genre
• Documentary· Comedy

• Cast
• Jon Tickle·Joe Rowntree·Tom Pringle·Neil DuCran

Air Emergency

2003

• Genre
• Documentary· Drama· History

• Cast
• Stephen Bogaert

MythBusters

2003

• Genre
• Documentary· Mystery

• Cast
• Jamie Hyneman·Adam Savage·Robert Lee·Kari Byron

The Century of the Self

2002

• Genre
• Documentary

• Cast
• Martin Bergmann·Ann Bernays·Edward Bernays·Enrico Caruso

• Director
• Adam Curtis

The Life of Mammals

2002

• Genre
• Documentary

• Cast
• David Attenborough

The Blue Planet

2001

• Genre
• Documentary

• Cast
• Pierce Brosnan·David Attenborough

• Director
• Alastair Fothergill

How It's Made

2001

• Genre
• Documentary

• Cast
• Brooks T. Moore

Good Eats

1999

• Genre
• Documentary

• Cast
• Alton Brown

Walking with Dinosaurs

1999

• Genre
• Documentary· Animation· History

• Cast
• Kenneth Branagh

The Forensic Files

1996

• Genre
• Documentary· Crime

• Cast
• Dayle Hinman·Peter Thomas

The Beatles Anthology

1995

• Genre
• Documentary· Music

• Cast
• John Lennon·Paul McCartney·George Harrison·Ringo Starr

• Director

Baseball

1994

• Genre
• Documentary· History· Sport

• Cast
• John Chancellor·Daniel Okrent·Ossie Davis·Paul Roebling

• Director
• Ken Burns

Bill Nye, the Science Guy

1993

• Genre
• Documentary· Comedy· Family

• Cast
• Bill Nye

The Civil War

1990

• Genre
• Documentary· History· War

• Cast
• Sam Waterston·Julie Harris·Jason Robards·Morgan Freeman

• Director
• Ken Burns

The Joy of Painting

1983

• Genre
• Documentary· Family

• Cast
• Bob Ross

Cosmos

1980

• Genre
• Documentary

• Cast
• Carl Sagan

• Director

Top Gear

1978

• Genre
• Documentary

• Cast
• Tiff Needell·Jeremy Clarkson·Quentin Willson·Chris Goffey

The World at War

1973

• Genre
• Documentary· History· War

• Cast
• Laurence Olivier·Adolf Hitler

60 Minutes

1968

• Genre
• Documentary· News

• Cast
• Andrew Rooney·Lesley Stahl·Steve Kroft·Morley Safer