Documentary TV Shows

Timewatch

81/100

BBC investigative documentary series noted for its new perspectives on historical events.

Get Out

64/100

A group of women travel to different destinations around the world to have all sorts of adventures.

Miracle Planet

85/100

Brave New World with Stephen Hawking

84/100

These machines will completely transform the way we live. Be whisked into the future in a driverless car, then watch as motorized artificial limbs transform paraplegics into pedestrians--and average humans into bionic miracles.

The World from Above

93/100

A scenic documentary about places around the world and photography taken from the air with descriptive narration. Beautiful.

Mysteries of the Abandoned

78/100

Scattered around the world are long-forgotten engineering marvels, decaying cities and empty factories that once stood on the cutting edge of design and construction. Today they are ... See full summary »

Bush Tucker Man

88/100

Major Les Hiddins of the Australian Army was born in Queensland and was always interested in Aboriginal customs and practices and how those practices helped a people survive in a hostile ... See full summary »

The Truth About Killer Dinosaurs

72/100

World's Toughest Fixes

81/100

The Ghost Inside My Child

73/100

Features stories from children who have vivid memories that belong to other people and spotlights their families, who want to figure out who the children were in their previous lives. Some ... See full summary »

People's Century: 1900-1999

87/100

Series documenting the history of the twentieth century through the testimony of those who lived through it.

Homeland Security USA

55/100

Indian Ocean

86/100

Starting his journey in South Africa, Simon travels around the coast of the Indian Ocean, heading up the east coast of Africa, around India and back down the western coast of Indonesia to ... See full summary »

Heavy Rescue: 401

69/100

When winter hits, the heavy recovery operators of Southern Ontario fight to clear wrecks and keep drivers moving on the busiest stretch of highway in the world. Up to 400,000 vehicles ... See full summary »

In Search of Myths and Heroes

80/100

Michael Wood explores four of the world's most famous myths: Shangri-La, the Golden Fleece, the Queen of Sheba and King Arthur.

Dispatches

75/100

Channel 4's long-running, award-winning investigative current affairs documentary series. Particularly noted for its undercover reporting.

The Liquidator

71/100

Jeff Schwarz has bought and sold his way up the food chain to become the owner of Direct Liquidation -- one of the biggest liquidation houses west of the Rockies. Flea market haggler, ... See full synopsis »

Hitler's Last Year

80/100

11 brutal months had passed between the invasion of Normandy to Hitler's fall, until the allies successfully defeated the Reich. This was the deadliest year of WW2.

Adults React

42/100

Adults react to popular videos and Internet's stuff.

Noisey

82/100

From Vice's music channel of the same name comes a docuseries exploring music scenes across the globe - and the various cultural conflicts in each city.

The Incredibly Strange Film Show

82/100

This show is a series of documentaries focusing on the world of psychotronic movies. Episodes focus on the lives of such diverse filmakers as Hershell Gordon Lewis, Saim Raimi, Doris ... See full summary »

Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of War

74/100

Based on information derived from formerly classified documents and messages, coupled with interviews with experts, authors and eyewitnesses from all over the world, SECRET OF WAR is the ... See full summary »

Truth or Scare

86/100

A television series chronicling famous hauntings and legends from around the world, hosted and narrated by actress Michelle Trachtenberg.

Die 100 nervigsten...

21/100

Serial Killers

79/100

Some of the most notorious murderers in recent history are examined. Using dramatic reconstruction and expert testimony, this is a forensic account of the perpetrators and the detectives in the crimes that shook the world.