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The highest-rated Documentary series and miniseries, ranked from IMDb episode data across 88,772 rated episodes.

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  1. Hope on the Street 2024- / 6 rated episodes / 2,560 episode votes 9.4
  2. 9/11: One Day in America 2021-2021 / 6 rated episodes / 2,616 episode votes 9.2
  3. The Last Dance 2020-2020 / 10 rated episodes / 40,466 episode votes 9.1
  4. Tip to Tip 2025-2026 / 31 rated episodes / 2,025 episode votes 9.1
  5. That's Life!! Kilorenzos $mith in Talks... 2010- / 81 rated episodes / 1,115 episode votes 9.1
  6. Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey 2014-2014 / 13 rated episodes / 29,079 episode votes 9.0
  7. Planet Earth II 2016-2016 / 6 rated episodes / 26,424 episode votes 9.0
  8. Roadfood 2021- / 13 rated episodes / 6,602 episode votes 9.0
  9. Dynasties 2018-2022 / 8 rated episodes / 2,913 episode votes 9.0
  10. OverSimplified 2016-2025 / 32 rated episodes / 1,887 episode votes 9.0
  11. The Green Planet 2022-2022 / 5 rated episodes / 1,602 episode votes 9.0
  12. The Rehearsal 2022- / 12 rated episodes / 35,247 episode votes 8.9
  13. Are You Sure?! 2024-2025 / 16 rated episodes / 31,585 episode votes 8.9
  14. Our Planet 2019-2023 / 12 rated episodes / 20,112 episode votes 8.9
  15. Cosmos 1980-1980 / 13 rated episodes / 8,692 episode votes 8.9
  16. Seven Worlds One Planet 2019-2020 / 8 rated episodes / 3,881 episode votes 8.9
  17. The Beatles Anthology 1995-1996 / 8 rated episodes / 3,094 episode votes 8.9
  18. McCartney 3,2,1 2021-2021 / 6 rated episodes / 1,377 episode votes 8.9
  19. Planet Earth 2006-2006 / 11 rated episodes / 36,552 episode votes 8.8
  20. Rise of Empires: Ottoman 2020-2022 / 12 rated episodes / 27,666 episode votes 8.8
  21. Blue Planet II 2017-2017 / 7 rated episodes / 9,026 episode votes 8.8
  22. Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath 2016-2019 / 35 rated episodes / 4,932 episode votes 8.8
  23. Taylor Swift: The End of an Era 2025-2025 / 6 rated episodes / 2,364 episode votes 8.8
  24. The Hunt 2015-2015 / 7 rated episodes / 1,963 episode votes 8.8
  25. The Living Planet 1984-1984 / 12 rated episodes / 1,857 episode votes 8.8
  26. The Imagineering Story 2019-2019 / 6 rated episodes / 1,822 episode votes 8.8
  27. Life on Earth 1979-1979 / 13 rated episodes / 1,253 episode votes 8.8
  28. Better Late Than Never 2016-2018 / 12 rated episodes / 1,002 episode votes 8.8
  29. Clarkson's Farm 2021- / 40 rated episodes / 54,144 episode votes 8.7
  30. Cosmos: Possible Worlds 2020-2020 / 13 rated episodes / 11,224 episode votes 8.7
  31. The Vietnam War 2017-2017 / 10 rated episodes / 8,850 episode votes 8.7
  32. Men in Kilts: A Roadtrip with Sam and Graham 2021-2023 / 12 rated episodes / 5,246 episode votes 8.7
  33. Planet Earth III 2023-2024 / 9 rated episodes / 3,960 episode votes 8.7
  34. On Patrol: Live 2022- / 184 rated episodes / 1,859 episode votes 8.7
  35. A Perfect Planet 2021-2021 / 6 rated episodes / 1,838 episode votes 8.7
  36. Country Music 2019-2019 / 8 rated episodes / 1,726 episode votes 8.7
  37. The Planets 2019-2019 / 5 rated episodes / 1,662 episode votes 8.7
  38. While the Rest of Us Die: Secrets of America's Shadow Government 2020- / 14 rated episodes / 1,250 episode votes 8.7
  39. Lenox Hill 2020-2020 / 9 rated episodes / 1,206 episode votes 8.7
  40. Nathan for You 2013-2017 / 32 rated episodes / 45,968 episode votes 8.6
  41. The World at War 1973-1974 / 26 rated episodes / 13,965 episode votes 8.6
  42. The Civil War 1990-1990 / 9 rated episodes / 4,241 episode votes 8.6
  43. Apocalypse: The Second World War 2009-2009 / 6 rated episodes / 2,843 episode votes 8.6
  44. Baseball 1994-2010 / 11 rated episodes / 2,270 episode votes 8.6
  45. Tiny World 2020- / 12 rated episodes / 2,169 episode votes 8.6
  46. Frozen Planet II 2022-2023 / 7 rated episodes / 1,719 episode votes 8.6
  47. The War 2007-2007 / 7 rated episodes / 1,602 episode votes 8.6
  48. The Dynasty: New England Patriots 2024-2024 / 10 rated episodes / 1,494 episode votes 8.6
  49. Sonic Highways 2014-2014 / 8 rated episodes / 1,187 episode votes 8.6
  50. Undertaker: The Last Ride 2020-2020 / 6 rated episodes / 1,084 episode votes 8.6

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30 for 30 Biography, Documentary, and History / 2009- Formula 1: Drive to Survive Documentary and Sport / 2019- Untold Biography, Crime, and Documentary / 2021- American Masters Biography and Documentary / 1985- Clarkson's Farm Comedy, Documentary, and Reality-TV / 2021- Nathan for You Comedy and Documentary / 2013-2017 Forensic Files Crime and Documentary / 1996-2011 Biography Biography and Documentary / 1987- Queen Cleopatra Documentary, Drama, and History / 2023-2023 MythBusters Documentary, Mystery, and Reality-TV / 2003-2018 The Last Dance Biography, Documentary, and History / 2020-2020 Welcome to Wrexham Documentary, Reality-TV, and Sport / 2022-