Best Documentary TV Shows On Netflix, Amazon, Hulu & DVD

A list of the best Best Documentary TV Shows To Watch On Netflix, Amazon, Hulu & DVD . These Documentary TV Shows are sorted by IMDb Rating from high to low.Filter by:
Netflix | Amazon | Hulu

BTS: Burn the Stage | Mar 28th, 2018

9.7/10

Documentary
No streaming sources available just yet

Planet Earth II | Nov 6th, 2016

9.6/10

United Kingdom | Documentary & Family

Blue Planet II | Oct 29th, 2017

9.6/10

United Kingdom | Documentary

Planet Earth | Mar 5th, 2006

9.4/10 | By David Attenborough & Vanessa Berlowitz

United Kingdom | Documentary

The Hunt | Nov 1st, 2015

9.3/10 | By James Buxbaum

New Zealand & The United States | Documentary

Cosmos | Mar 9th, 2014

9.3/10 | By Ann Druyan & Steven Soter

The United States | Documentary

Cosmos: A Personal Voyage | Sep 28th, 1980

9.3/10 | By Carl Sagan

The United States | Documentary
No streaming sources available just yet

The Planets | May 28th, 2019

9.2/10

Documentary
No streaming sources available just yet

The Vietnam War | Sep 17th, 2017

9.2/10

United States | Documentary

Apocalypse: The Second World War | Sep 8th, 2009

9.2/10 | By Henry de Turenne & Jean-Louis Guillaud

United Kingdom | Documentary & War & Politics

Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath | Nov 29th, 2016

9.2/10 | By Leah Remini

U.S. & United States | Documentary

Human Planet | Jan 13th, 2011

9.1/10 | By Brian Leith & Dale Templar

The United States | Documentary

Life | Oct 11th, 2009

9.1/10 | By Dick Clair

The United States | Documentary
No streaming sources available just yet

American Dynasties: The Kennedys | Mar 11th, 2018

9.0/10

Canada & USA | Documentary
No streaming sources available just yet

Africa | Jan 2nd, 2013

9.0/10 | By David Attenborough

United Kingdom | Documentary

How the Universe Works | Apr 25th, 2010

9.0/10

The United States | Documentary

24/7 | Apr 15th, 2007

9.0/10 | By Joel Surnow

United States | Documentary

The Blue Planet | Sep 12th, 2001

8.9/10

UK & United Kingdom | Documentary

Mind Field | Jan 18th, 2017

8.9/10 | By Jeff Davis (writer)

United States | Documentary
No streaming sources available just yet

VICE | Apr 5th, 2013

8.9/10 | By Shane Smith

The United States | Documentary, News & War & Politics

Nature | Oct 10th, 1982

8.9/10 | By George Page

United States | Documentary & News

Homicide Hunter: Lt Joe Kenda | Oct 25th, 2011

8.9/10

The United States | Documentary & Reality

Frozen Planet | Oct 26th, 2011

8.9/10 | By BBC Natural History Unit

United Kingdom | Documentary

The Universe | May 29th, 2007

8.9/10 | By Alex Filippenko & Erik Thompson

The United States | Documentary

Mayday | Sep 3rd, 2003

8.9/10 | By Andre Barro & Bernard Vaillot

Documentary & Drama

Forensic Files | Apr 21st, 1996

8.8/10 | By Paul Dowling

The United States | Crime & Documentary

One Strange Rock | Mar 26th, 2018

8.8/10

The United States | Documentary

The Grand Tour | Nov 18th, 2016

8.8/10 | By James May & Jeremy Clarkson

The United States & United Kingdom | Documentary

Foo Fighters Sonic Highways | Oct 17th, 2014

8.8/10 | By Dave Grohl

United States | Documentary & Music

Nathan for You | Feb 28th, 2013

8.8/10 | By Michael Koman & Nathan Fielder

The United States | Comedy & Documentary

30 for 30 | Oct 6th, 2009

8.8/10 | By Bill Simmons

U.S. | Documentary

The Zoo | Feb 18th, 2017

8.8/10

The United States | Documentary
No streaming sources available just yet

NOVA | Mar 3rd, 1974

8.8/10 | By Craig Silverstein & Michael Ambrosino

The United States | Documentary

Legendary Nights | Mar 5th, 2003

8.8/10 | By Aly Jetha & Shabnam Rezaei

Canada | Documentary

The Jinx | Feb 8th, 2015

8.7/10 | By Andrew Jarecki

The United States & United Kingdom | Documentary

WWII in HD | Nov 15th, 2009

8.7/10

The United States | Documentary

Unsung | Nov 27th, 2008

8.7/10

Documentary
No streaming sources available just yet

From the Earth to the Moon | Apr 5th, 1998

8.7/10

United States | Action & Adventure, Documentary & Drama
No streaming sources available just yet

The Incredible Dr. Pol | Oct 29th, 2011

8.7/10

The United States | Documentary

Chef’s Table | Apr 26th, 2015

8.7/10 | By David Gelb

The United States | Documentary

Icons | Jan 8th, 2019

8.7/10

United States | Documentary
No streaming sources available just yet

Ulisse: il piacere della scoperta | Nov 25th, 2000

8.7/10 | By Alberto Angela & Piero Angela

Documentary
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The Defiant Ones | Jul 9th, 2017

8.7/10

United States | Documentary

Top Gear | Oct 20th, 2002

8.7/10 | By Derek Smith

United Kingdom | Comedy, Documentary & Talk show

Making a Murderer | Dec 18th, 2015

8.7/10 | By Laura Ricciardi & Moira Demos

The United States | Documentary

Medal of Honor | Nov 9th, 2018

8.6/10

Documentary

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown | Apr 14th, 2013

8.6/10 | By Zero Point Zero Production

The United States | Documentary

Frontline | Jan 17th, 1983

8.6/10

Documentary & News

The First 48 Presents: Homicide Squad Atlanta | Jan 10th, 2019

8.6/10

Crime & Documentary
No streaming sources available just yet

Adam Ruins Everything | Sep 29th, 2015

8.6/10 | By Adam Conover

The United States | Comedy & Documentary

Bonderøven | Mar 23rd, 2008

8.6/10

Denmark | Documentary
No streaming sources available just yet

Years of Living Dangerously | Apr 13th, 2014

8.6/10

The United States | Documentary

Through the Wormhole | Jun 9th, 2010

8.6/10 | By Geoffrey Sharp

The United States | Documentary

Hard Knocks | Aug 1st, 2001

8.6/10 | By Marty Callner

United States | Documentary & Reality
No streaming sources available just yet

Superquark | Jan 27th, 1995

8.6/10 | By Piero Angela

Documentary
No streaming sources available just yet

When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts | Aug 21st, 2006

8.6/10

Documentary

Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution | Jan 11th, 2005

8.6/10

Documentary

Abstract: The Art of Design | Feb 10th, 2017

8.5/10

Documentary

James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction | Apr 30th, 2018

8.5/10

Documentary

Five Came Back | Mar 31st, 2017

8.5/10

U.S. & United States | Documentary

James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction | Apr 29th, 2018

8.5/10

Documentary

State of Play | Dec 4th, 2013

8.5/10 | By Paul Abbott

United Kingdom | Documentary

A Crime to Remember | Nov 12th, 2013

8.5/10 | By Christine Connor

The United States | Documentary & Drama

Rick Stein’s Road to Mexico | Nov 7th, 2017

8.5/10

Documentary
No streaming sources available just yet

Rick Steves’ Europe | Sep 3rd, 2000

8.5/10

Documentary

The Planets | Apr 29th, 1999

8.5/10

United Kingdom | Documentary

Last Chance U | Jul 29th, 2016

8.5/10

Documentary

I’ll Have What Phil’s Having | Sep 28th, 2015

8.5/10 | By Philip Rosenthal

Documentary

Secrets d’Histoire | Sep 30th, 2007

8.4/10 | By Stéphane Bern

The United States | Documentary
No streaming sources available just yet

Brain Games | Oct 9th, 2011

8.4/10

The United States | Comedy, Documentary & Drama

American Experience | Oct 4th, 1988

8.4/10

The United States | Documentary

Def Poetry | Jan 18th, 2002

8.4/10

Documentary

Our Planet | Apr 5th, 2019

8.4/10 | By Alastair Fothergill

UK & United Kingdom | Documentary
No streaming sources available just yet

Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations | Jul 25th, 2005

8.4/10 | By Zero Point Zero Production

The United States | Documentary

Alone | Jun 18th, 2015

8.4/10

The United States | Documentary & Reality

Life and Death Row | Mar 17th, 2014

8.4/10

Documentary

Unsolved Mysteries | Jan 20th, 1987

8.4/10 | By Terry Dunn Meurer

The United States | Documentary, Drama & Mystery

Expedition Unknown | Jan 8th, 2015

8.4/10

The United States | Adventure, Documentary & Reality TV

Chef’s Table: France | Sep 2nd, 2016

8.4/10 | By David Gelb

United States | Documentary

Daughters of Destiny | Jul 28th, 2017

8.3/10

Documentary

The First 48 | Jun 3rd, 2004

8.3/10 | By Howard Stringer

The United States | Documentary, Drama & Reality TV

Finding Your Roots | Mar 24th, 2012

8.3/10

The United States | Documentary

The Last Dance |

8.3/10

United States | Documentary
No streaming sources available just yet

Wheeler Dealers | Oct 7th, 2003

8.3/10

Documentary

Survivorman | Oct 13th, 2004

8.3/10 | By Les Stroud

Canada | Adventure, Documentary & Reality TV

An Idiot Abroad | Sep 23rd, 2010

8.3/10 | By Ricky Gervais

United Kingdom | Comedy & Documentary

The Alzheimer’s Project | May 10th, 2009

8.3/10 | By * Ximena Suárez * Virginia Quintana

Mexico | Documentary

Mythbusters | Jan 23rd, 2003

8.3/10 | By Peter Rees

The United States | Documentary & Reality TV

The Real Hustle | Feb 9th, 2006

8.3/10 | By Tony Jordan

United Kingdom | Documentary
No streaming sources available just yet

Planet Dinosaur | Sep 14th, 2011

8.3/10 | By Nigel Paterson & Phil Dobree

The United States | Documentary

Live PD | Oct 28th, 2016

8.3/10

United States | Documentary

Wild Wild Country | Mar 16th, 2018

8.3/10 | By Lynn Marie Latham

The United States | Documentary

Dirty Money | Jan 26th, 2018

8.3/10

The United States | Crime & Documentary

American Greed | Jun 21st, 2007

8.3/10

The United States | Documentary

Man Vs Wild | Oct 27th, 2006

8.2/10

United Kingdom | Adventure, Documentary & Reality TV

Prohibition | Oct 2nd, 2011

8.2/10 | By Shawn Ryan & Steven Knight

The United States & United Kingdom | Documentary

Shadow of Truth | Mar 27th, 2016

8.2/10 | By Ari Pines & Mika Timor

Canada | Documentary

The Keepers | May 19th, 2017

8.2/10

Documentary & Mystery

Cooked | Feb 19th, 2016

8.2/10 | By Alex Gibney & Michael Pollan

United States | Documentary

Sightings | Apr 17th, 1992

8.2/10

United States | Documentary
No streaming sources available just yet

On Freddie Roach | Jan 20th, 2012

8.2/10 | By Gary Janetti

United Kingdom | Documentary

Mysteries at the Museum | Nov 2nd, 2010

8.2/10

The United States | Documentary

The Checkout | Mar 21st, 2013

8.2/10

Australia | Comedy & Documentary

Bobby Kennedy for President | Apr 27th, 2018

8.2/10

Documentary

Surviving R. Kelly | Jan 3rd, 2019

8.2/10

Documentary

Movies That Shook the World | Sep 9th, 2005

8.2/10

United States | Documentary
No streaming sources available just yet

Highway Thru Hell | Sep 4th, 2012

8.2/10

Canada | Documentary

River Monsters | Apr 5th, 2009

8.2/10

United Kingdom | Action & Adventure, Adventure & Documentary

Booze Traveler | Nov 24th, 2014

8.2/10

Documentary & Reality

C’est pas sorcier | Jan 1st, 1995

8.2/10 | By Frédéric Courant & Jamy Gourmaud

France | Documentary
No streaming sources available just yet

Somebody Feed Phil | Jan 12th, 2018

8.1/10

Documentary

Myths & Monsters | Dec 23rd, 2017

8.1/10 | By Daniel Kontur

Documentary & Sci-Fi & Fantasy

The Toys That Made Us | Dec 22nd, 2017

8.1/10

The United States | Documentary

Dynasties | Nov 11th, 2018

8.1/10

United States | Documentary
No streaming sources available just yet

Modern Marvels | Dec 10th, 1993

8.1/10 | By Bruce Nash

United States | Documentary

Long Strange Trip | Jun 2nd, 2017

8.1/10

Documentary

The Nineties | Jul 9th, 2017

8.1/10 | By Gary Goetzman & Tom Hanks

United States | Documentary

I Shouldn’t Be Alive | Oct 28th, 2005

8.1/10 | By Darlow Smithson Productions

Action & Adventure, Documentary & Drama

Robert Kirkman’s Secret History of Comics | Nov 12th, 2017

8.1/10

Documentary

Hunting ISIS | May 29th, 2018

8.1/10

United States | Documentary