Browse documentary series in US
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This docuseries showcases nature's lesser-known tiny heroes. Spotlighting small creatures and the extraordinary things they do to survive, each episode is filled with surprising stories and spectacular cinematography.
Tiny World (2020 )
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The personal stories behind eight cases of wrongful conviction that the Innocence Project and organizations within the Innocence Network have worked to highlight and overturn.
The Innocence Files (2020 )
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A zoo owner spirals out of control amid a cast of eccentric characters in this true murder-for-hire story from the underworld of big cat breeding.
Tiger King (2020 )
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James May is not a chef. But that’s the whole point: you don’t need to be a brilliant cook to make delicious food. Transporting us to the Far East, the Med, and the local pub – all from the comfort of a home economist’s kitchen – he’ll knock up delicious recipes that you can actually make yourself, with ingredients you can actually buy. And all without the usual television cooking format trickery.
James May: Oh Cook! (2020 )
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This series explores the history of drug trafficking from a political perspective and reveals the murky role played by many states which have used the drug trade as an instrument of power. Opium, heroin, cocaine, and designer drugs have sparked wars, financed militias, and brought down states.
The Story of Drug Trafficking (2020 )
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A recently unearthed repository of materials formerly classified by the secret government....The Phenomenon Archives. This series covers the taboo subjects which have had light shed on them by pouring over the materials in this repository.
Phenomenon: The Lost Archives (1998 )
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The series takes viewers into the secret life of one of the largest and most unique wildlife sanctuaries in the world – Chimp Haven—a 200-acre refuge tucked deep in the forested heart of Louisiana, which is home to more than 300 chimpanzees.
Meet the Chimps (2020 )
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The story of how the Guardia Civil, a militarized police force, fought for nearly half a century against ETA, a ruthless terrorist gang dedicated to murder, kidnapping, extortion and arms and drug smuggling while cynically demanding independence for the Basque Country in northern Spain.
The Challenge: ETA (2020 )
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Frank Lloyd Wright tells the story of the greatest of all American architects. Wright was an authentic American genius, a man who believed he was destined to redesign the world, creating everything anew. Over the course of his long career, he designed over eight hundred buildings, including such revolutionary structures as the Guggenheim Museum, the Johnson Wax Building, Fallingwater, Unity Temple and Taliesin. His buildings and his ideas changed the way we live, work and see the world around us. Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural achievements were often overshadowed by the turbulence of his melodramatic life. In ninety-two tempestuous years, he fathered seven children, married three times, and was almost constantly embroiled in scandal. Some hated him, some loved him, and in the end, few could deny that he was the one of the most important architects in the world.
Frank Lloyd Wright (1998 )
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With unprecedented access to ICE operations, as well as moving portraits of immigrants, this docuseries takes a deep look at U.S. immigration today.
Immigration Nation (2020 )
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A series by Scott Steedman, dedicated to knowledgeable engineers and their buildings, as he says himself. It tells about various engineering achievements and technologies.
How did they build that? (1998 )
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'Nuclear Sharks' explores the silent, stealthy symbol of the Cold War. A war waged outside public view. A war about strategy and world domination. A war of technological advancement, with lethal consequences. By the early 1950's, the United States and the Soviet Union are entrenched in a harrowing conflict many fear will bring an end to humanity. This gripping series reveals the stories of submarines sunk to the bottom, their nuclear power plants in meltdown. Such incidents remained closely guarded military secrets both on the American and the Soviet sides.
Nuclear Sharks - Cold War Submarine Adventures (1998 )
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Take a deep dive into the true-crime stories rocking headlines and social media feeds. These victims were young, the crimes against them were shocking and haunting questions remain.
True Life Crime (2020 )
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A fly-on-the-wall inside look at the goings-on of Tottenham Hotspur during the 2019-20 football season.
All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur (2020 )
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This docuseries takes a deep dive into the lucrative wellness industry, which touts health and healing. But do the products live up to the promises?
(Un)Well (2020 )
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A team of savvy boat captains and experienced divers seeks to unravel some of the biggest secrets surrounding the Bermuda Triangle.
Curse of the Bermuda Triangle (2020 )
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The four-part docuseries revolves around Amherst, Massachusetts, drug lab chemist Sonja Farak who became addicted to the narcotics she was supposed to be testing. In covering her tracks, Farak falsified thousands of results and opened the door to overturning hundreds of wrongful convictions.
How to Fix a Drug Scandal (2020 )
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This docuseries traces the history of classic video games, featuring insights from the innovators who brought these worlds and characters to life.
High Score (2020 )
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Filmed across six continents, this docuseries uses cutting-edge camera technology to capture animals' nocturnal lives, revealing new behaviours filmed in full color like never before.
Earth at Night in Color (2020 )
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Hunting Dinosaurs (2023 )
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After years of silence, Ted Bundy’s long-term girlfriend Elizabeth Kendall, her daughter Molly, and other survivors come forward for the first time in a docuseries that reframes Bundy’s crimes from a female perspective. The series reveals how Bundy’s pathological hatred of women collided with the culture wars and the feminist movement of the 1970s in one of the most infamous crime stories of our time.
Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer (2020 )
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In this docuseries, meet the heroes on the front lines of the battle against influenza and learn about their efforts to stop the next global outbreak.
Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak (2020 )
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After his son's tragic death, a Louisiana pharmacist goes to extremes to expose the rampant corruption behind the opioid addiction crisis.
The Pharmacist (2020 )
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Forensic experts and investigators piece together strange clues and microscopic evidence to solve the most puzzling criminal cases... proving there is no such thing as a perfect crime.
Forensic Files II (2020 )
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World's Deadliest Snakes (2020 )
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Anchored by a rare interview, this docuseries details Ted Kaczynski's path from a young intellectual to one of the most feared people in US history.
Unabomber: In His Own Words (2020 )
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With series creator Lauren S. Hissrich as your guide, take an in-depth journey into the stories and themes powering the first season of The Witcher.
The Witcher: A Look Inside the Episodes (2020 )
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For five years, from 1975 to 1980, the Yorkshire Ripper murders cast a dark shadow over the lives of women in the North of England. 13 women were dead and the police seemed incapable of catching the killer. No one felt safe – and every man was a suspect.
The Ripper (2020 )
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Science journalist Latif Nasser investigates the surprising and intricate ways in which we are connected to each other, the world and the universe.
Connected (2020 )
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This nature series’ new technology lifts night’s veil to reveal the hidden lives of the world’s creatures, from lions on the hunt to bats on the wing.
Night on Earth (2020 )
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New York City in the 1970s was ruled with a bloody fist by five mafia families, until a group of federal agents tried the unthinkable: taking them down.
Fear City: New York vs The Mafia (2020 )
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A never-before-seen look inside the world’s most innovative homes with each episode unveiling the boundary-pushing imagination of the visionaries who dared to dream and build them.
Home (2020 )
