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What Documentary Shows to Watch Right Now

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11,967 results

The Crown

6 Seasons
This drama follows the political rivalries and romance of Queen Elizabeth II's reign and the events that shaped the second half of the 20th century.

Band of Brothers

1 Season
This landmark miniseries based on Stephen E. Ambrose's best-seller, and executive produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, recounts the remarkable achievements of an elite team of U.S. paratroopers during World War II.

48 Hours

39 Seasons
48 Hours is television's most popular true-crime series, investigating shocking cases and compelling real-life dramas with journalistic integrity and cutting-edge style.
1988

The Curse of Oak Island

14 Seasons
Rick and Marty Lagina, two brothers from Michigan with a life-long interest in the mystery of Oak Island, renew efforts to discover the legendary treasure with sophisticated machinery.
2014

When Calls the Heart

14 Seasons
A teacher from a wealthy family in the East travels out West to teach in a small coal mining town.
2014

The Son

2 Seasons
The Son, from writers/producers Philipp Meyer, Lee Shipman and Brian McGreevy and producer Michael Connolly, is a multi-generational epic telling of the story of America's birth as a superpower through the bloody rise and fall of one Texas oil empire.

Call the Midwife

15 Seasons
Midwives in East London in the 1950s, experience the growing pains of life and love.

Rise of the 49ers

1 Season
San Francisco 49ers dynasty, during the 1980s and early 1990s, a struggling football team transforms into the sport's most dazzling and successful franchise, becoming the talk of the league.
2026

Nova

53 Seasons
NOVA brings you stories from the frontlines of science and engineering, answering the big questions of today and tomorrow, from how our ancestors lived, to whether parallel universes exist, to how technology will transform our lives. Visit the official website to watch full-length documentaries, or explore our world through short-form video, on our digital publication NOVA Next.
1974

The Staircase

1 Season
Based on a true story, The Staircase explores the life of Michael Peterson (Colin Firth), his sprawling North Carolina family, and the suspicious death of his wife, Kathleen Peterson (Toni Collette).

A Thousand Blows

2 Seasons
Follows Hezekiah and Alec, two best friends from Jamaica who find themselves thrust into the vibrant and violent melting pot of post-industrial revolution London's East End. Drawn into the criminal underbelly of the thriving boxing scene, Hezekiah meets Mary Carr, leader of The Forty Elephants the notorious all-female London gang as they battle for survival on the streets. As Hezekiah sharpens his new skills, he comes up against Sugar Goodson, a seasoned and dangerous boxer, and the two are soon locked into an intense rivalry that spills out way beyond the ring.

Spartacus

4 Seasons
Watch the story of history's greatest gladiator unfold with graphic violence and explicit sex. This is Spartacus.

Swing

5 Seasons
Experience the exhilarating journey of couples exploring the world of swinging as they meet experienced swingers and discover if it's the right choice for their relationship.
2011

The Lowdown

2 Seasons
Follow the gritty exploits of citizen journalist Lee Raybon, a self-proclaimed Tulsa "truthstorian" whose obsession with the truth is always getting him into trouble.

Highway Thru Hell

14 Seasons
See how a local heavy recovery firm works through the hard winters helping highway users that have fallen victim to the brutal road conditions. Their essential service keeps the traffic on the highways thru hell moving.
2012

Nature

44 Seasons
NATURE brings the beauty and wonder of the natural world into your home, becoming in the process the benchmark for natural history programs.
1982

American Idol

24 Seasons
There are singers, then there are idols.

Chernobyl

1 Season
Starring Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård and Emily Watson, the five-part miniseries dramatizes the story of the 1986 nuclear accident — one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history — and the sacrifices made to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.

Evil Lives Here

19 Seasons
How well do you know your housemates? Evil Lives Here tells the heart-stopping tales of people who have shared a home, with a killer. In each episode, loved ones reveal how they came to discover their significant other's evil side.
2016

Elkhorn

2 Seasons
Reeling from the deaths of his wife and mother, 25-year-old Theodore Roosevelt decides his place isn't among the social elite of New York, but on America's frontier. He abandons his political aspirations and heads for the lawless Dakota Badlands, where he plans to become a cattle rancher. While still experiencing overwhelming grief and wrestling with debilitating asthma, Roosevelt draws on the guidance of his lumberjack mentor from Maine, Bill Sewall, and his cowboy partner, William Merrifield. As they work to establish the sprawling Elkhorn Ranch, it's Roosevelt's youth and physical frailty that make them an easy target for local gunslingers, land speculators, and cattle rustlers. In his first few months in the West, Roosevelt must disarm a barroom bully, face down hired guns, track down horse thieves, and kill a grizzly bear. Along the way, he forms lifelong friendships and begins to remake himself into the man who will forever be identified as The Cowboy President.
2024

My Strange Addiction

7 Seasons
"Strange" doesn't seem to adequately describe some of the addictive behaviors profiled on this series. "Dangerous," even "life-threatening," come much closer. Each half-hour episode features two adults who resort to extreme compulsions in an effort to soothe their emotional demon
2010

China Beach

4 Seasons
Dateline: November 1967, within klicks of Danang, Vietnam, sits a U.S. Army base, bar and hospital on China Beach. This is the 'Nam, filled with wounded soldiers and one very lovely but damaged Army Nurse Colleen Mc Murphy. Many heroes, dead and alive, in the forms of nurses, warriors, Donut Dollies, lifeguards, politicians, USO entertainers, Chopper Chicks, doctors, officers and enlisted men, brothers and sisters, Kool-Aid Kids, orderlies, medics, morticians, Army brass and one hostile prostitute named K.C. try to make sense of life and death in between bourbon, bullets and battles.

90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way

7 Seasons
Americans move to a foreign country all in the name of love. Will uprooting their lives in the United States pay off, or will they be packing up and moving back to America brokenhearted?
2019

The Chosen

7 Seasons
A charismatic fisherman drowning in debt, a troubled woman wrestling with real demons. A gifted publican ostracized by his family and his people. A religious leader struggling with his beliefs. See Jesus through the eyes of those that met him.
2017
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