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Reasonable Doubt (2022): Season 1
September 27, 2022
Los Angeles defense attorney Jax Stewart (Emayatzy Corinealdi) is at the center of this legal drama executive produced by Kerry Washington.
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Reconstruction: America After the Civil War: Season 1
April 9, 2019
The four-hour documentary about Reconstruction after the Civil War narrated by Henry Louis Gates Jr features interviews with historians, authors and politicians as well as archival images, documents and recreations of events.
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Regarding Susan Sontag
December 8, 2014
Nancy Kates' documentary explores the life of the late author Susan Sontag, who passed away in 2004 from leukemia, with interviews with her sister, girlfriends, and her writings, read by by Patricia Clarkson.
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Ren Faire: Season 1
June 2, 2024
The general manager, a former elephant trainer and a kettle-corn vendor are some of the people aiming to take over the Texas Renaissance Festival from its 86-year-old founder when he retires in the three-part documentary series from director Lance Oppenheim.
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Requiem for the Dead: American Spring 2014
June 22, 2015
Shari Cookson and Nick Doob's documentary uses news footage and social media postings to tell the stories of the lives of those killed in different shootings in the Spring of 2014 and the impact on their families.
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Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story: Season 1
July 30, 2018
The six-part documentary series features home videos, family photos, and news footage about the life of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, who was killed in 2012 and the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement.
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Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
May 31, 2013
In director Marina Zenovich's documentary, interviews with Lily Tomlin, Bob Newhart, Whoopi Goldberg, Mel Brooks, Jesse Jackson, Quincy Jones as well as rare clips recall the life and work of comedian Richard Pryor.
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Robbie Williams: Season 1
November 8, 2023
The four-part documentary series covers the life and career of Robbie Williams that began at 16-years-old as a member Take That to his current life as father and solo artist.
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Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
July 16, 2018
This intimate portrait examines one of the world's most beloved and inventive comedians. Told largely through Robin's own voice and using a wealth of never-before-seen archive, the film takes us through his extraordinary life and career and reveals the spark of madness that drove him.
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Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge: Season 1
November 6, 2017
The two-part documentary by Alex Gibney and Blair Foster explores the impact of the magazine and the stories it covered.
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Roots (2016): Season 1
May 30, 2016
The second adaption of Alex Haley's book is a four-night, eight-hour miniseries about the journey of Kunta Kinte (Malachi Kirby) from Gambia into slavery in colonial America and the eventual freedom of his family.
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Running with Beto
May 28, 2019
Directed by David Modigliani, the documentary followed the US Senate campaign by former Texas House Representative Beto O'Rourke in 2018.
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Sarah Palin's Alaska: Season 1
November 14, 2010
The former Republican vice presidential nominee brings much of her family back in front of the television cameras in her TLC reality show.
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Sasquatch: Season 1
April 20, 2021
The three-part documentary series from Mark and Jay Duplass and directed by Joshua Rofé looks into David Holthouse's investigation into the rumors a Sasquatch killed three people at a Northern California marijuana farm in 1993.
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Save Our Squad with David Beckham: Season 1
November 9, 2022
David Beckham joins East London's under-14 football (soccer) team, the Westward Boys, to help them return to its winning ways of its past.
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Savior Complex: Season 1
September 26, 2023
The three-part documentary series from Jackie Jesko about the controversy around American missionary Renee Bach and her nonprofit, Serving His Children.
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Scamanda
January 30, 2025
The four-part docuseries based on the podcast of the same name by Charlie Webster focuses on Amanda Riley, who faked cancer for donations.
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Sean Combs: The Reckoning
December 2, 2025
The four-part docuseries about Sean Combs' life was directed by Alexandria Stapleton and executive produced by Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson.
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Secrets of Playboy: Season 1
January 24, 2022
The 10-part documentary series directed by Alexandra Dean features archival footage and interviews with former employees and girlfriends of Hugh Hefner about the Playboy empire, allegations of sexual misconduct and drug use.
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Secrets of the Whales
April 22, 2021
Sigourney Weaver narrates the nature documentary about five different whale species with footage filmed over three years in 24 different locations.
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Seduced and Abandoned
October 28, 2013
Director-writer James Toback and Alec Baldwin go to Cannes to solicit funding for a film called "Last Tango in Tikrit" and along the way talk to other filmmakers about the film business in this HBO "documentary."
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Seven Worlds, One Planet: Season 1
October 27, 2019
Each hour-long episode will focus on the wildlife and wilderness of a single continent in the seven-part BBC documentary series narrated by Sir David Attenborough.
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Shangri-La (2019)
July 12, 2019
The four-part documentary series directed by Morgan Neville and Jeff Malmberg looks at music making at Rick Rubin's Malibu music studio.
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Shark: Season 1
September 21, 2006
James Woods stars as a high-profile defense attorney (think a legal version of the title character on House, M.D.) who abruptly quits his job to work for the District Attorney's office in Los Angeles.
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Showbiz Kids
July 14, 2020
Alex Winter's documentary about child actors features interviews with former child stars including Cameron Boyce, Todd Bridges, Diana Serra Cary, Milla Jovovich, Jada Pinkett Smith, Henry Thomas, Wil Wheaton, Mara Wilson, and Evan Rachel Wood.
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Simon Cowell: The Next Act: Season 1
December 10, 2025
Simon Cowell selects 16 teens from auditions in Dublin, London, and Liverpool as finalists to compete in Miami to be part of a new boy band in the six-part docuseries.
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Simone Biles Rising: Season 1
July 17, 2024
The four-part docuseries follows gymnast Simone Biles as she works to return for the 2024 Paris Olympics Games.
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Sinatra: All or Nothing at All: Season 1
April 5, 2015
The documentary directed by Alex Gibney features interviews with his family, co-stars, journalists, as well as a variety of footage of Ol' Blue Eyes performing (including his 1971 "retirement" concert) to illustrate his life and influence on America.
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Sins of our Mother: Season 1
September 14, 2022
The three-part Skye Borgman documentary series looks at the what was a missing children's case where Lori Vallow and her husband refused to answer questions that soon became multiple murder investigations.
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Sister Wives: Season 1
September 26, 2010
The latest reality show from TLC follows Kody, an ad executive in Utah who has three wives and seeks to add one more to his family.
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Sister Wives: Season 2
March 13, 2011
The second season shows the circumstances that come about with the the family "coming out" as polygamists.
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Six by Sondheim
December 9, 2013
Newly filmed performances from Darren Criss, Jarvis Cocker, America Ferrera, Jackie Hoffman, Jeremy Jordan, Audra McDonald, Laura Osnes, and Will Swenson, are featured in the documentary directed by James Lapine that focuses on six of Stephen Sondheim's songs: "I’m Still Here" from The Follies, “Something’s Coming” from West Side Story; “Opening Doors” from Merrily We Roll Along; “Send in the Clowns” from A Little Night Music; “Being Alive” from Company; and “Sunday” from Sunday in the Park with George.
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Sleepless in America
November 30, 2014
The documentary directed by John Hoffman of the Public Good Projects talks with experts and everyday people about Americans changing sleep habits over the years and the effects it has on people.
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SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
January 16, 2025
The four-part documentary series focuses on the history and legacy of Saturday Night Live including never-before-seen audition footage, interviews with alumni and behind-the-scenes footage.
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Social Studies: Season 1
September 27, 2024
A group of Los Angeles teenagers are filmed over a school year in Lauren Greenfield's documentary series that look into the lives of the social media generation.
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Song of Parkland
February 7, 2019
Amy Schatz's documentary short film focuses on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School drama teacher Melody Herzfeld and her theater students as they return to school after the shooting to complete their annual production.
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Sophie: A Murder in West Cork: Season 1
June 30, 2021
The three-part documentary series looks into the 1996 murder of French TV producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier in the West Cork town of Schull.
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Soundbreaking: Season 1
June 21, 2016
The eight-part documentary series look into the history and growth of recording music with interviews with a variety of artists including Beck, Bon Iver, Brian Eno, Elton John, Quincy Jones, Daniel Lanois, Beatles producer George Martin (who also produced the series before his death in March), Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell, Tom Petty, Q-tip, Bonnie Raitt, and Don Was.
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Spacey Unmasked
May 13, 2024
Katherine Haywood's two-hour documentary about Kevin Spacey and allegations of sexual misconduct features interviews with his estranged brother Randy and 10 men with additional allegations.
[Premiered originally in the UK on Channel 4 on 6 May 2024 and in the US on Investigation Discovery on 13 May 2024]
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Spectacle: Elvis Costello With...: Season 1
December 3, 2008
The Sundance channel brings Costello to TV with a new talk show featuring mainly musicians as guests.
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Spector: Season 1
November 6, 2022
The four-part documentary series from directors Sheena M. Joyce and Don Argott about the life of actress Lana Clarkson and how music producer Phil Spector was convicted of her murder.
[Premieres on the Showtime app and on-demand on 4 Nov 2022 and on the Showtime network on 6 Nov 2022]
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Spielberg
October 7, 2017
The life and career of director Steven Spielberg is the focus of Susan Lacy's documentary that includes behind-the-scene clips and interviews with the filmmaker himself, as well as friends and colleagues such as J.J. Abrams, Christian Bale, Drew Barrymore, Cate Blanchett, Francis Ford Coppola, Daniel Craig, Daniel Day-Lewis, Brian de Palma, Laura Dern, Leonardo DiCaprio, Harrison Ford, Tom Hanks, Dustin Hoffman, Ben Kingsley, George Lucas, Liam Neeson, Martin Scorsese, Oprah Winfrey, and Robert Zemeckis.
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Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy: Season 1
February 14, 2021
Stanley Tucci travels across Italy to explore some of the regions signature dishes in this series partially filmed in 2019 and the summer of 2020.
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State of Mind: Season 1
July 15, 2007
The problems patients of Ann Bellos have, are nothing compared to hers when she discovers her husband is cheating on her with their marriage counselor.
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Stax: Soulsville U.S.A.: Season 1
May 20, 2024
The four-part documentary series from Jamila Wignot about the history and influence of Stax Records features archival footage and interviews.
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STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces: Season 1
March 29, 2024
The two-part documentary about the life and career of actor/comedian Steve Martin was directed by Morgan Neville.
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Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence: Season 1
February 9, 2023
The three-part documentary series directed by Zach Heinzerling features personal footage and interviews with the Sarah Lawrence College students who became victims of Larry Ray's cult that spanned over a decade before he was arrested.
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Strange Days with Bob Saget: Season 1
November 30, 2010
Comedian Bob Saget travels around the United States to explore different subcultures.
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Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle: Season 1
October 15, 2013
Narrated by Liev Schreiber, the documentary explores the impact of comic book superheroes over the 75 years history of the genre with interviews with such creators as Stan Lee, Jerry Robinson (co-creator of the Joker), Joe Simon (co-created Captain America with Jack Kirby), and Todd McFarlane as well as actors Adam West and Lynda Carter.
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Superpowered: The DC Story: Season 1
July 20, 2023
The three-part documentary series co-directed by Leslie Iwerks and Mark Catalena about the history and impact of DC Comics is narrated by Rosario Dawson and features interviews with creators and actors.
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Surviving Jeffrey Epstein
August 9, 2020
The two-night, four-hour documentary directed by Anne Sundberg and Ricki Stern features stories about eight survivors of Epstein's alleged sex trafficking scheme.
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Surviving R. Kelly: Season 1
January 3, 2019
The six-part documentary series features interviews with the young women who allege to have suffered sexual, mental, and physical abuse from the R&B singer as well as music industry professionals, journalists, former employees and family members of Kelly.
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Taken (2017): Season 1
February 27, 2017
The action series based on Luc Besson's franchise with Liam Neeson is a prequel that follows the young Green Beret named Bryan Mills (Clive Standen) as he learns those "very particular set of skills" he will utilize in the future.
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Taking on Tyson: Season 1
March 6, 2011
The reality show focuses on former boxer Mike Tyson and his goal to become a champion of pigeon racing.
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Taylor Swift - The Eras Tour - The End of an Era
December 12, 2025
The six-part documentary series go behind-the-scenes of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour that spanned the 51 cities around the world between March 2023 and December 2024.
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Telemarketers
August 13, 2023
The three-part documentary series features years of footage taken by Sam Lipman-Stern Pat Pespas were working at a New Jersey telemarketing call center and their later efforts to expose similar schemes by others.
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Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story: Season 1
April 26, 2024
The four-part docuseries about New Jersey rock band Bon Jovi features new interviews (including former guitarist Richie Sambora) and footage of their 2022 tour as Jon Bon Jovi suffered from vocal cord issues and had surgery.
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The 12th Victim: Season 1
February 17, 2023
The four-part docuseries directed by Nicola B. Marsh features interviews and archival footage as it examines if 14-year-old Caril Ann Fugate was not a willing partner in killing 11 people in 1958 with 18-year-old Charles Starkweather.
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The 1619 Project: Season 1
January 26, 2023
The six-part documentary series expands on Nikole Hannah-Jones and the New York Times Magazine's "The 1619 Project" and delves into slavery's impact on such topics as capitalism, democracy, music, and race.
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The 50 Year Argument
September 29, 2014
Co-directed by Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi, the documentary explores the history of The New York Review of Books through interviews and archival footage.
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The Address
April 15, 2014
Ken Burns' follows a group of boys between 11-17-years-old who attend The Greenwood School, a boarding school where many of the children have learning issues such as ADHD or dyslexia, learn the Gettysburg Address.
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The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Season 1
October 22, 2013
Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr guides viewers through 600 years of African Americans history in this six-part documentary.
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The Alzheimer's Project: Season 1
May 10, 2009
The four-part documentary looks at the people affected by Alzheimer's and the search for a cure.
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The American Buffalo: Season 1
October 16, 2023
The two-part documentary directed by Ken Burns about the history and impact of the buffalo on America and the Indigenous people in North America.
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The American Revolution
November 16, 2025
Ken Burns' six-part documentary about the American Revolution narrated by Peter Coyote features archival materials, including personal accounts read by such actors as Adam Arkin, Kenneth Branagh, Hope Davis, Morgan Freeman, Paul Giamatti, Domhnall Gleeson, Tom Hanks, Samuel L. Jackson, Damian Lewis, Laura Linney, Tobias Menzies, Edward Norton, David Oyelowo, Mandy Patinkin, Wendell Pierce, Matthew Rhys, Liev Schreiber, and Meryl Streep.
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The Americas
February 23, 2025
Narrated by Tom Hanks, the 10-part nature documentary was filmed over five years and covers wildlife in North America and South America.
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The Anarchists: Season 1
July 10, 2022
The six-part documentary series directed by Todd Schramke explores how an anarchy conference in Acapulco started up in 2015 by Canadian entrepreneur Jeff Berwick led to cryptocurrency, drugs, and murder.
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The Andy Warhol Diaries: Season 1
March 9, 2022
The six-part documentary series from Ryan Murphy and director Andrew Rossi looks at Andy Warhol's life based on the artist's posthumously published diaries.
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The Announcement
March 11, 2012
Magic Johnson narrates the documentary about his life before and after he told the world he had contracted HIV and was retiring from basketball in 1991.
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The Apollo
November 6, 2019
Roger Ross Williams documentary about New York City's Apollo Theater includes archival footage, behind-the-scenes footage of how the theater runs today as well as interviews with such artists as Patti LaBelle, Pharrell Williams, Smokey Robinson, and Jamie Foxx.
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The Ashley Madison Affair: Season 1
July 7, 2023
The three-part docuseries about the rise and fall of Ashley Madison, the dating website that enabled cheating from its married clients.
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The Beatles Anthology
November 26, 2025
The official documentary about The Beatles features interviews from 1992-94 with Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr; personal home videos and archival film/TV clips of the Beatles.
It originally aired in 1995 in the US on ABC, in the UK on ITV and in Australia on Channel 7. An expanded version with two additional episodes was released on VHS and LaserDisc in 1996. A DVD released in 2003 included 81-minutes of additional material. The eight episodes was remastered by Peter Jackson with a new episode of previously unseen footage added on 26 Nov 2025 on Disney+.
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The Beatles: Get Back: Season 1
November 25, 2021
Peter Jackson's three-part Beatles documentary features hours of edited and restored film from 1969 by Michael Lindsay-Hogg as the Fab Four created the songs that would appear on Abbey Road and Let It Be.
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The Bible : Season 1
March 3, 2013
The 10-hour miniseries retells the stories of Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus (Diogo Morgado).
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The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song
February 16, 2021
The four-hour, two-part miniseries hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the history of black churches that began when slaves were brought from Africa to the Americas.
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The Bomb: Season 1
July 28, 2015
The documentary explores the history and impact of nuclear weapons with interviews with scientists, historians, pilots, weapons designers, former Secretary of State George Shultz, and former Defense Secretary William Perry.
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The Captain: Season 1
July 18, 2022
The seven-episode documentary series directed by Randy Wilkins looks into the life and career of New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter..
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The Case Against Adnan Syed: Season 1
March 10, 2019
The four-part documentary series directed by Amy Berg takes another look at the case that was central to the Serial podcast with new interviews with people connected to the case and possible new discoveries.
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The Case Of: JonBenet Ramsey: Season 1
September 18, 2016
Previously known as Case Closed, the true crime limited series focused on the JonBenét Ramsey murder.
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The Chair (2014): Season 1
September 6, 2014
Two first-time directors, Shane Dawson and Anna Martemucci, work on the same script by Dan Schoffer in the documentary series from Project Greenlight's Chris Moore. Ticket sales and digital voting will determine the winner of the $250,0000 prize.
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The Cheshire Murders
July 22, 2013
The murder of the Petit family by ex-convicts Steven Hayes and Joshua Komisarjevsky on July 23, 2007 in Cheshire, Connecticut is the focus of the documentary directed and produced by Kate Davis and David Heilbroner.
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The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth: Season 1
January 17, 2016
The political documentary series featuring Bloomberg Politics managing editors Mark Halperin and John Heilemann and campaign strategist Mark McKinnon takes a look behind-the-scenes of the 2016 presidential race.
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The Clinton Affair: Season 1
November 18, 2018
The six-part documentary from Alex Gibney and Blair Foster takes a look at the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal with new interviews with Ken Starr and Monica Lewinsky.
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The Comedy Store
October 4, 2020
The four-part documentary series directed by Mike Binder focuses on the West Hollywood club where many comedians honed their skills including Jim Carrey, Dave Chappelle, Whitney Cummings, Sam Kinison, Jay Leno, David Letterman, Richard Pryor, Chris Rock, Bob Saget, Iliza Shlesinger, Sarah Silverman, and Robin Williams.
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The Confession Killer: Season 1
December 6, 2019
Robert Kenner and Taki Oldham's five-part docuseries looks into the case of Henry Lee Lucas, who claimed he killed hundreds of women across the country in the 1980s, but later revealed many confessions were aided by information given to him by corrupted law enforcement.
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The Crime of the Century
May 10, 2021
The two-part documentary directed by Alex Gibney is an expose of the origins and enabling of the opioid epidemic featuring exclusive interviews of whistleblowers and victims as well as leaked documents.
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The Defiant Ones (2017)
July 9, 2017
Featuring interviews and footage from recording session with such artists as Bono, Eminem, Ice Cube, Kendrick Lamar, N.W.A, Stevie Nicks, Trent Reznor, Snoop Dogg, Bruce Springsteen, and Gwen Stefani, the four-part Allen Hughes documentary chronicles how Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine became leaders of their own music empires and business partners.
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The Devil Next Door: Season 1
November 4, 2019
A Cleveland grandfather is accused of being a Nazi camp guard known as "Ivan the Terrible"
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The Diplomat
November 2, 2015
The documentary about the life and career of Richard C. Holbrooke was directed by his son.
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The Dust Bowl: Season 1
November 18, 2012
The latest Ken Burns documentary uses images, diaries, and interviews of survivors to illustrate the 1930s ecological and agricultural disaster that plagued the Midwest for over a decade.
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The Enfield Poltergeist: Season 1
October 27, 2023
The four-part docuseries looks into the paranormal events in 1977 that inspired the story to The Conjuring 2 with recreations featuring the original audio recordings and interviews.
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The Event : Season 1
September 20, 2010
While investigating the disappearance of his fiancee (Sarah Roemer), Sean Walker (Jason Ritter) discovers an international conspiracy that may or may not involve the president (Blair Underwood).
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The Family (2019): Season 1
August 9, 2019
The documentary series looks into The Fellowship, a Christian fundamentalist organization and its influence on politicians in and outside of Washington, D.C.
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The Flag
September 4, 2013
The documentary film seeks to discover what happened to the flag put up by firemen on the site of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
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The Fourth Estate: Season 1
May 27, 2018
The four-part documentary series directed by Liz Garbus features the editors and reporters at The New York Times as they cover President Trump's first year.
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The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: Season 1
August 24, 2023
Swedish designer Johan, psychologist Katarina, and organizer Ella help eight people complete a Swedish Death Cleaning in this Amy Poehler-narrated and produced reality series inspired by Margareta Magnusson book of the same name.
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The Ghost Army
May 21, 2013
Rick Beyer's documentary about American G.I.s' secret mission to create and deploy decoy units to fool the German forces during World War II.
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The Greatest Show Never Made
October 11, 2023
The three-part documentary series looks into the lives of six contestants who were a part of Nik Russian's reality show con that promised a £100,000 prize money.
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The Hill: Season 1
August 23, 2006
A camera crew follows Democratic Florida Congressman Robert Wexler and his staff as they go about their daily duties during the 2004 election cycle in this 6-part series.
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The Hunt: Season 1
July 3, 2016
The nature documentary series from the producers of Planet Earth series is narrated by David Attenborough.
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Coming Soon
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Clarkson's Farm: Season 5
- Start date: Jun 5, 2026
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Surviving Earth
- Start date: Jun 11, 2026
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America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Season 3
- Start date: Jun 16, 2026
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