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1. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: Democracy on Trial (2024)

TV-MA | 143 min | Documentary, News

The criminal cases against former President Trump tied to hi 2020 election loss.

Director: Michael Kirk | Stars: Temidayo Aganga-Williams, Brooke Nelson Alexander, Peter Baker, William Barr

Votes: 66

2. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: Boeing's Fatal Flaw (2024)

TV-MA | Documentary, News

As new questions arise about Boeing's troubled 737 Max jet, FRONTLINE and The NY Times update an award-winning investigation into the design, oversight and production of a plane that was involved in two crashes that killed 346 people. This updated version now includes the January 2024 incident with Alaska Airlines flight 1282.

Director: Débora Souza Silva | Stars: Mona Dougani, Dana Miller Ervin

Votes: 19

3. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: Children of Ukraine (2024)

TV-14 | 53 min | Documentary, News

A look into how thousands of Ukrainian children were taken and held in Russia, including investigations into alleged abductions and teenagers who say they were subjected to Russian propaganda.

Directors: Brent E. Huffman, Paul Kenyon, Katerina Monemvassitis | Stars: Jessica Savitch, Will Lyman

Votes: 13

4. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: Fractured (2024)

TV-MA | Documentary, News

Investigate the long waits for mental health care that defendants who are deemed too sick to stand trial face in North Carolina. Like Dillon Ledford whose been in jail about 40 times for various crimes.

Director: Débora Souza Silva | Stars: Durwin Briscoe, Joshua Champion, Dana Miller Ervin, Matthew Hawkins

5. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: Documenting Police Use of Force (2024)

TV-14 | 155 min | Documentary, News

FRONTLINE and The Associated Press, in collaboration with the Howard Centers for Investigative Journalism, investigate deaths that occurred after police used tactics like prone restraint ... See full summary »

Director: Serginho Roosblad | Stars: Will Lyman, Martha Bellisle, Adam Celinski, Ryan J. Foley

Votes: 64

6. 20 Days in Mariupol (2023)

TV-PG | 95 min | Documentary, War

As the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war's atrocities.

Director: Mstyslav Chernov | Stars: Mstyslav Chernov, Evgeniy Maloletka, Liudmyla Amelkina, Roman Golovanov

Votes: 20,399

7. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack (2023)

TV-MA | Documentary, News

Life in Ukraine under siege from the brutal invasion by Russia under Vladimir Putin.

Directors: Mani Benchelah, Patrick Tombola | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Will Lyman

Votes: 55

8. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: Putin and the Presidents (2023)

TV-MA | 54 min | Documentary, News

Vladimir Putin's clashes with U.S. presidents as he's tried to rebuild the Russian empire.

Director: Michael Kirk | Stars: Will Lyman, Vladimir Putin, John Bolton, Antony Blinken

Votes: 85

9. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: Age of Easy Money (2023)

TV-PG | Documentary, News

With the Fed raising interest rates, there is economic uncertainty among businesses and individuals. This documentary investigates how the Fed's loose monetary policy changed the U.S. economy and what could happen in the future.

Director: James Jacoby | Stars: John Adel, Sheila Bair, Anya Bourg, Kate Bulger

Votes: 77

10. Nova (1974– )
Episode: New Eye on the Universe (2023)

TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary

See the latest stunning images and discoveries from the James Webb Space Telescope.

Director: Terri Randall | Stars: Craig Sechler, Lee Armus, Martha Boyer, Caitlin M. Casey

Votes: 71

11. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: Weinstein (Update) (2023)

TV-MA | Documentary, News

FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate deadly truck accidents and fight over measures that could save thousands of lives.

Directors: Jane McMullen, Leo Telling | Stars: Priyanka Boghani, Sarah Childress, Will Lyman, Katie Worth

Votes: 9

12. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: America and the Taliban (1) (2023)

TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, News

How America's 20-year investment in Afghanistan culminated in the Taliban victory. Drawing on decades of on-the-ground reporting and interviews with Taliban and US officials.

Directors: Marcela Gaviria, Martin Smith | Stars: Martin Smith, Jason Dempsey, Abdul Salam Zaeef, Marc Grossman

Votes: 53

13. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: America and the Taliban (2) (2023)

TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, News

An investigation into how America's 20-year investment in Afghanistan culminated in Taliban victory, with a focus on missteps and consequences.

Directors: Marcela Gaviria, Martin Smith | Stars: Martin Smith, Douglas Lute, David Petraeus, Joey Keller

Votes: 43

14. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: America and the Taliban (3) (2023)

TV-MA | 53 min | Documentary, News

How America's 20-year war in Afghanistan culminated in Taliban victory. Drawing on decades of one-the-ground reporting and interviews with Taliban and US officials.

Directors: Marcela Gaviria, Martin Smith | Stars: Martin Smith, Munisa Mubariz, Roya Rahmani, Steve Coll

Votes: 41

15. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power and the Supreme Court (2023)

TV-MA | 115 min | Documentary, News

As controversy erupts around Clarence and Ginni Thomas, the story of their path to power.

Director: Michael Kirk | Stars: Will Lyman, Jill Abramson, Brooke Nelson Alexander, Kurt Andersen

Votes: 64

16. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: Once Upon a Time in Iraq: Fallujah (2023)

TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, News

The FRONTLINE documentary traces the long-lasting aftermath of the battle of Fallujah through two families, one Iraqi and one American.

Director: James Bluemel | Stars: Dexter Filkins, Will Lyman

Votes: 33

17. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: America's Dangerous Trucks (2023)

TV-MA | 54 min | Documentary, News

Investigating deadly truck accidents and the fight over measures that could save lives.

Director: Gabrielle Schonder | Stars: Harry Adler, Matt Brumbelow, Pete Buttigieg, Jeff Ernsthausen

Votes: 47

18. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: After Uvalde: Guns, Grief & Texas Politics (2023)

TV-MA | Documentary, News

A year after the Uvalde school shooting, FRONTLINE documents the community's trauma and the fight over assault rifles. Journalist Maria Hinojosa examines the police response, Uvalde's history of struggle and its efforts to heal.

Directors: Amy Bucher, Heidi Burke | Stars: Greg Abbott, Lalo Castillo, Gloria Cazares, Javier Cazares

Votes: 39

19. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: Inside the Iranian Uprising (2023)

TV-MA | 59 min | Documentary, News

An inside look at protests that have shaken Iran since the death of a young woman in police custody.

Director: Majed Neisi | Stars: Awin Mostafazadeh, Mahsa Amini, Shiva Nazar Ahari, Leyla

Votes: 38

20. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: Two Strikes (2023)

TV-MA | Documentary, News

In collaboration with The Marshall Project, the first half examines how a former West Point cadet got life in prison under a "two-strikes" law. The second half documents what happens to pregnant women in prison and their newborns.

Director: Ursula Liang | Star: Cary Aspinwall

Votes: 27

21. American Experience (1987– )
Episode: The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools (2023)

TV-PG | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, History

A look at attempts to desegregate schools in Leland, Mississippi.

Stars: Douglas A. Blackmon, Billy Barber, Minnie Bell, Bob Blackmon

Votes: 46

22. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover (2023)

TV-MA | Documentary, News

Elon Musk's long and often troubled relationship with Twitter. Musk's journey from one of the platform's most provocative users to its sole proprietor, exploring the acquisition, free speech and the company's uncertain future.

Director: James Jacoby | Stars: James Jacoby, Elon Musk, Zoë Shiffer, Kara Swisher

Votes: 73

23. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: McConnell, the GOP & the Court (2023)

TV-MA | Documentary, News

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Director: Michael Kirk | Stars: Brooke Nelson Alexander, Vanessa Fica, Will Lyman

Votes: 29

24. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: 20 Days in Mariupol (2023)

Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary, News

An AP team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting atrocities of the Russian invasion.

Director: Mstyslav Chernov | Stars: Mstyslav Chernov, Sergey Lavrov, Evgeniy Maloletka, Vasiliy Nebenzya

Votes: 44

25. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: Inside the Uvalde Response (2023)

TV-MA | 54 min | Documentary, News

Drawing on real-time, firsthand accounts and using official bodycam and audio, FRONTLINE, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune reconstruct the chaotic response to the Uvalde school shooting and examine the missteps.

Director: Juanita Ceballos | Stars: Lexi Churchill, Jinitzail Hernández, Lomi Kriel, Will Lyman

Votes: 24

26. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: Netanyahu, America & the War in Gaza/Failure at the Fence (2023)

TV-MA | 86 min | Documentary, News

On October 7, 2023, Hamas carried out the deadliest terrorist attack in the history of the State of Israel. Israel responded with a full-scale war in Gaza. What decisive events in the last ... See full summary »

Directors: James Jacoby, Michael Kirk, Gabrielle Schonder | Stars: Will Lyman, Benjamin Netanyahu, Joe Biden, Yitzhak Rabin

Votes: 54

27. The Power of Big Oil (2022– )

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Stars: Will Lyman, Al Gore, Kert Davies, Heather Zichal

Votes: 78

28. The Earthshot Prize (2022 TV Special)

Family

Prince William's star-studded awards ceremony honors five environmental solutions with £1 million each to further their work helping to restore and protect our planet.

Directors: Julia Knowles, Rupert Smith | Stars: Clara Amfo, Chloe Bailey, Halle Bailey, David Beckham

Votes: 41

29. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: American Reckoning (2022)

TV-PG | Documentary, News

Who killed Wharlest Jackson? In the upcoming documentary "American Reckoning," an unsolved 1960s murder reveals an untold story of the civil rights movement and Black resistance.

Directors: Brad Lichtenstein, Yoruba Richen | Stars: Ser Clifford Boxley, Leland Boyd, Charles Evers, Cheryl Glover

Votes: 39

30. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: Plot to Overturn the Election (2022)

TV-PG | Documentary, News

In a new investigation, FRONTLINE uncovers the sources of misinformation about the 2020 election, showing how a few people have had an massive impact on the current crisis of democratic legitimacy in the U.S.

Director: Sam Black | Stars: Patrick Byrne, Doug Bock Clark, Mark Finchem, Bill Gates

Votes: 86

31. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: Putin's Road to War (2022)

TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, News

FRONTLINE tells the story of what led to Vladimir Putin's war on Ukraine and examines the events that shaped the Russian leader, the grievances that drive him and how a growing conflict with the West exploded into war in Europe.

Director: Michael Kirk | Stars: Will Lyman, Vladimir Putin, Susan Glasser, Eugene Robinson

Votes: 153

32. The Power of Big Oil (2022– )
Episode: Denial (2022)

TV-PG | Documentary

FRONTLINE examines the fossil fuel industry's history of casting doubt and delaying action on climate change. This 3-part series traces decades of missed opportunities and the ongoing attempts to hold Big Oil to account.

Director: Jane McMullen | Stars: Neela Banerjee, Paul Bernstein, Marc Chupka, Bill Clinton

Votes: 48

33. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: Police on Trial (2022)

TV-PG | 90 min | Documentary, News

FRONTLINE examines the aftermath of George Floyd's murder and the struggle for police accountability.

Director: Mike Shum | Stars: Medaria Arradondo, Janaé Bates, Lisa Bender, Jerry Blackwell

Votes: 48

34. The Power of Big Oil (2022– )
Episode: Delay (2022)

TV-PG | Documentary

Part Three of this series examines how the fossil fuel industry worked to delay the transition to renewable energy sources - including by promoting natural gas as a cleaner alternative.

Director: Robin Barnwell | Stars: Joe Biden, Denise Bode, Pam Bondi, Dar-Lon Chang

Votes: 37

35. The Power of Big Oil (2022– )
Episode: Doubt (2022)

TV-PG | Documentary

FRONTLINE examines the fossil fuel industry's history of casting doubt and delaying action on climate change. This three-part series traces decades of missed opportunities and the ongoing attempts to hold Big Oil to account.

Director: Gesbeen Mohammad | Stars: Neela Banerjee, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Kert Davies

Votes: 40

36. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: Facing Eviction (2022)

TV-MA | 54 min | Documentary, News

An undercover investigation into Taliban's crackdown on women in Afghanistan. FRONTLINE correspondent Ramita Navai.

Director: Bonnie Bertram

Votes: 29

37. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: Afghanistan Undercover (2022)

TV-MA | 54 min | Documentary, News

An undercover investigation into the Taliban's crackdown on women in Afghanistan.

Director: Karim Shah | Stars: Ramita Navai, Moeziddin Ahmadi, Bilal Karimi, Mohammad Nabi Khalil

Votes: 34

38. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: Lies, Politics and Democracy (2022)

TV-MA | Documentary, News

Investigates American political leaders and choices they made that have undermined and threatened democracy in the U.S.

Director: Michael Kirk | Stars: Tim Alberta, Yamiche Alcindor, Michael Anton, Bret Baier

Votes: 113

39. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: Putin's Attack on Ukraine: Documenting War Crimes (2022)

TV-PG | 83 min | Documentary, News

FRONTLINE and The Associated Press go inside Russia's war on Ukraine, tracing a pattern of atrocities committed by Russian troops with a focus on the Kyiv suburbs, such as Bucha, where some of the most shocking carnage was found.

Directors: Thomas Jennings, Annie Wong | Stars: Will Lyman, Erika Kinetz, Michael Biesecker, Dmytro Kuleba

Votes: 73

40. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: Putin's War at Home (2022)

TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary, News

Facing arrest and imprisonment, activists and journalists push back against Vladimir Putin's crackdown on critics of the war in Ukraine.

Director: Gesbeen Mohammad | Star: Will Lyman

Votes: 56

41. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: Ukraine: Life Under Russia's Attack (2022)

TV-MA | Documentary, News

A dramatic and intimate look inside the Russian assault on Kharki. It follows displaced families trying to survive underground, civilians caught in the war, and first responders risking their lives amid the shelling.

Directors: Mani Benchelah, Patrick Tombola | Star: Will Lyman

Votes: 14

42. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: The Power of Big Oil - Part One: Denial (2022)

TV-MA | Documentary, News

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Director: Jane McMullen | Star: Will Lyman

43. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: The Power of Big Oil - Part Two: Doubt (2022)

TV-MA | Documentary, News

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Director: Gesbeen Mohammad | Star: Will Lyman

44. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: The Power of Big Oil - Part Three: Delay (2022)

TV-MA | Documentary, News

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Director: Robin Barnwell | Star: Will Lyman

45. In the Shadow of 9/11 (2021)

111 min | Documentary

Follows the story of the so-called Liberty City Seven, a group of young Black men accused of assisting Al Qaeda in a plot to blow up buildings within the USA.

Director: Dan Reed | Stars: Larry King, Anderson Cooper, George W. Bush, Gayle King

Votes: 127

46. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: A Thousand Cuts (2021)

TV-MA | 99 min | Documentary, News

With press freedom under threat in the Philippines, A Thousand Cuts goes inside the escalating war between the government and the press. The documentary follows Maria Ressa, a renowned ... See full summary »

Director: Ramona S. Diaz | Stars: Michelle Aventajado, Mary Jane Ballinger, Priyanka Boghani, Amal Clooney

Votes: 33

47. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: President Biden (2021)

TV-PG | Documentary, News

This FRONTLINE episode tells the story of how crisis and tragedy prepared Joe Biden to become America's 46th president. It describes the searing moments that shaped President Biden and what those challenges reveal about how he will govern.

Director: Michael Kirk | Stars: Margaret Aitken, Matt Bai, James M. Baker, Dan Balz

Votes: 61

48. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: Trump's American Carnage (2021)

TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, News

FRONTLINE investigates Trump's siege on his enemies, the media and even the leaders of his own party, who for years ignored the warning signs of what was to come.

Director: Michael Kirk | Stars: Will Lyman, Donald Trump, Corey Lewandowski, Yamiche Alcindor

Votes: 153

49. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: Iraq's Assassins / Yemen's COVID coverup (2021)

TV-PG | Documentary, News

FRONTLINE's Ramita Navai investigates allegations that Iranian-backed Shia militias are threatening and killing critics with impunity and targeting U.S. interests. Also a look at how COVID is worsening Yemen's humanitarian crisis.

Directors: Mais Al-Bayaa, Nawal Al-Maghafi, Ramita Navai | Stars: Makiyah Al-Aslami, Hisham Al-Hashimi, Faisal Al-Issawi, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi

Votes: 28

50. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: Death Is Our Business (2021)

TV-MA | Documentary, News

Death Is Our Business examines in intimate and moving detail how Black funeral homes in New Orleans have had to adapt to the devastating impact of COVID-19 in their community.

Director: Jacqueline Olive | Stars: Priyanka Boghani, LaToya Cantrell, Louis Charbonnet III, Stephen T. Jones

Votes: 24