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Prime
The Joy of Painting
1983 · 31 Seasons
Music & Arts DocumentaryArt & LiteratureFamily
The Joy of Painting was an American television show hosted by painter Bob Ross that taught its viewers techniques for landscape oil painting.
Documentary Shows on Tubi
35 documentary shows on Tubi in the US. Includes The Joy of Painting, The Beatles Anthology, and Africa.
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Disney+
The Beatles Anthology
1995 · 1 Season
Based on a True StoryMusic
A documentary series on the career of The Beatles.
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Max
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Peacock
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Tubi
Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath
2016 · 3 Seasons
Detective
Leah Remini, along with high level former Scientology executives and Church members, explores individual accounts from ex-Church members and their…
86
Hulu
Dark Side of the Ring
2019 · 7 Seasons
Sports
Finding truth at the intersection of fantasy and reality in the veiled world of professional wrestling.
85
Prime
Forensic Files
1996 · 14 Seasons
Whodunit & MysteryTrue CrimeMurder Mystery
Real crimes, disease outbreaks and accidents around the world are solved by experts using scientific laboratory analysis which helps them find…
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Prime
World War II in Colour
2009 · 1 Season
War DramaMilitaryWar
World War II In Colour is a 13-episode television documentary miniseries recounting the events of World War II narrated by Robert Powell.
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Prime
The Men Who Built America
2012 · 1 Season
Based on a True Story
Influential builders, dreamers and believers whose feats transformed the United States, a nation decaying from the inside after the Civil War,…
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Prime
WWII in HD
2009 · 1 Season
War DramaMilitaryWar
WWII in HD is a 10-part American documentary television miniseries that originally aired from November 15 to November 19, 2009 on the History Channel.
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Prime
The Temptations
1998 · 1 Season
Based on a True StoryDrama
Biography of the singers who formed the hit Motown musical act, The Temptations.
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Prime
The Food That Built America
2019 · 7 Seasons
The fascinating stories of the families behind the food that built America, those who used brains, muscle, blood, sweat and tears to get to…
81
Netflix
The First 48
2004 · 30 Seasons
True CrimeDramaCrime
The First 48 follows detectives from around the country during these first critical hours as they race against time to find the suspect.
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Prime
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Prime
Cold Case Files
1999 · 5 Seasons
ProceduralDetectiveCrime
Explore compelling cases that have gone cold for years, chronicling the journeys of the detectives who reopened them.
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Netflix
Grant
2020 · 1 Season
War
This documentary-series examines Grant's life story using his perspective and experiences to explore a turbulent time in history: the Civil War…
80
Disney+
See No Evil
2015 · 14 Seasons
True CrimeCrime
Every second of every day, millions of Americans are caught on CCTV.
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Prime
79
Prime
Cold Case Files
2017 · 4 Seasons
True CrimeCrimeMystery
There are over 100,000 cold cases in America, and only about 1% are ever solved.
78
Disney+
78
Netflix
Explained
2018 · 3 Seasons
Nature
This enlightening series from Vox digs into a wide range of topics such as the rise of cryptocurrency, why diets fail, and the wild world of K-pop.
78
Prime
A Haunting
2005 · 12 Seasons
SupernaturalMysteryDrama
These are the true stories of the innocent and the unimaginable.
78
Netflix
Hitler's Circle of Evil
2018 · 1 Season
War
Surviving power struggles, betrayals and plots, Hitler's inner circle of Nazi leaders seizes control of Germany and designs its disastrous future.
78
Prime
The World Wars
2014 · 1 Season
War DramaMilitaryWar
The story of three decades of war told through the eyes of various men who were its key players: Roosevelt, Hitler, Patton, Mussolini, Churchill,…
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Prime
I Shouldn't Be Alive
2005 · 6 Seasons
SurvivalDramaAction
The show features accounts of individuals and groups caught in dangerous scenarios, presented both through interviews and dramatic reenactments.
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Max
Fear Thy Neighbor
2014 · 11 Seasons
True CrimeCrime
These are the terrifying tales of the unwanted neighbors who turn home sweet home into home sweet hell.
76
Netflix
Unnatural Selection
2019 · 1 Season
From eradicating disease to selecting a child's traits, gene editing gives humans the chance to hack biology.
74
Prime
How Do They Do It?
2006 · 17 Seasons
An insider's look at the engineering and scientific miracles behind the things that form the modern world.
74
Disney+
Drain the Oceans
2018 · 6 Seasons
Maritime mysteries—old and new—come to life in this series, combining scientific data and digital re-creations to reveal shipwrecks, treasures,…
74
Prime
MegaStructures
2004 · 9 Seasons
MegaStructures is a documentary television series appearing on the National Geographic Channel in the United States and the United Kingdom,…
74
Disney+
American Monster
2016 · 13 Seasons
ProceduralTrue CrimeDetective
Monsters can be found lurking behind any innocent smile and on any street corner in America.
73
Prime
History's Greatest Mysteries
2020 · 7 Seasons
Mystery
Investigates a wide range of historically compelling topics and the mysteries surrounding each including the Titanic, D.B.
71
Netflix
The UnXplained
2019 · 8 Seasons
Explore the world’s most fascinating, strange and inexplicable mysteries.
70
Tubi
Hugo Chávez, El Comandante
2017 · 1 Season
Drama
The life of Hugo Chavez; from childhood, his arrival to power, confrontations, and loves to his last days as president.
70
Netflix
Ancient Aliens
2010 · 22 Seasons
MysteryScience FictionFantasy
Did intelligent beings from outer space visit Earth thousands of years ago?
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