1. The Power of Nightmares
Examines how politicians have used our fears to increase their power and control over society.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
2. All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
We have been colonised by the machines we have built. Although we don't realise it, the way we see everything in the world today is through the eyes of the computers.
It has an average vote of 8.3 on TMDB.
3. Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness
Alain de Botton's psychobabble-free self-help course for the philosophically minded.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
4. Skärgårdsdoktorn (Skärgårdsdoktorn)
TV series about the doctor Johan Steen who returns to Sweden after working in Somalia. He takes over his father in law's practice in the archipelago and together with his daughter Wilma, they try to make a new life for themselves.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
5. Hinterland (Y Gwyll)
Tom Mathias comes to Aberystwyth having abandoned his life in London. He's a brilliant but troubled man. Despite his faults he is an excellent detective, who knows that the key to solving the crime lies not in where you look for truth, but how you look.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
6. Documentary Now!
Loving parodies of some of the world's best-known documentaries. Each episode is shot in a different style of documentary filmmaking, and honors some of the most important stories that didn't actually happen.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
7. Paquita Salas (Paquita Salas)
One of Spain's best talent agents in the '90s, Paquita now finds herself searching desperately for new stars after suddenly losing her biggest client.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
8. Cosmos: A Personal Voyage
Carl Sagan covers a wide range of scientific subjects, including the origin of life and a perspective of our place in the universe.
It has an average vote of 8.5 on TMDB.
9. Xavier: Renegade Angel
Follows the humorous musings of an itinerant humanoid pseudo-shaman and spiritual seeker named Xavier.
It has an average vote of 8.5 on TMDB.
10. The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom
Individual freedom is the dream of our age. It's what our leaders promise to give us, it defines how we think of ourselves and, repeatedly, we have gone to war to impose freedom around the world. But if you step back and look at what freedom actually means for us today, it's a strange and limited kind of freedom.
It has an average vote of 7.9 on TMDB.
11. The Beatles Anthology
A documentary series on the career of The Beatles.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
12. Life After People: The Series
Life After People is a television series on which scientists, structural engineers, and other experts speculate about what might become of Earth should humanity instantly disappear. The featured experts also talk about the impact of human extinction on the environment, and the vestiges of civilization thus left behind.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
13. Walking with Dinosaurs
Combining fact and informed speculation with cutting-edge computer graphics and animatronics effects, the series set out to create the most accurate portrayal of prehistoric animals ever seen on the screen.
It has an average vote of 8.2 on TMDB.
14. The Spy
In the 1960s, Israeli clerk-turned-secret agent Eli Cohen goes deep undercover inside Syria on a perilous, years-long mission to spy for Mossad.
It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.
15. Extras
Andy Millman gave up his day job five years ago in the hope of achieving the big time, but he’s yet to land a speaking part, let alone saunter down the red carpet to pick up an Oscar. He remains optimistic however, as rubbing shoulders with the A-list on-set only serves to reinforce his belief that the big time is just a job or two away.
It has an average vote of 7.8 on TMDB.
16. John Adams
Adapted from David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, this lavish seven-part miniseries chronicles the life of Founding Father John Adams, starting with the Boston Massacre of 1770 through his years as an ambassador in Europe, then his terms as vice president and president of the United States, up to his death on July 4, 1826.
It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.
17. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (攻殻機動隊 STAND ALONE COMPLEX)
In the future when technological enhancements and robotics are a way of life, Major Motoko Kusanagi and Section 9 take care of the jobs that are too difficult for the police. Section 9 employs hackers, sharpshooters, detectives and cyborgs all in an effort to thwart cyber criminals and their plans to attack the innocent.
It has an average vote of 8.193 on TMDB.
18. Salem's Lot
Ben Mears has returned to his hometown to write a book about the supposedly haunted Marsten House. When people around the Marsten House start dying mysteriously, Mears discovers that the owner of the mansion is actually a vampire who is turning them into an army of undead slaves.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
19. The Young Pope (The Young Pope)
Lenny Belardo, the youngest and first American Pope in the history of the Church, must establish his new papacy and navigate the power struggles of the closed, secretive Vatican.
It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.
20. Arrested Development
The story of a wealthy family that lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
