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TV Shows & Series: Best "docudrama" TV Shows/Series

Docudrama (or documentary drama) is a genre of television and film, which features dramatized re-enactments of actual events. It is described as a hybrid of documentary and drama and "a fact-based representation of real event". Docudramas typically strive to adhere to known historical facts, while allowing some degree of dramatic license in peripheral details, such as when there are gaps in the historical record. Dialogue may, or may not, include the actual words of real-life people, as recorded in historical documents. Docudrama producers sometimes choose to film their reconstructed events in the actual locations in which the historical events occurred. A docudrama, in which historical fidelity is the keynote, is generally distinguished from a film merely "based on true events", a term which implies a greater degree of dramatic license, and from the concepts of historical drama, a broader category which may also incorporate entirely fictionalized events intermixed with factual ones, and historical fiction, stories generally featuring fictional characters and plots taking place in historical settings or against the backdrop of historical events. As a portmanteau, docudrama is sometimes confused with docufiction. However, unlike docufiction—which is essentially a documentary ... ()

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Colin in Black and White(2021)

35min per episode | Drama
3.4/5 (with 21 votes)

The life of athlete Colin Kaepernick and his adoptive parents as they navigate the challenges of raising a black son in a white family and community.

Swamp Murders(2013-2017)

FSK: 12+ years
| 43min per episode | Crime, Documentary, Drama
4.0/5 (with 2 votes)

Swamps, bogs, marshes, bayous and riverbeds can be murky, dark, crazy places, but when a body pops up, things get downright mysterious. Through stylish recreations, Swamp Murders will bring the viewer into the the subculture that's captivating America.

Texas Rising(2015)

1h 25min per episode | Drama, Western
3.2/5 (with 27 votes)

A chronicle of the Texas Revolution, the uprising against the tyranny of Mexican dictator Santa Anna, from the battle of the Alamo to the battle of San Jacinto, and the rise of the Texas Rangers.

Married to Medicine(2013-)

FSK: 12+ years
| 43min per episode | Reality-TV, Drama, Documentary
4.0/5 (with 6 votes)

Follows a group of successful and educated women who are connected to the world of medicine in Atlanta, including doctors and wives of doctors. Whether delivering babies in Louboutins or rushing off to galas in Buckhead, these women do everything with style, drama, and of course, southern flair.

Snapped: Killer Couples(2013-)

FSK: 16+ years
| 43min per episode | Crime, Documentary, Drama, Reality-TV
3.9/5 (with 5 votes)

This extension of the long-running true-crime series 'Snapped' shifts the focus to couples whose passion drives them to commit terrible criminal acts. Using re-creations and gripping firsthand accounts, each episode takes a deep dive into a case, telling the story of the couple's romance, how the relationship evolved from love to manipulation, and what ultimately drove the couple to commit the crime.

Evil Twins(2012-)

FSK: 16+ years
| 43min per episode | Documentary
3.3/5 (with 3 votes)

Channeling sibling rivalries and deadly childhood pacts, this series follows true-crime mysteries surrounding cases of these double-duty archetypes.

The Detectives(2018-2020)

1h per episode | Crime, Drama
5.0/5 (with 2 votes)

A gripping factual series that brings to life the work of real detectives by blending the best of documentary storytelling with fully dramatized re-enactments. Every episode features a different detective reliving the investigation that not only challenged them like no other, but also had a residual impact on an aspect of Canadian life and law enforcement.

I Shouldn't Be Alive(2005-2012)

3.5/5 (with 12 votes)

The show features accounts of individuals and groups caught in dangerous scenarios, presented both through interviews and dramatic reenactments. The main focus is how the survivors survived and the decisions they made that kept them alive.

Code of a Killer(2015)

1h 30min per episode | Drama, Crime, Mystery
3.7/5 (with 21 votes)

Based on the extraordinary true story of Alec Jeffreys' discovery of DNA fingerprinting and its first use by Detective Chief Superintendent David Baker in catching a double murderer.

Directed by James Strong - With David Threlfall

Thirteen in the War(2009-2011)

25min per episode | Kids & Family, War & Politics
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

The story of a 13 year old boy in occupied holland during WWII

With Lisa Wade

Surviving Disaster - Chernobyl(2006)

1h per episode | Drama
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Docudrama detailing the events of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986. Only a handful of men willing to sacrifice themselves can prevent an explosion and fire at a nuclear plant in the Ukraine from becoming a worldwide catastrophe due to design flaws and the Soviet obsession with secrecy and prestige.

Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan(2021)

45min per episode | Documentary, War & Politics
3.6/5 (with 137 votes)

Dynamic reenactments and expert commentaries bring to life the tumultuous history and power struggles of a warring 16th-century feudal Japan.

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The Last Czars(2019)

FSK: 12+ years
| 45min per episode | Drama, War & Politics, Documentary
3.6/5 (with 56 votes)

When social upheaval sweeps Russia in the early 20th century, Czar Nicholas II resists change, sparking a revolution and ending a dynasty.

Directed by Adrian J. McDowall - With Ben Cartwright, Oliver Dimsdale, Bernice Stegers, Jurga Šeduikytė, Duncan Pow, Karina Stungytė, ...

Evil Things(2017-)

FSK: 12+ years
| 42min per episode | Documentary, Drama
3.0/5 (with 3 votes)

Revealing the horrifying stories of people who barely survived terrifying paranormal activity caused by possessed or cursed objects. Each twister mystery exposes the sinister secrets hiding within the most innocent items.

Poliisit - Kotihälytys(2013-)

44min per episode | Reality-TV, Drama, Crime

- No description / details available yet. -

American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story(2017)

46min per episode | Documentary, Drama
2.8/5 (with 13 votes)

A fascinating docuseries chronicling Playboy magazine’s charismatic founder, Hugh Hefner, and his impact on global culture. Told from his unique perspective with never-before-seen footage from his private archive, discover the captivating story about the man behind the bunny.

Yosi, the Regretful Spy(2022-)

1h per episode | Drama
3.6/5 (with 8 votes)

An Argentinean intelligence agent infiltrates the Jewish community to gather information that is then allegedly used to perpetrate two of the worst terrorist attacks in Latin American history, leaving over 100 dead.

Dunkirk(2004)

1h per episode | Documentary, Drama
3.2/5 (with 10 votes)

Major factual drama telling the story of history's greatest maritime evacuation, after the World War II Battle of Dunkirk in May and June 1940.

Emergency Call(2020-2021)

41min per episode | Reality-TV, Drama, Documentary
4.2/5 (with 2 votes)

This daring, hour-long documentary series chronicles the first few crucial minutes of emergencies told through the lens of America’s heroic 9-1-1 call takers.

37 Days(2014)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h per episode | Drama
3.7/5 (with 8 votes)

This three-part political thriller follows the catastrophic chain of events leading up to World War I from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914 to Britain's declaration of war on Germany 37 days later. This tense and gripping miniseries set among the corridors of power in Whitehall and Berlin tracks the unfolding crisis through the eyes of leading politicians and civil servants struggling to prevent the world's first global war. 37 Days unlocks the mystery of the war s origins, overturning assumptions about its inevitability, demonstrating that World War One was neither a chance happening nor was it a foregone conclusion.

Killer Instinct with Chris Hansen(2015-)

FSK: 16+ years
| 45min per episode | Crime, Drama, Documentary
3.5/5 (with 3 votes)

Chris Hansen brings his unrivaled journalistic skills to a series revealing the hidden truth behind America's most shocking murders. His trade-mark interviewing excellence guides the viewer through every twist and turn of an enthralling criminal drama.

The Murder Castle(2017)

45min per episode | Documentary, Crime
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

H.H. Holmes builds a three-story hotel in Chicago where he tortures and kills an untold number of people visiting the city for the 1893 World's Fair.

Nazi Hunters(2022)

1.3/5 (with 1 vote)

Shortly after the end of the Second World War: In 1945 and 1946, the men of the British "War Crimes Investigation Unit" drove through northern Germany on the hunt for Nazi criminals. One of them is Captain Anton Walter Freud, the grandson of Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis. Anton Walter Freud fled to London with his family from the Nazis in 1938. Now an intelligence officer, he's back to track down killers on Allied wanted lists: hitmen in pinstripes, brutal SS henchmen, and ruthless doctors who conducted medical experiments even on children. The soldiers who witnessed the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp months earlier are not squeamish about it. 24-year-old Freud is a free spirit known for his unorthodox methods. He knows how to make war criminals talk. So he comes across a crime that has hardly been known before, the murder of 20 children in Hamburg in the last days of the war.

Clash of Futures(2018)

53min per episode | Drama, War & Politics
3.9/5 (with 4 votes)

From the armistice of 1918, which marked the end of the First World War, to the declaration of war in September 1939, the beginning of the Second World War: an era during which there was an aspiration to create a new world, prosperous and at peace, but which provoked a new tragedy, seen through the destinies of thirteen people who were both actors and witnesses of the upheavals of the so-called inter-war period.

Alexander the Greatest(1971-1972)

30min per episode

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Henry and Anne: The Lovers Who Changed History(2014)

1h per episode | Drama, Documentary
4.0/5 (with 2 votes)

Historian Dr Suzannah Lipscomb unfolds the extraordinary story of the tumultuous love affair between Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, and asks: was it really love that brought them together – and was it love that tore them apart? Suzannah's journey will take her from Anne's childhood home at Hever Castle in Kent to the French palace where, some say, she learned the art of love. She will also visit Hampton Court, where Henry built the Great Hall for his new queen, and the Tower of London, where he had her beheaded.

Fallout(2006)

A powerful fictional drama, made in the style of a documentary, which explores some of the possible scenarios in the event of an accident occurring in the nuclear reprocessing plant, Sellafield.

Directed by David Caffrey

Daughters of Eve(2016)

23min per episode | Documentary, Drama
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A provocative journey into the extraordinary lives of women from the Old and New Testament. The series explores women who rose from obscurity, slavery and prejudice to become prophets, lovers, judges, and queens who left their mark on history.

Killing Fields(2016-)

40min per episode | Crime, Documentary
3.7/5 (with 5 votes)

True-crime thriller that follows a team of homicide detectives as they open an 18-year-old cold case that occurred in one of America's notorious body-dumping grounds, the Louisiana swamplands.

Inside Windsor Castle(2017-)

3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

A look at life in Windsor Castle over the last 80 years, including the tragedies, triumphs, romances and scandals of the Royal Family.

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