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Critical Response - IMDb
Highest-Rated Non-Fiction Series
This list features the highest rated non-fiction television series on IMDB.
RANK | SERIES | RATING | REVIEWS | YEARS |
1 | Planet Earth | 9.4 | 233,000 | 2006 |
2 | Planet Earth II | 9.4 | 173,000 | 2016 |
3 | Blue Planet II | 9.3 | 57,000 | 2017 |
4 | Cosmos | 9.3 | 52,000 | 1980 |
5 | Cosmos | 9.2 | 139,000 | 2014 |
6 | Our Planet | 9.2 | 62,000 | 2019–2023 |
7 | The World at War | 9.2 | 37,000 | 1973–1974 |
8 | Life | 9.1 | 49,000 | 2009 |
9 | The Vietnam War | 9.1 | 36,000 | 2017 |
10 | The Last Dance | 9.0 | 177,000 | 2020 |
11 | Clarkson’s Farm | 9.0 | 83,000 | 2021–present |
12 | The Blue Planet | 9.0 | 50,000 | 2001 |
13 | Frozen Planet | 9.0 | 39,000 | 2011–2012 |
14 | Human Planet | 9.0 | 33,000 | 2011 |
15 | The Civil War | 9.0 | 25,000 | 1990 |
16 | Apocalypse: The Second World War | 9.0 | 20,000 | 2009 |
References
IMDb (n.d.) Top Rated TV Shows. [Online] Available at: https://www.imdb.com/chart/toptv/ (Accessed 1 December 2025).
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