Best-Reviewed Docuseries 2020
First, to address the elephant – or, um, tiger – in the room: That documentary about Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin we were all obsessed with back at the start of lockdown didn’t quite get the level of critical support to make this list. The series that did, though, are just as addicting (if not quite so garishly titillating) as that particular car crash. There’s the moving and captivating chase for a serial killer in I’ll Be Gone In the Dark and the eye-opening Immigration Nation. And there’s the now-controversial Cheer, which, despite recent revelations about several of its cast members, was incredibly well-reviewed when released last January. Top of the scoreboard, appropriately, are the Chicago Bulls, with the zeitgeist-smashing 10-part documentary about their 1997-98 season, The Last Dance, taking out the title.
The order of the rank below reflects the Adjusted Score as of December 31, 2020. Scores might change over time.
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