The Best TV Shows on CuriosityStream

Every CuriosityStream Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Showcasing over 20 shows from 2015 up until 2023, CuriosityStream stands as a beacon of television excellence. Rebuilding Ancient Rome and Dream the Future represent the pinnacle of CuriosityStream’s programming, launching in 2015 and 2016. Check out the most acclaimed shows on CuriosityStream, with a catalog of over 20 series updated for June 2026.

  • Connections with James Burke
    Connections with James Burke (2023)8.2

    Historian James Burke continues his journey through random historical connections that together have shaped our world and provide important clues to our future.

  • Secrets of the Solar System
    Secrets of the Solar System (2020)7.5

    The ultimate guide to the Solar System, told by the dedicated people who sent spacecraft to explore the sun, the planets and much more.

  • The History of Food
    The History of Food (2018)7.3

    Go back in time to our earliest hunter-gatherer beginnings all the way to the future of seed storage and food production.

  • Dream the Future
    Dream the Future (2016)7.0

    What will the future look like? How will new discoveries and research impact our everyday lives in 2050?

  • Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places
    Stephen Hawking's Favorite Places (2016)7.0

    Commander Stephen Hawking pilots his space ship, the SS Hawking, on the journey of a lifetime, zooming from black holes to the Big Bang, Saturn to Santa Barbara. After all, why should astronauts have all the fun?

  • Amazing Dinoworld
    Amazing Dinoworld (2019)7.0

    New discoveries of dinosaur fossils are completely changing what we know about the animals that lived on our planet millions of years ago.

  • Wild Tales
    Wild Tales (2023)7.0

    The stories of iconic Australian animals and the biological and evolutionary factors that link them.

  • Speed
    Speed (2019)6.0

    Investigating mankind's insatiable necessity to move faster and further; for pleasure, for work, to explore, to survive.

  • Ancient Engineering
    Ancient Engineering (2021)5.7

    Using the latest technological insights, this series sheds new light on how incredible feats of ancient engineering were achieved and how they continue to influence modern-day engineers and shape our world.

  • Ancient Earth
    Ancient Earth (2017)5.6

    Ancient Earth is an original CuriosityStream documentary series running for 2 seasons. Each season comprises of 3-3 episodes, respectively that feature stunning animations in Ultra HD 4K quality. The 1st season sheds light on the kind of life that existed in the Permian, Triassic and Cretaceous periods. The 2nd season is about some crucial moments in the evolution of life: the disappearance of the giant insects, the rise of the feathered dinosaurs, and the dawn of the mammals.

  • Titans: The Rise of Hollywood
    Titans: The Rise of Hollywood (2022)5.3

    Inspiration, power, greed, scandal – a story that was made for the movies. The gripping drama of how Hollywood was built.

  • Rebuilding Ancient Rome
    Rebuilding Ancient Rome (2015)5.0

    Supported by stunning 3D graphics, Dr. Darius Arya explains the purpose and architectural significance of ancient Roman buildings.

  • Digits
    Digits (2016)5.0

    Vint Cerf, Steve Case, and Ed Snowden -- internet insiders reveal its hidden past and startling present.

  • Spies of War
    Spies of War (2019)5.0

    Montagu, Garbo, Fuchs, Penkovsky... they were the greatest spies of the twentieth century. Through analysis of declassified documents, archives, reconstructions, and interviews, “Spies of War” offers you a glimpse into the minds and methods of undercover operatives. Discover the tactics for transmitting top secret information. See how one man assumed 24 identities to simulate the existence of a spy ring. Witness how scientists provided the USSR with ultra-confidential plans for the atomic bomb.

  • History by the Numbers
    History by the Numbers (2021)2.0

    History By The Numbers is an energetic, fast-paced series that takes a global dive into the extraordinary and often overlooked numbers that have created our world’s history. Each episode delves into the numbers and over-the-top stats behind a different subject such as the massive growth of the global fast food empire, the wealth and bloodshed of the world’s top crime bosses, the herculean numbers behind Mount Everest, and the lives of the richest people on earth.

  • The Tracker's Diary: Bears of Katmai
    The Tracker's Diary: Bears of Katmai (2022)2.0

    Join filmmaker Casey Anderson as he embeds in the Alaskan wilderness to follow the largest terrestrial carnivores in the world.

  • Plane Resurrection
    Plane Resurrection (2016)N/A

    Climb into the cockpits of historic planes, and meet the craftsmen who dedicate their time to bring these aviation icons back to life.

  • Rescued Chimpanzees of the Congo with Jane Goodall
    Rescued Chimpanzees of the Congo with Jane Goodall (2021)N/A

  • Impossible Escapes: Civil War
    Impossible Escapes: Civil War (2022)N/A

    Rare firsthand accounts bring us inside some of the most daring escape stories from the American Civil War.

  • Oops I Changed the World
    Oops I Changed the World (2022)N/A

    Tells the fascinating stories of accidental and surprise inventions that have transformed our lives.