The Best TV Shows on ZDFinfo

Every ZDFinfo Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Les derniers jours d'une icône and Dis wo ich herkomm represent the pinnacle of ZDFinfo’s programming, launching in 2007 and 2009. Our curated list, current as of December 2025, showcases over 20 of ZDFinfo’s highest-rated series. With its programming history stretching from 2007 to 2023, ZDFinfo offers an impressive lineup of over 20 shows.

  • Lebensmitteltricks - Lege packt aus
    Lebensmitteltricks - Lege packt aus (2021)9.0

  • Ermittler!
    Ermittler! (2018)8.0

  • Killing for Love: Der Fall Jens Söring
    Killing for Love: Der Fall Jens Söring (2020)7.0

    For more than 33 years, German Jens Söring was imprisoned in the USA - convicted of murdering the parents of his lover, Elizabeth Haysom. In December 2019, he was transferred to Germany under the condition that he never return to the US. The four-part ZDFinfo series "Killing For Love - The Jens Söring Case" describes how this sensational case unfolded from murder to verdict and beyond.

  • Nazi Underworld
    Nazi Underworld (2011)6.8

    Adolf Hitler pretended to be poor but amassed a huge private fortune. The Führer may have believed he was Jewish. Rigorously fact-checked revelations throw a genuine new light on the Nazi regime.

  • The Cuba Libre Story
    The Cuba Libre Story (2015)6.5

    Recounts the tumultuous history of Cuba, a nation of foreign conquest, freedom fighters and Cold War political machinations.

  • Franco: The Brutal Truth About Spain’s Dictator
    Franco: The Brutal Truth About Spain’s Dictator (2017)6.5

    Using extensive research, this five-part docuseries takes a comprehensive look at Francisco Franco's turbulent, decades-long regime.

  • The Abyss – Rise and Fall of the Nazis
    The Abyss – Rise and Fall of the Nazis (2021)6.2

    Explores the Third Reich from a contemporary perspective to investigate how the Nazis managed to conquer Germany and then half of Europe in the wake of World War I.

  • Annihilation
    Annihilation (2014)5.7

    Seventy years after the liberation of Auschwitz, we have not finished accounting for the destruction of Europe's Jewish population. One question remains today: not why, but how was the Shoah possible?

  • Face to Face
    Face to Face (2014)2.0

  • Les derniers jours d'une icône
    Les derniers jours d'une icône (2007)N/A

  • Dis wo ich herkomm
    Dis wo ich herkomm (2009)N/A

  • Geologic Journey
    Geologic Journey (2009)N/A

    Geologic Journey is a five part documentary series,shot in high definition,which delves into the geological history that has shaped the mythic Canadian landscape,offering a wide and compelling range of scientific,amateur enthusiast and narrative perspectives that enlighten the ways in which out land is shaped.Blending state of the art new science ,a range of visual techniques and personal observation,the series documents the incredible and sometimes surprising geological history of Canada,mirroring the mythic quality of out landscape,its dramatic scale and extraordinary contrasts.

  • Missing Link – Die unglaublichsten Verbindungen
    Missing Link – Die unglaublichsten Verbindungen (2011)N/A

  • Momente der Geschichte
    Momente der Geschichte (2011)N/A

  • Hitlers Vollstrecker – Das Volksgericht und der Widerstand
    Hitlers Vollstrecker – Das Volksgericht und der Widerstand (2011)N/A

  • Die Büffelranch
    Die Büffelranch (2012)N/A

  • Das war dann mal weg
    Das war dann mal weg (2017)N/A

  • Countdown zum Zweiten Weltkrieg
    Countdown zum Zweiten Weltkrieg (2018)N/A

  • Lost Places
    Lost Places (2020)N/A

    Historic places, forgotten, threatened and threatening at the same time. Made of steel, poured in concrete or blasted out of a mountain, yesterday's monuments from the great eras of history come alive again.

  • Russian Wonderland
    Russian Wonderland (2023)N/A