The Best TV Shows on ZDFinfo

Every ZDFinfo Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Explore our list of the top rated shows up to date from March 2026 that includes over 20 unique series. Premiering in 2007 and 2009, Final Days of an Icon and Ich kann Kanzler are among ZDFinfo’s most celebrated shows. From 2007 through to 2023, ZDFinfo has accumulated a diverse collection of over 20 television shows.

  • Final Days of an Icon
    Final Days of an Icon (2007)10.0

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  • Lege packt aus
    Lege packt aus (2021)9.0

  • The History of the RAF
    The History of the RAF (2015)8.0

    In 2014, Germany television network ZDF commissioned a comprehensive TV documentary on the history of the Red Army Faction (RAF). In six 45-minute parts, the series describes the origins, rise, and fall of the terrorist organization "Red Army Faction." Interviewees include Winfried Ridder, former head of department at the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution; Rainer Hofmeyer, former head of department at the Federal Criminal Police Office; and political scientist Dr. Wolfgang Kraushaar.

  • Ermittler!
    Ermittler! (2018)8.0

  • Hollywood's Stories
    Hollywood's Stories (2020)7.7

  • 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)6.6

    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.

  • Face to Face
    Face to Face (2014)2.0

  • Ich kann Kanzler
    Ich kann Kanzler (2009)N/A

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

  • Die Büffelranch
    Die Büffelranch (2012)N/A

  • M.A.D. World
    M.A.D. World (2015)N/A

  • Scandal!
    Scandal! (2015)N/A

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

  • Hitlers Sklaven
    Hitlers Sklaven (2020)N/A

  • Russian Wonderland
    Russian Wonderland (2023)N/A

  • Russlands Kriege
    Russlands Kriege (2023)N/A

  • Neue Deutsche Welle
    Neue Deutsche Welle (2023)N/A