The Best TV Shows on ZDFinfo

Every ZDFinfo Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Discover the best of ZDFinfo with our list of over 20 series, meticulously updated for March 2026. Notable series such as Final Days of an Icon and Ich kann Kanzler from ZDFinfo first graced the screens in 2007 and 2009. Showcasing over 20 shows from 2007 up until 2025, ZDFinfo stands as a beacon of television excellence.

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

    tragic deaths iconic figures

  • Lege packt aus
    Lege packt aus (2021)9.0

  • 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.

  • 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

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

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

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

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

  • Öl. Macht. Geschichte
    Öl. Macht. Geschichte (2021)N/A

  • Russlands Kriege
    Russlands Kriege (2023)N/A

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

  • Oppenheimer und die Bombe
    Oppenheimer und die Bombe (2025)N/A