The Best TV Shows on ZDFinfo

Every ZDFinfo Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Our curated list, current as of May 2026, showcases over 20 of ZDFinfo’s highest-rated series. Icons of ZDFinfo, Final Days of an Icon and Ich kann Kanzler made their debut in 2007 and 2009, setting industry standards. ZDFinfo’s extensive portfolio includes more than 20 shows, spanning the years from 2007 to 2023.

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

  • 15 Minutes of Fame
    15 Minutes of Fame (2014)9.5

  • Kindheit im Dritten Reich
    Kindheit im Dritten Reich (2017)9.0

  • Ermittler!
    Ermittler! (2018)8.0

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

  • Hitler privat
    Hitler privat (2010)7.0

  • 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

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

  • Die Büffelranch
    Die Büffelranch (2012)N/A

  • Der Delikatessenjäger
    Der Delikatessenjäger (2012)N/A

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

  • Russlands Kriege
    Russlands Kriege (2023)N/A