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#1 - Al Qaeda's New Front
Season 23 Episode 7 - Aired 1/25/2005
Al-Qaeda's New Front is PBS documentary on Islamic terrorist network in Europe and its relationship to Islam and Al-Qaeda.
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- 9.5/1010 votesLoading...
#2 - Yellowstone Under Fire
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 5/9/1989
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- 9.2/1019 votesLoading...
#3 - Harvest of Fear
Season 19 Episode 14 - Aired 4/24/2001
No description available
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- 9.0/108 votesLoading...
#4 - My Retirement Dreams
Season 16 Episode 8 - Aired 2/3/1998
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- 8.9/1011 votesLoading...
#5 - Iran and the Bomb
Season 11 Episode 17 - Aired 4/13/1993
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- 8.9/1046 votesLoading...
#6 - Tabloid Truth: the Michael Jackson Story
Season 12 Episode 10 - Aired 2/15/1994
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- 8.9/1020 votesLoading...
#7 - The Triumph of Evil
Season 17 Episode 10 - Aired 1/26/1999
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- 8.9/1018 votesLoading...
#8 - The Man Who Knew
Season 21 Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/2002
When the Twin Towers fell on September 11, 2001, among the thousands killed was the one man who may have known more about Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda than any other person in America: John O'Neill.
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- 8.9/1021 votesLoading...
#9 - Israel's Next War?
Season 23 Episode 11 - Aired 4/5/2005
A shocking documentary about the growing number of Jewish extremists in Israel.
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- 8.9/1053 votesLoading...
#10 - Country Boys: Part 3
Season 24 Episode 7 - Aired 1/11/2006
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- 8.8/108 votesLoading...
#11 - The Real Stuff
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 1/27/1987
One year after the Challenger disaster, Frontline examined the all-too-human side of the space program as seen through the eyes of the astronauts and engineers responsible for making it work. Correspondent James Reston tells the inside story of a program plagued by problems and politics.
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- 8.8/1012 votesLoading...
#12 - Who Cares About Children?
Season 10 Episode 19 - Aired 4/28/1992
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- 8.8/1014 votesLoading...
- 8.8/10188 votesLoading...
#14 - Busted: America's War on Marijuana
Season 16 Episode 12 - Aired 4/28/1998
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- 8.8/109 votesLoading...
- 8.7/1010 votesLoading...
#16 - In Search of Al Qaeda
Season 21 Episode 7 - Aired 11/21/2002
In December 2001, as American forces blasted mountain hideouts in the Tora Bora region of Afghanistan, hundreds of Al Qaeda soldiers fled seemingly disappearing into thin air. In this 2002 documentary, FRONTLINE investigates what happened to the fighters who survived.
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- 8.7/1025 votesLoading...
#17 - Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald? (Updated)
Season 22 Episode 5 - Aired 11/20/2003
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- 8.7/10246 votesLoading...
#18 - From China With Love
Season 22 Episode 6 - Aired 1/15/2004
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- 8.7/1022 votesLoading...
#19 - Country Boys: Part 2
Season 24 Episode 6 - Aired 1/10/2006
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- 8.7/1024 votesLoading...
#20 - Law & Disorder
Season 28 Episode 11 - Aired 8/25/2010
Behind the enduring images of heroic rescues undertaken by the New Orleans Police Department in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, there is another story of law enforcement in crisis, even out of control. Law & Disorder a year-long, ongoing collaboration among FRONTLINE, ProPublica and the New Orleans Times-Picayune, investigates charges that NOPD officers inappropriately used lethal force against New Orleans citizens and then tried to cover up their actions. Airing days before the fifth anniversary of one of the deadliest hurricanes in U.S. history and drawing from reports published in a real-time online investigation, FRONTLINE takes a fresh look at how the NOPD performed when the rules of civilized society collapsed.
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- 8.7/108 votesLoading...
#21 - WikiSecrets
Season 29 Episode 15 - Aired 5/24/2011
The inside story of Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange (WikiLeaks) and the largest intelligence breach in U.S. history.
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- 8.7/10282 votesLoading...
#22 - United States of Secrets (1)
Season 32 Episode 9 - Aired 5/13/2014
The history of the National Security Agency's unprecedented surveillance program is investigated.
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- 8.6/1010 votesLoading...
#23 - The Russians are Here
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 6/13/1983
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- 8.6/1017 votesLoading...
#24 - The Battle for Eastern Airlines
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 1/31/1989
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- 8.6/109 votesLoading...
#25 - The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela
Season 17 Episode 16 - Aired 5/25/1999
An intimate portrait of one of the 20th century's greatest leaders.
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The Best Episodes of Frontline
Every episode of Frontline ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Frontline!
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Best Episodes Summary
"Al Qaeda's New Front" is the best rated episode of "Frontline". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/25/2005. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "Yellowstone Under Fire".