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The Best Episodes of Frontline

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Every episode of Frontline ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Frontline!

Since it began in 1983, Frontline has been airing public-affairs documentaries that explore a wide scope of the complex human experience. Frontline's goal is to...
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  1. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Al Qaeda's New Front

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    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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  2. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - A Thousand Cuts

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    With press freedom under threat in the Philippines, we go inside the escalating war between the press and the government. The documentary follows Maria Ressa, a renowned journalist who has become a top target of President Duterte's crackdown on the news media.

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  3. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Age of Easy Money

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    The role of the Federal Reserve’s “easy money” policies in the current economic uncertainty. From the Great Recession to the rise in inflation, FRONTLINE examines the ongoing fragility of the financial system and the widening gap between Wall St. and Main St.

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  4. 9.5/10(10 votes)

    #4 - Yellowstone Under Fire

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  5. 9.2/10(19 votes)

    #5 - Harvest of Fear

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  6. 9.0/10(12 votes)

    #6 - Iran and the Bomb

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  8. 9.0/10(8 votes)

    #7 - My Retirement Dreams

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  9. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus (2)

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    FRONTLINE and Forbidden Stories investigate the powerful spyware Pegasus, sold to governments around the world by the Israeli company NSO Group. Part two of a joint investigation into the hacking tool used to spy on journalists, activists, the fiancée of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and others.

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  10. 8.9/10(47 votes)

    #9 - Tabloid Truth: the Michael Jackson Story

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  11. 8.9/10(20 votes)

    #10 - The Triumph of Evil

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  12. 8.9/10(18 votes)

    #11 - The Man Who Knew

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    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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  13. 8.9/10(21 votes)

    #12 - Israel's Next War?

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    A shocking documentary about the growing number of Jewish extremists in Israel.

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  14. 8.8/10(8 votes)

    #13 - The Real Stuff

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    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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  15. 8.8/10(12 votes)

    #14 - Who Cares About Children?

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  16. 8.8/10(14 votes)

    #15 - Hot Guns

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  17. 8.8/10(189 votes)

    #16 - Busted: America's War on Marijuana

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  18. 8.8/10(9 votes)

    #17 - Blackout

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  19. 8.7/10(10 votes)

    #18 - In Search of Al Qaeda

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    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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  20. 8.7/10(25 votes)

    #19 - Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald? (Updated)

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  21. 8.7/10(248 votes)

    #20 - From China With Love

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  22. 8.7/10(24 votes)

    #21 - Law & Disorder

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    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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  23. 8.7/10(8 votes)

    #22 - WikiSecrets

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    The inside story of Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange (WikiLeaks) and the largest intelligence breach in U.S. history.

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  24. 8.7/10(283 votes)

    #23 - United States of Secrets (1)

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    The history of the National Security Agency's unprecedented surveillance program is investigated.

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  25. 8.6/10(17 votes)

    #24 - The Battle for Eastern Airlines

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  26. 8.6/10(9 votes)

    #25 - The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela

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    An intimate portrait of one of the 20th century's greatest leaders.

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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 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "A Thousand Cuts".