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The Best Episodes of Frontline

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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...
  1. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Al Qaeda's New Front

    S23:E7

    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. 9.5/10(10 votes)

    #2 - Yellowstone Under Fire

    S7:E14

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  3. 9.2/10(19 votes)

    #3 - Harvest of Fear

    S19:E14

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  4. 9.0/10(12 votes)

    #4 - Iran and the Bomb

    S11:E17

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  5. 9.0/10(8 votes)

    #5 - My Retirement Dreams

    S16:E8

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  6. 8.9/10(47 votes)

    #6 - Tabloid Truth: the Michael Jackson Story

    S12:E10

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  8. 8.9/10(20 votes)

    #7 - The Triumph of Evil

    S17:E10

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  9. 8.9/10(18 votes)

    #8 - The Man Who Knew

    S21:E3

    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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  10. 8.9/10(21 votes)

    #9 - Israel's Next War?

    S23:E11

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

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  11. 8.9/10(53 votes)

    #10 - Country Boys: Part 3

    S24:E7

    David Sutherland, acclaimed producer of The Farmer’s Wife, returns to rural America with Country Boys, an epic tale of two boys coming of age in eastern Kentucky’s Appalachian hills. Viewers meet Cody Perkins and Chris Johnson, classmates at an alternative high school who inhabit the same world yet are light years apart. Through intimate cinematography and extraordinary sound design that puts the viewer inside the skin of the story’s colorful and memorable characters, Country Boys traverses the emotional terrain of two boys who are about to become men, documenting their struggles to overcome hardship and poverty and find meaning in their lives.

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  12. 8.8/10(8 votes)

    #11 - The Real Stuff

    S5:E1

    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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  13. 8.8/10(12 votes)

    #12 - Who Cares About Children?

    S10:E19

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  14. 8.8/10(14 votes)

    #13 - Hot Guns

    S15:E16

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  15. 8.8/10(189 votes)

    #14 - Busted: America's War on Marijuana

    S16:E12

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  16. 8.8/10(9 votes)

    #15 - Blackout

    S19:E16

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  17. 8.7/10(10 votes)

    #16 - In Search of Al Qaeda

    S21:E7

    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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  18. 8.7/10(25 votes)

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

    S22:E5

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  19. 8.7/10(249 votes)

    #18 - From China With Love

    S22:E6

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  20. 8.7/10(22 votes)

    #19 - Country Boys: Part 2

    S24:E6

    David Sutherland, acclaimed producer of The Farmer’s Wife, returns to rural America with Country Boys, an epic tale of two boys coming of age in eastern Kentucky’s Appalachian hills. Viewers meet Cody Perkins and Chris Johnson, classmates at an alternative high school who inhabit the same world yet are light years apart. Through intimate cinematography and extraordinary sound design that puts the viewer inside the skin of the story’s colorful and memorable characters, Country Boys traverses the emotional terrain of two boys who are about to become men, documenting their struggles to overcome hardship and poverty and find meaning in their lives.

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  21. 8.7/10(24 votes)

    #20 - Law & Disorder

    S28:E11

    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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  22. 8.7/10(8 votes)

    #21 - WikiSecrets

    S29:E15

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

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  23. 8.7/10(283 votes)

    #22 - United States of Secrets (1)

    S32:E9

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

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  24. 8.6/10(10 votes)

    #23 - The Russians are Here

    S1:E20

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  25. 8.6/10(17 votes)

    #24 - The Battle for Eastern Airlines

    S7:E5

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  26. 8.6/10(9 votes)

    #25 - The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela

    S17:E16

    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 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "Yellowstone Under Fire".