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The Best Seasons of Frontline

Every season of Frontline ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of Frontline!

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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 extend the impact of the documentary beyond its initial broadcast

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Season 4

31 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1986

8.5/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE15 · The Bloods of 'Nam 8.5

Season 2

24 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1984

8.4/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE6 · The Mind of a Murderer (1) 8.4

Season 3

21 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1985

8.4/ 10

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Best episodeE9 · A Class Divided 8.5

Other Seasons

Season 17

19 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1998

8.4/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE10 · The Triumph of Evil 9.0

Season 18

16 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1999

8.4/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE12 · Dr Solomon's Dilemma 8.6

Season 9

28 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1990

8.2/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE10 · Betting on the Lottery 8.8

Season 7

19 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1988

8.1/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE5 · The Battle for Eastern Airlines 8.9

Season 21

21 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2002

8.1/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE3 · The Man Who Knew 9.1

Season 22

16 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2003

8.1/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE5 · Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald? (Updated) 8.9

#10

Season 23

16 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2004

8.1/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE7 · Al Qaeda's New Front 10.0

#11

Season 12

20 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1993

8.0/ 10

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Best episodeE10 · Tabloid Truth: the Michael Jackson Story 8.9

#12

Season 24

15 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2005

8.0/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE7 · Country Boys: Part 3 8.6

#13

Season 14

18 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1995

8.0/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE15 · The Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson 9.0

#14

Season 11

21 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1992

7.9/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE17 · Iran and the Bomb 8.7

#15

Season 19

16 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2000

7.9/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE14 · Harvest of Fear 9.6

#16

Season 5

15 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1987

7.9/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE13 · Death of a Porn Queen 8.2

#17

Season 26

18 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2007

7.8/ 10

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Best episodeE5 · Growing Up Online 8.5

#18

Season 25

15 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2006

7.8/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE5 · News War (4): Stories From A Small Planet 8.6

#19

Season 32

18 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2014

7.8/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE9 · United States of Secrets (1) 8.7

#20

Season 20

24 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2001

7.8/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE3 · Looking for Answers 9.0

#21

Season 28

15 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2010

7.7/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE11 · Law & Disorder 8.5

#22

Season 27

17 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2002

7.7/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE1 · The Old Man and the Storm 8.6

#23

Season 30

24 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2011

7.6/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE9 · Murdoch's Scandal 8.4

#24

Season 10

29 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1991

7.6/ 10

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Best episodeE21 · Dear Frontline 7.6

#25

Season 13

19 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1994

7.6/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE4 · How to Steal $500 Million 8.5

#26

Season 31

19 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2013

7.6/ 10

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Best episodeE8 · The Retirement Gamble 8.2

#27

Season 6

24 Episodes

First Aired: Dec 1987

7.5/ 10

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Best episodeE13 · Poison and the Pentagon 8.0

#28

Season 15

18 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1996

7.5/ 10

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Best episodeE16 · Hot Guns 8.9

#29

Season 16

16 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1997

7.5/ 10

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Best episodeE12 · Busted: America's War on Marijuana 8.8

#30

Season 33

20 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2015

7.4/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE8 · Secrets, Politics and Torture 8.4

#31

Season 34

11 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2016

7.4/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE6 · Children of Syria 8.5

#32

Season 36

15 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2017

7.3/ 10

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Best episodeE14 · Myanmar's Killing Fields 8.6

#33

Season 38

21 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2019

7.2/ 10

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Best episodeE15 · Plastic Wars 8.5

#34

Season 29

19 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2010

7.1/ 10

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Best episodeE15 · WikiSecrets 9.0

#35

Season 35

21 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2016

7.1/ 10

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Best episodeE15 · Poverty, Politics and Profit 8.0

#36

Season 1

25 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1983

7.0/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE20 · The Russians are Here 8.1

#37

Season 37

22 Episodes

First Aired: Jul 2018

6.7/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE14 · The Trial of Ratko Mladić 8.0

#38

Season 39

10 Episodes

First Aired: Jul 2020

6.5/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE4 · Growing Up Poor in America 7.6

#39

Season 40

21 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2021

5.9/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE12 · The Jihadist 8.3

#40

Season 42

22 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2023

5.9/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE2 · Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus (2) 7.8

#41

Season 41

16 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2022

5.9/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE2 · Putin's Road to War 7.5

#42

Season 44

17 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2025

5.8/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE15 · 2,000 Meters to Andriivka 7.1

#43

Season 43

17 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2024

5.0/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE10 · South Korea's Adoption Reckoning 7.5

#44

Season 45

11 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2026

3.1/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE1 · Contaminated: The Carpet Industry's Toxic Legacy 5.7

#45

Season 8

17 Episodes

First Aired: Nov 1989

N/A/ 10

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