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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!

Top season: Season 4; 8.5avg
Best episode: S16E12 Busted: America's War on Marijuana; 8.8184 votes

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 18

16 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1999

8.4/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE2 · Secrets of the SAT 8.0

Season 17

19 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1998

8.3/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE10 · The Triumph of Evil 9.0

Season 9

28 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1990

8.2/ 10

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Best episodeE10 · Betting on the Lottery 8.8

Season 7

19 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1988

8.1/ 10

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Best episodeE5 · The Battle for Eastern Airlines 8.9

Season 21

21 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2002

8.1/ 10

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Best episodeE16 · Kim's Nuclear Gamble 8.4

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

8.0/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE11 · Israel's Next War? 8.7

#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

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Best episodeE7 · Country Boys: Part 3 8.6

#13

Season 14

18 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1995

8.0/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE18 · The Gate of Heavenly Peace 8.6

#14

Season 11

21 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1992

7.9/ 10

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Best episodeE20 · The Health Care Gamble 7.8

#15

Season 5

15 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1987

7.9/ 10

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Best episodeE13 · Death of a Porn Queen 8.2

#16

Season 19

16 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2000

7.9/ 10

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Best episodeE14 · Harvest of Fear 9.6

#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 episodeE19 · Did Daddy Do It? 8.1

#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 episodeE8 · Poisoned Waters 8.2

#23

Season 30

24 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2011

7.6/ 10

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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

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Best episodeE15 · When the Bough Breaks 7.8

#26

Season 31

19 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2013

7.6/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE14 · Egypt in Crisis 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

Average Rating

Best episodeE17 · Easy Money 7.3

#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

7.5/ 10

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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

Average Rating

Best episodeE3 · Putin's Revenge (2) 8.3

#33

Season 38

21 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2019

7.2/ 10

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Best episodeE15 · Plastic Wars 8.5

#34

Season 35

21 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2016

7.1/ 10

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Best episodeE15 · Poverty, Politics and Profit 8.0

#35

Season 29

19 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2010

7.1/ 10

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Best episodeE4 · Facing Death 8.0

#36

Season 1

25 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 1983

7.0/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE1 · An Unauthorized History of the NFL 7.4

#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

6.4/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE4 · Growing Up Poor in America 7.5

#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 episodeE8 · Syria After Assad 7.0

#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

12 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2026

2.8/ 10

Average Rating

Best episodeE1 · Contaminated: The Carpet Industry's Toxic Legacy 5.8

#45

Season 8

17 Episodes

First Aired: Nov 1989

N/A/ 10

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The Best Seasons of Frontline

Season 4

Season 2

Season 3

Other Seasons

Season 18

Season 17

Season 9

Season 7

Season 21

Season 22

Season 23

Season 12

Season 24

Season 14

Season 11

Season 5

Season 19

Season 26

Season 25

Season 32

Season 20

Season 28

Season 27

Season 30

Season 10

Season 13

Season 31

Season 6

Season 15

Season 16

Season 33

Season 34

Season 36

Season 38

Season 35

Season 29

Season 1

Season 37

Season 39

Season 40

Season 42

Season 41

Season 44

Season 43

Season 45

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