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The Best Episodes of Frontline Season 37

Every episode of Frontline Season 37 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Frontline Season 37!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Frontline Season 37 Episode 14 - The Trial of Ratko Mladić
    8.0/10(161 votes)

    S37:E14

    Victims call him the Butcher of Bosnia. Defenders say he protected the Serbs. With exclusive access to the prosecution and defense teams, the film chronicles the trial of Ratko Mladić accused of genocide and war crimes. FRONTLINE offers an epic story of justice, accountability and a country at odds over its bloody past.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Frontline Season 37 Episode 18 - The Last Survivors
    8.0/10(138 votes)

    S37:E18

    As young children, they lived through the Holocaust. More than seventy years after World War II, some of the last remaining survivors recount their memories and the lingering trauma. FRONTLINE offers a haunting look at how disturbing childhood experiences and unimaginable loss have affected the daily lives and relationships of some of the Holocaust’s youngest victims – from survivor’s guilt, to crises of faith and second-generation trauma.

    Director:Arthur Cary
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Frontline Season 37 Episode 9 - The Facebook Dilemma (2)
    7.7/10(37 votes)

    S37:E9

    A series of mounting crises at Facebook, from the company’s failure to protect users’ data, to the proliferation of “fake news” and disinformation, have raised the question: How has Facebook’s historic success brought about real-world harm? Frontline traces a series of warnings to the company as it grew into a global empire.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Frontline Season 37 Episode 5 - Left Behind America
    7.6/10(31 votes)

    S37:E5

    Intimate stories of one Rust Belt city’s struggle to recover in the post-recession economy. FRONTLINE and ProPublica report on the economic and social forces shaping Dayton, Ohio, a once-booming city where nearly 35 percent of people now live in poverty.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Frontline Season 37 Episode 11 - Coal's Deadly Dust / Targeting Yemen
    7.4/10(106 votes)

    S37:E11

    Frontline and NPR investigate the rise of severe black lung disease among coal miners, and the failure to respond. This joint investigation reveals the biggest disease clusters ever documented, and how the industry and the government failed to protect miners. Also in this two-part hour, Frontline presents a report from Yemen.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Frontline Season 37 Episode 13 - Right to Fail
    7.3/10(56 votes)

    S37:E13

    Thousands of New Yorkers with severe mental illnesses won the chance to live independently in supported housing, following a 2014 federal court order. FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate what’s happened to people moved from adult homes into apartments and find more than two dozen cases in which the system failed, sometimes with deadly consequences.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Frontline Season 37 Episode 12 - Predator on the Reservation
    7.2/10(46 votes)

    S37:E12

    FRONTLINE and The Wall Street Journal investigate the decades-long failure to stop a government doctor accused of sexually abusing Native American boys for years, and examine how he moved from reservation to reservation despite warnings.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Frontline Season 37 Episode 4 - Our Man in Tehran (2)
    7.0/10(32 votes)

    S37:E4

    Thomas Erdbrink shares a rare journey into a private Iran often at odds with its conservative clerics and leaders. The series offers surprising encounters inside the closed society of Iran, as Erdbrink gets Iranians to reveal the intricacies of their private worlds and the challenges of living under theocratic leaders.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Frontline Season 37 Episode 8 - The Facebook Dilemma (1)
    7.0/10(40 votes)

    S37:E8

    Facebook’s promise was to create a more open and connected world. Frontline finds that multiple warnings about the platform’s negative impact on privacy and democracy were eclipsed by Facebook’s relentless pursuit of growth.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Frontline Season 37 Episode 15 - The Mueller Investigation
    6.9/10(44 votes)

    S37:E15

    For two years, special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election has dominated headlines. Drawing from interviews with U.S. officials, Trump advisers, legal experts and journalists, FRONTLINE offers an inside look into the investigation that President Donald Trump has continually deemed a “witch hunt.” Update aired 5/14/2019.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Frontline Season 37 Episode 17 - The Abortion Divide
    6.9/10(71 votes)

    S37:E17

    FRONTLINE goes inside the fight over abortion, told through the stories of women struggling with unplanned pregnancies. Drawing on a landmark FRONTLINE film from the 1980s, the documentary takes a look at both sides of the abortion divide in a community still embroiled in the conflict.

    Director:Elizabeth Leiter
    Writer:Mark Obenhaus

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  12. Frontline Season 37 Episode 20 - Supreme Revenge
    6.9/10(46 votes)

    S37:E20

    Inside the no-holds-barred war for control of the Supreme Court. From Brett Kavanaugh to Robert Bork, an investigation of how a 30-year-old grievance transformed the court and turned confirmations into bitter, partisan conflicts.

    Director:Michael Kirk
    Writers:Michael Kirk, Mike Wiser

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  13. Frontline Season 37 Episode 3 - Our Man in Tehran (1)
    6.7/10(45 votes)

    S37:E3

    Thomas Erdbrink shares a rare journey into a private Iran often at odds with its conservative clerics and leaders. The series offers surprising encounters inside the closed society of Iran, as Erdbrink gets Iranians to reveal the intricacies of their private worlds and the challenges of living under theocratic leaders.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Frontline Season 37 Episode 16 - Marcos Doesn't Live Here Anymore
    6.7/10(35 votes)

    S37:E16

    Elizabeth Perez, a decorated U.S. Marine veteran, fights to reunite her family after her undocumented husband, Marcos, is deported. Meanwhile, Marcos is alone in Mexico, working as a soccer referee, struggling with depression and fighting the urge to cross the border illegally to see his family.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Frontline Season 37 Episode 10 - Documenting Hate: New American Nazis
    6.6/10(72 votes)

    S37:E10

    An investigation of a neo-Nazi group that has actively recruited inside the U.S. military examining the group’s terrorist objectives.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Frontline Season 37 Episode 21 - Sex Trafficking in America
    6.5/10(4 votes)

    S37:E21

    Sex Trafficking in America tells the unimaginable stories of young women coerced into prostitution – and follows one police unit that’s committed to rooting out sexual exploitation.

    Director:Jezza Neumann
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Frontline Season 37 Episode 1 - Separated: Children at the Border
    6.3/10(33 votes)

    S37:E1

    The inside story of what happened to immigrant children separated from their parents at the border. The film explores the impact of the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy, and how both Trump and Obama dealt with minors at the border.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Frontline Season 37 Episode 6 - Trump's Showdown
    6.3/10(52 votes)

    S37:E6

    FRONTLINE goes inside President Trump’s fight against the investigation of his campaign and whether he obstructed justice. With the threat of impeachment growing, this two-hour documentary from filmmaker Michael Kirk and his team traces Trump’s unprecedented war against the special counsel, the FBI, and even his own attorney general.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Frontline Season 37 Episode 2 - Documenting Hate: Charlottesville
    6.0/10(28 votes)

    S37:E2

    FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate the white supremacists and neo-Nazis involved in the 2017 Charlottesville Unite the Right rally. This is the first in a series of two Documenting Hate films from FRONTLINE and ProPublica, with the second coming later in 2018.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Frontline Season 37 Episode 7 - The Pension Gamble
    5.7/10(23 votes)

    S37:E7

    FRONTLINE investigates the role of state governments and Wall Street in driving America’s public pensions into a multi-trillion-dollar hole. Marcela Gaviria, Martin Smith, and Nick Verbitsky go inside the volatile fight over pensions playing out in Kentucky, and examine the broader consequences for teachers, police, firefighters and other public employees everywhere.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Frontline Season 37 Episode 19 - Trump's Trade War
    5.5/10(28 votes)

    S37:E19

    The inside story of President Trump’s gamble to confront China over trade. Reporting from the U.S. and China, FRONTLINE and NPR investigate what led the world’s two largest economies to the brink, and the billions at stake.

    Director:Rick Young
    Writer:Rick Young

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  22. Frontline Season 37 Episode 22 - Flint's Deadly Water
    2.5/10(6 votes)

    S37:E22

    Five years after the start of Flint’s water crisis, FRONTLINE exposes its hidden toll. Our two-year investigation traces how a public health disaster that’s become known for the lead poisoning of thousands of children also spawned one of the largest outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease in U.S. history.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 37 Ratings Summary

"The Trial of Ratko Mladić" is the best rated episode of "Frontline" season 37. It scored 8/10 based on 161 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/19/2019. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Last Survivors".