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Watch FRONTLINE’s 5 Most-Streamed Documentaries of 2020 (So Far)

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Patrice Taddonio

September 4, 2020

Looking for some documentaries to binge-watch? We’ve got you covered with this countdown of FRONTLINE’s five most-streamed films from 2020 so far. These FRONTLINE documentaries — and hundreds more — are available to stream online, on-demand and on the PBS Video App.

5. The Virus: What Went Wrong?

The warnings were mounting. As COVID-19 spread across the globe, why was America caught so unprepared?

4. Opioids, Inc.

Bribing doctors. Making millions. With the Financial Times, a look at how a drug company pushed an opioid painkiller up to 100x stronger than morphine — and how they got caught.

3. Coronavirus Pandemic

A tale of two Washingtons, their very different responses to COVID-19, and what happens when politics and science collide.

2. America’s Great Divide: From Obama to Trump

Part One:

Part Two:

Inside the evolution of America’s divisions — from race to class to partisanship, to the battle over what is true.

1. Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos built a business empire without precedent in the history of American capitalism. But what is the cost of Amazon’s convenience?

Stream hundreds more FRONTLINE documentaries online, on-demand and on the PBS Video App.

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Patrice Taddonio.
Patrice Taddonio

Senior Digital Writer, FRONTLINE

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