The Best TV Shows on ZDFinfo

Every ZDFinfo Show Ranked From Best To Worst

With its programming history stretching from 2009 to 2025, ZDFinfo offers an impressive lineup of over 20 shows. Notable series such as Geologic Journey and Ich kann Kanzler from ZDFinfo first graced the screens in 2009 and 2009. Stay up-to-date with over 20 of ZDFinfo’s elite series, with our list refreshed for September 2025.

  • Ermittler!
    Ermittler! (2018)8.0

  • besseresser challenge
    besseresser challenge (2020)8.0

  • Hollywood's Stories
    Hollywood's Stories (2020)7.7

  • Nazi Underworld
    Nazi Underworld (2011)6.8

    Adolf Hitler pretended to be poor but amassed a huge private fortune. The Führer may have believed he was Jewish. Rigorously fact-checked revelations throw a genuine new light on the Nazi regime.

  • The Cuba Libre Story
    The Cuba Libre Story (2015)6.5

    Recounts the tumultuous history of Cuba, a nation of foreign conquest, freedom fighters and Cold War political machinations.

  • Franco: The Brutal Truth About Spain’s Dictator
    Franco: The Brutal Truth About Spain’s Dictator (2017)6.4

    Using extensive research, this five-part docuseries takes a comprehensive look at Francisco Franco's turbulent, decades-long regime.

  • The Abyss – Rise and Fall of the Nazis
    The Abyss – Rise and Fall of the Nazis (2021)6.2

    Explores the Third Reich from a contemporary perspective to investigate how the Nazis managed to conquer Germany and then half of Europe in the wake of World War I.

  • Annihilation
    Annihilation (2014)5.7

    Seventy years after the liberation of Auschwitz, we have not finished accounting for the destruction of Europe's Jewish population. One question remains today: not why, but how was the Shoah possible?

  • Face to Face
    Face to Face (2014)2.0

  • Geologic Journey
    Geologic Journey (2009)N/A

    Geologic Journey is a five part documentary series,shot in high definition,which delves into the geological history that has shaped the mythic Canadian landscape,offering a wide and compelling range of scientific,amateur enthusiast and narrative perspectives that enlighten the ways in which out land is shaped.Blending state of the art new science ,a range of visual techniques and personal observation,the series documents the incredible and sometimes surprising geological history of Canada,mirroring the mythic quality of out landscape,its dramatic scale and extraordinary contrasts.

  • Ich kann Kanzler
    Ich kann Kanzler (2009)N/A

  • Hitlers Vollstrecker – Das Volksgericht und der Widerstand
    Hitlers Vollstrecker – Das Volksgericht und der Widerstand (2011)N/A

  • Ulrich protestiert
    Ulrich protestiert (2011)N/A

  • Momente der Geschichte
    Momente der Geschichte (2011)N/A

  • Die Hundeflüsterin
    Die Hundeflüsterin (2013)N/A

  • Scandal!
    Scandal! (2015)N/A

  • Countdown zum Zweiten Weltkrieg
    Countdown zum Zweiten Weltkrieg (2018)N/A

  • Wendezeit
    Wendezeit (2019)N/A

  • Russian Wonderland
    Russian Wonderland (2023)N/A

  • Oppenheimer und die Bombe
    Oppenheimer und die Bombe (2025)N/A