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The Best Seasons of POV

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

Top season
Season 39
10.0avg
Best episode
S22E5 The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
9.215 votes
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#1

Season 39

6 Episodes

First Aired: Jul 2026

10.0/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE1 · The Dating Game 10.0
#2

Season 38

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 2025

8.9/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE5 · Emergent City 10.0
#3

Season 22

14 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 2009

8.5/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE5 · The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) 9.2

Other Seasons

#4

Season 23

14 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2010

7.9/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE14 · The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers 8.7
#5

Season 29

13 Episodes

First Aired: May 2016

7.7/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE3 · The Look of Silence 8.7
#6

Season 25

14 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 2012

7.5/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE12 · Nostalgia for the Light 7.8
#7

Season 31

17 Episodes

First Aired: Apr 2018

7.5/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE13 · Survivors 8.3
#8

Season 27

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 2014

7.3/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE13 · The Act of Killing 8.8
#9

Season 24

17 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 2011

7.3/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE11 · If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front 8.2
#10

Season 20

14 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 2007

7.2/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE12 · Lumo 7.0
#11

Season 28

14 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 2015

7.2/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE4 · Web Junkie 7.4
#12

Season 19

14 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 2006

7.1/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE12 · Maquilapolis: City of Factories 7.1
#13

Season 13

10 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 2000

7.0/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE7 · American Gypsy: A Stranger in Everybody's Land 7.0
#14

Season 26

16 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 2013

7.0/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE8 · The Law in These Parts 7.7
#15

Season 17

16 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 2004

7.0/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE4 · Last Man Standing: Politics---Texas Style 7.5
#16

Season 35

14 Episodes

First Aired: Jul 2022

6.9/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE10 · Accepted 8.5
#17

Season 33

14 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 2020

6.7/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE4 · Advocate 8.1
#18

Season 36

16 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 2023

6.5/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE3 · Liquor Store Dreams 7.8
#19

Season 34

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jul 2021

6.4/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE2 · Landfall 7.2
#20

Season 12

10 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 1999

6.3/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE2 · Well-Founded Fear 6.3
#21

Season 16

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 2003

6.3/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE4 · 90 Miles 6.3
#22

Season 18

16 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2005

6.0/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE1 · Chisholm `72: Unbought & Unbossed 6.7
#23

Season 1

12 Episodes

First Aired: Jul 1988

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#24

Season 2

14 Episodes

First Aired: Jul 1989

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#25

Season 3

16 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 1990

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#26

Season 4

17 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 1991

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#27

Season 5

14 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 1992

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#28

Season 6

12 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 1993

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#29

Season 7

10 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 1994

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#30

Season 8

10 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 1995

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#31

Season 9

13 Episodes

First Aired: May 1996

N/A/ 10
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#32

Season 10

10 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 1997

N/A/ 10
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#33

Season 11

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 1998

N/A/ 10
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#34

Season 14

11 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 2001

N/A/ 10
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#35

Season 15

13 Episodes

First Aired: Jul 2002

N/A/ 10
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#36

Season 21

15 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 2008

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#37

Season 30

11 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 2017

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#38

Season 32

16 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 2019

N/A/ 10
Average Rating
#39

Season 37

14 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 2024

N/A/ 10
Average Rating

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Top-rated POV episodes

  1. #1The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) S22E59.2
  2. #2The Act of Killing S27E138.8
  3. #3The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers S23E148.7
  4. #4Made in L.A. S20E109.3
  5. #5The Look of Silence S29E38.7

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