Watch FRONTLINE’s 5 Most-Streamed Documentaries of 2025 (So Far)

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Clockwise from top left: "Hurricane Helene's Deadly Warning" (Jan Balster). "Trump's Power and the Rule of Law" (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images). "Syria After Assad" (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images). "The Rise and Fall of Terrorgram" (David Ahuja/Amoebalabs). "Trump's Comeback" (Reuters/Brian Snyder).

Clockwise from top left: "Hurricane Helene's Deadly Warning" (Jan Balster). "Trump's Power and the Rule of Law" (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images). "Syria After Assad" (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images). "The Rise and Fall of Terrorgram" (David Ahuja/Amoebalabs). "Trump's Comeback" (Reuters/Brian Snyder).

August 6, 2025

Looking for some documentaries to watch as summer continues? We’ve got you covered.

In the countdown below, we’ve collected the five new-in-2025 FRONTLINE documentaries that, as of publication time, had earned the most streams so far this year on PBS digital platforms and FRONTLINE’s YouTube channel combined.

Each of these FRONTLINE documentaries — and hundreds more — are available to stream anytime on our website, in the PBS App and on FRONTLINE’s YouTube channel.

Read, and watch, on.

5. Hurricane Helene’s Deadly Warning

FRONTLINE and NPR investigate how Hurricane Helene became an ominous warning about America’s lack of storm preparedness.

4. The Rise and Fall of Terrorgram

FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate how an online network known as Terrorgram spread extremism and violence.

3. Trump’s Power & the Rule of Law

FRONTLINE goes inside the high-stakes showdown between President Donald Trump and the courts over presidential power.

2. Trump’s Comeback

FRONTLINE traces Donald Trump’s return to the presidency, and how he overcame unprecedented obstacles and opposition.

1.  Syria After Assad

FRONTLINE examines Syria’s uncertain future under jihadist-turned-statesman Ahmad al-Sharaa.


Patrice Taddonio

Patrice Taddonio, Senior Digital Writer, FRONTLINE

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