10 Best Shows Like Dark Tourist You Need to Watch
Everybody loves a good documentary and it is no wonder you wish to watch more of them after watching Dark Tourist. New Zealand filmmaker and journalist David Farrier travels all around the world and visits a lot of unusual places in his travels. In this list, we will try to show you more shows like Dark Tourist which will take you on a journey, in one way, or another.
Let’s start with our list of the best shows like Dark Tourist and you can check them out below.
Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons (2016-2022)
Imagine being in jail. Now imagine living in a foreign country. Scary? Paul Connelly takes you inside these jails. He shows what living conditions are for the inmates, as well as the guards. You’ll never look at prison the same.
Don’t F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer (2019)
The three-part docuseries follows a group of amateur internet sleuths who launched a manhunt for Luka Magnotta after he gained international notoriety in 2010 for sharing a graphic video online of himself killing two kittens with a vacuum cleaner. Magnotta was later convicted for murdering Chinese international student Jun Lin in grisly circumstances in 2012.
Wild Wild Country (2018)
The cult of an Indian guru who builds a city in Oregon, angry pennies who are bothered by their loud sex and red clothes, homeless people who drink beer with Haldol, a ground beaver in the waterworks… if someone made a TV series with such motifs, they would say that they went too far. But ‘Wild Wild Country’ talks about all that and is also a documentary series
Catching Killers (2021– )
The series follows police and prosecutors as they investigate, arrest and convict the world’s most violent killers.
Each episode focuses on some infamous serial killer cases, from the detectives’ perspectives. The investigators tell their own struggles, mistakes, and efforts to catch the elusive perpetrators, and how they affected their lives (both personal and career).
Five Came Back (2017)
Five Came Back explores the experiences of five U.S. film directors – John Ford, William Wyler, John Huston, Frank Capra, and George Stevens – and their frontline work during the Second World War. It draws on over 100 hours of archival footage and is narrated by Meryl Streep.
Each modern director discusses the impact and legacies of one of the five earlier directors: Steven Spielberg (Wyler), Francis Ford Coppola (Huston), Guillermo del Toro (Capra), Paul Greengrass (Ford), and Lawrence Kasdan (Stevens).
McMillions (2020)
A detailed account of the Mcdonald’s Monopoly sweepstakes. The truth about the fraud in which the fraudsters stole millions is revealed to us by those who were involved in the whole situation, the winners, and the FBI agents who caught the main organizer.
Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father (2017-2021)
Jovial comic Jack Whitehall and his stuffy father, Michael, take unusual and amusing trips to foreign lands in an attempt to strengthen their bond.
Extreme Engagement (2019)
Extreme Engagement is a 2019 Australian documentarian non-scripted reality television series on Netflix. The premise revolves around a couple, Tim Noonan and PJ Madam, going on a year-long trip to find out whether they should really get married or not after Tim proposes to her. They try to get to know each other by learning about marriage from the most remote places of the world and visiting different cultures, learning about how marriage is regarded there, and the ceremonies and rituals that surround it.
Down to Earth with Zac Efron (2020– )
Actor Zac Efron travels the world with spa expert Darin Olien in a travel show that explores healthy and sustainable lifestyles. Episode 1 In the wake of the devastating Hurricane Maria, Zac Efron explores sustainability in Puerto Rico. There he meets chef José Andres, milks a goat, and eats ceviche.
Restaurants on the Edge (2019– )
Restaurants on the Edge is a Canadian reality television series, which debuted in January 2020 on Cottage Life. The series features chef Dennis Prescott, designer Karin Bohn and restaurateur Nick Liberato traveling around Canada and the world to help struggling restaurants modify their decor and their menu.
