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Best Reality on Max, ranked by IMDb rating

59 reality titles on Max rate 6.0+ on IMDb — the top 50 are ranked below.

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Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (2005)
★ 8.6 IMDb   TV-PG · 137 episodes · Documentary · Talk · Reality
Anthony Bourdain uncovers the best cuisine across the world. At each location, Tony dives headfirst into life's colorful and rich pageant, bringing his intellectual curiosity, empathy, wit and boundless appetite.
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Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (2021)
★ 8.6 IMDb   TV-PG · 14 episodes · Reality · Documentary
Stanley Tucci travels across Italy to discover the secrets and delights of the country’s regional cuisines.
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The Great Pottery Throw Down (2015)
★ 8.6 IMDb   TV-14 · 84 episodes · Reality
Ten home potters from around the country head to Stoke-on-Trent, the home of pottery, in their quest to become Top Potter.
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The Last Alaskans (2015)
★ 8.6 IMDb   35 episodes · Documentary · Reality
In 1980, the U.S. government banned new human occupation in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, a protected area, home to thousands of native animals and pristine terrain spanning roughly the size of South Car
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Hard Knocks (2001)
★ 8.3 IMDb   TV-MA · 102 episodes · Documentary · Reality
An inside look at NFL training camps. From the top coaches to the rookies trying to make the team, Hard Knocks showcases what it takes to be in the NFL.
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River Monsters (2009)
★ 8.2 IMDb   59 episodes · Documentary · Action & Adventure · Reality
Extreme angler Jeremy Wade is on the hunt for fish with a taste for human flesh. This rip-roaring ride mixes action and adventure with mysteries, edge-of-the-seat chase and a battle of wills between man and nature.
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Expedition Unknown (2015)
★ 8.2 IMDb   TV-PG · 166 episodes · Documentary · Reality · Action & Adventure
The adventures of Josh Gates as he investigates unsolved iconic stories across the globe.
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Wheeler Dealers (2003)
★ 8.2 IMDb   281 episodes · Reality · Documentary
Experienced car dealer Mike Brewer is joined by multi-talented mechanics in a monumental motoring mission: to find and restore iconic cars to later sell for a profit at their LA-based shop. In the series, Mike has the ch
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Selena + Chef (2020)
★ 8.2 IMDb   TV-PG · 39 episodes · Reality
Since social distancing at home, Selena Gomez has been spending more time in the kitchen than she ever imagined. But despite her many talents, it remains to be seen if cooking is one of them. In each episode, Selena will
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Fixer Upper (2013)
★ 8.1 IMDb   TV-G · 86 episodes · Reality
Renovation, design and real estate pros Chip and Joanna Gaines are paired with Waco/Dallas, Texas-area buyers to renovate the wrong house that's in the right location.
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We're Here (2020)
★ 8.1 IMDb   TV-MA · 26 episodes · Reality
Small-town residents from across America are recruited and trained to participate in a one-night-only drag show. In each episode, former RuPaul’s Drag Race contestants Bob the Drag Queen, Eureka O’Hara and Shangela Laqui
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Home Town (2016)
★ 8.1 IMDb   TV-G · 149 episodes · Reality
Erin and Ben Napier, a small town Mississippi couple, renovate neighborhood historical houses giving them modern and affordable updates. From Erin's imaginative hand sketches to Ben's custom handiwork, this couple is bri
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Pit Bulls and Parolees (2009)
★ 8.1 IMDb   210 episodes · Documentary · Reality · Drama
Follow Tia Torres, founder of Villalobos Rescue Center, and her family as they rehabilitate both felons and ill-reputed pit bulls who come together to rescue one another from their dim pasts, and bring new meaning to lif
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BattleBots (2015)
★ 8.0 IMDb   TV-PG · 111 episodes · Reality
BattleBots promises to wow viewers with next generation robots—bigger, faster and stronger than ever before. The show will focus on the design and build of each robot, the bot builder backstories, their intense pursuit o
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Homestead Rescue (2016)
★ 8.0 IMDb   TV-14 · 109 episodes · Reality · Drama · Family
Expert homesteader, Marty Raney, along with his daughter Misty and son Matt, give struggling families a second chance at surviving off-the-grid. The stakes are high, but the Raney family is determined to prepare these f
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Deadliest Catch (2005)
★ 7.8 IMDb   PG · 377 episodes · Reality
Forty-foot waves, 700 pound crab pots, freezing temperatures and your mortality staring you in the face…it's all in a day's work for these modern day prospectors. During each episode we will watch crews race to meet thei
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Dirty Jobs (2005)
★ 7.7 IMDb   TV-14 · 162 episodes · Reality · Comedy
Host and everyman Mike Rowe gets the grimy scoop on downright nasty occupations.
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Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern (2007)
★ 7.7 IMDb   194 episodes · Documentary · Reality
Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern is a travel and cuisine television show hosted by Andrew Zimmern on the Travel Channel. The first season debuted on Monday, February 26, 2007 at 9pm ET/PT. Bizarre Foods focuses on regi
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My Cat from Hell (2011)
★ 7.7 IMDb   111 episodes · Reality
From cats that break up relationships to violent felines that put their owners in the hospital, cat behaviorist Jackson Galaxy has seen it all. Follow Jackson as he brings his unique understanding of cats to desperate fa
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Alaska: The Last Frontier (2011)
★ 7.6 IMDb   TV-14 · 166 episodes · Reality
Centers on the Kilcher family and their community outside Homer, Alaska. Begun by patriarch Yule Kilcher who immigrated from Europe during WWII, and currently led by his sons, Otto and Atz Kilcher (singer Jewel's father)
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Undercover Billionaire (2019)
★ 7.6 IMDb   TV-PG · 22 episodes · Reality
Billionaire Glenn Stearns attempts a monumental challenge that most would claim is impossible. Follow this self-made mogul to see if he can build a million-dollar company in just 90 days.
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Chopped (2009)
★ 7.4 IMDb   TV-G · 816 episodes · Reality
A high energy, fast paced cooking competition that challenges four up-and-coming chefs to turn a selection of everyday ingredients into an extraordinary three-course meal. After each course, a contestant gets “chopped” b
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Dual Survival (2010)
★ 7.4 IMDb   TV-14 · 84 episodes · Reality · Action & Adventure
Two people with drastically different backgrounds and survival strategies take on some of the planet's most unforgiving terrain to demonstrate how the right skills and creative thinking can keep you alive in the most dan
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Good Bones (2015)
★ 7.4 IMDb   TV-G · 106 episodes · Reality
Mother/daughter duo Karen Laine and Mina Starsiak transform dilapidated properties in and around their hometown of Indianapolis. Karen's legal background and Mina's real estate knowledge help them secure diamonds in the
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Gold Rush (2010)
★ 7.3 IMDb   TV-14 · 337 episodes · Reality
Follow the lives of ambitious miners as they head north in pursuit of gold. With new miners, new claims, new machines and new ways to pull gold out of the ground, the stakes are higher than ever. But will big risks lead
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Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (2007)
★ 7.3 IMDb   TV-G · 714 episodes · Documentary · Reality
Host Guy Fieri takes a cross-country road trip to visit some of America's classic "greasy spoon" restaurants — diners, drive-ins and dives — that have been doing it right for decades.
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Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking (2024)
★ 7.3 IMDb   TV-PG · 12 episodes · Reality
Pairs of professional bakers compete to create spellbinding edible showpieces on the actual sets where the Harry Potter films were made.
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Ghost Adventures (2008)
★ 7.2 IMDb   TV-PG · 326 episodes · Reality
Paranormal investigator Zak Bagans and his crew, Nick Groff and Aaron Goodwin, search for haunted locations both domestically and internationally. During their investigations, Zak and crew acquaint themselves with the ge
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Iron Chef America (2005)
★ 7.1 IMDb   TV-G · 236 episodes · Reality
American cooking show based on Fuji Television's Iron Chef, and is the second American adaptation of the series, following the failed Iron Chef USA. Like the original Japanese program, the program is a culinary game show
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Destination Fear (2019)
★ 7.1 IMDb   TV-PG · 48 episodes · Reality · Documentary
You saw him on Ghost Adventures, now, Dakota Laden takes his sister and best friend on a cross-country road trip to visit the most haunted locations in America.
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Kindred Spirits (2016)
★ 7.1 IMDb   TV-PG · 73 episodes · Reality · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Ghost hunters Adam Berry and Amy Bruni help real families who claim to be bedeviled by paranormal activity in their homes.
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Paranormal Lockdown (2016)
★ 7.0 IMDb   TV-14 · 36 episodes · Reality · Documentary
Nick Groff, a paranormal investigator who's "on a mission to discover something new in the paranormal field", and his paranormal researcher Katrina Weidman spend 72 hours together locked down in the most haunted location
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Restaurant: Impossible (2011)
★ 6.8 IMDb   TV-G · 250 episodes · Reality
Chef Robert Irvine tries to turn around restaurants across America that are facing an impending demise if things don't improve. With a $10,000 budget and two days to work, Irvine uses his creativity and resourcefulness t
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Overhaulin' (2004)
★ 6.8 IMDb   TV-G · 122 episodes · Documentary · Reality
Overhaulin' is an American automotive reality TV show that ran for five seasons on TLC between 2004–2009, and currently on Velocity and Discovery.
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Neighbors (2026)
★ 6.8 IMDb   TV-MA · 6 episodes · Documentary · Reality
Examines stories of absurd, outrageous, and dramatic real-life residential conflicts from a wide range of larger-than-life characters across the United States, opening a verité portal into the lives of contemporary Ameri
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The Dead Files (2011)
★ 6.7 IMDb   TV-PG · 218 episodes · Documentary · Reality
Psychic medium Amy Allan and former NYPD homicide detective Steve DiSchiavi investigate locations that are reported to be haunted.
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My 600-lb Life (2012)
★ 6.7 IMDb   TV-14 · 153 episodes · Reality
Telling powerful stories in hourlong episodes, TLC follows medical journeys of morbidly obese people as they attempt to save their own lives. The featured individuals - each weighing more than 600 pounds confront lifelon
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Guy's Grocery Games (2013)
★ 6.7 IMDb   TV-G · 550 episodes · Reality
Guy Fieri sends four talented chefs running through the aisles in a high stakes, high skills, grocery store cooking competition. The chefs are hit by real-world challenges like finding workarounds when all the essential
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90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days (2017)
★ 6.7 IMDb   TV-14 · 137 episodes · Reality
Follow couples who have an existing relationship online, but haven't met in person. We'll experience their journey as they travel to the other's foreign country for the first time in an attempt to establish an in-person
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Expedition X (2020)
★ 6.7 IMDb   TV-PG · 86 episodes · Mystery · Reality
Whether trekking through the remote jungles of Cambodia in search of a legendary ape-man or exploring the secrets of the world’s largest cave system right here in the United States, the Expedition X team is taking viewer
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90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way (2019)
★ 6.7 IMDb   TV-14 · 144 episodes · Reality
Americans move to a foreign country all in the name of love. Will uprooting their lives in the United States pay off, or will they be packing up and moving back to America brokenhearted?
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The Great Food Truck Race (2010)
★ 6.7 IMDb   TV-G · 119 episodes · Reality
The Great Food Truck Race is a reality television series, that originally aired on August 15, 2010, on Food Network, with Tyler Florence as the host. It features competing food trucks. The fourth season premiered on Augu
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Naked and Afraid (2013)
★ 6.6 IMDb   TV-14 · 202 episodes · Reality
What happens when you put two complete strangers - sans clothes - in some of the most extreme environments on Earth? Each male-female duo is left with no food, no water, no clothes, and only one survival item each as the
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Cake Boss (2009)
★ 6.6 IMDb   TV-PG · 316 episodes · Reality · Family
Follows the operations of Carlo's Bakery, a family-owned business in Hoboken, New Jersey owned and operated by siblings Buddy Valastro, Lisa Valastro, Maddalena Castano, Grace Faugno and Mary Sciarrone. The show focuses
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Tanked (2011)
★ 6.5 IMDb   146 episodes · Reality
Following the antics of two brothers-in-law as they run the largest aquarium manufacturing company in the nation, Tanked dunks viewers into the high-decibel, family-owned business of Acrylic Tank Manufacturing (ATM). Led
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Beat Bobby Flay (2013)
★ 6.5 IMDb   TV-G · 539 episodes · Reality
Two talented chefs go head-to-head for the chance to Beat Bobby Flay. To get to Bobby the chefs must first face off against each other, creating a spectacular dish with a secret ingredient of Bobby's choice. Judges Alex
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Street Outlaws (2013)
★ 6.5 IMDb   TV-14 · 236 episodes · Reality
From a 1969 Chevy Nova to a race-ready farm truck, the vehicles - and their drivers - come in all shapes and sizes and have one thing in common: the need for speed. But according to the STREET OUTLAWS of Oklahoma City -
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Food Network Star (2005)
★ 6.4 IMDb   TV-G · 136 episodes · Reality
Cooking competition following upcoming chefs, and the winner gets to host their own show!
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Worst Cooks in America (2010)
★ 6.3 IMDb   TV-G · 226 episodes · Reality · Comedy
12 to 16 contestants with poor cooking skills are taken through an eight-week culinary boot camp, to earn a cash prize of $25,000. The recruits are trained on the various basic cooking techniques including: baking, knife
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Expedition Bigfoot (2019)
★ 6.3 IMDb   TV-PG · 59 episodes · Documentary · Reality
An elite team of Sasquatch specialists journey into the unforgiving Oregon wilderness in search of Bigfoot. The three-week expedition, based on science and expertise, may finally pull the elusive beast out of the pages o

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