Historical Documentaries
History is the greatest storyteller, and these documentary shows and films tackle true tales of culture, war and so much more, from ancient times to modern.
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Testament: The Story of Moses
Katrina: Come Hell and High Water
Abraham Lincoln
World War II: From the Frontlines
Greatest Events of WWII in Colour
American Godfathers: The Five Families
The American Experiment
The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen
Shipwrecked: Nightmare at Sea
Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial
FDR
Turning Point: The Vietnam War
Grant
Theodore Roosevelt
The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America
Washington
American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing
Roman Empire
Waco: American Apocalypse
WWII in Color: Road to Victory
Queen Cleopatra
Becoming Led Zeppelin
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
The Twister: Caught in the Storm
Rise of Empires: Ottoman
Sitting Bull
Thomas Jefferson
Hitler's Circle of Evil
Meltdown: Three Mile Island
Spy Ops
Aftershock: Everest and the Nepal Earthquake
Churchill at War
Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
Pepsi, Where's My Jet?
The Great War
Alexander: The Making of a God
The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes
Secrets of the Neanderthals
The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari
Award-Winning Documentaries
Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial
American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing
The Redeem Team
Grenfell: Uncovered
House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths
Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics
Apollo 11
Best of Enemies
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
Five Came Back
The Last Days
Becoming Led Zeppelin
Turning Point: The Vietnam War
The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari
Pepsi, Where's My Jet?
Attack on London: Hunting The 7/7 Bombers
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
Surviving Black Hawk Down
The Redeem Team
Apollo 13: Survival
The Confession Tapes
Bobby Kennedy for President
Grenfell: Uncovered
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop
Cover-Up
Apollo 11
Best of Enemies
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
Five Came Back
The Stringer: The Man Who Took The Photo
The Martha Mitchell Effect
The Last Days
Wormwood
Five Came Back: The Reference Films
Pelé
Shipwrecked: Nightmare at Sea
The Twister: Caught in the Storm
Secrets of the Neanderthals
The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes
Britain and The Blitz
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors
The Redeem Team
Apollo 13: Survival
30 for 30: Catholics vs. Convicts
Miracle: The Boys of '80
Hitler - A Career
Grenfell: Uncovered
The Truth About Jussie Smollett?
Curry & Cyanide - The Jolly Joseph Case
Einstein and the Bomb
ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads
What Would Sophia Loren Do?
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
The Bus: A French Football Mutiny
The Anthrax Attacks
Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics
UnBroken
Ordinary Men: The "Forgotten Holocaust"
Bank Robbers: The Last Great Heist
Best of Enemies
Untold: The Rise and Fall of AND1
Cover-Up
Apollo 11
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul
The Stringer: The Man Who Took The Photo
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
ReMastered: Tricky Dick & The Man in Black
The Martha Mitchell Effect
Turn of the Tide: The Surreal Story of Rabo de Peixe
Nail Bomber: Manhunt
Cyberbunker: The Criminal Underworld
Julia's Stepping Stones
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Roman Empire
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
Meltdown: Three Mile Island
The Last Czars
The Lost Pirate Kingdom
Spy Ops
The Real Bling Ring: Hollywood Heist
Challenger
The Confession Tapes
Empire Games
African Queens: Njinga
Who Killed Malcolm X?
Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop
Trial By Media
Wormwood
SanPa: Sins of the Savior
The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen
FDR
Washington
Grant
Theodore Roosevelt
The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America
Becoming Led Zeppelin
WWII in Color: Road to Victory
American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing
The Twister: Caught in the Storm
Roman Empire
Thomas Jefferson
Waco: American Apocalypse
Queen Cleopatra
Rise of Empires: Ottoman
Hitler's Circle of Evil
Sitting Bull
Meltdown: Three Mile Island
Churchill at War
Aftershock: Everest and the Nepal Earthquake
Spy Ops
Pepsi, Where's My Jet?
The Great War
The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes
Alexander: The Making of a God
Secrets of the Neanderthals
The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari
Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
Britain and The Blitz
The Real Bling Ring: Hollywood Heist
Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors
Surviving Black Hawk Down
The Last Czars
Wyatt Earp and The Cowboy War
The Lost Pirate Kingdom
Attack on London: Hunting The 7/7 Bombers
Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi
Captive
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
Hitler - A Career
Curry & Cyanide - The Jolly Joseph Case
Ordinary Men: The "Forgotten Holocaust"
The Bus: A French Football Mutiny
Bank Robbers: The Last Great Heist
Turn of the Tide: The Surreal Story of Rabo de Peixe
Cyberbunker: The Criminal Underworld
Camp Confidential: America's Secret Nazis
Gladbeck: The Hostage Crisis
Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate
Pelé
11M: Terror in Madrid
Making Malinche: A Documentary by Nacho Cano
Patria
Conversations with Ruth de Souza
Emicida: AmarElo - It’s All For Yesterday
History Documentaries
WWII in Color: Road to Victory
Rise of Empires: Ottoman
Queen Cleopatra
Hitler's Circle of Evil
Sitting Bull
Thomas Jefferson
Meltdown: Three Mile Island
Aftershock: Everest and the Nepal Earthquake
The Great War
Churchill at War
Pepsi, Where's My Jet?
Alexander: The Making of a God
Spy Ops
Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan
The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari
Wyatt Earp and The Cowboy War
Britain and The Blitz
The Last Czars
Surviving Black Hawk Down
The Lost Pirate Kingdom
Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors
America: Our Defining Hours
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
The Redeem Team
Miracle: The Boys of '80
Empire Games
30 for 30: Catholics vs. Convicts
Apollo 13: Survival
Challenger
Hitler - A Career
Grenfell: Uncovered
Bobby Kennedy for President
Einstein and the Bomb
Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop
Triumph: Jesse Owens and the Berlin Olympics
ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads
The Bus: A French Football Mutiny
Secrets of Great British Castles
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
The Anthrax Attacks
Churchill at War
The Great War
Waco: American Apocalypse
Alexander: The Making of a God
Aftershock: Everest and the Nepal Earthquake
Wyatt Earp and The Cowboy War
Attack on London: Hunting The 7/7 Bombers
Surviving Black Hawk Down
The Real Bling Ring: Hollywood Heist
Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi
Mysteries of the Faith
This Is a Robbery: The World's Biggest Art Heist
Challenger
D.B. Cooper: Where Are You?!
House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths
Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop
The Indrani Mukerjea Story: Buried Truth
African Queens: Njinga
Black Patriots
Who Killed Jill Dando?
The Hunt for Veerappan
Dig Deeper: The Disappearance of Birgit Meier
Five Came Back
ARA San Juan: The Submarine that Disappeared
Indian Predator: Murder in a Courtroom
Indian Predator: The Butcher of Delhi
Beast of Bangalore: Indian Predator
Blood, Sex & Royalty
Making The Billion Dollar Code
Indian Predator: The Diary of a Serial Killer
Examination of Conscience
Terim
Inspiring Documentaries
Miracle: The Boys of '80
Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
Untold: The Rise and Fall of AND1
Medal of Honor
ReMastered: Tricky Dick & The Man in Black
BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America
Julia's Stepping Stones
Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin
Pelé
Emicida: AmarElo - It’s All For Yesterday
Biographical Movies
Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi
The Real Bling Ring: Hollywood Heist
This Is a Robbery: The World's Biggest Art Heist
D.B. Cooper: Where Are You?!
The Confession Tapes
The Truth About Jussie Smollett?
The Indrani Mukerjea Story: Buried Truth
Who Killed Malcolm X?
The Hunt for Veerappan
Trial By Media
Dig Deeper: The Disappearance of Birgit Meier
Who Killed Jill Dando?
Nisman: The Prosecutor, the President, and the Spy
Turn of the Tide: The Surreal Story of Rabo de Peixe
Indian Predator: The Butcher of Delhi
Beast of Bangalore: Indian Predator
Indian Predator: Murder in a Courtroom
Cyberbunker: The Criminal Underworld
Wormwood
Gladbeck: The Hostage Crisis
Indian Predator: The Diary of a Serial Killer
Examination of Conscience
Food For Hungry Brains
Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors
African Queens: Njinga
UnBroken
Amend: The Fight for America
Five Came Back
The Martha Mitchell Effect
Julia's Stepping Stones
Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski
Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin
Making The Billion Dollar Code
Making Malinche: A Documentary by Nacho Cano
Patria
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