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