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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The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen
American Godfathers: The Five Families
Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial
World War II: From the Frontlines
Greatest Events of WWII in Colour
Testament: The Story of Moses
Katrina: Come Hell and High Water
America: Our Defining Hours
Roman Empire
Turning Point: The Vietnam War
Secrets of the Neanderthals
Hitler's Circle of Evil
Becoming Led Zeppelin
Sitting Bull
WWII in Color: Road to Victory
The Twister: Caught in the Storm
Alexander: The Making of a God
Wyatt Earp and The Cowboy War
Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors
Churchill at War
Waco: American Apocalypse
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
Queen Cleopatra
The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America
Spy Ops
American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing
Cover-Up
Meltdown: Three Mile Island
The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes
Surviving Black Hawk Down
Attack on London: Hunting The 7/7 Bombers
ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
Pepsi, Where's My Jet?
Titans: The Rise of Wall Street
Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan
The Lost Pirate Kingdom
The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
The Bus: A French Football Mutiny
The Stories Behind the Headlines
Katrina: Come Hell and High Water
The Twister: Caught in the Storm
American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing
Spy Ops
Surviving Black Hawk Down
Cover-Up
Attack on London: Hunting The 7/7 Bombers
The Bus: A French Football Mutiny
The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari
Aftershock: Everest and the Nepal Earthquake
The Hunt for Veerappan
Bank Robbers: The Last Great Heist
The Real Bling Ring: Hollywood Heist
The Anthrax Attacks
Who Killed Jill Dando?
Grenfell: Uncovered
The Truth About Jussie Smollett?
The Stringer: The Man Who Took The Photo
Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul
Who Killed Malcolm X?
BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America
ARA San Juan: The Submarine that Disappeared
Turn of the Tide: The Surreal Story of Rabo de Peixe
House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths
The Indrani Mukerjea Story: Buried Truth
Dig Deeper: The Disappearance of Birgit Meier
Indian Predator: Murder in a Courtroom
Making The Billion Dollar Code
Beast of Bangalore: Indian Predator
Patria
Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
11M: Terror in Madrid
Nisman: The Prosecutor, the President, and the Spy
Making Malinche: A Documentary by Nacho Cano
Julia's Stepping Stones
Examination of Conscience
Emicida: AmarElo - It’s All For Yesterday
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Roman Empire
Hitler's Circle of Evil
Turning Point: The Vietnam War
WWII in Color: Road to Victory
Churchill at War
Alexander: The Making of a God
Wyatt Earp and The Cowboy War
Queen Cleopatra
The Twister: Caught in the Storm
Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors
Titans: The Rise of Wall Street
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
Spy Ops
The Bus: A French Football Mutiny
The Lost Pirate Kingdom
Attack on Pearl Harbor: Minute by Minute
Meltdown: Three Mile Island
Surviving Black Hawk Down
Pepsi, Where's My Jet?
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan
ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads
Rise of Empires: Ottoman
The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari
The Last Czars
Aftershock: Everest and the Nepal Earthquake
Empire Games
Miracle: The Boys of '80
Apollo 13: Survival
Einstein and the Bomb
Secrets of Great British Castles
Hitler - A Career
Britain and The Blitz
Amend: The Fight for America
The Redeem Team
30 for 30: Catholics vs. Convicts
African Queens: Njinga
Challenger
The Anthrax Attacks
Apollo 11
Becoming Led Zeppelin
Secrets of the Neanderthals
Wyatt Earp and The Cowboy War
Waco: American Apocalypse
Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors
Queen Cleopatra
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
Churchill at War
The Bus: A French Football Mutiny
The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes
American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing
Surviving Black Hawk Down
Spy Ops
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
Rise of Empires: Ottoman
The Lost Pirate Kingdom
Meltdown: Three Mile Island
The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari
Cover-Up
Titans: The Rise of Wall Street
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
Pepsi, Where's My Jet?
Attack on London: Hunting The 7/7 Bombers
Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan
Aftershock: Everest and the Nepal Earthquake
Attack on Pearl Harbor: Minute by Minute
ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads
The Last Czars
Einstein and the Bomb
Miracle: The Boys of '80
Apollo 13: Survival
The Redeem Team
The Confession Tapes
Empire Games
Mysteries of the Faith
D.B. Cooper: Where Are You?!
Curry & Cyanide - The Jolly Joseph Case
This Is a Robbery: The World's Biggest Art Heist
Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi
The Hunt for Veerappan
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
Titans: The Rise of Wall Street
The Lost Pirate Kingdom
Attack on Pearl Harbor: Minute by Minute
Meltdown: Three Mile Island
Pepsi, Where's My Jet?
Attack on London: Hunting The 7/7 Bombers
Rise of Empires: Ottoman
Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan
Aftershock: Everest and the Nepal Earthquake
The Confession Tapes
The Last Czars
Empire Games
Mysteries of the Faith
The Hunt for Veerappan
Secrets of Great British Castles
This Is a Robbery: The World's Biggest Art Heist
D.B. Cooper: Where Are You?!
Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi
Who Killed Jill Dando?
The Real Bling Ring: Hollywood Heist
Challenger
African Queens: Njinga
Amend: The Fight for America
Captive
Who Killed Malcolm X?
Bobby Kennedy for President
ARA San Juan: The Submarine that Disappeared
BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America
Indian Predator: The Butcher of Delhi
Trial By Media
Medal of Honor
Dig Deeper: The Disappearance of Birgit Meier
Indian Predator: Murder in a Courtroom
Making The Billion Dollar Code
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
Wormwood
The Indrani Mukerjea Story: Buried Truth
House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths
Beast of Bangalore: Indian Predator
The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads
The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari
Miracle: The Boys of '80
Apollo 13: Survival
Einstein and the Bomb
The Redeem Team
Hitler - A Career
Britain and The Blitz
Apollo 11
The Anthrax Attacks
Curry & Cyanide - The Jolly Joseph Case
30 for 30: Catholics vs. Convicts
Bank Robbers: The Last Great Heist
Ordinary Men: The "Forgotten Holocaust"
The Truth About Jussie Smollett?
ReMastered: Tricky Dick & The Man in Black
Grenfell: Uncovered
The Stringer: The Man Who Took The Photo
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
Camp Confidential: America's Secret Nazis
The Last Days
Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul
Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski
Untold: The Rise and Fall of AND1
Black Barbie
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
Turn of the Tide: The Surreal Story of Rabo de Peixe
UnBroken
Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate
Gladbeck: The Hostage Crisis
The Martha Mitchell Effect
Best of Enemies
Pelé
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Patria
Nail Bomber: Manhunt
Award-winning Documentaries
Rise of Empires: Ottoman
Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan
The Confession Tapes
Empire Games
The Last Czars
Secrets of Great British Castles
Amend: The Fight for America
Captive
Who Killed Malcolm X?
Bobby Kennedy for President
BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America
Trial By Media
Medal of Honor
Wormwood
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
SanPa: Sins of the Savior
Nisman: The Prosecutor, the President, and the Spy
Food For Hungry Brains
Amend: The Fight for America
Einstein and the Bomb
Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski
African Queens: Njinga
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
ReMastered: Tricky Dick & The Man in Black
Making The Billion Dollar Code
The Martha Mitchell Effect
UnBroken
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
Five Came Back
Patria
Julia's Stepping Stones
Making Malinche: A Documentary by Nacho Cano
Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin
Women Behind the Camera
Attack on London: Hunting The 7/7 Bombers
Aftershock: Everest and the Nepal Earthquake
This Is a Robbery: The World's Biggest Art Heist
The Hunt for Veerappan
Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi
The Real Bling Ring: Hollywood Heist
Who Killed Jill Dando?
Mysteries of the Faith
African Queens: Njinga
Challenger
ARA San Juan: The Submarine that Disappeared
Indian Predator: The Butcher of Delhi
Dig Deeper: The Disappearance of Birgit Meier
Beast of Bangalore: Indian Predator
Indian Predator: Murder in a Courtroom
House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths
Making The Billion Dollar Code
The Indrani Mukerjea Story: Buried Truth
Five Came Back
Blood, Sex & Royalty
Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop
Indian Predator: The Diary of a Serial Killer
Terim
Examination of Conscience
Who Killed Malcolm X?
Who Killed Jill Dando?
Indian Predator: The Butcher of Delhi
Trial By Media
The Indrani Mukerjea Story: Buried Truth
Wormwood
Beast of Bangalore: Indian Predator
Indian Predator: Murder in a Courtroom
Dig Deeper: The Disappearance of Birgit Meier
Indian Predator: The Diary of a Serial Killer
Cyberbunker: The Criminal Underworld
Nisman: The Prosecutor, the President, and the Spy
Examination of Conscience
Apollo 13: Survival
The Stringer: The Man Who Took The Photo
Bobby Kennedy for President
The Battered Bastards of Baseball
Pelé
Five Came Back
High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop
Five Came Back: The Reference Films
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