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