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