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