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