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