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