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