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