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