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