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