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