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