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