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