Browse Historical Documentary Movies
- 1985
Shoah
Shoah8.2821985HD
Director Claude Lanzmann spent 11 years on this sprawling documentary about the Holocaust, conducting his own interviews and refusing to use a single...
- 2024
Secrets of the Neanderthals
Secrets of the Neanderthals7.2062024HD
This documentary delves into the mysteries surrounding the Neanderthals and what their fossil record tells us about their lives and disappearance.
- 2008
Chicago 10
Chicago 1062008HD
Archival footage, animation and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who were put on trial following the 1968 Democratic Natio...
- 2024
Einstein and the Bomb
Einstein and the Bomb5.9922024HD
What happened after Einstein fled Nazi Germany? Using archival footage and his own words, this docudrama dives into the mind of a tortured genius.
- 2017
I Am Not Your Negro
I Am Not Your Negro7.7112017HD
Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in the United S...
- 1985
Dinosaur!
Dinosaur!71985HD
An entertaining documentary look at dinosaurs with Emmy Award-winning special effects, feature film clips and stills, commentary by leading paleontolo...
- 2023
Unknown: The Lost Pyramid
Unknown: The Lost Pyramid7.32023HD
Egyptian archeologists dig into history, discovering tombs and artifacts over 4,000 years old as they search for a buried pyramid in this documentary.
- 2020
Prehistoric Worlds
Prehistoric Worlds92020HD
Five times, Earth has faced apocalyptic events that swept nearly all life from the face of the planet. What did these prehistoric creatures look like?...
- 2024
Amashinga
Amashinga02024HD
The last sovereign Zulu King, a female British missionary, an ambitious colonial official and a young Welshman are all voiced by actors to make AMASHI...
- 2024
London Recruits
London Recruits02024HD
The story of the Londoners recruited to be freedom fighters during the South African apartheid during the 1960s.
- 2024
D-DAY: 80th Anniversary
D-DAY: 80th Anniversary6.52024HD
On June 6, 1944, the Allied Forces executed Operation Overlord, the largest seaborne invasion in history, storming the beaches of Normandy. This pivot...
- 2009
Nostradamus Decoded
Nostradamus Decoded52009HD
Debunking the mythology surrounding the 16th century French prophet, Nostradamus.
- 2018
The Real T Rex with Chris Packham
The Real T Rex with Chris Packham7.52018HD
A documentary examining what the Tyrannosaurus Rex was really like - both appearance and behaviour - using the recent palaeontological and zoological...
- 2023
The Conqueror (Hollywood Fallout)
The Conqueror (Hollywood Fallout)02023HD
The story of one of the great environmental disasters to befall the United States, and the terrible movie that helped bring the catastrophe to light.
- 2023
Les Derniers Secrets de l'humanité
Les Derniers Secrets de l'humanité82023HD
- 2024
Préhistoire en Asie : L'Aventure humaine
Préhistoire en Asie : L'Aventure humaine92024HD
- 1985
Terrorists in Retirement
Terrorists in Retirement91985HD
Not just another documentary on the French resistance movement, this film focuses on one particular group of underground fighters in France: those fro...
- 1961
After Mein Kampf?
After Mein Kampf?01961HD
By combining actual footage with reenactments, this film offers both a documentary and fictional account of the life of Adolf Hitler, from his childho...
- 2023
Down in Dallas Town
Down in Dallas Town02023HD
Through interviews with people on the street and songs recorded to memorialize JFK in the mid-1960s, the film explores the impact of the November 22,...
- 2012
Titanic's Final Mystery
Titanic's Final Mystery7.6252012HD
The sinking of the RMS Titanic remains one of the most enduring and mysterious tragedies of the 20th century. For decades, investigators and amateurs...