Historical Documentary Movies

  • 2024
    Endurance

    Endurance

    Endurance

    7.52024HD

    A century after Shackleton's Endurance sank beneath the ice, explorers uncover the legendary shipwreck and an amazing tale of survival.

    Endurance
  • 2024
    Einstein and the Bomb

    Einstein and the Bomb

    Einstein and the Bomb

    6.0322024HD

    What happened after Einstein fled Nazi Germany? Using archival footage and his own words, this docudrama dives into the mind of a tortured genius.

    Einstein and the Bomb
  • 2024
    Apollo 13: Survival

    Apollo 13: Survival

    Apollo 13: Survival

    7.22024HD

    Using original footage and interviews, this documentary tells the nail-biting story of Apollo 13 and the struggle to bring its astronauts safely home.

    Apollo 13: Survival
  • 2003
    The Fog of War

    The Fog of War

    The Fog of War

    7.6962003HD

    Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert McNamara, The Fog of War depicts his life, from...

    The Fog of War
  • 2024
    Secrets of the Neanderthals

    Secrets of the Neanderthals

    Secrets of the Neanderthals

    6.92024HD

    This documentary delves into the mysteries surrounding the Neanderthals and what their fossil record tells us about their lives and disappearance.

    Secrets of the Neanderthals
  • 1985
    Shoah

    Shoah

    Shoah

    8.31985HD

    Director Claude Lanzmann spent 11 years on this sprawling documentary about the Holocaust, conducting his own interviews and refusing to use a single...

    Shoah
  • 2023
    Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)

    Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)

    Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)

    7.52023HD

    In 1968, art students Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey “Po” Powell made a trippy photo collage for their musician friends Syd, David and...

    Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)
  • 2024
    Bad Faith

    Bad Faith

    Bad Faith

    102024HD

    On January 6, 2021, Americans witnessed an attack on the U.S. Capitol without precedent in our history. Armed militiamen and QAnon followers made...

    Bad Faith
  • 1977
    Hitler: A Career

    Hitler: A Career

    Hitler: A Career

    7.41977HD

    A keen chronicle of the unlikely rise to power of Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) and a dissection of the Third Reich (1933-1945), but also an analysis of...

    Hitler: A Career
  • 2014
    In the Frozen Tomb of Mongolia

    In the Frozen Tomb of Mongolia

    In the Frozen Tomb of Mongolia

    5.72014HD

    In the Frozen Tomb of Mongolia
  • 2021
    JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass

    JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass

    JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass

    7.22021HD

    Thirty years after the release of his film JFK (1991), filmmaker Oliver Stone reviews recently declassified evidence related to the assassination of...

    JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
  • 2017
    I Am Not Your Negro

    I Am Not Your Negro

    I Am Not Your Negro

    7.7272017HD

    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...

    I Am Not Your Negro
  • 2011
    Atlantis: End of a World, Birth of a Legend

    Atlantis: End of a World, Birth of a Legend

    Atlantis: End of a World, Birth of a Legend

    5.82011HD

    Tells the story of the greatest natural disaster of the ancient world, an event that experts believe inspired the legend of Atlantis.

    Atlantis: End of a World, Birth of a Legend
  • 2024
    The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout

    The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout

    The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout

    82024HD

    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.

    The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout
  • 2008
    Chicago 10

    Chicago 10

    Chicago 10

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    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...

    Chicago 10
  • 2023
    The Barbie Story

    The Barbie Story

    The Barbie Story

    6.52023HD

    She's been around for so many decades but hasn't aged a day. She's had more than 180 different jobs; she's been president, she's been to the moon,...

    The Barbie Story
  • 2024
    Olympics! The French Games

    Olympics! The French Games

    Olympics! The French Games

    7.72024HD

    27 Olympic and Paralympic champions, aged 20 to 100, share their stories in this Mickaël Gamrasni documentary narrated by actress Marion...

    Olympics! The French Games
  • 2024
    Christspiracy

    Christspiracy

    Christspiracy

    92024HD

    The moral dimension of humanity's interaction with nonhuman animals and the industries that profit from their exploitation, as informed by world...

    Christspiracy
  • 2023
    Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

    Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

    Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

    7.42023HD

    Egyptian archeologists dig into history, discovering tombs and artifacts over 4,000 years old as they search for a buried pyramid in this documentary.

    Unknown: The Lost Pyramid
  • 2023
    The Giza Pyramids: Reaching for the Stars

    The Giza Pyramids: Reaching for the Stars

    The Giza Pyramids: Reaching for the Stars

    72023HD

    Explores the Pyramids of Giza as Egyptologists try to unravel the mysteries and decipher the clues behind these stone giants built over 4,500 years...

    The Giza Pyramids: Reaching for the Stars