Historical Documentary Movies

  • 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
  • 1977
    Hitler: A Career

    Hitler: A Career

    Hitler: A Career

    7.31977HD

    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 ma...

    Hitler: A Career
  • 2003
    The Fog of War

    The Fog of War

    The Fog of War

    7.6862003HD

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

    The Fog of War
  • 2012
    The Gatekeepers

    The Gatekeepers

    The Gatekeepers

    6.9432012HD

    In an unprecedented and candid series of interviews, six former heads of the Shin Bet — Israel's intelligence and security agency — speak about their...

    The Gatekeepers
  • 2024
    Einstein and the Bomb

    Einstein and the Bomb

    Einstein and the Bomb

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    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
  • 2017
    I Am Not Your Negro

    I Am Not Your Negro

    I Am Not Your Negro

    7.7212017HD

    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...

    I Am Not Your Negro
  • 2024
    Secrets of the Neanderthals

    Secrets of the Neanderthals

    Secrets of the Neanderthals

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    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

    8.2881985HD

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

    Shoah
  • 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 P...

    JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
  • 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 Roger. The resulti...

    Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)
  • 2023
    Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

    Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

    Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

    7.4032023HD

    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
  • 2024
    Tsunami - The flood of 2004 and the consequences

    Tsunami - The flood of 2004 and the consequences

    Tsunami - The flood of 2004 and the consequences

    8.22024HD

    It was one of the greatest natural disasters of all time. On the morning of Boxing Day 2004, a massive tsunami hit the coast of the Indian Ocean. More...

    Tsunami - The flood of 2004 and the consequences
  • 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 head...

    Bad Faith
  • 2022
    The True Story of Pirates

    The True Story of Pirates

    The True Story of Pirates

    7.8082022HD

    Thanks to new excavations in Mauritius and Madagascar, as well as archival and museum research in France, Spain, England and Canada, a group of intern...

    The True Story of Pirates
  • 2021
    Venus: Death of a Planet

    Venus: Death of a Planet

    Venus: Death of a Planet

    7.32021HD

    Billions of years ago, Venus may have harbored life-giving habitats similar to those on the early Earth. Today, Earth's twin is a planet knocked upsid...

    Venus: Death of a Planet
  • 2019
    Storm Front in Mayo

    Storm Front in Mayo

    Storm Front in Mayo

    7.52019HD

    Ireland, June 1944. The crucial decision about the right time to start Operation Overlord on D-Day comes to depend on the readings taken by Maureen Fl...

    Storm Front in Mayo
  • 2022
    De Charles de Gaulle à Emmanuel Macron, les gardiens de l'empire

    De Charles de Gaulle à Emmanuel Macron, les gardiens de l'empire

    De Charles de Gaulle à Emmanuel Macron, les gardiens de l'empire

    72022HD

    De Charles de Gaulle à Emmanuel Macron, les gardiens de l'empire
  • 1985
    Terrorists in Retirement

    Terrorists in Retirement

    Terrorists in Retirement

    8.71985HD

    Not just another documentary on the French resistance movement, this film focuses on one particular group of underground fighters in France: those fro...

    Terrorists in Retirement
  • 2006
    Freedom's Fury

    Freedom's Fury

    Freedom's Fury

    7.62006HD

    A documentary on the 1956 Olympic semifinal water polo match between Hungary and Russia. Held in Australia, the match occurred as Russian forces were...

    Freedom's Fury
  • 2022
    The Secret Masonic Victory of World War II

    The Secret Masonic Victory of World War II

    The Secret Masonic Victory of World War II

    12022HD

    Western Freemasonry and Eastern communists won WW2, leading to a secret holy war aiming for a one-world government and a single religion in a communis...

    The Secret Masonic Victory of World War II