Historical Documentary Movies
- 2024
Secrets of the Neanderthals
Secrets of the Neanderthals7.5832024HD
This documentary delves into the mysteries surrounding the Neanderthals and what their fossil record tells us about their lives and disappearance.
- 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
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.
- 1985
Shoah
Shoah8.271985HD
Director Claude Lanzmann spent 11 years on this sprawling documentary about the Holocaust, conducting his own interviews and refusing to use a single...
- 2017
I Am Not Your Negro
I Am Not Your Negro7.7152017HD
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...
- 2023
Unknown: The Lost Pyramid
Unknown: The Lost Pyramid7.3292023HD
Egyptian archeologists dig into history, discovering tombs and artifacts over 4,000 years old as they search for a buried pyramid in this documentary.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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?...
- 2012
Titanic's Final Mystery
Titanic's Final Mystery7.72012HD
The sinking of the RMS Titanic remains one of the most enduring and mysterious tragedies of the 20th century. For decades, investigators and amateurs...
- 2024
Derrière les murs de la Cité interdite
Derrière les murs de la Cité interdite82024HD
- 2019
Toutânkhamon, le trésor redécouvert
Toutânkhamon, le trésor redécouvert82019HD
- 2016
East of Byzantium: War Gods and Warrior Saints
East of Byzantium: War Gods and Warrior Saints02016HD
The battles between the ruling empires and houses of nobility that would decide the fate of the Caucuses, the real Middle Earth, and ultimately the fa...
- 2023
Les Derniers Secrets de l'humanité
Les Derniers Secrets de l'humanité82023HD
- 2024
Greta Garbo: Leave Me Alone
Greta Garbo: Leave Me Alone02024HD
An urgent, timely and compelling portrait of Hollywood icon Greta Garbo, whose fame, isolation and loneliness still captures us.
- 2009
Nostradamus Decoded
Nostradamus Decoded52009HD
Debunking the mythology surrounding the 16th century French prophet, Nostradamus.
- 2024
Les secrets du mont Olympe
Les secrets du mont Olympe82024HD
- 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...