Historical Documentary Movies
- 2024
Einstein and the Bomb
Einstein and the Bomb62024HD
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
Shoah8.31985HD
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 Negro7.7162017HD
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...
- 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.
- 2009
Nostradamus Decoded
Nostradamus Decoded52009HD
Debunking the mythology surrounding the 16th century French prophet, Nostradamus.
- 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...
- 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...
- 2024
Geniale Frauen - Malerinnen von der Renaissance bis zum Klassizismus
Geniale Frauen - Malerinnen von der Renaissance bis zum Klassizismus82024HD
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 1952
Le Grand Méliès
Le Grand Méliès6.71952HD
A biographical film about cinematic illusionist Georges Méliès featuring Méliès’s widow, Jeanne d’Alcy, as...
- 2017
Titanic's Fatal Fire
Titanic's Fatal Fire7.52017HD
The sinking of the Titanic sent shockwaves around the world and started debates that continue to this day. But new, explosive evidence from the most...
- 2024
Préhistoire en Asie : L'Aventure humaine
Préhistoire en Asie : L'Aventure humaine92024HD
- 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 help bring the catastrophe to light.
- 2015
Three Days in Auschwitz
Three Days in Auschwitz02015HD
The director’s mother, Mirka Mora, avoided Auschwitz by one day. On his father’s side many perished in the Holocaust. These facts...
- 2016
The Olympic Dream: 1936 Nazi Games
The Olympic Dream: 1936 Nazi Games6.52016HD
Leni Riefenstahl's flamboyant Nazi aesthetics shaped the public image of the 1936 Olympics. Never before had sports and politics been mixed. Through...
- 2023
1212. The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
1212. The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa5.62023HD
On 16 July 1212, a Crusader army made up of Castilians, Aragonese and Navarrese (but also French, English and Germans) confronted the army of the...
- 1970
London Recruits
London Recruits01970HD
The story of the Londoners recruited to be freedom fighters during the South African apartheid during the 1960s.
- 2024
A Month With the Girls
A Month With the Girls92024HD
The French female pioneer of immersion journalism, Maryse Choisy, who infiltrated in 1928 the prostitution underworld of Paris. Posing as a...