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51. College Behind Bars (2019– )
Episode: No One Ever Taught Me Any of That (2019)

TV-14 | 58 min | Documentary

Incarcerated men and women are admitted to the Bard Prison Initiative (BPI) and discover they are held to the same academic standards as students on the Bard College main campus.

Director: Lynn Novick

Votes: 19

52. The Civil War (1990)
Episode: A Very Bloody Affair (1862) (1990)

TV-PG | 69 min | Documentary, History, War

By 1862, both sides had 1 million men in uniform across a 1000 mile battle front ranging from Manassas, Virginia to Missouri. Battles had taken a horrendous toll in human lives on both ... See full summary »

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: David McCullough, Shelby Foote, Sam Waterston, Julie Harris

Votes: 427

53. The Civil War (1990)
Episode: Forever Free (1862) (1990)

TV-PG | 76 min | Documentary, History, War

While Gen. McClellan sat outside Richmond, three Union armies were being kept occupied by Stonewall Jackson and J.E.B. Stuart in northwestern Virginia. Lee was named commander of the army ... See full summary »

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: David McCullough, Barbara Fields, Shelby Foote, William Safire

Votes: 397

54. The Civil War (1990)
Episode: Most Hallowed Ground (1864) (1990)

TV-PG | 72 min | Documentary, History, War

By the summer of 1864, the Union push had been stopped. At Petersburg, Union troops had been entrenched in an intricate network trenches for two months. The key to victory lay in Sherman ... See full summary »

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: David McCullough, Shelby Foote, Ed Bearss, Stephen B. Oates

Votes: 349

55. The Civil War (1990)
Episode: Simply Murder (1863) (1990)

TV-PG | 61 min | Documentary, History, War

By early 1863, Union soldiers with the Army of the Potomac had not been paid for 6 months and supplies were thin. Some 200 men were deserting every day and by January one-quarter of the men... See full summary »

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Barbara Fields, Paul Roebling, James Symington, Sam Waterston

Votes: 384

56. The Civil War (1990)
Episode: The Better Angels of Our Nature (1865) (1990)

TV-PG | 68 min | Documentary, History, War

The North celebrated Lee's surrender and the end of the war. On April 14, Good Friday, John Wilkes Booth learned that President Lincoln, General Grant and others were to attend a play at ... See full summary »

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: David McCullough, Barbara Fields, Shelby Foote, James Symington

Votes: 351

57. The Civil War (1990)
Episode: The Cause (1861) (1990)

TV-PG | 100 min | Documentary, History, War

Slavery began to flourish in the U.S. at the end of the 18th century with Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin. Whereas it would take one person a day to produce a pound of clean ... See full summary »

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: David McCullough, Shelby Foote, Barbara Fields, Ed Bearss

Votes: 495

58. The Civil War (1990)
Episode: The Universe of Battle (1863) (1990)

TV-PG | 96 min | Documentary, History, War

In trying to draw Union troops away from the siege of Vicksburg, Robert E. Lee invaded Pennsylvania and over three days 150,000 men would do battle at Gettysburg. Confederate soldiers had ... See full summary »

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: David McCullough, Shelby Foote, Barbara Fields, Daisy Turner

Votes: 379

59. The Civil War (1990)
Episode: Valley of the Shadow of Death (1864) (1990)

TV-PG | 69 min | Documentary, History, War

By 1864, Union forces had the upper hand, though the end of war was not yet in sight. President Lincoln named U.S. Grant the overall commander of the Union army, 533,000 strong and the ... See full summary »

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: David McCullough, Shelby Foote, Ed Bearss, Sam Waterston

Votes: 351

60. The Civil War (1990)
Episode: War Is All Hell (1865) (1990)

TV-PG | 69 min | Documentary, History, War

By the beginning of 1865, the Confederacy was coming to an end. Atlanta had been overrun and Sherman was marching to the sea. Lincoln approved Sherman's plan against the advice of those ... See full summary »

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: David McCullough, Shelby Foote, Ed Bearss, James Symington

Votes: 344

61. Jazz (2001)
Episode: Risk: 1945-1955 (2001)

TV-PG | 123 min | Documentary, History, Music

The postwar years bring prosperity, but the Cold War threat makes these anxious years as well. In jazz, this underlying tension will be reflected in bebop, and in the troubled life of it's ... See full summary »

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Louis Armstrong, Dave Brubeck, Kevin Conway, Stanley Crouch

Votes: 86

62. Jazz (2001)
Episode: A Masterpiece by Midnight: 1960 to the Present (2001)

TV-PG | 109 min | Documentary, History, Music

During the Sixties, jazz is in trouble. Though Louis Armstrong briefly outsells the Beatles with "Hello Dolly," most jazz musicians are desperate for work and many head for Europe. In the ... See full summary »

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Louis Armstrong, Lester Bowie, Dave Brubeck, James Carter

Votes: 71

63. Jazz (2001)
Episode: Dedicated to Chaos: 1940-1945 (2001)

TV-PG | 116 min | Documentary, History, Music

When America enters World War II, jazz is part of the arsenal. Bandleaders like Glenn Miller and Artie Shaw enlist, taking their swing to the troops overseas. Many black Americans, ... See full summary »

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Louis Armstrong, Philip Bosco, Dave Brubeck, Jimmy Cobb

Votes: 85

64. Jazz (2001)
Episode: Gumbo: Beginnings to 1917 (2001)

TV-PG | 87 min | Documentary, History, Music

Jazz begins in New Orleans, 19th century America's most cosmopolitan city, where the sound of marching bands, Italian opera, Caribbean rhythms, and minstrel shows fills the streets with a ... See full summary »

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Vernel Bagneris, Sidney Bechet, Buddy Bolden, Philip Bosco

Votes: 144

65. Jazz (2001)
Episode: Our Language: 1924 -1929 (2001)

TV-PG | 111 min | Documentary, History, Music

In the 1920s, jazz is everywhere, and for the first time soloists and singers take center stage. We meet Bessie Smith, Empress of the Blues; Bix Beiderbecke, the first great white jazz star... See full summary »

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Bix Beiderbecke, Matthew Broderick

Votes: 93

66. Jazz (2001)
Episode: Swing: Pure Pleasure - 1935-1937 (2001)

TV-PG | 87 min | Documentary, History, Music

As the Great Depression drags on, jazz comes as close as it has ever come to being America's popular music. It has a new name, Swing, and for millions of young fans, it will be the defining... See full summary »

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Louis Armstrong, Philip Bosco, Dave Brubeck, James Lincoln Collier

Votes: 94

67. Jazz (2001)
Episode: Swing: The Velocity of Celebration - 1937-1939 (2001)

TV-PG | 102 min | Documentary, History, Music

As the 1930's come to a close, Swing-mania is still going strong, but some fans are saying success has made the music too predictable. Count Basie and the Kansas City sound reignite the ... See full summary »

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Philip Bosco, James Lincoln Collier, Kevin Conway, Michael Cuscuna

Votes: 90

68. Jazz (2001)
Episode: The Adventure: 1956-1960 (2001)

TV-PG | 113 min | Documentary, History, Music

For jazz, the late 1950s is a period of transition when old stars like Billie Holiday and Lester Young will burn out while young talents arise to take the music in new directions. New ... See full summary »

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Louis Armstrong, Art Blakey, Lester Bowie, Ray Charles

Votes: 78

69. Jazz (2001)
Episode: The Gift: 1917-1924 (2001)

TV-PG | 107 min | Documentary, History, Music

Speakeasies, flappers, and easy money - it's the Jazz Age, when the story of jazz becomes a tale of two great cities, Chicago and New York, and of two extraordinary artists whose lives and ... See full summary »

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Adam Arkin, Louis Armstrong, Philip Bosco, Lester Bowie

Votes: 105

70. Jazz (2001)
Episode: The True Welcome: 1929-1934 (2001)

TV-PG | 120 min | Documentary, History, Music

In 1929 as the Great Depression begins, New York is now America's jazz capital. On Broadway, Louis Armstrong revolutionizes the art of American popular song. In Harlem, Chick Webb pioneers ... See full summary »

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Louis Armstrong, Vernel Bagneris, Sidney Bechet, Bix Beiderbecke

Votes: 91

71. College Behind Bars (2019– )
Episode: I'm Trying to Get Home to My Family, Too (2019)

TV-14 | 57 min | Documentary

Students address the difficult circumstances of their past. The debate team preps to face the University of Vermont. Some make strides academically, while others are accused of breaking prison rules.

Director: Lynn Novick | Star: Wesley Caines

Votes: 18

72. College Behind Bars (2019– )
Episode: Every Single Word Matters (2019)

TV-14 | 58 min | Documentary

The debate team faces West Point. Seniors embark on their thesis projects. Rodney and Dyjuan's families visit, while Shawta reckons with her path to prison. Jule struggles to find work in New York.

Director: Lynn Novick

Votes: 17

73. College Behind Bars (2019– )
Episode: Home is a Work in Progress (2019)

TV-14 | 57 min | Documentary

The debate team faces Harvard. Most seniors complete thesis projects but Giovannie is sent to SHU and might not finish his. Students at Taconic and Eastern celebrate at graduation.

Director: Lynn Novick

Votes: 19

74. The War (2007)
Episode: A Deadly Calling: November 1943 - June 1944 (2007)

TV-14 | 111 min | Documentary, History, War

Americans are shocked by terrible losses on the Pacific atoll of Tarawa, while in Italy Allied forces are stalled for months at Monte Cassino and a risky landing at Anzio fails utterly. At ... See full summary »

Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Keith David, Burt Wilson, Paul Fussell, John Hope Franklin

Votes: 201

75. The War (2007)
Episode: A Necessary War: December 1941 - December 1942 (2007)

TV-14 | 143 min | Documentary, History, War

This series profiles World War II as seen primarily through the eyes of people living in just four U.S. Cities. This episode details an antebellum period before the attack on Pearl Harbor, ... See full summary »

Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Keith David, Glenn D. Frazier, Sam Hynes, Jim Sherman

Votes: 251

76. The War (2007)
Episode: A World Without War: March 1945 - September 1945 (2007)

TV-14 | 125 min | Documentary, History, War

A few weeks after the death of President Roosevelt shocks the country, Germany surrenders. Meanwhile, American sailors, soldiers and Marines endure the worst battle of the Pacific--Okinawa.... See full summary »

Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Keith David, Sam Hynes, Emma Belle Pelcher, Maurice Bell

Votes: 176

77. The War (2007)
Episode: Pride of Our Nation: June 1944 - August 1944 (2007)

TV-14 | 137 min | Documentary, History, War

On June 6, 1944, D-Day, 1.5 million Allied troops take part in the greatest invasion in history, but then bog down in the Norman hedgerows for weeks. Saipan proves the costliest Pacific ... See full summary »

Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Keith David, Quentin Aanenson, Joseph Vaghi, Paul Fussell

Votes: 199

78. The War (2007)
Episode: The Ghost Front: December 1944 - March 1945 (2007)

TV-14 | 118 min | Documentary, History, War

Americans are shocked by Hitler's massive counterattack in the Ardennes Forest--but by mid March, 1945, they are across the Rhine, while the Russians are 50 miles from Berlin. In the ... See full summary »

Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Keith David, Ray Leopold, Paul Fussell, Burnett Miller

Votes: 174

79. The War (2007)
Episode: When Things Get Tough: January 1943 - December 1943 (2007)

TV-14 | 115 min | Documentary, History, War

Americans mobilize for total war at home and overseas. Factories hum around the clock, while in North Africa and then Italy, inexperienced GIs learn how to fight. Meanwhile, in the skies ... See full summary »

Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Keith David, Olga Ciarlo, Katharine Phillips, Ward Chamberlin

Votes: 216

80. The War (2007)
Episode: FUBAR: September 1944 - December 1944 (2007)

TV-14 | 125 min | Documentary, History, War

Victory in Europe seems imminent, but in Holland, the Vosges Mountains, and the Hurtgen Forest, GIs learn painful lessons as old as war itself--that generals make plans, plans go wrong and ... See full summary »

Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Keith David, Quentin Aanenson, Emma Belle Pelcher, Paul Fussell

Votes: 181

81. Media City (2004– )
Episode: Making History for Television (2008)

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Director: Alaina Bendi | Stars: David Grubin, Lewis Lapham, Muffie Meyer, Charles Nordlander

82. Hemingway (2021)
Episode: A Writer (1899-1929) (2021)

TV-14 | 115 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Hemingway, yearning for adventure, volunteers for the Red Cross during World War I. He marries Hadley Richardson and moves to Paris, publishes The Sun Also Rises and finds critical and ... See full summary »

Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Ernest Hemingway, Peter Coyote, Jeff Daniels, Patricia Clarkson

Votes: 163

83. Hemingway (2021)
Episode: The Avatar (1929-1944) (2021)

TV-14 | 106 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Hemingway, having achieved a level of fame rarely seen in the literary world, settles in Key West with Pauline Pfeiffer but can't stay put for long. He reports on the Spanish Civil War and begins a tempestuous romance with Martha Gellhorn.

Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Ernest Hemingway, Peter Coyote, Jeff Daniels, Patricia Clarkson

Votes: 127

84. Hemingway (2021)
Episode: The Blank Page (1944-1961) (2021)

TV-14 | 99 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Hemingway follows the Army as they advance through Europe. Afterwards, he tries to start a life with Mary Welsh, but is beset with tragedies.

Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Ernest Hemingway, Peter Coyote, Jeff Daniels, Arlo Hill

Votes: 113

85. American Experience (1987– )
Episode: A Class Apart (2009)

TV-PG | Documentary, Biography, History

In 1951 in the town of Edna, Texas, a field hand named Pedro Hernandez murdered his employer after exchanging words at a gritty cantina. From this seemingly unremarkable small-town murder ... See full synopsis »

Directors: Peter Miller, Carlos Sandoval | Stars: Norma Cantú, Ramiro Casso, James DeAnda, Oralia Espinosa

Votes: 36

86. Today (1952– )
Episode: Episode dated 25 March 2021 (2021)

TV-G | News, Talk-Show

The latest news and up-to-date information on the COVID-19 pandemic; actor George Clooney ("AARP Movies for Grownup Awards"); filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick ("Hemingway"); actress ... See full summary »

Directors: Jim Gaines, Lee Miller | Stars: Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Al Roker, Craig Melvin

87. CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (1979– )
Episode: Episode #43.15 (2021)

TV-PG | News, Talk-Show

Erin Moriarty on the increasing scrutiny of the Sackler family, due to its links to the pharmaceutical industry; John Dickerson interviews former Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio); Lesley Stahl on... See full summary »

Stars: Jane Pauley, Lee Cowan, Joe Biden, John Boehner

88. Morning Joe (2007– )
Episode: 03-31-2021 (2021)

News, Talk-Show

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Stars: Joe Scarborough, Jimmy Kimmel, Willie Geist, Mika Brzezinski

89. WTF with Marc Maron (2009– )
Ken Burns & Lynn Novick (2017 Podcast Episode)

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Stars: Marc Maron, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick

90. The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Episode: Going Home: 1920-1933 (2009)

TV-G | 115 min | Documentary, History

Mather and Albright ally themselves with the automobile to "democratize" the national parks. Horace Kephart and George Masa launch a campaign to save the forests of the Smoky Mountains from destruction by establishing a national park.

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, Ruth Kirk, Dayton Duncan, Alfred Runte

Votes: 75

91. The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Episode: Great Nature: 1933-1945 (2009)

TV-PG | 115 min | Documentary, History

Franklin D. Roosevelt enters battles to create national parks on the Olympic Peninsula, Florida's Everglades, and California's High Sierra. George Melendez Wright begins arguing that the parks are not doing enough to protect wildlife.

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, Nevada Barr, Shelton Johnson, William Cronon

Votes: 73

92. The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Episode: The Empire of Grandeur: 1915-1919 (2009)

TV-G | 111 min | Documentary, History

Stephen Mather accepts the offer to oversee the national parks for one year. He launches a campaign to publicize the parks as a unified system and to persuade Congress to create a single agency to oversee it: the National Park Service.

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, Shelton Johnson, William Cronon, Kim Heacox

Votes: 76

93. The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Episode: The Last Refuge: 1890-1915 (2009)

TV-G | 131 min | Documentary, History

Americans begin to question the nation's rush across the continent that has devastated forests and ravaged animals. Conservation's greatest champion is Theodore Roosevelt, who audaciously sets aside 800,000 acres of the Grand Canyon.

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, Shelton Johnson, Clay Jenkinson, Terry Tempest Williams

Votes: 87

94. The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Episode: The Morning of Creation: 1946-1980 (2009)

TV-G | 114 min | Documentary, History

After World War II, an increasingly mobile nation visits the parks as never before. When Jimmy Carter sets aside 56 million acres in Alaska-the largest grassroots movement in conservation history fights for the creation of seven new parks.

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, Dayton Duncan, William Cronon, Paul Schullery

Votes: 63

95. The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Episode: The Scripture of Nature: 1851-1890 (2009)

TV-G | 114 min | Documentary, History

A study of the first ideas which led to the establishment of America's national parks, with an emphasis on the work of John Muir and the exploration and preservation of Yosemite and Yellowstone.

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, Dayton Duncan, Carl Pope, Clay Jenkinson

Votes: 116

96. Muhammad Ali (2021)
Episode: Round One: The Greatest (1942-1964) (2021)

128 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The young boxing prodigy, Cassius Clay, rises up the amateur ranks to win gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics before turning pro.

Directors: Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon | Stars: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Johnny Addie, Hana Ali, Rahman Ali

Votes: 112

97. Baseball (1994–2010)
Episode: The Tenth Inning: Top of the Tenth (2010)

TV-PG | 118 min | Documentary, History, Sport

This latest entry covers the period from the early 1990's onward. Labor relations deteriorated badly in the early part of that decade leading to the players strike in August 1994. The ... See full summary »

Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Keith David, Hank Aaron, Felipe Alou, Barry Bonds

Votes: 206

98. Baseball (1994–2010)
Episode: The Tenth Inning: Bottom of the Tenth (2010)

TV-PG | 125 min | Documentary, History, Sport

As the new millenium dawns, Baseball is more popular and profitable than ever, but suspicions and revelations about performance enhancing drugs keep surfacing, calling the integrity of the game itself into question.

Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Keith David, Hank Aaron, Felipe Alou, Mike Barnicle

Votes: 160

99. Charlie Rose (1991–2017)
Episode: Episode dated 9 November 1998 (1998)

53 min | News, Talk-Show

A Discussion Of The Legal And Political Aspects Of The Clinton-Lewinsky Trial; A Discussion Of The Moral Aspects Of The Clinton-Lewinsky Affair; A Discussion Of The Tennis Championships The U.S. Open

Stars: Charlie Rose, Ken Burns, Phil Collins, Lynn Novick

100. Doc Talk (2006– )
Episode: Change Is Gonna Come (2011)

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Stars: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Christopher Taylor, David Teague