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1. The War (2007)
TV-14 | 124 min | Documentary, History, War
A seven-part series focusing on the many ways in which the Second World War impacted the lives of American families.
Stars: Keith David, Katharine Phillips, Tom Hanks, Paul Fussell
Votes: 5,669
2. The Century: America's Time (1999– )
Not Rated | 750 min | Documentary
Peter Jennings hosts this 15 part documentary that chronicles the defining events of the 20th century. Through archive footage and hundreds of interviews the series examines 100 years of ... See full summary »
Stars: Peter Jennings, Neil Simon, John Updike, Stephen Ambrose
Votes: 106
3.
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
4.
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: 198
5.
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: 180
6.
The Century: America's Time (1999– )
Episode:
Best Years: 1946-1952
(1999)
Not Rated | Documentary
At war's end, the GI's return home. But after four years of war, that home has changed and there lies ahead the task of rebuilding a war torn world. As the only major nation to escape widespread destruction that task falls to the U.S.A.
Stars: Sid Caesar, Charles Champlin, Winston Churchill, Rosenberg. Edna
Votes: 7
7.
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: 200
8.
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: 250
9.
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
10. The Century (1999– )
720 min | Documentary, History
Peter Jennings hosted this 6 episode special that reviews some of the most important events of the 20th Century. Each episode is a two part examination of two events in history that ... See full summary »
Stars: Peter Jennings, Henry Kissinger, Steve Allen, Edward Teller
Votes: 61
11.
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: 215
12. The Great War: 1914-1918 (1996)
Documentary, Biography, History
A unique first-person narrative, sewn together from genuine testimonies of frontline soldiers.
Stars: Judi Dench, Salome Jens, Jay Winter, Jürgen Prochnow
Votes: 378
13.
The Century: America's Time (1999– )
Episode:
Homefront: 1941-1945
(1999)
Not Rated | Documentary
The years 1941 through 1945. The human cost of World War II, shows the atrocities of Germany and Japan, firebombing by the Allies, the use of Atomic weapons, ending with the Nuremberg trials.
Director: Roger Goodman | Stars: Peter Jennings, Bud Abbott, Stephen Ambrose, Lou Costello
Votes: 8
14.
History vs. Hollywood (2001– )
Episode:
Patton: A Rebel Revisited
(2001)
90 min | Documentary, History
Stars: Burt Reynolds, David Brown, Paul Fussell, Chet Hansen
Votes: 13
15. Normandy: The Great Crusade (1994 TV Movie)
53 min | History
Documentary on the World War II invasion of Normandy by the Allies on June 6, 1944 utilizing diaries, personal letters, home movies, snapshots, period music and vintage radio broadcasts and newsreels.
Director: Christopher Koch | Stars: Leslie Caron, Katrin Cartlidge, Mariel Hemingway, Marco Hofschneider
Votes: 39
16.
The Great War: 1914-1918 (1996)
Episode:
Stalemate
(1996)
Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Isaac Mizrahi | Stars: Judi Dench, Salome Jens, Tim Pigott-Smith, Peter Jessop
Votes: 18
17. Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience (2007)
81 min | Documentary
A unique documentary about troops' experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan, based on writings by soldiers, Marines, and air men. Some writings were published in the New Yorker in summer 2006. A... See full summary »
Director: Richard Robbins | Stars: Sharon D. Allen, Beau Bridges, Colby Buzzell, Richard Currey
Votes: 442
18. The Dick Cavett Show (1989–1996)
Talk-Show
This particular series was "The Dick Cavett Show" CNBC and ran from Apr 1989 - Jan 1996
Stars: Dick Cavett, Charlton Heston, Jonathan Miller, Paul Fussell
Votes: 34
19. History vs. Hollywood (2001– )
22 min | Documentary, History
Stars: Burt Reynolds, Josh Binswanger, Richard D. Zanuck, Geoffrey Wawro
Votes: 50
20.
The Dick Cavett Show (1989–1996)
Episode:
Paul Fussell, Part 1
(1990)
Talk-Show
Stars: Dick Cavett, Paul Fussell
21.
The Dick Cavett Show (1989–1996)
Episode:
Paul Fussell, Part 2
(1990)
Talk-Show
Stars: Dick Cavett, Paul Fussell
22.
The Dick Cavett Show (1989–1996)
Episode:
Paul Fussell
(1990)
Talk-Show
Stars: Dick Cavett, Paul Fussell
23.
The Century (1999– )
Episode:
No Man's Land
(1999)
Documentary, History
Part 1 focuses on the U.S. entry into World War I (segment "The Great War") and part 2 focuses on the end of the Vietnam War (segment "The Fall").
Stars: John Morton Blum, John Milton Cooper, Corneal Davis, Bui Diem