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1. Einstein and Hawking: Unlocking the Universe (2019)
82 min | Documentary
Exploring two of the greatest thinkers of humanity, and their contributions to our understanding of the universe.
Director: Michael Lachmann | Stars: Sean Carroll, Robbert Dijkgraaf, Arthur Stanley Eddington, Albert Einstein
Votes: 155
2. SP FX: Special Effects - The Empire Strikes Back (1980 TV Movie)
49 min | Documentary
A behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the special effects in the second Star Wars installment.
Director: Robert Guenette | Stars: Mark Hamill, Bob Anderson, Jon Berg, Ben Burtt
Votes: 361
3. The Men Who Built America (2012)
TV-14 | 37 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Astor, Ford and Morgan. Their names are part of history and synonymous with the American dream. These men transformed every industry they touched: oil, rail, steel, shipping, automobiles, and finance.
Stars: Campbell Scott, H.W. Brands, Mark Cuban, Donny Deutsch
Votes: 4,579
4. Rise of Empires: Ottoman (2020–2022)
TV-MA | 45 min | Documentary, Drama, History
Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II wages an epic campaign to take the Byzantine capital of Constantinople and shapes the course of history for centuries.
Stars: Cem Yigit Uzümoglu, Tuba Büyüküstün, Alp Ilkman, Ushan Çakir
Votes: 32,895
6. WWIs Secret Shame: Shell Shock (2018 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary, History, War
From shell shock in WWI to PTSD today many of those who made it home from war were left mentally scarred and traumatised. Historian Dan Snow explores the on-going mental health crisis in veterans.
Director: Elizabeth Dobson | Stars: Dan Snow, Sean Jones, Stefanie Linden, Edgar Jones
Votes: 31
7. Cosmos (1980)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Astronomer Carl Sagan leads us on an engaging guided tour of the various elements and cosmological theories of the universe.
Stars: Carl Sagan, Jaromír Hanzlík, Jonathan Fahn, Jean Charney
Votes: 44,144
8. London: 2000 Years of History (2019)
Documentary
Historians Dan Jones and Dr Suzannah Lipscomb and engineer Rob Bell explore how London faced daring invasions, catastrophic fires and deadly plague. Also, how it grew from a small Roman ... See full summary »
Stars: Dan Jones, Suzannah Lipscomb, Rob Bell, Jelena Bekvalac
Votes: 120
9. O.J.: Made in America (2016)
TV-MA | 467 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
A chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation.
Director: Ezra Edelman | Stars: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mike Albanese, Muhammad Ali, Marcus Allen
Votes: 21,886
10. The Six Queens of Henry VIII (2016– )
Not Rated | 60 min | History
A series about Henry VIII and his wives, chronicling the ups and downs in his marriages and how they shaped his reign as King and ultimately the face of Britain.
Stars: Suzannah Lipscomb, Dan Jones, Charlie Clements, Toby Osmond
Votes: 257
11. 1939/1945: German Women Against Hitler (2020 TV Movie)
53 min | Documentary, History
Coming from all social strata, a priory model citizens of the Third Reich, one thing unites these women: hatred against the Hitler regime and the desire to end the Führer.
Director: Barbara Necek | Stars: François Montagut, Anne Nelson, Frauke Geyken, Johannes Tuchel
Votes: 30
12. Trafficked with Mariana Van Zeller (2020– )
TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary
TRAFFICKED explores the complex and often dangerous inner workings of the global underworld - smuggling networks, and black and informal markets.
Stars: Mariana van Zeller, Anthony Hughes, Alex Alonso
Votes: 1,300
13.
Music Box (2021– )
Episode:
Woodstock 99: Peace Love and Rage
(2021)
TV-MA | 110 min | Documentary, Music
Woodstock 99, a three-day music festival promoted to echo unity and counterculture idealism of the original 1969 concert but instead devolved into riots, looting and sexual assaults.
Director: Garret Price | Stars: Maureen Callahan, Carson Daly, Jonathan Davis, Mike Elling
Votes: 8,234
14. Fuhrerbunker: Adolf Hitler's Final Days (2020)
Documentary, War
Germany is falling. Once the all-powerful country, now being crushed in the Second World War. Adolf Hitler is in hiding. The feared dictator no longer publicly supports his people. The man ... See full summary »
Director: Danielle Winter | Stars: Bryan J. Olson, Lisa Pine, Guy Walters
Votes: 13
15. Apocalypse Hitler attaque à l'Est (2021)
Documentary, History, War
In June 1941, Hitler took his greatest gamble - launching an attack against the Soviet Union. Despite being the largest German operation of WWII, Operation Barbarossa was one of his biggest failures.
Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Stephen Rashbrook, Nathan Rippy
Votes: 207
16. John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise (2021)
TV-14 | 308 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
The chilling story of one of the world's most notorious serial killers told through the words of Gacy himself, those who were forever changed by his unspeakable deeds and those who believe that the full truth remains concealed to this day.
Stars: Terry Sullivan, Philip Hersh, Jay Levine, Lawrence Finder
Votes: 2,098
17. Catching Killers (II) (2021– )
TV-MA | 40 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery
The investigators behind infamous serial killer cases reveal the harrowing, chilling details of their extraordinary efforts in this true crime series.
Stars: Charles Coffey, Jim McIntyre, John Ingram, Debbie Harris
Votes: 5,459
18. How to Become a Tyrant (2021)
TV-14 | 23 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Ruling with an iron fist requires an aspiring dictator to know the playbook for absolute power, as history's despots prove in this sardonic docuseries.
Stars: Peter Dinklage, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Waller Newell, Ruth Ben-Ghiat
Votes: 11,372
19. Hunt vs Lauda: F1's Greatest Racing Rivals (2013 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary
Told through unseen footage and exclusive interviews with the people who were at the 1976 Formula One Championship, this riveting documentary chronicles the duel between drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt.
Director: Matthew Whiteman | Stars: Ed Stoppard, Daniel Audetto, Alastair Caldwell, Enzo Ferrari
Votes: 991
20. Worst Roommate Ever (2022–2024)
TV-MA | 47 min | Documentary, Crime, Thriller
When Alex Miller let Jed Creek rent her room via Craigslist, she had no idea that he was a notorious serial squatter, and that he would use his knowledge of tenancy laws to slowly kick her out of her own home.
Stars: Alex Miller, Susan Miller, Arleen Hairbaedian, Peter Cernauskas
Votes: 10,137
21. History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman (2021)
Crime
Take a look back at the biggest jailbreaks from some of the most notorious prisons in the world.
Stars: Morgan Freeman, Andrew Patrick Nelson, Jeff Dumas, Gary Brierley
Votes: 385
22. Mysteries at the Museum (2010– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
The stories behind interesting and unusual artifacts stored in museums are told.
Stars: Don Wildman, Seth Porges, Katherine Weatherford, Joshua Levine
Votes: 1,368
23. Return to Space (2022)
TV-MA | 128 min | Documentary
Offering rare inside access to NASA and SpaceX, this is the thrilling story of the nearly 20 year journey to send American astronauts back to space aboard U.S. rockets, from filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin.
Directors: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi | Stars: Elon Musk, Bob Behnken, Douglas Hurley, Jim Bridenstine
Votes: 5,678
24. The Flu That Killed 50 Million (2018 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary, History
It is 1918 and the end of WWI. Millions have died, and the world is exhausted by war. But soon a new horror is sweeping the world, a terrifying virus that will kill more than fifty million people - the Spanish flu.
Director: Andrew Thompson | Stars: Christopher Eccleston, Wendy Barclay, Catharine Arnold, Mark Harrison
Votes: 149
25. The Most Hated Man on the Internet (2022)
TV-MA | 54 min | Documentary, Crime
Follows the story of a woman who stood up to Hunter Moore, a self-proclaimed "professional life ruiner," after photos of her daughter being naked were posted online.
Stars: Charlotte Laws, Charles Parselle, Kayla Laws, Kirra Hughes
Votes: 7,994
26. The Lost Pirate Kingdom (2021– )
TV-MA | 43 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama
The real-life pirates of the Caribbean violently plunder, stealing and form a surprisingly egalitarian republic in this documentary series.
Stars: Derek Jacobi, James Oliver Wheatley, Sam Callis, Tom Padley
Votes: 3,452
27. Vienna: Empire, Dynasty and Dream (2016)
History
Vienna - a pivotal city in the story of Europe. Home to the Holy Roman Emperors and target of Ottoman aggression, the city nurtured the architectural style of the Gothic and the music of ... See full summary »
Star: Simon Sebag Montefiore
Votes: 110
28. Royals: Keeping the Crown (2021)
294 min | Documentary, History
Royals: Keeping The Crown charts the rise, fall, and rebranding of royal families across the globe from the First World War to the present day. From the murder of the Romanov family in 1918... See full summary »
Stars: Derek Jacobi, Iszi Lawrence, Chandrika Kaul, Kate Williams
Votes: 56
29. History 101 (2020– )
TV-14 | 22 min | Documentary, History
It is a new type of history show for a new type of audience: Big History delivered in an unadulterated hit of premium archive and jaw-dropping infographics.
Star: Natalie Silverman
Votes: 4,847
30. The Anthrax Attacks (2022)
TV-MA | 94 min | Documentary, Crime
Days after 9/11, letters containing fatal anthrax spores spark panic and tragedy in the US. This documentary follows the subsequent FBI investigation.
Director: Dan Krauss | Stars: Clark Gregg, Regan Burns, Brigitte Kali Canales, Tongayi Chirisa
Votes: 2,052
31. Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga (2022)
TV-MA | 36 min | Documentary
A look at the layers of intrigue, from the supercharged power of digital communities to the gamification of trading.
Stars: Daniel Wilson, Peter Sasaki, Diana Wilson, Bob Sloan
Votes: 4,276
32. The Redeem Team (2022)
TV-MA | 97 min | Documentary, History, Sport
Follows the story of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Men's Basketball team and how "The Redeem Team" set a new standard for American basketball.
Director: Jon Weinbach | Stars: LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony, Carlos Boozer
Votes: 11,265
33. Panzer. Macht. Geschichte - Ende einer Jahrhundertwaffe? (2019 TV Movie)
88 min | Documentary, History, War
Filmed just over a century after the first tank Battle in 1918, this documentary series explores how the vehicles forever changed warfare.
Directors: Almut Faass, Anja Kindler | Stars: Pierre Garnier de Labareyre, David Willey, Ralf Raths, Markus Pöhlmann
Votes: 45
34. The Search for Hitler's Bomb (2015 TV Movie)
44 min | Documentary, History
Fictional film created by filmmaker Andreas Sulzer regarding the speculations of Nazi atomic bomb development. Primarily based around excavations of the Bergkristall bunker, known for manufacturing Messerschmitt Me 262 fighter aircraft.
Directors: Stefan Brauburger, Christian Frey, Andreas Sulzer | Stars: Josef Vossenkuhl, Lev Davidow, Martha Gammer, Rudolf Haunschmied
Votes: 123
35. Ancient Apocalypse (2022)
TV-MA | 30 min | Documentary, History
What if everything we know about prehistory is wrong? Journalist Graham Hancock visits archaeological sites around the world investigating if a civilization far more advanced than we ever believed possible existed thousands of years ago.
Stars: Graham Hancock, Joe Rogan, Martin Sweatman, Randall Carlson
Votes: 10,237
36. FIFA Uncovered (2022)
TV-14 | 55 min | Documentary, Crime, Sport
From power struggles to global politics, an exploration of FIFA reveals the organization's checkered history and what it takes to host a World Cup.
Stars: Jérôme Valcke, David Conn, Ken Bensinger, Amanda Davies
Votes: 6,518
37. Pepsi, Where's My Jet? (2022)
TV-MA | 39 min | Documentary, History
When a 20-year-old attempts to win a fighter jet in a Pepsi sweepstakes, he sets the stage for a David versus Goliath court battle for the history books.
Stars: John Leonard, Todd Hoffman, Michael Patti, Jeff Mordos
Votes: 12,349
38. Nazi War Machines: Secrets Uncovered (2019)
47 min | History
Eminent WWII historian James Holland gets inside the Nazi war machine. Travelling across Europe, he explores the extraordinary machines the produced, and uncovers rare archive to understand them.
Star: James Holland
Votes: 35
39. The Great Plague (2020– )
135 min | Documentary, History
A look at the Great Plague in London 1665 and a comparison to the spreading of the Covid-19 virus of today
Stars: Xand van Tulleken, Raksha Dave, John Sergeant, Vanessa Harding
Votes: 63
40. The Last Czars (2019)
TV-MA | 45 min | Documentary, Drama, History
A Chronicled look at the fall of the Romanov dynasty in Russia.
Stars: Robert Jack, Susanna Herbert, Ben Cartwright, Oliver Dimsdale
Votes: 9,668
41. World War II: Race to Victory (2020)
History
The six-part documentary series reveals how and why the central alliance between Great Britain, the United States and The Soviet Union was formed leading into World War II. The series ... See full summary »
Stars: Veronika Hyks, Mike Jackson, Harshan Kumarasingham, Peter Whitewood
Votes: 8
42. Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways (2012– )
45 min | Documentary, History
TV Presenter Chris Tarrant travels around the world to ride some of the most extreme railways that wind their way through some of the harshest terrain on Earth.
Stars: Chris Tarrant, Tama, Gloria Beretervide, Abel Basti
Votes: 206
43. War Factories (2019– )
Documentary
This series is more than the story of war production, it's the untold story of World War II. No matter how many soldiers or how clever the generals,how daring the strategy, a war cannot be won if there are not enough weapons or food.
Stars: John Heffernan, Jason Forbes, Guy Walters, Alexandra Churchill
Votes: 93
44. Senna (2010)
PG-13 | 106 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
A documentary on Brazilian Formula One racing driver Ayrton Senna, who won the F1 world championship three times before his death at age 34.
Director: Asif Kapadia | Stars: Ayrton Senna, Reginaldo Leme, John Bisignano, Neyde Senna
Votes: 75,798 | Gross: $1.61M
45. Earthstorm (2022– )
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary
Storm chasers, survivors and first responders recount their harrowing experiences with volcanoes, tornadoes, hurricanes and earthquakes.
Stars: Mimî M Khayisa, Kyanna Parsons-Perez, Brandon Clement, Brett Adair
Votes: 1,529
46. Homicide: New York (2024)
60 min | Documentary, Crime
Detectives and prosecutors revisit their most challenging homicide cases.
Stars: Barbara Butcher, Robert Mooney, Richard Plansky, Roger Parrino
Votes: 2,022
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