Historical Documentary Movies
- 2024
Endurance
Endurance7.0252024HD
A century after Shackleton's Endurance sank beneath the ice, explorers uncover the legendary shipwreck and an amazing tale of survival.
- 2017
I Am Not Your Negro
I Am Not Your Negro7.7272017HD
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...
- 2021
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass7.1792021HD
Thirty years after the release of his film JFK (1991), filmmaker Oliver Stone reviews recently declassified evidence related to the assassination of...
- 2023
Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)
Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)7.52023HD
In 1968, art students Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey “Po” Powell made a trippy photo collage for their musician friends Syd, David and...
- 2003
The Fog of War
The Fog of War7.72003HD
Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert McNamara, The Fog of War depicts his life, from...
- 1977
Hitler: A Career
Hitler: A Career7.41977HD
A keen chronicle of the unlikely rise to power of Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) and a dissection of the Third Reich (1933-1945), but also an analysis of...
- 2011
Atlantis: End of a World, Birth of a Legend
Atlantis: End of a World, Birth of a Legend5.852011HD
Tells the story of the greatest natural disaster of the ancient world, an event that experts believe inspired the legend of Atlantis.
- 2024
Einstein and the Bomb
Einstein and the Bomb6.12024HD
What happened after Einstein fled Nazi Germany? Using archival footage and his own words, this docudrama dives into the mind of a tortured genius.
- 2024
Bad Faith
Bad Faith8.52024HD
On January 6, 2021, Americans witnessed an attack on the U.S. Capitol without precedent in our history. Armed militiamen and QAnon followers made...
- 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...
- 2013
Bettie Page Reveals All
Bettie Page Reveals All6.8022013HD
The world's greatest pin-up model and cult icon, Bettie Page, recounts the true story of how her free expression overcame government witch-hunts to...
- 1985
Shoah
Shoah8.2621985HD
Director Claude Lanzmann spent 11 years on this sprawling documentary about the Holocaust, conducting his own interviews and refusing to use a single...
- 2017
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story6.82017HD
Working largely uncredited in the Hollywood system, storyboard artist Harold and film researcher Lillian left an indelible mark on classics by Alfred...
- 2024
Apollo 13: Survival
Apollo 13: Survival7.2362024HD
Using original footage and interviews, this documentary tells the nail-biting story of Apollo 13 and the struggle to bring its astronauts safely home.
- 2023
The Barbie Story
The Barbie Story6.52023HD
She's been around for so many decades but hasn't aged a day. She's had more than 180 different jobs; she's been president, she's been to the moon,...
- 2016
Lumière!
Lumière!82016HD
A collection of restored prints from the Lumière Brothers.
- 2017
Tokyo Phoenix
Tokyo Phoenix7.32017HD
In 150 years, twice marked by total destruction —a terrible earthquake in 1923 and incendiary bombings in 1945— followed by a spectacular...
- 2024
Secrets of the Neanderthals
Secrets of the Neanderthals6.92024HD
This documentary delves into the mysteries surrounding the Neanderthals and what their fossil record tells us about their lives and disappearance.
- 2021
The Wikipedia Promise
The Wikipedia Promise6.62021HD
In 2001, Jimmy Wales published the first article on Wikipedia, a collaborative effort that began with a promise: to democratize the spreading of...
- 2018
Flying Supersonic
Flying Supersonic82018HD
Thundering across the sky on elegant white wings, the Concorde was an instant legend. But behind the glamour of jet setting at Mach 2 were stunning...