Historical Documentary Movies
- 2016
Lumière!
Lumière!82016HD
A collection of restored prints from the Lumière Brothers.
- 1985
Terrorists in Retirement
Terrorists in Retirement8.8571985HD
Not just another documentary on the French resistance movement, this film focuses on one particular group of underground fighters in France: those...
- 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...
- 2016
Gogol Online: Stalin's Funeral
Gogol Online: Stalin's Funeral7.52016HD
On the same day that Stalin was buried, Sergei Prokofiev's funeral took place completely unnoticed. And if the farewell to the composer quietly went...
- 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...
- 2009
Collapse
Collapse7.222009HD
From the acclaimed director of American Movie, the documentary follows former Los Angeles police officer turned independent reporter Michael Ruppert....
- 2024
D'Emmanuelle à Emmanuelle
D'Emmanuelle à Emmanuelle82024HD
« Emmanuelle » was released 50 years ago. Its main character, played by the young Sylvia Kristel, delve freely into her sexuality,...
- 2022
The True Story of Pirates
The True Story of Pirates7.82022HD
Thanks to new excavations in Mauritius and Madagascar, as well as archival and museum research in France, Spain, England and Canada, a group of...
- 2006
Freedom's Fury
Freedom's Fury6.52006HD
A documentary on the 1956 Olympic semifinal water polo match between Hungary and Russia. Held in Australia, the match occurred as Russian forces were...
- 2021
Venus: Death of a Planet
Venus: Death of a Planet7.22021HD
Billions of years ago, Venus may have harbored life-giving habitats similar to those on the early Earth. Today, Earth's twin is a planet knocked...
- 2012
Titanic's Final Mystery
Titanic's Final Mystery7.62012HD
The sinking of the RMS Titanic remains one of the most enduring and mysterious tragedies of the 20th century. For decades, investigators and amateurs...
- 2021
Final Account
Final Account7.42021HD
A depiction of the last living generation of German participants in Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich.
- 2002
Dark Side of the Moon
Dark Side of the Moon72002HD
A French documentary or, one might say more accurately, a mockumentary, by director William Karel which originally aired on Arte in 2002 with the...
- 1985
Dinosaur!
Dinosaur!7.4641985HD
An entertaining documentary look at dinosaurs with Emmy Award-winning special effects, feature film clips and stills, commentary by leading...
- 2019
The Phoney War
The Phoney War82019HD
September 3rd, 1939. Britain and France declare war on Nazi Germany, only two days after the Wehrmacht invades Poland. This day, the sad date when...
- 2025
Sarkozy-Gaddafi: The Scandal of All Scandals
Sarkozy-Gaddafi: The Scandal of All Scandals7.1942025HD
A democracy and a dictatorship. A presidential campaign and dirty money. War and death. When Nicolas Sarkozy affirmed in the press that “No one...
- 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...
- 1998
The Gates of Jerusalem: A History of the Holy City
The Gates of Jerusalem: A History of the Holy City71998HD
This fascinating program presents the story of Jerusalem and the Holy Land against the backdrop of history and prophecy. Jerusalem is the city where...
- 2021
The Spanish Flu: The Invisible Enemy
The Spanish Flu: The Invisible Enemy7.32021HD
In April 1918, a disease of unknown origin swept across the five continents. In 18 months, millions of lives that had not been taken by the war were...
- 2021
Dante's Divine Politics
Dante's Divine Politics7.22021HD
Dante Alighieri was a poet, philosopher and politician in 1300 Florence. The visionary author of "Inferno", the first book of the "Divine Comedy", he...