Historical Documentary Movies
- 2024
Einstein and the Bomb
Einstein and the Bomb62024HD
What happened after Einstein fled Nazi Germany? Using archival footage and his own words, this docudrama dives into the mind of a tortured genius.
- 2003
The Fog of War
The Fog of War7.6862003HD
Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert McNamara, The Fog of War depicts his life, from...
- 2017
I Am Not Your Negro
I Am Not Your Negro7.7212017HD
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...
- 1977
Hitler: A Career
Hitler: A Career7.31977HD
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...
- 2012
The Gatekeepers
The Gatekeepers6.9432012HD
In an unprecedented and candid series of interviews, six former heads of the Shin Bet — Israel's intelligence and security agency — speak...
- 2024
Apollo 13: Survival
Apollo 13: Survival7.22024HD
Using original footage and interviews, this documentary tells the nail-biting story of Apollo 13 and the struggle to bring its astronauts safely home.
- 1985
Shoah
Shoah8.2881985HD
Director Claude Lanzmann spent 11 years on this sprawling documentary about the Holocaust, conducting his own interviews and refusing to use a single...
- 2021
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass7.22021HD
Thirty years after the release of his film JFK (1991), filmmaker Oliver Stone reviews recently declassified evidence related to the assassination of...
- 2024
Secrets of the Neanderthals
Secrets of the Neanderthals72024HD
This documentary delves into the mysteries surrounding the Neanderthals and what their fossil record tells us about their lives and disappearance.
- 2023
Unknown: The Lost Pyramid
Unknown: The Lost Pyramid7.4032023HD
Egyptian archeologists dig into history, discovering tombs and artifacts over 4,000 years old as they search for a buried pyramid in this documentary.
- 2024
Bad Faith
Bad Faith102024HD
On January 6, 2021, Americans witnessed an attack on the U.S. Capitol without precedent in our history. Armed militiamen and QAnon followers made...
- 2022
The True Story of Pirates
The True Story of Pirates7.8082022HD
Thanks to new excavations in Mauritius and Madagascar, as well as archival and museum research in France, Spain, England and Canada, a group 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...
- 2021
Venus: Death of a Planet
Venus: Death of a Planet7.32021HD
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...
- 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...
- 2010
The Revelation of the Pyramids
The Revelation of the Pyramids6.42010HD
For centuries, the Great Pyramids have fascinated Mankind. Patrice Pooyard's The Revelation Of The Pyramids reveals what lies behind the greatest of...
- 2024
Christspiracy
Christspiracy92024HD
The moral dimension of humanity's interaction with nonhuman animals and the industries that profit from their exploitation, as informed by world...
- 2020
Prehistoric Worlds
Prehistoric Worlds92020HD
Five times, Earth has faced apocalyptic events that swept nearly all life from the face of the planet. What did these prehistoric creatures look...
- 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,...
- 2023
Les Tribunaux d'Hitler
Les Tribunaux d'Hitler8.52023HD