Historical Documentary Movies

  • 2024
    Endurance

    Endurance

    Endurance

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    A century after Shackleton's Endurance sank beneath the ice, explorers uncover the legendary shipwreck and an amazing tale of survival.

    Endurance
  • 2013
    Bettie Page Reveals All

    Bettie Page Reveals All

    Bettie Page Reveals All

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    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...

    Bettie Page Reveals All
  • 2024
    Einstein and the Bomb

    Einstein and the Bomb

    Einstein and the Bomb

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    What happened after Einstein fled Nazi Germany? Using archival footage and his own words, this docudrama dives into the mind of a tortured genius.

    Einstein and the Bomb
  • 1977
    Hitler: A Career

    Hitler: A Career

    Hitler: A Career

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    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...

    Hitler: A Career
  • 2023
    Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

    Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

    Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

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    Egyptian archeologists dig into history, discovering tombs and artifacts over 4,000 years old as they search for a buried pyramid in this documentary.

    Unknown: The Lost Pyramid
  • 2024
    Apollo 13: Survival

    Apollo 13: Survival

    Apollo 13: Survival

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    Using original footage and interviews, this documentary tells the nail-biting story of Apollo 13 and the struggle to bring its astronauts safely home.

    Apollo 13: Survival
  • 2003
    The Fog of War

    The Fog of War

    The Fog of War

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    Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert McNamara, The Fog of War depicts his life, from...

    The Fog of War
  • 2016
    Lumière!

    Lumière!

    Lumière!

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    A collection of restored prints from the Lumière Brothers.

    Lumière!
  • 2017
    I Am Not Your Negro

    I Am Not Your Negro

    I Am Not Your Negro

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    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...

    I Am Not Your Negro
  • 2024
    D-Day: 80th Anniversary

    D-Day: 80th Anniversary

    D-Day: 80th Anniversary

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    On June 6, 1944, the Allied Forces executed Operation Overlord, the largest seaborne invasion in history, storming the beaches of Normandy. This...

    D-Day: 80th Anniversary
  • 1972
    Moonwalk One

    Moonwalk One

    Moonwalk One

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    This documentary by Theo Kamecke from 1970 gives an indepth and profound look at the Apollo 11 mission to the moon. NASA footage is interspersed with...

    Moonwalk One
  • 1985
    Shoah

    Shoah

    Shoah

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    Director Claude Lanzmann spent 11 years on this sprawling documentary about the Holocaust, conducting his own interviews and refusing to use a single...

    Shoah
  • 2011
    Atlantis: End of a World, Birth of a Legend

    Atlantis: End of a World, Birth of a Legend

    Atlantis: End of a World, Birth of a Legend

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    Tells the story of the greatest natural disaster of the ancient world, an event that experts believe inspired the legend of Atlantis.

    Atlantis: End of a World, Birth of a Legend
  • 2021
    JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass

    JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass

    JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass

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    Thirty years after the release of his film JFK (1991), filmmaker Oliver Stone reviews recently declassified evidence related to the assassination of...

    JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
  • 2024
    Secrets of the Neanderthals

    Secrets of the Neanderthals

    Secrets of the Neanderthals

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    This documentary delves into the mysteries surrounding the Neanderthals and what their fossil record tells us about their lives and disappearance.

    Secrets of the Neanderthals
  • 2017
    Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story

    Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story

    Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story

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    Working largely uncredited in the Hollywood system, storyboard artist Harold and film researcher Lillian left an indelible mark on classics by Alfred...

    Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
  • 2012
    The Gatekeepers

    The Gatekeepers

    The Gatekeepers

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    In an unprecedented and candid series of interviews, six former heads of the Shin Bet — Israel's intelligence and security agency — speak...

    The Gatekeepers
  • 2008
    Chicago 10

    Chicago 10

    Chicago 10

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    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...

    Chicago 10
  • 2015
    Three Days in Auschwitz

    Three Days in Auschwitz

    Three Days in Auschwitz

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    The director’s mother, Mirka Mora, avoided Auschwitz by one day. On his father’s side many perished in the Holocaust. These facts...

    Three Days in Auschwitz
  • 2014
    In the Frozen Tomb of Mongolia

    In the Frozen Tomb of Mongolia

    In the Frozen Tomb of Mongolia

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    In the Frozen Tomb of Mongolia