historical documentary movies

Einstein and the Bomb (2024)
5.983 / 10

Documentary, Drama

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

Secrets of the Neanderthals (2024)
7.206 / 10

Documentary

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

Shoah (1985)
8.282 / 10

Documentary, History

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

I Am Not Your Negro (2017)
7.7 / 10

Documentary

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...

Unknown: The Lost Pyramid (2023)
7.3 / 10

Documentary

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

Chicago 10 (2008)
6 / 10

Documentary, Animation, History, War

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...

Nostradamus Decoded (2009)
5 / 10

Documentary, History

Debunking the mythology surrounding the 16th century French prophet, Nostradamus.

Amashinga (2024)
0 / 10

Documentary, History

The last sovereign Zulu King, a female British missionary, an ambitious colonial official and a young Welshman are all voiced by actors to make...

London Recruits (1969)
0 / 10

Documentary, Drama, Thriller, History

The story of the Londoners recruited to be freedom fighters during the South African apartheid during the 1960s.

Dinosaur! (1985)
7 / 10

TV Movie, Documentary

An entertaining documentary look at dinosaurs with Emmy Award-winning special effects, feature film clips and stills, commentary by leading...

Prehistoric Worlds (2020)
9 / 10

Documentary

Five times, Earth has faced apocalyptic events that swept nearly all life from the face of the planet. What did these prehistoric creatures look...

The Conqueror (Hollywood Fallout) (2023)
0 / 10

Documentary, History

The story of one of the great environmental disasters to befall the United States, and the terrible movie that helped bring the catastrophe to light.

D-DAY: 80th Anniversary (2024)
6.5 / 10

Documentary, History, War

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

Préhistoire en Asie : L'Aventure humaine (2024)
9 / 10

Documentary, History, TV Movie

The Real T Rex with Chris Packham (2018)
7.5 / 10

Documentary, History

A documentary examining what the Tyrannosaurus Rex was really like - both appearance and behaviour - using the recent palaeontological and zoological...

Le Grand Méliès (1952)
6.7 / 10

Documentary

A biographical film about cinematic illusionist Georges Méliès featuring Méliès’s widow, Jeanne d’Alcy, as herself, and their son André as...

Terrorists in Retirement (1985)
9 / 10

Documentary

Not just another documentary on the French resistance movement, this film focuses on one particular group of underground fighters in France: those...

Three Days in Auschwitz (2015)
0 / 10

Documentary

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

Titanic's Final Mystery (2012)
7.625 / 10

Documentary, History, Drama

The sinking of the RMS Titanic remains one of the most enduring and mysterious tragedies of the 20th century. For decades, investigators and amateurs...

Derrière les murs de la Cité interdite (2024)
8 / 10

Documentary, History