Historical
This genre is one of the largest non-fiction genres, and consists primarily of documentaries about one or more historical events or time periods. In general, the title will not be of a contemporary nature (that is, it will be made about a subject that actually occurred in the past). Some historical subjects include ancient civilizations & archaeology, famous crimes, popular culture and trends of the past, and other major world events.
Sink the Bismarck! (History Channel) (1996)
7.2/10
Director: Robert Kirk
Starring: Narrated by, John Hillerman
On orders from her Nazi masters, the most powerful war machine ever to set sail on the high seas was loose in the Atlantic Ocean. The Royal Navy could... Read more
Last Shop Standing (2012)
7.1/10
The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of the Independent Record Shop. Inspired by the book of the same name by Graham Jones, "Last Shop Standing" takes you behin... Read more
Anne Frank: Parallel Stories (2019)
Starring: Helen Mirren
It is based on five women who did survive the Holocaust but shared her same fate of "deportation, suffering and being denied their childhood and adole... Read more
Simon Schama: The Story of the Jews (2013)
Starring: Simon Schama
Simon Schama looks at the impact of the Jews and those moments when the Jewish experience - what Jews have thought and written, uttered, mourned and a... Read more
Ghosts of the Baltic Sea (2005)
Director: Jon Goodman
Starring: Alan Coates, Robert Ballard
In the final months and weeks of World War II, Soviet submarines torpedo three German evacuation ships packed with refugees and wounded soldiers in an... Read more
Decisive Battles of the Ancient World (2006)
In a groundbreaking release, The History Chanel presents the 13 defining points of ancient warfare-moments that altered the course of history and shap... Read more
The Pacific: In the Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill (2018)
8.3/10
Starring: Sam Neill
Actor Sam Niell retraces the route Capt. James Cook took 250 years before on his legendary journey across the Southwest Pacific, explores the cultures... Read more
The Quest for Bannockburn (2014)
6.7/10
700 years after one of the most significant conflicts in British history, Neil Oliver and Tony Pollard go in search of both the real and imagined Batt... Read more
Napoleon and Wellington (1997)
Director: Greg Goldman
Waterloo: the most famous battle in history. In one afternoon in 1815 the balance of world power changed for 100 years to come. The players were of... Read more
Lost Book of Nostradamus (2007)
5.6/10
In 1994, Italian journalist Enza Massa was at the Italian National Library in Rome conducting research on old texts, when she stumbled upon an unusual... Read more