History Documentary

The history documentary features historical events, figures, periods, and cultural developments using visual storytelling techniques. These documentaries provide insights into the past, offering a detailed and often educational exploration of historical topics and aim to inform, educate, and engage audiences.

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1. Simon Schama's Power of Art

Oct 19, 2006  •  TV Shows
Focusing on eight iconic works of art, Power of Art reveals the history of visual imagination through the ages.
8.5
Generally favorable

2. The Eighties

Mar 30, 2016  •  TV Shows
A documentary series focusing on the Reagan presidency, the AIDS crisis, the end of the Cold War, Wall Street corruption, the tech boom, the expansion of television, and the evolving music industry.
8.2
Generally favorable

3. The Cuba Libre Story

Dec 10, 2015  •  TV Shows
This documentary series recounts the tumultuous history of Cuba, a nation of foreign conquest, freedom fighters and Cold War political machinations.
7.6
Generally favorable

4. The National Parks: America's Best Idea

Sep 26, 2009  •  TV Shows
The history of the U.S. National Parks system, including the initial ideas which led to the world's first national parks and the expansion of the system over 150 years.
8.6
Generally favorable

5. History 101

Aug 24, 2022  •  TV Shows
It is a new type of history show for a new type of audience: Big History delivered in an unadulterated hit of premium archive and jaw-dropping infographics.
6.8
Generally favorable

6. The Nineties

Jul 8, 2017  •  TV Shows
A TV documentary miniseries chronicling the trends, pop culture, and important events that took place from 1990 to 1999.
8.1
Generally favorable

7. Amend: The Fight for America

Feb 16, 2021  •  TV Shows
Will Smith hosts this look at the evolving, often lethal, fight for equal rights in America through the lens of the US Constitution's 14th Amendment.
8
Generally favorable

8. Prohibition

Oct 1, 2011  •  TV Shows
The story of the American activist struggle against the influence of alcohol, climaxing in the failed early 20th century nationwide era when it was banned.
8.2
Generally favorable

9. Cold War

Jan 3, 1998  •  TV Shows
A 24-part series which deals with the relations between the United States, the Soviet Union and their respective allies between the end of World War II to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
8.7
Generally favorable

10. The Sixties

Nov 21, 2013  •  TV Shows
Interviews and archival footage focusing on the politics, music, technical advancements, drugs and the "free love" movement of the 1960s.
8.4
Generally favorable

11. Muhammad Ali

Sep 18, 2021  •  TV Shows
An in-depth look at the life of boxer, Muhammad Ali, including his years as an activist and philanthropist.
8.6
Generally favorable

12. The Story of Film: An Odyssey

Sep 2, 2011  •  TV Shows
A comprehensive history of the medium and art of motion pictures.
8.4
Generally favorable

13. Challenger: The Final Flight

Sep 15, 2020  •  TV Shows
Four-part docuseries on the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster, unpacking an indelible moment for a generation of Americans.
7.8
Generally favorable

14. Mankind: The Story of All of Us

Nov 12, 2012  •  TV Shows
From the power of science to how physics and biology combined to shape our shared journey, experience the human story like it's never been told before.
7.7
Generally favorable

15. Jazz

Jan 7, 2001  •  TV Shows
A survey of the musical form's history and major talents.
8.6
Generally favorable
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