Origin: United States
Genre: History
160 content found
History of the World in 2 Hours 2011

A rapid-fire history of our world, from the beginning of time as we know it to present day. This two-hour CGI-driven special delves into the key turning points: the formation of earth, emergence of life, spread of man and the grow...

Category: Documentary, History

Stars: Corey Burton, Alex Filippenko, Peter Ward

7.0 IMDB Rating 3,749 Views
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali 2021

From a chance meeting to a tragic fallout, Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali's extraordinary bond cracks under the weight of distrust and shifting ideals.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History, Sport

Stars: Ilyasah Shabazz, Rahman Ali, Cornel West

6.9 IMDB Rating 2,431 Views
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 2021

In the early 1980s, the crack epidemic tore through America’s inner cities like a tsunami, ravaging all in its wake.

Category: Crime, Documentary, History

Stars: Elizabeth Hinton, Nelson George, Alan Charles

6.7 IMDB Rating 3,257 Views
Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America 2016

Daryl Davis is an accomplished musician who was played all over the world. He also has an unusual hobby, particularly for a middle aged black man. When not displaying his musical chops, Daryl likes to meet and befriend members of the Ku Klux Klan. When many of these people eventually leave the Klan with Daryl's support, Daryl keeps their robes and hoods; building his collection piece by piece, story by story, person by person, in hopes of one day opening a museum of the Klan.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History

Stars: Daryl D. Davis, Kenneth Nwadike, Jeff Schoep

7.6 IMDB Rating 4,054 Views
Ratched 2020

In 1947, Mildred Ratched begins working as a nurse at a leading psychiatric hospital. But beneath her stylish exterior lurks a growing darkness.

Category: Crime, Drama, History, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Stars: Sarah Paulson, Finn Wittrock, Cynthia Nixon

7.3 IMDB Rating 21,616 Views
Restrepo 2010

A year with one platoon in the deadliest valley in Afghanistan.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History, War

Stars: The Men of Battle Company 2nd of the 503rd Infantry Regiment 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Juan 'Doc Restrepo, Dan Kearney

7.4 IMDB Rating 9,328 Views
Challenger: The Final Flight 2020

Four-part docuseries on the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster, unpacking an indelible moment for a generation of Americans.

Category: Documentary, History

Stars: June Scobee Rodgers, William Harwood, Frederick D. Gregory

7.8 IMDB Rating 7,463 Views
When Calls the Heart 2014–

Elizabeth Thatcher, a young schoolteacher from a wealthy Eastern family, migrates from the big city to teach school in a small coal mining town in the west.

Category: Drama, History, romance, Romantic

Stars: Erin Krakow, Pascale Hutton, Jack Wagner

7.9 IMDB Rating 88,770 Views
The Underground Railroad 2021

A young woman named Cora makes an amazing discovery during her attempt to break free from slavery in the deep south.

Category: Drama, Fantasy, History, TV Mini, War

Stars: Thuso Mbedu, Chase Dillon, Joel Edgerton

7.4 IMDB Rating 11,350 Views
Quiz Show 1994

A young lawyer, Richard Goodwin, investigates a potentially fixed game show. Charles Van Doren, a big time show winner, is under Goodwin's investigation.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Ralph Fiennes, John Turturro, Rob Morrow

7.5 IMDB Rating 4,064 Views
Judas and the Black Messiah 2021

Offered a plea deal by the FBI, William O'Neal infiltrates the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party to gather intelligence on Chairman Fred Hampton.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: LaKeith Stanfield, Daniel Kaluuya, Jesse Plemons

7.4 IMDB Rating 5,653 Views
McMillions 2020

A detailed account of the McDonald's Monopoly game scam during the 1990s as told by the participants in the case, including the prizewinners and the FBI agents involved.

Category: Crime, Documentary, History

Stars: Chris Graham, Doug Mathews, Amy Murray

7.2 IMDB Rating 10,259 Views
Stonewall 2015

A young man's political awakening and coming of age during the days and weeks leading up to the Stonewall Riots.

Category: Drama, History

Stars: Jeremy Irvine, Jonny Beauchamp, Joey King

5.4 IMDB Rating 4,323 Views
Murder Among the Mormons 2021

High-stakes exploits turn deadly - and shake a global church to its core - in the extraordinary true crime story.

Category: Crime, Documentary, History

Stars: Dorie Hofmann Olds, Shannon Flynn, Brent Metcalfe

7.0 IMDB Rating 5,776 Views
Confirmation 2016

Judge Clarence Thomas' nomination to the United States Supreme Court is called into question when Anita Hill, a former colleague, testifies that he sexually harassed her.

Category: Biography, Drama, History

Stars: Kerry Washington, Wendell Pierce, Greg Kinnear

6.8 IMDB Rating 5,061 Views
Skinwalker Ranch 2013

A scientific research team investigates and documents the supernatural phenomena surrounding the disappearance of a cattle ranchers 10 year old son. Inspired by true events that shocked the paranormal community around the world.

Category: History, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Stars: Britani Bateman, Taylor Bateman, Steve Berg

5.1 IMDB Rating 5,268 Views
The Gymkhana Files 2018

An eight-episode unscripted series featuring famed motorsports star and entrepreneur Ken Block and the making of Gymkhana 10, the recently-announced tenth installment of his award-winning, record-breaking Gymkhana Film series. It's an exclusive look behind the filming, the struggles and the personalities that go into making of one of the biggest viral campaigns of all time, along with the untold stories and never-before-seen footage from Block's previous nine films.

Category: Documentary, History, Sport

Stars: Ken Block, Jeremy Robinson, Brian Scotto

7.8 IMDB Rating 10,279 Views
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe 2014

A look at the story behind Marvel Studios and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, featuring interviews and behind-the-scenes footage from all of the Marvel films, the Marvel One-Shots and "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."

Category: Documentary, History

Stars: Axel Alonso, Victoria Alonso, Hayley Atwell

7.2 IMDB Rating 3,086 Views
Detroit 2017

Fact-based drama set during the 1967 Detroit riots in which a group of rogue police officers respond to a complaint with retribution rather than justice on their minds.

Category: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller

Stars: John Boyega, Anthony Mackie, Algee Smith

7.3 IMDB Rating 7,979 Views
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese 2019

In an alchemic mix of fact and fantasy, Martin Scorsese looks back at Bob Dylan's 1975 Rolling Thunder Revue tour and a country ripe for reinvention.

Category: Biography, Documentary, History

Stars: Bob Dylan, Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith

7.5 IMDB Rating 5,104 Views