Your Guide To The Best History Documentaries Starting With The Highest Reviews

9/11 - The Filmmakers' Commemorative Edition

Starring: Jamal Braithwaite
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Directed By: Jules Naudet
Studio: Paramount
Release Date: 2002-09-12
Running Time: 129 minutes

Originally broadcast on CBS in March 2002, 9/11 is an extraordinary record of that fateful day in New York City. This one-of-a-kind documentary was originally conceived as a portrait of 21-year-old Tony Benetatos, a firefighter trainee at Manhattan's Duane Street firehouse, located seven blocks from the World Trade Center. By the time filming was finished, brothers Jules and Gedeon Naudet h... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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The War - A Film By Ken Burns and Lynn Novick

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Directed By: Lynn Novick
Studio: PBS
Release Date: 2007-10-02
Running Time: 900 minutes

Creating epic documentaries about war is nothing new for Ken Burns, nor is the subject of the Second World War, which never ceases to be a popular subject of films and TV shows. Yet with The War, Burns has definitely succeeded in breaking new ground, exploring in depth the effect of the war on common Americans, and not just the soldiers of The Greatest Generation that fought it. As the nar... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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In the Shadow of the Moon

Starring: Alan Bean
Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: VELOCITY / THINKFILM
Release Date: 2008-02-22
Running Time: 110 minutes

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From the Earth to the Moon - The Signature Edition

Starring: Jo Anderson
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Created By: Jeff Beal
Studio: HBO Home Video
Release Date: 2005-09-20
Running Time: 720 minutes

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The Fog of War - Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara

Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Release Date: 2004-05-11
Running Time: 107 minutes

The Fog of War, the movie that finally won Errol Morris the best documentary Oscar, is a spellbinder. Morris interviews Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, and finds a uniquely unsettling viewpoint on much of 20th-century American history. Employing a ton of archival material, including LBJ's fascinating taped conversations from the Oval Office,... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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The World at War (30th Anniversary Edition)

Starring: Sir Max Aitken
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Directed By: Ted Childs
Studio: A&E Home Video
Release Date: 2004-08-24
Running Time: 1357 minutes

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The Endurance - Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition

Starring: John Blackborow
Rated: G (General Audience)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Release Date: 2003-09-02
Running Time: 97 minutes

Several films have documented or dramatized the incredible saga of Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated trans-Antarctic expedition, but The Endurance offers the most comprehensive one-source reference. Originally presented as a PBS Nova special and narrated by Liam Neeson, this excellent film--based on Caroline Alexander's acclaimed book, also titled after the ironic name of Shackleton's do... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Bob Dylan - No Direction Home

Starring: Martin Scorsese
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Paramount
Release Date: 2005-09-20
Running Time: 207 minutes

It's virtually impossible to approach No Direction Home without a cluster of fixed ideas. Who doesn't have their own private Dylan? The true excellence of Martin Scorsese's achievement lies in how his documentary shakes us free of our comfortable assumptions. In the process, it plays out on several levels at once, each taking shape as an unfailingly fascinating narrative. There is, of cours... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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The Star of Bethlehem

Starring: Stephen McEveety
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Created By: Julie Davison Larson
Studio: Genius Entertainment
Release Date: 2007-10-23
Running Time: 65 minutes

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Buena Vista Social Club

Starring: Amadito Valdés
Rated: G (General Audience)
Studio: Lions Gate
Release Date: 2000-10-17
Running Time: 101 minutes

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