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

Buena Vista Social Club

Starring: Ibrahim Ferrer
Rated: G (General Audience)
Created By: Brian Johnson
Studio: Lions Gate
Release Date: 2000-10-17
Running Time: 105 minutes

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U2 - Rattle & Hum [Blu-ray]

Starring: The Edge
Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Created By: Jordan Cronenweth
Studio: Paramount
Release Date: 2008-06-03
Running Time: 99 minutes

A concert movie on an unprecedented scale. Rattle And Hum captures U2 – on and off the stage – during their triumphant Joshua Tree tour. From the giant Technicolor stadium celebrations to the black-and-white intensity of the indoor shows, this is U2 at their best. Follow the group across America, exploring new influences, playing with the legendary B.B. King, on a journey which takes them fro... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Attila

Starring: Powers Boothe
Rated: Unrated
Created By: James Jacks
Studio: Universal Studios
Release Date: 2002-11-05
Running Time: 177 minutes

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Pete Seeger: The Power of Song

Starring: Ronnie Gilbert
Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Genius Products (Ingram)
Release Date: 2008-08-05
Running Time: 93 minutes

Pete Seeger reads The Wall Street Journal! That's perhaps the most startling revelation in Jim Brown's (The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time) wonderful documentary that etches an indelible portrait of an American icon and a global treasure. As a solo performer and as a member of the Weavers, Seeger introduced America to its musical heritage and was instrumental in ushering in the folk mus... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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When It Was a Game - Triple Play Collection

Starring: Bud Abbott
Rated: Unrated
Created By: Eric Paulen
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Release Date: 2001-05-01
Running Time: 176 minutes

This HBO documentary is based on a highly original idea: tell the story of baseball from the Great Depression era through the late 1950s using footage from home-movie cameras shot by fans and players. The result is a marvelous look at baseball in America as seen from the ground--the culture of stadiums, the ritual of afternoon games, the spiritually sustaining rivalries. Among the truly unexp... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Festival Express

Starring: Janis Joplin & The Full Tilt Boogie Band
Rated: R (Restricted)
Studio: New Line Home Video
Release Date: 2004-11-02
Running Time: 90 minutes

Festival Express is a rousing record of a little-known, but monumental, moment in rock n' roll history, starring such music legends as Janis Joplin, The Band, and the Grateful Dead. Set in 1970, Festival Express was a multi-band, multi-day extravaganza that captured the spirit and imagination of a generation and a nation. What made it unique was that it was portable; for five days, the bands and p... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Visual Bible - Matthew

Studio: GNN International Corp. and Visual Bible, LLC
Release Date: 2004-08-01
Running Time: 265 minutes

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Andy Goldsworthy's Rivers & Tides

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: NEW VIDEO GROUP
Release Date: 2004-09-28
Running Time: 90 minutes

Wildly praised by the nation's top critics, the smash theatrical hit RIVERS AND TIDES is a mesmerizing, poetic and curiously contemplative portrait of revered Scottish sculptor Andy Goldsworthy, whose long-winding rock walls, icicle assemblages and other intricate, druidic masterpieces are made entirely of materials found in the wild. Gorgeously shot and edited by director Thomas Riedelsheimer, R... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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The Diary of Anne Frank

Starring: Shelley Winters
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Directed By: George Stevens
Created By: Albert Hackett
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: 2004-02-03
Running Time: 180 minutes

A diary discovered in the attic of an Amsterdam factory reveals the plight of a jewish refugee family that lived there in hiding for two years during the Nazi occupation.... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Eleanor and Franklin Double Feature (The Early Years / The White House Years)

Starring: Edward Herrmann
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Release Date: 2007-05-01
Running Time: 360 minutes

He was one of America's greatest presidents, leading the nation out of its darkest years and guiding it through one of its most difficult wars. She was his wife, a First Lady who declined the role of White House hostess and instead devoted herself to public service. This exclusive HBO Double Feature brings together the two critically acclaimed films ("The Early Years" and "The Whitehouse Years") d... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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