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

The Dark Ages (The History Channel )

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: A&E Home Video
Release Date: 2007-05-29
Running Time: 94 minutes

At its height in the second century A.D., the Roman Empire was the beacon of learning, trade, power and prosperity in the western world. But the once-powerful Rome--rotten to the core by the fifth century--lay open to barbarian warriors who came in wave after wave of invasion, slaughtering, stealing, and ultimately, settling. As chaos replaced culture, Europe was beset by famine, plague, persecut... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

Starring: Steve Lawrence
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Salient Media
Release Date: 2008-02-19
Running Time: 100 minutes

This terrific feature film comedy reveals the background of one of the legends of comedy Don Rickles.Hailed by some of today’s biggest comedians as one of the Kings of Comedy.Comedians reveal their unique stories and tell how Don Rickles was so successful in his comedy and career.... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Wild China [Blu-ray]

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BBC WARNER
Release Date: 2008-08-05
Running Time: 300 minutes

An exotic fusion of natural history and Oriental adventure, "Wild China" is a series of journeys through four startlingly different landscapes, each based around the travels of a real historical character. With splendour, scale and romance, Wild China lifts the veil on the world's most enigmatic and magnificent country, delving into its vibrant habitats to reveal a land of unbelievable natural com... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Victory at Sea - The Legendary World War II Documentary (History Channel)

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: A&E Home Video
Release Date: 2003-09-30
Running Time: 690 minutes

A 26-episode World War II documentary, Victory at Sea is one of the most important series in the history of television. Made in 1952, the show was a huge success, winning many major awards and even spawning albums featuring the orchestral score by Richard Rodgers, best known for his musicals with Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein II. Produced with the full cooperation of the U.S. Navy, each... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Decisive Battles of the Ancient World (History Channel)

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: A&E Home Video
Release Date: 2006-11-28
Running Time: 380 minutes

They are the moments when history was writ in blood; when armies determined the fate of empires and men became myths. They are the DECISIVE BATTLES OF THE ANCIENT WORLD. In a groundbreaking four-disc release, THE HISTORY CHANNEL® presents the 13 defining points of ancient warfare-moments that altered the course of history and shaped the modern world. DECISIVE BATTLES OF THE ANCIENT WORLD narrates... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Cocaine Cowboys 2 - Hustlin' With The Godmother

Starring: Griselda Blanco
Rated: R (Restricted)
Studio: Magnolia
Release Date: 2008-07-29
Running Time: 97 minutes

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Senator Obama Goes To Africa

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: FIRST RUN FEATURES
Release Date: 2007-12-11
Running Time: 60 minutes

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Biography - Barack Obama

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: A&E HOME VIDEO
Release Date: 2007-10-30
Running Time: 50 minutes

This cable-television biography about the life of Illinois senator Barack Obama was made before he began campaigning to be the Democratic party's candidate for the 2008 presidential race. Still, the program suggests Obama has one or another kind of profound, Anerican destiny as a mixed-race activist who never comfortably fit into one or another group, and had to look deep into his own roots to und... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Chicago 10

Starring: Nick Nolte
Rated: R (Restricted)
Created By: Brett Morgen
Studio: Paramount
Release Date: 2008-08-26
Running Time: 110 minutes

Some documentaries endow historical events with context, while others recreate them in all their messy glory, leaving viewers to organize the chaos themselves. Brett Morgen (co-director, The Kid Stays in the Picture) takes the latter tack in his multi-media reconstruction of the protests during 1968's Democratic National Convention. Using the ensuing conspiracy trial as a framing device, he... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Guns, Germs, and Steel

Starring: Mason Graham
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: National Geographic Video
Release Date: 2005-07-12
Running Time: 165 minutes

Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book and national best seller, Guns, Germs, and Steel is an epic detective story that offers a gripping expose on why the world is so unequal. Professor Jared Diamond traveled the globe for over 30 years trying to answer the biggest question of world history. Why is the world so unequal? The answers he found were simple yet extraordinary. Our destiny depends on ... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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