This overview contains all Netflix Historical Documentaries movies and series. Netflix's content is updated with several new Historical Documentaries movies and series every month. Currently, the best rated title in this category, with a rating of 4.5, is WWII in HD.
July 21, 2022 | Show | 2022
A series of mutilated bodies and taunting notes left outside a Delhi jail sends police hunting for a seasoned killer with a grudge against the system.
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July 15, 2022 | Show | 2022
In 1971, a skyjacker parachutes off a plane with a bag of stolen cash — and gets away with it. Decades later, his identity remains a compelling mystery.
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July 8, 2022 | Show | 2022
Using archival footage and interviews with survivors, this docuseries chronicles the attack that changed the course of World War II.
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June 18, 2022 | Documentaries | 2022 | 40 minutes
This documentary profiles the Cabinet wife who spoke out during Watergate — and the Nixon administration's campaign to gaslight her into silence.
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June 13, 2022 | Documentaries | 2022 | 91 minutes
In August 1988, two armed bank robbers keep German police at bay for 54 hours during a hostage-taking drama that ends in a shootout and three deaths.
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May 7, 2022 | Show | 2022
Insiders recount the events, controversies and lingering effects of the accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania.
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May 3, 2022 | Documentaries | 2011 | 88 minutes
This historical documentary follows the events of the monumental Adolf Eichmann trial: a turning point in the collective memory of the Holocaust.
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April 29, 2022 | Documentaries | 2022 | 101 minutes
This documentary explores the mystery surrounding the death of movie icon Marilyn Monroe through previously unheard interviews with her inner circle.
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February 24, 2022 | Documentaries | 2022 | 91 minutes
Survivors and insiders recount March 11, 2004's terrorist attack on Madrid, including the political crisis it ignited and the hunt for the perpetrators.
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December 23, 2021 | Show | 2021
Gripping historical footage and expert commentary give detailed insights into the leading figures and decisive turning points of World War II.
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December 9, 2021 | Show | 2009
Rare color footage interwoven with firsthand interviews and diary entries bring to life the global sweep of World War II via those who were there.
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November 29, 2021 | Show | 2020
Soda Stereo, Café Tacvba, Aterciopelados and others figure in this 50-year history of Latin American rock through dictatorships, disasters and dissent.
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November 29, 2021 | Show | 2020
Amidst a heroin crisis, Vincenzo Muccioli cared for the addicted, earning him fierce public devotion — even as charges of violence began to mount.
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November 29, 2021 | Documentaries | 2021 | 72 minutes
This documentary examines the 1999 London bombings that targeted Black, Bangladeshi and gay communities, and the race to find the far-right perpetrator.
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November 29, 2021 | Documentaries | 2021 | 89 minutes
Join the creative process behind Nacho Cano’s new musical based on the love story of Malinche and Hernán Cortés and the merging of their two worlds.
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November 29, 2021 | Documentaries | 2021 | 32 minutes
In this delightful short documentary, an Italian American grandmother and film buff finds strength and joy in the life of her screen idol, Sophia Loren.
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November 29, 2021 | Documentaries | 2020 | 67 minutes
Declassified documents reveal the post-WWII life of Otto Skorzeny, a close Hitler ally who escaped to Spain and became an adviser to world presidents.
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November 29, 2021 | Documentaries | 2021 | 28 minutes
In this featurette, ART + COM members join the cast and crew of the show to discuss its factual basis and the development of the court case.
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November 29, 2021 | Documentaries | 2020 | 89 minutes
Between scenes from his concert in São Paulo's Theatro Municipal, rapper and activist Emicida celebrates the rich legacy of Black Brazilian culture.
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November 29, 2021 | Show | 2021
Dynamic reenactments and expert commentaries bring to life the tumultuous history and power struggles of a warring 16th-century feudal Japan.
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