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1. Hitler's Bodyguard (2008– )
46 min | Documentary, History
The story of Adolf Hitler, his large security detail and the numerous threats faced, both real and imagined.
Stars: Robert Powell, Stephan Grothgar, Heinz Linge
Votes: 358
2. Mankind the Story of All of Us (2012)
720 min | Documentary, History
From the power of science to how physics and biology combined to shape our shared journey, experience the human story like it's never been told before.
Stars: Josh Brolin, Richard Machowicz, James Meigs, George Wunderlich
Votes: 1,838
3. Zeitgeist (2007 Video)
Not Rated | 118 min | Documentary, History
Mythology and belief in society today, presenting uncommon perspectives of common cultural issues.
Director: Peter Joseph | Stars: Chogyam Trungpa, Jordan Maxwell, George Carlin, Bill Hicks
Votes: 50,354
4. Zeitgeist: Addendum (2008 Video)
Not Rated | 123 min | Documentary, History, War
Zeitgeist: Addendum attempts to locate the root causes of the pervasive social corruption, while also offering a solution.
Director: Peter Joseph | Stars: Jacque Fresco, Roxanne Meadows, John Perkins, George Carlin
Votes: 18,683
5. Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (2011)
Not Rated | 161 min | Documentary
A feature length documentary work which presents a case for a needed transition out of the current socioeconomic monetary paradigm which governs the entire world society.
Director: Peter Joseph | Stars: Peter Joseph, Robert Sapolsky, Gabor Maté, Richard Wilkinson
Votes: 18,739
6. How It's Made (2001–2019)
TV-G | 24 min | Documentary
Television series that documents how various everyday products are made.
Stars: Brooks Moore, Tony Hirst, Lynne Adams, Lynn Herzeg
Votes: 8,185
7. History of Now: The Story of the Noughties (2010– )
59 min | Documentary
Stars: Andrew Marr, Will Self, Larry Elliott, Danny Dorling
Votes: 14
8. The Nazis: A Warning from History (1997)
292 min | Documentary, History, War
An examination of how a cultured people could have allowed Adolf Hitler's rise to power.
Stars: Samuel West, Adolf Buchner, Jutta Rüdiger, Günther Ruschin
Votes: 1,721
9. Crowd Control (2014– )
Documentary
Crowd Control is a show presented by behavior expert Daniel Pink, and aims to make people think twice about their actions.
Stars: Daniel Pink, George Henry Horton, Frazer Brown, Ken Anthony II
Votes: 87
10. The Sixties (2014)
42 min | Documentary, History
Interviews and archival footage focusing on the politics, music, technical advancements, drugs and the "free love" movement of the 1960s.
Stars: John Heilemann, Tim Naftali, Robert Dallek, Dan Rather
Votes: 1,635
12. The Men Who Made Us Spend (2014– )
60 min | Documentary
Todays newest is tomorrows trash. Jacques Peretti investigates planned obsolescing made to things not to last, and how we are made to buy the newest, though we really don't need it. Meet the men behind our urge to consume.
Star: Jacques Peretti
Votes: 145
13. The Story of Science (2010– )
Documentary
Michael Mosley takes an informative and ambitious journey exploring how the evolution of scientific understanding is intimately interwoven with society's historical path.
Stars: Michael Mosley, Simon Chaplin, Floor Lagerwey, Margaret Esiri
Votes: 652
14. Hitler's Rise: The Colour Films (2013– )
Documentary
Follow the Führer's rise to power, which was as unforeseeable as it was catastrophic.
Stars: Adolf Hitler, Joseph Goebbels, Rudolf Hess
Votes: 26
15. How Tech Works (2012– )
Documentary
How Tech Works takes viewers around the world to meet the inventors and innovators behind the planet's most cutting edge science and technology. Our stories feature an eclectic mix of ... See full summary »
Star: Basil Singer
Votes: 14
16. Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey (2012)
Not Rated | 175 min | Documentary
Hosts Kate Humble and Dr. Hellen Czerski follow Earth's one-year journey around the sun and the extreme effects it can have on our planet's weather.
Stars: Kate Humble, Helen Czerski, Joshua Wurman, Mike Theiss
Votes: 311
17. Earth from Space (2012 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary
Earth from Space takes you on an epic quest to discover the invisible forces and processes that sustain life on our planet and, for the first time, see them in action in their natural ... See full summary »
Director: Iain Riddick
Votes: 221
18. Through the Wormhole (2010–2017)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Hosted by Morgan Freeman, Through the Wormhole will explore the deepest mysteries of existence - the questions that have puzzled mankind for eternity. What are we made of? What was there ... See full summary »
Stars: Morgan Freeman, Sean Carroll, Michio Kaku, Kip Thorne
Votes: 18,423
19. Drugs, Inc. (2010– )
TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Crime
Documentary style show that explores in depth how drugs in modern day society are sold, processed, and how police are cracking down on it.
Stars: Mike Secher, Alex Cameron Dimez, Derrick Hesselein, Huey Morgan
Votes: 1,454
20. America in Primetime (2011)
TV-14 | Documentary
This documentary series looks at the evolution of specific character types appearing on American primetime episodic television from post WWII to the early twenty-first century. These ... See full summary »
Stars: Diablo Cody, David Chase, Judd Apatow, Alan Yentob
Votes: 359
21. The Route Masters: Running London's Roads (2013– )
60 min | Documentary
Stars: Julian Barratt, Stuart Rigby, Sajjad Sharif, Chris Huckstep
Votes: 13
22. Inventing History (2007– )
30 min | Documentary, History
Ronald Top travels Europe, investigating the history of home entertainment, money, personal transport, light, furniture, writing, time, security, communications and heating.
Star: Ronald Top
Votes: 26
23. March of the Penguins (2005)
G | 80 min | Documentary, Family
In the Antarctic, every March since the beginning of time, the quest begins to find the perfect mate and start a family.
Director: Luc Jacquet | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Romane Bohringer, Charles Berling, Jules Sitruk
Votes: 59,925 | Gross: $77.44M
24. An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
PG | 96 min | Documentary
Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim follows Al Gore on the lecture circuit, as the former presidential candidate campaigns to raise public awareness of the dangers of global warming and calls for immediate action to curb its destructive effects on the environment.
Director: Davis Guggenheim | Stars: Al Gore, Billy West, George Bush, George W. Bush
Votes: 85,180 | Gross: $23.81M
25. How Do They Do It? (2006– )
51 min | Documentary
This program is about engineering and scientific miracles and the people whose ability to solve problems make them happen.
Stars: Chris Broyles, Jeff Wilburn, Dominic Frisby, Iain Lee
Votes: 1,585
26. Air Crash Investigation (2003– )
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Dramatized reconstruction of real-life air disasters, along with interviews with aviation experts and eyewitnesses.
Stars: Jonathan Aris, Stephen Bogaert, John Cox, John Nance
Votes: 5,890
27. MythBusters (2003–2018)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, Mystery, Reality-TV
A weekly documentary in which two Hollywood special effects experts attempt to debunk urban legends by directly testing them.
Stars: Robert Lee, Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage, Kari Byron
Votes: 54,771
28. Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates (2013)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
David Attenborough embarks on a remarkable 500 million-year journey revealing the extraordinary group of animals that dominate our world, and how their evolution defines our human bodies.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 1,046
29. The Life of Mammals (2002–2003)
50 min | Documentary
David Attenborough's comprehensive study of how a remarkable group of animals evolved - a group that includes ourselves.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 4,238
30. Time Team (1994– )
Not Rated | 55 min | Documentary, History
A group of archaeologists have 3 days to discover historical artifacts in different sites around Britain.
Stars: Tony Robinson, Phil Harding, John Gater, Stewart Ainsworth
Votes: 1,752
31. Industrial Revelations (2002– )
30 min | Documentary
Stars: Mark Williams, Ronald Top, Rory McGrath, Claire Barratt
Votes: 90
32. Locked Up Abroad (2007– )
TV-14 | 90 min | Documentary, Drama
Survivors share their stories and experience of survival abroad.
Stars: Natalie Dunne, Max Wrottesley, Manuel Villasenor, Jerry Murillo
Votes: 2,229
33. Horizon (I) (1964– )
50 min | Documentary
British documentary series that covers a variety of subjects in science and philosophy.
Stars: Paul Vaughan, Jack Fortune, Dilly Barlow, Colin Riach
Votes: 1,146
34. Embarrassing Bodies (2008–2022)
47 min | Documentary
People with different "embarrassing" health problems, are featured in this documentary-style show. The doctors try the best treatments for each patient. It also include educational material.
Stars: Ashley Jensen, Christian Jessen, Dawn Harper, Pixie McKenna
Votes: 388
35. Highway Thru Hell (2012– )
46 min | Documentary
See how a local heavy recovery firm works through the hard winters helping highway users that have fallen victim to the brutal road conditions. Their essential service keeps the traffic on the highways thru hell moving.
Stars: Jamie Davis, Dave Pettitt, Al Quiring, Colin McLean
Votes: 1,313
36. Britain's Darkest Taboos (2012– )
Documentary
Reality series interviewing people/families who were victims of violent crimes or people who were friends / family of murderers and rapists and had narrow escapes
Stars: Patricia Winker, Georgia Giblin, Richard Herdman, Colin Alltree
Votes: 131
37. Nova (1974– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Science documentaries about various topics.
Stars: Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, Stacy Keach, Eric Meyers
Votes: 3,088
38. Eco-Tech (2007– )
Documentary
A five-part series on the best of what's "green," Eco-Tech dives into: Future Fuels - Zero Waste - Building Green - Powering Up - Extreme Weather.
Votes: 19
39. Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991)
R | 120 min | Documentary, Music
Documentary following singer Madonna on her controversial Blond Ambition tour in 1990.
Director: Alek Keshishian | Stars: Madonna, Donna DeLory, Niki Haris, Luis Camacho
Votes: 10,029 | Gross: $15.01M
40. Border Security: Australia's Front Line (2004– )
30 min | Documentary
There are immigration, customs officers and quaratine officers. There are all sorts of concealments. This show is on over the weekends, if you're in Australia.
Stars: Grant Bowler, Chris Spradlin, Rachel Hunter, Andy Trieu
Votes: 693
41. Extreme Couponing (2011– )
30 min | Documentary
New series 'Extreme Couponing' is based on the one-hour special that aired in December 2009. Each episode introduces viewers to America's most extreme 'super couponers,' sharing why they ... See full summary »
Stars: Lawton Paseka, Tiffany Ivanovsky, Rebecca Routson, Chrystie Hebert-Corns
Votes: 516
42. Red Army (2014)
PG | 84 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The story of the Soviet Union's famed Red Army hockey team through the eyes of its players.
Director: Gabe Polsky | Stars: Viacheslav Fetisov, Vladislav Tretiak, Scotty Bowman, Vladimir Pozner
Votes: 7,207 | Gross: $0.69M
43. George III: The Genius of the Mad King (2017 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
After 200 years under lock and key, all the personal papers of one of our most important monarchs are seeing the light of day for the first time. In the first documentary to gain extensive ... See full summary »
Director: John Bridcut | Stars: Robert Hardman, Simon Callow, Sian Thomas, Jim Ambuske
Votes: 76
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