History TV Shows

Os Filhos do Rock

83/100

A series about the phenomenon of rock and roll in Portugal during the 1980's.

Secrets of Great British Castles

79/100

Historian Dan Jones explores the millennium of history behind six of Great Britain's most famous castles: Warwick, Dover, Caernarfon, the Tower of London, Carrickfergus, and Stirling.

Arang and the Magistrate

76/100

Lee Eun Oh, a noble's son, arrives at a small village in search of his missing mother. There, Arang, the ghost of a young woman that lost her memories of her past life, asks him to help her to figure out her identity and how she died.

The Death of Yugoslavia

83/100

Inside the American Mob

83/100

Documentary film about the Italian Mafia and their organized crime activities in USA, mainly New York, between the '60's to mid '90's. Well documented with plenty of interviews and original... See full summary »

The Romance of Three Kingdoms

86/100

In an age of turmoil, heroes will rise. . . It is the end of the 2nd Century and China is in a state of turmoil. The land is divided by warlords and the country is facing famine, droughts, ... See full summary »

Medieval Lives

83/100

Terry Jones hosts this series that looks at the real facts about the Middle Ages and its roots.

Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

84/100

Harvard educator Henry Louis Gates Jr. hosts this enlightening PBS series that examines "the DNA of American culture" through an extensive discovery of the ancestors of today's celebrities.... See full summary »

Isaura: Slave Girl

67/100

The difficulties faced by a young, sweet-hearted white slave targeted by the obsession of her lord in the Brazilian colonial time period.

American Ripper

64/100

The great-great-grandson of Herman Mudgett (alias H.H. Holmes - America's first serial killer), Jeff Mudgett, sets out to prove a controversial theory that H.H. Holmes and Britain's most ... See full summary »

Scholar Who Walks the Night

74/100

Set in an alternate Joseon dynasty, Jo Yang-sun (Lee Yu Bi) is the daughter of a nobleman whose family loses everything when her father is framed for treason. To make ends meet, Yang-sun ... See full summary »

Eyes on the Prize

90/100

A documentary about the American Civil Rights Movement from 1952 to 1965.

Evil Genius

78/100

For centuries, brilliant minds have changed and shaped the world. But when genius is used for evil, the results are some of the most twisted, inventive, and outrageous crimes in history.

World War Two: Behind Closed Doors

80/100

A story showing the 3 allied leader's, Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin's actions and relationships behind the scenes during World War 2. It isn't as friendly as it seems. Shows how close ... See full summary »

The Day the Universe Changed

91/100

James Burke explores key moments in Western History where new knowledge in science changed the way the modern Western world thinks.

Robin Hood's Big Adventure

73/100

Several centuries ago in Nottingham County, a cruel and greedy baron by the name of Alwine ordered the destruction of the Huntingtons' castle - from the fire of which Robin and his cousins,... See full summary »

Lock 'N Load with R. Lee Ermey

85/100

Sergeant R. Lee Ermey tells of the historical value and origin of the worlds most prevelant guns and other military weaponry!

Hispania, la leyenda

65/100

Viriato is a Hispanic shepherd who enjoys a simple life until the arrival of the Roman troops of the praetor Galba. It will changes his destiny. His village is attacked and massacred. ... See full summary »

Reporting Trump's First Year: The Fourth Estate

76/100

A look at how The New York Times covered President Trump's controversial first year in office.

Crusades

83/100

Terry Jones presents the history of the medieval religious wars in the middle-east known as the Crusades.