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Plot Summary:
Forensic geologist Scott Wolter explores mysteries, artifacts and relics to reveal a history of the North American continent not taught in school.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Documentary, History
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, serious, captivating
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Tudor Monastery Farm (2013)
Plot Summary:
Historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold turn the clock back 500 years to the early Tudor period to become tenant farmers on monastery land.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 400
Genere: Documentary, History
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min
Plot tags:
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Quest for the Lost Civilization (1998)
Plot Summary:
Graham Hancock is a bestselling author and journalist who specializes in ancient civilizations. He explores, amongst other things, the submerged Yonaguni monument off the coast of Japan, Easter Island, Angkor Wat in Cambodia, the pyramids of Egypt and looks at astronomical alignments.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 258
Genere: Documentary, History, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration:
Plot tags: spiritual, non fiction
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The Story of God with Morgan Freeman (2016)
Plot Summary:
Morgan Freeman presents his quest in order to find how most religions perceive life after death, what different civilizations thought about the act of creation and other big questions that mankind has continuously asked.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Documentary, Adventure, History
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: philosophical, thought provoking, mind bending, clever, captivating, realistic, talky, serious, inspirational, novela
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Ghost Adventures (2008)
Plot Summary:
Paranormal investigator Zak Bagans and his crew, Nick Groff and Aaron Goodwin, search for haunted locations both domestically and internationally. During their investigations, Zak and crew acquaint themselves with the general area; interview locals about the hauntings; and go face-to-face with the evil spirits who reportedly haunt these locations.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Documentary, History
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, serious, anthology, creepy, spooky, tense, realistic, odd
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Wonders of the Monsoon (2014)
Plot Summary:
The wildlife and cultures of southern Asia have been shaped by one of the greatest phenomena on Earth: the mighty monsoon winds that sweep across this vast region, turning drought into deluge. All life – human and animal – is dominated by this rampaging weather system. From the northern shores of Australia to the highest peaks of the Himalayas and the wind-blown deserts of northern India to the lush equatorial forests of Borneo, this series makes an exhilarating journey through the lands of the monsoon. Along the way, it offers a taste of the variety and colour of the different regions’ most extraordinary wildlife and cultures and the way they cope with the tumultuous weather. This is the story of a relationship between humans and nature that has grown across thousands of years – all living in the shadow of the monsoon.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: Documentary
Country:
Duration:
Plot tags: nature documentary, serious, captivating, realistic, stylized
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500 Nations (1995)
Plot Summary:
500 Nations is a documentary which explores the history of the indigenous peoples of North and Central America, from pre-Colombian times, through the period of European contact and colonization, to the end of the 19th century and the subjugation of the Plains Indians of North America. 500 Nations relies on historical texts, eyewitnesses accounts, pictorial sources and computer graphic reconstructions to explore the magnificent civilizations which flourished prior to contact with Western civilization, and to tell the dramatic and tragic story of the Native American nations' desperate attempts to retain their way of life against overwhelming odds.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 538
Genere: History
Country: USA
Duration: 374 min
Plot tags: informative, profound, thought provoking, serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing, contemplative
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Million Dollar American Princesses (2015)
Plot Summary:
Elizabeth McGovern (Downtown Abbey) takes an in-depth look at the young American heiresses whose real life stories inspired the acclaimed TV drama "Downton Abbey." This series takes you from the late 1800s, when daughters of America's new industrial millionaires marry into the money-strapped British aristocracy, to the 20th century, when a new kind of American Princess wields power not through wealth, but through character, style, and wit. Through the decades, these women bring dramatic change to the European aristocracy and eventually the world.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: History
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: serious, captivating, witty, factual
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Seven Deadly Sins (2008)
Plot Summary:
The series traces the history of the seven deadly sins, how they became part of religious doctrine, and looks at historical figures who have been the worst perpetrators of each. Each of the seven sins is explored, from their origins and nature, their opposing virtue, and their corresponding punishment.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 42
Genere: History
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, captivating, serious, realistic
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Toussaint Louverture (2012)
Plot Summary:
Toussaint opposes the Spanish army and joins the French troops. On Saint-Domingue he succeeds to push the English back. He proclames himself as the gouvernor of Saint-Domingue. To restore the economy he takes a bold descision. He calls for the workers to return to the plantages.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 108
Genere: History
Country: France
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: tense, thought provoking, captivating, historical drama
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Egypt's Unexplained Files (2019)
Plot Summary:
Experts dive deep into the secrets of Ancient Egypt, and use cutting-edge archaeological technology to reveal the hidden truths that could potentially answer questions that have befuddled Egyptologists for generations.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 71
Genere: History
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: enigmatic, captivating
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Secrets in the Ice (2020)
Plot Summary:
Mysterious frozen lakes filled with bones, mummified bodies hanging from inside a glacier, and a 30,000-year-old virus frozen in ice brought back to life in a laboratory. In an all new Science Channel series, SECRETS IN THE ICE, experts and scientists are exposing dark secrets, forgotten treasures and lost relics from some of the coldest places on Earth. Using state of the art archaeological technologies and cutting-edge CGI animation, SECRETS IN THE ICE spotlights the mysteries that have been locked away in icy tombs all over the world for centuries. At the base of a massive glacier in Southern Greenland, Danish archeologists have discovered the remains of an ancient stone hut. Was this site the home to a Viking seer practicing black magic? In Siberia, archeologists have excavated a mummy with fantastical tattoos against the many warnings of locals. Have they uncovered buried treasure, or unleashed an ancient curse?.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: History, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: thought provoking, serious, captivating, realistic
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How We Got Here (2015)
Plot Summary:
A series examining entrepreneurship and technological advances in the U.S.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 27
Genere: History
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, clever
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Six Wives with Lucy Worsley (2016)
Plot Summary:
In an ambitious and groundbreaking approach to drama and history featuring dramatic reconstruction, historian Lucy Worsley time travels back to the Tudor Court to witness some of the most dramatic moments in the lives of Henry VIII's six wives.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 719
Genere: Documentary, Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, costume drama, entertaining, semi documentary
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Henry VIII and His Six Wives (2016)
Plot Summary:
Henry VIII is the most infamous monarch in English history. Famously he married six times over his 36 year reign. The six queens were formidable individuals. Some were ambitious, some brave, some ruthless - and between them they shaped the man who began as a Renaissance prince, became a monster and ended a regretful old man. In turn they shaped England itself. Presented jointly Suzannah Lipscomb and Dan Jones, this is 4-Part series is an original and enlightening look at the real people at the centre of the action during one of the most turbulent, passionate and violent periods in English history.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 252
Genere: History
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, realistic, historical drama
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The Royal House of Windsor (2017)
Plot Summary:
Drawing on newly available evidence, this epic series explores the Windsor dynasty's gripping family saga, providing fresh insights into how our royal family have survived four generations of crisis.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Documentary, History
Country: UK
Duration: 296 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, captivating
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Rome: Rise and Fall of an Empire (2008)
Plot Summary:
A thirteen hour series which focuses on the Germanic, Britannic and other barbarian tribal wars with Rome which ultimately led to the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. This series is centered on the campaigns and battles with the barbarian tribes and extensive examinations of the reigns of little known Roman emperors and generals. The significance and structures of key barbarian tribes and the roles their leaders played are explored in detail. Territorial changes to the Roman Empire caused by unrelenting wars, plagues, mass starvation's and power struggles are presented in chronological historical context with extensive re-enactments. This series examines how the continuous wars with the barbarians and depletion of resources became a core cause of the Roman Empire's decline and eventual collapse.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 842
Genere: Documentary, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: epic, exciting, serious, captivating, realistic, educational, historical drama
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The Making of the Mob: New York (2015)
Plot Summary:
A docudrama series chronicling some of America's most notorious mobsters, each season dealing with a different city/region.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Documentary, Crime, History
Country: USA
Duration: 343 min
Plot tags: realistic, captivating, serious, tense, suspenseful, semi documentary
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The Red Tent (2014)
Plot Summary:
The Red Tent is a sweeping tale that takes place during the times of the Old Testament, told through the eyes of Dinah (Rebecca Ferguson), the daughter of Leah (Minnie Driver) and Jacob (Iain Glen). Dinah happily grows up inside the red tent where the women of her tribe gather and share the traditions and turmoil of ancient womanhood. The film recounts the story of Rachel (Morena Baccarin), Leah, Zilpah and Bilhah, the four wives of Jacob. Dinah matures and experiences an intense love that subsequently leads to devastating loss, and the fate of her family is forever changed. The all-star cast also includes Debra Winger and Will Tudor.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: captivating, emotional, stylized, political, spiritual, period piece, sentimental, serious, realistic, saga
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Sophia (2016)
Plot Summary:
In 15th Century Russia, the last Byzantium Princess, Sophia Palaiologina, moves from Rome to distant Moscow to marry Czar Ivan III. Destined to become the first influential female figure of the Russian Empire, Sophia overcomes court intrigue and betrayals, and helps Ivan consolidate the fragmented country, push Mongolian invaders out, and build the Kremlin, the most magnificent symbol of Russia.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 505
Genere: History
Country: Russia
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, stylized, atmospheric, epic
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Lenin: Revolution Chronicles (2017)
Plot Summary:
The events unfold in 1915-1917. Marxist theoretician and publicist Alexander Parvus, who fled to Germany from a Russian exile, during the First World War has been successfully negotiating with German Foreign Minister Gottlieb von Jagow. As a result of negotiations, the German government allocates money to Parvus personally for organizing a revolution in the belligerent Russian empire. On the funds received Parvus finances and remotely stimulates protest actions of the popular masses in St. Petersburg, which leads to the abdication of the power of Emperor Nicholas II and the overthrow of the monarchy in the Russian Empire. Then Parvus organizes the return to Russia of the emigration of the leader of the Bolsheviks, Vladimir Lenin, with a group of his associates. Parvus' actions are being resisted by the head of the Russian imperial counterintelligence, Prince Vasily Turkestanov, and counterintelligence officer Alexei Mezentsev.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 181
Genere: History
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, realistic
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Zero Hour (2013)
Plot Summary:
As the publisher of Modern Skeptic Magazine, Hank Galliston has spent his career following clues, debunking myths and cracking conspiracies. But when his beautiful wife, Laila, is abducted from her antique clock shop, Hank gets pulled into one of the most compelling mysteries in human history, stretching around the world and back centuries.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, mind bending, captivating
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Presidents at War (2019)
Plot Summary:
Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. This is the story of how their war experiences change them, how they emerge from conflict as leaders and how the crucible of war shapes the decisions they make when they reach the White House.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: History
Country: Canada
Duration:
Plot tags: thought provoking, serious, captivating, realistic
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The World Wars (2014)
Plot Summary:
The World Wars tells the story of three decades of war told through the eyes of various men who were its key players: Roosevelt, Hitler, Patton, Mussolini, Churchill, Tojo, DeGaulle and MacArthur. The documentary examines the two wars as one contiguous timeline starting in 1914 and concluding in 1945 with these unique individuals coming of age in World War I before ultimately calling the shots in World War II.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Documentary, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 270 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing
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Man, Moment, Machine (2005)
Plot Summary:
Man, Moment, Machine was a television series which aired on The History Channel and was hosted by Hunter Ellis. It documented an important event in history and went into detail about, as the title suggests, the man and his background, the machine and how it was made, and the outcome.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Biography, History
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: light, thought provoking, captivating, entertaining
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37 Days (2014)
Plot Summary:
The story of what happened in the few weeks immediately preceding World War I.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: History
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: political thriller, realistic, serious, captivating, period piece, period drama
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Show Me a Hero (2015)
Plot Summary:
Mayor Nick Wasicsko took office in 1987 during Yonkers' worst crisis when federal courts ordered public housing built in the white, middle class side of town, dividing the city in a bitter battle fueled by fear, racism, murder and politics.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 358 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, rough, thought provoking, captivating, political, realistic, social, saga, clever
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The Antagonists (1981)
Plot Summary:
After the destruction of the Second Temple, 900 Jewish zealots hold out against a 5000 man Roman legion on the mountaintop fortress of Masada.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 394 min
Plot tags: captivating, exciting, tense, serious, biblical, political thriller, mythical, realistic, epic
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Barbarians Rising (2016)
Plot Summary:
Told from the perspective of the rebel leaders, the series chronicles a wave of rebellions against absolute power by those the Roman Empire called “barbarians” – tribes they viewed as beyond the fringe of civilization that lived a brutish and violent existence. But these also were men and women who launched epic struggles that shaped the world to come with a centuries-long fight to defeat the sprawling empire.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Documentary, Action, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, semi documentary
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Tut (2015)
Plot Summary:
Explores the drama of power, political back-stabbing, war and murder and chronicles King Tut's rise to glory, his efforts to rule a chaotic empire and the enigma surrounding his death.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, stylized, historical drama, tense, thought provoking, erotic, sexy, political
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Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (2006)
Plot Summary:
Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire is a 2006 BBC One docudrama series, with each episode looking at a different key turning point in the history of the Roman Empire.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Documentary, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min
Plot tags: captivating, epic, realistic, serious, historical drama, educational, mythical, period drama