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The Seventies
2015 • Documentary
A documentary series focusing on the ongoing Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal, evolving music industry, the Iran Hostage Crisis, the sexual revolution, and the rise of foreign…
Why matched: genres Documentary
Fail Safe
2000 • Drama • Thriller • TV Movie
Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
The Sixties
2014 • Documentary
The space race, the cold war, "free love," civil rights and more: The decade of the 1960s shaped our history -- and changed the world. In collaboration with Tom Hanks, Gary Goet…
Why matched: genres Documentary
Apollo 11
2019 • Drama • History • Documentary
A look at the Apollo 11 mission to land on the moon led by commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin.
Why matched: genres Drama, History
Apollo 13: Survival
2024 • History • Documentary
Using original footage and interviews, this documentary tells the nail-biting story of Apollo 13 and the struggle to bring its astronauts safely home.
Why matched: genres History, Documentary
Apollo: Missions to the Moon
2019 • History • Documentary
National Geographic's riveting effort recounts all 12 crewed missions using only archival footage, photos and audio.
Why matched: genres History, Documentary
Studio 54
2018 • Documentary
Studio 54 was the epicenter of 70s hedonism - a place that not only redefined the nightclub, but also came to symbolize an entire era. Its co-owners, Ian Schrager and Steve Rube…
Why matched: genres Documentary
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
2021 • Documentary
A cheap, powerful drug emerges during a recession, igniting a moral panic fueled by racism. Explore the complex history of crack in the 1980s.
Why matched: genres Documentary
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004 • Documentary
From the earliest versions of the script to the blockbuster debuts, explore the creation of the Star Wars Trilogy.
Why matched: genres Documentary
The Martha Mitchell Effect
2022 • Crime • History • Documentary
She was once as famous as Jackie O—and then she tried to take down a President. Martha Mitchell was the unlikeliest of whistleblowers: a Republican wife who was discredited by N…
Why matched: genres Crime, History
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021 • Music • History • Documentary
During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and uni…
Why matched: genres Music, History
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
2017 • Drama • Thriller • History
The story of Mark Felt, who under the name "Deep Throat" helped journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the Watergate scandal in 1974.
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
2006 • Documentary
A documentary on the life of John Lennon, with a focus on the time in his life when he transformed from a musician into an antiwar activist.
Why matched: genres Documentary
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
2012 • History • Documentary
The story of how, in 1970, the social activism of young UCLA philosophy professor Angela Davis led her to become involved in a failed kidnapping attempt that ended in a shootout…
Why matched: genres History, Documentary
Reversing Roe
2018 • Documentary
Documentary that delves deep into the history of abortion law, revealing the contradictory ways in which women's bodies have been used to further political and ideological agendas.
Why matched: genres Documentary
Milk
2008 • Drama • History
The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and ins…
Why matched: genres Drama, History
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
2019 • Mystery • Adventure • Horror
Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, Halloween night, 1968. After playing a joke on a school bully, Stella and her friends decide to sneak into a supposedly haunted house that once belong…
Why matched: genres Mystery, Adventure
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019 • Music • History • Documentary
An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991).
Why matched: genres Music, History
4 Little Girls
1997 • TV Movie • Documentary
On September 15, 1963, a bomb destroyed a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls who were there for Sunday school. It was a crime that shocked the nation-…
Why matched: genres TV Movie, Documentary
Network
1976 • Drama
When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he announces to viewers that he will kill himself during his farewell broadcast. Net…
Why matched: genres Drama