Fact & Fascination: Must-Watch Documentaries & Non-Fiction Series
Take a journey through time and space with this handpicked selection of documentaries and TV series. From groundbreaking discoveries in science to the hidden tales of history, these shows will ignite your curiosity and leave you in awe of the remarkable stories that shaped our world.
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- DirectorLisa CortesDiego Hurtado de MendozaStarsNichelle NicholsWalter CronkiteMae C. JemisonExplores the experiences of the first Black astronauts through decades of archive film and interviews in a reflective illumination on the burden of breaking barriers.
- DirectorBrian IglesiasAfter 60 years of silence, the survivors of the Chosin Reservoir Campaign of the Korean War take us on an emotional and heart-pounding journey through one of the most savage battles in American history.
- StarsJulian BarrattDan NachtrabDerek AlexanderUsing the very latest in drone and aerial photographic technology, tour across countries and their seasons, getting a unique view from above.
- StarsMary SarotteGarrett GraffRobert GatesThe series chronicles the creation of the atomic bomb and the spread of nuclear arms over the following decades. It continues past the dissolution of the Soviet Union to Vladimir Putin's ascent and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- CreatorAaron SaidmanStarsSeth ZielickeDavid IbrahimDan WatsonExplore the true stories of America's covert operations told firsthand by the agents who lived them, while getting unprecedented access to the riveting and secret world of espionage.
- StarsJohn BoyegaGerhard DenglerGeorge MussbachThrough vividly enhanced archival footage and voices from all sides of the conflict, this docuseries brings WWII to life like never before.
- StarsYoram SheftelMichael ShakedEli RosenbaumA Cleveland grandfather is brought to trial in Israel, accused of being the infamous German death camp guard known as Ivan the Terrible.
- DirectorDag FreyerStarsColin PowellJohn LewisLonnie BunchIn World War II. African-American GIs liberate Germany from Nazi rule while racism prevailed in their own army and home country. Returning home they continue fighting for their own rights in the civil rights movement.
- DirectorRory KennedyStarsRichard NixonHenry KissingerStuart HerringtonDuring the final days of the Vietnam War, North Vietnamese forces closed in on Saigon as South Vietnamese resistance crumbled. An unlikely group of heroes emerged as Americans and South Vietnamese took matters into their own hands.
- StarsWill LymanSarah ChildressPriyanka BoghaniFRONTLINE is investigative journalism that questions, explains and changes our world and American television's top long-form news and current affairs series since 1983
- Expert analysis recreates real-world disasters in 3D graphics to uncover hidden causes like paperwork errors, bad glue jobs, or changed restaurant hours. "Disaster Autopsy" dissects disasters, peeling back layers and freezing time.
- StarsRobin OldsMichael HankinsEd RasimusDuring the Vietnam War, US Air Force pilots who flew 100 combat missions could go home. The tension built relentlessly as they survived each sortie. This is the story of the survivors and the fallen.
- DirectorSam HobkinsonStarsMisha DefonsecaKaren SchulmanJane DanielMisha and the Wolves is the dramatic tale of a woman whose holocaust memoir took the world by storm, but a fallout with her publisher - who turned detective - revealed an audacious deception created to hide a darker truth.
- StarsDylan BerryPete KingDusan KisThe war on terror is everywhere and anywhere. In this series, we learn about the deadly terrorist attacks that almost happened or were not as deadly as planned. Each episodes explores a recently declassified terrorist scheme intended to cause mass casualties.
- StarsDavid AttenboroughJohn BrownBarrie BrittonA nature documentary series on five vulnerable or endangered species known to form enduring populations: chimpanzee, emperor penguin, lion, tiger and African wild dog.
- StarsJérôme ValckeDavid ConnKen BensingerFrom power struggles to global politics, an exploration of FIFA reveals the organization's checkered history and what it takes to host a World Cup.
- StarsRobert ClotworthyColin PowellDavid PetraeusFrom Sumter to Appomattox, get the full story of the War Between the States.
- CreatorChristine ConnorStarsMarc A. HermannMichelle McNamaraJohn MirabellaA look back at famous cases from the past.
- StarsBenita Alexander-NoelLarry MihlonAndrew McPhersonJust because a case is closed doesn't mean the truth has been revealed. Suicide or murder? Runaway or kidnapping? Accidental or premeditated? Each episode of STILL A MYSTERY re-examines a single crime case where unanswered questions still remain. Through original interviews with law enforcement, family members and private investigators, news footage and social media, STILL A MYSTERY dissects the evidence and presents new theories in a quest to uncover the truth.
- StarsBob PageThe story of Columbia's final mission is told in dramatic detail, beginning months before the troubled launch, unfolding across the 16 days in orbit, and concluding with the investigation into the tragic loss of the seven astronauts.
- StarsAlex SchnellPaul RuddOctopuses are like aliens on Earth: three hearts, blue blood and the ability to squeeze through a space the size of their eyeballs, but the secrets of the octopus are more extraordinary than we ever imagined.
- DirectorDavid Korn-BrzozaStarsWill JohnsonVincent LindonGeorgi ZhukovWhat happened in France just after WWII, between 1945 and 1949? An interesting historic documentary looks at the fate of male and female (presumed) collaborators with the Nazis, the use of the POW in the reconstruction of the plundered and devastated country.