Best historical documentaries - Charts
Best historical documentaries
1. Night and Fog (1956)
France, Documentary / Short
Directed by: Alain Resnais
Cast: Michel Bouquet, Reinhard Heydrich
2. Holocausto - Los Campos de Concentración Al Descubierto (2006)
Italy, Documentary / Historical
Cast: Adolf Hitler
3. They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)
UK / New Zealand, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Peter Jackson
4. Shoah (1985)
France, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Claude Lanzmann
Cast: Claude Lanzmann, Richard Glazar
5. Bitva o Ostravsko 1945 (2019)
Czech Republic, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Jaroslav Korytář
6. Munich 1938 (1968)
Czechoslovakia, Documentary / Short
Directed by: Karol Wild
Cast: Adolf Hitler, Neville Chamberlain
7. When You're Strange (2009)
USA, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Tom DiCillo
Cast: Johnny Depp, John Densmore
8. Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie (1995)
USA, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Peter Kuran
9. Waltz with Bashir (2008)
Israel / France, Animation / Documentary
Directed by: Ari Folman
Cast: Ari Folman, אורי סיון
10. Hitler, a Career (1977)
West Germany, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Joachim Fest, Christian Herrendoerfer
Cast: Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring
12. The Salt of the Earth (2014)
France / Italy, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
13. The Last Days (1998)
USA, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: James Moll
Cast: Adolf Hitler, Hans Frank
14. Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010)
USA, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Mac Carter
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Neil Gaiman
15. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003)
Canada / UK, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Kenneth Bowser
Cast: Tony Bill, Peter Bogdanovich
16. Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006)
USA, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Stanley Nelson
Cast: Fidel Castro
17. This Ain't California (2012)
Germany, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Marten Persiel
Cast: Erich Honecker, Bill Clinton
18. Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present (2012)
USA, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Matthew Akers
Cast: David Blaine, James Franco
19. Nicky's Family (2011)
Slovakia / Czech Republic, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Matej Mináč
Cast: Nicholas Winton, Jana Kepková
20. The Act of Killing (2012)
Denmark / Norway, Documentary / Crime
Directed by: Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn
21. The Long Road to War (2018)
Serbia, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Miloš Škundrić
Cast: Lothar Hobelt, Dominic Lieven
22. For All Mankind (1989)
USA, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Al Reinert
Cast: Jim Lovell, Russell Schweickart
23. The Reich Underground (2004)
Germany, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Michael Kloft
Cast: Adolf Hitler
24. A Life of Speed: The Juan Manuel Fangio Story (2020)
Argentina, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Francisco Macri
25. Za svobodné Brno (2016)
Czech Republic, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Pavel Jirásek
Cast: Pavel Doucek, Adolf Hitler
26. Ozvěny lidické noci (2011)
Czech Republic, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Pavel Dražan
Cast: Stanislav Motl, Zdeněk Mahler
27. The Liberation of Auschwitz (1985)
West Germany, Documentary / Historical
28. The Goebbels Experiment (2005)
Germany / UK, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Lutz Hachmeister
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Udo Samel
29. Hype! (1996)
USA, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Doug Pray
Cast: Calvin Johnson, Eddie Vedder
30. Fechtbuch: The Real Swordfighting behind Kingdom Come (2019)
Czech Republic, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Petr Špetla, Denisa Špetlová
Cast: Peter Koza, Robert Waschka
31. Ark of Lights and Shadows (2018)
Czech Republic, Documentary / Adventure
Directed by: Jan E. Svatoš
Cast: Martin E. Johnson, Osa Johnson
32. Operation Valkyríe (2009)
UK, Documentary / Historical
33. The Atomic Cafe (1982)
USA, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Kevin Rafferty, Jayne Loader
Cast: Lyndon B. Johnson, Harry S. Truman
34. A Film Unfinished (2010)
Germany / Israel, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Yael Hersonski
Cast: Rüdiger Vogler, Alexander Beyer
36. When We Were Kings (1996)
USA, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Leon Gast
Cast: Muhammad Ali, Don King
37. The Redeem Team (2022)
USA, Documentary / Sports
Directed by: Jon Weinbach
Cast: LeBron James, Chris Paul
38. The Hitler Chronicles (2017)
Germany, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Hermann Pölking
Cast: Adolf Hitler
39. Bílá hora: Kronika povstání (2022)
Czech Republic, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Josef Kotalík
Cast: Viktor Preiss, Pavel Rímský
41. Nanking (2007)
USA, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Bill Guttentag, Dan Sturman
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Stephen Dorff
42. The Bloody Hundredth (2024)
USA, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Laurent Bouzereau, Mark Herzog
Cast: Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg
44. Rise and Fall of Versailles: Louis XIV (2008)
France, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Thierry Binisti
Cast: Samuel Theis, Eric Franquelin
45. Tank Battles (2002)
UK, Documentary / War
47. Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion (2002)
USA, Documentary / Historical
Cast: Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon
48. Trenches: Battleground WWI (2006)
USA, Documentary / War
49. Deep Water (2006)
UK, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Jerry Rothwell, Louise Osmond
Cast: Tilda Swinton, Simon Russell Beale
50. 1914-1918, The War of All The French (2018)
France, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Cédric Condon
51. The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl (1993)
Belgium / France, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Ray Müller
Cast: Ray Müller, Leni Riefenstahl
52. How the Beatles Changed the World (2017)
USA / UK, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Tom O'Dell
Cast: George Harrison, John Lennon
53. Korene budúcnosti (1995)
Slovakia / Italy, Documentary / Biography
Cast: Vladimír Štefuca, Alexander Dubček
54. The Singing Revolution (2007)
USA / Estonia, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: James Tusty, Maureen Castle Tusty
Cast: Linda Hunt, Lennart Meri
55. The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu (2010)
Romania / Germany, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Andrei Ujică
Cast: Nicolae Ceauşescu, Elena Ceauşescu
56. In Search of the Orient-Express (2018)
France, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Louis-Pascal Couvelaire
57. Confusion (1990)
Czechoslovakia, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Evald Schorm, Ivan Vojnár
60. Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup (2009)
USA, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Dylan Avery
Cast: Daniel Sunjata, Osama bin Laden
61. Spitfire Sisters (2010)
UK, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Tristan Loraine, Sandra Skibsted
Cast: Lauren Maddox
62. Lenin, Another Story of the Russian Revolution (2015)
France, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Cédric Tourbe
63. The Lost JFK Tapes: The Assassination (2009)
USA, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Tom Jennings
64. The Unfinished Journey (1999)
USA, Documentary / Short
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Bill Clinton, Sam Waterston
65. Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)
USA, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Thom Andersen
Cast: Encke King
66. 9/11: Explosive Evidence - Experts Speak Out (2012)
USA, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Richard Gage
67. Watergate (2018)
USA, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Charles Ferguson
Cast: Douglas Hodge, Russell Bentley
68. Secrets of the First Emperor (2006)
Germany, Documentary / Historical
69. Czechoslovakia 1918-1968 (1969)
Spain / USA, Documentary / Short
Directed by: Denis Sanders, Robert M. Fresco
71. Who Killed the Neanderthal? (2018)
France, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Thomas Cirotteau
73. Höllenfahrten: Titanic der Lüfte - Die letzte Fahrt der Hindenburg (1999)
Germany, Documentary / Historical
74. Swastika (1974)
UK, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Philippe Mora
Cast: Adolf Hitler, Eva Braun
76. Dear Uncle Hitler (2010)
Germany, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Michael Kloft
Cast: Adolf Hitler
77. Re:Generation (2011)
USA, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Amir Bar-Lev
Cast: Skrillex, Robby Krieger
78. Opus pro Smrtihlava (1984)
Czechoslovakia, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Karel Majda Maršálek
Cast: Richard Honzovič, Luděk Munzar
79. Born for the Sabre (2019)
Poland, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Pawel Delag
Cast: Pawel Delag, Wiktor Osiński
80. Blitzed! (2020)
UK, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Bruce Ashley
Cast: Boy George, Midge Ure
81. Kill Hitler! The luck of the devil (2015)
France, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Frédéric Tonolli
Cast: Jochen Hägele
82. Rewind This! (2013)
USA, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Josh Johnson
Cast: Atom Egoyan, Jason Eisener
83. Němci proti Hitlerovi - Krvavý podzim 1938 (2017)
Czech Republic, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Pavel Dražan
Cast: Vladislav Jindra, Luděk Štipl
84. The Weight of Chains (2010)
Canada / Croatia, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Борис Малагурски
Cast: Branislav Lecic, Борис Малагурски
86. Hindenburg (2000)
Documentary / Historical
88. Why We Ride (2013)
USA, Documentary / Family
Directed by: Bryan H. Carroll
Cast: Dani Pedrosa, Valentino Rossi
89. Last Days in Vietnam (2014)
USA, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Rory Kennedy
Cast: Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger
92. When the Lion Roars (2022)
Czech Republic, Documentary / Adventure
Directed by: Jan E. Svatoš
Cast: František Němec, Igor Bareš
95. Forced March (2018)
UK, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Duncan Napier-Bell
Cast: Steven Berkoff
96. Free China: The Courage to Believe (2011)
USA, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Michael Perlman
98. The Latest Secrets of Hieroglyphs (2022)
France, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Patrick Cabouat
Cast: Marc Arnaud, Salima Ikram
99. Rise and Fall of Versailles : Louis XVI (2011)
France, Documentary / Biography
100. The Saturn V Story (2014)
UK, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Elliot Weaver, Zander Weaver
Cast: Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong