Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Documentary > History: 218 Films to Rent on DVD
- Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary (2001)
- Dir. Othmar Schmiderer, Andre Heller
- The astonishing true story of Hitler's private secretary, Traudl Junge, who at the age of 80 comes to terms with working alongside unspeakable evil…
- Evolution (TV Series) (2001)
- Thorough and rigorous seven–part PBS series extols – and not without wading into the science vs. religion debate – the virtues of Charles…
- Jazz (2001)
- Dir. Ken Burns
- Sprawling and absorbing documentary series from the maker of THE CIVIL WAR, charting the rising star of jazz during the 20th century, with an…
- Celtic Britain (TV Series) (2000)
- Visually splendid three–part series that examines the history of the Celtic lands of Britain, using a mixture of dramatisation and sweeping…
- Howard Goodall's Big Bangs (TV Series) (2000)
- Feat. Howard Goodall
- Presented by affable Brit maestro, Howard Goodall (whose own notable works include the theme tunes to Blackadder and Mr. Bean), this enlightening,…
- Our People Our Century (2000)
- Major, award–winning series tells the story of New Zealand and its people throughout the 20th century. Six episodes across three…
- Paragraph 175 (2000)
- Dir. Robert Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
- An uneasy delve into past atrocities, this bitter–tasting but necessary document of Nazi war crimes goes beyond the oft–told persecution…
- Faith Of The Century - A History Of Communism (1999)
- Using fascinating, never–before–seen footage from the national archives of many countries including Russia and France, this documentary…
- Federation (1999)
- Well–written doco that brings to life the events, personalities and experiences that lead up to the federation of the Australian colonies in…
- New York: A Documentary Film (1999-2003)
- Dir. Ric Burns
- Grand and compelling PBS portrait of New York City in the vein of Ken Burns's fulsome documentaries (incidentally, directed by younger brother Ric)…