Subgenre Sampler
History: 397 Films to Buy & Rent
- Peoples Century (TV Series) (1997)
- Dir. Various
- Indispensible BBC TV series covering 20th century history told via the accounts of ordinary people, gives a vivid and sobering taste of world events.…
- Thomas Jefferson (1997)
- Dir. Ken Burns
Feat. Sam Waterston, Blythe Danner, Ossie Davis…
- Burns "paints an enigmatic portrait of self–contradiction" in this comprehensive and reverential documentary of America's third President,…
- Rhodes (TV Mini-series) (1996)
- Dir. David Drury
Feat. Martin Shaw, Frances Barber, Joe Shaw
- Lengthy but worth–it biopic telling the story of Cecil Rhodes, the 19th–Century businessman who was sent to Africa to die, but came back…
- Russia - The Missing Years (1996)
- A glance at the disturbing facts of the Eastern Front conflict of 1942–43 that resulted in Russian glory at a cost of three million lives.…
- West, The (TV Series) (1996)
- Dir. Stephen Ives
- Steered by a protégé of documentary–guru Ken Burns (JAZZ), this epic TV–study of the conquest and reshaping of the American West shares…
- Churchills, The (1995)
- Dir. Greg Lanning
- Composed primarily of archival footage, this profiles Winston Churchill and the role his family played during his time as the nation's leader.…
- Crusades, The (TV Series) (1995)
- Dir. Alan Ereira, David Wallace
Feat. Terry Jones
- The gruesome history of the crusades is covered here in great detail in this BBC production, from the political background to the harsh daily life of…
- Lost Civilizations (TV Series) (1995)
- Historical series covering nearly 7000 years of history over 25 countries. Brought to life with spfx technology and recreated historically accurate…
- Trinity and Beyond (1995)
- Dir. Peter Kuran
Feat. William Shatner
- Solid presentation of the history of the US atomic weapons programme, including interviews and much recently de–classified footage. Narrated by…
- Baseball (1994-2010)
- Dir. Ken Burns
- Ken Burns's celebrated documentary transcends its sporting appearance to deliver an elegant and engrossing social history through baseball over 150…