History Documentaries in 2026
From lives and ideas to art and social change, history documentaries offer many ways into the past. Explore entries tagged with the history subject, then filter or sort the catalogue to follow the questions, periods, or people that interest you. It is ordered by year, newest first, so the opening titles include Always Lalisa, Chopin, a Sonata in Paris, and Doing Good. You’ll also find In Tania's Head, KŪKAI, Kuzma: Extremely Happy, Noga, and Steal This Story, Please! Compare titles by their subjects and years, or use the available filters to shape a route through the wider collection.
443 on record. Sorted by year; every figure comes from Wikidata (CC0), with the page it was read from on each entry.
- 1
Always Lalisa
2026 · Sue Kim- Year
- 2026
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Director
- Sue Kim
- 2
Chopin, a Sonata in Paris
2026 · Michał Kwieciński- Year
- 2026
- Runtime
- 133 min
- Director
- Michał Kwieciński
- 3
Doing Good
2026- Year
- 2026
- Runtime
- 99 min
- 4
In Tania's Head
2026 · Kike Maíllo- Year
- 2026
- Director
- Kike Maíllo
- 5
KŪKAI
2026- Year
- 2026
- 6
Kuzma: Extremely Happy
2026 · Artem Hryhorian- Year
- 2026
- Director
- Artem Hryhorian
- 7
Noga
2026- Year
- 2026
- Runtime
- 96 min
- 8
Steal This Story, Please!
2026 · Carl Deal- Year
- 2026
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Director
- Carl Deal, Tia Lessin
- 9
Chopin, a Sonata in Paris
2025 · Michał Kwieciński- Year
- 2025
- Runtime
- 133 min
- Director
- Michał Kwieciński
- 10
Ernest Cole: Lost and Found
2025 · Raoul Peck- Year
- 2025
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Director
- Raoul Peck
- 11
Ich will alles. Hildegard Knef
2025 · Luzia Schmid- Year
- 2025
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Director
- Luzia Schmid
- 12
Okean Elzy: Stormwatch
2025 · Artem Hryhorian- Year
- 2025
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Director
- Artem Hryhorian
- 13
The Best of BandLab
2025 · Kuok Meng Ru- Year
- 2025
- Runtime
- 45 min
- Director
- Kuok Meng Ru
- 14
The Helsinki Effect
2025 · Arthur Franck- Year
- 2025
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Director
- Arthur Franck
-
- Year
- 2025
- 16
When You're Strange
2025 · Tom DiCillo- Year
- 2025
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Director
- Tom DiCillo
- 17
A Family
2024 · Christine Angot- Year
- 2024
- Runtime
- 81 min
- Director
- Christine Angot
- 18
A Man with a Red Bag
2024 · Majid Rastegar- Year
- 2024
- Runtime
- 70 min
- Director
- Majid Rastegar
-
- Year
- 2024
- 20
Black Codes
2024 · Majid Rastegar- Year
- 2024
- Runtime
- 67 min
- Director
- Majid Rastegar
- 21
Buñuel, un cineasta surrealista
2024 · Javier Espada- Year
- 2024
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Director
- Javier Espada
- 22
Ernest Cole: Lost and Found
2024 · Raoul Peck- Year
- 2024
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Director
- Raoul Peck
- 23
Ghosts of the Sea
2024 · Virginia Tangvald- Year
- 2024
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Director
- Virginia Tangvald
- 24
Goya: Visions of Flesh and Blood
2024 · David Bickerstaff- Year
- 2024
- Director
- David Bickerstaff
- 25
Hai, România!
2024 · Claudiu Mitcu- Year
- 2024
- Director
- Claudiu Mitcu
Photo credits (7)
Chopin, a Sonata in Paris: Louis-Auguste Bisson, Public domain · KŪKAI: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain · Chopin, a Sonata in Paris: Louis-Auguste Bisson, Public domain · Baghdad’s Darkest Hour: The Mongol Invasion: Sayf al-vâhidî et al., Public domain · Buñuel, un cineasta surrealista: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Ghosts of the Sea: Callilope, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Goya: Visions of Flesh and Blood: Vicente López Portaña, Public domain. Photos from Wikimedia Commons; DocumentaryTube links each to its file page.