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History Documentaries in 2026 · page 43

1,571 documentaries · ordered 27 October 2026 · How we order lists

Newest first: the year each film was released, from the open film record (Wikidata), then the order the list has always had. Every film’s page names its source.

1. No. 105119971 h 15 min

   Gerrie & Louise

   by Sturla Gunnarsson · Canada · English
2. No. 105219971 h 40 min

   Grüningers Fall

   by Richard Dindo · Switzerland · German

   Paul Grüninger
3. No. 105319971 h 46 min

   Level Five

   by Chris Marker · France · French
4. No. 105419974 h

   Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery

   by Ken Burns · United States · English

   Lewis and Clark ExpeditionWilliam Clark
5. No. 105519971 h 15 min

   Made in Hong Kong (1997)

   by Luc Schaedler · Switzerland · English

   British Hong Kong1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
6. No. 105619972 h

   The Long Way Home

   by Mark Jonathan Harris · United States · English

   war
7. No. 10571997

   The Wall That Heals

   Director not on record · United States · Canada · English

   warVietnam War
8. No. 10581997

   The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin

   by Larry Weinstein · Canada
9. No. 10591997

   They Came for Good

   by Amram Eli Nowak · United States · English

   immigration to the United States
10. No. 106019973 h

    Thomas Jefferson

    by Ken Burns · United States · English
11. No. 106119971 h 35 min

    Tupamaros

    by Rainer Hoffmann · Switzerland · Germany · Spanish

    Tupamaros
12. No. 106219971 h 35 min

    Vivir la Utopia

    by Juan A. Gamero · Spain · Spanish

    warSpanish Revolution
13. No. 10631996

    Glitterbug

    by Derek Jarman · United Kingdom · English

    history
14. No. 106419961 h 30 min

    John Henrik Clarke: A Great and Mighty Walk

    by St. Clair Bourne · United States · English

    history
15. No. 106519961 h 48 min

    La conquête du grand écran

    by André Gladu · Canada · French

    history
16. No. 106619961 h

    Tender Fictions

    by Barbara Hammer · United States · English

    history
17. No. 106719961 h 26 min

    The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story

    by Susan Warms Dryfoos · United States · English

    history
18. No. 106819961 h 55 min

    All Power to the People

    by Lee Lew Lee · United States · English
19. No. 10691996

    America's Music: The Roots of Country

    by Tom Neff · United States · English
20. No. 107019961 h 12 min

    Fire on the Mountain

    by Beth Gage · United States · English
21. No. 107119961 h 26 min

    The Great Irish Famine

    Director not on record · English

    Great Irish Famine
22. No. 107219963 h

    Triumph of the Nerds

    Director not on record · United States · United Kingdom · English
23. No. 10731996

    Utshimassits: Place of the Boss

    by John Walker · Canada · English
24. No. 107419961 h 25 min

    When We Were Kings

    by Leon Gast · United States · English

    Watch freesportboxing
25. No. 107519951 h 29 min

    Bak din rygg

    by Aslaug Holm · Norway · Norwegian

    historywar

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