1. Film Emigration from Nazi Germany (Filmemigration aus Nazideutschland)
Based on extensive interviews, shot on 16mm in a series of static long takes, Filmemigration aus Nazideutschland, is one of the most fascinating examples of "Film history on film" ever produced. Straschek devoted years to researching the topic and accumulating both film and non-film materials. Apart from some radio features and articles, however, this 290-minute TV programme remains the only published trace of Straschek's lifelong work on the emigration of film personnel. He had intended to publish a three-volume book, encompassing all available data about 3,000 emigrants originating from the centre and peripheries of film production, but the book never materialised.
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
2. Hitler: Uncovering His Fatal Obsession
After a terrible winter, 1942 starts badly for Stalin due to a ruthless Nazi campaign that leaves millions of Soviets captive and without food.
3. Hornblower
Set during the 18th century Napoleonic Wars, Horatio Hornblower, a young and shy midshipman, rises through the ranks to become an admiral.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
4. VATICAN SECRET FILES EXPOSED: THE POPE AND THE DEVIL (VATICAN SECRET FILES EXPOSED: THE POPE AND THE DEVIL)
(VATICAN SECRET FILES EXPOSED: THE POPE AND THE DEVIL)
5. Mothers, Murderers and Mistresses: Empresses of Ancient Rome
Professor Catharine Edwards explores the dramatic story of the women who tasted power in the Roman Empire.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
6. Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man (Perlasca - Un eroe italiano)
The true story of Giorgio Perlasca, an Italian cattle dealer and avowed fascist who — trapped in Nazi-occupied Budapest after Italy's armistice with the Allies — nevertheless saved more than 5,000 Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust through a combination of lies, bribery and derring-do.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
7. Paranormal Frequency
Paranormal Frequency investigates the paranormal in all its forms. Celebrity guests will join lead investigators Draven DeSpain and Dwight Turner in never-before-seen paranormal experiments. Expect the Unexpected.
8. America From The Ground Up
America from the Ground Up was filmed on location at archaeological and historical sites throughout the U.S. and Canada. Join us in the search for clues to America's hidden history: from exploring the ruins of America's lost civilizations, to the settlement of the North American continent in the 19th Century.
9. How to Be Bohemian with Victoria Coren Mitchell
An exploration of the history of bohemians - weird and wonderful artists and writers who have chosen to defy convention, from radical romantics to sandal-wearing vegetarians and sexual-experimenters.
10. Snow Leopard (雪豹)
The story of Zhou Wen, a graduate of Whampoa Military Academy for rich kids. After being sentenced to death for murder, he was able to escape. Changing his name to Zhou Wei Guo and joining the military, he went on to create the special operations task force known as “Snow Leopard” to fight off the Japanese during WWII.
It has an average vote of 7.333 on TMDB.
11. Tenko
Based on real-life experiences, Tenko remains one of the most fondly remembered and acclaimed BBC dramas of the early 1980s. It follows a group of women, formerly comfortably well-off ex-pats living in Singapore, as they are captured by the Japanese during World War II.
It has an average vote of 7.95 on TMDB.
12. Fairy garden (Tündérkert)
Gábor Báthory was the ruler of Principality of Transylvania from 1608 to 1613. The infamous Elisabeth Báthory was his relative. The young Báthory is daring handsome and the idol of women, and triumphantly acquires the throne of Transylvania. The young ruler is the hope of the Transylvanian people, who have long suffered from wars. However, the ambitious Báthory pursues glory. He turns into a deranged tyrant, his best friend, the wise Gábor Bethlen, also becomes his mortal enemy and infuriates the neighboring great powers. Huge armies of the Ottomans, Wallachians, Poles, Hungarians and Cossacks attack Transylvania because of Báthory's adventurism.
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
13. Naši synovia (Naši synovia)
(Naši synovia)
14. Hell on Earth
(Hell on Earth)
15. Pioneers in Aviation
EMMY-nominated PBS documentary covering the history of American aviation, from the Wright Brothers to the very frontiers of space.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
16. Russia 1985-1999: TraumaZone
What it felt like to live through the collapse of communism and democracy. A series of films by Adam Curtis.
It has an average vote of 9.1 on TMDB.
17. Escape
Escape is an American anthology series that aired on the NBC network from February 11 to April 1, 1973. The show was a production of Jack Webb's Mark VII Limited for Universal Television. It aired on Sunday evenings at 10 p.m. Eastern, following the NBC Mystery Movie.
18. NHK Special (NHKスペシャル)
An NHK flagship program, centered around a diverse range of documentaries, delves into the dynamic shifts of society, politics and history, as well as the breathtaking wonders of the natural world.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
19. Brána k domovu (Brána k domovu)
(Brána k domovu)
20. The Australian Wars
There are more than ten thousand monuments across the country that honour the war dead . But what of the bloody battles fought on our home soil, in our longest-running war that established the Australian nation?
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.