Top Rated History Movies on YouTube - Page 76

Bury My Heart with Tonawanda

2013

Bury My Heart with Tonawanda

2013
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A historical film about the Seneca culture featuring the Tonawanda Indian Reservation, Bury My Heart with Tonawanda tells the story of a developmentally disabled boy with Downs Syndrome who is rejected by his own family but is accepted and nurtured by the Tonawanda Seneca Nation.
The Serbian Lawyer

2014

The Serbian Lawyer

2014
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Ten years after fleeing the regime in Serbia, Marko finds himself defending some of the very people that he fought against while he lived there, including the notorious Radovan Karadzic.
Ghosts of the Third Reich

2012

Ghosts of the Third Reich

2012
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Ghosts of the Third Reich documents the poignant and anguished stories of descendants of the Nazis, who confront their family's past and communicate their most profound feelings of guilt by inheritance. These individuals, whose family members were supporters, officers, and elite of the Nazi regime, share a common desire to distance themselves from Nazi ideology and the actions of their ancestors.
Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World

2011

Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World

2011
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This ninety-minute film takes audiences on an epic journey across nine countries and over 1,400 years of history. It explores themes such as the Word, Space, Ornament, Color and Water and presents the stories behind many great masterworks of Islamic Art and Architecture. Narrated by Academy Award winning performer Susan Sarandon, this dazzling documentary reveals the variety and diversity of Islamic art. It provides a window into Islamic culture and brings broad insights to the enduring themes that have propelled human history and fueled the rise of world civilization over the centuries
California Winter

2015

California Winter

2015
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Young real estate agent Clara Morales encouraged risky loans to her clients during the housing boom. She must now rescue her father’s home from foreclosure - a consequence of the loan she advised him to take.
Shored Up

2013

Shored Up

2013
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Shored Up is the story of our coasts where life on the edge of a rising sea has placed our towns and cities on the front lines of climate change. Following frustrated scientists, confused politicians and level-headed surfers, Shored Up follows the conflicts that are erupting from New Jersey to North Carolina as the ocean rises and we challenge nature to an unwinnable duel.
Zipper: Coney Island's Last Wild Ride

2013

Zipper: Coney Island's Last Wild Ride

2013
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When his rented lot is snatched up by an opportunistic real estate mogul, Eddie Miranda and his Coney Island ride the Zipper become casualties of a power struggle between the developer and the City of New York over the future of the world-famous destination.
Balkan Melody

2012

Balkan Melody

2012
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What Swiss director Stefan Schweitert did for accordion music and for yodeling (Accordion Tribe, Cinequest, 2005; Echoes of Home, Cinequest 2008) he now does for traditional Balkan music. This wonderful film is also a love story – and a door into a world of musical wonders.
Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber

2010

Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber

2010
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Brooklyn-born Ruth Gruber became the youngest PhD in the world before going on to become an international foreign correspondent and photojournalist at age 24. She defied tradition in an extraordinary career that spanned several decades. The first journalist to enter the Soviet Arctic in 1935, Ruth also traveled to Alaska as a member of the Roosevelt administration in 1942, escorted Holocaust refugees to America in 1944, covered the Nuremberg trials in 1946, and documented the Haganah ship 'Exodus' in 1947. Her relationships with world leaders gave her unique access and insight. This documentary interweaves verite scenes with archival footage.
The Beach Boys: An American Band

1985

The Beach Boys: An American Band

1985
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A biography of the American rock band The Beach Boys, with interviews, concert footage and clips from movies and television shows they appeared in.
Bloodstained Memoirs

2009

Bloodstained Memoirs

2009
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Bloodstained Memoirs is a professional wrestling documentary released in 2009. It is compiled by interviews featuring wrestlers synonymous with different eras in wrestling ('70s, '80s, '90s, and '00s) and different wrestling regions (USA, Canada, Japan, and Mexico). Production was filmed in the UK, USA, France, Japan, and Italy.
Crystal City

2019

Crystal City

2019
The story of a burgeoning young love between a German American girl and a young Japanese American boy in a US WWII internment camp who may soon see themselves shipped out of the only country they've ever known and forever kept apart.
Harsens Island Revenge

2025

Harsens Island Revenge

2025
WWI veterans on Harsens Island square off against the infamous 'Purple Gang' over illegal liquor in the 1920s.
Devil May Care

2024

Devil May Care

2024
In this short documentary, Nora Twomey discovers the activities of her great-grandmother on the Anti-Treaty side of the War of Independence and Civil War.
The Blue Brazili

2025

The Blue Brazili

2025
In 1980s Erbil, five boys from broken childhoods and forgotten streets found their identity behind the wheel of a stolen blue Volkswagen — they called it “The Brazili.” What began as survival soon spiraled into violence, fear, and infamy. The Blue Brazili is a haunting tale of lost youth, crime, and the dark path that trauma can carve through a life.
Shopping for Superman

2025

Shopping for Superman

2025
An in-depth look at the history of comic book shops and how they and the people that run them continue to make a difference. Through interviews with industry professionals and the shop owners themselves, Shopping For Superman, explores the cultural significance and ever evolving relevance of your friendly neighborhood comic shop.
Reel Love

2024

Reel Love

2024
A bickering couple's cinema date takes a surreal turn as their argument is echoed on the silver screen.
Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler's Final Days

2020

Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler's Final Days

2020
Germany is falling. Once the all-powerful country, now being crushed in the Second World War. Adolf Hitler is in hiding. The feared dictator no longer publicly supports his people. The man that fulled this chaos, leaving the country to crumble. These are Adolf Hitler's final days. Inside the Fuhrerbunker.
Healing Waters

2023

Healing Waters

2023
A visually stunning and thought-provoking biopic documenting the life and career of renowned photographer Linda Troeller. Her work explores the spiritual properties of water and the intricate aspects of female sexuality. The film presents a mesmerizing narrative that gracefully blends elements of personal discovery, artistry, and feminism.
Shakespeare: The Truth Behind the Name

2021

Shakespeare: The Truth Behind the Name

2021
Literary history's greatest mystery? Who created the greatest works of iambic thunder in the English language, and who lived the courtly life that is written about in the works of Shakespeare. An uneducated tradesman from Stratford?