Just as there’s been no shortage of wars, and movies about said wars, so too is there no shortage of documentaries about war. Some of these are TV shows, and are arguably more suited to that format ...

If you don’t know your past, you don’t know your future. It’s a cliche, but it’s true. Here’s another one: history repeats itself. The best way to educate yourself about world affairs and their ...

The romantic World War II tragedy 'Atonement' joins Netflix's catalog. Plus, films about historical battles and modern ...

The way we see it, there’s a yin and yang to documentaries. They’ve always had the potential to be deadly serious — now maybe more than ever, as a world awash in chaos spotlights such topics as the ...

An astronaut from Apollo 11 surrounded by shots from Life Itself and I Am Not Your Negro in a composite image - Warner Bros. The overall quality of documentaries, particularly documentary films, have ...

Documentaries can be many things. They can be diaries, profiles, calls to action, exposés, investigations, and everything in between. While many of us fall in love with film — either as viewers or ...

Since World War II was such a massive and globe-spanning conflict (they weren’t kidding with the “world” part in its title), it’s perhaps understandable that it’s the most frequently explored in ...