Popular Documentary TV Series on Amazon Video - Page 72

Social Studies

2024

Social Studies

2024
6
Filmed in Los Angeles over a school year, a diverse group of LA teens who open up their lives and phones to offer an intimate glimpse into how social media has reshaped childhood.
How'd You Get So Rich?

2017

How'd You Get So Rich?

2017
Based on the US series hosted by the late Joan Rivers, comedian Katherine Ryan meets with the wealthy, the wealthier and the wealthiest to ask them the burning question, "How'd you get so rich?" This series delves into the lives of the rich as they tell their own stories of determination and success and open up their homes and lifestyles to the rest of the World. From founders of million-dollar chain organisations to wealthy surgeons and everything in between, Katherine finds out how each of them have made their millions.
Wild Australia

2014

Wild Australia

2014
6.7
It might be one of the most famous continents on the planet, but the story of Australia hasn't been told quite like this before. In a four-part world premiere blue-chip wildlife series, come face-to-face with Australia’s most iconic – and most mysterious – animals including the cassowary, tree-kangaroo, dingo, echidna and platypus as they soar, swim and stalk through the unspoiled and spectacular environment.
Solving History with Olly Steeds

2010

Solving History with Olly Steeds

2010
Solving History with Olly Steeds is a weekly American documentary adventure reality television series that premiered on January 13, 2010 on the Discovery Channel. Produced by JWM Productions, the program follows British explorer and investigative journalist Oliver Steeds as he travels around the world investigating historical claims and theories.
The Chornobyl Disaster

2022

The Chornobyl Disaster

2022
6.7
A dramatic and detailed 3-part documentary series that reveals the events that led to the 1986 nuclear accident.
Rituels du monde

2020

Rituels du monde

2020
9
Storm Chasers

2007

Storm Chasers

2007
6.6
Anyone who has seen "The Wizard of Oz" knows that an oncoming tornado is nothing to trifle with, but "extreme filmmaker" Sean Casey takes viewers right into the heart of Tornado Alley and inside the storms themselves to capture valuable research data and unprecedented footage.
Guns Germs & Steel

2005

Guns Germs & Steel

2005
6.4
A PBS documentary concerning Jared Diamond's theory on why there is such disparity between those who have advanced technology and those who still live primitively. He argues it is due to the acquisition of guns and steel and the changes brought about by germs.
Cold Case Files: Murder in the Bayou

2024

Cold Case Files: Murder in the Bayou

2024
7
Narrated by Keith David, “Cold Case Files: Murder In the Bayou” features stories that the swamp threatened to swallow forever, but detectives managed to drag out into the light. These investigators, family, and friends know that no matter how deep in the muck it’s buried, no sin stays secret forever.
In Search of Monsters

2019

In Search of Monsters

2019
9
Haunting creatures come to life in a hunt for the truth about infamous monsters and their origins. Experts explore the latest evidence, eyewitness encounters and active investigations while unveiling their mind-blowing theories about these nightmarish beasts.
Aaron Hernandez Uncovered

2018

Aaron Hernandez Uncovered

2018
6
This in-depth docu-series tells the untold true story of the life of Aaron Hernandez, the former NFL superstar who was convicted of murder and ultimately took his own life in prison. Featuring special interviews with Aaron's fiancée, the lead defense attorney, the prosecutor, friends, former teammates, journalists and more, the series examines the intimate details of his tragic life, reveals his darkest secrets and explores what led him down such a dark and destructive path.
Urban Legends

2007

Urban Legends

2007
7.2
Urban Legends is a 30 minute 2007 television documentary-style series hosted by Michael Allcock. David Hewlett became the new host in 2011. In each episode, three urban legends are dramatized and presented to the television audience; the audience is then to speculate which one or two of the three is true. Each legend has witnesses to tell the story. For the one or two fake legends, the witnesses are actors, while the true legend uses real people affected by the story. Included in each episode are two quick quiz-like stories, called mini-myths, which air before the commercial breaks. Each will begin with the number of the mini myth and its name, followed by the story. After the commercial, the answer to the mini-myth is announced and the rest of the programming continues as it previously had. The show originally aired on the Biography Channel in the U.S., History Television in Canada and FX in the United Kingdom where it was hosted by Mark Dolan. It has also aired in Argentina, New Zealand, Sweden, Norway, Australia
Benjamin Franklin

2002

Benjamin Franklin

2002
5.9
An epic yarn spanning most of the 18th century, the series follows Franklin's career from humble beginnings in Boston to international superstardom: first as a scientist and revolutionary, and then as a founding father and America's first diplomat to France.
Texas Metal's Loud and Lifted

2023

Texas Metal's Loud and Lifted

2023
10
Texas is a mecca for truck customization, an uber-diverse metal cranking mash of everything from trophy-winning show trucks to drop it down lowriders. While Bill Carlton, host of TEXAS METAL, is still the reigning champion in the Lone Star State's custom truck world, TEXAS METAL'S LOUD AND LIFTED has been super-sized with three of the most talented, up-and-coming custom auto garages in the state: Wide Open Garage, Mod Mafia, and 1 Way Diesel Performance.
Walking Britain's Roman Roads

2020

Walking Britain's Roman Roads

2020
In this six-part series we look at six of the roads that best tell the story of Rome’s merciless charge that shook the British Isles, shaping the land indelibly. We team up with archaeologists using modern technology to uncover the worlds lost to the earth for thousands of years. By walking the same roads as emperors, centurions and slaves we revisit the lives of those forgotten as the empire marched on through Britannia.
The Stanford Prison Experiment: Unlocking the Truth

2024

The Stanford Prison Experiment: Unlocking the Truth

2024
6
An unprecedented look at the Stanford Prison Experiment, one of history's most infamous psychology studies, through the firsthand accounts of the original "guards" and "prisoners," many of whom are speaking on camera for the very first time.
Icons Unearthed: James Bond

2023

Icons Unearthed: James Bond

2023
7
Before there were franchises there was James Bond. How did Bond enthrall audiences for over 60 years, surviving failed partnerships, lawsuits, competition, and corporate takeovers? Hold onto your martinis and get ready for Icons Unearthed: James Bond.
Cabin in the Woods

2024

Cabin in the Woods

2024
7.5
In horror movies, nothing good ever happens to those in a cabin in the woods. In this series, true stories of ghastly, sometimes convoluted crimes take place in remote cabins around the country and for good reason: they allow those with evil intentions to carry out the most heinous of acts in peace and quiet away from prying eyes and ears. Combining hard-hitting investigative elements with spine-tingling thrills and chills, this true-crime-meets-true-horror series features the most terrifying crimes ever committed in isolated and otherwise picturesque cabin dwellings.
Tricky Dick

2019

Tricky Dick

2019
7.7
Explore Richard Nixon’s life and times; tracking his rise, fall, incredible comeback and political destruction during some of America’s most tumultuous decades. From his early political maneuvers in California, to the game-changing Kennedy-Nixon debates through his disgraceful Watergate exit, featuring never-before-seen footage this fully archive based series offers fresh insight into a riveting story of politics, power and scandal.
Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist

2017

Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist

2017
7
Dian Fossey's life story from childhood and her early days researching in Congo, through to her arrival in Rwanda, where she spent 18 years studying and protecting the mountain gorilla population. Through extensive and rarely seen archival footage, dozens of Fossey’s letters, interviews with friends and colleagues, and narration by Sigourney Weaver, the event series explores Fossey’s murder and the investigation and trial of her research student Wayne McGuire, who was found guilty in absentia of her murder by the Rwandan courts.