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1.
The Last Days of World War II (2005– )
Episode:
August 5-August 11
42 min | Documentary, History, War
Atom bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; the U.S. Army arrives at Luzon and prepares for the invasion of Japan.
Stars: Fred Ashworth, Sergo Beria, Alan Brinkley, Leonard Cheshire
2. Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (2024)
60 min | Documentary
The series chronicles the creation of the atomic bomb and the spread of nuclear arms over the following decades. It continues past the dissolution of the Soviet Union to Vladimir Putin's ascent and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Stars: Mary Sarotte, Garrett Graff, Robert Gates, Tom Nichols
Votes: 2,538
3.
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (2024)
Episode:
War Games
(2024)
67 min | Documentary
With both sides planning for the worst-case scenario, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev find common ground. Tragedy strikes after a nuclear disaster.
Director: Brian Knappenberger | Stars: German Galushchenko, Gabrielius Landsbergis, Garrett Graff, Tom Z. Collina
Votes: 107
4.
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (2024)
Episode:
The Sun Came Up Tremendous
(2024)
79 min | Documentary
During World War Il, the US begins to work on a top-secret project that results in the atomic bombings on Japan - and a global conflict lasting decades.
Director: Brian Knappenberger | Stars: Tom Nichols, Garrett Graff, Mary Sarotte, Robert Gates
Votes: 173
5. To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb (2023)
87 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Exploring how one man's brilliance, hubris and relentless drive changed the nature of war forever.
Director: Christopher Cassel | Stars: J. Robert Oppenheimer, Kai Bird, Ellen Bradbury, Alan B. Carr
Votes: 2,511
6. The Half-Life of Genius Physicist Raemer Schreiber (2017)
TV-PG | 115 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The story of an early atomic pioneer - the "Farmer/Physicist" from a small town in Oregon. The right place, right time and right skills, hired by JR Oppenheimer, Schreiber would go onto to assembling the world's first atomic weapons.
Directors: Jared Brandon-Flande, John Webb | Stars: Albert Einstein, Klaus Fuchs, Jake Hecla, Roger Meade
Votes: 53
7. The Bomb (2015 TV Movie)
PG | 115 min | Documentary
See how America developed the most destructive invention in human history - the nuclear bomb - how it changed the world and how it continues to loom large in our lives. Hear from historians... See full summary »
Director: Rushmore DeNooyer | Stars: Jonathan Adams, John Andersen, Hal Behl, Walter Boyne
Votes: 413
8. Pandora's Promise (2013)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary
The atomic bomb and meltdowns like Fukushima have made nuclear power synonymous with global disaster. But what if we've got nuclear power wrong?
Director: Robert Stone | Stars: Stewart Brand, Richard Rhodes, Gwyneth Cravens, Mark Lynas
Votes: 1,946 | Gross: $0.07M
9.
CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (1979– )
Episode:
Rubbish!/Sitting Pretty/Bombshell/Smart Cookie/Cindy Crawford/Masters of Charm
(2012)
TV-PG | News, Talk-Show
"Rubbish!" examines the great Great Pacific Garbage Patch. "Sitting Pretty" profiles two furniture designers. "Bombshell" discusses the inventions of actress Hedy Lamarr. "Smart Cookie" ... See full summary »
Stars: Rita Braver, Christine Chen, Arthur Conan Doyle, Lee Cowan
10. In My Lifetime: A Presentation of the Nuclear World Project (2011)
112 min | Documentary, History, News
Director: Robert E. Frye | Stars: Bertram Barre, Ellen Bradbury, Jayantha Dhanapala, Sergio Duarte
Votes: 23
11.
Secrets of the Dead (2000– )
Episode:
The World's Biggest Bomb
(2011)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, History, War
Secrets of the Dead chronicle's the development of more and more powerful nuclear weapons through with the surprises and miscalculations.
Stars: Liev Schreiber, Richard Rhodes, Harold Agnew, Boris Altshuler
Votes: 90
12. The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer (2010)
109 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Profile of Robert Oppenheimer, controversial father of the atomic bomb.
Director: David Grubin | Stars: Marvin L. Goldberger, Priscilla McMillan, Richard Rhodes, Martin Sherwin
Votes: 225
13.
National Geographic Explorer (1985– )
Episode:
24 Hours After Hiroshima
(2010)
46 min | Documentary, History
Using information from the investigation following the dropping of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, this documentary outlines the immediate 24 hours following the ... See full summary »
Director: Pamela Caragol | Stars: Giacomo Abrusci, Michael Alban, Carl Bogden, Rose Bush
Votes: 52
15.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
(2009)
TV-PG | 111 min | Documentary, Biography, History
This biography presents a complex and revealing portrait of one of America's most influential scientists.
Director: David Grubin | Stars: Harold Agnew, Jeremy Bernstein, Robert Christy, Michael Cumpsty
Votes: 142
16. The Business End: Violence in Cinema (2008 Video)
30 min | Documentary, Short
An unflinching look at the ongoing debate on violence in movies and its effect on the audience.
Director: Gary Leva | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Peter Hyams, Richard Rhodes, Reni Santoni
Votes: 46
17.
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006– )
Episode:
Doctor Atomic
(2008)
Not Rated | 184 min | Musical
Composer John Adams re-creates the tension at Los Alamos, 1945, the night before the first atom bomb is tested. Gerald Finley portrays Dr. Oppenheimer; the first act ends with a ... See full summary »
Director: Gary Halvorson | Stars: Gerald Finley, Sasha Cooke, Eric Owens, Richard Paul Fink
Votes: 30
18. Windscale: Britain's Biggest Nuclear Disaster (2007 TV Movie)
Documentary
On the night of 10 October 1957, Great Britain was on the brink of an unprecedented nuclear tragedy. A fire ripped through the radioactive materials in the core of Windscale, Britain's first nuclear reactor.
Director: Sarah Aspinall | Stars: Caroline Catz, Lorna Arnold, John Baylis, Brian Cathcart
Votes: 34
19. Sputnik Fever (2007)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary
Documentary looking back at the USSR's Sputnik satellite and its effects at the time and over the last 50 years.
Director: David Hoffman | Stars: Liev Schreiber, Gene Banucci, Jay Barbree, Paul Dickson
Votes: 129 | Gross: $0.01M
20. The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006– )
Not Rated | 128 min | Musical
Live performances of operas from New York's Metropolitan Opera.
Stars: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Renée Fleming
Votes: 172
21. Dr. Teller's Very Large Bomb (2006 TV Movie)
56 min | Documentary
As scientists race to perfect the atomic bomb, Dr. Teller has a bigger idea.
Director: Michael Lennick | Stars: Hans Bethe, Freeman Dyson, Reed Hadley, Richard Rhodes
Votes: 18
22. The Last Days of World War II (2005– )
Documentary, History, War
The Last Days of WWII is a twenty-six part historical documentary covering the final six months of combat in weekly segments to discuss the decisions, battles, strategies, and ultimate legacies of the war.
Stars: Greg Stebner, Max Hastings, Kerry Smith, Gregory J.W. Urwin
Votes: 59
23.
The Last Days of World War II (2005– )
Episode:
July 22-July 28: The Final Ultimatum
(2005)
41 min | Documentary, History, War
As the last vestiges of Japanese resistance crumble, Truman announces his intention to drop the atomic bomb. In Burma, 5,000 Japanese troops, trapped in the Pegu Hills, attempt to make a ... See full summary »
Stars: Greg Stebner, Alan Brinkley, Paul Murphy, Fred Ashworth
Votes: 6
24.
The Last Days of World War II (2005– )
Episode:
August 12-August 18: V-J Day
(2005)
42 min | Documentary, History, War
In Tokyo, the Japanese government at last accepts the inevitable and surrenders to the Allies unconditionally. President Truman declares that "this is the day we've been waiting for since ... See full summary »
Stars: Ed Acheson, Charles Armstrong, Fred Ashworth, Lawrence Boris
Votes: 6
25.
The Last Days of World War II (2005– )
Episode:
May 27-June 2: Japan Fights to the Death
(2005)
41 min | Documentary, History, War
Fighting on Okinawa intensifies as the Japanese begin their retreat. Enemy forces on the island of Borneo send hundreds of Australian and British soldiers on a death march across the island... See full summary »
Stars: William Atwater, Thomas A. Begay, Alan Brinkley, Donald Dencker
Votes: 5
26.
The Last Days of World War II (2005– )
Episode:
July 1-July 7: Victory in the Phillippines
(2005)
41 min | Documentary, History, War
33,000 Australian troops land in the Great Sundra Islands and win control of Asia's richest oil regions. In Manila, General Douglas MacArthur declares the Philippines free from Japanese ... See full summary »
Stars: Greg Stebner, Valentin Ildefonso, William Atwater, Charles Armstrong
27.
The Last Days of World War II (2005– )
Episode:
June 24-June 30: The End in Sight
(2005)
41 min | Documentary, History, War
In Moscow, more than 200 captured Nazi banners are ceremonially dragged across a rain-soaked Red Square and thrown to the ground in front of Lenin's tomb to the rumble of hundreds of drums.... See full summary »
Stars: Greg Stebner, Marcia Savella, Kerry Smith, Linda Goetz Holmes
28.
The Last Days of World War II (2005– )
Episode:
June 3-June 9: No Surrender
(2005)
45 min | Documentary, History, War
U.S. forces make further advances in the Philippines while fanatical Japanese troops continue to hold out on the Pacific Island of Okinawa. With the War in Europe over, King Haakon of ... See full summary »
Stars: Greg Stebner, Donald Dencker, Kerry Smith, Gregory J.W. Urwin
29.
The Last Days of World War II (2005– )
Episode:
July 8-July 14
(2005)
41 min | Documentary, History, War
In Indochina, Chinese forces advance rapidly eastwards and cut the last link between the Japanese army and its garrison, while the U.S. 3rd Fleet joins the attack on Tokyo for the first ... See full summary »
Stars: Greg Stebner, William Atwater, James L. Wilson, Gregory J.W. Urwin
30.
The Last Days of World War II (2005– )
Episode:
July 15-July 21
(2005)
42 min | Documentary, History, War
In Europe, the war's aftermath is gaining steam: the Municipal Council in Berlin confiscates the property of former Nazi party members while President Truman and Prime Minister Churchill ... See full summary »
Stars: Greg Stebner, Alan Brinkley, James Sheehan, Stanley Galler
Votes: 6
31.
Modern Marvels (1993– )
Episode:
The Manhattan Project
(2002)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History
Encouraged by Leo Szilard and galvanized by German success in achieving nuclear fission, the United States embarks on a crash program to build a nuclear bomb. Aided by many Jewish ... See full summary »
Director: Sean Dash | Stars: Lloyd Sherr, William Lanouette, Robert Christy, Albert Einstein
Votes: 75
32. Secrets of the Dead (2000– )
TV-PG | 56 min | Documentary, History, War
Mysteries involving notable historical events, people and locations are scientifically examined.
Stars: Liev Schreiber, Jay O. Sanders, Salima Ikram, Andrew Lambert
Votes: 653
33. The Century (1999– )
720 min | Documentary, History
Peter Jennings hosted this 6 episode special that reviews some of the most important events of the 20th Century. Each episode is a two part examination of two events in history that ... See full summary »
Stars: Peter Jennings, Henry Kissinger, Steve Allen, Edward Teller
Votes: 61
34.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
Race for the Superbomb
(1999)
TV-PG | 113 min | Documentary, Biography, History
History of the American and Soviet development of the H-bomb.
Director: Thomas Ott | Stars: David Ogden Stiers, Hans Bethe, Peter Haydu, Curtis LeMay
Votes: 39
35.
The Century (1999– )
Episode:
Ultimate Power
(1999)
Documentary, History
Part 1 focuses on the rise to power of Adolf Hitler (segment "Evil Rising") and part 2 focuses on the race to build the atomic bomb (segment "The Race").
Stars: Thomas Childers, Robert Christy, Martin Deutsch, John M. Diehl
36. The Fifties (1997– )
Documentary, History
An in depth documentary of all aspects of life in the 1950s.
Stars: Edward Herrmann, David Halberstam, B.B. King, John Chancellor
Votes: 187
37.
The Fifties (1997– )
Episode:
The Fear & the Dream
(1997)
Documentary, History
Following the victorious end of World War II, America was looking forward to new prosperity and relief from the shortages and rationing that the war required. New affluence, new low-cost ... See full summary »
Director: Tracy Dahlby | Stars: Jack Anderson, Francis Biddle, Harlon Block, Kathleen Brindley
Votes: 7
38. Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern (1995)
Unrated | 88 min | Documentary
Troublesome Creek is the acclaimed story of the Jordan family's gamble to save their Iowa farm. From fighting the Crooked Creek Gang in 1867 to fighting off the bank today. An ... See full summary »
Directors: Steven Ascher, Jeanne Jordan | Stars: Bob Blankenship, Dean Eilts, Marge Harold, James Jordan Jr.
Votes: 88 | Gross: $0.14M
39.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern
(1995)
Unrated | 88 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Struggling to keep the family farm in the family.
Directors: Steven Ascher, Jeanne Jordan | Stars: Bob Blankenship, Dean Eilts, Marge Harold, James Jordan Jr.
Votes: 183
40. Modern Marvels (1993– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, History
Fast-paced, fun and informative, Modern Marvels is The History Channel's signature series focusing on historical technology.
Stars: Lloyd Sherr, Harlan Saperstein, Adam Richman, William Atwater
Votes: 2,163
41. Booknotes (1989–2004)
60 min | Talk-Show
Each week Brian Lamb discusses a recently published work of nonfiction with its author. The author's background, family, and motivation for writing the book are also explored. An author may appear on the program only once.
Stars: Brian Lamb, Bob Schieffer, Thomas Friedman, Simon Schama
Votes: 26
42.
Booknotes (1989–2004)
Episode:
Episode dated 24 December 1989
(1989)
Talk-Show
Stars: Richard Rhodes, Brian Lamb
43. American Experience (1987– )
TV-PG | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A series showcasing documentaries on American history.
Stars: David McCullough, David Ogden Stiers, Michael Murphy, Oliver Platt
Votes: 2,206
44. National Geographic Explorer (1985– )
120 min | Documentary, History
A weekly series of short documentary segments funded by the National Geographic Society and done in the style of the National Geographic Specials. In 2003, the show was re-branded National ... See full summary »
Stars: Salvatore Vecchio, Peter Coyote, Lisa Ling, Ryan Duffy
Votes: 316
45. CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (1979– )
TV-PG | 90 min | News, Talk-Show
The news show that does personal interest pieces. Anything from interviews with actors, political figures, athletes, musicians, costume designers, fashion designers, restaurant owners, charity heads, kids with special talents
Stars: Jane Pauley, Charles Osgood, Mo Rocca, Lee Cowan
Votes: 1,067