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2. Muhammad Ali (2021)
445 min | Documentary, Biography, History
An in-depth look at the life of boxer, Muhammad Ali, including his years as an activist and philanthropist.
Stars: Gerald Early, Todd Boyd, Salim Muwakkil, Jerry Izenberg
Votes: 1,377
3. Hemingway (2021– )
TV-14 | 120 min | Documentary, Biography
Explore the painstaking process through which Hemingway created some of the most important works of fiction in American letters.
Stars: Peter Coyote, Jeff Daniels, Edna O'Brien, Michael Kitakis
Votes: 1,623
4.
Hemingway (2021– )
Episode:
A Writer (1899-1929)
(2021)
TV-14 | 115 min | Documentary, Biography
Hemingway, yearning for adventure, volunteers for the Red Cross during World War I. He marries Hadley Richardson and moves to Paris, publishes The Sun Also Rises and finds critical and ... See full summary »
Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Ernest Hemingway, Peter Coyote, Jeff Daniels, Patricia Clarkson
Votes: 162
5.
Hemingway (2021– )
Episode:
The Avatar (1929-1944)
(2021)
TV-14 | 106 min | Documentary, Biography
Hemingway, having achieved a level of fame rarely seen in the literary world, settles in Key West with Pauline Pfeiffer but can't stay put for long. He reports on the Spanish Civil War and begins a tempestuous romance with Martha Gellhorn.
Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Ernest Hemingway, Peter Coyote, Jeff Daniels, Patricia Clarkson
Votes: 126
6.
Muhammad Ali (2021)
Episode:
Round One: The Greatest (1942-1964)
(2021)
128 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The young boxing prodigy, Cassius Clay, rises up the amateur ranks to win gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics before turning pro.
Directors: Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon | Stars: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Johnny Addie, Hana Ali, Rahman Ali
Votes: 112
7. Country Music (2019)
Documentary, Music
The story of the creation of modern Country music.
Stars: Peter Coyote, Marty Stuart, Vince Gill, Rosanne Cash
Votes: 1,739
8.
Country Music (2019)
Episode:
Hard Times (1933 - 1945)
(2019)
TV-14 | 113 min | Documentary, Music
During the Great Depression and World War II, country music thrives and reaches bigger audiences. Gene Autry sets off a craze for singing cowboys, Bob Wills adapts jazz's Big Band sound to create Texas Swing, and Roy Acuff becomes a star.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, Bill Anderson, Gene Autry, DeFord Bailey
Votes: 207
9.
Country Music (2019)
Episode:
Will the Circle Be Unbroken? (1968 - 1972)
(2019)
111 min | Documentary, Music
Country music draws artists to Nashville, Tennessee as the war in Vietnam rages on; Kris Kristofferson sets a new lyrical standard; Bob Dylan, The Byrds and other rock and pop artists come to Nashville to record.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, Louis Armstrong, Eddie Arnold, Bobby Bare
Votes: 182
10. The Vietnam War (2017)
TV-MA | 99 min | Documentary, History, War
A comprehensive history of the United States' involvement in the bitterly divisive armed conflict in Southeast Asia.
Stars: Peter Coyote, Huy Duc, James Willbanks, Duong Van Mai Elliott
Votes: 28,073
11.
The Vietnam War (2017)
Episode:
Things Fall Apart (January-June 1968)
(2017)
TV-MA | 84 min | Documentary, History, War
Shaken by the violence of the Tet Offensive, assassinations of leaders and domestic unrest, Americans begin to doubt President Lyndon B. Johnson's promise that victory in Vietnam is near and he ultimately decides not to seek reelection.
Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Ron Ferrizzi, Warren Rogers, William C. Westmoreland
Votes: 766
12. The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)
TV-14 | 114 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A documentary that weaves together the stories of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of one of the most prominent and influential families in American politics.
Stars: Peter Coyote, George F. Will, Geoffrey C. Ward, Doris Kearns Goodwin
Votes: 2,653
13.
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)
Episode:
Get Action (1858-1901)
(2014)
TV-PG | 112 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The adventurous life, political rise and personal tragedies of Theodore Roosevelt. The sheltered youth of his 5th cousin, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The unhappy childhood of Teddy's niece and FDR's future wife, Eleanor Roosevelt.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, Clay Jenkinson, George F. Will, David McCullough
Votes: 175
14.
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)
Episode:
In the Arena (1901-1910)
(2014)
TV-PG | 114 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The presidency of Theodore Roosevelt. Franklin's marriage to Eleanor. Eleanor's search for her own identity and place in the world.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, George F. Will, David McCullough, Clay Jenkinson
Votes: 167
15.
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)
Episode:
The Fire of Life (1910-1919)
(2014)
TV-PG | 115 min | Documentary, Biography, History
T.R. runs for a third term as a Progressive, explores the Amazon and suffers one final grave loss in his twilight years. FDR as President Wilson's Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Eleanor faces life's harsh realities. America in WWI.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, Geoffrey C. Ward, Clay Jenkinson, Jonathan Alter
Votes: 162
16.
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)
Episode:
A Strong and Active Faith (1944-1962)
(2014)
TV-PG | 110 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The war - and the resulting levels of work and security - had kept Franklin Roosevelt out of public sight. By the spring of 1944 however, he was seriously ill with bronchitis. This ... See full summary »
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, William Leuchtenburg, George F. Will, Jon Meacham
Votes: 130
17.
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)
Episode:
The Common Cause (1939-1944)
(2014)
TV-14 | 113 min | Documentary, Biography, History
WWII starts in Europe. FDR prepares the country for war and aids Churchill. Isolationists fight him at every step - until Pearl Harbor. FDR's unprecedented third term. Eleanor tackles racism and poverty. New jobs bring more diversity.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, Geoffrey C. Ward, Jon Meacham, Doris Kearns Goodwin
Votes: 147
18.
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)
Episode:
The Rising Road (1933-1939)
(2014)
TV-PG | 115 min | Documentary, Biography, History
FDR's pre-WWII presidency. The New Deal renews America. FDR's unprecedented popularity, the conservative opposition and Huey Long's populism. FDR warns isolationists of Hitler. Eleanor's platonic friendship with Lorena Hickok.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, William Leuchtenburg, George F. Will, Doris Kearns Goodwin
Votes: 154
19.
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)
Episode:
The Storm (1920-1933)
(2014)
TV-PG | 115 min | Documentary, Biography, History
FDR's battle with polio. Eleanor's independence and political activism. Political division within the Roosevelt clan. FDR returns to politics in a big way. The Great Depression ends the Roaring Twenties. Assassin targets FDR.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, Geoffrey C. Ward, Doris Kearns Goodwin, George F. Will
Votes: 147
20. The Central Park Five (2012)
Not Rated | 119 min | Documentary, Crime, History
A documentary that examines the 1989 case of five black and Latino teenagers who were convicted of raping a white woman in Central Park. After having spent between 6 and 13 years each in prison, a serial rapist confessed to the crime.
Directors: Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon | Stars: Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Kharey Wise, Raymond Santana
Votes: 7,941 | Gross: $0.27M
21. The Dust Bowl (2012)
TV-PG | 229 min | Documentary, History
A documentary about the 1930s drought of North American prairie farm land, and its consequences during the great depression.
Stars: Dorothy Williamson, Donald Worster, Timothy Egan, Pamela Riney-Kehrberg
Votes: 2,115
22. Not Working (2012)
96 min | Documentary, Biography
Not Working details a three month odyssey across the Unites States to collect the stories of the unemployed, chronicling the day the bad news was received, the circumstances that led to the layoff, and the consequences that followed.
Director: Dw Gibson
23.
The Dust Bowl (2012)
Episode:
The Great Plow Up
(2012)
TV-PG | 112 min | Documentary, History
In the first episode of Ken Burns's THE DUST BOWL, feel the full force of the worst manmade environmental disaster in America's history as survivors recall the terror of the dust storms, ... See full summary »
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, Don Wells, Pauline Robertson, Floyd Coen
Votes: 86
24.
The Dust Bowl (2012)
Episode:
Reaping the Whirlwind
(2012)
TV-PG | 113 min | Documentary, History
In the second episode of Ken Burns's DUST BOWL, experience the gradual relief as the families of the plains seek new lives in California and government conservation efforts -- and a break ... See full summary »
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, Donald Worster, Wayne Lewis, Pamela Riney-Kehrberg
Votes: 76
25.
The Dust Bowl (2012)
Episode:
Dust to Eat
(2012)
TV-PG | Documentary, History
In the first night of Ken Burns's THE DUST BOWL, feel the full force of the worst manmade environmental disaster in America's history as survivors recall the terror of the dust storms, the ... See full summary »
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Dorothy Williamson, Timothy Egan, Donald Worster, Charles Shaw
Votes: 33
26.
The Dust Bowl (2012)
Episode:
The Hardy Ones
(2012)
TV-PG | Documentary, History
In the second night of Ken Burns's DUST BOWL, experience the gradual relief as the families of the plains seek new lives in California and government conservation efforts -- and a break in ... See full summary »
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Dorothy Williamson, Timothy Egan, Donald Worster, Charles Shaw
Votes: 26
27. Prohibition (2011)
60 min | Documentary, History
The story of the American activist struggle against the influence of alcohol, climaxing in the failed early 20th century nationwide era when it was banned.
Stars: Peter Coyote, Pete Hamill, Catherine Gilbert Murdock, Michael Lerner
Votes: 3,429
28.
Prohibition (2011)
Episode:
A Nation of Drunkards
(2011)
TV-PG | 95 min | Documentary, History
The 19th century was a period of growth both for alcoholic beverages and the temperance movement. Washingtonian societies - made up of men who had taken a pledge to forgo all alcoholic ... See full summary »
Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Michael Lerner, Daniel Okrent, Pete Hamill
Votes: 224
29.
Prohibition (2011)
Episode:
A Nation of Scofflaws
(2011)
TV-PG | 111 min | Documentary, History
With the passing of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, the federal government now passes legislation to enforce it. Known as the Volstead Act, the legislation forbids not only hard ... See full summary »
Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Donald Ward, Noah Feldman, Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Votes: 189
30.
Prohibition (2011)
Episode:
A Nation of Hypocrites
(2011)
TV-PG | 105 min | Documentary, History
With gangsters terrorizing the public and profiting from the sale of alcohol, many citizens believed Prohibition was unsuccessful, which led to its repeal.
Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Pete Hamill, Jonathan Eig, Michael Lerner
Votes: 173
31. The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
690 min | Documentary, History
The history of the U.S. National Parks system, including the initial ideas which led to the world's first national parks and the expansion of the system over 150 years.
Stars: Peter Coyote, William Cronon, Dayton Duncan, Shelton Johnson
Votes: 1,952
32.
The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Episode:
Going Home: 1920-1933
(2009)
TV-G | 115 min | Documentary, History
Mather and Albright ally themselves with the automobile to "democratize" the national parks. Horace Kephart and George Masa launch a campaign to save the forests of the Smoky Mountains from destruction by establishing a national park.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, Ruth Kirk, Dayton Duncan, Alfred Runte
Votes: 75
33.
The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Episode:
Great Nature: 1933-1945
(2009)
TV-PG | 115 min | Documentary, History
Franklin D. Roosevelt enters battles to create national parks on the Olympic Peninsula, Florida's Everglades, and California's High Sierra. George Melendez Wright begins arguing that the parks are not doing enough to protect wildlife.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, Nevada Barr, Shelton Johnson, William Cronon
Votes: 73
34.
The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Episode:
The Empire of Grandeur: 1915-1919
(2009)
TV-G | 111 min | Documentary, History
Stephen Mather accepts the offer to oversee the national parks for one year. He launches a campaign to publicize the parks as a unified system and to persuade Congress to create a single agency to oversee it: the National Park Service.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, Shelton Johnson, William Cronon, Kim Heacox
Votes: 76
35.
The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Episode:
The Last Refuge: 1890-1915
(2009)
TV-G | 131 min | Documentary, History
Americans begin to question the nation's rush across the continent that has devastated forests and ravaged animals. Conservation's greatest champion is Theodore Roosevelt, who audaciously sets aside 800,000 acres of the Grand Canyon.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, Shelton Johnson, Clay Jenkinson, Terry Tempest Williams
Votes: 87
36.
The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Episode:
The Morning of Creation: 1946-1980
(2009)
TV-G | 114 min | Documentary, History
After World War II, an increasingly mobile nation visits the parks as never before. When Jimmy Carter sets aside 56 million acres in Alaska-the largest grassroots movement in conservation history fights for the creation of seven new parks.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, Dayton Duncan, William Cronon, Paul Schullery
Votes: 63
37.
The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
Episode:
The Scripture of Nature: 1851-1890
(2009)
TV-G | 114 min | Documentary, History
A study of the first ideas which led to the establishment of America's national parks, with an emphasis on the work of John Muir and the exploration and preservation of Yosemite and Yellowstone.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, Dayton Duncan, Carl Pope, Clay Jenkinson
Votes: 116
38. The War (2007)
TV-14 | 124 min | Documentary, History, War
A seven-part series focusing on the many ways in which the Second World War impacted the lives of American families.
Stars: Keith David, Katharine Phillips, Tom Hanks, Paul Fussell
Votes: 5,682
39.
The War (2007)
Episode:
A Deadly Calling: November 1943 - June 1944
(2007)
TV-14 | 111 min | Documentary, History, War
Americans are shocked by terrible losses on the Pacific atoll of Tarawa, while in Italy Allied forces are stalled for months at Monte Cassino and a risky landing at Anzio fails utterly. At ... See full summary »
Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Keith David, Burt Wilson, Paul Fussell, John Hope Franklin
Votes: 200
40.
The War (2007)
Episode:
A Necessary War: December 1941 - December 1942
(2007)
TV-14 | 143 min | Documentary, History, War
This series profiles World War II as seen primarily through the eyes of people living in just four U.S. Cities. This episode details an antebellum period before the attack on Pearl Harbor, ... See full summary »
Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Keith David, Glenn D. Frazier, Sam Hynes, Jim Sherman
Votes: 251
41.
The War (2007)
Episode:
A World Without War: March 1945 - September 1945
(2007)
TV-14 | 125 min | Documentary, History, War
A few weeks after the death of President Roosevelt shocks the country, Germany surrenders. Meanwhile, American sailors, soldiers and Marines endure the worst battle of the Pacific--Okinawa.... See full summary »
Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Keith David, Sam Hynes, Emma Belle Pelcher, Maurice Bell
Votes: 176
42.
The War (2007)
Episode:
Pride of Our Nation: June 1944 - August 1944
(2007)
TV-14 | 137 min | Documentary, History, War
On June 6, 1944, D-Day, 1.5 million Allied troops take part in the greatest invasion in history, but then bog down in the Norman hedgerows for weeks. Saipan proves the costliest Pacific ... See full summary »
Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Keith David, Quentin Aanenson, Joseph Vaghi, Paul Fussell
Votes: 198
43.
The War (2007)
Episode:
The Ghost Front: December 1944 - March 1945
(2007)
TV-14 | 118 min | Documentary, History, War
Americans are shocked by Hitler's massive counterattack in the Ardennes Forest--but by mid March, 1945, they are across the Rhine, while the Russians are 50 miles from Berlin. In the ... See full summary »
Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Keith David, Ray Leopold, Paul Fussell, Burnett Miller
Votes: 174
44.
The War (2007)
Episode:
When Things Get Tough: January 1943 - December 1943
(2007)
TV-14 | 115 min | Documentary, History, War
Americans mobilize for total war at home and overseas. Factories hum around the clock, while in North Africa and then Italy, inexperienced GIs learn how to fight. Meanwhile, in the skies ... See full summary »
Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Keith David, Olga Ciarlo, Katharine Phillips, Ward Chamberlin
Votes: 215
45.
The War (2007)
Episode:
FUBAR: September 1944 - December 1944
(2007)
TV-14 | 125 min | Documentary, History, War
Victory in Europe seems imminent, but in Holland, the Vosges Mountains, and the Hurtgen Forest, GIs learn painful lessons as old as war itself--that generals make plans, plans go wrong and ... See full summary »
Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Keith David, Quentin Aanenson, Emma Belle Pelcher, Paul Fussell
Votes: 180
46. Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)
TV-PG | 214 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
The story of Jack Johnson, the first African-American Heavyweight boxing champion.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Jack Johnson, Keith David, Samuel L. Jackson, Adam Arkin
Votes: 1,693