50 Top-Rated Documentaries to Stream in 2025
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50 Top-Rated Documentaries to Stream in 2025
Discover the best documentaries to watch in 2025. Explore our top 50 picks that cover a range of topics and promise to inform and entertain.
Mar 23, 2024
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Civil War History on TikTok
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Civil War History on TikTok
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Exploring 1800s American History Documentaries
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6.2K views
Exploring 1800s American History Documentaries
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Western Movies
A Bullet For The General (Western, Full Movie, English, Classic Film) watchfree, cowboyfilm
1:53:21
A Bullet For The General (Western, Full Movie, English, Classic Film) watchfree, cowboyfilm
YouTubeGrjngo - Western Movies
20.9M viewsAug 30, 2018
Custer Of The West | FULL WESTERN MOVIE | English | HD | Free Movie
2:15:10
Custer Of The West | FULL WESTERN MOVIE | English | HD | Free Movie
YouTubeGrjngo - Western Movies
6.4M viewsDec 18, 2019
Winterhawk (Full Length Western Movie, HD, Classic Feature Film, English) *free full westerns*
1:39:41
Winterhawk (Full Length Western Movie, HD, Classic Feature Film, English) *free full westerns*
YouTubeGrjngo - Western Movies
6M viewsJul 10, 2018
Top videos
College, Inc. (full documentary) | FRONTLINE
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College, Inc. (full documentary) | FRONTLINE
YouTubeFRONTLINE PBS | Official
1.5M viewsJun 14, 2022
Ancient Aliens: Mystic Aztec Connections to ETs and UFOs
22:20
Ancient Aliens: Mystic Aztec Connections to ETs and UFOs
YouTubeHISTORY
1.2M viewsJun 1, 2023
The Germanic Tribes - The Ascent of Civilization - Full Historical Documentary
49:33
The Germanic Tribes - The Ascent of Civilization - Full Historical Documentary
YouTubeGet.factual
1.5M viewsApr 27, 2022
Western Music
Ennio Morricone - Sergio Leone Greatest Western Music of All Time (Remastered HQ Audio)
1:34:50
Ennio Morricone - Sergio Leone Greatest Western Music of All Time (Remastered HQ Audio)
YouTubeEnnioMorriconeVEVO
31.6M viewsApr 25, 2018
Ennio Morricone ● Sergio Leone Western Music ● The Legendary Western Music (Remastered)
55:49
Ennio Morricone ● Sergio Leone Western Music ● The Legendary Western Music (Remastered)
YouTubeCinema Hotel Studios
2.1M viewsMay 18, 2017
Ennio Morricone - 50 Western Movie Soundtracks, Spaghetti Western Vol. 1
2:21:42
Ennio Morricone - 50 Western Movie Soundtracks, Spaghetti Western Vol. 1
YouTubeEnnioMorriconeVEVO
294.6K views2 months ago
College, Inc. (full documentary) | FRONTLINE
54:31
College, Inc. (full documentary) | FRONTLINE
1.5M viewsJun 14, 2022
YouTubeFRONTLINE PBS | Official
Ancient Aliens: Mystic Aztec Connections to ETs and UFOs
22:20
Ancient Aliens: Mystic Aztec Connections to ETs and UFOs
1.2M viewsJun 1, 2023
YouTubeHISTORY
The Germanic Tribes - The Ascent of Civilization - Full Historical Documentary
49:33
The Germanic Tribes - The Ascent of Civilization - Full Historical Docum…
1.5M viewsApr 27, 2022
YouTubeGet.factual
1. The Dawn of History - The Western Tradition (1989) - Remastered
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1. The Dawn of History - The Western Tradition (1989) - Remast…
22K viewsOct 23, 2022
YouTubeThe Philosopher King
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Filthy Secrets of Life on the American Frontier
1.4M viewsApr 3, 2023
YouTubeNutty Productions
The Entire History of Steppe Nomads & City Builders // Ancient Prehistory Documentary
1:24:24
The Entire History of Steppe Nomads & City Builders // Ancient …
2.8M viewsNov 1, 2021
YouTubeHistory Time
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9:12
Mastermind Plots His Escape from Max Security Prison | Great Escap…
436.8K viewsDec 3, 2021
YouTubeHISTORY
1:26:03
The Mess That Is Early Modern Europe (1500 - 1700s) Explained: …
591.3K viewsOct 5, 2023
YouTubeMade In History
3:07
The Native Americans of 1883 | Paramount+
230K viewsAug 5, 2022
YouTubeYellowstone
49:42
Western Philosophy - Part 1 - Full Documentary
154.3K viewsSep 12, 2019
YouTubeDocumentary Base
56:41
Colorado Experience: Western Water—and Power
244K viewsFeb 28, 2020
YouTubeRocky Mountain PBS
3:35
Westward the Women
84.4K viewsJul 8, 2014
YouTubeWarner Bros. Rewind
44:22
The Ocoee Massacre: A Documentary Film | WFTV
1.6M viewsNov 2, 2020
YouTubeWFTV Channel 9
58:33
Theodore Roosevelt and the Western Experience | Documentar…
1.2M viewsMay 29, 2012
YouTubeKSPS PBS Public TV
44:52
Engineering an Empire: Ancient Greece (S1, E1) | Full Episode | Hi…
2.9M viewsJul 19, 2020
YouTubeHISTORY
59:20
Broken Treaties (Full documentary) | Oregon Experience | OPB
1.8M viewsNov 19, 2020
YouTubeOregon Public Broadcasting
11:37
The Western (Part 1): The Birth of a Genre
52.7K viewsNov 9, 2018
YouTubeThe C-U CineFile
1:56
The Decline Of Western Civilization Official Trailer #1 (1981)
152.4K viewsMay 29, 2015
YouTubeShout! Studios
12:56
What Early Pioneers Ate To Survive The Old West
3M viewsMar 14, 2021
YouTubeWeird History
54:35
World War II: A History of WWII (Part 2) - Full Documentary
634.2K viewsOct 5, 2017
YouTubeExtreme Mysteries
28:30
Out of the Woods: Battlefields of Western Pennsylvania
107.2K viewsJan 15, 2021
YouTubeWQED Pittsburgh
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Westember: A History of the Western Genre (2019) (Complete)
44.2K viewsDec 3, 2019
YouTubeThe Anti-Cynic
20:36
Top 21 Best Documentaries of Each Year (2000 - 2020)
91.7K viewsApr 27, 2021
YouTubeWatchMojo.com
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How 'Wild' was the Wild West (Short Animated Documentary)
2.8M viewsFeb 15, 2020
YouTubeHistory Matters
1:56:42
The U.S.- Dakota Conflict: The Past Is Alive Within Us | Documentary
2M viewsAug 10, 2021
YouTubeTwin Cities PBS
41:19
The Indigenous People of America - Documentary
5M viewsNov 27, 2019
YouTubeNORTH 02
26:38
The Western Tradition - Episode 1 - The Dawn of History (1989)
64K viewsApr 15, 2020
YouTubeThe Chronicler's Tale
45:49
Great Indian Wars 1 The Indians Documentary Official
103.4K viewsAug 30, 2015
YouTubeKim G. Keiser
2:01
Making Native America: A Documentary that Explores Ameri…
30.9K viewsOct 6, 2018
YouTubePBS
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