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- As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.
- After a wealthy San Francisco banker is given an opportunity to participate in a mysterious game, his life is turned upside down as he begins to question if it might really be a concealed conspiracy to destroy him.
- An outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film.
- In 1932, two strangers are wrongfully convicted and develop a strong friendship in prison that lasts them through the 20th century.
- Brooklyn Cigar Store is a neighborhood hangout in Brooklyn with Auggie Wren/H.Keitel as center. Some people are interviewed about Brooklyn, spiced up with statistics on Brooklyn.
- A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to finally bring a white racist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader.
- A frustrated African-American TV writer proposes a blackface minstrel show in protest, but to his chagrin, it becomes a hit.
- Modern-day New York City adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder.
- An American woman of Irish and Jewish-German parentage goes undercover in Nazi Germany.
- A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.
- The story of America as seen through the eyes of the former Secretary of Defense under President John F. Kennedy and President Lyndon B. Johnson, Robert McNamara.
- Compiled over two years, an 'on-camera oral history' of Easy Company, told by the veterans themselves. Accompanies the mini-series Band of Brothers.
- Story of a cover up in the military.
- The story behind the making of the 5 "Planet of the Apes" movies.
- After doctors inform him that an eye affliction will require risky surgery, monologist Spalding Gray recounts his various pursuits for alternative medicine to avoid the doctor's scalpel.
- Desert Storm vet who was killed in combat rises from the grave on July Fourth, to kill the unpatriotic citizens of his hometown, after some teens burn an American flag over his burial site.
- A documentary on the history of the sport with major topics including Afro-American players, player/team owner relations and the resilience of the game.
- In a twisted 1950's where everyone does magic, a private detective investigates a murder case without it.
- A man marries an heiress for her money even though he is actually in love with her friend.
- Gennaro lives with his ailing grandpa, who sits outside holding tight to his last quarter. But grandpa's not ready to die, he has some unfinished business with a woman from his past and he enlists Gennaro to act as his emissary.
- The secret smuggling of 9,300 Jewish children out of Nazi Germany in the late 1930s.
- A nosy reporter wants to find out all she can about Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel), and gets told the real facts by several of his characters, with large snippets of his stories and songs interspersed.
- A documentary follows a Canadian fellow working on his dream: building a suit of armor so he can observe grizzly bears from a close distance.
- The films, affairs and struggles of the iconic star of The Blue Angel as told by Rosemary Clooney, Roger Corman, Deanna Durbin and many more.
- A look at the life and career of controversial Louisiana governor Huey Long, whose nickname was "The Kingfish."
- A society playboy with a taste for the lowlife is set up for exploitation by an unscrupulous undercover cop and his shadowy political masters.
- A study of the personal and professional relationship of Disney animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, who started at the studio in the 1930s and worked on 23 films together.
- Outside of the White House, one would be hard-pressed to name a private residence in America.
- The story of the hijacking of Air France Flight AF139 on 27 June 1976 from Athens and the subsequent mission to rescue the hostages from the airport terminal at Entebbe in Uganda. The movie contains interviews with former hostages, including Captain Bacos who (together with his crew) refused to abandon his passengers as well those who planned the rescue mission and those executed it.
- A tribute to the lives and careers of the Marx Brothers utilizing rare archival footage and personal interviews.
- The true stories that spawned the eerie tale of Damien, a small boy with an angelic face, whose very name still conjures up thoughts of Satan. This documentary shares spine-tingling information about the the all-too-memorable flick that has terrorized film audiences since 1976.
- The story of Vito Russo, founding father of the gay liberation movement, author of "The Celluloid Closet," and vociferous AIDS activist in the 1980s.
- A woman claims she had an affair with John F. Kennedy.
- Narrated by Robert Wagner, this documentary features Lana Turner's daughter, Cheryl Crane, talking about her mother and their various personal issues.
- Bubsy Tries to save the world while also babysitting for his nephew and niece.
- A historical account of military policy regarding homosexuals during World War II. The documentary includes interviews with several gay WWII veterans.
- A documentary focusing on the life of novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand, the author of the bestselling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged and originator of the Objectivist philosophy.
- Meryl Streep conducts us to a trip to New York City as presented in many films during the 20th Century, and how its cultural importance and impact are important to viewers. With a comprehensive gathering of clips from films between 1910's and 1990's, the documentary presents the mandatory classic films that presented the city and its multiple cultural variations, situations and the great stories filmed there. Actors and directors also discuss how they view the city in reality and also through the pictures.
- Crash-landing on a world orbiting Alpha Centauri, 7 colonist factions of widely differing ideology must contend for dominance not only with each other, but also with a mysterious power called "The Voice of Planet".
- The life and career of Hank Greenberg, the first major Jewish baseball star in the Major Leagues.
- This powerful and thought provoking film chronicles the compelling events in the Pacific Theater of WWII, from the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941 to the American occupation of Japan in 1945. It depicts the strength and courage of America's youth, while examining how these men and women dealt with being thrust into this brutal war. The film includes interviews with war veterans, both American and Japanese, from all branches of the military. It features testimony from medics, nurses, dog handlers, as well as Japanese-Americans who were imprisoned at internment camps in the United States. The film also includes a first hand account of the tragic impact of the atomic bomb on Japanese citizens. Among the veterans who appear is Zenji Abe, a Japanese veteran who flew the mission to bomb Pearl Harbor, and retired General Paul Tibbets who flew the mission to bomb Hiroshima. Steven Spielberg and historian/author Stephen E. Ambrose are executive producers of this feature-length documentary directed and produced by Academy Award winning filmmaker James Moll ("The Last Days"). The film is a presentation of the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- 19991h 52mTV-146.9 (128)TV MovieOn smoking, drinking and drugs in the 20th century. Via interviews with historians and professionals in the drug treatment field interspersed with film clips that delves into the history of USA's relationship with mind-altering substances.
- Documentary about Stalag Luft III and the prisoners of war present there at the time of the "great" escape. The film also discusses the real man who was the inspiration for the character as found in the film The Great Escape (1963). This documentary can be found in the 2 disc Special Edition DVD released in 2004.
- Television pseudo-documentrary created to promote the forthcoming "ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter" attraction located in the Tomorrowland section of Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom.
- Beginning with William Wrigley's acquisition of the Santa Catalina Island Company in 1919, the history of the island is explored with archival footage, stills, interviews of residents, historians and celebrities.
- Political documentary about the 2000 United States presidential election. It examines the then-current state of American democracy, the issues handled by the typical political process, and the issues which remain unresolved. It also questions whether there is any actual difference between the two major parties, the Democrats and the Republicans.
- Through interviews and archive footage, this video details the history of the rock opera TOMMY, including the album, the movie and the broadway musical.
- Host Dennis Weaver leads an expedition through the centuries exploring 'miraculous' stories. How could David's defeat Goliath using a simple slingshot? What of the three young men thrown into the fiery furnace who emerged unscathed? Can scientists verify this event? Follow the trail of the lost stone tablets God gave to Moses inscribed by His finger on Mt. Sinai. Who's now leading the search?
- A survey of 86 years of Titanicana in popular culture, with the emphasis on movies about (or inspired by) the disaster.