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18 best shows like Silicon Cowboys (2016)

List of the best shows and series like Silicon Cowboys (2016): Nazi Megastructures, Redrum, Challenger: The Final Flight, Prohibition, The World Wars, Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics, The Toys That Made Us, The Dictator's Rulebook, Mankind: The Story of All of Us, Exterminate All the Brutes.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genredocumentary, military, history
CountryUSA, United Kingdom

In a quest for world domination, the Nazis built some of the biggest and deadliest pieces of military hardware and malevolent technology in history. This is the stories of the engineers who designed them and how these structures sparked a technological revolution that changed warfare forever.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genredocumentary, crime, detective, history
CountryUSA

When it comes to murder, no detective starts their search at the beginning of the crime. Rather, a murder investigation always begins with the body, after the deed is done. It is up to the police to piece together the story, moving backwards in time until they arrive at the root of the crime. In REDRUM, viewers follow the backwards tale of murder from false motives and mistaken witnesses to conversations taken completely out of context, until the truth finally comes out at the very end.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genredocumentary, history
CountryUSA

Engineers, officials and the crew members' families provide their perspective on the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster and its aftermath.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genredocumentary, history
CountryUSA

The history of the rise, rule and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the entire era it encompassed (1920-33). After nearly a century of activism, Prohibition was intended to improve the lives of all citizens by protecting individuals, families and society at large from the devastating effects of alcohol abuse; but paradoxically it made millions of people rethink their definition of morality.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genredocumentary, military, history
CountryUSA

The story of three decades of war told through the eyes of various men who were its key players: Roosevelt, Hitler, Patton, Mussolini, Churchill, Tojo, DeGaulle and MacArthur. The series examines the two wars as one contiguous timeline starting in 1914 and concluding in 1945 with these unique individuals coming of age in World War I before ultimately calling the shots in World War II.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genredocumentary, history
CountryUSA

The six-part, one-hour documentary series takes a deeper look into the stories, people and events that have transformed the world of comic books.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrecomedy, documentary, history
CountryUSA

The minds behind history's most iconic toy franchises discuss the rise -- and sometimes fall -- of their billion-dollar creations.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genredocumentary, history
CountryUSA

Learn how six dictators, from Mussolini to Saddam Hussein, shaped the 20th century. How did they seize and lose power? What forces were against them? Learn the answers in these six immersive hours, each a revealing portrait of brutality and power.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genredocumentary, history
CountryUSA
Duration12:00

Mankind The Story of All of Us is an epic 12-hour television event about the greatest adventure of all time—the history of the human race. It takes 10 billion years for the ideal planet to form and 3 billion more for the right conditions to emerge before it finally happens: mankind begins. From there unfolds a fast-paced story told here through key turning points—stepping stones in our journey from hunter-gatherer to global citizen. It’s a tale of connections—why some ideas take hold and spread around the globe, and how the lives of people in one part of the world are shaped by events in another.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genredocumentary, history
CountryUSA

Hybrid docuseries offering an expansive exploration of the exploitative and genocidal aspects of European colonialism, from America to Africa, and its impact on society today.

Markimdb: 8.8
Genredrama, documentary, history, sport
CountryCanada, USA

Finding truth at the intersection of fantasy and reality in the veiled world of professional wrestling.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genredocumentary, crime, biography, history
CountryUSA
Duration02:00

A unique look inside the mind of an infamous serial killer with this cinematic self-portrait crafted from statements made by Ted Bundy, including present-day interviews, archival footage and audio recordings from death row.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genreaction, drama, adventure, documentary, military, history
CountryUSA

Dynamic reenactments and expert commentaries bring to life the tumultuous history and power struggles of a warring 16th-century feudal Japan.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredocumentary, history
CountryUSA

An FBI cold case that has laid dormant for 70 years, leads a group of world-renown investigators on the ultimate manhunt to finally answer the question: Did Adolf Hitler survive World War II?

Markimdb: 7.8
Genredocumentary, biography, history, sport
CountryUSA

WWE Superstars past and present reveal their compelling stories about the most important moments in WWE history.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genredocumentary, history
CountryUSA

This four-part LGBTQ+ docuseries chronicles the untold events leading up to the Stonewall Uprising, honoring the rebels of yesteryear with never-before-seen archival footage along with stylistic depictions that bring to life the gripping and true backstories of these leaders and unsung heroes.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genredocumentary, history, sport
CountryUSA

An exploratory look at great racing cathedrals of the past in a journey across the country to unearth historic racecourses abandoned and overtaken by nature; featuring appearances by racing legends.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genredocumentary, history
CountryUSA

Using the latest techniques of forensic science, investigators re-explore some of the legendary figures and events of history in order to determine how much of what has come down to us is a true account.




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