Tom Brokaw Movies

Griffin Dunne’s years-in-the-making documentary portrait of his aunt Joan Didion moves with the spirit of her uncannily lucid writing: the film...

June 6, 1944: The largest Allied operation of World War II began in Normandy, France. Yet, few know in detail exactly why and how, from the end of...

A documentary looking at the life and career of film director Frank Capra. Hosted by Ron Howard.

At the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, the silent protest of Tommie Smith and John Carlos changed The Games forever, becoming one of the defining images...

Directors Jonathan Alter, John Block and Steve McCarthy bring New York columnists Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill’s courageous writing to life,...

This documentary captures the amazing life and times of our nation's forgotten founding father: Alexander Hamilton. Exploring the iconic American...

Thriller about governments around the world racing to attempt to stop a terrorist organization from gaining loose nuclear weapons and supplies before...

A six-night miniseries presenting the history of how the United States was invented, looking at the moments where Americans harnessed technology to...

The Watergate case was the original game changer of America politics. How has Watergate changed the Presidency? What effect has the scandal had on...

On the eve of 1987's Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, surviving families and friends of people who have died of AIDS...

An intimate portrait of Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee, tracing his remarkable ascent from a young Boston boy stricken with polio to...

This film attempts to correct the record when it comes to the left's attacks on President Bush, 9/11 and the war in Iraq and Kerry's 20-year tenure...

All About Ann celebrates the achievements of larger-than-life Ann Richards, who became the first elected female governor of Texas. Her cool demeanor,...

In this full-length documentary, Mary Murphy explores the enduring power, popularity & mystery that is Harper Lee. She interviews Oprah Winfrey,...

Documentary narrated by Tom Brokaw. National Geographic delves into the untold storylines and unresolved mysteries surrounding the Japanese attack on...

In this documentary, filmmakers Daniel B. Gold and Judith Helfand (Blue Vinyl) follow a troupe of self-proclaimed global warming "warriors" on a...

A documentary made for the PBS program American Masters about the comedy team Nichols and May.

This remarkable look into one of America’s most intriguing mysteries is an edge-of-your-seat thriller. Tom Brokaw and NBC News brings you the...

A documentary following the civil rights movement and how the media, in particular the burgeoning TV, was used to fight for equality in the 1960s....

This is the story of a tiny country that made a decision to do something that no other country had ever done -- it decided to abolish its army and...