Recently, I have really enjoyed the following, all on Netflix:
1) Five Came Back - A look at Capra, Ford, Huston, Stevens, and Wyler's impact on WWII documentary films. Super interesting and deep on how the filmmakers still tried to use their talents while shooting WWII documentaries.
2) The Last Kingdom - Series set in pre-1066 England, and use a lot of the same towns/names/figures that dominated England at the time. Kind of a more tame version of Game of Thrones, but set in England, and based on The Saxon Stories by Bernard Cornwell.
3) The Boys of '36 - Short documentary based off the book by the same title. It's about the University of Washington men's rowing team from 1936. The book was written by Daniel James Brown. The book and this documentary are great.
4) Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial - Documentary/historical drama covering the Nuremberg Trials after WWII.
Haven't seen
The Boys of '36, but have read the book on the same subject:
The Boys In The Boat, by Laura Hillenbrand.
Highly recommended, and absolutely inspiring. Reminder of what made the Greatest Generation, the greatest.
The stories of the coxswain Bobby Moch, and the lead oar, Joe Rantz, will embarrass most of us who complaining about our first-world problems [blush!]. I also liked the story of Don Hume, who was really, really sick in the days before anti-biotics and anti-viral drugs. He pulled out a superhuman effort. He was so sick, I doubt he remembered much about it.
The story of the boatbuilder, George Pocock, is inspiring in its own way. He wasn't a highly talented crewman, but he was the original Wood Whisperer. I have no doubt that, without the advent of fiberglass, there would still be a craft builder of crew boats with his name on it.
The conflict between the UDub coach, Al Ulbrickson, and the Cal-Berkeley coach, Ky Ebright, is also fascinating.
I understand there's a movie coming, but that it's run into all-too-common childish Hollywood back and forth.
Read the book. You don't need anything more than what your own mind will imagine.