11 Best History Documentaries on Amazon Prime Right Now

10. Man on Wire

Site score 8.6, IMDb score 7.8; Overall score=8.2

Directed by James Marsh

Year: 2008

Are you brave and crazy enough to walk in the clouds? One man is! It’s Philippe Petit, the daring French artist who walked between the rooftops of the Twin Towers of New York’s World Trade Center. He took a stroll on stretched steel cable during one summer morning in 1974. James Marsh made a documentary about him and his unbelievable stunt and won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival and definitely a place on our list of 11 best documentaries on Amazon Prime right now. In order to watch Philippe’s artistic crime of the century, prepare yourself for 93 minutes of adrenaline rush and click the Play button!