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The Untold History of the United States (2012)

Documentary · History · War

Oliver Stone's re-examination of under-reported events in American history.

IMDb rating
8.6 (10,167 votes)
Episode average
8.3 -0.3 vs IMDb
Seasons
1
Language
EN
Type
Mini-series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2012)

8.28 avg 13 episodes 8.5 → 7.9 56 min avg

Ep 1: 8.5 · 445 votesEp 2: 8.3 · 350 votesEp 3: 8.6 · 335 votesEp 4: 8.3 · 278 votesEp 5: 8.3 · 272 votesEp 6: 8.4 · 271 votesEp 7: 8.4 · 249 votesEp 8: 8.2 · 247 votesEp 9: 8.2 · 238 votesEp 10: 8.3 · 262 votesEp 11: 8.1 · 137 votesEp 12: 8.2 · 119 votesEp 13: 7.9 · 26 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Chapter 1: World War Two8.5445
2Chapter 2: Roosevelt, Truman and Wallace8.3350
3Chapter 3: The Bomb8.6335
4Chapter 4: The Cold War 1945-19508.3278
5Chapter 5: The 50s - Eisenhower, the Bomb & the Third World8.3272
6Chapter 6: JFK - To the Brink8.4271
7Chapter 7: Johnson, Nixon & Vietnam: Reversal of Fortune8.4249
8Chapter 8: Reagan, Gorbachev & Third World - Rise of the Right8.2247
9Chapter 9: Bush & Clinton - Squandered Peace and New World Order8.2238
10Chapter 10: Bush & Obama - Age of Terror8.3262
11Prologue: Chapter A - World War I, the Russian Revolution & Woodrow Wilson8.1137
12Prologue: Chapter B - 1920-1940, Franklin D.Roosevelt, Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin8.2119
13On History: Tariq Ali and Oliver Stone in Conversation7.926

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