The Men Who Built America (2012)

Influential builders, dreamers and believers whose feats transformed the United States, a nation decaying from the inside after the Civil War, into the greatest economic and technological superpower the world had ever seen. The Men Who Built America is the story of a nation at the crossroads and of the people who catapulted it to prosperity.

Genres: Documentary

What to watch after The Men Who Built America

• Last Chance U (2016) — Same feel: ambitious, thought-provoking
• Air Crash Investigation (2003) — A loose match in how its finales land
• 30 for 30 (2009) — A loose match in how its finales land
• The Untold History of the United States (2012)
• Explained (2018) — A loose match in how its finales land
• MythBusters (2003)