National Geographic Documentary Films Movies

  • 2018
    Free Solo

    Free Solo

    Free Solo

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    Follow Alex Honnold as he attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite's 3,000 foot high El Capitan wall. With no ropes or...

    Free Solo
  • 2021
    The Rescue

    The Rescue

    The Rescue

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    The enthralling, against-all-odds story that transfixed the world in 2018: the daring rescue of twelve boys and their coach from deep inside a...

    The Rescue
  • 2021
    Becoming Cousteau

    Becoming Cousteau

    Becoming Cousteau

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    Adventurer, filmmaker, inventor, author, unlikely celebrity and conservationist: For over four decades, Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his explorations...

    Becoming Cousteau
  • 2017
    Jane

    Jane

    Jane

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    Drawing from never-before-seen footage that has been tucked away in the National Geographic archives, director Brett Morgen tells the story of Jane...

    Jane
  • 2023
    Bobi Wine: The People's President

    Bobi Wine: The People's President

    Bobi Wine: The People's President

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    Uganda has one the youngest populations in the world and one of its most flagrantly anti-democratic governments. These are ingredients for...

    Bobi Wine: The People's President
  • 2022
    Fire of Love

    Fire of Love

    Fire of Love

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    A doomed love triangle between intrepid French scientists Katia and Maurice Krafft, and their beloved volcanoes.

    Fire of Love
  • 2019
    The Cave

    The Cave

    The Cave

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    Deep beneath the surface in the Syrian province of Ghouta, a group of female doctors have established an underground field hospital. Under the...

    The Cave
  • 2017
    LA 92

    LA 92

    LA 92

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    Twenty-five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests, violence and looting in Los Angeles, LA 92 immerses...

    LA 92
  • 2022
    The Flagmakers

    The Flagmakers

    The Flagmakers

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    THE FLAGMAKERS is a film about the unexpected people who make the American flag and invites us to ask the question: who is America and who is the...

    The Flagmakers
  • 2023
    The Mission

    The Mission

    The Mission

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    American Christian missionary John Chau was murdered when he tried to illegally contact and convert some of the world’s last uncontacted...

    The Mission
  • 2023
    The Space Race

    The Space Race

    The Space Race

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    Uncover the little-known stories of the first Black pilots, engineers and scientists seeking to break the bonds of social injustice to reach for the...

    The Space Race
  • 2023
    Wild Life

    Wild Life

    Wild Life

    7.12023HD

    From Oscar-winning filmmakers Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, "Wild Life" follows conservationist Kris Tompkins on an epic, decades-spanning love...

    Wild Life
  • 2021
    Torn

    Torn

    Torn

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    When world renowned climber Alex Lowe was tragically lost in a deadly avalanche, his best friend and climbing partner went on to marry his widow and...

    Torn
  • 2022
    We Feed People

    We Feed People

    We Feed People

    7.12022HD

    We Feed People spotlights renowned chef José Andrés and his nonprofit World Central Kitchen’s incredible mission and evolution...

    We Feed People
  • 2020
    Rebuilding Paradise

    Rebuilding Paradise

    Rebuilding Paradise

    6.42020HD

    ​On November 8, 2018, a spark flew in the Sierra Nevada foothills, igniting the most destructive wildfire in California history and decimating...

    Rebuilding Paradise
  • 2022
    The Territory

    The Territory

    The Territory

    7.1672022HD

    The Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people have seen their population dwindle and their culture threatened since coming into contact with non-Native...

    The Territory
  • 2022
    Retrograde

    Retrograde

    Retrograde

    7.12022HD

    The story of the last months of the 20-year war in Afghanistan through the intimate relationship between American Green Berets and the Afghan...

    Retrograde
  • 2019
    Sea of Shadows

    Sea of Shadows

    Sea of Shadows

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    The vaquita, the world’s smallest whale, is nearing extinction as its habitat is destroyed by Mexican cartels and the Chinese Mafia, who...

    Sea of Shadows
  • 2021
    The First Wave

    The First Wave

    The First Wave

    6.872021HD

    When Covid-19 hit New York City in 2020, filmmaker Matthew Heineman gained unique access to one of New York’s hardest-hit hospital systems. The...

    The First Wave
  • 2021
    Playing with Sharks

    Playing with Sharks

    Playing with Sharks

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    Valerie Taylor is a shark fanatic and an Australian icon – a marine maverick who forged her way as a fearless diver, cinematographer and...

    Playing with Sharks