Most Viewed From National Geographic Documentary Films

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...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Alex Honnold

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...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jim Warny

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Kristine Tompkins

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Katia Krafft

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Vincent Cassel

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...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Rodney King

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Bobi Wine

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Sammi Sadat

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jane Goodall

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Neidinha Bandeira

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Pam Arlund

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...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Guion Bluford

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Carlota Andrés

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...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Nathalie Dougé

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Erin Brockovich

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

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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...

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Filmmakers follow nine high school students from around the globe as they compete at an international science fair. Facing off against 1,700 of the...

Genre: Documentary

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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...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Amani Ballour

A passionate conservation biologist brings together a river bushman fearful of losing his past and a young scientist uncertain of her future on an...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Steve Boyes