National Geographic Documentary Films Movies

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 s...

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 sm...

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

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 h...

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

The Nightcrawlers provides unprecedented access to the the Manila Nightcrawlers as they look to expose the true cost of Filipino President Duterte’s v...

For centuries, Inuit in the Arctic have lived on and around the frozen ocean. Now, as climate change is rapidly melting the sea ice between Canada and...

Documenting the recovery of a Tuskegee Airman's downed WWII plane in Lake Huron and uncovering its 80-year-old mystery through underwater archaeology,...

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 Amer...

Single mothers, abandoned wives and survivors of sexual and domestic violence enroll in an intense training selection to join rangers protecting eleph...

Exclusive access into the career and life of the public servant who has advised seven U.S. presidents beginning with the AIDS pandemic in the 1980s an...

Follows five young star students on their journey to win one of the world’s most prestigious competitions for student entrepreneurs.

Sally Ride became the first American woman to blast off into space, but beneath her calm composure was a secret. Sally’s life partner, Tam O’Shaughnes...

Comes one hundred years from the two-day Tulsa Massacre in 1921 that led to the murder of as many as 300 Black people and left as many as 10,000 homel...

Serving as an intimate and cinematic portrait of Sagan, the Untitled Carl Sagan Documentary will explore his love story with partner Ann Druyan and wi...

Explores how Mexico has been shaped by U.S. policies, migrant caravans, drug traffickers and corruption.

Lost and Found provides an in-depth focus into the Myanmar military’s campaign of ethnic cleansing and violence perpetrated against the Rohingya, and...

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Peter Benchley’s bestselling novel and the blockbuster film.

Examine the science of solitary confinement and find out what it means to be absolutely alone. What really happens to people in isolation? Is there a...