13 National Geographic Documentary Films

Follow astronomers in their quest to find a habitable planet—a new Earth. Witness the launches of the space missions Kepler and CoRot, and the exciting discoveries of potentially habitable worlds. A controversial finding emerges: a planet in a twilight zone…

"Sink the Bismarck!" The desperate order echoed across the Atlantic as the British hunted Germany's mightiest battleship. The chase concluded on May 27, 1941, with the Bismarck sinking in deep waters, a loss of over 2,000 lives. Nearly fifty years…

Robert Ballard, who discovered the Titanic in 1985, now explores the ship's story from the perspective of the people who sailed on it a century ago. In "Save the Titanic With Bob Ballard," he journeys to Northern Ireland, visiting the…

The sinking of the Titanic was not just an accident; it was a preventable tragedy caused by a series of avoidable human errors. This National Geographic drama-documentary examines the official inquiry following the disaster, alongside new evidence found since the…

Port Royal, Jamaica – the legendary city of pirates – was once the most notorious place on Earth, but it was destroyed by an earthquake that sank it into the ocean. Now, a dive team is employing advanced technology to…

The Bible recounts God's destruction of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah due to their wickedness, and his support for Joshua in the conquest of Jericho, another city deemed irredeemably wicked. Are these biblical accounts historical fact or merely moral…

Dinosaurs were powerful creatures, but also incredibly strange. Some predators had unusually large or oddly shaped body parts. Join leading paleontologists on a global journey to discover some of the most surprising dinosaurs: Mamenchisaurus, with a neck longer than its…

Scientists are calling it the "Pit of Death," others "Dinosaur Pompeii." The site contains dinosaur corpses piled high, with many newly discovered, well-preserved skeletons – some never seen before. These include a bizarre ancestor of the T. Rex, an ancestor…

Join a breathtaking voyage spanning 100,000 light-years to explore pivotal moments in the Milky Way's past. National Geographic uses advanced science to create a detailed, 3-D CGI model of our galaxy. Journey to the center to investigate supermassive black holes,…

These are some of the largest pyramids on Earth, immense structures of stone and earth that dominate the landscape, symbols of a powerful civilization. But the people who built them were not pharaohs. This is Teotihuacán, a majestic ancient city…

A groundbreaking discovery in Turkey in 1995 – a complex older than the pyramids and Stonehenge – is challenging everything we thought we knew about human history. Only recently have experts fully grasped the site's importance, forcing them to reconsider…

In 2004, NASA's Spirit and Opportunity rovers landed on Mars with a projected lifespan of just a few months. However, their mission unexpectedly extended to five years, transforming from a short-term search for water into a remarkable feat of exploration.…

"Finding Atlantis," a National Geographic Channel film hosted by Professor Richard Freund of Hartford University, explores a quest to locate the legendary lost city. Freund details his efforts to find Atlantis, long considered myth, using advanced technology like ground-penetrating radar,…