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  • Planet Earth (2006)

    1. Planet Earth

    200611 epsTV-PGTV Mini Series
    9.4 (229K)
    A documentary series on the wildlife found on Earth. Each episode covers a different habitat: deserts, mountains, deep oceans, shallow seas, forests, caves, polar regions, fresh water, plains and jungles. Narrated by David Attenborough.
    StarsSigourney WeaverDavid AttenboroughNikolay Drozdov
  • Human Planet (2011)

    2. Human Planet

    20118 epsTV-PGTV Mini Series
    9.0 (30K)
    A cinematic experience bringing you the most amazing human stories in the world. Humans and wildlife surviving in the most extreme environments on Earth
    StarsJohn HurtRoger Munns
  • The Hunt (2015)

    3. The Hunt

    20158 epsTV-PGTV Mini Series
    9.2 (4.5K)
    The fascinating relationship between predators and their prey, and the strategies predators use to catch their food and prey use to escape death.
    StarsDavid AttenboroughJamie McPhersonDoug Anderson
  • Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)

    4. Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey

    201413 epsTV-PGTV Mini Series
    9.2 (135K)
    An exploration of our discovery of the laws of nature and coordinates in space and time.
    StarsNeil deGrasse TysonChristopher EmersonKeythe Farley
  • Life (2009)

    5. Life

    200911 epsTV-GTV Mini Series
    9.1 (46K)
    A global view of the specialized strategies and extreme behavior that living things have developed in order to survive; what Charles Darwin termed "the struggle for existence."
    StarsOprah WinfreyDavid AttenboroughDoug Allan
  • Planet Earth II (2016)

    6. Planet Earth II

    20166 epsTV-GTV Mini Series
    9.4 (168K)
    David Attenborough returns with a new wildlife documentary that shows life in a variety of habitats.
    StarsDavid AttenboroughSandesh KadurToby Nowlan
  • Life on Earth (1979)

    7. Life on Earth

    197913 epsTV Mini Series
    9.1 (3.4K)
    David Attenborough's groundbreaking study of the evolution of life on our planet.
    StarDavid Attenborough
  • Blue Planet II (2017)

    8. Blue Planet II

    20177 epsTV-GTV Mini Series
    9.3 (53K)
    David Attenborough returns to the world's oceans in this sequel to the acclaimed documentary filming rare and unusual creatures of the deep, as well as documenting the problems our oceans face.
    StarsDavid AttenboroughPeter DrostRoger Munns
  • Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)

    9. Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids

    20041h 25mR78Metascore
    7.2 (18K)
    Two documentary filmmakers chronicle their time in Sonagchi, Calcutta and the relationships they developed with children of prostitutes who work the city's notorious red light district.
    DirectorsZana BriskiRoss KauffmanStarsKochiAvijit HalderShanti Das
  • Meet the Chimps (2020)

    10. Meet the Chimps

    2020– 6 epsTV-14TV Series
    7.7 (147)
    The secret life of one of the largest and most unique wildlife sanctuaries in the world, Chimp Haven, a 200-acre refuge tucked deep in the forested heart of Louisiana, which is home to more than 300 chimpanzees.
    StarsJane LynchRaven Jackson-JewettAmy Fultz
  • Frozen Planet (2011)

    11. Frozen Planet

    2011–201210 epsTV-PGTV Mini Series
    9.0 (36K)
    Focuses on life and the environment in both the Arctic and Antarctic.
    StarsDavid AttenboroughAlec BaldwinChadden Hunter
  • The Living Planet (1984)

    12. The Living Planet

    198412 epsTV Mini Series
    9.0 (2.2K)
    David Attenborough discusses the biomass and life in a variety of eco-systems spanning many of the environments found on Earth (from tropical to polar).
    StarDavid Attenborough
  • The Trials of Life (1990)

    13. The Trials of Life

    199012 epsTV Mini Series
    8.9 (1.9K)
    Each of the twelve 50-minute episodes features a different aspect of the journey through life, from birth to adulthood and continuation of the species through reproduction.
    StarDavid Attenborough
  • Arena (1975)

    14. Arena

    Episode: 

    The Private Dirk Bogarde: Part One

    (2001)
    1975– 55mTV Episode
    8.0 (51)
    BAFTA and BPG Award winning first part of a televisual life of the film actor who died in 1999, drawing on new video footage from the archive of Bogarde's long-term partner and manager Anthony Forwood.
    DirectorAdam LowStarsNicholas ShakespeareDirk BogardeCapucine
  • The Blue Planet (2001)

    15. The Blue Planet

    20018 epsTV-GTV Series
    9.0 (46K)
    Mammoth series, five years in the making, taking a look at the rich tapestry of life in the world's oceans.
    StarsDavid AttenboroughPierce BrosnanPeter Scoones
  • Arena (1975)

    16. Arena

    Episode: 

    The Private Dirk Bogarde: Part Two

    (2001)
    1975– 1h 15mTV Episode
    8.4 (41)
    BAFTA and BPG Award winning second part of the film star's life from the release of VICTIM (1961) to the author's death in 1999.
    DirectorAdam LowStarsNicholas ShakespeareDirk BogardeBjörn Andrésen
  • March of the Penguins (2005)

    17. March of the Penguins

    20051h 20mG79Metascore
    7.5 (61K)
    In the Antarctic, every March since the beginning of time, the quest begins to find the perfect mate and start a family.
    DirectorLuc JacquetStarsMorgan FreemanRomane BohringerCharles Berling
  • My Crasy Life (1992)

    18. My Crasy Life

    19921h 35mNot Rated
    6.9 (210)
    A probing look at a Samoan street gang in a closed community in Long Beach, California with its own rules, rituals, and language.
    DirectorJean-Pierre Gorin
  • Joe Exotic in Tiger King (2020)

    19. Tiger King

    2020–202112 epsTV-MATV Series
    7.5 (90K)
    A rivalry between big cat eccentrics takes a dark turn when Joe Exotic, a controversial animal park boss, is caught in a murder-for-hire plot.
    StarsJoe ExoticCarole BaskinJohn Reinke
  • Ebonie Vincent and Brad Schaeffer in My Feet Are Killing Me (2020)

    20. My Feet Are Killing Me

    2020– 40 epsTV-14TV Series
    6.8 (326)
    Two podiatrist surgeons tackle extreme and bizarre foot issues of desperate patients.
    StarsBrad SchaefferEbonie VincentSarah Haller
  • Good Girl's Guide to Kinky Sex (1997)

    21. Good Girl's Guide to Kinky Sex

    1997– 7 epsTV Series
    6.1 (42)
    Three self-confessed "good girls" and their partners, held back by a fear of being adventurous in the bedroom, get some creative advice from sex experts on how to spice up their love lives.
    StarsTracy-Ann ObermanRebecca DakinAnnabelle Knight
  • David Attenborough in Natural Curiosities (2013)

    22. Natural Curiosities

    2013–201827 epsTV Series
    8.6 (839)
    David Attenborough presents a collection of his favourite natural curiosities found throughout the animal kingdom from armoured giants to crafty insects.
    StarsDavid AttenboroughGuy Chapellier
  • Robin Williams in Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (2018)

    23. Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind

    20181h 56mTV-MA74Metascore
    7.9 (9.9K)
    An intimate look into the life and work of the revered master comedian and actor, Robin Williams.
    DirectorMarina ZenovichStarsRobin WilliamsMark RasmussenStan Wilson
  • The Dawn Wall (2017)

    24. The Dawn Wall

    20171h 40mNot Rated81Metascore
    8.1 (22K)
    In an unbelievable story of perseverance, free climber Tommy Caldwell and climbing partner Kevin Jorgeson attempt to scale the impossible 3000ft Dawn Wall of El Capitan.
    DirectorsJosh LowellPeter MortimerStarsJohn BranchTommy CaldwellKevin Jorgeson
  • The Cleaners (2018)

    25. The Cleaners

    20181h 28m70Metascore
    7.1 (1.9K)
    A look at the shadowy underworld of the Internet where questionable content is removed.
    DirectorsHans BlockMoritz RiesewieckStarsMark ZuckerbergDonald TrumpNicole Wong

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