Best Documentaries of All Time (and Space)

Michael Pollan, a professor of journalism and a student of food, presents the history of four plants, each of which found a way to make itself essential to humans, thus ensuring widespread propagation. Apples, for sweetness; tulips, for beauty; marijuana, for pleasure; and, potatoes, for sustenance. Each has a story of discovery and adaptation; each has a symbiotic relationship with human civilization. The film tells these stories and examines these relationships.

The intimate story of the most illustrious brotherhood of impressionist artists: Monet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne and Manet.

Art sleuth Waldemar Januszczak uncovers the secret meanings hidden within some of the greatest paintings by Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne and Seurat .

The world's most incredible engineering projects are revisited to uncover why places full of mysteries and untold secrets are now abandoned ruins.

HowStuffWorks is about the stuff that makes the world go 'round. It's truly incredible to see the ingenious lengths people go to in order to extract rubber and iron, corn and wheat, and water and salt from the earth. Equally amazing is the number of different and varied products that can be derived from something so fundamental. Follow the incredible journey of these goods from the ground to your dinner table, car, closet, medicine cabinet and places you may have never imagined.

The Gardener is a documentary directed by Sebastien Chabot about Frank Cabot's Les Quatre Vents, aka Cabot Garden, a magnificent private garden in the Charlevoix region near Quebec City.

The stories behind interesting and unusual artifacts stored in museums are told.

Hosted by Morgan Freeman, Through the Wormhole will explore the deepest mysteries of existence - the questions that have puzzled mankind for eternity. What are we made of? What was there before the beginning? Are we really alone? Is there a creator? These questions have been pondered by the most exquisite minds of the human race.

Fast-paced, fun and informative, Modern Marvels is The History Channel's signature series focusing on historical technology.

A Chronicled look at the fall of the Romanov dynasty in Russia.

Heroes Of The Holocaust series profiles those who risked or gave their lives to save others. The word "hero" should never be used lightly, but there are those who embody every letter of the word. Oskar Schindler is one such man. Join us for an in-depth look at Oskar Schindler's humble beginnings, the bravery he showed in the face of extreme danger, and the lion heart he possessed to always put first the well being of others.

An archeologist travels around the world looking for unknown and missing artifacts from throughout time.

28 lost adventurers must fight for their lives after their only lifeline is destroyed in the most uninhabitable place on Earth - Antarctica.

Experts explore mysteries of abandoned subterranean phenomena around the world, sharing their impressive stories, unique origins and the secrets they still keep hidden underground.

A documentary on the electric guitar from the point of view of three significant rock musicians: The Edge, Jimmy Page, and Jack White.

Jeremy Wade searches the world for legendary and flesh-eating freshwater fish.

Two physicists discover psychic abilities are real only to have their experiments at Stanford co-opted by the CIA and their research silenced by the demands of secrecy. Yet, as both these 'remote viewers' and our audience learn, the 'more you hide something, the more it shines like a beacon in psychic space and this ancient truth can no longer be suppressed.' The true story of Russell Targ and America's cold war psychic spies, disclosed and declassified for the first time, with evidence presented by a Nobel Laureate, an Apollo Astronaut, and the military and scientific community that has been suppressed for nearly 30 years, now able to speak for the first time. Targ's understated mantra that "the evidence for extra sensory perception is overwhelming and shows a talent we all share and deserve to know about, leaves us not just with a greater understanding of this unique chapter in U.S. history, but perhaps most importantly a greater understanding of who we are and our larger connection to the world. The CIA, NSA and DIA used it, your tax dollars paid for it, and now you deserve to know about it.

The deep-sea remains a dangerous & unexplored frontier, a place that swallows evidence and where the unknown is normal. Jeremy Wade searches for answers behind the world's most iconic & baffling underwater mysteries known to science.

Dr. Steven Greer examines details surrounding his alien-visitation "disclosure" movement.

A collection of documentaries that explores the hidden side of human nature through the use of the science of economics.

Trees talk, know family ties and care for their young? Is this too fantastic to be true? German forester Peter Wohlleben ('The Hidden Life of Trees') and scientist Suzanne Simard (The University of British Columbia, Canada) have been observing and investigating the communication between trees over decades. And their findings are most astounding. 'Intelligent Trees' features the main observations that are covered in Peter Wohlleben's book such as the stump that has been kept alive by it's neighboring trees, the old tree-couple that looks after each other, the Mother Trees that suckle their offspring, etc... Special about this film is, however, that it goes beyond observations and claims, but match them with the latest underlying Forest Science Research.

Dr Hannah Fry explores the strange rules, natures' mysteries and mystical origins of mathematics.

With unique access and state-of-the-art technology, Bettany lifts the lid on the most remarkable treasures of civilisation to investigate the story of humanity. She examines household-name treasures and new finds from across the world.

The historian explores the history of Greece from the time of the Ancients to the present day.

The historian explores the land that inspired her passion for the past by embarking upon a 900-mile journey along the river Nile and examining how it shaped ancient Egypt.