National Geographic Documentary Films Movies

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

Deep beneath the surface in the Syrian province of Ghouta, a group of female doctors have established an underground field hospital. Under the...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

Over seven years, three couples involved in the extreme sport of BASE jumping test the limits of love and life itself. Risking everything for the...

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

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...

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