Nature Documentary Movies

This very short documentary from the Hinterland Who’s Who series introduces viewers to the moose.

Bird entanglement from fishing gear is a global catastrophe. Unhooked tells the story of the world’s longest fishing pier, where bird rescuers...

"The Great Polar Bear Feast" is the astonishing story of an annual natural phenomenon that occurs in early September on the north slope of the...

Between documentary and animation, this film delves into collective memory, rescuing ancestral symbols and reopening old questions: what future...

This adventure film features Scott McVay, an authority on whales, and filmmaker Bill Mason. The objective was to film the bowhead, a magnificent...

Fifteen years ago, a handful of African Penguins, normally found only on remote islands off the Southern African coast, stumbled across on of the...

United by the same dream, Yves Fagniart and Olivier Larrey, watercolorist and wildlife photographer respectively, set up home in a shack just a few...

At a marine biology station, a clump of algae reveals polyps, stomachs with limbs, limbs with buds, buds with poison cells. This animal reproduces by...

Shot weeks apart, I made two films of personal sightings while on public outings, in the company of the great mammals off Cape Cod. Like icebergs,...

Introducing Gunner, a Cheetah born amidst the merciless killing fields of Botswana's Linyanti, where Africa's most formidable predators reign. In...

This documentary combines archaeological and geological evidence with tales passed down through generations, uncovering a dramatic history of...

Arne Sucksdorff’s short documentary observes gulls raiding nests and stealing eggs with ruthless persistence. Though presented as pure nature...

This is a diary film shot at the same time as my edited sound film, Alaska. The film reflects my awe as I accompanied my sister, Olga, a marine...

The sequel to the hugely successful documentary about the beauty of Slovak nature, featuring Nigel Marven, British wildlife filmmaker, screenwriter,...