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At the dawn of WWII, several men escape from a Russian gulag—to take a perilous and uncertain journey to freedom as they cross deserts,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ed Harris

A look at how climate change affects our environment and what society can do to prevent the demise of endangered species, ecosystems, and native...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio

Back to the Titanic documents the first manned dives to Titanic in nearly 15 years. New footage reveals fresh decay and sheds light on the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Nigel Barber

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...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jim Warny

Reaching 29,029 feet, Mount Everest has long captivated mountaineers of all stripes. But a peak that draws athletes and mountaineers to new heights...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: George Mallory

A testament to NASA's Apollo program of the 1960s and '70s. Composed of actual NASA footage of the missions and astronaut interviews, the documentary...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jim Lovell

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...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Rodney King

Surrounded by the unforgiving Kalahari Desert, the Okavango Delta is a lush, vibrant oasis that pulses with life each year as the great flood...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Angela Bassett

In one single, epic camera move we journey from Earth's surface to the outermost reaches of the universe on a grand tour of the cosmos, to explore...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Alec Baldwin

Forensic experts scan Pompeii’s victims to investigate why they didn’t escape the eruption.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Maite Jáuregui

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Erin Brockovich

Climbers Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell set out on a daring expedition to tackle Alaska's formidable Devils Thumb. Battling harsh conditions and...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Alex Honnold

Chris Hemsworth has a real passion for sharks. The Hollywood star talks to experts to find out more about the apex predators of the oceans.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Chris Hemsworth

April 14, 1865. One gunshot. One assassin hell-bent on killing a tyrant, as he charged the 16th President of the United States. And in one moment,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Tom Hanks

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jane Goodall

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Killing Reagan explores the events surrounding the assassination attempt on president Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley Jr. Based on the best-selling...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tim Matheson

Healthcare systems are overwhelmed, economies are disrupted and governments impose lockdowns to contain the spread of the virus. Where did this novel...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Gerogina Sutcliffe

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

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Sammi Sadat

When Covid-19 hit New York City in 2020, filmmaker Matthew Heineman gained unique access to one of New York’s hardest-hit hospital systems. The...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Nathalie Dougé