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1.
The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (1966–1999)
Episode:
Growing Up in the Universe: Waking Up in the Universe
(1991)
Documentary, Family
Star: Richard Dawkins
Votes: 38
2.
The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (1966–1999)
Episode:
Growing Up in the Universe: Designed and Designoid Objects
(1991)
Documentary, Family
Star: Richard Dawkins
Votes: 26
3.
The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (1966–1999)
Episode:
Growing Up in the Universe: Climbing Mount Improbable
(1992)
Documentary, Family
Star: Richard Dawkins
Votes: 26
4.
The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (1966–1999)
Episode:
Growing Up in the Universe: The Ultraviolet Garden
(1992)
Documentary, Family
Stars: Douglas Adams, Richard Dawkins
Votes: 34
5.
The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (1966–1999)
Episode:
Growing Up in the Universe: The Genesis of Purpose
(1992)
Documentary, Family
Stars: Richard Dawkins, Adolf Hitler
Votes: 26
6.
Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking (2010)
Episode:
The Story of Everything
(2010)
TV-PG | 88 min | Documentary
In two mind-blowing hours, Hawking reveals the wonders of the cosmos to a new generation. Delve into the mind of the world's most famous living scientist and reveal the splendor and majesty... See full summary »
Director: Iain Riddick | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Melissa Ricci, Phoebe Haines, Simon Haines
Votes: 349
7. The Enemies of Reason (2007 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
Scientist Richard Dawkins turns a hostile eye on the world of alternative medicine.
Director: Russell Barnes | Stars: Derren Brown, Deepak Chopra, Richard Dawkins, Chris French
Votes: 1,854
8.
Through the Wormhole (2010–2017)
Episode:
Is There a Creator?
(2010)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary
This program examines some recent scientific theories of the universe and conceptions about God they may suggest.
Stars: Morgan Freeman, Andy Albrecht, Alan Guth, Janna Levin
Votes: 379
9.
Through the Wormhole (2010–2017)
Episode:
What Happened Before the Beginning?
(2010)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary
Following a review of the discovery and evidence for the Big Bang this program examines the progress of scientists trying to determine what went on before the Big Bang that could have caused it.
Stars: Morgan Freeman, Martin Bojowald, Alan Guth, Edwin Hubble
Votes: 253
10.
Through the Wormhole (2010–2017)
Episode:
Is There an Edge to the Universe?
(2011)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary
To the average person it seems obvious that the universe must have an edge. Yet most cosmologists think that like a ball, or more likely a bagel, the universe has no end, other then a ... See full summary »
Stars: Morgan Freeman, Andy Albrecht, Neil Cornish, Sasha Kashlinsky
Votes: 177
11.
Through the Wormhole (2010–2017)
Episode:
Are There More Than 3 Dimensions?
(2011)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary
To scientists it looks like the weakness of gravity, the existence of dark matter and the big bang may all be dependent on how many dimensions there are to the universe. But are the three ... See full summary »
Stars: Morgan Freeman, Eric Adelberger, Sue Barry, Renate Loll
Votes: 151
12.
Through the Wormhole (2010–2017)
Episode:
The Riddle of Black Holes
(2010)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary
After reviewing theories about how black holes form and how they were detected this program looks at their counterintuitive behavior that makes them seem so bizarre.
Stars: Morgan Freeman, Julie Comerford, Reinhard Genzel, Stefan Gillessen
Votes: 287
13.
National Geographic: Engineering the Impossible (2007– )
Episode:
The Great Pyramid
(2007)
50 min | Documentary, Action, History
How the greatest pyramid in Egypt was built to provide a launch pad to the afterlife for its enigmatic Pharoah.
Directors: Melisa Akdogan, Mike Ibeji | Stars: Alisdair Simpson, Aidan Dodson, Stephen Harvey, Salima Ikram
Votes: 34
14.
Strange Days on Planet Earth (2005– )
Episode:
Troubled Waters
(2005)
Documentary, History, Mystery
Star: Edward Norton
Votes: 8
15.
Strange Days on Planet Earth (2005– )
Episode:
Invaders
(2005)
Documentary, History, Mystery
Director: John Rubin | Stars: Edward Norton, Greg Asner, Jim Carlton, David Duffy
Votes: 15
16. Strange Days on Planet Earth (2005– )
240 min | Documentary, History, Mystery
Around the globe, scientists are racing to solve a series of mysteries. Unsettling transformations are sweeping across the planet, and clue by clue, investigators around the world are ... See full summary »
Stars: Edward Norton, James Oqwang, Claudia Riegel, David Duffy
Votes: 221
17. Religulous (2008)
R | 101 min | Documentary, Comedy, War
Bill Maher's take on the current state of world religion.
Director: Larry Charles | Stars: Bill Maher, Tal Bachman, Jonathan Boulden, Steven Burg
Votes: 60,238 | Gross: $13.00M
18.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Quantum Leap
(2011)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary
This program explains some of the weirdest aspects of quantum mechanics: uncertainty and entanglement. Despite the absurdity of these behaviors they have been confirmed time and again and ... See full summary »
Directors: Julia Cort, Josh Rosen | Stars: Allan Adams, Christopher Mark Chan, John Clauser, Frank Cuervo
Votes: 218
19. My Brilliant Brain (2007– )
60 min | Documentary
My Brilliant Brain is a compelling three part documentary series exploring the incredible inner workings of the human brain. The programmes look at a group of remarkable people and poses ... See full summary »
Star: Kayla Bechor
Votes: 85
20. Invisibles (2007)
95 min | Documentary, Drama
A series of short films examining the world's overlooked problems and the people who suffer from them.
Directors: Mariano Barroso, Isabel Coixet, Javier Corcuera, Fernando León de Aranoa, Wim Wenders | Stars: Lia Chapman, Luz-Neida Perdomo, Isabelle Stoffel
Votes: 419
21. Sirius (2013)
Not Rated | 110 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentary about the life of Dr. Stephen Greer, UFO secrecy, and existing energy technologies that could change the world as we know it.
Director: Amardeep Kaleka | Stars: Thomas Jane, Jack Auman, Corrado Balducci, Morgan Boardman
Votes: 1,807
22. Darwin's Nightmare (2004)
107 min | Documentary
A documentary on the effect of fishing the Nile perch in Tanzania's Lake Victoria. The predatory fish, which has wiped out the native species, is sold in European supermarkets, while starving Tanzanian families have to make do with the leftovers.
Director: Hubert Sauper | Stars: Elizabeth 'Eliza' Maganga Nsese, Raphael Tukiko Wagara, Dimond Remtulia, Marcus Nyoni
Votes: 5,661 | Gross: $0.20M
23.
Andrew Marr's History of the World (2012)
Episode:
Survival
(2012)
58 min | Documentary, History
Andrew Marr sets off on an epic journey through the explosive events, changes, conflicts and triumphs that shaped 70,000 years of human history. From our earliest beginnings in Africa, Marr... See full summary »
Director: Neil Rawles | Stars: Andrew Marr, Pierre Marais, Matthew Van Leeve
Votes: 103
24.
Andrew Marr's History of the World (2012)
Episode:
Age of Empire
(2012)
58 min | Documentary, History
Andrew Marr sets off on an epic journey through the explosive events, changes, conflicts and triumphs that shaped 70,000 years of human history. From our earliest beginnings in Africa, Marr... See full summary »
Director: Neil Rawles | Stars: Andrew Marr, Julia Anastasopoulos, Dylan Edy, Pierre Marais
Votes: 88
25.
Andrew Marr's History of the World (2012)
Episode:
The Word and the Sword
(2012)
58 min | Documentary, History
Andrew Marr sets off on an epic journey through the explosive events, changes, conflicts and triumphs that shaped 70,000 years of human history. From our earliest beginnings in Africa, Marr... See full summary »
Director: Renny Bartlett | Stars: Andrew Marr, Joe Vaz, Pierre Marais, Aubrey Shelton
Votes: 84
26.
Egypt (2005)
Episode:
The Mystery of the Rosetta Stone
(2005)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary, Drama, History
It's a battle of linguistics between a brilliant French linguist and an English Scientist on deciphering the Rosetta stone.
Director: Ferdinand Fairfax | Stars: Elliot Cowan, Stuart Bunce, Louis Waymouth, Christopher Good
Votes: 82
27.
Secrets of the Dead (2000– )
Episode:
The Silver Pharaoh
(2010)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, History, War
Secrets of the Dead examines the the tomb of Psusennes I an Egyptian Pharaoh of the Intermediate Period whose burial place was discovered shortly before World War II.
Director: Andy Webb | Stars: Melissa Dring, Yasmin El Shazly, King Faroukh, Fawzi Gaballah
Votes: 50
28.
Out of Egypt (2009)
Episode:
The Birth of the Devil
(2009)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, History
The devil - a symbol of all that we fear. But for the ancient Egyptians, and other early civilizations, the devil simply didn't exist. Somewhere in the course of human history, a force of pure evil began to emerge - and the devil was born.
Votes: 15
29. Cosmos (1980)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Astronomer Carl Sagan leads us on an engaging guided tour of the various elements and cosmological theories of the universe.
Stars: Carl Sagan, Jaromír Hanzlík, Jonathan Fahn, Jean Charney
Votes: 43,911
30. Hititler (2003)
120 min | Documentary
A documentary about the rise and fall of the Hittite empire, which existed about 3500 years ago in what is now central Turkey.
Director: Tolga Örnek | Stars: Haluk Bilginer, Jeremy Irons, Sanem Çelik, Burak Sergen
Votes: 497
31.
Heroes and Villains (2007–2008)
Episode:
Attila the Hun
(2008)
59 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Attila the Hun. A warrior whose name is a byword for ferocity and terror and whose exploits are the stuff of legend. After murdering his brother, Attila leads the Germanic warrior tribes against the Romans.
Director: Gareth Edwards | Stars: Kevin Eldon, Mick Walter, Rory McCann, Nicholas Boulton
Votes: 171
32. Hannibal (2006 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 89 min | Action, Biography, Drama
It is 200 years before the birth of Christ and Rome is the new superpower of the ancient world. She believes she is invincible - but one man is destined to change that. He is a man bound by... See full summary »
Director: Edward Bazalgette | Stars: Alexander Siddig, Emilio Doorgasingh, Bashar Rahal, Mido Hamada
Votes: 1,791
33. The God Who Wasn't There (2005)
62 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Did Jesus exist? This film starts with that question, then goes on to examine Christianity as a whole.
Director: Brian Flemming | Stars: Sam Harris, Robert M. Price, Richard Carrier, Earl Doherty
Votes: 5,052
34. Where to Invade Next (2015)
R | 120 min | Documentary, Comedy
To learn what the USA can learn from other nations, Michael Moore playfully "invades" them to see what they have to offer.
Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Michael Moore, Johnny Fancelli, Christina Fancelli, Lorena Lardini
Votes: 25,699 | Gross: $3.82M
35. Andrew Marr's History of the World (2012)
Documentary, History
Andrew Marr's History of the World is a 2012 BBC documentary television series presented by Andrew Marr that covers 70,000 years of world history from the beginning of human civilisation, ... See full summary »
Stars: Andrew Marr, Pierre Marais, Joe Vaz, Aubrey Shelton
Votes: 1,401
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