Movies & Documentaries about Earth, Earth Sciences or Astronomy
A list of movies and documentaries about the earth, earth sciences or astronomy. Materials presented can be either factual, fictional or theoretically based.
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- DirectorMartin WilliamsStarsRichard LinternPatrick StewartA fantastical - but factual - journey to the Centre of the Earth.
- DirectorYavar AbbasStarMatt VaskoHow the earth evolved and man's minuscule place in it. Excellent to understand what we know today as our earth's evolution.National Geographic The Story of Earth: Imagine cameras had been around since the creation of Earth to record every major event and you have this astonishing documentary. In this photorealistic CGI epic, see how a boiling ball of rock transformed into the blue planet we know today. Explore every aspect of our world; learn how water first arrived on Earth, discover the vital role oxygen played as life forms began to evolve, and find out how land mammals evolved into dinosaurs and other giant beasts, before becoming extinct 65 million years ago. Cutting-edge imagery also reveals how humans first began to walk on two feet and looks into the future to see what may be in store for our home over the next five billion years.
- StarsLokesh BaliJames BalogJack BarthA National Geographic documentary examining the earth in each of its many layers. A complete analysis from crust to core.
- DirectorDana BerryStarsPhil PlaitJohn M. GrunsfeldJeff HesterHubble Space Telescope is awaiting one final shuttle servicing mission, but why is a telescope worth the risk? Hubble has made numerous discoveries, such as the birth of stars, the death of stars, the existence of black holes, the violence of a comet crash, charting Dark Matter clouds, and discovering 2/3rds of the Universe itself, in the form of mysterious Dark Energy. One day, the Hubble mission will end, and Hubble will burn up in the atmosphere. But a new telescope, the James Webb, will take its place among the stars.
- DirectorDuncan CoppStarsJames S. BullockReg E. CatheyEmbark on an astounding journey across 100,000 light-years to witness key moments in the history of the Milky Way. Using cutting-edge science, National Geographic constructs a 3-D state-of-the-art CGI model of our galaxy. Gaze into the heart of the Milky Way on the hunt for super-massive black holes. Witness as stars are born and die. Fly out and above the plane of our galaxy to understand its true shape and scour its dusty spiral arms for the possibility of life.
- StarsAvery BrooksCharlie PaullTim Le BasIn this National Geographic special, we look at what most call "The Final Frontier". Using the newest data gathered from scientists all over the world and the latest advancements in computer generated imaging, we are able to explore some of the most dramatic landscapes the Earth has to offer. From the tallest mountain to fissures that would engulf entire countries, the ocean floor is truly a sight to behold.
- DirectorEric BrevigStarsBrendan FraserJosh HutchersonAníta BriemOn a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth.
- StarsJ.V. MartinRoger TillingLaura MacDonaldCombining science and history, Mega Disasters visits the sites of the most incredible disasters of the past -- and then virtually recreates them in modern times and locations using state-of-the-art computer animation.
- DirectorPeter NicholsonBAFTA Award nominated documentary capturing the impact of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan in 2011, using amateur footage filmed by those caught up in the disaster.
- DirectorShaun TrevisickStarsRichard LinternMike RoweMichio KakuStars are not eternal; they are dying in unimaginably large explosions called supernovas. Second only to the Big Bang, these explosions are where creation and destruction meet. Only now have we begun to understand how these wonders in our sky work.
- DirectorPeter ChinnStarsRichard LinternMike RoweLawrence KraussThe story of how stars were made by the Universe and how Stars then went on to engineer everything else in that very universe. They changed the Universe by spawning further generations of stars, then planets and eventually the building blocks of life.
- StarsBrian GreeneAmanda PeetLeonard SusskindA documentary examining string theory.
- DirectorW.D. HoganStarsRobert KnepperJulia BensonCameron BrightAfter dense matter from an imploded white hole hits Earth, the planet's rotation is devastated. A group of government agents must locate a lost satellite network that is the world's only hope for survival.
- DirectorDavid de VriesStarsJames LurieStruan RodgerJohn AndersonVisit the ghostly villages surrounding Chernobyl (abandoned by humans after the 1986 nuclear disaster), travel to remote islands off the coast of Maine to search for abandoned towns that have vanished from view in only a few decades, then head beneath the streets of New York to see how subway tunnels may become watery canals. A visual journey, LIFE AFTER PEOPLE is a thought provoking adventure that combines movie-quality visual effects with insights from experts in the fields of engineering, botany, ecology, biology, geology, climatology, and archeology to demonstrate how the very landscape of our planet will change in our absence.
