With Nova (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. The Elegant Universe (2003)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary
A documentary examining string theory.
Stars: Brian Greene, Amanda Peet, Leonard Susskind, Maria Spiropulu
Votes: 2,260
2. Everest: The Death Zone (1998 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
A group of hikers seeks to make it to the summit of Everest, but they have to make it out alive before the mountain takes a new victim.
Directors: David Breashears, Liesl Clark | Stars: Jodie Foster, David Breashears, David Carter, Ed Viesturs
Votes: 134
3. The Pharaoh Who Conquered the Sea (2010 TV Movie)
Documentary
Legend has it that Queen Hatshepsut, Egypt's first female pharaoh, sent ships to the land of Punt. Cheryl Ward sets out to recreate the voyage
Director: Stéphane Bégoin | Stars: Linda Cropper, Estelle Meyer, David Saada, Sofiane Benrazzak
4. Cold Night Into Dawn (1997)
95 min | Thriller
FBI Agent Parr is going through a bad spell: his partner and best friend has just retired, and his wife has just left him. While investigating a robbery at a gun shop by a paramilitary gang... See full summary »
Director: Serge Rodnunsky | Stars: Michael Ironside, Kawena Charlot, Anthony Michael Hall, David Chung
Votes: 73
5. To the Limit (1989)
Not Rated | 35 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
What happens in a human body during high stress activities like extreme sports?
Directors: Mike Hoover, Greg MacGillivray, Derek Hart | Stars: Nina Ananiashvili, Larisa Eryomina, Richard Kiley, Irek Mukhamedov
Votes: 94 | Gross: $23.50M
6. Titanic's Lost Sister (1996 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary
An account of Dr. Robert D. Ballard's exploration of the wreck of the Britannic in September 1995. Britannic, the sister-ship of the Titanic, was sunk after a mysterious explosion while ... See full summary »
Director: Kirk Wolfinger | Stars: Robert Ballard, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Mark Halliley, Stacy Keach
Votes: 26
7. The Brain Eater (1998 TV Movie)
Documentary
The Brain Eater This fine collaborative effort between NOVA and the BBC is a fascinating, authoritative hour on the potential dangers of the deadly infection "mad cow disease," formally ... See full summary »
8. The Case of the Flying Dinosaur (1990)
60 min | Documentary
The long running, often bitter scientific debate over the origin of birds and the evolution of flight.
Director: Mark Davis
10. Curse of T-Rex (1997)
Documentary
The battle for ownership of a dinosaur named Sue sparks heated debate over the commercial trade in fossils and its impact on science.
Director: Mark Davis
12.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Ancient Refuge in the Holy Land
(2004)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Nova follows an archaeological expedition into the Cave of Letters and examines the Jewish Bar Kokhba revolt against the Roman Empire.
Directors: Gary Hochman, Kirk Wolfinger | Stars: Elisabetta Boaretto, Hannah Cotton, Keith David, Hanan Eshel
Votes: 22
13.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Arctic Passage: Prisoners of the Ice
(2006)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Directors: Louise Osmond, Chris Schmidt | Stars: Maureen Bennett, Richard Betts, Kåre Conradi, Thom Fell
Votes: 28
14.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Building on Ground Zero
(2006)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Director: Garfield Kennedy | Star: Liev Schreiber
Votes: 17
15.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Lizard Kings
(2009)
TV-PG | 43 min | Documentary
This program reviews the monitor lizard genus which, dispute the incredible diversity between species, share common traits such as the ability to count, that lead biologists to peg them as ... See full summary »
Director: Gisela Kaufmann | Stars: Gordon Burghardt, Eric Pianka, Christian Rutz, Jay O. Sanders
Votes: 40
16.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Hunting the Edge of Space: The Mystery of the Milky Way
(2010)
TV-G | 52 min | Documentary
Nova examines the physics of telescope design. Following the development of the telescope over several centuries the program explains the challenges that the major design innovations solved... See full summary »
Directors: Peter Jones, Oliver Twinch | Stars: Louise Alexander, Jim Bennett, Ronald H. Bissinger, Duncan Bonner
Votes: 68
17.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Iceman Murder Mystery
(2011)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary
An autopsy on the 5000-year-old remains of Otzi the Iceman, the mummified corpse recovered from a glacier in the Italian Alps in 1991.
Directors: Noel Dockstader, David Murdock, Brando Quilici | Stars: Jay O. Sanders, Albert Zink
Votes: 59
18.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Poisoned Water
(2017)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary
An investigation of what happened in Flint, Mich., when officials changed the city's water source to save money, but overlooked a critical treatment process.
Director: Llewellyn M. Smith | Stars: Joe Morton, Gina Luster, Claire McClinton, Dayne Walling
Votes: 136
19.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Thai Cave Rescue
(2018)
TV-PG | Documentary
Rescue workers race against the clock to save twelve boys and their soccer coach trapped in a cave system in Thailand.
Director: Tom Stubberfield | Stars: Eric Meyers, Joshua Morris, Erik Brown, Charles Hodges
Votes: 136