Natural History Docos
Alice's Natural History section is dedicated to understanding the natural world and our place in it. Here you will also find documentaries concerning the human body (such as 'Where Did I Come From?') and the universe (including Carl Sagan's 'Cosmos' series).
The Private Life of Plants (1995)
9/10
Director: Mike Salisbury
Starring: David Attenborough
This acclaimed BBC Tv series takes us on a guided tour through the secret world of plants. David Attenborough hosts the beauty and drama of this stagg... Read more
Powaqqatsi (1988)
7.3/10
Director: Godfrey Reggio
"Life in Transformation". As a follow up to "Koyaanisqatsi", this visual montage shows how the Third World societies have been exploited. Beautifully... Read more
Samsara (2011)
8.5/10
Director: Ron Fricke
From the creators of the award-winning film "Baraka", Ron Fricke and Mark Magidson, comes a new non-verbal masterpiece. Filmed over a five-year period... Read more
Antarctica: A Year On Ice (2013)
7.6/10
Director: Anthony Powell
Filmed over 10 years, Frozen Planet photographer Anthony Powell presents a visually stunning and deeply personal chronicle of what it is like to live... Read more
Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
8.3/10
Director: Godfrey Reggio
The title is a Hopi Indian word meaning "life out of balance", an apt summation of this mesmerizing collection of wonders both natural and man-made. S... Read more
Walking with Dinosaurs (1999)
8.6/10
Director: Tim Haines
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Narrated by
Using techniques pioneered in Steven Spielberg's "Jurassic Park" movies, this wonderful watershed production makes the Mesozoic world as real and natu... Read more
The Planets (BBC) (1999)
8.5/10
Employing state-of-the-art computer graphics, unseen space race archive and testimony from leading scientists, this BBC production is the most compreh... Read more
Life in the Undergrowth (2005)
9.1/10
Starring: David Attenborough
For every one human being, there are over 200 million invertebrates. David Attenborough takes us on an incredible journey into the lives of our tiny... Read more
March of the Penguins (2005)
7.6/10
Director: Luc Jacquet
Starring: Narrated by, Morgan Freeman
Filmmaker Luc Jacquet spent over a year in the frigid Antarctic to record one of nature's most compelling phenomena - the annual mating ritual of the... Read more
Prehistoric Park (2006)
7.5/10
Starring: Nigel Marven
Back in prehistory the world was populated by some of the most amazing creatures that have ever existed. Today, 99% of those animals are extinct. But... Read more