8.8/10

Starring: Narrated by, Massimo Marinoni

Part of the ground-breaking 'Empires' series from PBS, this set features all four episodes on the Medici family, hailing from a small Italian communti... Read more

8.8/10

Starring: Liam Neeson, Narrated by

Part of an epic presentation by the legendary PBS network, this instalment of 'Empires' features all three episodes on the extraordinary burst in cult... Read more

6.2/10

Starring: Oliver Stone, Peter Bogdanovich, Leonard Maltin, Narrated by, Kris Kristofferson

The World War II films of legendary director John Ford are the focus of this insightful documentary narrated by Kris Kristofferson. Highlighting excer... Read more

8.3/10

Director: Trond Eliassen, Simon Nasht

Starring: Narrated by, Sam Neill

On June 4, 1931, intrepid Australian explorer Sir Hubert Wilkins embarked on an epic expedition to travel beneath the Arctic Circle in a submarine he... Read more

8.7/10

Director: Shaun Monson

Starring: Narrated by, Joaquin Phoenix

A startling feature-length documentary about humankind's absolute economic dependence on animals raised as pets, food, clothing, entertainment and for... Read more

7.3/10

Starring: Narrated by, Michael Franti, Suheir Hammad

Shot on the frontlines of struggles spanning five continents, this powerful documentary illustrates the often untold human story of men and women who... Read more

9.4/10

Starring: Narrated by, David Attenborough

The final six episodes in this outstanding documentary series take us from the polar ice caps to the great plains, from equatorial jungles seething wi... Read more

6.8/10

Director: Simcha Jacobovici

Starring: Narrated by, James Cameron

James Cameron narrates Jewish Canadian director Simcha Jacobovici's exploration of the biblical exodus from Egypt, in light of new evidence which may... Read more

7.7/10

Director: Chris Paine

Starring: Ed Begley Jr, Mel Gibson, Phyllis Diller, Peter Horton, Alexandra Paul, Tom Hank...

Documenting the rise and fall of the electric car, from its inception in 1996 til the plug was pulled less than ten years later. With a host of celeb... Read more

7.5/10

Starring: Narrated by, Robert Stack

In June 1950, the North Korean Army initiated a massive attack on its southern neighbour, beginning a see-saw battle that would engulf the entire Kore... Read more

6.3/10

Director: Gary Winick

Starring: Dakota Fanning, Kevin Anderson, Beau Bridges, Voices Of, Julia Roberts, Steve Bu...

E.B. White's famous book gets the big screen treatment and an all-star cast with Dakota Fanning as the farmer's daughter who becomes attached to the r... Read more

6.5/10

Starring: Curious George, Narrated by, William H Macy

Curious George and the Man in the Yellow Hat feature in eight episodes of the 2006 series, narrated by William H Macy. As George observes and interac... Read more

Director: Luc Jacquet

Starring: Narrated by, Romane Bohringer, Charles Berling, Jules Sitruk

Filmmaker Luc Jacquet's original French language version of his Academy Award-winning documentary, 'March of the Penguins'. Unlike the American releas... Read more

7.6/10

Director: Ward Serrill

Starring: Narrated by, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges

What started out as a small documentary about an eccentric, middle-aged tax professor coaching a Seattle girls basketball team, the Roosevelt Roughrid... Read more

Starring: Narrated by, Maggie Scanlan

The women of the west were strong, willing and capable hardworking characters, who arrived in the vast west to fill many of the seemingly prepared rol... Read more

6.9/10

Director: David Cobham

Starring: Narrated by, Peter Ustinov

A captivating tale set in the 1920s and based on the best-selling book by Henry Williamson. This is one of those highly unusual films told almost enti... Read more

6.4/10

Director: Tracey Barry

Starring: Narrated by, Stockard Channing

Originally airing on the National Geographic Channel, this documentary chronicles how the Kennedy family forever altered the way politics were covered... Read more

Director: Tim Haines

Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Narrated by

'Walking with Dinosaurs' - Using techniques pioneered in Steven Spielberg's "Jurassic Park" movies, this wonderful watershed production makes the Meso... Read more

7.9/10

Director: Gerard Ungerman, Audrey Brohy

Starring: Narrated by, Edward Asner

Colombia is synonymous with drug trafficking, the country earns an enormous amount of money every year by shipping its illegal wares to the US. But th... Read more

Starring: Narrated by, Martin Sheen

Based on advances in technology created by Nikola Tesla over a century ago, HAARP - High Frequency Active Auroral Research Project - is a controversia... Read more

6.8/10

Director: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato

Starring: Narrated by, Dennis Hopper, Linda Lovelace, Harry Reems, Alan Dershowitz, Larry...

Documentary filmmakers Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato ('The Eyes of Tammy Faye') take on the '70s cultural phenomenon that was 'Deep Throat'. Fascin... Read more

7.8/10

Director: Patrick Shen

Starring: Narrated by, Gabriel Byrne

Using the research of the late Ernest Becker, cultural anthropologist and author, this award winning documentary is a comprehensive examination of hum... Read more

6.4/10

Starring: Narrated by, Alanis Morissette

Exploring what is arguably the most significant environmental phenomenon of the last 10,000 years, this documentary was filmed in the United States, A... Read more

6.8/10

Director: Benjamin Eichert, Rick Rowley

Starring: Noam Chomsky, Narrated by, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Daryl Hannah, Edward James Olmos

On January 1st 1994, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) came into effect. A few minutes after midnight Mayan troops took over the South... Read more

7.8/10

Director: Werner Herzog

Starring: Timothy Treadwell, Narrated by, Werner Herzog

Timothy Treadwell was a self-styled crusader for the Grizzly Bears of Alaska. After spending 13 summers living with and recording the animals he love... Read more

7.5/10

Starring: Narrated by, Edward Norton

Is the deterioration of homes in New Orleans linked to a ravenous animal found in southern China? Can African dust storms be responsible for an asthma... Read more

8.2/10

Starring: Narrated by, Peter Ustinov

This unusual production is one of a series of Mozart's works performed by marionettes! The Salzburg Marionette Theatre joins forces with the Philharm... Read more

9.4/10

Starring: Narrated by, David Attenborough

'A hundred years ago, there were one and a half billion people on Earth. Now, over six billion crowd our fragile planet. But even so, there are still... Read more

Starring: Narrated by, David Attenborough

Narrated by Sir David Attenborough, this complete, comprehensive BBC production was filmed over a period of 5 years and focuses on every type of marin... Read more

7.7/10

Director: Patty Jenkins, Lee Shallat Chemel, Jeff Melman, Peter Lauer, Jason Bateman

Starring: Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, David Cross, Portia De Rossi, Tony Hal...

The bitingly brilliant, Emmy Award-winning second season continues to follow the downward-spiralling fortunes of the deluded Bluth family. Michael (J... Read more

7.7/10

Director: Alex Gibney

Starring: Narrated by, Peter Coyote

Alex Gibney's Oscar-nominated documentary is a searing indictment of the corporate mentality. Based on the best-seller by 'Fortune' magazine writers... Read more

8.6/10

Starring: Narrated by, John Hurt

Narrated by John Hurt, this entertaining three-part series is a sequel to 1999's 'Stephen Hawking's Universe'. With stunning special effects it explo... Read more

7.1/10

Director: Claude Nuridsany, Marie Perennou

Starring: Narrated by, Sotigui Kouyate

From the directors of 'Microcosmos' comes this sweeping and beautifully photographed journey through the history of life on Earth. From the love-live... Read more

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

7.8/10

Director: Gary Johnstone

Starring: Narrated by, John Lithgow

This brilliant and suspenseful documentary reveals how Einstein arrived at his astonishing breakthrough formula, the famous E=mc2, beginning with the... Read more

7.1/10

Director: Dana Janklowicz-Mann

Starring: Narrated by, Martin Landau

With much of the world closed off to European Jews attempting to flee Nazi persecution in the late 1930s, more than 20,000 men, women and children fou... Read more

7.2/10

Director: Kemp Curley, Kevin Harrison

Starring: Shaun White, Nick Perata, Hannah Teter, Shawn Farmer, Terje Haakonsen, Narrated...

The history of snow-boarding from its beginnings as a back yard hobby in the '80s, to its current status as a billion dollar recreation industry and O... Read more

7.6/10

Director: Lisa Lax, Nancy Stern

Starring: Narrated by, Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey narrates this documentary examining the remarkable life of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, a Ghanian man born into poverty with a severely deform... Read more

6.6/10

Director: Peter Cohen

Starring: Narrated by, Jan Holmquist

Peter Cohen's sobering look at the world-wide interest in eugenics throughout the early 20th century. Emerging around 1900, eugenic movements spawned... Read more

7.5/10

Director: Tolga Ornek

Starring: Narrated by, Sam Neill, Jeremy Irons

The Gallipoli campaign of World War I was so controversial and devastating, it changed the face of battle for ever. While many films have focused on t... Read more

Director: David Mitton

Starring: Narrated by, Ringo Starr

All aboard for this classic collection of original 'Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends' stories. Join Thomas, together with his buddies Edward, Gordon... Read more

Director: Sarah Holt, Jackie Mow

Starring: Narrated by, Oliver Platt

It took all of human history until 1800 for the world's population to reach its first billion. Now we add a new billion nearly every dozen years. Stat... Read more

6.2/10

Director: Patrick King, Grahame Wickings

Starring: Narrated by, Charlton Heston, Tom Conti, Hannah Gordon

Part Two of the award-winning documentary picks up the haunting call of the bagpipe from World War 2 through the presidency of John F Kennedy to its u... Read more

6.2/10

Director: Patrick King, Grahame Wickings

Starring: Narrated by, Charlton Heston, Tom Conti, Hannah Gordon

The fierce, kilted, bagpipe-wielding highlanders were nicknamed 'The Ladies From Hell' by their enemies. This award-winning documentary traces their... Read more

5.4/10

Director: Peter Jones

Starring: Narrated by, Dustin Hoffman

Based on A. Scott Berg's acclaimed biography, this compelling documentary looks at legendary independent Hollywood producer Samuel Goldwyn. Follow the... Read more

6.1/10

Starring: Narrated by, Liam Neeson

"Evolution" this groundbreaking and definitive seven-part series explores all facets of evolution, offering a definitive view of the extraordinary imp... Read more

6.1/10

Director: Joel Olicker

Starring: Narrated by, Liam Neeson

"Evolution" this groundbreaking and definitive seven-part series explores all facets of evolution, offering a definitive view of the extraordinary imp... Read more

6.1/10

Director: Gail Willumsen

Starring: Narrated by, Liam Neeson

"Evolution" this groundbreaking and definitive seven-part series explores all facets of evolution, offering a definitive view of the extraordinary imp... Read more

6.1/10

Director: David Espar, Susan K Lewis

Starring: Narrated by, Liam Neeson

"Evolution" this groundbreaking and definitive seven-part series explores all facets of evolution, offering a definitive view of the extraordinary imp... Read more

Director: Graham Shirley

Starring: Narrated by, Jack Thompson

Narrated by Jack Thompson "Road to Toyko" is an eyewitness account of an often forgotten episode in history. By late 1944, the worst of World War Two... Read more

8/10

Director: Gerard Ungerman, Audrey Brohy

Starring: Narrated by, John Hurt

On August 2nd, 1990, Saddam Hussein launched his troops against Kuwait, triggering the first major international crisis of the post-Soviet Union era.... Read more

Starring: Narrated by, Peter Twist

The story of Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators is commemorated annually on November 5, Guy Fawkes' plan to blow up the Houses of Parliament, imm... Read more

Starring: Narrated by, Richard Heinberg

'Powerdown' is a sane response to the world's increasingly grave problems of energy depletion, environmental degradation, and over-population. Richard... Read more

Director: Roberto Bianchi Montero

Starring: Narrated by, Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff narrates this superbly anachronistic addition to the Mondo movie genre. There is a midget rock and roll star, Japanese bondage, an Asian... Read more

5.9/10

Starring: Narrated by, James Earl Jones

The North Pole elves have stuffed the last present into Santa's sack. Soon, Christmas will come to the world. And what to our wondering eyes should ap... Read more

8.6/10

Starring: Narrated by, Julie Andrews

Follow over 100 years of song, dance, and magic on "the Great White Way" with this six-part PBS series that chronicles the evolution of the American m... Read more

6.9/10

Director: Michele Ohayon

Starring: Narrated by, Jodie Foster

Academy Award-nominee Michele Ohayon presents a riveting and powerful account of six women who are members of America's growing "hidden homeless" popu... Read more

7.1/10

Starring: Jonathan 'Jono' Coleman, Narrated by

The Koala Brothers are back! Join Frank and Buster and all of their friends in the Australian Outback, as they help each other out and get into all so... Read more

3.2/10

Director: Dominic Sutherland, Martina Balazova

Starring: Narrated by, Linda Hunt

This 6-part BBC series tells the story of the Auschwitz Death Camp, site of the largest mass murder in history. Writer Laurence Rees and his team inte... Read more

8.4/10

Director: Josh Waletzky

Starring: Narrated by, Roberta Wallach

An enormously riveting and inspirational tale of WWII and the Holocaust, "Partisans of Vilna" chronicles the amazing endeavors of the Jewish resistanc... Read more

7.6/10

Director: Tom Peosay

Starring: Narrated by, Martin Sheen, H H Dalai Lama, Robert Thurman, etc ...

Ten years in the making, this award-winning documentary exposes the real cost of the 1950 Chinese invasion of Tibet. Powerfully chronicled through de... Read more

7.8/10

Director: Mark Jonathan Harris

Starring: Narrated by, Judi Dench

In the months before WW2, an extraordinary rescue operation aided the youngest victims of Nazi terror. Ten thousand Jewish and other children were tra... Read more

8/10

Director: Jan Harlan

Starring: Narrated by, Tom Cruise

Stanley Kubrick's long-time producer, and brother-in-law, Jan Harlan has crafted this loving and definitive tribute (with the full cooperation of Kubr... Read more

Director: Christopher Swann

Starring: Narrated by, Rick Wakeman

The Montreux Jazz Festival is the most successful and respected European jazz festival in the world. Over the last 30 years it has attracted the fines... Read more

8.4/10

Director: Alister Barry

Starring: Narrated by, Ian Johnstone

The story of unemployment in New Zealand using extensively researched archive footage and interviews with those close to the action. We trace the orig... Read more

7.5/10

Director: Anon

Starring: Narrated by, Sam Neill

No-one looks at the world quite like whimsical Australian cartoonist Michael Leunig. His poignant, often controversial cartoons never fail to touch a... Read more

7.8/10

Director: Jeffrey Friedman, Rob Epstein

Starring: Narrated by, Lily Tomlin

Illustrated by movie clips and on-screen interviews with actors, directors, producers and writers, we take a fascinating look at the way Hollywood has... Read more

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

7.6/10

Director: Michael Apted

Starring: Narrated by, Robert Redford

The true story that inspired the film 'Thunderheart' focuses on the case of Leonard Peltier, a native American convicted of killing two FBI agents on... Read more

3.6/10

Director: Erwin Leiser

Starring: Claude Stephenson, Narrated by

The origins of Nazi Germany and Hitler's rise to power are covered in this engrossing documentary from Sweden that uses rare German newsreel footage,... Read more

7.2/10

Director: Anon

Starring: Narrated by, Christopher Plummer

In an old house in Paris covered with vines, lived twelve little girls in two straight lines. They left the house at half past nine, the smallest one... Read more

Director: Alister Barry

Starring: Narrated by, Ian Johnstone

This feature documentary, narrated by Ian Johnstone, tells the story of how the 'new right' took power and exercised it relentlessly to turn our count... Read more

7.1/10

Director: Masanori Hata

Starring: Narrated by, Dudley Moore

An acclaimed live-action movie about the adventures of a curious kitten named Milo and a pug nosed pup named Otis. Narrated by Dudley Moore. Read more

8/10

Director: Alice Harper, Martin Gorst

Starring: Narrated by, Stephen Hawking, John Hurt

Breathtaking imagery and extraordinary graphics highlight this wonderful offering. Featuring interviews with leading cosmological astronomers and worl... Read more

Director: Benjamin Christensen

Starring: Maren Pedersen, Emmy Schoenfield, Oscar Stribolt, Narrated by, William Burroughs

This semi-documentary opens with a series of medieval prints and follows with re-enactments of old legends concerning crones, evil-minded monks and th... Read more