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Kanopy
88
8.3
/29877/
79
/713/
78
/778/
4.3
/78492/
98
/43/
88
/577/
96
/16/

Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
A cameraman wanders around with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling inventiveness.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
84
8.5
/42737/
84
/1308/
82
/655/
4.3
/38272/
81
/26/
96
/21691/

Baraka (1992)
A paralysingly beautiful documentary with a global vision—an odyssey through landscape and time—that attempts to capture the essence of life.
poster
83
7.7
/19945/
76
/489/
75
/284/
94
/110/
83
/963/
80
/25/
cc age 7+

Encounters at the End of the World (2007)
Herzog and cinematographer Peter Zeitlinger go to Antarctica to meet people who live and work there, and to capture footage of the continent's unique locations. Herzog's voiceover narration explains that his film will not be a typical Antarctica film about "fluffy penguins", but will explore the dreams of the people and the landscape.
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Kanopy
82
8.4
/39588/
81
/1418/
80
/660/
4.2
/36236/
75
/77/
87
/439/
65
/24/

Samsara (2011)
Filmed over nearly five years in twenty-five countries on five continents, and shot on seventy-millimetre film, Samsara transports us to the varied worlds of sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes, and natural wonders.
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Kanopy
81
7.6
/14232/
72
/374/
71
/316/
3.5
/27620/
100
/35/
80
/279/
cc age 12+

Nanook of the North (1922)
This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northern Quebec region. Although the production contains some fictional elements, it vividly shows how its resourceful subjects survive in such a harsh climate, revealing how they construct their igloo homes and find food by hunting and fishing. The film also captures the beautiful, if unforgiving, frozen landscape of the Great White North, far removed from conventional civilization.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
80
7.6
/6783/
77
/229/
71
/131/
3.8
/11941/
100
/23/
91
/296/
82
/12/
cc age 11+

The Endless Summer (1966)
Bruce Brown's The Endless Summer is one of the first and most influential surf movies of all time. The film documents American surfers Mike Hynson and Robert August as they travel the world during California’s winter (which, back in 1965 was off-season for surfing) in search of the perfect wave and ultimately, an endless summer.
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Amazon Prime Video
78
7.7
/9432/
75
/268/
72
/135/
3.9
/9240/
88
/49/
77
/76/
74
/16/
cc age 10+

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010)
In the center of the story is the life of the indigenous people of the village Bakhtia at the river Yenisei in the Siberian Taiga. The camera follows the protagonists in the village over a period of a year. The natives, whose daily routines have barely changed over the last centuries, keep living their lives according to their own cultural traditions.
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Kanopy
75
7.5
/4076/
78
/173/
71
/66/
3.7
/1840/
83
/23/
78
/33/
70
/12/
cc age 13+

Maidentrip (2014)
14-year-old Laura Dekker sets out on a two-year voyage in pursuit of her dream to become the youngest person ever to sail around the world alone.
poster
73
72
7.6
/15751/
74
/414/
72
/242/
3.7
/5821/
79
/76/
79
/578/
58
/18/
cc age 12+

Life in a Day (2011)
A documentary shot by filmmakers all over the world that serves as a time capsule to show future generations what it was like to be alive on the 24th of July, 2010.
poster
Netflix
71
7.3
/6075/
73
/605/
65
/660/
3.3
/3994/
79
/19/
83
/15/
56
/7/
cc age 13+

Return to Space (2022)
The inspirational rise of SpaceX as well as Elon Musk's two-decade effort to resurrect America’s space travel ambitions.
poster
78
71
7.3
/6607/
68
/144/
70
/164/
3.6
/10165/
100
/5/
84
/61/

Land Without Bread (1933)
An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in 1932. Insalubrity, misery and lack of opportunities provoke the emigration of young people and the solitude of those who remain in the desolation of one of the poorest and least developed Spanish regions at that time.
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Amazon Prime Video
76
68
7.6
/3863/
72
/248/
73
/78/
3.7
/1229/
87
/30/
81
/43/
69
/8/
cc age 9+

Antarctica: A Year on Ice (2013)
Filling the giant screen with stunning time-lapse vistas of Antarctica, and detailing year-round life at McMurdo and Scott Base, Anthony Powell’s documentary is a potent hymn to the icy continent and the heavens above.
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Kanopy
76
64
7.5
/3302/
72
/129/
72
/55/
3.7
/1515/
80
/5/
85
/96/
cc age 8+

180° South (2010)
The film follows adventurer Jeff Johnson as he retraces the epic 1968 journey of his heroes Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins to Patagonia.
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Curiosity Stream
73
64
7.0
/3523/
70
/130/
65
/76/
3.3
/1931/
93
/15/
75
/80/

Everest (1998)
An international team of climbers ascends Mt. Everest in the spring of 1996. The film depicts their lengthy preparations for the climb, their trek to the summit, and their successful return to Base Camp. It also shows many of the challenges the group faced, including avalanches, lack of oxygen, treacherous ice walls, and a deadly blizzard.
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Criterion Channel
70
60
7.3
/4894/
65
/105/
68
/140/
3.7
/9481/
74
/37/

À propos de Nice (1930)
What starts off as a conventional travelogue turns into a satirical portrait of the town of Nice on the French Côte d'Azur, especially its wealthy inhabitants.
poster
75
58
7.8
/5934/
73
/92/
64
/16/
3.7
/6826/
90
/21/

The Last Journey (2024)
Renowned Swedish TV-duo Filip and Fredrik embark on a trip to France, aiming to rekindle the zest for life of Filip's father.
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Disney Plus
76
55
7.2
/840/
70
/68/
80
/25/
3.6
/2715/
89
/35/
82
/33/
69
/9/
cc age 8+

Blink (2024)
The Pelletier family sets out on an epic journey to see the beauty of the world when three of their four children are diagnosed with an incurable eye condition.
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Fandango at Home Free
57
51
6.2
/4806/
57
/126/
63
/94/
3.0
/5600/
50
/10/
52
/91/
cc age 8+

Mondo Cane (1962)
A documentary consisting of a series of travelogue vignettes providing glimpses into cultural practices throughout the world intended to shock or surprise, including an insect banquet and a memorable look at a practicing South Pacific cargo cult.
poster
77
49
7.2
/720/
71
/19/
68
/11/
98
/48/
82
/84/
72
/12/

Blindsight (2006)
Six blind Tibetan teenagers climb the Lhakpa-Ri peak of Mount Everest, led by seven-summit blind mountain-climber Erik Weihenmayer.
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Amazon Prime Video
70
49
7.3
/1644/
58
/101/
69
/21/
3.5
/584/
75
/16/
83
/62/
64
/5/

Unbranded (2015)
Documentary about four friends on a 3,000 mile journey across the American West on horseback.
poster
The Roku Channel
93
47
8.3
/148/
90
/3/
100
/5/
100
/33/

Chasing the Win (2016)
There's only one way to win a race, and a million ways to lose it." Chasing the Win follows the meteoric rise of a rookie trainer, a down-on-his-luck owner, and their imperfect racehorse after an unprecedented victory thrusts them into the global spotlight of horse racing. Success and fame are followed by the hard-hitting reality of what it means to survive in the Sport of Kings
poster
81
42
8.2
/1307/
80
/45/
86
/44/
3.8
/940/

FAR. The Story of a Journey around the World (2017)
Documentary about the journey of Patrick Allgair and Gwendolin Weisser, who travelled over 100,000 kilometres on foot and by hitchhiking. Starting in Freiburg, Germany, they travelled eastwards for three and a half years, passing through Ukraine, Russia, China, Japan and Mexico on their way around the world.
poster
YouTube TV
72
39
7.2
/825/
70
/53/
80
/16/
3.6
/1484/
70
/23/
cc age 13+

Life in a Day 2020 (2021)
On July 25th, 2020, Ridley Scott and Academy Award winner Kevin Macdonald invite you to be part of Life in a Day—a historic, global documentary capturing a single day on Earth. Videos from around the world are woven into a feature film.
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Kanopy
73
39
7.1
/1256/
77
/62/
66
/9/
3.4
/476/
100
/7/
72
/14/
63
/4/

K2: Siren of the Himalayas (2012)
Following a group of climbers attempting to climb K2 in 2009, on the 100-year anniversary of its landmark 1909 expedition. Experience the adventure, peril and serenity of a group's attempt to climb the most challenging peak on earth.
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Kanopy
70
36
7.0
/1529/
68
/87/
74
/34/
3.6
/1354/
70
/7/

Under an Arctic Sky (2017)
Six fearless surfers travel to the north coast of Iceland to ride waves unlike anything they've ever experienced, captured with high-tech cameras.
poster
71
30
7.0
/639/
67
/15/
56
/15/
3.7
/633/
80
/5/
83
/12/

Gambling, Gods and LSD (2002)
Filmmaker Peter Mettler embarks on a mission that takes him around the world. He is determined to record the diverse modes of transcendence that people in different cultures adopt in order to live life to the fullest. As he traverses civilization and wilderness and encounters a range of lifestyles and ideas, the filmmaker's mind-expanding trip around the world grows into a poem of images and sounds, reflecting the fragmented but alluring worlds it attempts to capture.
poster
Kanopy
72
29
7.1
/449/
61
/28/
62
/9/
3.3
/717/
100
/7/
75
/7/

The Last Tourist (2021)
Travel is at a tipping point. From Carribean beaches to remote villages in Kenya, forgotten voices reveal the real conditions and consequences of one of the largest industries in the world. The role of the modern tourist is on trial.
poster
76
28
7.6
/184/
65
/4/
57
/10/
100
/8/
86
/8/

Riding the Rails (1997)
Riding the Rails offers a visionary perspective on the presumed romanticism of the road and cautionary legacy of the Great Depression. The filmmakers relay the experiences and painful recollections of these now-elderly survivors of the rails. Forced to travel more by economic necessity than the spirit of adventure, the film's subjects dispel romantic myths of a hobo existence and its corresponding veneer of freedom. Riding the Rails recounts the hoboes' trade secrets for survival and accounts of dank miseries, loneliness, imprisonment, death, and dispossession. Sixty years later, the filmmakers transport their subjects back to the tracks, where the surging impact of sound and movement resuscitates memories of a shattered adolescence and devastating rite of passage.
poster
66
27
6.9
/757/
63
/16/
63
/29/
3.6
/969/

A Trip Down Market Street Before the Fire (1906)
A Trip Down Market Street is a 13-minute actuality film recorded by placing a movie camera on the front of a cable car as it travels down San Francisco’s Market Street. A virtual time capsule from over 100 years ago, the film shows many details of daily life in a major American city, including the transportation, fashions and architecture of the era. The film begins at 8th Street and continues eastward to the cable car turntable, at The Embarcadero, in front of the San Francisco Ferry Building. It was produced by the four Miles brothers: Harry, Herbert, Earle and Joe. Harry J. Miles cranked the Bell & Howell camera during the filming.
poster
Netflix
55
25
6.6
/4301/
44
/47/
54
/10/
2.9
/365/
cc age 14+

Ranveer vs Wild with Bear Grylls (2022)
Click through this interactive special, helping superstar Ranveer Singh and adventurer Bear Grylls brave the Serbian wilderness to find a rare flower.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
70
24
7.6
/734/
74
/40/
55
/2/
3.8
/1794/

Daniel (2023)
The remarkable first-person story of filmmaker Daniel Northcott, who documented his travels around the world, including a visit to a mysterious Mayan cave that may have precipitated his death.
poster
78
23
7.8
/1244/
79
/30/
77
/19/
3.6
/274/
85
/10/

A Map For Saturday (2007)
On a trip around the world, every day feels like Saturday. A Map For Saturday reveals a world of long-term, solo travel through the stories of trekkers in 20 countries on four continents. The documentary finds backpackers helping neglected Thai tsunami victims. It explains why Nepal's guesthouses are empty and Brazil's stoplights are ignored. But at it's core, A Map For Saturday tracks the emotional arc of extreme long-term travelers; teenagers and senior citizens who wondered, "What would it be like to travel the world?" Then did it.
poster
73
22
7.4
/570/
80
/113/
71
/14/
3.5
/456/

Inside North Korea (2006)
Join National Geographic's Lisa Ling as she captures a rare look inside North Korea - something few Americans have ever been able to do. Posing as an undercover medical coordinator and closely guarded throughout her trip, Lisa moves inside the most isolated nation in the world, encountering a society completely dominated by government and dictatorship. Glimpse life inside North Korea as you've never seen before with personal accounts and powerful footage. Witness first-hand efforts by humanitarians and the challenges they face from the rogue regime.
poster
69
20
7.1
/770/
71
/26/
73
/18/
3.5
/525/
62
/8/

Austin to Boston (2015)
Austin to Boston follows a group of talented musicians as they battle the elements in VW camper vans to tour for thousands of fans from Austin to Boston.
poster
67
15
6.5
/210/
60
/4/
78
/5/
3.3
/1170/

New York New York (2020)
Spike Lee's video valentine to New York City during the Coronavirus outbreak of 2020.
poster
Netflix
72
14
7.8
/382/
73
/18/
66
/8/
3.7
/598/
cc age 10+

The Joys and Sorrows of Young Yuguo (2022)
16-year-old Yuguo, who has a passion for Eastern European romantic poetry, makes a pilgrimage from his home in China to the foothills of Romania’s Carpathian Mountains.
poster
64
12
6.7
/220/
60
/2/
62
/14/
3.5
/497/

Crossing the Line (2007)
A journey through Italian landscapes as seen through the windows of a long-distance express train.
poster
?
100
/1/

A Century of Flight (2025)
An in depth look at the history of Delta Airlines over the last 100 years. See how Delta defied the odds at every step to become one of the world's largest air carriers.
poster
?
9.0
/12/

Connecting the Dots
A recent 18-year-old high school graduate, feeling trapped in his small farming town, meets a mysterious stranger who offers him the chance of a lifetime. The offer? A cross-country road trip, living out of his car, chasing freedom, and pursuing his wildest dreams. Connecting the Dots is a raw, true story of a young man's leap into the unknown. It's a wild, unscripted adventure of self-discovery, freedom, and the search for belonging. This isn't just based on a true story; it is a true story.
poster
?
8.4
/50/

Greybeard: The Man, the Myth, the Mississippi (2023)
Dale "GREYBEARD" Sanders challenges himself to set another world record at 87 years old. This time he is trying to reclaim his title as the oldest person to paddle the full source to sea on the Mississippi River.
poster
?
9.7
/39/

Space Chasers (2025)
A telescope, a camera and a dream. One doctor's ambitious quest to journey across the globe to meet and image with the world's greatest astrophotographers, and all while trying to pull off the impossible in Times Square. 'Space Chasers' is an action-adventure travel documentary that takes viewers on an exhilarating journey through the captivating world of amateur astrophotography. Dr. Steven Swancoat, an Ob/Gyn turn filmmaker, travels the globe meeting and imaging with some of the world's greatest astrophotographers and all while trying to pull off an impossible "Astro Imaging" mission in Times Square New York.
poster
?
5.3
/9/

The World Parade: Bali - Paradise Isle (1939)
Early documentary on the island of Bali.
poster
58
?
5.8
/102/
60
/1/

The Birds and the Beasts Were There (1944)
Visits to three animal parks in Miami, Florida: the Rare Bird Farm, with it's many chickens, cranes, and other birds; the Monkey Jungle, where the visitors are caged and the simian inhabitants roam freely; and finally the Parrot Jungle.
poster
?
6.6
/22/
10
/1/

Helsinki - Pohjolan valkea kaupunki (1959)
Another documentary film about Helsinki.
poster
?
5.3
/85/
10
/1/
20
/1/

Voices of Venice (1951)
With the bells of the campanile clanging in the background, people are congregating in St. Mark's Square in Venice. Some Venetians reminisce about their history with the piazza and the city as a whole: watching the little iron man strike the bell of the clock in the campanile, which was built in 1912, after the original crashed to the ground in 1902 from an earthquake; having a funeral procession through an adjacent canal for a grandmother on the day of the original campanile falling; seeing trees for the first time, which are scarce in the built-up area of the city; crossing some of the four hundred bridges in the city, the largest being the Rialto; working hard as a gondolier, a job made more lighthearted with a serenade; and living without automobile traffic. And today, some are making their own memories, one being a small child whose pants just won't stay up.
poster
?
6.3
/100/
35
/2/

To the Coast of Devon (1950)
The first half of this Traveltalk entry is spent in the town of Bath, where we learn about the long history and architecture of the area. We then go to the coastal resort towns of Teignmouth and Torquay.
poster
?
60
/1/

New Hampshire Foliage (1989)
Video poem about New Hampshire and its foliage in Autumn
poster
?
6.4
/78/
70
/3/

Rural Sweden (1938)
This short film takes the viewer to several towns and historical sites of rural Sweden.


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