Topic: Sea Documentary

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Blue Planet II (TV Miniseries)

2017 · Documentary · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction David Attenborough

Cast David Attenborough

Plot 7 episodes. 'Blue Planet ll' focuses more heavily on mankind's influence on the world's oceans through both global pollution and climate change. This series features a variety of revolutionary segments...

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8.8

1K votes

8.8

1K votes

South Pacific (TV Miniseries)

2009 · Documentary · 300 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Mark Brownlow · Chiara Bellati · Jonathan Clay

Plot A documentary series on life in and adapted to the conditions of the Southern part of the Pacific Ocean, a vast aquatic region with an unequaled number of islands. Both...

8.1

347 votes

8.1

347 votes

The Blue Planet (TV Miniseries)

2001 · Documentary · 400 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Alastair Fothergill

Cast David Attenborough

Plot Mammoth series, five years in the making, taking a look at the rich tapestry of life in the world's oceans.

8.0

1K votes

8.0

1K votes

Oceans

2009 · Documentary · 100 min. · France

Direction Jacques Perrin · Jacques Cluzaud

Cast Jacques Perrin · Lancelot Perrin

Plot Threading your way at 10 knots through a shoal of tuna on the hunt, accompanying dolphins in their joyous rush, swimming with a great while shark, shoulder to fin... It's...

8.0

13K votes

8.0

13K votes

The Cove

2009 · Documentary · 92 min. · United States

Direction Louie Psihoyos

Plot Using state-of-the-art equipment, a group of activists, led by renown dolphin trainer Ric O’Barry, infiltrate a cove near Taijii, Japan to expose both a shocking instance of animal abuse and...

7.9

10K votes

7.9

10K votes

One Breath Around The World (S)

2019 · Documentary · 12 min. · France

Direction Guillaume Néry

Cast Guillaume Néry

Plot The world champion free diver Guillaume Néry travels the oceans immersing in apnea throughout the entire planet. On his trip he will discover breathtaking underwater landscapes and will meet some...

7.8

45 votes

7.8

45 votes

Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough (TV Miniseries)

2015 · Documentary · 150 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Michael Davis · Anne Sommerfield · Edward McGown

Cast David Attenborough

Plot TV Mini-Series (2015-2016). 4 Episodes. David Attenborough revisits the Great Barrier Reef after nearly 60 years. His visit takes him from the most exposed part of the reef as well...

7.7

34 votes

7.7

34 votes

Galápagos (TV Miniseries)

2007 · Documentary · 180 min. · United Kingdom

Direction David Beard

Cast Tilda Swinton

Plot The Galapagos islands are a fascinating microcosm of our planet and home to some of the most astonishing creatures found anywhere on Earth: iguanas swim the sea like dragons, short-eared...

7.6

250 votes

7.6

250 votes

The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau (TV Series)

1966 · Documentary · 60 min. · United States

Direction Jacques-Yves Cousteau · Philippe Cousteau · Patrick Watson · Joe Thompson

Cast Jacques-Yves Cousteau · Rod Serling

Plot TV Series (1966–1976). 37 Episodes. In the series, we see the scientific expeditions of the renowned sea explorer, Jacques-Yves Cousteau and the crew of his ship, the Calypso. They go...

7.5

2K votes

7.5

2K votes

Planet Ocean

2012 · Documentary · 90 min. · France

7.5

492 votes

7.5

492 votes

Great Barrier Reef (TV Miniseries)

2012 · Documentary · 50 min. · United Kingdom

Direction James Brickell

Plot It is the coral reef of the world's largest , the largest living structure on the planet and one of the wonders of the natural world. The three episodes of...

7.5

24 votes

7.5

24 votes

Chasing Coral

2017 · Documentary · 91 min. · United States

Direction Jeff Orlowski

Plot Coral reefs around the world are vanishing at an unprecedented rate. A team of divers, photographers and scientists set out on a thrilling ocean adventure to discover why and to...

7.4

564 votes

7.4

564 votes

Saving Luna

2007 · Documentary · 92 min. · Canada

7.4

32 votes

7.4

32 votes

My Octopus Teacher

2020 · Documentary · 85 min. · South Africa

Direction Pippa Ehrlich · James Reed

Cast Craig Foster

Plot A filmmaker forges an unusual friendship with an octopus living in a South African kelp forest, learning as the animal shares the mysteries of her world.

7.3

9K votes

7.3

9K votes

Deep Blue

2003 · Documentary · 90 min. · United Kingdom

7.3

2K votes

7.3

2K votes

Blackfish

2013 · Documentary · 83 min. · United States

Direction Gabriela Cowperthwaite

Plot Notorious killer whale Tilikum is responsible for the deaths of three individuals, including a top killer whale trainer. Blackfish shows the sometimes devastating consequences of keeping such intelligent and sentient...

7.3

6K votes

7.3

6K votes

Mission Blue

2014 · Documentary · 95 min. · United States

Direction Robert Nixon · Fisher Stevens

Cast Sylvia Earle · James Cameron · Michael deGruy · Bryce Groark

Plot Feature documentary about legendary oceanographer, marine biologist, environmentalist and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Sylvia Earle, and her campaign to create a global network of protected marine sanctuaries.

7.3

157 votes

7.3

157 votes

Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth (TV Miniseries)

2015 · Documentary · 150 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Andrew Murray · Dan Rees · Ted Giffords · Renée Godfrey

Cast Cillian Murphy

Plot In this landmark series, the BBC Natural History Unit explores a vast ocean that stretches nearly 10,000 miles, from Arctic to Antarctic and from sun-drenched tropical reefs to crushing abyssal...

7.3

61 votes

7.3

61 votes

World Without Sun

1964 · Documentary · 93 min. · France

Direction Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Plot Fascinating underwater documentary filmed with hand-held cameras by frogmen and mostly filmed in deep-water seas from within a special designed batiscaff, by the Cousteau family of sea explorers.

7.2

56 votes

7.2

56 votes

Turtle: The Incredible Journey

2009 · Documentary · 81 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Nick Stringer

7.1

381 votes

7.1

381 votes