Science Documentaries in 2026
Science documentaries can lead from specific research and technologies to broader questions about the world around us. These 23 entries are tagged with the science subject and ordered by year, newest first, with filters and sorting available to help you explore by your own interests. The newest titles include The Age of Disclosure, tata_bojs.doc and Lyd. Elsewhere in the catalogue, Notes from Eremocene, Life in Outer Space and Rokkasho Rhapsody offer more starting points for exploring science through documentary film. Use the years and titles to move through the catalogue and find a subject or approach you’d like to watch next.
23 on record. Sorted by year; every figure comes from Wikidata (CC0), with the page it was read from on each entry.
- 1
The Age of Disclosure
2025 · Dan Farah- Year
- 2025
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Director
- Dan Farah
- 2
tata_bojs.doc
2024 · Marek Najbrt- Year
- 2024
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Director
- Marek Najbrt
- 3
Lyd
2023 · Sarah Ema Friedland- Year
- 2023
- Runtime
- 78 min
- Director
- Sarah Ema Friedland, Rami Younis
- 4
Notes from Eremocene
2023 · Viera Čákanyová- Year
- 2023
- Runtime
- 78 min
- Director
- Viera Čákanyová
- 5
Dry Ground Burning
2022 · Adirley Queirós- Year
- 2022
- Runtime
- 153 min
- Director
- Adirley Queirós, Joana Pimenta
- 6
- Year
- 2022
- Runtime
- 104 min
- 7
- Year
- 2007
- 8
Rokkasho Rhapsody
2006 · Hitomi Kamanaka- Year
- 2006
- Director
- Hitomi Kamanaka
- 9
Poison Dust
2005 · Sue Harris- Year
- 2005
- Director
- Sue Harris
- 10
- Year
- 2000
- 11
Atomic Filmmakers: Behind the Scenes
1999 · Peter Kuran- Year
- 1999
- Runtime
- 52 min
- Director
- Peter Kuran
- 12
Tankens anatomi
1997 · Dola Bonfils- Year
- 1997
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Director
- Dola Bonfils
- 13
The Knowledge of Healing
1997 · Franz Reichle- Year
- 1997
- Director
- Franz Reichle
- 14
The Last Angel of History
1996 · John Akomfrah- Year
- 1996
- Runtime
- 45 min
- Director
- John Akomfrah
- 15
Time Machine: The Journey Back
1993 · Clyde Lucas- Year
- 1993
- Director
- Clyde Lucas
- 16
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
1992 · Ken Burns- Year
- 1992
- Director
- Ken Burns
- 17
Missile
1988 · Frederick Wiseman- Year
- 1988
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Director
- Frederick Wiseman
- 18
Radio Bikini
1988 · Robert Stone- Year
- 1988
- Runtime
- 56 min
- Director
- Robert Stone
- 19
Uncle Meat
1987 · Frank Zappa- Year
- 1987
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Director
- Frank Zappa
- 20
Mysteries of the Gods
1980 · Charles Romine- Year
- 1980
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Director
- Charles Romine, Harald Reinl
- 21
The Bees
1978 · Alfredo Zacarías- Year
- 1978
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Director
- Alfredo Zacarías
- 22
Mysteries of the Gods
1976 · Charles Romine- Year
- 1976
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Director
- Charles Romine, Harald Reinl
- 23
Chariots of the Gods
1970 · Harald Reinl- Year
- 1970
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Director
- Harald Reinl
Photo credits (3)
American Threnody: Federal Government of the United States, Public domain · The Return of Navajo Boy: https://www.flickr.com/photos/groundswellfilms/, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Missile: Kennedy Space Center, Public domain. Photos from Wikimedia Commons; DocumentaryTube links each to its file page.