What do you want to watch tonight?
Each title says who it's good for, and who it isn't. Tap what you want tonight, or say no to one and why.
Closest to Welcome to Earth first
Blue Planet II 2017
Documentary
There is nowhere more powerful and unforgiving yet more beautiful and compelling than the ocean. Join us and explore the greatest yet least known parts of our planet.
The sides of Blue Planet II
- Fish that hunt birds out of the air
- Deep-sea dives in submersibles
- Plastic in the ocean
Good for you if
- you like ocean life, from coral reefs to the deep sea.
- you want underwater shots that look impossible to get.
- you like discovering animals you never knew existed.
Bad for you if
- you want a plot to follow. Each hour simply dives into a new part of the ocean.
- you want human stories, and here people stay behind the camera.
About: the ocean · pollution · the living world
Our Planet 2019
Documentary
Experience our planet's natural beauty and examine how climate change impacts all living creatures in this ambitious documentary of spectacular scope.
The sides of Our Planet
- Wildlife from jungles to frozen seas
- Walruses crowding a shrinking shore
- How climate change reaches every habitat
Good for you if
- you like animals in their habitats, from forests to the deep sea.
- you want every shot to look like it took months to get.
- you like being reminded how much life the planet holds.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch animals suffer, like walruses falling from cliffs as the ice melts.
- you roll your eyes at heartfelt appeals. David Attenborough's narration keeps pleading for what we are losing.
About: climate change · the living world · conservation
Planet Earth II 2016
Documentary
David Attenborough presents a documentary series exploring how animals meet the challenges of surviving in the most iconic habitats on earth.
The sides of Planet Earth II
- A baby iguana chased by racer snakes
- Islands, mountains, jungles, deserts, grasslands and cities
- Animals filmed up close with new cameras
Good for you if
- you like seeing how animals live in every kind of habitat, even cities.
- you like a chase scene where the hunter is a snake and the prey is real.
- you like images so close you can see every scale and feather.
Bad for you if
- you need people on screen. There are only animals here.
- you want a plot to work out. Each episode simply follows one habitat, from islands to cities.
About: survival · adaptation · the natural world
Planet Earth 2006
Documentary
David Attenborough celebrates the amazing variety of the natural world in this epic documentary series, filmed over four years across 64 different countries.
The sides of Planet Earth
- Snow leopards on a mountain slope
- Birds of paradise dancing for a mate
- Four years of filming in 64 countries
Good for you if
- you like mountains, jungles and deserts filmed from the air.
- you want to feel how big and strange the planet is.
- you want something calm to put on in the evening, with David Attenborough's voice.
Bad for you if
- you need a story to follow. Long shots of herds and ice let the pictures speak.
- you need people on screen. There are only animals here.
About: the natural world · survival · the seasons
My Octopus Teacher 2020
Documentary
After years of swimming every day in the freezing ocean at the tip of Africa, Craig Foster meets an unlikely teacher: a young octopus who displays remarkable curiosity. Visiting her den and tracking her movements for months on end he eventually wins the animal’s trust and they develop a never-before-seen bond between human and wild animal.
The sides of My Octopus Teacher
- A diver in a kelp forest off South Africa
- A year following one octopus
- A shark hunting her in the shallows
Good for you if
- you like cold water, kelp and the life hidden in it.
- you like seeing how clever an animal can be up close.
- you can be moved to tears by a bond with an octopus.
Bad for you if
- a man's voice-over about his feelings for an animal makes you roll your eyes.
- you need a story that moves. This is slow dives, day after day.
About: connection · healing · the life cycle
The Blue Planet 2001
Documentary
Sir David Attenborough narrates this critically acclaimed series that dives deep into the marine environment of Planet Earth. Although two-thirds of the world's surface is covered with water, scientists know less about the oceans than they do about the surface of the moon. This limited series travels from various coasts to the poles to examine watery denizens ranging from the gigantic blue whale to microscopic coral polyps.
The sides of The Blue Planet
- Blue whales in the open ocean
- Creatures of the deep sea
- Coral reefs and polar seas
Good for you if
- you like the ocean from the shore to the deep.
- you like creatures from places almost no one has seen.
- you want long, patient shots of life underwater.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch orcas hunting a whale calf.
- you need momentum, and long drifts through dark water lose you.
About: the ocean · survival · the unknown
Frozen Planet 2011
Documentary
David Attenborough travels to the end of the earth, taking viewers on an extraordinary journey across the polar regions of our planet.
The sides of Frozen Planet
- Polar bears, penguins and wolves
- A year at the poles, season by season
- Orcas making waves to knock seals off the ice
Good for you if
- you like the Arctic and Antarctica and what lives there.
- you like seeing life hold on in the coldest places on Earth.
- you want shots of ice and light that took months to film.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch wolves bring down a bison.
- you need momentum, and long scenes of snow and waiting lose you.
About: survival · the seasons · the poles
Prehistoric Planet 2022
Documentary
Experience the wonders of our world like never before in this epic series from Jon Favreau and the producers of Planet Earth. Travel back 66 million years to when majestic dinosaurs and extraordinary creatures roamed the lands, seas, and skies.
The sides of Prehistoric Planet
- Dinosaurs filmed like a wildlife documentary
- Seas and skies 66 million years ago
- A T. rex raising its young
Good for you if
- you like seeing dinosaurs live their days like animals today.
- you want the scale of a nature series, with creatures no one has filmed.
- you want something to watch with children who love dinosaurs.
Bad for you if
- you want dinosaurs fighting like in Jurassic Park. Most scenes show them feeding, courting and raising their young.
- you want a story with people, and here there are none.
About: prehistory · survival · parenthood
March of the Penguins 2005
Documentary
Every year, thousands of Antarctica's emperor penguins make an astonishing journey to breed their young. They walk, marching day and night in single file 70 miles into the darkest, driest and coldest continent on Earth. This amazing, true-life tale is touched with humour and alive with thrills. Breathtaking photography captures the transcendent beauty and staggering drama of devoted parent penguins who, in the fierce polar winter, take turns guarding their egg and trekking to the ocean in search of food. Predators hunt them, storms lash them. But the safety of their adorable chicks makes it all worthwhile. So follow the leader... to adventure!!
The sides of March of the Penguins
- Emperor penguins walking 70 miles across the ice
- Fathers keeping an egg warm through the polar winter
- Storms and predators around the chicks
Good for you if
- you like Antarctica, its cold and its silence.
- you want something for the whole family, with chicks and no gore.
- you like watching an animal do something that seems impossible.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at narration about penguin love and devotion.
- you need momentum. Long lines of penguins walking bore you.
About: parenthood · endurance · the cold
Life 2009
Documentary
David Attenborough looks at the extraordinary ends to which animals and plants go in order to survive. Featuring epic spectacles, amazing TV firsts and examples of new wildlife behaviour.
The sides of Life
- Animals and plants doing anything to survive
- Komodo dragons hunting a buffalo
- Behavior never filmed before
Good for you if
- you like seeing how animals and plants get through each day.
- you like the strange strategies life finds to keep going.
- you want hunts and chases filmed like big events.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch predators wear down their prey.
- you'd rather not watch animal parents give everything for young that may not make it.
About: survival · evolution · adaptation

Cosmos 2014
Documentary
Famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson provides clarity for the vision of the cosmos as he voyages across the universe with never-before-told stories that delve into the scientific concepts of the laws of gravity and the origins of space and time.
The sides of Cosmos
- The history of the universe compressed into one calendar year
- A ship of the imagination
- Scientists who changed how we see the sky
Good for you if
- you like feeling small in front of billions of years and galaxies.
- you like black holes, the birth of stars and the size of the universe made visible.
- you like the true stories of scientists like Newton or Clair Patterson.
Bad for you if
- you can't take the cartoon scenes that tell each scientist's story.
- a narrator in awe of everything makes you roll your eyes.
About: science · curiosity · time
Free Solo 2018
Documentary
Follow Alex Honnold as he attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite's 3,000 foot high El Capitan wall. With no ropes or safety gear, this would arguably be the greatest feat in rock climbing history.
The sides of Free Solo
- A free climb of El Capitan with no rope
- A camera crew afraid to film a fall
- A climber who lives in a van
Good for you if
- you like holding your breath through a climb you already know the end of.
- you want the real Alex Honnold, his doubts, his girlfriend and his training.
- you like the granite wall of Yosemite filmed from every angle.
Bad for you if
- you have no interest in sport. It's two years of training for one climb.
- you need momentum, and the climb only comes after months of preparation.
About: fear · ambition · risk
Avatar 2009
Film
In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.
The sides of Avatar
- A whole alien world to explore
- A soldier who changes sides
- Nature against machines
Good for you if
- you want to be swallowed by the screen, especially in 3D.
- you love getting lost in a world with its own plants, animals and rules.
- you like forests that glow and mountains that float.
Bad for you if
- you want sharp dialogue more than images.
- nearly three hours is too much for one evening.
About: colonisation · nature · belonging
Life of Pi 2012
Film
The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.
The sides of Life of Pi
- A boy on a lifeboat with a tiger
- An ocean that glows at night
- Which story do you believe
Good for you if
- you like a survival story that feels like a fable.
- you like a sea that turns into a sky.
- you like an ending that lets you choose what to believe.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum. Most of it is a boy and a tiger adrift on one lifeboat for months.
- you need a survival story to stay realistic. Pi finds an island of meerkats that turns carnivorous at night.
About: faith · survival · storytelling
King Kong 2005
Film
In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.
The sides of King Kong
- A film crew on a mysterious island
- A giant ape and an actress
- The Empire State Building
Good for you if
- you want dinosaurs, a giant ape and 1930s New York.
- you like a monster story that's really a sad love story.
- you like an ape fighting three dinosaurs.
Bad for you if
- over three hours is far too long for you.
- you need momentum. Kong doesn't appear until an hour in.
About: beauty · greed · nature
Interstellar 2014
Film
On a dying Earth, a former NASA pilot leaves his two children behind to travel through a wormhole and look for a planet humans can live on.
The sides of Interstellar
- The father and the daughter
- The science you can believe
- The organ and the silence
- The loneliness out there
Good for you if
- goodbyes hit you harder than explosions.
- you like wormholes, black holes and a planet where one hour costs years.
- you want to feel very small in your seat.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not think about relativity and time stretching to follow a plot.
- big speeches about love make you roll your eyes.
- nearly three hours is too much for one evening.
About: time · sacrifice · home · the people left behind
Aquaman 2018
Film
Half-human, half-Atlantean Arthur Curry is taken on the journey of his lifetime to discover if he is worth of being a king.
The sides of Aquaman
- A half-human heir to Atlantis
- Kingdoms under the sea
- A brother who wants war
Good for you if
- you like colourful underwater battles with sharks and giant crabs.
- you like brawls on a hijacked submarine and across Sicilian rooftops.
- you like discovering cities under the ocean.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather watch people talk than fight. Arthur's quest goes from one battle to the next, on land and under the sea.
- nearly two and a half hours is too long for one evening.
About: belonging · family · the ocean
Before the Flood 2016
Documentary
A look at how climate change affects our environment and what society can do to prevent the demise of endangered species, ecosystems, and native communities across the planet.
The sides of Before the Flood
- Leonardo DiCaprio travelling as a UN climate messenger
- Melting Arctic ice, burning forests, flooded islands
- Meetings with scientists and world leaders
Good for you if
- you like seeing the effects of climate change on the ground, country by country.
- you care about forests, ice and endangered species.
- you want to know who blocks climate action and why.
Bad for you if
- a film star's sincere voice-over about saving the planet makes you roll your eyes.
- you want something reassuring. This is a warning.
About: climate · responsibility · the future
Avatar: The Way of Water 2022
Film
Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, learn the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.
The sides of Avatar: The Way of Water
- A family fleeing to the ocean
- Whales that remember
- Hours underwater
Good for you if
- you want underwater scenes on a huge scale, made for the biggest screen you can find.
- you like reefs, whales and a world in balance.
- you like the reef clans of Pandora, with their own customs and sea creatures.
Bad for you if
- over three hours is too much for one evening.
- you want a story told through sharp conversations. This one tells it in images, with long stretches underwater and few words.
About: family · nature · belonging
Into the Wild 2007
Film
After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity, and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness.
The sides of Into the Wild
- A graduate who gives everything away
- A road trip across America
- An abandoned bus in Alaska
Good for you if
- you like wide landscapes and life in the wild.
- you like a young man searching for meaning.
- you like the true story of a graduate who gave away his savings and hitchhiked to Alaska.
Bad for you if
- two and a half hours is too long for your evening.
- you can't watch parents suffering. His family waits two years with no word from him.
About: freedom · family · nature