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  1. Alone in the Wilderness 2004

    Documentary

    Dick Proenneke retired at age 50 in 1967 and decided to build his own cabin in the wilderness at the base of the Aleutian Peninsula, in what is now Lake Clark National Park. Using color footage he shot himself, Proenneke traces how he came to this remote area, selected a homestead site and built his log cabin completely by himself. The documentary covers his first year in-country, showing his day-to-day activities and the passing of the seasons as he sought to scratch out a living alone in the wilderness.

    The sides of Alone in the Wilderness

    • A retired man building a log cabin alone in Alaska
    • Footage he filmed himself
    • A year of seasons by a remote lake

    Good for you if

    • you like Alaskan lakes, mountains and wildlife through the seasons.
    • you enjoy watching Dick Proenneke shape every log by hand.
    • you want a calm hour of a man content with his own company.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't get into grainy 16mm footage from the late 1960s.
    • you want people talking, and here one man narrates his days.

    About: solitude · self-reliance · the wilderness

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  2. The Last Trapper 2004

    Documentary

    Norman is not just an admirer of nature, he's a part of it. He survives the harshness of the climate and the wildlife by coexisting with it. With his wife Nebraska, they live almost entirely off the land, making money by selling their furs.

    The sides of The Last Trapper

    • A trapper living off the land in the Yukon
    • His wife Nebraska and their sled dogs
    • A long winter in the wild

    Good for you if

    • you like snowy mountains, rivers and forests as far as the eye can see.
    • you like seeing how Norman gets through a winter far from everything.
    • you dream of a life in harmony with the wild.

    Bad for you if

    • you need momentum, not quiet days of checking traps and driving dogs.
    • you can't watch animals trapped for their fur.

    About: life in the wild · harmony with nature · a vanishing way of life

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  3. Honeyland 2019

    Documentary

    When nomadic beekeepers break Honeyland’s basic rule (take half of the honey, but leave half to the bees), the last female beehunter in Europe must save the bees and restore natural balance.

    The sides of Honeyland

    • Hatidze, a wild beekeeper in North Macedonia
    • Her old, bedridden mother
    • A nomadic family moving in next door

    Good for you if

    • you like bees, rocks and light in a remote Balkan valley.
    • you like a real life filmed over three years, with no narrator.
    • you're moved by Hatidze caring for her mother alone.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles.
    • you need momentum. The film follows the bees season by season.

    About: balance · solitude · greed

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  4. Acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog travels to Antarctica, where he finds a desolate, beautiful landscape, largely untouched by human hands, and a group of truly unique people who risk their lives to study it. Centered at McMurdo Station, the United States' largest Antarctic research center, Herzog explores the minds of the scientists willing to abandon civilization and endure volatile conditions to learn more about the continent's wildlife and awe-inspiring natural wonders.

    The sides of Encounters at the End of the World

    • A research station in Antarctica
    • Divers under the ice
    • A penguin heading inland alone

    Good for you if

    • you like ice caves, volcanoes and seals under the sea ice.
    • you like silent dives beneath the Antarctic ice.
    • you like Werner Herzog's odd questions to odd people.

    Bad for you if

    • you need momentum, and this one wanders at Herzog's pace.
    • you'd rather not hear musings on the end of humanity.

    About: nature · solitude · science · the end of the world

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  5. The Velvet Queen 2021

    Documentary

    High up on the Tibetan plateau. Amongst unexplored and inaccessible valleys lies one of the last sanctuaries of the wild world, where rare and undiscovered fauna lives. Vincent Munier, one of the world’s most renowned wildlife photographers takes the adventurer and novelist Sylvain Tesson (In the Forest of Siberia) with him on his latest mission. For several weeks, they’ll explore these valleys searching for unique animals and try to spot the snow leopard, one of the rarest and most difficult big cats to approach.

    The sides of The Velvet Queen

    • A wildlife photographer and a writer in Tibet
    • Days of waiting in the cold
    • The snow leopard, if it shows up

    Good for you if

    • you like yaks, foxes and wild cats on the Tibetan plateau.
    • you like waiting hours in silence for one animal to appear.
    • you like the feeling of a world that doesn't need us.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at poetic voiceover about man and the wild.
    • you won't read subtitles for a film narrated in French.

    About: patience · the wild · contemplation

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  6. Human Planet 2011

    Documentary

    A cinematic experience bringing you the most amazing human stories in the world. Humans and wildlife surviving in the most extreme environments on Earth.

    The sides of Human Planet

    • Hunters on the Arctic sea ice
    • Fishermen in jungles and rivers
    • People living in deserts and on mountains

    Good for you if

    • you like people living alongside wild animals and harsh landscapes.
    • you like being amazed at how humans adapt to the extremes of the planet.
    • you like real people finding food where it seems impossible.

    Bad for you if

    • you want one story and the same people to follow across episodes.
    • you need chases and fights, not patient observation.

    About: adaptation · humans and nature · tradition

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  7. Hacia rutas salvajes 2007

    Película

    A principios de los años noventa, el joven e idealista Christopher McCandless adopta el nombre de Alexander Supertramp, deja sus posesiones y sus ahorros a la beneficencia y abandona el mundo civilizado con rumbo a la salvaje Alaska para entrar en contacto con la Naturaleza y descubrir el verdadero sentido de la vida. Adaptación del best-seller de Jon Krakauer, basado en las notas del diario de McCandless.

    Las caras de Hacia rutas salvajes

    • Un graduado que lo regala todo
    • Un viaje por carretera por Estados Unidos
    • Un autobús abandonado en Alaska

    Buena para ti si

    • te gustan los grandes paisajes y la vida salvaje.
    • te gusta un joven en busca de sentido.
    • te gusta la historia real de un graduado que regaló sus ahorros y viajó a dedo hasta Alaska.

    Mala para ti si

    • dos horas y media es demasiado para tu noche.
    • no soportas ver sufrir a unos padres. Su familia espera dos años sin noticias suyas.

    Temas: la libertad · la familia · la naturaleza

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  8. 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.

    The sides of Antarctica: A Year on Ice

    • Time-lapse skies over Antarctica
    • A year at McMurdo and Scott Base
    • People living through months of darkness

    Good for you if

    • you want to see Antarctica through a whole year.
    • you like time-lapse auroras and ice that fills the screen.
    • you like a calm, patient film with long views.

    Bad for you if

    • you want the heroic age of Scott and Shackleton. This is life at today's bases.
    • you want danger and suspense on the ice.

    About: isolation · nature · community

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  9. 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

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  10. 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

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  11. 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

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  12. Grizzly Man 2005

    Documentary

    Follows the story of "Grizzly Man" Timothy Treadwell and what the thirteen summers in a National Park in Alaska were like in his attempt to protect the grizzly bears. The film is full of unique images and a look into the spirit of a man who sacrificed himself for nature.

    The sides of Grizzly Man

    • A man who spent thirteen summers among Alaskan grizzlies
    • His own video footage, shot alone
    • Werner Herzog's voice weighing his choices

    Good for you if

    • you like a portrait made from a man's own tapes.
    • you like bears filmed close, in the wild.
    • you like trying to understand someone who chose to live outside the world.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch a film built around a real death, his and his partner's.
    • you want a gentle animal film. This one leaves you uneasy.

    About: obsession · nature · death

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  13. Nanook of the North 1922

    Documentary

    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.

    The sides of Nanook of the North

    • An Inuit hunter and his family in northern Quebec
    • An igloo built by hand
    • A walrus hunt with harpoons

    Good for you if

    • you like the frozen landscapes of the far north.
    • you like watching people find food and shelter in deep cold.
    • you're curious about one of the very first documentaries.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch silent black and white films.
    • you need momentum. Whole minutes go to cutting snow blocks for an igloo.

    About: survival · family · the Arctic

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  14. 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

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  15. The Alpinist 2021

    Documentary

    The life of Canadian mountain climber Marc-André Leclerc as he pushes the boundaries of climbing while on an expedition to Patagonia.

    The sides of The Alpinist

    • A young climber who avoids cameras
    • Solo climbs without a rope
    • A winter expedition to Patagonia

    Good for you if

    • you love huge mountains, ice and rock walls.
    • you like climbing footage shot from impossible angles.
    • you like watching someone alone on a wall, one move at a time.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch a real family live with what solo climbing might cost.
    • you want a relaxed outdoor film. Every climb here is a life or death risk.

    About: freedom · risk · solitude

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  16. Expedition Happiness 2017

    Documentary

    A German couple and their dog travel across North America in a school bus searching for a state of pure bliss.

    The sides of Expedition Happiness

    • A German couple and their dog
    • A school bus turned into a home
    • A road trip across North America

    Good for you if

    • you like wild landscapes seen from the road.
    • you want a gentle film that makes you dream of leaving.
    • you like following a real couple and their dog as they turn a school bus into a home.

    Bad for you if

    • you need real stakes to stay interested.
    • you need momentum more than long scenic drives.

    About: freedom · happiness · travel

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  17. Winged Migration 2001

    Documentary

    This documentary follows various migratory bird species on their long journeys from their summer homes to the equator and back, covering thousands of miles and navigating by the stars. These arduous treks are crucial for survival, seeking hospitable climates and food sources. Birds face numerous challenges, including crossing oceans and evading predators, illness, and injury. Although migrations are undertaken as a community, birds disperse into family units once they reach their destinations, and every continent is affected by these migrations, hosting migratory bird species at least part of the year.

    The sides of Winged Migration

    • Birds filmed in flight up close
    • Journeys across oceans and the Arctic
    • Storks, pelicans and cranes

    Good for you if

    • you like following migrating birds over every continent.
    • you like flying wing to wing with geese above the clouds.
    • you like images shot so close you can see each feather move in flight.

    Bad for you if

    • you need a story with momentum, not long flights.
    • you'd rather hear only the birds than a sweeping score and songs over them.

    About: migration · survival · the earth

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  18. Kedi 2017

    Documentary

    A profile of Istanbul and its unique people, seen through the eyes of the most mysterious and beloved animal humans have ever known, the Cat.

    The sides of Kedi

    • Stray cats of Istanbul
    • The people who feed them
    • A city seen at cat height

    Good for you if

    • you want a gentle, low-stakes film for a quiet evening.
    • you love cats and want to follow them through the streets.
    • you like Istanbul filmed at cat height, through alleys and over rooftops.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles for the Turkish interviews.
    • you need a story that moves, not cats wandering.

    About: kindness · the city · animals and people

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  19. The Biggest Little Farm 2019

    Documentary

    The successes and failures of a couple determined to live in harmony with nature on a farm outside of Los Angeles are lovingly chronicled by filmmaking farmer John Chester, in this inspiring documentary.

    The sides of The Biggest Little Farm

    • A couple starting a farm outside Los Angeles
    • Orchards, ducks, pigs and a dog
    • Years of drought, pests and coyotes

    Good for you if

    • you like watching a dead piece of land come back to life.
    • you want a warm, hopeful film about building something with your hands.
    • you like the true story of John and Molly Chester building their farm over several years.

    Bad for you if

    • you want more happening on screen than seasons on a farm.
    • you roll your eyes at an inspiring dream of living in harmony with nature.

    About: sustainability · patience · home

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  20. 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

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