Documentary Movies on Disney Plus - Page 10
World's Biggest Bull Shark?
2021
star 6How one of the largest Bull Sharks ever caught off the quiet coast of Florida grew to become a giant of the ocean.Adventure Thru the Walt Disney Archives
2020
star 7.2Explore the rich history of the Walt Disney Archives as legendary producer and host Don Hahn tours rarely seen areas of the department’s vast collections along with beloved Disney locations — including theme parks and the studio lot — through an engaging, historical lens.We Feed People
2022
We Feed People
2022
star 7We Feed People spotlights renowned chef José Andrés and his nonprofit World Central Kitchen’s incredible mission and evolution over 12 years from being a scrappy group of grassroots volunteers to becoming one of the most highly regarded humanitarian aid organizations in the disaster relief sector.Making The Disney Wish: Disney’s Newest Cruise Ship
2023
star 5.5At a shipyard on Germany's North Sea, a marvel of modern engineering is taking shape; hundreds of construction workers, engineers, architects, designers, animators, cast and crew are transforming 144,000 tons of steel.A Tale of Two Critters
1977
star 5.8A bear cub and a raccoon become fast friends when they're swept away down a river, away from their families.Secrets of the Bull Shark
2020
star 7We know Bull Sharks swim upriver and we know they hunt in the sea. But we've never been able to see it all like this. We see them attack and consume other sharks. We watch their shady hunts in the deep. We follow them up freshwater rivers to pupping grounds. We see them hunt shoals of fish from drones above and we watch as they clash with hippos and crocodiles.Orca Vs. Great White
2021
Orca Vs. Great White
2021
star 6.1Researchers investigate whether orcas have begun hunting great white sharks off the coast of New Zealand.Miracle Landing on the Hudson
2014
star 6.8In 2009, just two minutes into US Airways flight 1549, a flock of birds struck the plane taking out both engines. With no power, the Captain decided to attempt the near impossible - to land it in New York's Hudson River.How Dogs Got Their Shapes
2016
star 7With many breeds and countless variations, canines are one of the most diverse species on Earth. From ears to tails, coats to paws, every part of their bodies is uniquely structured to serve a purpose. How Dogs Got Their Shapes shines a light on a variety of canine shapes to explain how each aspect plays a pivotal role in the evolution, history, and behavior of distinct dog breeds.Shark Beach with Anthony Mackie
2024
The special follows award-winning actor Mackie in his hometown of New Orleans, where he grew up boating and angling and still practices the sport to date, a passion he now shares with his four sons. Throughout the documentary, Mackie is on a personal mission to keep the peace between coastal communities and sharks. Diving fin-first, he comes face-to-face with the ocean’s apex predators, swimming with several enormous sandbar and silky sharks and tagging a formidable 7-foot bull shark.Secrets of Life
1956
Secrets of Life
1956
star 7A feature-length documentary showing the changing world of nature, the sky, the sea, the sun, planets, insects and volcanic action. A story of nature's strange and intricate designs for survival and her many methods of perpetuating life.Drain The Ocean: WWII
2016
star 6.2What lies beneath the ocean? World War Two left a great number of ships and submarines hidden beneath the waves. Now, as the oceans drain, each vessel reveals its secrets through new data-based 3D reconstructions. From the Arizona in Pearl Harbour’s shallows, whose destruction brought America into the war, to Nazi super ship the Bismarck and its mysterious end three miles down. From the flaming merchant ships secretly torpedoed by U-boats off tourist beaches of the USA, to the covert inventions of the Allies' costly D-Day beachhead, and lastly to the troopship Leopoldville sunk with the needless deaths of 400 soldiers. Drain The Ocean exposes the truth.Buried Truth of the Maya
2020
star 6.2Maya legend tells us that there is a hidden underground cave below Chichen Itza, now high tech archaeologists are here to find the buried truth.Sea of Hope: America's Underwater Treasures
2017
star 6.3Follow ocean legend Sylvia Earle, renowned underwater National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry, writer Max Kennedy and their crew of teenage aquanauts on a year-long quest to deploy science and photography to inspire President Obama to establish new Blue Parks to protect essential habitats across an unseen American Wilderness.Secrets of Christ's Tomb
2017
star 7.5We follow leading experts on a quest to unlock the mysteries surrounding the tomb of Christ, using the latest scientific techniques to restore the Aedicula housing the tomb.Charles: In His Own Words
2023
star 5A documentary special that provides a rare view into the real Charles behind the headlines… told in his own words.The Flagmakers
2022
The Flagmakers
2022
star 5.4THE FLAGMAKERS is a film about the unexpected people who make the American flag and invites us to ask the question: who is America and who is the American flag for?When the Garden Was Eden
2014
star 7This nostalgic sports documentary captures the New York Knicks at the height of their golden era during the 1970s, revealing in the process a singularly gifted and inspired team revered by its fans.Magic of the Disney Treasure
2025
Go behind the scenes of Disney's new ship, from Moana's stage debut and the familia of Plaza de Coco to the illusions of a Haunted Mansion Parlor.Expedition Everest
2020
Expedition Everest
2020
star 6.7In a groundbreaking expedition on Mount Everest, dozens of scientists converge to investigate what secrets the world’s highest peak has to tell us about our changing climate. The notorious Khumbu Glacier is mapped in stunning detail, biologists study extreme lifeforms, and a team of Sherpas and climate scientists climb straight toward the “death zone” to install the highest weather station in the world.
