Documentary Movies on Disney Plus - Page 14
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.Buried Truth of the Maya
2020
star 6.1Maya legend tells us that there is a hidden underground cave below Chichen Itza, now high tech archaeologists are here to find the buried truth.Youngstown Boys
2013
Youngstown Boys
2013
star 6.2"Youngstown Boys" explores class and power dynamics in college sports through the parallel, interconnected journeys of one-time dynamic running back Maurice Clarett and former elite head coach Jim Tressel. Clarett and Tressel emerged from opposite sides of the tracks in Youngstown, Ohio, and then joined for a magical season at Ohio State University in 2002 that produced the first national football championship for the school in over 30 years. Shortly thereafter, though, Clarett was suspended from college football and began a downward spiral that ended with a prison term. Tressel continued at Ohio State for another eight years before his career there also ended in scandal.Elway To Marino
2013
Elway To Marino
2013
star 6.9ESPN's critically acclaimed documentary series 30 for 30 examined the 1983 NFL Draft Tuesday night -- the draft that saw future Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway traded to the Denver Broncos.Russia's Wild Tiger
2022
Russia's Wild Tiger
2022
star 6.2Records the battle for the survival of the big cats and reveals intimate details of their lives. The animals they prey on are also in the film: tigers couldn’t survive without sika deer, Altai wapiti, wild boars and Asian black bears. Guiding the viewer through the film, an elder tiger tells the story of his cub, born in a conservation area, the year after he leaves his mother.Walt & El Grupo
2008
Walt & El Grupo
2008
star 5.9The year was 1941, and the world was on the brink of war. In an effort to improve relations between the Americas, the Roosevelt administration called upon one of Hollywood’s most influential filmmakers to embark on a special goodwill tour. Written and directed by Theodore Thomas (“Frank and Ollie”) and produced by Kuniko Okubo, the documentary WALT & EL GRUPO chronicles the amazing ten-week trip that Walt Disney and his hand-picked group of artists and filmmaking talent (later known as “El Grupo”) took to South America at the behest of the U.S. Government as part of the Good Neighbor Policy.50 Shades of Sharks
2020
50 Shades of Sharks
2020
star 6Exploring the private lives of sharks as they hunt, rest, clean and reproduce.Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau
2013
star 6.3Director Sam George chronicles the remarkable life and times of the late Eddie Aikau, the legendary Hawaiian big wave surfer, pioneering lifeguard and ultimately doomed crew member of the Polynesian voyaging canoe Hokulea.Jeremy Renner: The Diane Sawyer Interview - A Story of Terror, Survival and Triumph
2023
star 9.3Jeremy Renner sits down with Diane Sawyer for his first television interview since the critical snow plow accident that nearly cost him his life.World's Biggest Tiger Shark
2020
star 5.5Marine biologist Kori Garza and underwater cinematographer Andy Casagrande journey to French Polynesia to track Kamakai, one of the largest tiger sharks on record.Lainey Wilson: Bell Bottom Country
2024
Robin Roberts joins Lainey Wilson in hitting the roads, going from concerts to interviews and everything in between, to get a sneak peek into this wild ride she's been on. ‘Lainey Wilson: Bell Bottom Country,’ streaming on Hulu, May 29th.Jordan Rides the Bus
2010
Jordan Rides the Bus
2010
star 5.9In the fall of 1993, in his prime and at the summit of the sports world, Michael Jordan walked away from pro basketball. After leading the Dream Team to an Olympic gold medal in 1992 and taking the Bulls to their third consecutive NBA championship the following year, Jordan was jolted by the murder of his father. Was it the brutal loss of such an anchor in his life that caused the world’s most famous athlete to rekindle a childhood ambition by playing baseball? Or some feeling that he had nothing left to prove or conquer in basketball? Or something deeper and perhaps not yet understood?Soul of a Nation Presents: Black in Vegas
2023
star 2This special explores the history of Black entertainers in Las Vegas and celebrating those who are now ruling the historic strip.Baby Sharks
2022
Baby Sharks
2022
star 5.3Even the biggest, fastest and fiercest predators start as babies. Baby sharks are cute, but they need to grow up fast because out of more than 500 species of sharks, not one parent sticks around to help raise them. Sharks are found in every ocean across the planet and have evolved in extraordinarily different ways to carry their young and give birth and for baby sharks to thrive.Man vs. Shark
2019
Man vs. Shark
2019
star 840 years after inventing armored suits that protect divers from attacks by smaller shark species of sharks, marine biologist, Jeremiah Sullivan, faces off against hungry hammerheads and deadly tiger sharks to measure their bite force, body strength and ability to chew through his advanced materials before creating new armor he’ll test by putting himself inside the devastating jaws of a 14-foot tiger shark.The Way of the Cheetah
2022
star 4.8This not to be missed story by award-winning filmmakers, conservationists Dereck and Beverly Joubert, takes through how Immani protects her four cubs from predators in deadly Kenyan terrain.Doc & Darryl
2016
Doc & Darryl
2016
star 6.7When they were good, they were the biggest stars on a team that captured New York City and the 1986 World Series. But when they were bad, Doc Gooden and Darryl Strawberry broke the hearts of Mets fans. "They were going to be our guys for years," laments Jon Stewart in this evocative yet searing 30 for 30 documentary directed by Judd Apatow ("Trainwreck") and Michael Bonfiglio ("You Don't Know Bo"). Reunited at a diner in Queens, the pitcher and the power hitter look back on the glory days of the mid-'80s and the harrowing nights that turned them from surefire Hall of Famers into prisoners of their own addictions. Listening to Doc talk about missing the parade down the Canyon of Heroes, or Darryl counsel others at his ministry, you can only wish that these two very different men had not followed the same destructive path.Winged Seduction: Birds of Paradise
2012
star 5Tim Laman a photographer for National Geographic and ornithologist Ed Scholes have been traveling to some of the most remote jungles the world has to offer in search of observing and photographing all 39 species of tropical bird. This particular group of birds are entitled as the “Birds of Paradise” and can be found in some of the last truly wild locations of New Guinea.Disney's Summer Magic Quest
2022
star 4Guided by host Yvette Nicole Brown, “ZOMBIES” superstars Meg Donnelly, Pearce Joza, Kylee Russell, and Matt Cornett will compete in an incredible summer quest and partake in challenges inside EPCOT during The World’s Most Magical Celebration – the 50th Anniversary of Walt Disney World Resort.World's Most Dangerous Shark?
2021
star 2The Great White has a scary reputation, but Explorer Jacques Cousteau called the Oceanic White Tip “The most dangerous of all sharks…" Was he right?
