20 movies like Jane's Journey, ordered by similarity : Jane(2017), Coral Reef Adventure(2003), The Story of Plastic(2019), The Anthropologist(2015), For Sama(2019), The British Guide to Showing Off(2011), Ballet 422(2014), Unlocking the Cage(2016), Atomic Homefront(2017), Knock Down the House(2019), Free Solo(2018), Under the Sea(2009) ...
Documentary
Germany|Tanzania
2010
106 Minutes
jane goodall inspiring fascinating engaging tanzania, africa england denver germany idaho new york city environment chimpanzees animal rights conservationism travel discovery rescue 2010s
More than 20 years ago, Dr. Jane Goodall, now 75, decided to give up her career as a primatologist, as well as her private life, in order to devote all her energy to saving our endangered ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2017
90 Minutes
jane goodall scientist chimpanzee engaging fascinating inspiring incredible tanzania, africa africa chimpanzees science human-animal friendship humanity animal behavior animal intelligence discovery love quest
A penitent bounty hunter goes to work with at Risk Kids and realizes he needs their help as much as they need his.
Documentary
USA|Singapore|Taiwan
2003
45 Minutes
oceanographer diver engaging fascinating inspiring profound south pacific australia tahiti fiji ocean floor ocean nature sea environment environmentalism discovery rescue adventure 2000s
Take a once in a lifetime journey across the South Pacific for a spectacular IMAX adventure. Joy, ecstasy, a spiritual high: these words describe the exhilaration of diving a pristine coral... See full summary »
Documentary
USA|Belgium|China|India|Indonesia|Philippines
2019
75 Minutes
environmentalist activist engaging fascinating inspiring passionate powerful ocean earth environmentalism environmental consciousness activism discovery quest 21st century
We only know the end of the story...and that's just the beginning.
Documentary
Russia|Peru|Kiribati|USA
2015
81 Minutes
Daniel A. Miller
anthropologist mother daughter traveler expert narrator fascinating emotional gripping jungle new york city airplane mountain village boat anthropology climate change travel civilization bonding
THE ANTHROPOLOGIST considers the fate of the planet from the perspective of an American teenager. Over five years, she travels alongside her mother, an anthropologist studying the impact of climate change on indigenous communities.
War, Documentary
UK|Syria|USA
2019
95 Minutes
Waad Al-Khateab Waad Al-Kateab
mother husband daughter survivor documentarian doctor inspiring engaging fascinating shocking sad emotional syria syrian-israeli relations war survival uprising casualties of war documentary filmmaking discovery
FOR SAMA is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war.
Documentary, Comedy, Biography, Drama
UK
2011
98 Minutes
beauty pageant contestants pageant queen interviewee artist master of ceremonies judge fascinating engaging inspiring amusing campy confident england alternative lifestyles beauty pageant footage interview misfits fashion discovery
British artist and living legend Andrew Logan, loved the world over by celebrities and misfits alike, takes us under his glittering wing and inside his outrageous, anarchic and spectacular ... See full summary »
Documentary, Music
USA
2014
72 Minutes
Tiler Peck David Prottas Amar Ramasar
choreographer ballet director ballerina dancer fascinating engaging moving inspiring new york city united states ballet ballet new york city choreography creative process documentaries dance dancing transformation rise
From first rehearsal to world premiere, Ballet 422 takes us backstage at New York City Ballet as emerging choreographer Justin Peck crafts a new work.
Documentary
USA
2016
91 Minutes
lawyer animal activist judge scientist narrator emotional uplifting fascinating laboratory courtroom office rally street car animal rights activism law opposing ideals science
Between 2013 and 2015, a group of nonprofit attorneys seek nonhuman clients for whom they can advocate in two U.S. territories, in order to establish legal personhood for elephants, cetaceans and nonhuman apes in the U.S.
Documentary
USA
2017
100 Minutes
Dawn Chapman Douglas Clemens Robbin Ellison Dailey Kay Drey R. William Field Lois Gibbs
documentarian american citizen fascinating gripping eerie disturbing sad united states city corruption earth greed save humanity documentary filmmaking discovery escape quest rescue revenge
A terrifying look at the corruption that's destroying our nation and our planet. This should shake every American citizen. Citizens of an American city fight back against corruption and greed and try to save their own lives.
Documentary
USA
2019
86 Minutes
nurse daughter bartender mother candidate politician fascinating confident cool incredible inspiring patriotic television studio new york city washington, d.c. office politics winning social change women
A look at the people involved with various political campaigns during the 2018 U.S. congressional election.
Documentary
USA
2018
100 Minutes
Jimmy Chin
rock climber climber confident engaging fascinating gripping inspiring incredible intense raw wild yosemite valley united states adventure challenge climbing nature discovery quest adventure
Alex Honnold attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb El Capitan.
Documentary
2009
35 Minutes
sea creature fish fascinating engaging striking under the sea australia new guinea indo-pacific region science environment climate change travel aquatic life discovery mystery 2000s
People come face to face with mysterious and stunning creatures of the ocean off Australia and New Guinea.
Documentary
USA
2006
95 Minutes
politician meteorologist inspiring fascinating engaging earth forest japan siberia fire storm environmentalism melting global warming transformation quest discovery 2000s
Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim follows Al Gore on the lecture circuit, as the former presidential candidate campaigns to raise public awareness of the dangers of global warming and calls for immediate action to curb its destructive effects on the environment.
Documentary
USA
1988
106 Minutes
John Lennon Yoko Ono Sean Lennon Julian Lennon
yoko ono child son musician fascinating engaging new york city england house stage john lennon career music activism success rise discovery 1980s
A biography of the rock music star.
Documentary
Canada
2010
43 Minutes
astronaut narrator pilot specialist commander engaging positive tense space space station space travel space shuttle hubble space telescope daunting task maintenance journey quest rescue discovery 2010s
An IMAX 3D camera chronicles the effort of 7 astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
Documentary
France
2017
96 Minutes
man family member friend merchant traveler emotional incredible powerful endearing touching inspiring congo road market house poverty trading labor family perseverance
Trials tribulation dreams and aspirations of a young farmer earning a living making and selling charcoal in Congo.
Documentary, Drama, History
UK
2015
104 Minutes
Peter Shilton Viv Anderson Colin Barrett Larry Lloyd Trevor Francis Peter Withe
manager assistant soccer player interviewee fascinating inspiring emotional engaging moving positive nottingham, england soccer documentaries sports managing unlikely heroes talking heads pursuit quest rise
The story of the history-making Nottingham Forest team that won back-to-back European Cups in 1979 and 1980, led by the mercurial Brian Clough and his assistant Peter Taylor.
Documentary
USA
2011
110 Minutes
race car driver inspiring intense fiery fascinating engaging emotional passionate united states race race car driving success challenge championship discovery quest transformation rise 2010s
Shot around the world in 2010 and 2011 and narrated by Ewan McGregor, 'Fastest' captures the intense and thrilling reality of the MotoGP World Championship, documenting a pivotal moment in ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA|UK
2017
81 Minutes
Andreas Neumann
iggy pop rock star musician band member guitarist drummer fascinating engaging inspiring striking spirited positive america england recording sessions unlikely allies collaboration rock music concert tour power of music
Directed by Andreas Neumann and Joshua Homme, American Valhalla tells the story of an unlikely musical collaboration between two mavericks of American rock: Joshua Homme, frontman of Queens... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2014
106 Minutes
dinosaur documentarian archaeologist tyrannosaurus rex skeleton government official fascinating engaging gripping intense powerful united states archaeological dig museum archaeology documentaries documentary filmmaking paleontology dinosaurs discovery
A documentary about the discovery of the largest Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil ever found.