20 movies like Jane, ordered by similarity : Jane's Journey(2010), Shirkers(2018), Africa: The Serengeti(1994), The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition(2000), Sisters in Law(2005), Mali Blues(2016), Makala(2017), Unlocking the Cage(2016), Oceans(2009), Masters of the Congo Jungle(1958), Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo(2017), Aida's Secrets(2016) ...
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
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|UK
2018
96 Minutes
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A woman explores the events surrounding a film she and her friends began making with a mysterious stranger decades ago.
Documentary
USA|UK|Germany|Sweden
2000
93 Minutes
explorer crew member cameraman narrator scientist engaging fascinating incredible antarctica exploration science survival ernest shackleton quest rescue discovery 2000s
A retelling of Sir Ernest Shackleton 's ill-fated expedition to Antarctica in 1914-1916, featuring new footage of the actual locations and interviews with surviving relatives of key ... See full summary »
Documentary
Cameroon|UK
2005
108 Minutes
Florence Ayisi
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Set in Kumba in South West Cameroon Sisters in Law follows Adultery, Rape and Abuse cases led by a Female Judge.
Documentary, Music
Germany|Mali
2016
93 Minutes
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Mali's Music defines the country's cultural identity. Radical Islamists are threatening the musicians. Together with the stars of Malian Global Pop - Fatoumata Diawara, Bassekou Kouyaté ... See full summary »
Documentary
France
2017
96 Minutes
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Trials tribulation dreams and aspirations of a young farmer earning a living making and selling charcoal in Congo.
Documentary
USA
2016
91 Minutes
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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
France|Switzerland|Spain|USA|United Arab Emirates|Monaco
2009
102 Minutes
Jacques Cluzaud
filmmaker fish whale seal dolphin animal fascinating incredible profound ocean under the sea antarctica science biology oceans ecology animal rights sea creatures discovery adventure
An ecological drama/documentary, filmed throughout the globe. Part thriller, part meditation on the vanishing wonders of the sub-aquatic world.
Documentary
Belgium
1958
88 Minutes
Heinz Sielmann
native tribal leader animal tribesman orson welles fascinating wild spectacular gory congo jungle africa native people nature wild animals cultural differences adventure discovery 1950s
Documentary showing the struggles of the inhabitants--both human and animal--of what was then called the Belgian Congo.
Drama, Documentary, History
USA|UK
2017
101 Minutes
John Aaron Steve Bales Jerry Bostick Bob Carlton Gene Cernan Charlie Duke
astronaut engineer mathematician scientist fascinating inspiring incredible passionate moon nasa facility command center rocket apollo program space exploration space race engineering mission adventure discovery pursuit
At the heart of the Apollo program was the special team in Mission Control who put a man on the moon and helped create the future.
Documentary
Germany|Israel|Canada|USA
2016
90 Minutes
Shaul Schwarz
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Family secrets, lies, high drama and generations of contemporary history unspool in this international story that begins with World War II and concludes with an emotional 21st-century ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2018
100 Minutes
Jimmy Chin
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Alex Honnold attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb El Capitan.
Documentary
UK
2003
81 Minutes
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Simon Pummell's epic movie tells the story of a human life, using found footage from the last 100 years of cinema, cut to a powerful score by Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead.
Documentary
France
1978
85 Minutes
Penny Patterson Karl H. Pribram
researcher gorilla scientist charming engaging house trailer california stanford university sign language human-animal friendship wild animals animal rights education emotion transformation discovery quest 1970s
A documentary that follows Dr. Penny Patterson's current scientific study of Koko, a gorilla who communicates through American Sign Language.
Documentary
UK|USA
2008
90 Minutes
high-wire artist police officer girlfriend friend fascinating suspenseful incredible france new york city skyscraper world trade center daunting task aspirations friendship crime quest underdog 1970s
A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century".
Documentary
Switzerland|France|Belgium|USA
2016
95 Minutes
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Writer James Baldwin tells the story of race in modern America with his unfinished novel, Remember This House.
Documentary
USA
2019
86 Minutes
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A look at the people involved with various political campaigns during the 2018 U.S. congressional election.
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, Drama, History
USA
2019
93 Minutes
buzz aldrin neil armstrong astronaut engaging fascinating inspiring patriotic space space shuttle spacecraft moon apollo program moon space space race adventure discovery mystery quest 1960s
A look at the Apollo 11 mission to land on the moon led by commander Neil Armstrong and pilots Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins.