Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Peter H. Schultz

1. Ancient Aliens (2009– )

TV-PG | 42 min | Documentary, History, Sci-Fi

Science and mythology - and how they are the same thing.

Stars: Robert Clotworthy, Giorgio A. Tsoukalos, David Childress, William Henry

Votes: 12,577

2. Nova (1974– )

TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary

Science documentaries about various topics.

Stars: Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, Stacy Keach, Eric Meyers

Votes: 3,098

3. How the Universe Works (2010– )

TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary

A users guide to the cosmos from the big bang to galaxies, stars, planets and moons. Where did it all come from and how does it all fit together. A primer for anyone who has ever looked up at the night sky and wondered.

Stars: Phil Plait, Michelle Thaller, Richard Lintern, Mike Rowe

Votes: 7,251

4. Horizon (I) (1964– )

50 min | Documentary

British documentary series that covers a variety of subjects in science and philosophy.

Stars: Paul Vaughan, Jack Fortune, Dilly Barlow, Colin Riach

Votes: 1,149

5. Space's Deepest Secrets (2016– )

Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary

The stories of the men and women who pushed their ingenuity and curiosity beyond the limits to uncover some of the most groundbreaking findings in the history of space exploration.

Stars: David O'Brien, Michelle Thaller, Hakeem Oluseyi, Phil Plait

Votes: 289

6. National Geographic Explorer (1985– )

120 min | Documentary, History

A weekly series of short documentary segments funded by the National Geographic Society and done in the style of the National Geographic Specials. In 2003, the show was re-branded National ... See full summary »

Stars: Salvatore Vecchio, Peter Coyote, Lisa Ling, Ryan Duffy

Votes: 316

7. NASA's Unexplained Files (2012– )

45 min | Documentary

A look is taken at exclusive NASA footage and firsthand accounts of mysterious fly objects from astronauts and scientists are presented.

Stars: Christopher Orwoll, Erik Dellums, Bill Birnes, James E. Oberg

Votes: 592

8. The Universe (2007–2015)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History

This educational show explores many scientific questions and topics about the universe (Big Bang, the Sun, the planets, black holes, other galaxies, astrobiology etc.) through latest CGI, data and interviews with scientists.

Stars: Erik Thompson, Alex Filippenko, Laura Danly, Clifford V. Johnson

Votes: 5,932

9. Naked Science (2004– )

60 min | Documentary, Adventure

Documentary series featuring various subjects related to science and technology.

Stars: Eric Meyers, Michael Izquierdo, Rushmore DeNooyer, Roger Tilling

Votes: 349

10. Strip the Cosmos (2014– )

Documentary

STRIP THE COSMOS strips major planets, moons, black holes, stars and galaxies of their gas, force-fields, rocks and magma, layer by layer, act by act, to explore their hidden secrets and ... See full summary »

Stars: Michelle Thaller, Phil Plait, Hakeem Oluseyi, Andres Williams

Votes: 218

11. 42 - Die Antwort auf fast alles (2021–2024)

30 min | Documentary

Finding out answers is the aim of ARTE's new science show. In a nod to Douglas Adams's "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", where the figure 42 is the ultimate answer to all questions, 42 tries to provide the answers.

Stars: Nora Tschirner, Jördis Triebel, Sibel Kekilli, Marina Lommel

Votes: 16

12. Mysteries of the Missing (2017)

TV-PG | 42 min | Documentary

A documentary series that exposes the theories behind what happened on the fateful day of disappearances and what science can now tell us about these events with Terry O'Quinn as a host.

Stars: Terry O'Quinn, James Meigs, Andrew Gough, Martin Pepper

Votes: 105

13. Catastrophe (2008– )

Documentary

Catastrophe or opportunity depends on your perspective as a victim or survivor. But from the perspective of species catastrophes are an important part of the engine of evolution as this highly scientific series explains.

Stars: Tony Robinson, Peter H. Schultz, John Power, Dan Durda

Votes: 110

14. How the Earth Works (2013– )

44 min | History, Reality-TV

Geologist Martin Pepper and Biologist Liz Bonnin investigate world history in a unique way: By exploring different parts of the world known for historic events and cataclysmic disasters, as... See full summary »

Stars: Liz Bonnin, Martin Pepper, Michelle Thaller, Dan Durda

Votes: 69

15. Known Universe (2009– )

60 min | Documentary

Travel through the universe to explore the really big questions. Is there life on other planets? Just how big was the Big Bang? What would traveling at "warp speed" really look like? Could ... See full summary »

Stars: Steve Jacobs, Beau Weaver, Michael Massimino, Mocean Melvin

Votes: 333

16. Miracle Planet (2004– )

TV-G | 325 min | Documentary, History, Mystery

Over its more than 4-billion-year history, Earth has been home to repeated violent climactic changes, which have caused mass extinctions. And yet, life has survived.

Stars: Christopher Plummer, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Jean-Philippe Puymartin, Gary Granville

Votes: 150

17. Extreme Universe (2010– )

Documentary

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Stars: Phil Plait, Dominic Frisby, David J. Helfand, Michelle Thaller

Votes: 30

18. Bad Universe (2010– )

Documentary

The Universe is a dangerous place. But pop culture has played fast and loose with the facts, and often the things we know are all wrong, and when you're dealing with the universe, ignorance can be deadly.

Stars: Phil Plait, Tony Mulhare, Tony Stephens, Peter H. Schultz

Votes: 118

19. 95 Worlds and Counting (2000 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary

Swimming in Neptune's moons, flying in Uranus' moons, jumping in Mars' moons, living in Jupiter's moons - welcome to the future of mankind, where you'll see the next worlds to discover.

Director: Marc Etkind | Stars: John Lithgow, Jeffrey Kargel, Ashley Davies, Rosaly Lopes

Votes: 73

20. NASA's Unexplained Files (2012– )
Episode: Saturn's Moon Monsters (2019)

TV-PG | 42 min | Documentary

When NASA discovers something strange on Saturn's biggest moon, experts investigate if aliens feeding on the electric atmosphere could be the culprit. The disturbing evidence points to a ... See full summary »

Directors: Fraser Mullen, Dominic Rees-Roberts, Kasia Uscinska | Stars: Lee Billings, Bill Birnes, Eleanor Blakely, Athena Brensberger

Votes: 18

21. NASA's Unexplained Files (2012– )
Episode: Aliens vs. Stalin at Area 51 (2019)

TV-PG | 42 min | Documentary

When a former Area 51 insider alleges that the Roswell UFO incident was a nefarious Soviet conspiracy masterminded by Stalin, experts investigate if it was indeed an enemy plot against America or if the confession is just another cover-up.

Directors: Fraser Mullen, Kasia Uscinska | Stars: Lee Billings, Bill Birnes, John Brandenburg, Leroy Chiao

Votes: 19

22. Space's Deepest Secrets (2016– )
Episode: Mystery of the Alien Asteroid (2019)

TV-PG | 42 min | Documentary

When a strange alien object is discovered speeding through our solar system, experts race to uncover if it's real evidence of extraterrestrial contact or a deadly asteroid on a collision course with planet earth.

Stars: Jason Dworkin, Perry Gerakines, Carly Howett, David O'Brien

Votes: 7

23. Space's Deepest Secrets (2016– )
Episode: Dark Origins of the Moon (2018)

TV-PG | 42 min | Documentary

New discoveries reveal that everything we know about our moon could be wrong, and now, investigators are racing to understand the mysteries of its dark and violent past.

Stars: Erik Asphaug, Brian Greene, Carly Howett, Catherine Macris

Votes: 6

24. Space's Deepest Secrets (2016– )
Episode: Asteroid Apocalypse (2019)

TV-G | 42 min | Documentary

New discoveries reveal the apocalyptic consequences of an asteroid strike.

Stars: Laura Danly, Sylvester James Gates Jr., Jess Johnson, Timothy Linn

Votes: 6

25. Nova (1974– )
Episode: Back to the Moon (2019)

TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary

Fifty years after humans first stepped foot on the moon, engineers, scientists and entrepreneurs engage in new discoveries to make life on the moon a reality.

Director: James Wright | Stars: Eric Meyers, Angel Abbud-Madrid, Timiebi Aganaba-Jeanty, Isaac Asimov

Votes: 67

26. The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode: Spaceship Earth (2007)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History

Take a high performance ride through the formation of the third planet from the Sun, Earth. A survivor of one of the most violent "neighborhoods" in the universe, learn how earth was ... See full summary »

Director: Laura Verklan | Stars: Erik Thompson, Donald Brownlee, Seiji Sugita, Peter H. Schultz

Votes: 143

27. Horizon (1964– )
Episode: Crater of Death (1997)

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Stars: Nick Finnis, Tom Ahrens, Steve D'Hondt, Alan Hildebrand

28. Catastrophe (2008– )
Episode: Asteroid Strike (2008)

TV-PG | 43 min | Documentary

Dinosaurs arose as rulers of the Earth 250 million years ago, but their reign soon ended in catastrophe, paving the way for mammals and eventually humans to flourish. Evidence shows that a ... See full summary »

Directors: Sid Bennett, Simon Bennett | Stars: Tony Robinson, Philip Currie, Dan Durda, Jaelyn Eberle

Votes: 12

29. Catastrophe (2008– )
Episode: Survival Earth (2008)

Documentary

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Director: Ben Lawrie | Stars: Tony Robinson, Ed Beshore, Bill McGuire, Stephen Oppenheimer

Votes: 14

30. Naked Science (2004– )
Episode: Earth's Crust (2009)

Documentary, Adventure

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Director: Emma Hawley | Stars: Rob Burnett, Esta van Heerden, Iain Stewart, Richard Grieve

Votes: 8

31. Naked Science (2004– )
Episode: Death of a Star (2009)

Documentary, Adventure

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Director: Ben Fox | Stars: Mark H. Seibert, Patrick Morrissey, Karl Foster, Don Korycansky

32. The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode: It Fell from Space (2009)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History

Every year, thousands of objects both natural and manmade plummet through our atmosphere and crash into the Earth. These menacing messengers from the sky provide scientists with amazing ... See full summary »

Director: Laura Verklan | Stars: Erik Thompson, Amy Mainzer, Steven R. Chesley, Petrus Matheus Marie Jenniskens

Votes: 63

33. Naked Science (2004– )
Episode: Incinerator Earth (2009)

TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, Adventure

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Director: Shaun Trevisick | Stars: William F. Bottke, J.V. Martin, Jay Melosh, David Morrison

34. National Geographic Explorer (1985– )
Episode: 24 Hours After Asteroid Impact (2009)

TV-PG | 50 min | Documentary, History

Travel back 66 million years ago when a meteor struck the Earth, wiping out three-quarters of all life on the planet. What happened in those first hours? Why did some creatures survive ... See full summary »

Stars: Peter Coyote, Dan Durda, Kirk Johnson, Douglas S. Robertson

Votes: 18

35. Known Universe (2009– )
Episode: Cosmic Collisions (2010)

TV-PG | 46 min | Documentary

Known Universe heads to the front line of asteroid defense to study what is being done to prevent a catastrophic collision.

Director: Coll Metcalf | Stars: Beau Weaver, Ed Beshore, Mike Brown, Andrea Ghez

Votes: 19

36. Naked Science (2004– )
Episode: Expedition Apocalypse (2010)

TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, Adventure

In 1908 something felled millions of trees over 1000 square miles in Siberia, without leaving a trace. Many believe an asteroid was responsible. New evidence could at last solve the Tunguska mystery.

Director: Rick Beyer | Stars: Mark Boslough, Marco Cocchi, Luca Gasperini, Walter H. Haas

Votes: 7

37. Bad Universe (2010– )
Episode: Alien Attack! (2010)

44 min | Documentary

Are we alone in the universe or is there intelligent life on other planets? And could aliens travel through space and reach Earth? Phil Plait investigates.

Stars: Phil Plait, Tony Mulhare, Peter H. Schultz, Zach Berta

Votes: 11

38. Horizon (1964– )
Episode: Asteroids: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (2010)

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Director: Dan Kendall | Stars: Peter Firth, Richard Binzel, Mark Boslough, Steven R. Chesley

Votes: 18

39. How the Universe Works (2010– )
Episode: Moons (2010)

TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary

Moons come in every possible shape and size. Home to incredible natural phenomena like gigantic geysers and colossal volcanoes, moons also offer perhaps the best chance of finding alien ... See full summary »

Director: Shaun Trevisick | Stars: Mike Rowe, Chris McKay, David Grinspoon, Dan Durda

Votes: 155

40. Miracle Planet (2004– )
Episode: The Violent Past (2005)

Unrated | 50 min | Documentary, History, Mystery

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Directors: Joanne Carrière, Olivier Julien, Wally Longul, Hideki Tasuke | Stars: Christopher Plummer, Gary Granville, Eiichiro Kokubo, Seiko Nakajô

Votes: 6

41. How the Universe Works (2010– )
Episode: Comets - Frozen Wanderers (2012)

TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary

We follow the odyssey of a comet as it sails through space, watching every move as it evolves from a chunk of ice and rock into an active nucleus engulfed in a gaseous haze. What we learn ... See full summary »

Director: Adam Warner | Stars: Erik Dellums, Richard Lintern, Phil Plait, Peter H. Schultz

Votes: 99

42. How the Universe Works (2010– )
Episode: Asteroids - Worlds That Never Were (2012)

TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary

From icy worlds with more fresh water than Earth to flying mountains of pure metal, asteroids shaped our past and promise much for the future. Could these enigmatic space rocks hold the key... See full summary »

Director: George Harris | Stars: Richard Lintern, Mike Rowe, Dan Durda, Lawrence Krauss

Votes: 101

43. The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode: Ride the Comet (2012)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History

Board a virtual space ship to travel along with a variety of comets; long and short period, sun grazers, comets masquerading as asteroids and comets still in deep freeze in the Oort cloud. ... See full summary »

Director: Laura Verklan | Stars: Erik Thompson, Amy Mainzer, Don Yeomans, Alex Filippenko

Votes: 44

44. 42 - Die Antwort auf fast alles (2021–2024)
Episode: Wird uns der Himmel auf den Kopf fallen? (2023)

30 min | Documentary

In the wake of the awe-inspiring Chelyabinsk meteor incident in February 2013, a profound realization dawns upon humanity - the cosmos is a realm of potential danger that could strike ... See full synopsis »

Director: Christian Offenberg | Stars: Nora Tschirner, Chris Dreyer, Ludovic Ferrière, Naomi Murdoch

45. Horizon (1964– )
Episode: The Truth About Meteors (2013)

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Directors: Oliver Bootle, Ben Finney | Stars: Iain Stewart, Mark Boslough, Steven R. Chesley, Alan Fitzsimmons

Votes: 13

46. Ancient Aliens (2009– )
Episode: The Viking Gods (2013)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History, Sci-Fi

They were teachers and destroyers. Mighty warriors who blazed across the skies in gleaming chariots and wielded magical weapons that could bring down mountains. Odin, Frey and Thor.

Stars: Tim Tangherlini, Kirsten Wolf, Jonathan Young, Scott A. Mellor

Votes: 135

47. Extreme Universe (2010– )
Episode: Is Anyone Out There? (2010)

Documentary

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Stars: Robert Ballard, Dominic Frisby, David J. Helfand, Robert Hurt

48. Extreme Universe (2010– )
Episode: Collision Course (2010)

Documentary

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Stars: Oded Aharonson, Ed Beshore, Mike Brown, Albert Einstein

49. Nova (1974– )
Episode: Asteroid: Doomsday or Payday? (2013)

TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary

The dichotomy that surrounds asteroids is examined. On the one hand, a large asteroid could end life on Earth. On the other hand, however, some asteroids could provide a massive payday for intrepid entrepreneurs.

Directors: Jonathan Challis, David Hutt, Brian Leckey | Stars: Craig Sechler, Ed Lu, Mark Boslough, Dan Durda

Votes: 66

50. How the Earth Works (2013– )
Episode: Asteroid Armageddon (2013)

TV-PG | 44 min | History, Reality-TV

Martin and Liz investigate a giant asteroid impact that may have wiped out the dinosaurs. Later, Martin experiences the power of a NASA supergun.

Director: Mark Bridge | Stars: Liz Bonnin, Bernadette Carion, Dan Durda, Tyler Lyson

Votes: 20