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1. The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie (1997 TV Movie)
105 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Austin Hoyt | Stars: Andrew Carnegie, Owen Dudley Edwards, David Greenway, John Ingham
Votes: 8
2. Columbus and the Age of Discovery (1992– )
50 min | Documentary
Stars: Mauricio Obregon, Will Lyman
Votes: 17
3. Nova (1974– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Science documentaries about various topics.
Stars: Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, Stacy Keach, Eric Meyers
Votes: 3,088
4. American Experience (1987– )
TV-PG | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A series showcasing documentaries on American history.
Stars: David McCullough, David Ogden Stiers, Michael Murphy, Oliver Platt
Votes: 2,197
5. 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: 1,146
6. Nova ScienceNow (2005– )
60 min | Documentary
Uncover the complicated truth behind our sense of taste.
Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chad Cohen, Ziya Tong, David Pogue
Votes: 528
7. A Science Odyssey (1998– )
History
A Science Odyssey takes you on a journey through the most spectacular 100 years in the history of science and technology.
Stars: Charles Osgood, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michio Kaku, Lawrence Krauss
Votes: 30
8.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Shackleton's Voyage of Endurance
(2002)
TV-PG | 118 min | Documentary
Charting the 21-month ordeal of Ernest Shackleton and his 27-man crew off Antarctica in 1915 and 1916, after their ship (prophetically named Endurance) was crushed by an ice pack, stranding them.
Stars: David Ogden Stiers, Derek Jacobi, Michael Maloney, Michael Morrissey
Votes: 40
9. War and Peace in the Nuclear Age (1989 TV Movie)
715 min | Documentary, History, War
War and Peace in the Nuclear Age is a PBS produced 13 part documentary of appx 55 minutes each covering the Nuclear threat since it's inception in World War II to the present.
Stars: Gene Galusha, Robert J. Lurtsema
Votes: 19
10.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
What Darwin Never Knew
(2009)
TV-PG | 113 min | Documentary
A look at Charles Darwin, his book On The Origin of Species, and how his theory of evolution is explained. It includes Darwin's observations through work on the Human Genome Project.
Directors: Serena Davies, Rushmore DeNooyer, Sarah Holt, John Rubin | Stars: Ellen Becker-Gray, Jerry Chu, Kandace C. Cummings, Olivia Judson
Votes: 142
11.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
The Origami Revolution
(2017)
TV-G | 53 min | Documentary
The centuries old Japanese art form has gone high tech. Building with examples in biology and applying sophisticated mathematics, computer software and good old fashion imagination it looks... See full summary »
Directors: Sarah Holt, François-Xavier Vives | Stars: Daniel Aukes, David Baker, Aaron Chevalier, Erik D. Demaine
Votes: 51
12.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Day the Dinosaurs Died
(2017)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary
Investigate how an asteroid vanquished the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. Join scientists as they drill into the impact crater and, for the first time, reconstruct the hell on earth that ... See full summary »
Directors: Sarah Holt, Ben Lawrie, Ross Young | Stars: Craig Sechler, Mark Norell, Stephen Brusatte, Thomas Williamson
Votes: 117
13.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
World in the Balance: The People Paradox
(2005)
TV-PG | Documentary
Examining the "demographic divide" between developed and underdeveloped nations. Visits to India, Japan and Kenya explore problems caused by too many people in the underdeveloped world and too few in many industrialized nations.
Directors: Sarah Holt, Jackie Mow, Chris Schmidt | Star: Oliver Platt
Votes: 14
14.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Cracking the Maya Code
(2008)
TV-PG | 55 min | Documentary
Nova examines the fascinating history behind the scientific effort to decode the Mayan writing system.
Director: David Lebrun | Stars: Michael D. Coe, William L. Fash, Gillett Griffin, Nicholas Hopkins
Votes: 78
15.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Ghost in Your Genes
(2007)
TV-PG | Documentary
Following the mapping of the human genome scientists discovered there is a huge new chapter in the genetics story. Dubbed epigenetics, it involves the chemical markers on DNA that ... See full summary »
Directors: Sarah Holt, Nigel Paterson | Star: Neil Ross
Votes: 35
16.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Vanished!
(2001)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Stars: Jorge Drosten, Tony Molina, David Ogden Stiers, Nicolas Villamizar
Votes: 11
17.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
Nixon: Part I
(1990)
TV-PG | 56 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Richard M. Nixon was one of American history's most powerful figures. Recalling events etched in U.S. memory, this three-hour program explores a fateful mix of strength and weakness that ... See full summary »
Director: David Espar | Stars: Helen Gahagan, Will Lyman, Richard Nixon
Votes: 94
18.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
Nixon: Part III
(1990)
TV-PG | 57 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Richard M. Nixon was one of American history's most powerful figures. Recalling events etched in U.S. memory, this three-hour program explores a fateful mix of strength and weakness that ... See full summary »
Directors: Elizabeth Deane, David Espar, Marilyn Mellowes | Star: Will Lyman
Votes: 75
19.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Addiction
(2018)
TV-14 | 52 min | Documentary
Discover how opioid addiction affects the brain and how evidence-based treatments are saving lives.
Director: Sarah Holt | Star: Joe Morton
Votes: 43
20. Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink (2014 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 46 min | Documentary
This program describes the detective work and evidence for the generally accepted causes of two of the five mass extinctions, the KT and Permian. Then follows a diatribe on the speculation ... See full summary »
Director: Sarah Holt | Star: Tian Wang
Votes: 60
21. Rx for Survival: A Global Health Challenge (2005)
Documentary
Stars: Brad Pitt, Trevor White, Martin McDougall, Glenn Beck
Votes: 51
22.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
World in the Balance: China Revs Up
(2004)
TV-PG | Documentary
Reviewing upsides and downsides of China's economic "binge" of the last quarter century. "The world has never seen a country get so rich so fast," says narrator Oliver Platt. One telling statistic: 200,000 cars in 1995; 30 million in 2004.
Directors: Sarah Holt, Jackie Mow, Chris Schmidt | Stars: Linda Amendola, Rena Baskin, Stephanie Clayman, Jeremiah Kissel
Votes: 27
23.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Decoding COVID-19
(2020)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary
Doctors strategize to stop the spread of COVID-19; researchers work toward finding treatments and vaccines; how the disease emerged, what it does to the human body, and how it became a pandemic.
Director: Sarah Holt | Stars: Craig Sechler, Jay O. Sanders, Nahid Bhadelia
Votes: 54
24. Odyssey of Life (1996 TV Movie)
186 min | Documentary
From inside the human body and the miracle of developing life to an insects world seen from the point of view of the insect, cinematographer 'Lennart Nilsson' shows us the world in new ways... See full summary »
Director: Mikael Agaton | Stars: David Ogden Stiers, Bo Moller, Hans Wigzell, Klaus Renner
Votes: 64
25.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
Richard Nixon: Part II
(1990)
TV-PG | 58 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Richard M. Nixon was one of American history's most powerful figures. Recalling events etched in U.S. memory, this three-hour program explores a fateful mix of strength and weakness that ... See full summary »
Directors: Elizabeth Deane, David Espar, Marilyn Mellowes | Star: Will Lyman
Votes: 93
26.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
The Rockefellers: Part 1
(2000)
TV-PG | 210 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The controversial rise of John D. Rockefeller and his Standard Oil multinational, the largest and most powerful company in the world at the time.
Director: Elizabeth Deane | Star: David Ogden Stiers
Votes: 64
27.
Extreme Engineering (2003– )
Episode:
Boston's Big Dig
(2003)
TV-G | 34 min | Documentary
In a series of engineering firsts, two interstate highways are being rebuilt beneath Boston, sending its traffic 120 feet underground! The "Big Dig" will take more than 30 years to build, ... See full summary »
Director: Sarah Holt | Star: Joseph Giotta
Votes: 23
28.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
The Truth About Fat
(2020)
TV-G | Documentary
The mysteries of fat and its role in hormone production, hunger and pregnancy.
Director: Sarah Holt | Star: Hope Davis
Votes: 98
29.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Lizard Kings
(2009)
TV-PG | 43 min | Documentary
This program reviews the monitor lizard genus which, dispute the incredible diversity between species, share common traits such as the ability to count, that lead biologists to peg them as ... See full summary »
Director: Gisela Kaufmann | Stars: Gordon Burghardt, Eric Pianka, Christian Rutz, Jay O. Sanders
Votes: 40
30.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
Ike (Part I)
(1993)
TV-PG | Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Adriana Bosch | Star: David McCullough
Votes: 37
31.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Cracking Your Genetic Code
(2012)
TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary
The ability for people to have their genetic codes analyzed is examined, as are the moral aspects that come with access to such information.
Director: Sarah Holt | Stars: Jamie Effros, Nathaniel Pearson, Francis Collins, Joe Beery
Votes: 60
32. Extreme Engineering (2003– )
50 min | Documentary
Each episode of Extreme Engineering features a major construction and engineering project. Some projects are completed ones, like the new Hong Kong airport. Other projects are those under ... See full summary »
Stars: Danny Forster, Joseph Giotta, Larc Spies, John Littlefield
Votes: 1,115
33.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Alien from Earth
(2008)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary
NOVA investigates the furious scientific debate raging over what "Hobbit" bones represent.
Directors: Simon Nasht, Annamaria Talas | Star: Jay O. Sanders
Votes: 40
34.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
Ike: Part II
(1993)
TV-PG | Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Adriana Bosch
Votes: 29
35.
Nova ScienceNow (2005– )
Episode:
Can We Make It to Mars?
(2011)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary
Nova ScienceNow looks at possible solutions to some of the problems and dangers facing a trip to Mars. It looks at space dangers, space suits, space food, plasma rockets, and profiles Mars rover specialist Vandi Verma.
Directors: Vandi Verma, Sarah Holt, Joshua Seftel | Stars: Clayton Anderson, Edgar Bering, John Callas, Franklin Chang-Diaz
Votes: 63
36.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Can Alzheimer's Be Stopped?
(2016)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary
The work of scientists to determine the cause of Alzheimer's disease is detailed. Included: major drug trials aimed at discovering therapies to slow and even prevent the disease.
Director: Sarah Holt | Stars: Sean Bohan, Alison Goate, John Hardy, Carole Ho
Votes: 52
37.
Nova ScienceNow (2005– )
Episode:
Can We Live Forever?
(2011)
TV-G | 52 min | Documentary
Nova ScienceNow examines the question of whether we can live forever. It looks scientists who are exploring hibernation and building organ replacements and profiles computer scientist Jason Leigh.
Directors: Elizabeth Arledge, David Chmura, Sarah Holt, Joshua Seftel | Stars: Matt Andrews, Nir Barzilai, Claudia Castillo, Timothy Donlon
Votes: 50
38.
Nova ScienceNow (2005– )
Episode:
How Does the Brain Work?
(2011)
TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary
Nova ScienceNow examines how the brain works. It looks at magicians tricking the brain, engineers who are building an A.I. capable of playing Jeopardy, and scientists who are modifying ... See full summary »
Directors: Michael Bicks, Sarah Holt, Terri Randall, Joshua Seftel | Stars: Jose-Manuel Alonso, Hannah Bosley, Rodney Brooks, Emily Burdett
Votes: 64
39.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
MacArthur
(1999)
TV-PG | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Biography of U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur. Part one looks at his early life and service in World War I.
Directors: Sarah Holt, Austin Hoyt | Stars: Stephen Ambrose, Leon Beck, Herbert Bix, Faubion Bowers
Votes: 60
40.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Death Star
(2002)
TV-PG | Documentary
Astronomers struggle for decades to determine where gamma ray bursts are coming from unsure whether they are nearby or half way across the universe. Once that is pinned down an even bigger question arises, what could possibly produce them.
Director: David McNab | Star: Stacy Keach
Votes: 22
41.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
The Cannabis Question
(2021)
TV-14 | Documentary
As state-legalized cannabis spreads, NOVA explores its little-known risks and benefits.
Director: Sarah Holt | Star: Devin E. Haqq
Votes: 77
42.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
What Are Dreams?
(2009)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary
Nova examines the science of dreams by investigating what dreams are and why we have them.
Directors: Charles Colville, Sarah Holt | Stars: Deirdre Barrett, Tina Cursley, Tom Cursley, G. William Domhoff
Votes: 120
43. Lianna (1983)
R | 110 min | Drama, Romance
A happily married woman comes to realize herself of being a repressed lesbian after she has an affair with a female college professor, and then tries to come to terms with her newfound lifestyle.
Director: John Sayles | Stars: Linda Griffiths, Jane Hallaren, Jon DeVries, Jo Henderson
Votes: 1,824 | Gross: $1.50M
44.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie
(1997)
TV-PG | Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Austin Hoyt | Stars: David McCullough, David Ogden Stiers
Votes: 17
45. The Day the Mesozoic Died (2012)
34 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
The disappearance of the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period posed one of the greatest, long-standing scientific mysteries. This three-act film tells the story of the ... See full summary »
Director: Sarah Holt | Star: Sean B. Carroll
Votes: 14
46.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Family That Walks on All Fours
(2006)
TV-PG | Documentary
Directors: Jemima Harrison, Sarah Holt | Stars: Sean B. Carroll, Aslan Chopoorian, Wolfgang Enard, Nicholas Humphrey
Votes: 14
47.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Mysterious Life of Caves
(2002)
TV-PG | Documentary
Following spelunking scientists as they look for evidence of how caves in New Mexico, Wyoming and Mexico were formed---and what that might say about extraterrestrial life.
Director: Sarah Holt | Star: Edd Gasper
Votes: 14
48.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Mind of a Rampage Killer
(2013)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary
Can science help us understand these crimes?
Director: Miles O'Brien | Stars: Miles O'Brien, Jeff Williams, Andy Williams, Joshua W. Buckholtz
Votes: 222
49. Target... Earth? (1981)
95 min | Documentary
A documentary that examines the Tunguska event and what may have caused it.
Director: Joost van Rees | Stars: Victor Buono, Rick Overton, Isaac Asimov, Bernard J. Carr
Votes: 32
50. Long Distance Warrior (2011)
53 min | Documentary
The story of Bill McGowan, who took on the most powerful monopoly of his time - ATT, and its Bell System of local phone companies - and won against all odds.
Director: Sarah Holt | Star: Bill McGowan