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1. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Drama
The monster slayer Geralt of Rivia must find his adoptive daughter who is being pursued by the Wild Hunt, and prevent the White Frost from bringing about the end of the world.
Director: Konrad Tomaszkiewicz | Stars: Doug Cockle, Denise Gough, Jo Wyatt, Jaimi Barbakoff
Votes: 33,376
2. An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
PG | 96 min | Documentary
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.
Director: Davis Guggenheim | Stars: Al Gore, Billy West, George Bush, George W. Bush
Votes: 85,262 | Gross: $23.81M
3. The Last Winter (2006)
Not Rated | 101 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Sent to evaluate the environmental impact of oil drilling in the Arctic, James Hoffman clashes with the drilling crew's chief, who wants to get the job done.
Director: Larry Fessenden | Stars: Ron Perlman, James Le Gros, Connie Britton, Zach Gilford
Votes: 9,850 | Gross: $0.03M
4. Dawson City: Frozen Time (2016)
120 min | Documentary, History
The history of Dawson City, the gold rush town that had a historical treasure of forgotten silent films buried in permafrost for decades until 1978.
Director: Bill Morrison | Stars: Michael Gates, Kathy Jones-Gates, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Frank Barrett
Votes: 2,154 | Gross: $0.13M
5. Mom for a Mammoth Baby (1981 TV Short)
8 min | Animation, Short, Drama
A little mammoth is looking for his mother around the whole long been changed world.
Director: Oleg Churkin | Stars: Klara Rumyanova, Zinoviy Gerdt, Grigoriy Tolchinskiy, Rina Zelyonaya
Votes: 1,427
6. Climate of Change (2010)
TV-G | 86 min | Documentary
A documentary focused on the efforts of everyday people all over the world who are making a difference in the fight against global warming.
Director: Brian Hill | Star: Tilda Swinton
Votes: 63
7. Raising the Mammoth (2000 TV Movie)
92 min | Documentary
A scientist wants to recover some mammoth DNA to clone a live mammoth. So he finds a buried mammoth in the vast, rock hard permafrost of Siberia, digs it out in the middle of a blizzard and... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Charles Deniau | Stars: Larry Agenbroad, Jeff Bridges, Bernard Buigues, Dick Mol
Votes: 121
8. Everything's Cool (2007)
Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary
Researchers, activists, scientists and more and more politicians have been actively fighting for several decades to wake up the public and governments of various countries to take ... See full summary »
Directors: Daniel B. Gold, Judith Helfand | Stars: Daniel B. Gold, Ross Gelbspan, Bill McKibben, John 'Bish' Neuhauser
Votes: 227
9. Lake Vostok: At the Mountains of Madness (2017)
90 min | Documentary
More than 100 years ago, explorers raced to discover the South Pole. Now scientists are racing to discover the secret subterranean world of rivers and lakes buried miles beneath it. In 1974... See full summary »
Director: Ekaterina Eremenko
Votes: 15
10. Waking the Baby Mammoth (2009 TV Movie)
90 min | Documentary
The discovery of a rare, well-preserve, juvenile, woolly mammoth provides an unparalleled opportunity to learn about this extinct species. National Geographic rides along as the full ... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Stine | Stars: Elena Baranova, Bernard Buigues, Victor Garber, H. Richard Greene
Votes: 35
11. Ice Diamonds (2012 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary
Extracting diamonds is no easy feat. With intense winds and temperatures reaching 50 degrees below zero, thousands of men work in giant open-air mines 1.5 km in diameter. These mines, the ... See full summary »
Director: Jean Queyrat | Stars: Lou Covello, Peter Hercombe, Richard LaVallée, Richard LeBreton
12. Die Arktis - 66,5 Grad Nord (2023)
132 min | Documentary
The beauty of the Arctic is breathtaking. For as long as we can remember, the Arctic has been associated with inhospitable cold. But the climate is changing, and with it the northern polar ... See full summary »
Stars: Benjamin Völz, Jason Box, Sofia Ribeiro, Dustin Whalen
Votes: 10
13. Frozen (2009)
12 min | Short
Dramatic forces reshape Earth's climate every day. Using an astounding collection of satellite imagery, novel time lapse footage, and inventive 360 photography, Frozen presents those places on Earth most susceptible to rapid change.
Directors: Horace Mitchell, Michael Starobin | Stars: Mara Bayewitz, Andy Freeberg, Helen-Nicole Kostis, Christopher Meaney
14. Land of the Mammoth (2001– )
Animation, Documentary
As archaeological research shows, Siberia was previously a territory with a mild climate. Various types of prehistoric animals lived here, the largest of which was a mammoth. Climate change... See full summary »
Stars: Avery Brooks, Bernard Buigues, Dick Mol, Larry Agenbroad
Votes: 47
15.
Tales from the Crypt (1989–1996)
Episode:
Comes the Dawn
(1995)
Not Rated | 26 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Colonel Parker and Sergeant Burrows, two ex-soldiers with a murky past, arrive in the Alaskan wilderness to do some illegal hunting. They get a local girl called Jeri Drumbeater, Parker's ... See full summary »
Director: John Herzfeld | Stars: Bruce Payne, Vivian Wu, Susan Tyrrell, Michael Ironside
Votes: 584
16.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
Building the Alaska Highway
(2005)
TV-PG | 48 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The creation of the 1,500-mile Alaska-Canada Highway.
Director: Tracy Heather Strain | Stars: Joe Morton, Ruth Gruber, Ken Coates, Charles Hendricks
Votes: 40
17.
DuckTales (2017–2021)
Episode:
Raiders of the Doomsday Vault!
(2019)
TV-Y | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
While Dewey tries to prove himself to his mom by finding the money tree seed, Scrooge is forced to team up with Glomgold to find them after they get tethered together.
Director: Matthew Humphreys | Stars: David Tennant, Ben Schwartz, Paget Brewster, Keith Ferguson
Votes: 664
18.
Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild (2013– )
Episode:
Siberia
(2020)
45 min | Documentary, Adventure
Maverick scientist Nikita was a former maths student living in the city, when his father asked for his help with an extraordinary experiment in one of the most remote places on the planet.
Director: Dimitri Collingridge | Star: Ben Fogle
Votes: 21
19.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Polar Extremes
(2024)
TV-PG | 113 min | Documentary
Paleontologist Kirk Johnson explores the polar extremes of the planet, including miles-high ice sheets and warm polar forests brimming with life.
Directors: Lucy Haken, Joby Lubman | Stars: Rich Barclay, Jonathan Bloch, Julie Brigham-Grette, Dennis Davis
Votes: 89
20.
Gulag: The History (2019– )
Episode:
Origines : 1917-1933
(2020)
54 min | Documentary, History
From experimentation to setting up the forced labour system (1918-1936).
Director: Patrick Rotman | Stars: Louisa Gummer, Florence Pernel, Andrei Roschin, Dmitriy Likhachyov
Votes: 37
21.
Gulag: The History (2019– )
Episode:
Prolifération : 1934-1945
(2020)
57 min | Documentary, History
The Gulag in the turmoil of the "Great Terror" and war (1937-1945).
Director: Patrick Rotman | Stars: Florence Pernel, Louisa Gummer, Alexander Prokhorov, Olga Adamova-Sliozberg
Votes: 30
22.
Gulag: The History (2019– )
Episode:
Apogée et agonie : 1945-1957
(2020)
58 min | Documentary, History
The Gulag's peak and decline (1945-1953).
Director: Patrick Rotman | Stars: Florence Pernel, Louisa Gummer, Yuri Fidelgolts, David Boudennyi
Votes: 33
23.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Arctic Dinosaurs
(2008)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Dinosaurs are generally considered tropical animals. So what are their fossils doing north of the arctic circle? Paleontologists battle the fierce climate to find out if the arctic was ... See full summary »
Directors: Ruth Berry, Jackie Mow, Chris Schmidt | Star: Jay O. Sanders
Votes: 40
24.
Atlas Pro (2018– )
Episode:
The Uncertain Future of Marie Byrd Land
(2021)
24 min | Documentary
Much of Antarctica was claimed by seven countries in the twentieth century. As conflicts over overlapping regions began to develop the countries of the world in a rare exercise of good ... See full summary »
Star: Caelan Kelley
25.
Atlas Pro (2018– )
Episode:
All Things Soil Taxonomy
(2018)
8 min | Documentary
Soil is a mixture of crushed rock of various sizes called; clay, silt and sand. It's composition and what grows best in it is influenced by climate, the organisms that live in it, altitude,... See full summary »
Star: Caelan Kelley
26.
Atlas Pro (2018– )
Episode:
Intro to Areography: The Geography of Mars
(2020)
17 min | Documentary
A quick look at a map of mars shows a pretty much undifferentiated surface. So Caelan added some water to create an ocean in the northern lowlands and a continent in the southern highlands.... See full summary »
Star: Caelan Kelley
27.
Breakfast with Kay Burley (2019– )
Episode:
Episode dated 22 July 2021
(2021)
News
Stars: Julie Bembridge, Kay Burley, Tamara Cohen, Shamaan Freeman-Powell
28.
All Out Politics (2016– )
Episode:
Episode dated 22 July 2021
(2021)
News, Talk-Show
Stars: Jonathan Ashworth, Adam Boulton, Tamara Cohen, Reg Empey
29.
Sky News Today (2001– )
Episode:
Episode dated 22 July 2021
(2021)
News
Stars: Melvyn Bragg, Sadiya Chowdhury, Elizabeth De Jong, Ali Fortescue
30.
The Sarah-Jane Mee Show (2019– )
Episode:
Episode dated 22 July 2021
(2021)
News
Stars: Dawn Astle, Richard Boardman, Dawn Butler, Sadiya Chowdhury
31.
Sky News Tonight (2014– )
Episode:
Episode dated 21 July 2021
(2021)
News
Stars: David Blevins, Martin Brunt, Thomas Byrne, Tom Cheshire
32.
Sky News Tonight (2014– )
Episode:
Episode dated 22 July 2021
(2021)
News
Stars: Luke Ambler, Melvin Benn, Jon Craig, Helen Dickinson
33.
Sky News at 10 (2006– )
Episode:
Episode dated 21 July 2021
(2021)
News
Stars: Anna Botting, Becky Hill, Diana Magnay, Shingi Mararike
34.
Sky Midnight News (2010– )
Episode:
Episode dated 22 July 2021
(2021)
News
Stars: David Blevins, Thomas Byrne, Ed Conway, Julie-Ann Corr-Johnston
35.
Sky World News (1989– )
Episode:
Episode dated 22 July 2021
(2021)
News
Stars: David Blevins, Thomas Byrne, Ed Conway, Julie-Ann Corr-Johnston
36.
Atlas Pro (2018– )
Episode:
The Plan to Revive the Mammoth Steppe to Fight Climate Change
(2021)
20 min | Documentary
Pleistocene Park is an experiment that reintroduced mega fauna in a region of Siberia in 1996. It is expected that the animals will destroy the mosses and forests that have taken over in ... See full summary »
Star: Caelan Kelley
37.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Arctic Sinkholes
(2024)
TV-PG | Documentary
Long-frozen permafrost is melting. How does the resulting release of methane affect us now and what will be the future effects?
Directors: Brice Habeger, Nick Tanner | Star: Mercer Boffey
Votes: 91
38.
PBS Eons (2017– )
Episode:
The Last Time the Globe Warmed
(2017)
11 min | Documentary
About 56 million years ago the Earth experienced a sudden period of warming that melted the polar ice caps making them hospitable for tropical species. What started the warming is still ... See full summary »
Star: Hank Green
39.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Making Stuff Colder
(2013)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary
Part 3 of 4. An examination of cold science, including its use in saving the lives of trauma patients and possibly cooling a warming planet. Also: ultracold physics, which may lead to levitating trains and benefit quantum computers.
Director: Vincent Liota | Star: David Pogue
Votes: 42
40.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Hunt for the Oldest DNA
(2024)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary
For decades, scientists have tried to unlock the secrets of ancient DNA. Researchers struggled to find DNA in fossils that could survive millions of years. Then, one scientist had the idea to look for DNA not in fossils - but in dirt.
Director: Niobe Thompson | Stars: Eske Willerslev, Sarika Cullis-Suzuki, Tom Gilbert, Ross MacPhee
Votes: 62
41.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)
Episode:
The World Set Free
(2014)
TV-PG | 41 min | Documentary
Degrasse discusses our nearest neighboring planet Venus and its climate, the climate change on Earth and if it is caused by humans.
Director: Brannon Braga | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Paul Sorvino, Frank Baxter, John F. Kennedy
Votes: 1,597
42.
Off Constantly (2012– )
Episode:
Halloween 2014
(2014)
25 min | Talk-Show
Director: D.W. Bauer | Stars: Jason 'Bamba' Anderson, D.W. Bauer, Samantha Kreibich, Abby Sanford
43.
Extreme Alaska (2007– )
Episode:
The Kenai Peninsula
(2007)
Anthropologist and zoologist, Jeff Corwin tours Alaska, a spectacular place known for the Kenai Peninsula in this Travel Channel episode. The indescribable beauty and assorted marine life ... See full summary »
44.
Mars (2016–2018)
Episode:
Contagion
(2018)
TV-14 | 46 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
When IMSF realizes one of their own has died as a result of the mysterious illness, they race to find its cause before more lives are taken.
Director: Stephen Cragg | Stars: Jihae, Sammi Rotibi, Alberto Ammann, Clémentine Poidatz
Votes: 374
45.
W5 (1966– )
Episode:
Car Trouble; The Big Thaw
(2018)
60 min | Documentary, News
W5's annual investigation of the auto sales industry; the entire planet may be at risk due to the melting of Canada's permafrost.
Director: Allan Myers | Stars: Avery Haines, Max Holmes, Kevin Newman, Dustin Weldon