"Nature Documentary" Movies

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Documentaries about nature. Sometime they are as simple showing animals living in their natural environment. Others will include a narrative written to anthropomorphize the animals. Others still will look at the impact human activities have on animals and their homes.

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Release
Date		TitleProduction
Budget		Opening
Weekend		Domestic
Box Office		Worldwide
Box Office
2024Tiger
Dec 31, 2024Diving Into the Darkness $20,097
Jun 6, 2024Queer Planet
Apr 12, 2024One with the Whale
Mar 1, 2023American Bolshevik
Feb 24, 2023Path Of The Panther $60,521$142,012$142,012
Dec 21, 2022Wildcat
Dec 8, 2022The Elephant Whisperers
Jun 3, 2022Deep in the Heart: A Texas … $131,360$480,240$480,240
Apr 22, 2022Polar Bear
Apr 22, 2022Bear Witness
Dec 31, 2021Korora $272
Jul 9, 2021The Loneliest Whale: The Se… $41,131$107,799$107,799
Apr 16, 2021The Year Earth Changed
Dec 11, 2020Gunda $113,591$384,957
Jun 16, 2020The Pollinators $840
Dec 31, 2019Back from the Brink: Saved … $25,518
Dec 31, 2019Into America’s Wild $242,599
Apr 17, 2019Penguins $2,282,593$7,699,452$7,699,452
Dec 31, 2018The Last Animals
Dec 18, 2018The Riot and the Dance: Earth
Oct 5, 2018Living in the Future’s Past
Jun 12, 2018Evolution 4K
Apr 20, 2018Love & Bananas: An Elephant… $497
Apr 6, 2018Pandas $158,915$7,873,570$8,122,809
Jan 19, 2018Kangaroo $2,282$4,547$15,470
Nov 3, 2017A River Below
Oct 6, 2017Earth: One Amazing Day $45,480$81,345$12,197,853
Jul 14, 2017Chasing Coral
Apr 21, 2017Born in China $4,790,367$13,873,211$25,037,743
Apr 21, 2017The Penguin Counters $976$976$976
Feb 10, 2017KEDi $40,103$2,834,262$4,797,784
Dec 31, 2016Disneynature: Blue $2,231,198
Nov 11, 2016Les Saisons $150,092$11,053,655
Sep 23, 2016Rats: Observations on the H…
Aug 22, 2016Seed: The Untold Story $145,443$363,163
Aug 10, 2016An Art That Nature Makes
May 19, 2016A Story Worth Living
Jul 31, 2015Bonobos
Apr 24, 2015Gardeners of Eden
Apr 22, 2015Emptying The Skies $4,818$11,811$11,811
Apr 17, 2015Monkey Kingdom $4,577,861$16,432,322$17,159,530
Oct 24, 2014Pelican Dreams
Apr 18, 2014Bears $4,776,267$17,780,194$18,151,746
Apr 4, 2014Island of Lemurs: Madagascar $188,307$11,750,928$12,170,778
Jan 17, 2014American Mustang $7,906$48,218$48,218
Dec 6, 2013Adventures of the Penguin King
Nov 27, 2013Journey to the South Pacific $7,144,210$14,485,173
May 24, 2013Penguins 3D
Apr 20, 2012To the Arctic 3D $270,228$19,128,441$23,650,115
Apr 20, 2012Chimpanzee $10,673,748$28,965,459$36,834,823
Oct 6, 2011Flying Monsters 3D $5,751,141$10,894,223
Apr 22, 2011African Cats $6,003,200$15,428,747$22,946,607
Apr 8, 2011Born to be Wild 3D $871,478$36,869,362$47,312,377
May 28, 2010Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Pr… $5,000,000$6,096,582$16,515,203
Apr 22, 2010Oceans $80,000,000$6,058,958$19,422,319$86,787,530
Apr 22, 2009Earth $47,000,000$8,825,760$32,011,576$116,773,317
Feb 13, 2009Under the Sea 3D $661,185$37,346,841$47,985,587
Feb 15, 2008Dolphins and Whales Tribes … $6,000,000$41,695$7,714,996$17,252,287
Oct 5, 2007Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric… $605,722$23,746,066$50,728,163
Mar 3, 2006Deep Sea 3D $700,213$63,909,721$105,687,903
Aug 12, 2005Grizzly Man $269,131$3,178,403$4,504,451
Jun 24, 2005La marche de l'empereur $3,400,000$137,492$77,437,223$133,276,359
Apr 8, 2005Wild Safari 3D $16,621,230$32,446,750
Feb 11, 2005The Wild Parrots of Telegra… $36,731$3,058,527$3,218,709
Jan 28, 2005Sharks 3D $8,500,000$14,000,000
Jan 28, 2005Aliens of the Deep $479,368$8,968,684$12,765,684
Apr 18, 2003Winged Migration $28,000,000$33,128$11,689,053$39,134,983
Mar 14, 2003Bugs! (IMAX) $19,084,280$29,196,944
Oct 20, 2000Dolphins $54,000,000$69,600,000
Oct, 1999Galapagos $18,571,938$27,089,842
Apr 30, 1999Island of the Sharks $19,344$10,658,756$10,658,756
Feb 26, 1999Wolves $5,361,306$5,361,306
May 8, 1998Africa's Elephant Kingdom $13,485,455$13,485,455
Feb 1, 1995The Living Sea $64,800,000$64,800,000
Oct 18, 1991Antarctica $65,000,000$66,070,389
Feb, 1979The Glacier Fox $3,500,000$3,500,000
1955Galapagos $11,500,000$11,500,000


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3-D17 - 3-D - Shot in 3-D10 - Agitprop9 - Animal Lead52 - Animal Rights2 - Archive Footage2 - Digital Cinematography2 - Dinosaurs3 - Directing Yourself4 - Edutainment11 - Environment16 - Field Scientists4 - Food2 - IMAX: DMR2 - Set in Africa4 - Set in Amazon Rainforest2 - Set in Antarctica4 - Set in China2 - Short Film17 - Underwater13 - Voiceover/Narration33

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Adventure1 - Documentary76 - Drama1

Creative Types (Click to add to filter)

Contemporary Fiction1 - Factual75 - Kids Fiction2

Sources (Click to add to filter)

Based on Radio1 - Based on Real Life Events70 - Based on TV1 - Original Screenplay6

Production Methods (Click to add to filter)

Animation/Live Action1 - Live Action77

MPAA Ratings (Click to add to filter)

G24 - Not Rated27 - PG9 - R2