Subgenre Sampler
Science Fact: 183 Films to Buy & Rent
Story of Science, The (2010)
- Passionate overview of the forces that came together to create scientific knowledge. Revealing how scientific ideas have shaped the modern world this…
Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention (TV Series) (2010)
- Dir. Nick Park
- Clay mates Wallace and Gromit expand into the realm of science, hosting this delightful look at inventions, man–made or otherwise.
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Wonders of the Solar System (TV Series) (2010)
- Feat. Professor Brian Cox
- Extraordinary 5–part BBC series that takes the latest images beamed back from the fleet of probes, rovers and telescopes currently circulating…
Around the World in 90 Minutes (2009)
- Feat. David Mitchell
- Narrated by David Mitchell, this documentary goes on a unique journey 200 miles above the earth, to show what happens below, in the time it takes to…
Becoming Human (2009)
- In–depth three–part doco investigates the origins of human beings from an evolutionary perspective while speculating on our primitive…
Code, The (2009)
- Professor Marcus du Sautoy attempts to codify the numbers, shapes, and patterns that govern the world around us in this engrossing mathematical…
Creation (2009)
- Dir. Jon Amiel
Feat. Paul Bettany, Jennifer Connelly, Jeremy Northam…
- Paul Bettany adds another fine role to his resume in this big screen interpretation of the challenges faced by Charles Darwin as he struggles to…
Fractals - Hunting the Hidden Dimension (2009)
- Fascinating documentary in which a group of pioneering mathematicians seek to decipher the rules governing fractals – those irregular,…
James May on the Moon (2009)
- Feat. James May
- Presenter James May commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Apollo moon landings by meeting three of the men who walked on the moon, and flying to…
Life (TV Series) (2009)
- Feat. David Attenborough
- Extraordinary and stunningly filmed even by usual BBC nature–doc standards, this truly epic journey to the frontiers of the natural world is…