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Documentaries Directed by Werner Herzog
This list brings together documentaries directed by Werner Herzog, from the 1990 film Echoes from a Somber Empire to the 2020 Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds. The subjects range from Antarctica and Tibetan Buddhism to music, faith and personal history.
Choose by subject or period. Encounters at the End of the World follows people living in Antarctica, while Grizzly Man draws on Herzog’s film about Timothy Treadwell and Wheel of Time examines Tibetan Buddhism.
23 documentaries · ordered 26 October 2026 · How we order lists
Newest first: the year each film was released, from the open film record (Wikidata), then the order the list has always had. Every film’s page names its source.
- No. 120201 h 37 min
Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds
by Werner Herzog · United States · English
meteorite - No. 220071 h 39 min
Encounters at the End of the World
by Werner Herzog · United States · English
Watch freeAntarctica - No. 320051 h 43 min
Grizzly Man
by Werner Herzog · United States · English
- No. 420041 h 28 min
The White Diamond
by Werner Herzog · Germany · English, German
aviation - No. 520031 h 20 min
Wheel of Time
by Werner Herzog · United Kingdom · Germany · English
- No. 62001
Pilgrimage
by Werner Herzog · United Kingdom · Germany · English
- No. 719991 h 35 min
My Best Fiend
by Werner Herzog · Germany · German
- No. 8199559 min
Death for Five Voices
by Werner Herzog · Germany · English
- No. 919941 h 30 min
The Transformation of the World into Music
by Werner Herzog · Germany · German
- No. 1019931 h
Bells from the Deep
by Werner Herzog · United States · Germany · English
- No. 11199250 min
Lessons of Darkness
by Werner Herzog · France · United Kingdom · German
warGulf War - No. 1219901 h 31 min
Echoes from a Somber Empire
by Werner Herzog · France · Germany · French
- No. 13198948 min
Wodaabe – Herdsmen of the Sun
by Werner Herzog · Germany · German
- No. 14198628 min
Portrait Werner Herzog
by Werner Herzog · Germany · German
- No. 15198446 min
Ballad of the Little Soldier
by Werner Herzog · Germany · English
- No. 16198141 min
Huie's Sermon
by Werner Herzog · Germany · German
- No. 1719811 h 25 min
Land of Silence and Darkness
by Werner Herzog · Germany · German
- No. 18197730 min
La Soufrière
by Werner Herzog · Germany · German
- No. 19197645 min
How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck
by Werner Herzog · Germany · English
World Livestock Auctioneer Championship - No. 20197143 min
Handicapped Future
by Werner Herzog · Germany · German
- No. 2119711 h 25 min
Land of Silence and Darkness
by Werner Herzog · Germany · German
A 1971 film about deaf-blind people and their experience of life.
- No. 2219701 h 19 min
Fata Morgana
by Werner Herzog · Germany · German
Mirages in the Sahara and Sahel, with a narration recounting the Popol Vuh.
Fata Morgana - No. 23196713 min
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Choose a subject
Herzog’s documentaries move across places, beliefs and artistic lives. Encounters at the End of the World is about Antarctica and the people who spend time there. Bells from the Deep explores faith and superstition in Russia.
For music and performance, consider The Transformation of the World into Music or Death for Five Voices. Echoes from a Somber Empire focuses on Jean-Bédel Bokassa.
Follow Herzog through the years
The list spans films released from 1990 through 2020. Earlier work includes Lessons of Darkness, Bells from the Deep and The Transformation of the World into Music.
Later titles include Grizzly Man, Encounters at the End of the World and Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds.
Look for personal and creative partnerships
My Best Fiend examines Herzog’s tumultuous, productive relationship with German actor Klaus Kinski. Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds was directed by Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer.
Wheel of Time is a Herzog film about Tibetan Buddhism, while Death for Five Voices was made for ZDF television.
What viewers ask
- What kind of films are on this list?
- Documentaries directed by Werner Herzog, covering subjects including Antarctica, Tibetan Buddhism, music, faith, history and personal relationships.
- Which Herzog documentary is about Antarctica?
- Encounters at the End of the World, released in 2007, is about Antarctica and the people who choose to spend time there.
- Which film examines Herzog’s relationship with Klaus Kinski?
- My Best Fiend, a 1999 German documentary written and directed by Herzog, examines his relationship with actor Klaus Kinski.
- Who co-directed Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds?
- Werner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer directed Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds, released in 2020.
- Which Herzog film is about Tibetan Buddhism?
- Wheel of Time, released in 2003, is a documentary about Tibetan Buddhism.
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