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Science Documentaries in 2026
This list gathers science documentaries from different years and filmmakers. Subjects named in the films include UFO disclosure, outer space and atomic filmmakers.
Compare each film's subject with its release year and the director or maker named for it. Recent entries sit alongside documentaries released between 1997 and 2007.
188 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. 12026
Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare
by James Jones · United Kingdom
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster - No. 220261 h 46 min
Salt and Water
Director not on record · Germany · German
East AntarcticaAntarctic Circumpolar Current - No. 320251 h 49 min
The Age of Disclosure
by Dan Farah · United States · English
Former officials assert alien intelligence is hidden on Earth in this UFO film.
sciencealien artifacts or technology in the Solar system - No. 420252 h 3 min
Blame – Bats, Politics and a Planet Out of Balance
by Christian Frei · Switzerland · English
COVID-19 pandemicHimmanshoo A. Malhotra - No. 52025
Titan: The OceanGate Disaster
by Mark Monroe · United States
Titan submersible implosion - No. 62025Rebecca Bevanssynthetic dye
- No. 720241 h 35 min
tata_bojs.doc
by Marek Najbrt · Czech Republic · Czech
A Czech documentary and science-fiction film about the band Tata Bojs.
science - No. 820241 h 45 min
Nuclear Now
by Oliver Stone · United States · English
nuclear power - No. 920241 h 20 min
Secrets of the Neanderthals
by Ashley Gething · United Kingdom
Shanidar CaveBruniquel Cave - No. 1020241 h 5 min
Women on Mars
Director not on record · Spain · Catalan, English
Project HypatiaMars Desert Research Station - No. 1120231 h 18 min
Lyd
by Sarah Ema Friedland · United States · United Kingdom
A documentary and science-fiction film directed by Sarah Ema Friedland and Rami Younis.
science - No. 1220231 h 18 min
Notes from Eremocene
by Viera Čákanyová · Czech Republic · Slovakia · English, Slovak
science - No. 1320231 h 25 min
King of Clones
Director not on record · United Kingdom · English
human cloningHwang Woo-suk - No. 142023
The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain
by Michelle Shephard · Canada · English
Albert Einstein's brainThomas Stoltz Harvey - No. 1520231 h 28 min
To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb
by Chris Cassel · United States · English
- No. 1620231 h 4 min
Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine
Director not on record · United States · English
spaceJames Webb Space Telescope - No. 1720222 h 33 min
Dry Ground Burning
by Adirley Queirós · Portugal · Brazil · Portuguese
A Portuguese-language documentary drama combining science fiction and crime.
sciencecrime - No. 1820221 h 44 min
Life in Outer Space
Director not on record · Spain · English
An English-language documentary about outer space and astrobiology.
sciencespace - No. 192022
De Humani Corporis Fabrica
by Véréna Paravel · Switzerland · France · French
- No. 2020221 h 38 min
Fire of Love
by Sara Dosa · Canada · United States · English, French
- No. 2120221 h 30 min
Jim Allison: Breakthrough
by Bill Haney · United States · English
- No. 2220221 h 45 min
Nuclear Now
by Oliver Stone · United States · English
nuclear power - No. 232021
Breaking Boundaries
Director not on record · United Kingdom · English
- No. 2420211 h 21 min
Fantastic Fungi
by Louis Schwartzberg · United States · English
fungi - No. 2520201 h 42 min
Aware: Glimpses of Consciousness
by Eric Black · United States · Germany · English
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Start with the subject
The Age of Disclosure follows claims by former United States government officials and others that alien intelligence is present on Earth. Life in Outer Space points toward a film about space, while Atomic Filmmakers: Behind the Scenes takes an atomic subject.
Look at the filmmaker
Several films name their directors or makers. Dan Farah made The Age of Disclosure, Hitomi Kamanaka directed Rokkasho Rhapsody, and Sue Harris directed Poison Dust.
Choose a time period
The list includes recent films such as The Age of Disclosure from 2025, tata_bojs.doc and Lyd from 2024 and Notes from Eremocene from 2023. Earlier choices include Tankens anatomi from 1997 and Atomic Filmmakers: Behind the Scenes from 1999.
Check the details supplied
Some entries provide a director and a summary, while others give a title and year only. The Return of Navajo Boy is described as a film about the Cly family, Navajo people living on their reservation.
What viewers ask
- What is The Age of Disclosure about?
- It is a 2025 American documentary about UFOs. Former United States government officials and people associated with the disclosure movement assert that alien intelligence is present on Earth.
- Who directed Rokkasho Rhapsody?
- Hitomi Kamanaka directed the Japanese documentary Rokkasho Rhapsody, released in 2006.
- When was Poison Dust released?
- Poison Dust was released in 2005. Sue Harris directed it.
- Which film follows a Navajo family?
- The Return of Navajo Boy concerns the Cly family, Navajo people who live on their reservation. Jeff Spitz and Bennie Klain produced the film.
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