Max Frisch was the last big Swiss intellectual widely respected as a “voice” in its own right – a character hardly found today. The...

An intimate portrayal of the everyday lives of Carthusian monks of the Grande Chartreuse, high in the French Alps (Chartreuse Mountains). The idea...

In May of 1982 Julio Cortázar, the Argentinean writer and his companion in life, Carol Dunlop set out in their VW bus on a journey along the...

Switzerland is presently the only country in the world where suicide assistance is legal. Exit: The Right to Die profiles that nation's EXIT...

Bill Nye and Ken Ham debate whether creation is a viable model of origins in today's modern scientific era.

Nova and National Geographic present exclusive access to an astounding discovery of ancient fossil human ancestors.

Switzerland was one of the last countries in the world to grant women the right to vote. This film guides us through a century of Swiss history,...

Darwin's great insight – that life has evolved over millions of years by natural selection – has been the cornerstone of all David...

In 1906, Dr. Morgenthaler, a psychiatrist at Bern Psychiatric Hospital, started to collect and photograph the drawings, paintings and various objects...

Titans of the Ice Age transports viewers to the beautiful and otherworldly frozen landscapes of North America, Europe and Asia ten thousand years...

A mind-bending, thrilling journey exploring the fragility and wonder of planet Earth, one of the most peculiar, unique places in the entire universe,...

Primatologist Davis Okoye shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla who has been in his care since...

In 2019, Nepalese mountain climber Nirmal “Nims” Purja set out to do the unthinkable by climbing the world’s fourteen highest...

Told through performances, TV interviews, home movies, family photographs, private letters and unpublished memoirs, the film reveals the essence of...

The film goes behind the scenes of the 1999 sci-fi movie The Matrix.

Daniel Craig candidly reflects on his 15 year adventure as James Bond. Including never-before-seen archival footage from Casino Royale to the...

Several generations following Caesar's reign, apes – now the dominant species – live harmoniously while humans have been reduced to...

Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital...

This special explores the return of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker to the screen, as well as Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen to their...

Performance artist Marina Abramovic prepares for a major retrospective of her work at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Jackie Chan is one of the world's biggest action stars, famed for his wacky sense of humor, remarkable martial arts techniques, and willingness to...

Through deeply personal interviews with her siblings and an examination of the photographs, letters, and belongings left behind, Mariska assembles a...

An accidental overdose of gamma radiation causes a mutation in scientist David Banner's DNA: now whenever he becomes angry, he metamorphoses into a...