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The following is a list of feature films or documentaries broadcast by National Geographic, for either National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo Wild, or Disney+.

Films

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Title Genre Release Date Channel
Inside the FBI: The '70s[1] Documentary TBA National Geographic Channel
Sally[2]

2024

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Title Genre Release Date Channel
The Devil's Climb Documentary 17 October 2024 National Geographic Channel
Expedition Amazon 10 October 2024
Fly 2 September 2024
Sugarcane 9 August 2024
Attack of the Red Sea Sharks 7 July 2024
Baby Sharks in the City 2 July 2024
Sharks Gone Viral 1 July 2024
Supersized Sharks 1 July 2024
Shark Beach with Anthony Mackie 30 June 2024
Shark vs. Ross Edgley 30 June 2024
Clotilda: The Return Home 17 June 2024
Protecting Paradise: The Story of Niue 7 June 2024
The Real Red Tails 3 June 2024
Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story 6 May 2024
EPCOT Becoming: Inside the Transformation 27 April 2024
The Space Race: The Untold Story of the First Black Astronauts 12 February 2024

2023

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Title Genre Release Date Channel
Explorer: Lake of Fire Documentary 26 October 2023 National Geographic Channel
The Mission 13 October 2023
9/11: Where Were You? Never Forget 10 September 2023
Explorer: Lost in the Arctic 24 August 2023
Bobi Wine: The People's President 28 July 2023
Bull Shark Bandits 2 July 2023 Nat Geo Wild
Bull Shark vs. Hammerhead 2 July 2023
Return of the White Shark 2 July 2023
Saved From a Shark 2 July 2023
Shark Below Zero 2 July 2023
Shark Eat Shark 2 July 2023
Sharks vs. Dolphins: Bahamas Battleground 2 July 2023
Pride From Above 2 June 2023 National Geographic Channel
Charles: In His Own Words 28 April 2023
Lost Treasures of Arabia: The Ancient City of Dadan 13 March 2023
Wild Life 12 March 2023
Ukraine War From the Air 27 February 2023
Titanic: 25 Years Later with James Cameron 5 February 2023

2022

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Title Genre Release Date Channel
Making the Wish: Disney's Newest Cruise Ship Documentary 25 December 2022 National Geographic Channel
The Flagmakers 21 December 2022
Retrograde 8 December 2022
The Territory 2 December 2022
Fire of Love 11 November 2022
9/11: Missing Carmen Rivera 11 September 2022
Super Frenchie: Adventure Calls 9 September 2022
Narco Wars: Drugs in America 25 August 2022
Raging Bull Shark (short) 17 August 2022 Nat Geo Wild
Narco Wars: Queenpins 14 August 2022 National Geographic Channel
Sky Sharks 10 August 2022 Nat Geo Wild
Jaws Invasion 19 July 2022
World's Biggest Hammerhead? 18 July 2022
Jaws vs. Boats 17 July 2022
Shark Side of the Moon 14 July 2022
Sharks That Eat Everything 14 July 2022
Shark Queens 13 July 2022
Counting Jaws 12 July 2022
Maui Shark Mystery 11 July 2022
Shark Superpower 10 July 2022
Camo Sharks 4 July 2022
Wild Coasts 8 June 2022
Explorer: The Deepest Cave 30 May 2022 National Geographic Channel
We Feed People 27 May 2022
Explorer: The Last Tepui 22 April 2022 Disney+
The Biggest Little Farm: The Return 22 April 2022
Clotilda: Last American Slave Ship 7 February 2022 National Geographic Channel

2021

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Title Genre Release Date Channel
Hitler's Disastrous Desert War Documentary 3 December 2021 National Geographic Channel
The Emirates From Above (short) 2 December 2021
The First Wave 19 November 2021
The Rescue 8 October 2021
King Tut in Color 18 June 2020[3]
Lost Cities: Megacity of the Maya Warrior King 17 September 2021
Fauci 10 September 2021
Torn 2 September 2021
Playing with Sharks 23 July 2021 Disney+
World's Biggest Bull Shark? 13 July 2021 Nat Geo Wild
Shark Attack Investigation: The Paige Winter Story 12 July 2021
Rogue Shark? 9 July 2021
Shark Gangs 9 July 2021
World's Most Dangerous Shark? 9 July 2021
The Croc That Ate Jaws 8 July 2021
Shark Beach with Chris Hemsworth 5 July 2021
Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer 18 June 2021 National Geographic Channel
Inside North Korea: Cyber State 1 June 2021
Our America: Asian Voices 20 May 2021
Heroes of the Ocean 22 April 2021
Own the Room 12 March 2021 Disney+
Built For Mars: The Perseverance Rover 21 February 2021 National Geographic Channel
The March on Washington: Keepers of the Dream 18 February 2021
Flooded Tombs of the Nile 5 February 2021
Ghost of the Minerva 27 January 2021

2020

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Title Genre Release Date Channel
The Ghosts Above Documentary 2 December 2020 National Geographic Channel
Going Viral: From Ebola to COVID-19 30 November 2020
The Real Right Stuff 20 November 2020 Disney+
Inside North Korea: The Next Leader 8 November 2020 National Geographic Channel
Rebuilding Paradise 8 November 2020
Blood on the Wall 1 November 2020
The Last Ice[4] 24 October 2020
Blood on the Wall 30 September 2020
Lost and Found (short) 18 September 2020
Assignment: Inspiration 17 September 2020
The Night Crawlers (short) 13 September 2020
Bin Laden's Hard Drive 10 September 2020
Being the Queen 31 August 2020
Sharks vs. Dolphins: Blood Battle 19 August 2020 Nat Geo Wild
Shark vs. Whale 28 July 2020
50 Shades of Sharks 17 July 2020
What the Shark? 17 July 2020
Secrets of the Bull Shark 16 July 2020
Most Wanted Sharks 15 July 2020
Sharkcano 15 July 2020
Sharks of the Bermuda Triangle 14 July 2020
World's Biggest Tiger Shark 14 July 2020
Shark vs. Surfer 13 July 2020
Akashinga: The Brave Ones (short) 17 June 2020 National Geographic Channel
Race Against Pandemic 14 June 2020
Chasing the Equinox 5 June 2020
An Unfinished Symphony (short) 22 May 2020
Heroes of the Sky: The Mighty Eighth Air Force 22 May 2020
Still Human 21 May 2020
WWII in Europe: Voices from the Front 21 May 2020
An Unfinished Symphony 20 May 2020
Into the Fire (short) 20 May 2020
Lost on Everest 15 May 2020
Jane Goodall: The Hope 22 April 2020
Saving Notre-Dame 16 April 2020
Back to the Titanic 23 February 2020
Lost Temple of the Inca 4 February 2020
Mars: One Day on the Red Planet 5 January 2020
Buried Secrets of the Cordoba Unknown

2019

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Title Genre Release Date Channel
Ocean's Breath Documentary 25 December 2019 National Geographic Channel
The Archaeological Mysteries Of The Equinox 1 December 2019
Pompeii: Secrets of the Dead 24 November 2019
Mission to the Sun 19 November 2019
Sharks of Lost Island 19 November 2019
Ultimate Viking Sword 3 November 2019
Women of Impact: Changing the World 26 October 2019
Expedition Amelia 20 October 2019
The Cave 18 October 2019
9/11: Control the Skies 11 September 2019
World's Biggest Bull Shark? 21 July 2019 Nat Geo Wild
Sea of Shadows 12 July 2019 National Geographic Channel
The Armstrong Tapes 8 July 2019
Man vs. Shark 17 July 2019
Great Shark Chow Down 15 July 2019
Cannibal Sharks 14 July 2019
Apollo: Missions to the Moon 7 July 2019
Eyewitness: D-Day 4 June 2019
Going Viral: Beyond the Hot Zone 27 May 2019
Inside the Internet: 50 Years of Life Online 4 May 2019
Queen Elizabeth: Legacy to the Natural World 23 April 2019
Notre-Dame: Race Against the Inferno 15 April 2019
Drain the Oceans: Deep Dive 8 April 2019
Guerilla Gold Rush: The Spoils of War[5] 3 April 2019
The Lost Tomb of Alexander the Great 4 March 2019
Riddle of the Stone Age Giants 24 February 2019
Deepwater Horizon: In Their Own Words 17 February 2019
Oil Spill of the Century 1 January 2019
Building the Channel Tunnel Unknown
Houses of the Mediterranean Unknown
Into the Grand Canyon Unknown
The Lost City of Machu Picchu Unknown
Lost World of the Maya Unknown

2018

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Title Genre Release Date Channel
Paris to Pittsburgh Documentary 12 December 2018 National Geographic Channel
MARS: Inside SpaceX 12 November 2018
Curiosity: Life of a Mars Rover 4 November 2018
Egypt's Sun King: Secrets and Treasures 21 October 2018
Free Solo 28 September 2018
Martin Luther King Jr.: Marked Man 4 September 2018
Mafia Confidential 29 July 2018
Big Sharks Rule 16 July 2018 Nat Geo Wild
Shark vs. Tuna 16 July 2018
The Whale That Ate Jaws: New Evidence 15 July 2018
700 Sharks 9 June 2018
Maradona Confiential 2 June 2018 National Geographic Channel
Drain the Oceans 28 May 2018
Operation Royal Wedding 23 May 2018
Into the Okavango 22 April 2018
Hubble's Cosmic Journey 21 March 2018
Lost Treasures of the Mayan Snake King 6 February 2018
Science Fair 20 January 2018
Chain of Command 15 January 2018
Shark Kill Zone Unknown Nat Geo Wild
Easter Island Unsolved Unknown National Geographic Channel

2017

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Title Genre Release Date Channel
Drain Alcatraz Documentary 19 December 2017 National Geographic Channel
Heroes of the Long Road Home with Martha Raddatz 17 December 2017
Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron 26 November 2017
Jane 20 October 2017
Shark vs. Predator 23 July 2017
Drain the Sunken Pirate City 9 July 2017
Earth Live 9 July 2017
LA 92 28 April 2017
Atlantis Rising 29 January 2017
Bruce Lee: Curse of the Dragon Unknown
Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend Unknown
The Chinese Hajj Unknown
1917: One Year, Two Revolutions Unknown

2016

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Title Genre Release Date Channel
Egypt's Treasure Guardians Documentary 28 December 2016 National Geographic Channel
Expedition Mars: Spirit and Opportunity 16 November 2016
Before the Flood 21 October 2016
Drain the Ocean: WWII 19 September 2016
9/11: The Plane That Hit the Pentagon 10 September 2016
Mega Hammerhead 26 June 2016 Nat Geo Wild
Sharkatratz 26 June 2016
Drain the Titanic 5 May 2016 National Geographic Channel
The Challenger Disaster: The Lost Tapes[6] 25 January 2016
Indy Motor Speedway Unknown

2015

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Title Genre Release Date Channel
2000's Greatest Tragedies Documentary 30 August 2015 National Geographic Channel
Generation YouTube 11 July 2015
United Sharks of America 5 July 2015 Nat Geo Wild
Drain the Titanic 12 April 2015 National Geographic Channel

2014

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Title Genre Release Date Channel
Drain the Bermuda Triangle Documentary 7 December 2014 National Geographic Channel
100% Planes 18 November 2014
9/10: The Final Hours 7 September 2014
9/11 Rescue Cops 4 September 2014
Drugs, Inc.: Dealer Pov 3 September 2014
Wild Japan: Snow Monkeys 20 July 2014
Miracle Landing on the Hudson 1 June 2014

2013

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Title Genre Release Date Channel
JFK: Seven Days That Made a President Documentary 11 November 2013[7] National Geographic Channel
Killing Kennedy Drama 10 November 2013
9/11 Firehouse Documentary 8 September 2013
Blow Your Mind[8] 7 July 2013
Ancient Computer 3 April 2013
Ultimate Tutankhamun 10 February 2013

2012

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Title Genre Release Date Channel
Cesar Millan: The Real Story Documentary 25 November 2012 National Geographic Channel
Comic Store Heroes 13 July 2012
American Doomsday 6 July 2012
Cradle of the Gods 1 March 2012
Bruce Lee Lives! 7 February 2012[9]

2011

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Title Genre Release Date Channel
Drain the Great Lakes Documentary 11 December 2011 National Geographic Channel
Finding the Next Earth 1 December 2011
JFK: The Lost Bullet 18 November 2011
Finding Atlantis 9 November 2011
9/11: Where Were You? 30 August 2011
George W. Bush: The 9/11 Interview 28 August 2011
Catacombs of Palermo[10] 4 July 2011
Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron 8 April 2011
Ben Franklin's Pirate Fleet 6 April 2011
Hunt for the Abominable Snowman 5 April 2011
Bruce Lee, The Legend 17 January 2011[11]
Colombia's Gold War[12] Unknown

2010

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Title Genre Release Date Channel
Journey to Shark Eden Documentary 24 September 2010 Nat Geo Wild
Churchill's German Army[13] 18 August 2010 National Geographic Channel
Big Sur: Wild California 14 March 2010
China's Ghost Army[14] Unknown
The Last Secrets of Nasca Unknown
My 9/11 Unknown

2009

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Title Genre Release Date Channel
Drain the Ocean Documentary 9 August 2009 National Geographic Channel
Easter Island Underworld 9 June 2009
Hawaii: Rivers of Fire Unknown

2008

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Title Genre Release Date Channel
Boxing Behind Bars Documentary 10 November 2008 National Geographic Channel
Earth: The Power of the Planet 13 July 2008
Caught Barehanded[15] 3 June 2008
Caught in the Act: Battle at Kruger[16] 11 May 2008
Aftermath: Population Zero 9 March 2008

2007

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Title Genre Release Date Channel
Struck by Lightning[17] Documentary 7 April 2007 National Geographic Channel
Cain and Abel: Brothers at War[18] 5 April 2007

2006

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Title Genre Release Date Channel
Triple Cross: Bin Laden's Spy in America Documentary 28 August 2006 National Geographic Channel

2005

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Title Genre Release Date Channel
Bioterror Alert Documentary 1 November 2005 National Geographic Channel
African Megaflyover Unknown
Crime Scene Bangkok Unknown

2004

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Title Genre Release Date Channel
Beyond the Movie: Alexander the Great Documentary 24 October 2004 National Geographic Channel
D-Day: Men and Machines 3 May 2004

2003

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Title Genre Release Date Channel
Beyond the Movie: The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Documentary 21 December 2003 National Geographic Channel

2002

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Title Genre Release Date Channel
Blinding Horizon Documentary October 2002 National Geographic Channel
Beetle Battles: Kwang Bang Unknown

2001

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Title Genre Release Date Channel
Beyond the Movie: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Documentary 23 December 2001 National Geographic Channel
Inside the Vatican 21 November 2001
Beyond the Movie: Pearl Harbour 1 June 2001

1997

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Title Genre Release Date Channel
Asteroids: Deadly Impact Documentary 20 February 1997 National Geographic Channel

1984

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Title Genre Release Date Channel
Among the Wild Chimpanzee Documentary 30 January 1984 National Geographic Channel

References

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