Best documentary films about astronomy

by admin on May 9, 2010

Space with Sam Neill

Space with Sam Neill

These top 10 astronomy movies are must see for all those who want to understand the universe we live in.

10. Films about our planet: Home and Priveleged Planet
 
Home (2009). Imdb rating  8.5/10. Director: Yann Arthus-Bertrand. With aerial footage from 54 countries, Home is a depiction of how the Earth’s problems are all interlinked, but with only one thing responsible: the human. It starts with the creation and the evolution of the animal species on Earth including the human, who starts living peacefully with nature. But the accelerating growth of population in the last 60 years and the discovery of oil, changed everything.

The Privileged Planet (2004). Imdb rating  7.0/10. Directors: Ladd Allen, Wayne P. Allen. Utilizing stunning computer animation as well as the visual archives of NASA, the Hubble Space Telescope Institute, the European Space Agency, and other leading observatories throughout the world, The Privileged Planet presents a spectacular view of our planet, our galaxy, and the entire universe, and shows us that not only is the Earth perfectly suited for intelligent life, but that the Earth is in the perfect location in the galaxy for man to make scientific discoveries.

9. BBC: The Planets (1999). Imdb rating  8.8/10. Director David McNab.

During the last 40 years, human beings have broken free of the Earth and traveled out to other worlds orbiting the Sun. Spaceships have visited every planet , discovered dozens of new moons and put to rest the myths that have been accepted for centuries. This series chronicles our planetary travels, explains the creation and evolution of each planet and tells how our understanding of the Solar System has developed from ancient times to Galileo and up to the present…
 

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{ 5 comments… read them below or add one }

Darius May 13, 2010 at 6:39 pm

“Home” is my favorite!

majid evazzadeh November 1, 2010 at 11:47 am

please give me a csientific movie about atom and the atomic orbital

axel May 24, 2011 at 11:26 pm

wow home looks good i am going to buy the DVD.

dule July 6, 2011 at 2:30 am

The link to see the other 7 movies on the list gives me a 404. Could you kindly fix that and let me know when I can access it? I have an elementary class of kids that’s waiting to see more of these.

admin August 30, 2011 at 8:26 pm

Fixed

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