# The best nature documentaries

Mostly David Attenborough, and rightly so: the nature series and films that set the standard for wildlife filmmaking, based on StudioBinder, Screen Rant and Time Out.

- 71 votes · 15 items
- Jul 14, 2026 · Austin Chavez
- https://even.best/en/l/4091/the-best-nature-documentaries

## Top 10

1. **Planet Earth (2006)** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — Five years in 62 countries: the series that defined the genre.
2. **The Blue Planet (2001)** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — The first great BBC series about life in the sea.
3. **Planet Earth II (2016)** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — Stabilised rigs, low-light cameras and the iguana-versus-snakes chase.
4. **Frozen Planet (2011)** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — The Arctic and the Antarctic through the seasons.
5. **Seven Worlds, One Planet (2019)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — One episode per continent.
6. **Our Planet (2019)** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Attenborough and WWF for Netflix, with a conservation message.
7. **Planet Earth III (2023)** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — The third series, with more on what humans are doing to habitats.
8. **Microcosmos (1996)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — The world of insects in a meadow, up close.
9. **Dynasties (2018)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Five animal families followed for years.
10. **March of the Penguins (2005)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Emperor penguins' trek across Antarctica, by Luc Jacquet.
11. **Blue Planet II (2017)** (2 · ▲4 ▼2) — The oceans, from coral reefs to the deep sea.
12. **Life (2009)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — How animals and plants survive, in ten episodes.
13. **David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — His witness statement on the planet's decline.
14. **Life on Earth (1979)** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — Attenborough's original history of life on the planet.
15. **My Octopus Teacher (2020)** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — A diver's year-long friendship with an octopus; Oscar winner.

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