List of National Geographic original features

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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+.

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Films

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TitleGenreRelease DateChannel
Fly [1] Documentary2024National Geographic Channel
Inside the FBI: The '70s [2] TBA
Sally [3]

2024

TitleGenreRelease DateChannel
Attack of the Red Sea SharksDocumentary7 July 2024National Geographic Channel
Baby Sharks in the City2 July 2024
Sharks Gone Viral1 July 2024
Supersized Sharks1 July 2024
Shark Beach with Anthony Mackie 30 June 2024
Shark vs. Ross Edgley 30 June 2024
Clotilda: The Return Home17 June 2024
Protecting Paradise: The Story of Nuie7 June 2024
The Real Red Tails 3 June 2024
Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story6 May 2024
EPCOT Becoming: Inside the Transformation27 April 2024
The Space Race: The Untold Story of the First Black Astronauts12 February 2024

2023

TitleGenreRelease DateChannel
Explorer: Lake of FireDocumentary26 October 2023National Geographic Channel
The Mission 13 October 2023
9/11: Where Were You? Never Forget10 September 2023
Explorer: Lost in the Arctic24 August 2023
Bobi Wine: The People's President 28 July 2023
Bull Shark Bandits2 July 2023Nat Geo Wild
Bull Shark vs. Hammerhead2 July 2023
Return of the White Shark2 July 2023
Saved From a Shark2 July 2023
Shark Below Zero2 July 2023
Shark Eat Shark2 July 2023
Sharks vs. Dolphins: Bahamas Battleground2 July 2023
Pride From Above2 June 2023National Geographic Channel
Charles: In His Own Words28 April 2023
Lost Treasures of Arabia: The Ancient City of Dadan13 March 2023
Wild Life 12 March 2023
Ukraine War From the Air27 February 2023
Titanic: 25 Years Later with James Cameron 5 February 2023

2022

TitleGenreRelease DateChannel
Making the Wish: Disney's Newest Cruise ShipDocumentary25 December 2022National 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 Rivera11 September 2022
Super Frenchie: Adventure Calls9 September 2022
Narco Wars: Drugs in America25 August 2022
Raging Bull Shark (short)17 August 2022Nat Geo Wild
Narco Wars: Queenpins14 August 2022National Geographic Channel
Sky Sharks10 August 2022Nat Geo Wild
Jaws Invasion19 July 2022
World's Biggest Hammerhead?18 July 2022
Jaws vs. Boats17 July 2022
Shark Side of the Moon14 July 2022
Sharks That Eat Everything14 July 2022
Shark Queens13 July 2022
Counting Jaws12 July 2022
Maui Shark Mystery11 July 2022
Shark Superpower10 July 2022
Camo Sharks4 July 2022
Wild Coasts8 June 2022
Explorer: The Deepest Cave30 May 2022National Geographic Channel
We Feed People 27 May 2022
Explorer: The Last Tepui22 April 2022Disney+
The Biggest Little Farm: The Return22 April 2022
Clotilda: Last American Slave Ship7 February 2022National Geographic Channel

2021

TitleGenreRelease DateChannel
Hitler's Disastrous Desert WarDocumentary3 December 2021National Geographic Channel
The Emirates From Above (short)2 December 2021
The First Wave 19 November 2021
The Rescue 8 October 2021
King Tut in Color18 June 2020 [4]
Lost Cities: Megacity of the Maya Warrior King17 September 2021
Fauci 10 September 2021
Torn2 September 2021
Playing with Sharks23 July 2021Disney+
World's Biggest Bull Shark?13 July 2021Nat Geo Wild
Shark Attack Investigation: The Paige Winter Story12 July 2021
Rogue Shark?9 July 2021
Shark Gangs9 July 2021
World's Most Dangerous Shark?9 July 2021
The Croc That Ate Jaws8 July 2021
Shark Beach with Chris Hemsworth 5 July 2021
Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer 18 June 2021National Geographic Channel
Inside North Korea: Cyber State1 June 2021
Our America: Asian Voices20 May 2021
Heroes of the Ocean22 April 2021
Own the Room 12 March 2021Disney+
Built For Mars: The Perseverance Rover21 February 2021National Geographic Channel
The March on Washington: Keepers of the Dream18 February 2021
Flooded Tombs of the Nile5 February 2021
Ghost of the Minerva27 January 2021

2020

TitleGenreRelease DateChannel
The Ghosts AboveDocumentary2 December 2020National Geographic Channel
Going Viral: From Ebola to COVID-1930 November 2020
The Real Right Stuff20 November 2020Disney+
Inside North Korea: The Next Leader8 November 2020National Geographic Channel
Rebuilding Paradise 8 November 2020
Blood on the Wall1 November 2020
The Last Ice [5] 24 October 2020
Blood on the Wall30 September 2020
Lost and Found (short)18 September 2020
Assignment: Inspiration17 September 2020
The Night Crawlers (short)13 September 2020
Bin Laden's Hard Drive10 September 2020
Being the Queen31 August 2020
Sharks vs. Dolphins: Blood Battle19 August 2020Nat Geo Wild
Shark vs. Whale28 July 2020
50 Shades of Sharks17 July 2020
What the Shark?17 July 2020
Secrets of the Bull Shark16 July 2020
Most Wanted Sharks15 July 2020
Sharkcano15 July 2020
Sharks of the Bermuda Triangle14 July 2020
World's Biggest Tiger Shark14 July 2020
Shark vs. Surfer13 July 2020
Akashinga: The Brave Ones (short)17 June 2020National Geographic Channel
Race Against Pandemic14 June 2020
Chasing the Equinox5 June 2020
An Unfinished Symphony (short)22 May 2020
Heroes of the Sky: The Mighty Eighth Air Force22 May 2020
Still Human21 May 2020
WWII in Europe: Voices from the Front21 May 2020
An Unfinished Symphony20 May 2020
Into the Fire (short)20 May 2020
Lost on Everest15 May 2020
Jane Goodall: The Hope22 April 2020
Saving Notre-Dame16 April 2020
Back to the Titanic23 February 2020
Lost Temple of the Inca4 February 2020
Mars: One Day on the Red Planet5 January 2020
Buried Secrets of the CordobaUnknown

2019

TitleGenreRelease DateChannel
Ocean's BreathDocumentary25 December 2019National Geographic Channel
The Archaeological Mysteries Of The Equinox1 December 2019
Pompeii: Secrets of the Dead24 November 2019
Mission to the Sun19 November 2019
Sharks of Lost Island19 November 2019
Ultimate Viking Sword3 November 2019
Women of Impact: Changing the World26 October 2019
Expedition Amelia20 October 2019
The Cave 18 October 2019
9/11: Control the Skies11 September 2019
World's Biggest Bull Shark?21 July 2019Nat Geo Wild
Sea of Shadows 12 July 2019National Geographic Channel
The Armstrong Tapes8 July 2019
Man vs. Shark17 July 2019
Great Shark Chow Down15 July 2019
Cannibal Sharks14 July 2019
Apollo: Missions to the Moon7 July 2019
Eyewitness: D-Day4 June 2019
Going Viral: Beyond the Hot Zone 27 May 2019
Inside the Internet: 50 Years of Life Online4 May 2019
Queen Elizabeth: Legacy to the Natural World23 April 2019
Notre-Dame: Race Against the Inferno15 April 2019
Drain the Oceans: Deep Dive8 April 2019
Guerilla Gold Rush: The Spoils of War [6] 3 April 2019
The Lost Tomb of Alexander the Great4 March 2019
Riddle of the Stone Age Giants24 February 2019
Deepwater Horizon: In Their Own Words17 February 2019
Oil Spill of the Century1 January 2019
Building the Channel TunnelUnknown
Houses of the MediterraneanUnknown
Into the Grand CanyonUnknown
The Lost City of Machu PicchuUnknown
Lost World of the MayaUnknown

2018

TitleGenreRelease DateChannel
Paris to Pittsburgh Documentary12 December 2018National Geographic Channel
MARS: Inside SpaceX12 November 2018
Curiosity: Life of a Mars Rover4 November 2018
Egypt's Sun King: Secrets and Treasures21 October 2018
Free Solo 28 September 2018
Martin Luther King Jr.: Marked Man4 September 2018
Mafia Confidential29 July 2018
Big Sharks Rule16 July 2018Nat Geo Wild
Shark vs. Tuna16 July 2018
The Whale That Ate Jaws: New Evidence15 July 2018
700 Sharks9 June 2018
Maradona Confiential2 June 2018National Geographic Channel
Drain the Oceans 28 May 2018
Operation Royal Wedding23 May 2018
Into the Okavango 22 April 2018
Hubble's Cosmic Journey21 March 2018
Lost Treasures of the Mayan Snake King6 February 2018
Science Fair 20 January 2018
Chain of Command15 January 2018
Shark Kill ZoneUnknownNat Geo Wild
Easter Island UnsolvedUnknownNational Geographic Channel

2017

TitleGenreRelease DateChannel
Drain AlcatrazDocumentary19 December 2017National Geographic Channel
Heroes of the Long Road Home with Martha Raddatz17 December 2017
Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron 26 November 2017
Jane 20 October 2017
Shark vs. Predator23 July 2017
Drain the Sunken Pirate City9 July 2017
Earth Live9 July 2017
LA 92 28 April 2017
Atlantis Rising29 January 2017
Bruce Lee: Curse of the DragonUnknown
Bruce Lee: The Man and the LegendUnknown
The Chinese HajjUnknown
1917: One Year, Two RevolutionsUnknown

2016

TitleGenreRelease DateChannel
Egypt's Treasure GuardiansDocumentary28 December 2016National Geographic Channel
Expedition Mars: Spirit and Opportunity16 November 2016
Before the Flood 21 October 2016
Drain the Ocean: WWII19 September 2016
9/11: The Plane That Hit the Pentagon10 September 2016
Mega Hammerhead26 June 2016Nat Geo Wild
Sharkatratz26 June 2016
Drain the Titanic5 May 2016National Geographic Channel
The Challenger Disaster: The Lost Tapes [7] 25 January 2016
Indy Motor SpeedwayUnknown

2015

TitleGenreRelease DateChannel
2000's Greatest TragediesDocumentary30 August 2015National Geographic Channel
Generation YouTube11 July 2015
United Sharks of America5 July 2015Nat Geo Wild
Drain the Titanic12 April 2015National Geographic Channel

2014

TitleGenreRelease DateChannel
Drain the Bermuda TriangleDocumentary7 December 2014National Geographic Channel
100% Planes18 November 2014
9/10: The Final Hours7 September 2014
9/11 Rescue Cops4 September 2014
Drugs, Inc.: Dealer Pov3 September 2014
Wild Japan: Snow Monkeys20 July 2014
Miracle Landing on the Hudson1 June 2014

2013

TitleGenreRelease DateChannel
JFK: Seven Days That Made a PresidentDocumentary11 November 2013 [8] National Geographic Channel
Killing Kennedy Drama10 November 2013
9/11 FirehouseDocumentary8 September 2013
Blow Your Mind [9] 7 July 2013
Ancient Computer3 April 2013
Ultimate Tutankhamun10 February 2013

2012

TitleGenreRelease DateChannel
Cesar Millan: The Real StoryDocumentary25 November 2012National Geographic Channel
Comic Store Heroes 13 July 2012
American Doomsday6 July 2012
Cradle of the Gods1 March 2012
Bruce Lee Lives!7 February 2012 [10]

2011

TitleGenreRelease DateChannel
Drain the Great LakesDocumentary11 December 2011National Geographic Channel
Finding the Next Earth1 December 2011
JFK: The Lost Bullet 18 November 2011
Finding Atlantis9 November 2011
9/11: Where Were You?30 August 2011
George W. Bush: The 9/11 Interview28 August 2011
Catacombs of Palermo [11] 4 July 2011
Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron8 April 2011
Ben Franklin's Pirate Fleet6 April 2011
Hunt for the Abominable Snowman5 April 2011
Bruce Lee, The Legend17 January 2011 [12]
Colombia's Gold War [13] Unknown

2010

TitleGenreRelease DateChannel
Journey to Shark EdenDocumentary24 September 2010Nat Geo Wild
Churchill's German Army [14] 18 August 2010National Geographic Channel
China's Ghost Army [15] Unknown
The Last Secrets of NascaUnknown
My 9/11Unknown

2009

TitleGenreRelease DateChannel
Drain the OceanDocumentary9 August 2009National Geographic Channel
Easter Island Underworld9 June 2009
Hawaii: Rivers of FireUnknown

2008

TitleGenreRelease DateChannel
Boxing Behind BarsDocumentary10 November 2008National Geographic Channel
Earth: The Power of the Planet 13 July 2008
Caught Barehanded [16] 3 June 2008
Caught in the Act: Battle at Kruger [17] 11 May 2008
Aftermath: Population Zero 9 March 2008

2007

TitleGenreRelease DateChannel
Struck by Lightning [18] Documentary7 April 2007National Geographic Channel
Cain and Abel: Brothers at War [19] 5 April 2007

2006

TitleGenreRelease DateChannel
Triple Cross: Bin Laden's Spy in AmericaDocumentary28 August 2006National Geographic Channel

2005

TitleGenreRelease DateChannel
Bioterror AlertDocumentary1 November 2005National Geographic Channel
African MegaflyoverUnknown
Crime Scene BangkokUnknown

2004

TitleGenreRelease DateChannel
Beyond the Movie: Alexander the GreatDocumentary24 October 2004National Geographic Channel
D-Day: Men and Machines3 May 2004

2003

TitleGenreRelease DateChannel
Beyond the Movie: The Lord of the Rings: Return of the KingDocumentary21 December 2003National Geographic Channel

2002

TitleGenreRelease DateChannel
Blinding HorizonDocumentaryOctober 2002National Geographic Channel
Beetle Battles: Kwang BangUnknown

2001

TitleGenreRelease DateChannel
Beyond the Movie: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingDocumentary23 December 2001National Geographic Channel
Inside the Vatican21 November 2001
Beyond the Movie: Pearl Harbour1 June 2001

1997

TitleGenreRelease DateChannel
Asteroids: Deadly ImpactDocumentary20 February 1997National Geographic Channel

1984

TitleGenreRelease DateChannel
Among the Wild ChimpanzeeDocumentary30 January 1984National Geographic Channel

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