scientific expedition movies

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
7.097 / 10

Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regular team, he...

A Trip to the Moon (1902)
7.928 / 10

Adventure, Science Fiction

Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon....

20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
6.2 / 10

Science Fiction, Horror

When the first manned flight to Venus returns to Earth, the rocket crash-lands in the Mediterranean near a small Italian fishing village. The locals...

She (1935)
5.4 / 10

Adventure, Fantasy

Leo Vincey, told by his dying uncle of a lost land visited 500 years ago by his ancestor, heads out with family friend Horace Holly to try to...

The Far Horizons (1955)
6.2 / 10

Drama, History, Western

Virginia, 1803. After the United States of America acquires the inmense Louisiana territory from France, a great expedition, led by William Lewis and...

Alien from L.A. (1988)
3.2 / 10

Family, Science Fiction, Adventure

When her archaeologist father disappears on an expedition, Wanda sets out to look for him. What she finds is a secret underground world, where no one...

Dark Matter (1969)
0 / 10

Horror, History

Jack is poor, lonely and desperate to change his life. So when he's offered the chance to join an Arctic expedition, he jumps at it. After they reach...

Unknown World (1951)
4.1 / 10

Adventure, Science Fiction

With the cyclotram, an atomic-powered rock-boring vehicle, Dr. Jerimiah Morley leads an expedition into a subterranean world.

Flight To Mars (1951)
5.3 / 10

Science Fiction, Thriller

Four scientists and a newsman crash land on Mars and meet martians who act friendly.

Silverback (2024)
8 / 10

Documentary, TV Movie

Feature-length documentary following award-winning wildlife cameraman Vianet Djenguet as he documents a gruelling but vital mission to...

Return of the Ape Man (1944)
5.6 / 10

Horror, Science Fiction

The discovery of a perfectly preserved caveman prompts a mad scientist to attempt a daring brain transplant.

Passage to Mars (2016)
3.9 / 10

Adventure, Documentary, Science Fiction

A NASA Arctic expedition designed to be the first Martian road trip on Earth becomes an epic two-year odyssey of human adventure and survival.

Antarctica: Ice & Sky (2015)
6.1 / 10

Documentary

Documentary about the work of Claude Lorius, who began studying Antarctic ice in 1957, and, in 1965, was the first scientist to be concerned about...

Planet of Storms (1962)
5.6 / 10

Science Fiction

Soviet cosmonauts land on the planet Venus and find it teeming with life, some of it dangerous.

Swimming with Legends (2014)
8.1 / 10

Documentary

A biographical documentary about the Belgian free-diver Fred Buyle and his art of silent diving.

Images d'un été (1953)
0 / 10

Documentary

Einsame Atolle, geheime Welten (2023)
8 / 10

Documentary, TV Movie

The endless expanses of the Indian Ocean are home to the last natural paradises: Remote atolls surrounded by coral reefs in crystal clear water. ...

One Day I Saw 10,000 Elephants (2015)
6.6 / 10

Animation, Adventure, History

The octogenarian Angono Mba recalls the expedition in which he worked as porter for the Spanish filmmaker Manuel Hernández Sanjuán who, between...

Cruise of the Zaca (1952)
5.5 / 10

Documentary

Actor Errol Flynn takes a group of scientists from the California Institute of Oceanography on an expedition to the South Seas aboard his schooner,...

Les défis de la Grande Barrière de corail (2022)
8 / 10

Documentary