Scientists are sent to the planet Arkanar to help a medieval civilization and rescue intellectuals.

One year in the life of reindeer herders in Finnish Lapland illuminates the joys, complexities, and contradictions of living close to the land in the modern age.

In Boston, a bipolar father takes over sole responsibility for his two spirited daughters while his wife attends graduate school in New York.

A lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with his newly purchased operating system that's designed to meet his every need.

After the Mississippi River flood in 1927, many rural Southern black people migrated north and created new music.

Two con artists are forced to help the FBI entrap a corrupt politician.

William Kamkwamba navigates the opportunities and challenges of international fame after he creates a power-generating windmill from junk parts to save his family from famine in Malawi.

Renowned scientists Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss cross the globe as they speak publicly about the importance of science and reason in the modern world.

A 1980s-set story centered around a man-versus-machine chess tournament.

A widow falls for a man who bears a striking resemblance to her late husband.

A journey over and about the sea that portrays the diversity and charm of the seas of the Mexican northwest.

Based on the 1930 classic by William Faulkner, it is the story of the death of Addie Bundren and her family's quest to honor her wish to be buried in the nearby town of Jefferson.

A documentary on how water shapes humanity.

Filmmaker Berry Minott searches for the cause and cure of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, ALS, and other neurological disorders.

Snowboarder Kevin Pearce wants to return to his favorite sport after suffering a traumatic brain injury while training for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Hunter Weeks and his fiancé set out on an adventure to meet the oldest people in the world and discover their advice for living life to the fullest.

A medical engineer and an astronaut work together to survive after an accident leaves them adrift in space.

Inventor Tim Jenison seeks to understand the painting techniques used by Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer.

As the Large Hadron Collider is about to be launched for the first time, physicists are on the cusp of the greatest scientific discovery of all time—or perhaps their greatest failure.

A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the life cycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of their wrecked lives.

Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from twenty years earlier unwittingly become humanity's only hope for survival.

As a war between humankind and monstrous sea creatures wages on, a former pilot and a trainee are paired up to drive a seemingly obsolete special weapon in a desperate effort to save the world from the apocalypse.

When a freak hurricane swamps Los Angeles, nature's deadliest killer rules sea, land, and air as thousands of sharks terrorize the waterlogged populace.

Why is a curveball curved? What makes the sweet spot so sweet? Why do outfielders instinctively run in an arc instead of a straight line? And why have some physicists stated that, at least on paper, hitting a home run is impossible?