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David Attenborough

Actor · 160 credits · 29 in highly-rated films

Best known for David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020)

Frequent collaborators: Björk, Michael Palin, Barack Obama, William, Kirsty Young

Best David Attenborough movies by genre

Movies (159 total, ranked by score)

  1. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

    2020 · ★ 8.4 (448 votes)

    Documentary, Drama

    1

  2. Ocean with David Attenborough

    2025 · ★ 8.0 (74 votes)

    Documentary

    2

  3. The Year Earth Changed

    2021 · ★ 7.9 (130 votes)

    Documentary

    3

  4. The Private Life of Plants

    1995 · ★ 8.3 (31 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    4

  5. A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough

    2026 · ★ 7.7 (42 votes)

    Documentary

    5

  6. Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet

    2021 · ★ 7.5 (74 votes)

    Documentary

    6

  7. Wild London

    2026 · ★ 8.4 (17 votes)

    Documentary

    7

  8. Our Planet: Behind the Scenes

    2019 · ★ 7.6 (50 votes)

    Documentary

    8

  9. Deep Blue

    2003 · ★ 6.8 (84 votes)

    Documentary

    9

  10. Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life

    2009 · ★ 7.6 (38 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    10

  11. Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time

    2019 · ★ 8.5 (22 votes)

    Documentary

    11

  12. Attenborough at 90: Behind the Lens

    2016 · ★ 8.4 (7 votes)

    Documentary, History, TV Movie

    12

  13. When Björk Met Attenborough

    2013 · ★ 7.8 (13 votes)

    Documentary

    13

  14. Extinction: The Facts

    2020 · ★ 7.5 (20 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    14

  15. Björk: Biophilia Live

    2014 · ★ 7.6 (22 votes)

    Music, Documentary

    15

  16. Attenborough's Life That Glows

    2016 · ★ 8.1 (31 votes)

    Documentary

    16

  17. Survival Island

    1996 · ★ 6.0 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    17

  18. Secret Lives of Orangutans

    2024 · ★ 7.6 (22 votes)

    Documentary

    18

  19. A Blank on the Map

    1971 · ★ 8.3 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    19

  20. Attenborough's Paradise Birds

    2015 · ★ 8.1 (18 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    20

  21. A War on Science

    2006 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    21

  22. Attenborough and the Giant Elephant

    2017 · ★ 7.2 (6 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    22

  23. David Attenborough's Tasmania

    2018 · ★ 7.5 (12 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    23

  24. Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough

    2022 · ★ 7.4 (37 votes)

    Documentary, History

    24

  25. Trek - Spy on the Wildebeest

    2007 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    25

  26. Wild Karnataka

    2019 · ★ 8.6 (8 votes)

    Documentary

    26

  27. Galapagos with David Attenborough

    2013 · ★ 7.2 (8 votes)

    Documentary

    27

  28. David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth

    2026 · ★ 7.0 (3 votes)

    Documentary

    28

  29. A TV Dante

    1990 · ★ 6.4 (5 votes)

    29

  30. Attenborough and the Sea Dragon

    2018 · ★ 7.0 (15 votes)

    Documentary

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.