1. Mysteries of the Driftless
What strange forces saved one isolated section along the Upper Mississippi River from the repeated crushing and scouring effects of glaciers during the last two million years? And what pre-Ice Age throwbacks survived here in this unique geologic refuge that holds more Native American effigy mounds, petroglyph caves, strange geological features, and rare species than anywhere in the Midwest? These questions and more are answered in this captivating new documentary. A team of scientists embarks on a journey of exploration to expose both the science and threats behind three unique features of the zone - rare plants and animals, odd geological phenomenon, and striking remnants of a Native American pilgrimage like no other.
2. Grotta (Grotta)
In 1907 Herman Hesse spent a few days mediating and fasting in a cave near Monte Verità. During these days he collected the visions and insights that went on to be very influential in his thinking and shaped some of the most important works of his literary career. The images and sounds of this film were shot there and are a homage to this cave and its possible invocations. Grotta is part of Fieldworks, an ongoing experiment with ambient video and radio frequencies.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
3. Journey into Amazing Caves
Journey into Amazing Caves is an extraordinary IMAX adventure into the depths of the earth to uncover the secrets to life underground.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
4. Voyages au centre de la Terre : Dans les pas de Jules Verne (Voyages au centre de la Terre : Dans les pas de Jules Verne)
(Voyages au centre de la Terre : Dans les pas de Jules Verne)
It has an average vote of 8.7 on TMDB.
5. Cave Explorers
This Sportscope short documentary takes a look at a group of Austrian speleologists who explore a newly-discovered cave.
6. Down the Rabbit Hole
James Roddie is a caver, climber and a professional photographer. He’s also a 30-year-old man with an eating disorder. After the death of his father, James deals with it the best way he knows how – heading underground with his camera. Delving into his story, James candidly explores why caving, adventure, and mental health are so intricately tied together.
7. The Last Dragon
"The Last Dragon" is a nature mockumentary about a British scientific team that attempts to understand the unique incredible beasts that have fascinated people for ages. CGI is used to create the dragons.
It has an average vote of 7.85 on TMDB.
8. 222 Hours: Thai Cave Rescue (222 ชั่วโมง ภารกิจชีวิต)
A special document of a 9-day Thai cave rescue mission in 2018
9. The World's Biggest Cave
In 2009 a team of British cavers went on an expedition deep within the jungle of central Vietnam. To their amazement they discovered an enormous cave which they believe to be the biggest in the world. The team, the first humans ever to enter the cave, traveled 6 kilometers underground until their way was blocked by a gigantic rock face they dubbed 'The Great Wall of Vietnam'. Now they have returned, but this time with the right equipment to climb the wall and with a geologist and zoologist to discover if this is indeed the Biggest Cave in the World and what secrets lie deep within?
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
10. Cave Crocs of Gabon
A caving expedition recently discovered a community of dwarf crocodiles living in the Abanda Caves, Gabon. The crocs are living in pitch darkness, hunt bats and some have bright-orange skin. Part of the original team returns to find out more about this bizarre phenomenon. It's mission impossible to access the crocs world and there's no way of knowing what they might find.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
11. Ancient Caves
Ancient Caves brings science and adventure together as it follows paleoclimatologist Dr. Gina Moseley on a mission to unlock the secrets of the Earth’s climate in the most unlikely of places: caves. Moseley and her team of cave explorers travel the world exploring vast underground worlds in search of stalagmite samples – geologic “fingerprints” – that reveal clues about the planet’s climate history. Their quest leads them to some of the world’s most remote caves, both above and below the water, in France, Iceland, the Bahamas, the U.S. and Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Together, they go where very few humans will ever go, revealing the incredible lengths scientists will go to study the unknown.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
12. Realm of Darkness - The Elusive Depths of Mexico (Realm of Darkness - The Elusive Depths of Mexico)
(Realm of Darkness - The Elusive Depths of Mexico)
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
13. The Mysteries of Cosquer Cave
Over 35 meters below sea in France’s Calanque National Park hides the entry to one of cave art’s greatest masterpieces: the Cosquer Cave. Only accessible underwater, this incredible cave adorned with paintings more than 27 000 years old is little known, yet threatened by rising sea levels. In order for its preservation and to make it accessible to the largest number of people, the Southern Region is creating a full-sized replica of this hidden gem and its incredible paintings.
14. Into The Light (Into The Light)
(Into The Light)
It has an average vote of 8.5 on TMDB.
15. Invisible River (El Río Invisible)
On a journey through the interior of the earth, we learn about the life and dreams of a swiss explorer who searches for caves and underground rivers in a sector marked by violence and armed conflict in Colombia. This underground labyrinth is a metaphor about a dark past, buried deep within the soul, where old war wounds heal with the infinite passage of time.
16. Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France, capturing the oldest known pictorial creations of humankind in their astonishing natural setting.
It has an average vote of 7.117 on TMDB.
17. Life in Four Elements (Neljä elementtiä - maa, vesi, ilma, tuli)
(Neljä elementtiä - maa, vesi, ilma, tuli)
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
18. Dure Limite: Caving in a mill, Mer de Glace (Dure Limite : Spéléologie dans un moulin, Mer de Glace)
The Mer de Glace in Chamonix, November 86: every summer the meltwater that runs on the surface of the glacier flows into a huge crevasse called "a mill". In 1897, Joseph VALLOT had explored it to a depth of 60m, a lake had prevented him from going any further. Since then no one had descended into this well. In the fall, a multidisciplinary team made up of mountaineers including Jean Marc BOIVIN, speleologists and scientists descending into the crevasse... Superb images and live comments in a temperature of 0° and a humidity of 100%. The team reached 110m deep under the ice, a world first in glacier exploration. Jean marc BOIVIN seems delighted with his first speleological exploration. With the participation of Serge AVIOTTE, Jean Michel ASSELIN, Jean Marc BOIVIN, Janot LAMBERTON, Pierrot PILLET, Louis REYNAUD, Jean Luc RIGAUD and Denis TERMIER.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
19. The Rescue
The enthralling, against-all-odds story that transfixed the world in 2018: the daring rescue of twelve boys and their coach from deep inside a flooded cave in Northern Thailand.
It has an average vote of 7.93 on TMDB.
20. The Legend of Tayos (La Leyenda de Tayos)
A Hungarian explorer claims to have discovered a "Gold Library" inside a cave. Lacking evidence, he tries to get the recognition he believes he deserves but struggles to get support from the local governments and religious leaders.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
