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10 Best Movies Like Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television

If you loved Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough

Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough

2011★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

220 million years ago dinosaurs were beginning their domination of Earth. But another group of reptiles was about to make an extraordinary leap: pterosaurs were taking control of t...

#2
Fate

Fate

2003★ 3.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Serial killers have plagued the American landscape for decades, committing gruesome atrocities, and providing some tough cases for criminal investigators to crack. Two detectives a...

#3
The Underground World

The Underground World

1943★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television for fans of Animation. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Superman has to save Lois Lane from a cult of hawk-people in an homage to Edgar Rice Burroughs's "At the Earth's Core"....

#4
Youth of Commanders

Youth of Commanders

1940★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

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#5
The Man from Nowhere

The Man from Nowhere

1937★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Mathias Pascal, saddled with a stupid wife and a nagging mother-in-law, leaves home and is extremely lucky at several gambling resorts. He returns home and discovers that a drowned...

#6
The Threshold of Death

The Threshold of Death

2019★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Dong-jin works at the immigration office, detecting illegal immigrants and entrants. He rarely meets his father, who has Alzheimer's disease, and it's awkward for him to meet his b...