Top Climate-Focused Documentaries on Netflix 2025 

Climate stories land when we see them not just read about them. These Netflix picks from 2025 blend beautiful images, real people, and simple ideas so the climate crisis feels clear and the solutions feel possible. Watch one, feel something, and then do one small thing.

1. Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet

A short, urgent film with Sir David Attenborough and scientist Johan Rockström. It explains Earth’s limits and the steps we can still take.

2. Our Planet (series)

Spectacular nature footage paired with clear lessons on how climate change is reshaping life across the globe. It’s a wonder and a warning in equal measure.

3. Our Living World

A hopeful series that focuses on small wins, restoration projects and people who prove that nature can heal when we help. Great if you want optimism with your facts.

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4. Kiss the Ground

Turns the spotlight to soil and farming. It shows how regenerative agriculture could be one of our most practical tools against climate change. Practical, hopeful, and surprising.

5. Seaspiracy (and related ocean films)

Hard-hitting and conversation-starting, these films expose how fishing and ocean industries affect marine life and the climate. They’ll make you rethink what’s on your plate.

6. Chasing Coral & Mission Blue

Beautiful, sad, and urgent, these documentaries show coral bleaching and ocean decline up close, while celebrating the scientists who race to document and protect marine life.

7. Our Oceans (2025)

A recent entry with stunning underwater footage and human stories that remind us why oceans are central to climate and life on Earth.

How to watch smarter 

• Start short: Pick a short film like Breaking Boundaries to get the big picture.
• Balance feeling with hope: Follow a heavy watch with Kiss the Ground or Our Living World so you leave inspired, not overwhelmed.
• Do one thing: After each film, choose one simple action, change a food habit, plant something, donate, or share what you learned.

These films are invitations to learn, to feel, and to act. Watch with someone, talk about it, then turn that feeling into a small, deliberate step for the planet.