Earth: Making of a Planet

Earth: Making of a Planet

Imagine cameras have been around since the creation of Earth to record every major event.

Directed by Yavar Abbas

Produced by Handel Productions, National Geographic

201091 min7.8 / 10

A sweeping, visually stunning documentary that traces Earth's geological and biological history through a continuous cinematic lens, balancing scientific wonder with the raw power of natural forces.

Take a photographic journey thorough time from the violent birth of our planet four and a half billion years ago, through ice-ages, massive volcanic eruptions and the dinosaurs' reign to the first humans. For the first time, see the incredible story of our planet unfold in one single, seamless camera move.

Questions people ask

  • Is Earth: Making of a Planet scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is Earth: Making of a Planet sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.

  • Is Earth: Making of a Planet easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Does Earth: Making of a Planet end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Earth: Making of a Planet violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

90/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

There is almost nothing else like this.

Rarity98

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise78

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love95

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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