I am a huge fan of documentaries by Werner Herzog. The exotic locations, the inspirational scientists and dreamers, and the profound observations fill me with wonder and renews my faith in ordinary people living exceptional lives. Also, I find it fascinating how his stories can take an unexpected unfortunate turn and end on an inspiring note. His movies are real life Wes Anderson films.
Below is a collection of links to all the Werner Herzog documentaries I could find. Most of the films can be found on Netflix and YouTube. Some of the films are only available for $3.99 on YouTube. If you are new to Werner Herzog’s films, I suggest you start will the latest documentaries on Netflix and work back through his catalog to his older material.
My Favorites:
- Encounters at the End of the World (2007) - Netflix
- Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010) - Netflix
- Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997) - Netflix
- The White Diamond (2004) - YouTube
Documentary feature films
- The Flying Doctors of East Africa (1969)
- Handicapped Future (1971)
- Land of Silence and Darkness (1971) - YouTube ($3.99)
- Fata Morgana (1972) - YouTube ($3.99)
- The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (1974) - YouTube
- How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck (1976) - YouTube
- Huie's Sermon (1981) - YouTube
- God's Angry Man (1981) - YouTube (6 parts)
- Ballad of the Little Soldier (1984) - YouTube ($3.99)
- The Dark Glow of the Mountains (1984) - YouTube
- Herdsmen of the Sun (1989) - YouTube
- Echoes From a Sombre Empire (1990) - YouTube
- Jag Mandir (1991) - YouTube
- Lessons of Darkness (1992) - YouTube
- Bells from the Deep (1993) - YouTube
- The Transformation of the World into Music (1994)
- Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices (1995)
- Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997) - Netflix
- My Best Fiend (1999) - YouTube ($3.99)
- Wings of Hope (2000) - YouTube
- Wheel of Time (2003) - YouTube
- The White Diamond (2004) - YouTube
- Grizzly Man (2005) - Netflix
- Encounters at the End of the World (2007) - Netflix
- Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010) - Netflix
- Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010) - Netflix:
- Into the Abyss (2011) - Netflix
- Lo & Behold, Reveries of the Connected World (2016) - Netflix:
- Into the Inferno (2016) - Netflix
Documentary short films
- La Soufrière (1977) - YouTube
- Portrait Werner Herzog (1986) - YouTube
- Christ and Demons in New Spain (1999) - YouTube
- Pilgrimage (2001) - YouTube
- Ten Thousand Years Older (2002) - YouTube
- La Bohème (2009)
- On Death Row (2012) TV miniseries in four episodes, each an hour long - YouTube (Playlist)
- From One Second to the Next (2013) - Netflix