The Best Human Body Documentaries

Health & the Body - 48 free documentaries about the human body.

Start with How a Woman's Donated Body Became a Digital Cadaver (19 min, National Geographic), then Testosterone — new discoveries about the male hormone (42 min, DW Documentary). All 48 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on the human body is The Body by Bill Bryson.

• How a Woman's Donated Body Became a Digital Cadaver (19 min, National Geographic)
• Testosterone — new discoveries about the male hormone (42 min, DW Documentary)
• The intestine - The body’s underappreciated control center and gut health (42 min, DW Documentary)
• Fever Feels Horrible, but is Actually Awesome! (11 min, Kurzgesagt)
• Jonny Kennedy: The Man Whose Skin Fell Off (48 min, Real Stories)
• Your Tattoo is INSIDE Your Immune System. Literally (9 min, Kurzgesagt)
• Why Are You Alive – Life, Energy & ATP (10 min, Kurzgesagt)
• You Are Immune Against Every Disease (12 min, Kurzgesagt)
• How Gravity Shapes The Human Body With Jim Al-Khalili | Gravity And Me (44 min, Spark)
• I Can Twist My Eye Around Its Pupil (And So Can You) (13 min, Steve Mould)
• When Your Body Attacks Itself – Autoimmune (11 min, Kurzgesagt)
• Is Dust Mostly Dead Skin? (15 min, Veritasium)
• Isolation and dementia - Why we should protect our ears (42 min, DW Documentary)
• How The Immune System ACTUALLY Works – IMMUNE (11 min, Kurzgesagt)
• The Girl Born With 8 Limbs: Hindu Goddess Or Normal Little Girl? (47 min, Real Stories)
• From Castration to Cure: How Scientists Discovered Hormones With Brutal Experimentation (57 min, Spark)
• Why Is Our Skeleton On the Inside? (9 min, Be Smart)
• Evolution FAILS in the Human Body (13 min, Be Smart)
• Why Your Pee Looks Like A Chain (14 min, Steve Mould)
• Blood Types Are WEIRDER Than You Think (18 min, Be Smart)
• The World's Most Dangerous Blood Type (13 min, Real Science)
• How Much Of You Is ACTUALLY Alive? (13 min, Be Smart)
• How To Keep Your Heart Open In Hell - Ram Dass (14 min, After Skool)
• The Mississippi - A journey through the heart of America (42 min, DW Documentary)
• The Human Mannequin: Living With A Rare Genetic Disorder Turns Muscle Into Bone (47 min, Real Stories)
• The heart - The most powerful organ in our body? (42 min, DW Documentary)
• 7 Year-Old's Muscles Turn to Bone: How Luciana Overcame FOP (48 min, Real Stories)
• 12 Terrifying Creatures To Make Your Skin Crawl (32 min, Smithsonian Channel)
• Blood Donations Are Rising In Singapore. So Why Is A Shortage Projected? | Talking Point (23 min, CNA Insider)
• The Swede Who Lifted Singapore Ballet To New Heights | Singaporean At Heart - Part 1/4 (22 min, CNA Insider)
• Skin: Multitalented and underappreciated (44 min, DW Documentary)
• Cambodia’s Blood Antiquities: The Billion Dollar Black Market (48 min, Odyssey)
• Why I Devoted Family Wealth To Helping Singaporeans Age With Grace | Singaporean At Heart - Part 4/4 (22 min, CNA Insider)
• Meet the Unbelievable Superhumans of the World (142 min, Real Stories)
• The British-Born Volunteer Who Served Singapore's Needy For 40 Years | Singaporean At Heart - Pt 3/4 (22 min, CNA Insider)
• My Virtual Heart Could Save My Life One Day (12 min, Steve Mould)
• Organ donation - Waiting for a new life (26 min, DW Documentary)
• Can We Create Universal Blood? (16 min, Real Science)
• Battle for Blood: Solving the Supply Crisis (52 min, ENDEVR)
• Blood Business | How Poverty Fuels a Global Medical Market (52 min, Moconomy)
• Soon, We Could 3D Bioprint Human Organs On Demand | What's The Big Deal? | 3D Printing (23 min, CNA Insider)
• Skin Health: Eczema, Itch Relief And Is Higher SPF Better? | On The Pulse (23 min, CNA Insider)
• A Stone In Our Heart (57 min, Real Stories)
• Art Cooking: Bone Meal | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios (16 min, The Art Assignment)
• Blood and Money (49 min, Real Stories)
• Harnessing 3D Printing To Reshape The Human Body | 3D Nation - Part 7/8 (22 min, CNA Insider)
• Health: Blood Simple (53 min, PBS)
• Heart of Stone (20 min, Andrew Kornylak)

Top-Rated Books About The Human Body

1. The Body by Bill Bryson (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
2. Gulp by Mary Roach (3.5/5) - View on Amazon
3. Stiff by Mary Roach (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
4. I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
5. The Human Body by Isaac Asimov - View on Amazon
6. Sensing, feeling, and action by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen - View on Amazon