The Best Inventors & Inventions Documentaries

Science & Tech - 91 free documentaries about inventors & inventions.

Start with We Made A Giant Zipper To Explain How It Works (21 min, Veritasium), then Linotype (77 min, Moconomy). All 91 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on inventors & inventions is The Innovators by Walter Isaacson.

• We Made A Giant Zipper To Explain How It Works (21 min, Veritasium)
• Linotype | How One Machine Shaped History | The Real OG of Mass Communication (77 min, Moconomy)
• New Discoveries That Completely Alter Human History - UnchartedX (24 min, After Skool)
• A.I. ‐ Humanity's Final Invention? (17 min, Kurzgesagt)
• How Stainless Steel Was Invented Completely By Accident (51 min, Spark)
• Bizarre travelling flame discovery (15 min, Steve Mould)
• Bots Sent FLYING 🤖💥 | BattleBots (18 min, Discovery)
• Can a Ping-Pong Ball Really Be Deadly? | MythBusters (18 min, Discovery)
• America's Wild West: Discovery of a Land | What Really Happened (43 min, National Geographic)
• Breakthrough in renewable energy - VPRO documentary (46 min, VPRO Documentary)
• One Hour of MAYHEM | BattleBots (55 min, Discovery)
• Most Fascinating Ancient Mysteries | Expedition Files (60 min, Discovery)
• The Dirtiest Food Jobs | Dirty Jobs (26 min, Discovery)
• The MOST Brutal Battles from Season 10 | Battlebots (21 min, Discovery)
• Serial Killer Mysteries | Expedition Files (25 min, Discovery)
• The Largest Discovery At Saqqara: Uncovering The Non-Royal Elite (45 min, Odyssey)
• Brian Cox On The Accidents That Led To Incredible Scientific Breakthroughs (52 min, Spark)
• The TRUE Story of Ben Franklin & His Kite (9 min, Be Smart)
• Bite Force's Best KOs 🤖💥 Battlebots (20 min, Discovery)
• Extraordinary Finds from Season 3 Pt. 1 | Expedition Files (58 min, Discovery)
• Shaq’s Super Truck & Fire Department’s High-Water Truck | Truck Dynasty (18 min, Discovery)
• World’s Safest Airport, Devil’s Pool in Zambia & a Tesla Tower | Mystery Places (53 min, Free Documentary)
• Brian Cox Explores The Most Controversial Scientific Discoveries Of All Time (52 min, Spark)
• This Is Where New Ideas REALLY Come From (19 min, Be Smart)
• Tombstone Goes in for the Kill | Battlebots (21 min, Discovery)
• Biggest Discoveries from Season 6 🗺️💰Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch (65 min, Discovery)
• The Most Viral Busts You Have to See | Contraband (69 min, Discovery)
• The Craftiest Criminals | Hustlers, Gamblers, Crooks (39 min, Discovery)
• The Dirtiest Holiday Jobs | Dirty Jobs (19 min, Discovery)
• The Innovations Powering Space Travel | Power Trip: The Story of Energy (57 min, PBS)
• The Secret Invention That Changed World War 2 (16 min, Real Engineering)
• End Game's Best KOs ⚙️💥 BattleBots (62 min, Discovery)
• Heart Pounding Moments at Grizzly Camp | The Last Woodsmen (24 min, Discovery)
• Dusty, Rusty DeLorean's Transformation | Extreme Detailing (23 min, Discovery)
• Bioplastics and other innovations against climate change (26 min, DW Documentary)
• Remarkable Discoveries From BBC History Documentaries (75 min, BBC Studios)
• Best Discoveries in Season 4 | Mystery at Blind Frog Ranch (18 min, Discovery)
• Most Dangerous Experiments! | MythBusters (21 min, Discovery)
• The Dirtiest Animal Jobs | Dirty Jobs (20 min, Discovery)
• Most Valuable Treasures Found | Filthy Fortunes (53 min, Discovery)
• When Things Go Boom! 🔥💥| Mythbusters (26 min, Discovery)
• Surviving Frigid Conditions 🥶| Man vs. Wild (19 min, Discovery)
• CRAZY Stories of Gamblers Beating Casinos | Hustlers Gamblers Crooks (52 min, Discovery)
• What Causes Farmers’ Pants to Explode? | MythBusters (18 min, Discovery)
• The Hunt for Tesla’s Lost Lab (S1, E2) | The Tesla Files (42 min, HISTORY)
• The Man The Wright Brothers Tried To Erase From History (43 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• Secrets, Legends, & Mysteries of Season 4 | Expedition Files (22 min, Discovery)
• Extraordinary Finds from Season 3 Pt. 2 | Expedition Files (55 min, Discovery)
• Shocking Moon Discovery of Hidden Oceans 239,000 Miles Away (45 min, Spark)
• Cleaning Up Dirt, Grime & Gunk 🧽 | Dirty Jobs (26 min, Discovery)
• The Greatest Innovations In Formula One (12 min, Real Engineering)
• Is Nikola Tesla The Most Under-Appreciated Inventor Of All Time? (44 min, Spark)
• How Did We Learn To Read Time & Space? (50 min, Spark)
• Mysteries from American History 🇺🇸🕵️ | Expedition Files (21 min, Discovery)
• Navigating Wood Down Grizzly River | The Last Woodsmen (20 min, Discovery)
• Myth Madness in the Household 😲 | MythBusters (29 min, Discovery)
• Edison vs Tesla: The Rivalry Behind The War Of The Currents (44 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• We Know You Tried This at Home | Mythbusters (26 min, Discovery)
• Cypress Creek Crew's Road to the Forever Claim | The Last Woodsmen (19 min, Discovery)
• Vintage Games, Records, and Toys 🤖 | Filthy Fortunes (20 min, Discovery)
• Craziest, Highest-Stakes Bets | Hustlers Gamblers Crooks (49 min, Discovery)
• MOST Valuable Falls | The Last Woodsmen (21 min, Discovery)
• Nikola Tesla vs Thomas Edison's Predictions for the 21st Century (16 min, After Skool)
• "Stakes Are High": Can Green Fuels Clean Up Global Shipping? | Breakthroughs - Part 1 (46 min, CNA Insider)
• Would you EAT This? 🤢🐛 Man Vs. Wild (53 min, Discovery)
• Secrets Behind the Shroud of Turin and the Holy Grail | Expedition Files (20 min, Discovery)
• What’s Left of the Cold War | Mysteries of the Abandoned (51 min, Discovery)
• Most INTENSE Moments from Season 1 | The Last Captains (55 min, Discovery)
• Taking the Tesla Boat out on the water! (9 min, Tech Ingredients)
• Riskiest Moments | The Last Woodsmen (20 min, Discovery)
• Searching Hoarders' Homes for Military Treasures | Filthy Fortunes Premiere Recap (20 min, Discovery)
• Is Elon Musk The Real Reason Behind Tesla's Success? (25 min, Real Stories)
• The Incredible, Accidental Invention Of The Teabag (51 min, Spark)
• Superglue And Other Weird Accidental Inventions (51 min, Spark)
• Is The X-Ray The Most Important Accidental Invention Of All Time? (51 min, Spark)
• Artificial Sweetener vs The Sugar Barons: The Accidental Invention That Started A Bitter Battle (51 min, Spark)
• Most Memorable Emotional Moments | Filthy Fortunes (22 min, Discovery)
• Most Intriguing Abandoned Buildings | Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America (22 min, Discovery)
• The Biggest Scientific Breakthroughs In Human History (159 min, Spark)
• Scariest Myths... Busted? 👻 Mythbusters (54 min, Discovery)

Top-Rated Books About Inventors & Inventions

1. The Innovators by Walter Isaacson (4/5) - View on Amazon
2. Tesla by W. Bernard Carlson - View on Amazon
3. The Wright Brothers by David McCullough - View on Amazon
4. How We Got to Now by Steven Johnson (4/5) - View on Amazon
5. My inventions by Nikola Tesla (4.2/5) - View on Amazon