The Best Mega Projects Documentaries

Engineering & Megastructures - 50 free documentaries about mega projects.

Start with Real Madrid's $1 Billion Super Stadium Upgrade (45 min, National Geographic), then Exploring The Huge Nuclear Bunker Built Inside Of A Mountain (52 min, Spark). All 50 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on mega projects is The Path Between the Seas by David McCullough.

• Real Madrid's $1 Billion Super Stadium Upgrade | Megastructures (45 min, National Geographic)
• Exploring The Huge Nuclear Bunker Built Inside Of A Mountain | Super Structures Episode 8 (52 min, Spark)
• The Incredible Engineering Behind Japan's Floating Airport | Super Structures Episode 3 (52 min, Spark)
• The New Silk Road, Part 1: From China to Pakistan (42 min, DW Documentary)
• The Most Insane Megaproject You Never Heard About (13 min, Kurzgesagt)
• The Abandoned Megastructure Saved by a Tech Giant (19 min, The B1M)
• Why Bhutan is Building the Anti-Dubai (14 min, The B1M)
• This is The World's Most Remote Infrastructure Project (32 min, The B1M)
• Singapore's Vegas: Inside Singapore's Most Luxurious Casino Resort | Megastructures Episode 1 (52 min, Spark)
• Is The Line Really Dead? (31 min, The B1M)
• The New Silk Road, Part 2: From Kyrgyzstan to Duisburg (42 min, DW Documentary)
• Floating Deep Sea Oil Rig | Ultimate Tanker (50 min, Free Documentary)
• Why 13 Nations Are Building a $3BN ‘Giant Microscope’ (25 min, The B1M)
• Maersk Viking: The Impossible Process Of Drilling 7,000 Feet Underwater (46 min, Spark)
• The $29BN Megaproject in the Heart of a Mountain (29 min, The B1M)
• World's Largest Vegetable Market, Green Cliffs & a Dwarf Village | Mystery Places (51 min, Free Documentary)
• World’s Biggest Tent | Megastructures (49 min, Free Documentary)
• World's Biggest Planes | Ultimate Vehicles | S01 E02 (49 min, Free Documentary)
• Earth Untold: Polynesia | Hidden Tales from the World's Largest Ocean (53 min, Free Documentary)
• World's Biggest Amusement Parks: The Secret World Behind the Fun (134 min, Free Documentary)
• Antonov An-225 - The Once World's Largest Aircraft | Heavy Lift (45 min, Free Documentary)
• Engineering Marvels of the Sea | How Did They Build That? (24 min, Spark)
• Dubai Has Built the World’s Biggest Observation Wheel (9 min, The B1M)
• World's Biggest Things | Did you know? (36 min, Free Documentary)
• How the World’s Most Remote Megaproject Went Wrong (15 min, The B1M)
• Secrets of the Colossal Utopia: How to Run a $3.5 Billion Mega Resort (67 min, Free Documentary)
• World’s Greatest Concert Hall | Megastructures (50 min, Free Documentary)
• World's Largest Jello Pool- Can you swim in Jello? (10 min, Mark Rober)
• The $2.8BN Megaproject Dividing London (9 min, The B1M)
• The $1BN Megaproject to Save California (11 min, The B1M)
• How to Build the World's Biggest Cruise Ship (9 min, The B1M)
• Why the World’s Biggest Aquarium is Being Built in Secret (8 min, The B1M)
• Moving World's Largest Locomotives Through Narrow Streets | Huge Moves (49 min, Spark)
• How This Nazi Megastructure Became Luxury Apartments (13 min, The B1M)
• Saudi Arabia’s NEOM "Gigaprojects" Explained (10 min, The B1M)
• World's Largest Super Soaker (8 min, Mark Rober)
• The World's Biggest Airport Megaprojects (79 min, The B1M)
• The $2BN Megaproject Under Vancouver (11 min, The B1M)
• Digging Deep: Inside The World's Biggest Tunnel Megaprojects (49 min, The B1M)
• The World's Biggest Energy Megaprojects (61 min, The B1M)
• The World’s Largest Infrastructure Projects (8 min, The B1M)
• MV Faust: Inside The Extreme Operations Of The World's Largest Vehicle Carrier (46 min, Spark)
• The World’s Biggest & Most Powerful Ship Ever Built (46 min, Wonder)
• The Secret Engineering Marvels That Built the Modern World (143 min, Spark)
• The Complete History Of The Coloseum: 2,000-Year-Old Engineering Marvel (88 min, Odyssey)
• 3 Of The World's Largest Engineering Mega-Projects (133 min, Spark)
• The Impressive Heavy Lifts Behind These Engineering Megaprojects (134 min, Spark)
• Ain Dubai: Is Dubai's Latest Megaproject a Failure? (9 min, The B1M)
• The World's BIGGEST Rainstorms: The Science Behind Monsoons (50 min, Wonder)
• The Specialist Mechanics That Fix The World's Biggest Machines (48 min, Spark)

Top-Rated Books About Mega Projects

1. The Path Between the Seas by David McCullough - View on Amazon
2. The Great Bridge by David McCullough - View on Amazon
3. Built by Roma Agrawal - View on Amazon
4. Empire of the Deep by Ben Wilson - View on Amazon