The Best Survival Stories Documentaries

Adventure & Extreme - 71 free documentaries about survival stories.

Start with Blood Warriors (44 min, National Geographic), then Living in SURVIVAL vs. Living in CREATION - Dr. Joe Dispenza (27 min, After Skool). All 71 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on survival stories is Touching the Void by Joe Simpson.

• Blood Warriors | Primal Survivor (44 min, National Geographic)
• Living in SURVIVAL vs. Living in CREATION - Dr. Joe Dispenza (27 min, After Skool)
• How Elite Commandos Survive the World's Toughest Jungle (48 min, Wonder)
• Grizzly Bear Attack Survivors Share Their Stories (48 min, Wonder)
• Surviving in Deadly Deserts | Man Vs. Wild (66 min, Discovery)
• Grizzly Bear Attacks Father And Son | Fight to Survive (22 min, Wonder)
• Surviving For Months Stranded In The Atlantic Ocean | Fight To Survive (22 min, Wonder)
• Hyena Horror: Nightmare Camping Attack On The Zambezi River (48 min, Wonder)
• Family Vacation Goes Horribly Wrong After Savage Wolf Attack (48 min, Wonder)
• Freak Chimpanzee Attack Leaves Man In Critical Danger Fighting For His Life (48 min, Wonder)
• Bear Grylls’ Most Extreme Survival Skills | Man vs. Wild (20 min, Discovery)
• Man vs. Nature | Port Protection Alaska (44 min, National Geographic)
• From Fishing Trip To Fight For Life: True Survival Story (22 min, Wonder)
• Surviving in the Jungle with Bear Grylls 🌴🧭 Man Vs. Wild (57 min, Discovery)
• Rising from the Ashes | Port Protection Alaska (44 min, National Geographic)
• The Odyssey Port Protection (44 min, National Geographic)
• Unforeseen Dangers | Alaska: Next Generation (44 min, National Geographic)
• Float-House Resurrection | Port Protection Alaska (44 min, National Geographic)
• Can Modern People Survive in the Wild? (53 min, Real Stories)
• The Man Who Survived 76 Days At Sea Recalls His 2 Month Battle | Fight To Survive S2 EP9 (22 min, Wonder)
• From Rio to Lima – Transoceânica, the world's longest bus journey (5/5) (43 min, DW Documentary)
• Survival (Featuring Will Smith) | Full Episode | One Strange Rock (47 min, National Geographic)
• Birds - Survivalists with special powers (42 min, DW Documentary)
• How To Be Fully Alive Now - Alan Watts (11 min, After Skool)
• I Took A Jungle Survival Course To Help Me Find Myself In Sabah, Malaysia | Pause With Purpose (47 min, CNA Insider)
• Hell and High Water | NEW SERIES | Primal Survivor: Over the Andes (44 min, National Geographic)
• Jagged Jungle | NEW SERIES | Primal Survivor: Over the Andes (44 min, National Geographic)
• This Woman Survived A Brutal Mountain Lion Attack (23 min, Wonder)
• 17-Year-Old Buried Alive Under 10,000 Pounds Of Sand | Lifeguard! (43 min, Wonder)
• Four Near-Fatal Moments Caught On Camera | Life Saving Moments (48 min, Wonder)
• Near Death Experience: Inside The World's Deepest Cave (87 min, Wonder)
• Fighting To Survive In A Flooded Cave (146 min, Wonder)
• Crossing the Andes: Stories from South America's Backbone (148 min, Free Documentary)
• This Man Survived A Deadly Fall That Broke His Back | Fight to Survive S2 E4 (22 min, Wonder)
• The Need for Survival vs. The Need to Expand - Sadhguru (8 min, After Skool)
• Nature’s Social Network | Wildest Survival (48 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Wild Attraction | Wildest Survival (48 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Nature’s Most Incredible Journeys | Wildest Survival (48 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Two Polar Bear Siblings Struggle to Survive (52 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• How to Survive a Loss of Reputation (9 min, The School of Life)
• Getting Lost In The Blazing Heat Of The Wilderness | Fight To Survive S3 EP3 (22 min, Wonder)
• Rumble in the Jungle | Wildest Survival (48 min, Free Documentary - Nature)
• Twenty Foot Fall Leaves Man With Deadly Injuries | Fight To Survive S3 EP4 (23 min, Wonder)
• Could You Survive 25-days In The Wilderness Using Indigenous Survival Skills? (133 min, Wonder)
• Brutal Arctic Survival At The Norwegian School of Winter Warfare | Unbreakable (43 min, Wonder)
• Christian Pastor Trapped On Mountain For 11 Days Under Boulder | Fight to Survive S2 E7 (23 min, Wonder)
• Solo Hiker Helpless After Boulder Falls On Leg | Fight To Survive S3 EP5 (22 min, Wonder)
• Could The Earth Survive A 100 Million Megaton Impact? (48 min, Spark)
• Miracle Saves Father And Son After Lightning Strike | Fight To Survive S3 EP8 (22 min, Wonder)
• Stranded For Days Alone In The Alaskan Wilderness | Fight to Survive S2 E6 (22 min, Wonder)
• Elder’s Wisdom: Learning Survival Tools From Ancient Traditions (134 min, Wonder)
• Trying To Survive The Most Extreme Weather Conditions On Earth (50 min, Spark)
• This Man Built Himself A Splint After Falling Off A Mountain | Fight To Survive S3 EP6 (22 min, Wonder)
• Climber Falls 100ft Off Cliff and Survives | Fight To Survive S1 EP11 (22 min, Wonder)
• Trying To Survive When Driving On The Edge Of A Cliff | Deadly Roads (45 min, Wonder)
• How To Survive In The Army (27 min, Wonder)
• Can We Survive the Destruction of the Earth? ft. Neal Stephenson (13 min, PBS Space Time)
• How This World Champion Diver Survives 9 Minutes Underwater (48 min, Spark)
• Trapped Alive Inside A Deadly Canyon, How Did This Man Survive? | Fight To Survive S3 EP2 (22 min, Wonder)
• Could You Survive 13 Weeks of Marine Hell? (47 min, Wonder)
• Heroic Marine Jumps In Line Of Fire To Save Fellow Soldier | Fight To Survive S3 EP7 (22 min, Wonder)
• These Survivors Recount Their Extreme Survival Stories | Fight to Survive S1 E10 (22 min, Wonder)
• 34 KM Downstream: The Two-Week Search For A Canoist Lost In A Canyon (22 min, Wonder)
• Hunter's Ability To Walk In Jeopardy After Fall From Tree | Fight To Survive S2 EP8 (23 min, Wonder)
• Brothers Survived Being Trapped In A Canyon With No Escape | Fight To Survive S3 EP1 (22 min, Wonder)
• Fear Trip | No Gear, No Fear - Surviving Like a Tribal Warrior (49 min, Moconomy)
• Two Groups Fight Over Food Supplies in Survival Experiment (47 min, Wonder)
• The Rabbit Hole: How Isolation Breaks The Strongest Survivor (47 min, Wonder)
• Survivor Destroys His Own Camp After Being Voted Out (47 min, Wonder)
• What Separates These Survivors From The Rest Of Us | Fight To Survive S1 EP30 (22 min, Wonder)
• These Men Run Out Of Survival Supplies In The Wilderness | Dropped S2 EP8 (21 min, Wonder)

Top-Rated Books About Survival Stories

1. Touching the Void by Joe Simpson - View on Amazon
2. Alive by Piers Paul Read (3.8/5) - View on Amazon
3. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
4. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand (4.2/5) - View on Amazon