Free Technology Documentaries
AI, cybersecurity, engineering marvels and the digital revolution. 775 free technology documentaries.
Cicada 3301: An Internet Mystery2018•18m•HD•★8.9
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz2014•1h 45m•HD•★8.7
How Big Oil Conquered the World2017•1h 11m•HD•★8.6
Tesla: Master of Lightning2016•1h 26m•HD•★8.6
The Wall Street Code2013•50m•HD•★8.6
The Internet's Own Boy: Aaron Swartz2014•1h 45m•HD•★8.5
In the Age of AI2019•1h 54m•HD•★8.4
AI Will Save Us or Kill Us: Us & Them2024•28m•4K•★8.3
Teens, Social Media, and Technology2019•54m•HD•★8.3
United States of Secrets, Part Two2021•53m•HD•★8.3
Artificial Intelligence in 20252025•1h 21m•4K•★8.3
General Magic2018•1h 30m•HD•★8.3
The Age of AI: Machines That Think2026•54m•HD•★8.2
AI Supremacy: China, USA and Europe2024•1h 28m•HD•★8.2
AlphaGo: The Movie2020•1h 30m•HD•★8.2
Tyco Resolute: The Cable-Laying Ship That Keeps the World Connected2022•46m•HD•★8.2
Artificial Intelligence: The Risks and Possibilities2025•54m•4K•★8.2
Robotics and Automation Revolution: How Robots Are Shaping Our Future (2025)2025•9m•4K•★8.2
The Creation of Hyper-Intelligence: Forging the Future2026•49m•4K•★8.2
How NASA Built the Saturn V Rocket for the Apollo Missions2023•52m•HD•★8.2
Artificial Intelligence and Algorithms: Pros and Cons - DW Documentary2024•42m•4K•★8.2
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Robotics - Full Technology Documentary2025•1h 45m•4K•★8.2
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace2011•1h 36m•HD•★8.2
Total Trust2023•1h 36m•HD•★8.2
Artificial Intelligence and Its Ethics2019•42m•HD•★8.1
The Facebook Dilemma2018•55m•HD•★8.1
The Future of Automation and Robotics2025•1h 3m•4K•★8.1
The Age of Robots: How AI Will Shape Our Future2025•52m•4K•★8.1
Hidden High Tech: Super-Technologies for the Mobility of Tomorrow2024•26m•4K•★8.1
Mega Construction Projects: 50+ Construction Technologies at Work2025•57m•4K•★8.1
The Future of Sustainable Design and Engineering2024•5m•4K•★8.1
Superstructures: The Largest Structures in the World2025•1h 30m•HD•★8.1
SpaceX Starship: Test Like You Fly2026•25m•HD•★8.1
The Space Race: The Untold Story of Black Astronauts2023•1h 30m•HD•★8.1
Hack Your DNA with CRISPR2018•47m•HD•★8.1
The Realities of Gene Editing with CRISPR2023•19m•HD•★8.1
The Darkest Web2023•1h 24m•HD•★8.1
Springboard: The Secret History of the First Smartphone2022•1h 10m•HD•★8.1
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism2019•50m•HD•★8.1
Inside the Concorde: Secrets of the Supersonic Icon2023•53m•HD•★8.1
TSMC: The Company That Rules the Microchip World2025•51m•HD•★8.1
Burj Khalifa: Tallest Building in Dubai2022•44m•HD•★8.1
Hoover Dam: America Impossible Engineering Masterpiece2022•52m•HD•★8.1
Building the Channel Tunnel: The Tunnel That Changed Europe2025•52m•HD•★8.1
Engineering the Impossible: The Giza Pyramids2025•53m•HD•★8.1
ASML Secret: Inside the Semiconductor Giant2023•53m•HD•★8.1
Concorde: A Supersonic Story2022•59m•HD•★8.1
Downfall: The Boeing Case2022•1h 9m•HD•★8.1
iHuman2019•1h 39m•HD•★8.1
Cyberattacks, Ransomware and Extortion2026•28m•HD•★8
The Hidden Workers Behind Artificial Intelligence2025•40m•HD•★8
The Race for Artificial Intelligence: Can Europe Compete?2023•21m•HD•★8
Can Computers Predict Our Future? How Can Big Data Change the World?2021•51m•HD•★8.0
The Insane Truth About Tiktok2021•50m•HD•★8.0
The Spy in Your Phone2021•47m•HD•★8.0
The Rise of AI2018•51m•HD•★8.0
Why Global Supply Chains May Never Be the Same2022•55m•HD•★8.0
Social Media Dangers: Childhood 2.02020•1h 28m•HD•★8.0
Silicon Valley's Online Slave Market2019•51m•HD•★8.0
Machine Learning: Living in the Age of AI2019•41m•HD•★8.0
The Hidden Reality Behind Social Media2022•53m•HD•★8.0
The Bitcoin Experiment: Fix the Money, Fix the World?2022•40m•HD•★8.0
Big Data: Are We in a 'Technocracy'? What Do They Know About You?2023•46m•HD•★8.0
Robots & AI: The Future of Hyper Intelligence I Futurism & Robots2023•49m•HD•★8.0
Cyborgs: Pushing the Boundaries of 'human'2023•56m•HD•★8.0
Incredible Robots - Rise of the Machines2014•52m•HD•★8.0
Hovercraft - Ultimate Amphibious Machine2015•52m•HD•★8.0
School of Creativity - Reinventing the World in the Digital Age2017•42m•HD•★8.0
Ai Weiwei Drifting - Art, Awareness and the Refugee Crisis2017•42m•HD•★8.0
Will Robots Steal Our Jobs? - The Future of Work2017•43m•HD•★8.0
Luther Code - 500 Years of the Reformation2017•42m•HD•★8.0
Drones, Robots, and Super Sperm – The Future of Farming2019•42m•HD•★8.0
Tesla and Elon Musk - The Future of Electric Cars2019•42m•HD•★8.0
How Can Wind Farms Affect People?2019•59m•HD•★8.0
How Do You Build a Stadium That Lasts2019•48m•HD•★8.0
How Do Engineers Build Safe Bridges?2019•48m•HD•★8.0
How to Build a Strong Skyscraper2019•48m•HD•★8.0
How They Build Tunnels to Be Disaster Proof2019•47m•HD•★8.0
Kansai International Airport: Japan's Incredible Engineering Success2019•52m•HD•★8.0
The Heaviest Oil Platform Ever Constructed2019•52m•HD•★8.0
How to Build a Skyscraper2019•52m•HD•★8.0
The Devastating Power of Water2020•57m•HD•★8.0
Have You Ever Heard of the "Emoji Commission"?2020•50m•HD•★8.0
The Bitcoin Boom2020•34m•HD•★8.0
The Bitcoin Experiment: How the Digital Currency Can Change Our Lives2020•40m•HD•★8.0
How These Legendary Aircrafts Shaped Boeing 787 Dreamliner2020•41m•HD•★8.0
1950s Household Technology Changed the World2021•44m•HD•★8.0
Guardians of the New World: Inside the World of Hacker Culture2021•56m•HD•★8.0
An Invisible Threat: The Possible Link Between Microwave Technology and Health2021•1h 11m•HD•★8.0
Bitcoin: The End of Money as We Know It2021•1h 0m•HD•★8.0
The Future of Cybernetic Implants2021•43m•HD•★8.0
Everything You Need to Know About Gold and Bitcoin2021•43m•HD•★8.0
Spectacular Construction Projects Across the World2021•6h 5m•HD•★8.0
How Biotechnology Is Changing the World2021•41m•HD•★8.0
A Celebration of Steam Trains That Shaped Modern High-speed Rail2021•1h 46m•HD•★8.0
Can A.I. Be Taught the Difference Between Right and Wrong?2022•47m•HD•★8.0
Google, Facebook, Amazon - The Rise of the Mega-corporations2022•42m•HD•★8.0
Bitcoin: Digital Gold?2022•59m•HD•★8.0
Jewish Scandal: Ultra-orthodox Family Breaks Code of Silence2022•56m•HD•★8.0
From Smartphones to E-cars - How Important Is the Lithium-ion Battery?2023•42m•HD•★8.0
America's Surveillance State2023•2h 26m•HD•★8.0
Could Technology Help Us Read Minds in the Future?2023•52m•HD•★8.0
Why Big Ben Will Never Stop Ticking2023•52m•HD•★8.0
Everything We Know About the Sun2023•48m•HD•★8.0
What Is the Future of Aviation Technology?2024•52m•HD•★8.0
How Anthony Fokker Pioneered Early Aircraft Development2024•52m•HD•★8.0
Flying Boats: The Incredible Development of Sea Planes2024•53m•HD•★8.0
How Frank Whittle's Jet Engine Evolved Aircraft Development2024•53m•HD•★8.0
Inside the Largest Cruise Ship Ever Constructed2024•51m•HD•★8.0
2+ Hours of Large-scale Building Demolitions2024•2h 26m•HD•★8.0
How Engineers Tackle Large-scale Demolition Projects2024•2h 52m•HD•★8.0
How Modern Engineering Has Learnt From Catastrophic Mistakes2024•2h 23m•HD•★8.0
Building the Largest Ever Flying Boat2020•50m•HD•★8.0
The World's Most Advanced Robotics2025•55m•HD•★8.0
The Golden Gate Bridge: Solving the "Impossible" Engineering Puzzle2025•50m•HD•★8.0
Will We Ever Realize the Dream of the Flying Car?2025•50m•HD•★8.0
Bridging Horizons: The Engineering Marvel of Suspension Bridges2024•50m•HD•★8.0
Engineering Giants: The Top 10 Most Powerful Construction Vehicles in Action2025•52m•HD•★8.0
Amazon, Jeff Bezos and Collecting Data2019•42m•HD•★8.0
What Happens When You Remove Everything?2025•58m•HD•★8.0
Engineers Are a Year Behind Schedule2025•59m•HD•★8.0
What Satellite Technology Teaches Us About Stonehenge2026•50m•HD•★8.0
Undercover in the Alt-Right: From the Internet to the White House!2025•52m•HD•★8.0
What Happens If You Zoom All the Way Out?2026•57m•HD•★8.0
The Engineering Behind Caterpillar C32's Engines2020•48m•HD•★8.0
Can They Fix This Colossal 550-Tonne Excavator?2025•48m•HD•★8.0
The Titanic Machines of Australia's Mining Industry2020•48m•HD•★8.0
How Britain's Legendary Airfields Changed the World Forever2026•2h 10m•HD•★8.0
Behind the Scenes: Red Bull Racing Formula One Filming Day2022•14m•HD•★8.0
The Silicon Valley Revolution: How Big Tech Took Over the World2025•52m•HD•★8
The Birth of Silicon Valley: The Hippies Who Built the First PC2025•52m•HD•★8
Megastructures: Modern Architectural Marvels2023•1h 30m•HD•★8
World's Tallest Constructions: Impossible Engineering2026•59m•HD•★8
The History of Artificial Intelligence2024•2h 35m•HD•★8
The Rise of Robotic Spacecraft2026•52m•HD•★8
The Future of Space Travel2025•47m•HD•★8
The Hackers War2023•1h 31m•HD•★8
Will Humans Love AI Robots?2023•42m•HD•★8
The History of the Internet: From ARPANET to the AI-Powered Web2024•8m•HD•★8
Secret History of Silicon Valley2019•1h 3m•HD•★8
Copper and the Dark Side of the Energy Transition2023•42m•HD•★8
Fight for Space2017•1h 30m•HD•★8
The Mercury Program: America's First Astronauts2022•51m•HD•★8
How NASA Changed Our View of the Universe2022•52m•HD•★8
How America Won the Space Race to the Moon2022•40m•HD•★8
The Story of Microsoft: How a Computer Club Took Over the World2022•18m•HD•★8
How the World Builds Mega Bridges and Tunnels2023•30m•HD•★8
From Wind Tunnels to the Moon: The Engineering Marvels of NASA2023•1h 18m•HD•★8
The Forgotten 1950s Jet Race2023•1h 34m•HD•★8
The Nuclear Revival: How Nuclear Reactors Have Evolved2023•47m•HD•★8
Nuclear Aftershocks2012•53m•HD•★8
Cryptopia: Bitcoin, Blockchains and the Future of the Internet2020•1h 30m•HD•★8
Pegasus: The Dark Side of Digital Surveillance2023•11m•HD•★8
Code vs Power: The Hacks Governments Hide2023•55m•HD•★8
The Future of War: The Rise of Autonomous Military Drones2024•8m•HD•★8
The Age of AI Warfare2025•50m•HD•★8
The Drone War: Lessons from Ukraine2025•49m•HD•★8
The Rise of Deepfakes and How to Stop Them2026•24m•HD•★8
SpaceX Makes History: The Mars Dream2021•4m•HD•★8
Fusion Power Is Real: Harnessing the Energy of Stars2025•14m•HD•★8About this collection
Technology documentaries are really about people and consequences: how the tools we build reshape work, power and daily life. This collection contains 775 free technology and engineering documentaries.
Explore the history of computing and the internet, artificial intelligence and its impact, semiconductors and how they are made, the great engineering feats and megastructures, aviation and transport, and investigations into the technology industry itself. You will find films on the inventors and companies that changed the world, and clear explanations of the systems most people never think about.
From the origins of the digital age to the frontier of AI, this is a collection for anyone who wants to understand the machines and the decisions shaping the century.