Rolly van Rappard

Ocean (2025) lands you smack in the middle of the blue, with Rolly van Rappard taking the reins and David Attenborough doing what he does best—making you feel like the sea’s whispering secrets right into your ear. It’s not your average wave-chasing documentary, either. This thing goes way deeper, pun intended. We’re talking about a journey through the absolute madness of the ocean’s ecosystems, from the tiniest plankton doing their disco-dance to the big beasts that lurk beneath, like sharks and whales, just cruising around like they own the place (because, honestly, they kind of do). Attenborough’s voice is like a lullaby for wildlife nerds, but what really gets you is the footage. You see stuff you’ve never even imagined—colors that don’t look real, creatures nobody’s ever heard of, and some seriously wild drama going on under the surface. There’s a part where everything goes silent except for the sound of a whale’s call, and it’s honestly a little haunting. The film doesn’t just show beauty, though. It goes hard on the reality check: climate change, pollution, all the stuff we’d rather ignore but can’t afford to. It’s not preachy, but it hits different when you see a coral reef bleaching in real time. Honestly, Ocean is one of those films that’ll make you want to hug a fish or, at the very least, stop using plastic straws. Rolly van Rappard and Attenborough make an epic team, and by the end, you’ll probably be rethinking everything you thought you knew about the big blue.