Ghost Elephants

Name: Ghost Elephants
Genre: Documentary
Released: February 27, 2026
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 79

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Disney+ | Release Date (Streaming): February 27, 2026 | Not Rated

Summary: For over a decade, Dr. Steve Boyes, conservation biologist and National Geographic Explorer, has been in search of a mysterious, elusive herd of Ghost Elephants in the highlands of Angola, deep within its forests.

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 98 min

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RogerEbert.com Peter Sobczynski

Feb 26, 2026

Ghost Elephants is a portrait of obsession that, while gentler than some of Herzog’s other works, is mesmerizing from the first moment to the last, yet another title of note in what remains one of the most incredible filmographies of our time. Read full review

Justin Chang

Mar 3, 2026

Herzog, for his part, remains firmly interested in both nature and man. His camera is enthralled by the animals that occasionally steal into the frame: a venomous spider, covered by its equally dangerous young, gets a frightening cameo. But what absorbs him most is the intense kinship that the San feel with the elephants. Read full review

Kyle Smith

Mar 6, 2026

The lean, athletic Mr. Herzog, 83 years old, seems as spry and eager as ever, and his global enthusiasm remains a force of nature in itself. Ghost Elephants takes its place as yet another of the director’s essential forays into the wild and unknown. Read full review

Screen Rant Gregory Nussen

Feb 25, 2026

Ghost Elephants is an almost diaristic documentary, eschewing normal pathways for a more esoteric exploration of survival, science, intuition and mortality. Read full review

Lisa Kennedy

Feb 26, 2026

Ghost Elephants resides in the intersection of science and lyrical reverie — Herzog’s treasured terrain. Read full review

Derek Smith

Feb 23, 2026

Ghost Elephants shows that Werner Herzog is fiercely determined to explore new frontiers while they still exist and capture the poetic phenomena of nature and the unshakeable dreams it continues to instill in mankind. Read full review

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