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1. Happy Feet (2006)
PG | 108 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce!
Directors: George Miller, Warren Coleman, Judy Morris | Stars: Elijah Wood, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, Robin Williams
Votes: 200,471 | Gross: $198.00M
2. FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)
G | 76 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
The magical inhabitants of a rainforest fight to save their home, which is threatened by logging and a polluting force of destruction called Hexxus.
Director: Bill Kroyer | Stars: Samantha Mathis, Christian Slater, Robin Williams, Tim Curry
Votes: 34,028 | Gross: $24.65M
3. How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2022)
R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A crew of environmental activists plot a daring plan to disrupt an oil pipeline.
Director: Daniel Goldhaber | Stars: Ariela Barer, Kristine Froseth, Lukas Gage, Forrest Goodluck
Votes: 10,213
4. Carnifex (2022)
93 min | Horror, Thriller
An aspiring documentarian and two conservationists who venture into the Outback to record the animals displaced by bushfires where they discover a terrifying new species.
Director: Sean Lahiff | Stars: Alexandra Park, Sisi Stringer, Harry Greenwood, Darren Gilshenan
Votes: 1,040
5. The Mermaid (2016)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Shan, a mermaid, is sent to assassinate Xuan, a developer who threatens the ecosystem of her race, but ends up falling in love with him instead.
Director: Stephen Chow | Stars: Chao Deng, Show Lo, Yuqi Zhang, Yun Lin
Votes: 10,198 | Gross: $3.23M
6. An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
PG | 96 min | Documentary
Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim follows Al Gore on the lecture circuit, as the former presidential candidate campaigns to raise public awareness of the dangers of global warming and calls for immediate action to curb its destructive effects on the environment.
Director: Davis Guggenheim | Stars: Al Gore, Billy West, George Bush, George W. Bush
Votes: 85,283 | Gross: $23.81M
7. The 11th Hour (I) (2007)
PG | 95 min | Documentary
A look at the state of the global environment including visionary and practical solutions for restoring the planet's ecosystems.
Directors: Leila Conners, Nadia Conners | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kenny Ausubel, Thom Hartmann, Wangari Maathai
Votes: 5,910 | Gross: $0.70M
8. Home (I) (2009)
Not Rated | 118 min | Documentary, Family
With aerial footage from fifty-four countries, 'Home' is a depiction of how Earth's problems are all interlinked.
Director: Yann Arthus-Bertrand | Stars: Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Glenn Close, Jacques Gamblin
Votes: 23,061
9. Storm Boy (1976)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Family
Mike is a lonely Australian boy living in a coastal wilderness with his reclusive father. In search of friendship he encounters an Aboriginal native loner and the two form a bond in the care of orphaned pelicans.
Directors: Henri Safran, Ian Goddard | Stars: Greg Rowe, Peter Cummins, David Gulpilil, Judy Dick
Votes: 1,521
10. The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009)
690 min | Documentary, History
The history of the U.S. National Parks system, including the initial ideas which led to the world's first national parks and the expansion of the system over 150 years.
Stars: Peter Coyote, William Cronon, Dayton Duncan, Shelton Johnson
Votes: 1,953
11. Carterland (2021)
122 min | Documentary, Biography
In the mid 1970's, a visionary leader decades ahead of his time is locked in a struggle for the future of America. His name is Jimmy Carter.
Directors: Jim Pattiz, Will Pattiz | Stars: Jimmy Carter, Walter Mondale, Andrew Young, Jonathan Alter
Votes: 28
12. Sweden: Heaven and Hell (1968)
X | 90 min | Documentary
It shows contraceptives for teen girls, lesbian nightclubs, wife swapping, porno movies, biker gangs, and Walpurgis Night celebrations. It also examines Sweden's purported drug, drinking and suicide problems.
Director: Luigi Scattini | Stars: Edmund Purdom, Enrico Maria Salerno, Jean Topart, Marie Liljedahl
Votes: 334
13. Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal (1982 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
An poorly-educated house-wife fights companies polluting her hometown's water-table in up-state New York during the 1970's.
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Marsha Mason, Bob Gunton, Penny Fuller, Roberta Maxwell
Votes: 67
14. Valley of the Giants (1938)
Passed | 79 min | Adventure, Western
A lumberman (Wayne Morris) and a gambling-house lady (Claire Trevor) thwart Easterners eyeing the California Redwoods.
Director: William Keighley | Stars: Wayne Morris, Claire Trevor, Frank McHugh, Alan Hale
Votes: 286
15. You've Been Trumped (2011)
Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary
In this David and Goliath story for the 21st century, a group of proud Scottish homeowners take on celebrity tycoon Donald Trump as he buys up one of Scotland's last wilderness areas to build a golf resort.
Director: Anthony Baxter | Stars: Michael Forbes, Donald Trump, Anthony Baxter, Kevin Brown
Votes: 2,309 | Gross: $0.03M
16. If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (2011)
Unrated | 85 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
A rare behind-the-curtain look at the Earth Liberation Front, the radical environmental group that the FBI calls America's 'number one domestic terrorist threat.'
Directors: Marshall Curry, Sam Cullman | Stars: Daniel McGowan, Lisa McGowan, Tim Lewis, Kirk Engdall
Votes: 3,318 | Gross: $0.06M
17. Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993)
119 min | Documentary
A film account about the military 1990 siege of a Native American reserve near Oka, Quebec, Canada and its causes.
Director: Alanis Obomsawin | Stars: Jack Burning, Herbie Barnes, Alanis Obomsawin, Ethel Blondin
Votes: 483
18. Mi huelva tiene una ría (2005)
45 min | Documentary
A young woman, filmmaker Mavi Villatoro Ruiz, tells the story of her family's native Huelva - a southwestern Andalusian Spanish town on the banks of the Odiel and Tinto rivers - struggling ... See full summary »
Director: Mavi Villatoro | Stars: Chiqui Garrido, Juan José Gomez, Pilar Gómez, Francisco Javier
19. The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet (2021)
60 min | Documentary
Aims to discover, celebrate and scale innovative solutions to the greatest environmental challenges facing our planet
Votes: 191
20. DamNation (2014)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary, Adventure
This powerful film odyssey across America explores the sea change in our national attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to the growing awareness that our own future is bound to the life and health of our rivers.
Directors: Ben Knight, Travis Rummel | Stars: Edward Abbey, Bruce Babbitt, Lori Bodi, Yvon Chouinard
Votes: 762
21. How to Change the World (2015)
Not Rated | 110 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
In 1971, a group of friends sail into a nuclear test zone, and their protest captures the world's imagination. Using never before seen archive that brings their extraordinary world to life,... See full summary »
Director: Jerry Rothwell | Stars: Robert Hunter, Patrick Moore, Paul Watson, Rex Weyler
Votes: 1,299
22. A Crack in the Mountain (2022)
100 min | Documentary
A small, impoverished Vietnamese community struggles to deal with the opportunity and challenges that arise when Hang Son Doong, the largest cave in the world and a place of extraordinary natural beauty is discovered nearby.
Director: Alastair Evans | Stars: Huong Nguyen Thien Le, Adam Spillane, Howard Limbert, Giang Hoang Dang
Votes: 31
23. My Mowgli Boy (2019– )
TV-14 | 47 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
The series tells the story of Mo Ge Li, a boy raised in the jungle by the forest caretaker, who is accidentally brought into the city by Ling Xi, an independent entrepreneurial woman and called on people to protect the environment
Stars: Jian Gao, Zi Yang, Tianyu Ma, Meng-Po Fu
Votes: 74
24. Son Ders: Ask ve Üniversite (2008)
99 min | Comedy, Drama
The new Turkish lecturer who came from a different country seems different from the first lecture. "First lesson you can get from this course is none of you need any lesson." was his first ... See full summary »
Directors: Iraz Okumus, Mustafa Ugur Yagcioglu | Stars: Ferhan Sensoy, Kaan Urgancioglu, Ekin Türkmen, Durul Bazan
Votes: 2,584
26. A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for A Living Planet (2012)
TV-G | 101 min | Documentary
An exploration of the environmental movement - grassroots and global activism spanning fifty years from conservation to climate change.
Director: Mark Kitchell | Stars: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Ashley Judd, Isabel Allende
Votes: 243 | Gross: $0.03M
27. As Ilhas Desconhecidas (2009– )
200 min | Documentary, Biography
Contrasting personal and family memories and the vivid present, an islander revisits the archipelagos of Azores and Madeira guided by a travelogue book written almost a century before.
Stars: João Perry, Vicente Jorge Silva, Manuel Rita, José Mendonça
28. The New Environmentalists (2013–2021)
Documentary
The New Environmentalists share a common goal - safeguarding Earth's natural resources from exploitation and pollution, while fighting for justice worldwide. The activists in this series are recipients of the Goldman Environmental Prize.
Stars: Robert Redford, Delia Owens, His Majesty King Mswati III, Marie McRae
Votes: 9
29. Earth First! The Politics of Radical Environmentalism (1987)
60 min | Documentary
The film delves into the theory and practice of Earth First-networks of radical environmental groups employing direct action tactics.
Director: Christopher Manes | Stars: Edward Abbey, Rick Baily, Darryl Cherney, John Davis
Votes: 16
30. Greedy Lying Bastards (2012)
PG-13 | 90 min | Documentary
Melting sea ice, glacier loss and rising sea levels. Severe droughts and wildfires. Increasingly severe tornadoes, hurricanes, and flooding. Record heat waves. Climate change is no longer a... See full summary »
Director: Craig Scott Rosebraugh | Stars: Enoch Adams, George W. Bush, Philip Cooney, Kert Davies
Votes: 272 | Gross: $0.09M
31. Two Men in a Tinnie (2006)
132 min | Documentary, Adventure, Comedy
John and Tim have been taking boating trips together but until now their expeditions have been confined to exploring the nooks and crannies of the Hawkesbury River aboard the Bismarck, Tim's 3-metre aluminium 'tinnie' .
Stars: John Doyle, Tim Flannery
32. Biosludged (2018)
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary, Crime
"Biosludged" documents the astonishing science fraud being carried out by the EPA to legalize the mass pollution of America's farm lands, school playgrounds and city parks with heavily contaminated industrial waste and human sewage.
Director: Mike Adams | Stars: Lidia Epp, Edward Group, Richard Honour, David Lewis
Votes: 8
33. Swim for the River (2006)
56 min | Documentary
Christopher Swain is the first person to swim the entire length of the Hudson River from the Adirondack Mountains to New York City. Swain's remarkable feat links together stories of the river and the people who are fighting to protect it.
Director: Tom Weidlinger | Stars: Pete Seeger, Christopher Swain
34. Stopping the Coming Ice Age (1988)
47 min | Documentary
In 1982, ecologists and agronomists Donald Weaver and John D. Hamaker penned "The Survival of Civilization," delving into their research on climate change and past ice ages. Dr. Larry ... See full summary »
Director: Larry Ephron | Stars: Jane Angeles, Orman Granger, Werner Koch, Pierre Lehman
35. Dead Sea Guardians (2021)
75 min | Documentary
The Dead Sea - the lowest place on earth and one of the wonders of the world - is dying. Three historic enemies join forces on a heroic journey to stop this catastrophe and save the Dead Sea from disappearing.
Directors: Ido Glass, Yoav Kleinman
Votes: 16
36. Redwood Summer: Where the 90s Begin (1990)
23 min | Documentary, Short
Environmental activists, including David Suzuki, Darryl Cherney, Dave Foreman, John Seed, and the prominent activist Judi Bari, among others, showcase the impactful and successful ... See full summary »
Directors: Tim Modok Pearson, Mary Liz Thomson | Stars: Judi Bari, Andy Caffrey, Bob Castillo, Darryl Cherney
Votes: 6
37. Friends of the Forest (2012)
54 min | Biography, Drama, History
Trilogy consists of one person plays about important historical figures who were trailblazers in environmental movement. The trilogy consists of segments'Friend to Beavers- Grey Owl' 1/3, ... See full summary »
Director: Liisa Rissanen | Star: Howard Clifford
38. Eastern Dawn (1998)
23 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary featuring rare footages of environmental actions by Slovak activists during the 1990s in Slovakia and Austria. For instance, it showcases Greenpeace activities at the Mochovce... See full summary »
Director: Mark Stucke | Stars: Matús Bakyta, Suzanna Iskierka, Tomás Kusík, Georgi Lepin
39. Waterlife (2009)
109 min | Documentary
A look at the natural beauty and environmental crisis surrounding the Great Lakes.
Director: Kevin McMahon | Stars: Bruce Baur, Ernest Benedict, John K. Bruce, Robert Budds
Votes: 94
40. Shed Tears for the River (1973)
50 min | Documentary, History
Directors: Nick Alexander, Nick Alexander, David G. Corke
41. Lessons from the Ancient Forest: Earth Wisdom & Political Activism (1991)
54 min | Documentary
In this presentation, Lou Gold, the founder of the Siskiyou Project, delves into the basic ecology of the ancient forests of the American Northwest.
Director: Andy Caffrey | Star: Lou Gold
42. The Great Coastal Dune Show (1976)
11 min | Documentary, Short, Comedy
Director: Ron Saunders | Stars: Alan Andrews, Kahil Jureidini, John Low, Michael Moody
43. In Defense of the Forest (2006)
6 min | Documentary, Short
Short movie highlighting the logging operation of Old-growth redwoods in Humboldt County.
44. El Pilar: Preserving the Maya Legacy (2016)
21 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
Archaeologist Anabel Ford discovered the ancient Maya city of El Pilar 30 years ago. She has spent the last three decades mapping and exploring the area. But now El Pilar is under threat. ... See full summary »
Director: Spencer Bruttig
45. More Than a River (2004)
60 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
Stars: Dermott Brereton, Don Blackmore, Leith Bolly, Bob Bonner
46. Murray River Quest (1985)
113 min | Documentary, History
Director: Patrick J. McKay | Stars: Don Dunstan, Algy Milvydas, Tony Short
48. The Energy Crisis: President Carter's Plan, 1977 (2008 Video)
Not Rated | 30 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Topics include the reality of the crisis, conservation, conversion to coal, and alternative energy sources.
Stars: Jimmy Carter, Paul Duke, Hugh Green, David Schwartz
50. Igniting the Revolution (2001)
20 min | Documentary, Short
An insight into the ideology of radical environmentalism of the international group Earth Liberation Front (ELF). ELF spokesman at the time, Craig Rosebraugh, clarifies the course of the actions, but also their possible consequences.
Star: Craig Scott Rosebraugh