environmental movies

The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
6.528 / 10

Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller

After years of increases in the greenhouse effect, havoc is wreaked globally in the form of catastrophic hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, floods...

The Legend of Hei (2019)
8.385 / 10

Animation, Fantasy, Action

When cat spirit Luo Xiaohei's home is deforested by humans, he must find a new one. He runs into a group of other spirit creatures who take him under...

Prophecy (1979)
5.413 / 10

Horror, Science Fiction

When a dispute occurs between a logging operation and a nearby Native American tribe, Dr. Robert Verne and his wife, Maggie, are sent in to mediate....

Fire Down Below (1997)
5.7 / 10

Action, Thriller

When an EPA representative is murdered in a small Appalachian community, EPA undercover agent Jack Taggart is sent in—posing as a handyman working...

Salt and Fire (2016)
4.8 / 10

Drama, Thriller

A scientist blames the head of a large company for an ecological disaster in South America. But when a volcano begins to show signs of erupting, they...

The Game Changers (2019)
7.306 / 10

Documentary

From the UFC Octagon in Las Vegas and the anthropology lab at Dartmouth, to a strongman gym in Berlin and the bushlands of Zimbabwe, the world is...

The Wonderland (2019)
6.4 / 10

Animation, Fantasy, Family

The story follows Akane, a girl with no self-confidence. On the day before her birthday, she meets a mysterious alchemist, Hippocrates, and his...

Go Further (2003)
6 / 10

Documentary

"Go Further" explores the idea that the single individual is the key to large-scale transformational change. The film follows actor Woody Harrelson...

Re/cycle (2019)
7.7 / 10

Fantasy

With input from actor and writer Jan Hlobil, director and cinematographer Rene Smaal presents a film in the true surrealist tradition, in the sense...

Phillips (2024)
10 / 10

An ambitious filmmaker takes an interest in a reserved teenager while making a documentary about the heavily polluted town he lives in.

Island of the Blue Dolphins (1964)
6.2 / 10

Adventure, Drama, Family, History

Based on the beloved book by Scott O'Dell, this family movie tells the adventures of a young Native American girl. After her father is killed by a...

Visions of Europe (2004)
4.9 / 10

Documentary, Comedy, Drama

Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.

Surviving Progress (2011)
7.235 / 10

Documentary

Humanity’s ascent is often measured by the speed of progress. But what if progress is actually spiraling us downwards, towards collapse? Ronald...

Kenopsia (2022)
6 / 10

Drama, Family

A woman who focused on being a mother feels that she no longer has any purpose now that her son has made his own life, until one lonely night after a...

Varmints (2008)
8 / 10

Animation, Science Fiction

Adapted and directed by Marc Craste, Varmints is a 24-minute film based on the award-winning book of the same name by Helen Ward and illustrated by...

Janatha Garage (2016)
7.3 / 10

Action, Drama

Anand is an environmental activist who lives in Mumbai. A chance exchange programme takes him to Hyderabad and here, a chance encounter with Satyam...

Tropical Rainforest (1992)
5.2 / 10

Documentary

The story of the evolution of tropical rain forests, their recent and rapid destruction, and the intense efforts of scientists to understand them...

Man Belongs to the Earth (1974)
0 / 10

Documentary

Made for screening at the U.S. Pavilion at the 1974 World's Fair in Spokane Washington, USA, which had a Native-American environmental theme, MAN...

Powerlands (2022)
0 / 10

Documentary

A young Navajo filmmaker investigates displacement of Indigenous people and devastation of the environment caused by the same chemical companies that...

The Story of Yanagawa's Canals (1987)
7.8 / 10

Documentary, Animation

A partially-animated documentary about the preservation and restoration of the canal system in Yanagawa, Fukuoka