List of environmental films

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This article lists film and television works which feature or discuss the environment, environmentalism or environmental issues.

Some notable and commercially successful films have featured environmental themes[1] and are commemorated through several environmental film festivals held annually. The Annual Environmental Media Awards have been presented by the Environmental Media Association (EMA) since 1991 to the best television episode or film with an environmental message.[2]

List of documentary films about the environment

This is a list of documentary films related to the environment.

Title Theme(s) and subtheme(s) Author(s) Year(s)
The 11th Hour
Global warming, deforestation, mass species extinction, social responsibility, Conservation movement
 Nadia Conners, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Leila Conners Petersen 2007
All That Breathes Air pollution Shaunak Sen 2022
Angry Inuk Hunting: seal hunting Alethea Arnaquq-Baril 2016
Anima mundi WWF Godfrey Reggio 1991
The Antarctica Challenge: A Global Warning Climate Change research in Antarctica Mark Terry 2009
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch How humans have impacted the planet Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, Edward Burtynsky 2019
Ashes to Honey Nuclear power: radiation Hitomi Kamanaka 2011
Baraka
Natural phenomena, Human behavior
 Ron Fricke 1992
Before the Flood Global Climate Change Mark Monroe 2016
Before Vanishing Water pollution: Barada (river) Joude Gorani 2005
The Bell of Chernobyl Chernobyl nuclear disaster Rollan Sergienko 1987
Bhopal Express Air pollution: from a pesticide factory Prasoon Pandey and Piyush Pandey 1999
Bigger Than Us Various themes
Melati Wijsen
 2021
Bill Nye: Science Guy
Global warming
 David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg 2017
Biùtiful cauntri Pollution: toxic waste dumping in Southern Italy Esmeralda Calabria and Andrea D'Ambrosio 2007
Black Hole Coal mining: Australia João Dujon Pereira 2015
Blue Vinyl Pollution: production and disposal of polyvinyl chloride Daniel B. Gold and Judith Helfand 2002
Burning the Future: Coal in America Mining: mountaintop removal mining David Novack and Richard Hankin 2008
The Burning Season (1994)
Forests: Amazon rainforest
 William Mastrosimone 1994
The Burning Season (2008)
Forests: deforestation in Indonesia
 Cathy Henkel 2008
Butterfly Environmentalism: resisting clearcutting Doug Wolens 2000
Cane Toads: The Conquest Introduced species: cane toads in Australia Mark Lewis 2010
Cane Toads: An Unnatural History Introduced species: cane toads in Australia Mark Lewis 1988
The Chances of the World Changing Endangered species: turtles Eric Daniel Metzgar 2006
Chasing Ice
Global warming
 James Balog 2012
Chasing Coral
Climate Change
 Jeff Orlowski 2017
Chernobyl Heart Chernobyl disaster: acute radiation syndrome Maryann DeLeo 2003
Children of Tsunami: No More Tears
Natural disasters: 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
 Satya Sivaraman, Nur Raihan, Suren de Silva, and Pipope Panitchpakdi 2005
The City Dark Light pollution Ian Cheney 2011
Climate Refugees
natural resources
 Michael P. Nash 2010
Climate Warriors Climate change, renewable energy Carl-A. Fechner 2018
Clouds of Smoke
Global warming
 Fatmir Terziu 2007
Colombia Magia Salvaje
 Colombian biodiversity and environmental protection Mike Slee 2015
The Cove Hunting: dolphin drive hunting Mark Monroe 2009
Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret
water use, deforestation, and ocean dead zones
,
Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn
 2014
Crude (2007) Petroleum industry: peak oil and climate change Richard Smith 2007
Crude (2009) Petroleum industry: pollution and class action Joe Berlinger 2009
A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash Peak oil, Petroleum industry Basil Gelpke and Ray McCormack 2006
Dark Waters
Chemical Industry, Class Action
 Nathaniel Rich, Mario Correa, Matthew Michael Carnahan 2019
Darwin's Nightmare Lake Victoria Hubert Sauper 2004
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster Petroleum industry: Exxon Valdez oil spill, United States Environmental Protection Agency, disaster response Paul Seed 1992
Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment Energy:
nuclear weapons
 Debra Chasnoff 1991
Déserts en Europe : les apprentis sorciers ! Patrick Benquet 1994
Dreamland Dams: Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant in Iceland Þorfinnur Guðnason, Andri Snær Magnason 2009
Dust to Dust: The Health Effects of 9/11 Air pollution: from September 11 attacks, United States Environmental Protection Agency Heidi Dehncke-Fisher 2006
Earth Environmental change: effects on three particular species Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield, and Leslie Megahey 2007
Earth Days Environmentalism: environmental movement in the United States Robert Stone 2009
Eco-Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson Hunting: anti-whaling Trish Dolman 2011
Elemental
Ganges River
 Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, Gayatri Roshan 2012
The End of Eden
cattle ranching
 Rick Lomba 1986
Fight for the Planet
Global warming, Social responsibility
 Colin Carter 2009
Final Straw: Food, Earth, Happiness Food, farming, natural farming, biophilia Patrick M. Lydon and Suhee Kang 2015
Flow: For Love of Water Water privatization: big business and the natural environment Irena Salina, Steven Starr 2008
Food, Inc.
food labelling regulations
 Robert Kenner 2009
Forbidden Forest
Forests: sustainable forest management
 Kevin W. Matthews 2004
Forests for the 21st Century
carbon emissions
IUCN
 2009
The Forgotten District
Forests: ecotourism in Belize
 Oliver Dickinson 2008
The Fourth Revolution: Energy Energy: renewable energy Carl-A. Fechner 2010
Fractured Land
hydraulic fracturing, First Nations
 Fiona Rayher and Damien Gillis 2015
The Future of Food Agriculture: genetically modified food Deborah Koons Garcia 2004
Garbage Warrior Garbage Warrior
Oliver Hodge
 2007
Global Warming: The Signs and The Science
Global warming
 Alanis Morissette 2005
Global Warming: What You Need to Know
Global warming
 Nicolas Brown 2006
GMO OMG Genetically modified organisms, Monsanto Jeremy Seifert, Elizabeth Kucinich 2013
The Great Global Warming Swindle
Global warming: climate change denial
Martin Durkin
 2007
The Great Warming
politics of global warming, Climate change mitigation, Climate change policy of the United States
 Michael Taylor 2006
Greenpeace : les commandos de l'écologie Greenpeace Jean-Pierre Hosatte 1995
Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World General environment of
Rising sea level, natural disaster, climate change
 Charles Wilkinson 2015
Haulout (short)
Walruses, Impacts on marine mammals
 Maxim Arbugaev, Evgenia Arbugaeva 2022
Home Various themes Yann Arthus-Bertrand 2009
How to Change the World Environmentalism: Greenpeace Jerry Rothwell 2015
Ice and the Sky Global warming: Antarctic Luc Jacquet 2015
The Idiot Cycle Chemical industry: genetically modified organisms Emmanuelle Schick Garcia 2009
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Forests: eco-terrorism
 Marshall Curry and Matthew Hamacheck 2011
If You Love This Planet Nuclear weapons, Nuclear power in the United States, Nuclear policy of the United States Terre Nash 1982
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power Climate change: activity of Al Gore Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk 2017
An Inconvenient Truth
Global warming
 Al Gore 2006
An Inconvenient Truth...Or Convenient Fiction?
Global warming
 Steven F. Hayward 2007
Journey to the Safest Place on Earth Radioactive waste Edgar Hagen 2013
La Jungle plate Wadden Sea Johan van der Keuk 1978
Laloorinu Parayanullathu
municipal waste in Laloor
 Sathish Kalathil 2012
The Last Animals Endangered species Kate Brooks 2017
The Last Paradises: On the Track of Rare Animals Endangered species Eugen Schuhmacher 1967
March of the Penguins Wildlife: Emperor penguins Luc Jacquet, National Geographic 2005
Material Of The Future
 Controversies of
bioplastics
 Vern Moen 2014
The Messenger
 Songbirds: bird conservation Su Rynard 2015
Minamata: The Victims and Their World Water pollution: mercury poisoning Noriaki Tsuchimoto 1971
Mountaintop Removal (film) Mining: mountaintop removal mining Michael O'Connell 2007
No Impact Man Sustainability: sustainable living 2009
No Pressure Climate change mitigation Richard Curtis and Franny Armstrong 2010
Oil on Ice Petroleum industry: Arctic Refuge drilling controversy Stephen Most 2004
Oil Sands Karaoke Petroleum industry: oil sands of Alberta 2013
On the Line Petroleum industry: Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines
Frank Wolf
 2011
Out of Balance
ExxonMobil funding climate change deniers: climate change
 Tom Jackson 2006
Pandora's Promise Nuclear power and climate change Robert Stone 2013
Plogoff, des pierres contre des fusils Anti-nuclear movement 1980
The Polar Explorer Climate Change research in the Arctic's Northwest Passage and Antarctica Mark Terry 2010
Polluting Paradise Waste management: in Turkey
Fatih Akın
 2012
The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil Peak oil: anti-consumerism, urban agriculture, energy dependence, and sustainability Faith Morgan 2006
The Redwoods
redwoods
 Trevor Greenwood, Mark Jonathan Harris 1967
Power to Change - The Energy Rebellion
global warming
 Carl-A. Fechner 2016
Powerful: Energy for Everyone Energy: renewable energy David Chernushenko 2010
Raoni The life of
Kayapo people and the Amazon rainforest
. 		Jean-Pierre Dutilleux and Luiz Carlos Saldanha 1978
Renewal Environmentalism: environmental movement in the United States, religious-environmental movement Marty Ostrow, Terry Kay Rockefeller 2008
The Return of Navajo Boy Uranium mining in the United States, environmental racism, uranium pollution Jeff Spitz 2000
Revenge of the Electric Car Sustainable design: electric cars Chris Paine and P.G. Morgan 2011
Revolution Various themes, including
environmental collapse
 Rob Stewart 2012
The Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes (short) Various themes, including ice age and anthropogenic change Bill Mason, National Film Board of Canada 1968
Sea of Life Various themes, including ocean acidification and overfishing Julia Barnes 2016
Search for the Super Battery
batteries
 Daniel McCabe 2017[3]
Semper Fi: Always Faithful Water pollution: Camp Lejeune water contamination Rachel Libert and Tony Hardmon 2011
Sexy Killers
Environmental impact of the coal industry
in Indonesia		 Dandhy Dwi Laksono and Ucok Suparta 2019
Sharkwater Endangered species: sharks Rob Stewart 2007
The Shiranui Sea Water pollution: mercury poisoning Noriaki Tsuchimoto 1975
Shored Up Weather: Hurricane Sandy: rising sea level Ben Kalina 2013
Silent Storm Nuclear weapons testing: radioactive contamination Peter Butt 2003
Spoiled the Movie
alternative energy
, etc.		 Kevin Miller 2011
The Story of Stuff
Product lifecycle management: anti-consumerism
 Annie Leonard 2007
Surviving the Tsunami - My Atomic Aunt
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
 Kyoko Miyake 2013
That Should Not Be: Our Children Will Accuse Us Agriculture: agrochemicals Jean-Paul Jaud 2008
This Changes Everything
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate by Naomi Klein
 Avi Lewis 2015
Tomorrow (Demain)
Sustainable communities
 Cyril Dion and Mélanie Laurent 2015
The Toxic Clouds of 9/11: A Looming Disaster Air pollution: from September 11 attacks Alison Johnson 2006
Toxic Legacy Air pollution: from September 11 attacks Susan Teskey 2006
Trash Inc: The Secret Life of Garbage Waste management: landfills Alison O'Brien, Carl Quintanilla 2010
The True Cost
sustainable clothing
 Andrew Morgan 2015
Ultimate Tornado Unusually violent tornadoes in the United States
National Geographic Channel
 2006
Unacceptable Levels Environmental toxicology Edward Brown 2013
Under the Dome Air pollution in China Chai Jing 2015
Vanishing of the Bees Honey bees: colony collapse disorder Maryam Henein, George Langworthy, and James Erskine 2009
Vanishing Point Climate change: Arctic sea ice decline Marina Endicott and others 2012
Virunga Wildlife conservation: Democratic Republic of the Congo Orlando von Einsiedel 2014
Voices of Transition Agriculture: energy and resource scarcity Nils Aguilar 2012
Walking Through A Minefield Uranium mining in Australia Cathy Henkel 1999
Watch
Forests: clearcutting
Briana Waters
 2001
Watermark Water Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky 2013
What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire Various themes:
species extinction
 Timothy S. Bennett 2007
What Is the Electric Car? Sustainable design: electric cars Ken Grant and Scott DuPont 2010
White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: acute radiation syndrome Steven Okazaki 2007
Who Killed the Electric Car? Sustainable design: electric cars and roles of industries and governments Chris Paine 2006
Wind Over Water: The Cape Wind Story Energy: Cape Wind Ole Tangen Jr. 2003
Windfall Wind power: environmental impact of wind power Laura Israel 2010
The World According to Monsanto Agriculture: Monsanto Marie-Monique Robin 2008
The Plow That Broke the Plains Dust Bowl Pare Lorentz 1936
The River Erosion: Mississippi River Pare Lorentz 1938
De platte jungle/Flat Jungle Wadden Sea, overfishing, nuclear energy, water pollution, Overexploitation Johan van der Keuken 1978
The Atomic Cafe Nuclear warfare Jayne Loader, Kevin Rafferty and Pierce Rafferty 1982
Koyaanisqatsi Various themes, including natural landscape, urbanization, development Godfrey Reggio with Philip Glass 1982
Trashed Waste and pollution of air, land and sea Candida Brady 2012

List of fictional films about the environment

Some

fictional films
are based on true events.

Title Theme(s) and subtheme(s) Author(s) Year(s)
2012 Natural disasters: 2012 phenomenon Harald Kloser and Roland Emmerich 2009
Absurdistan
Water shortage in drought stricken area, sex strike
 Veit Helmer 2008
L'An 01
 		Consumerism, Ecology Jacques Doillon, Alain Resnais and Jean Rouch 1973
The Age of Stupid Climate change Franny Armstrong 2009
Aftermath
 Nuclear warfare Christian McDonald 2012
Ark Pollution vs. nature Rolf Forsberg 1970
Avatar
Natural resources
 James Cameron 2009
Beyond the Pole
Climate Change
 David L. Williams 2009
Beasts of the Southern Wild Melting ice caps Benh Zeitlin 2012
Carface
car culture
 2015
The China Syndrome Energy: nuclear meltdown
T.S. Cook, and James Bridges
 1979
A Civil Action Water pollution: by trichloroethylene Steven Zaillian 1998
Climate Change Denial Disorder Climate change denial Nicol Paone 2015
The Day After Tomorrow Climate change Roland Emmerich and Jeffrey Nachmanoff 2004
The Day the Earth Stood Still Humankind's environmental damage to the planet Scott Derrickson 2008
Denmark Pollution: water pollution 2010
Dreams Pollution vs. nature Akira Kurosawa 1990
Earthquake Earthquake in Los Angeles George Fox and Mario Puzo 1974
Earthquake in Chile Earthquake in Chile Helma Sanders-Brahms 1975
Erin Brockovich Energy development: water pollution Susannah Grant 2000
FernGully: The Last Rainforest Forests: rainforests 1992
First Reformed Climate change Paul Schrader 2017
Fire Down Below Pollution: from mining 1997
Le Fleuve aux grandes eaux Frédéric Back 1993
Fly Away Home Wildlife: Canada goose Bill Lishman, Robert Rodat, and Vince McKewin 1996
Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder
Natural resources and Wildlife
Peter Avanzino
 2009
Godzilla: King of the Monsters Climate change, human impact on the environment, radical environmentalism, eco-terrorism Michael Dougherty 2019
Gorillas in the Mist Gorilla conservation and life of Dian Fossey Michael Apted 1988
H2O Water supply: Kaveri River water dispute in India Upendra 2000
The Happening Toxicology M. Night Shyamalan 2008
Happy Feet Environment of Antarctica Warren Coleman, John Collee, George Miller, and Judy Morris 2006
Hell and High Water
Atomic bomb explosion in the Cold War
Jesse L. Lasky, Jr., Samuel Fuller, and David Hempstead
 1954
If You Love Your Children Climate change Sanjay Patel (filmmaker) 2014
An Inconvenient Penguin Invasive species 2008
La Belle Verte Coline Serreau 1996
The Lorax Forests Dr. Seuss 2012
The Man Who Planted Trees Reforestation Frédéric Back 1987
mother! Mother Nature as an environmental allegory Darren Aronofsky 2017
Muro Ami Fishing: illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing Marilou Diaz-Abaya 1999
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Conservation: insects
 Hayao Miyazaki 1984
Night Moves Climate change: The environmental impact of reservoirs, radical environmentalism Kelly Reichardt 2013
Noah
flooding
 Darren Aronofsky 2014
Okja
Animal cruelty and food security under extreme population growth
 Bong Joon-ho 2017
On Deadly Ground Pollution: from petroleum industry Ed Horowitz and Robin U. Russin 1994
Once Upon a Forest Forests 1993
A Place to Fight For Deforestation, Zone to Defend in France, environmental justice Romain Cogitore 2023
Paddle to the Sea (short) Various themes Holling C. Holling, Bill Mason, National Film Board of Canada 1966
Plastic Bag Plastic bags Ramin Bahrani and Jenni Jenkins 2009
Pom Poko Deforestation: wildlife displacement Isao Takahata, Hayao Miyazaki, Kenji Miyazawa 1994
Princess Mononoke Technology vs. nature Hayao Miyazaki 1997
The Roots of Heaven Conservation of elephant herds from poaching John Huston, Romain Gary 1958
Safe Multiple chemical sensitivity Todd Haynes 1995
San Andreas Earthquake in California 2015
Sharknado Severe weather and sharks Thunder Levin 2013
Silent Running Deforestation Deric Washburn, Michael Cimino and Steven Bochco 1972
The Simpsons Movie Pollution David Silverman 2007
Sizzle
Global warming
 Randy Olson 2009
Snowpiercer Climate change Bong Joon-ho 2013
Soylent Green
global warming, Human overpopulation
 Richard Fleischer 1973
Space Tourists Pollution: space debris 2002
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Wildlife: Humpback whale 1986
Super Comet: After The Impact
 Impact event 2007
Tentacles
gigantic octopus
 Steven W. Carabatsos, Tito Carpi, Jerome Max, and Sonia Molteni 1977
Through Rocks and Clouds Mining pollution Franco García Becerra 2024
WALL-E Waste management 2008
The War Game Nuclear warfare Peter Watkins 1965
Wind Across the Everglades Conservation biology: poaching Nicholas Ray 1958
Woman at War Climate change and environmental justice Benedikt Erlingsson 2018

Television

Title Theme(s) and subtheme(s) Producer(s) Year(s)
Saving Britain's Past Cultural heritage Mary Sackville-West 2009
The Truth About Wildlife Wildlife: United Kingdom Simon Willis 2011
Years of Living Dangerously Climate change James Cameron, Jerry Weintraub and Arnold Schwarzenegger 2014
Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World (series of videos) Various themes, including
local knowledge
 David Maybury-Lewis 1992
Hinterland Who's Who Wildlife
Environment Canada Wildlife Service and the National Film Board of Canada
 1960s, 1970s, 2000s

See also

References

  1. ^ "The top 10 environmental films". The Georgia Straight. 2007-04-18. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  2. ^ Environmental Media Awards website Archived 2007-09-06 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Public Broadcasting Service
    . Retrieved February 2, 2017.

External links

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