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1. Okja (2017)
TV-MA | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A young girl risks everything to prevent a powerful, multinational company from kidnapping her best friend - a fascinating beast named Okja.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Paul Dano, Ahn Seo-hyun, Jake Gyllenhaal
Votes: 132,542
2. The East (2013)
PG-13 | 116 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
An operative for an elite private intelligence firm finds her priorities changing dramatically after she is tasked with infiltrating an anarchist group known for executing covert attacks upon major corporations.
Director: Zal Batmanglij | Stars: Brit Marling, Alexander Skarsgård, Elliot Page, Toby Kebbell
Votes: 52,443 | Gross: $2.27M
3. A Difficult Year (2023)
120 min | Comedy
Two swindlers, deep in debt, infiltrate a group of climate activists when they are attracted to the free food and drinks they are offered.
Directors: Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano | Stars: Pio Marmaï, Jonathan Cohen, Noémie Merlant, Mathieu Amalric
Votes: 2,030
4. The Hunter (IV) (2011)
R | 100 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Martin, a mercenary, is sent from Europe by a mysterious biotech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on a hunt for the last Tasmanian tiger.
Director: Daniel Nettheim | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill, Morgan Davies, Jacek Koman
Votes: 41,199 | Gross: $0.18M
5. Grey Owl (1999)
PG-13 | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Western
The story of the life and work of the Canadian fur trapper-turned-conservationist who claimed to be an aboriginal North American.
Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Stewart Bick, Vlasta Vrana, Annie Galipeau
Votes: 4,054 | Gross: $0.63M
6. Saturn Bowling (2022)
Unrated | 114 min | Drama, Thriller
Investing a series of murder by a police offer Guillaume, following his sibling's unusual management of his father's business.
Director: Patricia Mazuy | Stars: Arieh Worthalter, Achille Reggiani, Y-Lan Lucas, Leïla Muse
Votes: 478
7. The Burning Season: The Chico Mendes Story (1994 TV Movie)
R | 123 min | Biography, Drama
Based on the true story of a Brazilian rubber tapper who leads his people in protest against government and developers who want to cut down their part of the rainforest for a new road and ... See full summary »
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Raul Julia, Carmen Argenziano, Sonia Braga, Kamala Lopez
Votes: 757
8. Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story (2005 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 91 min | Biography, Drama, Family
Simon Jackson fights to save the endagered Spirit Bear from extinction by going up against the foresting industry.
Director: Stefan Scaini | Stars: Mark Rendall, Graham Greene, Katie Stuart, Ed Begley Jr.
Votes: 277
9. Sharkwater (2006)
PG | 89 min | Documentary
An investigation of sharks' importance to ecosystems and humankind's mass destruction of shark species worldwide.
Director: Rob Stewart | Stars: Rob Stewart, Paul Watson, Erich Ritter, Boris Worm
Votes: 5,040 | Gross: $0.85M
10. Cemetery Gates (2006)
Not Rated | 92 min | Horror, Action, Sci-Fi
A genetically mutated Tasmanian Devil is "liberated" by two eco-activists and set loose in a woodland cemetery.
Director: Roy Knyrim | Stars: Reggie Bannister, Peter Stickles, Aime Wolf, Nicole DuPort
Votes: 1,208
11. Namu, the Killer Whale (1966)
PG | 89 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Robert Lansing and Lee Meriwether star in this warm and compelling family drama about a compassionate scientist who forms an unlikely friendship with a magnificent killer whale.
Director: Laslo Benedek | Stars: Robert Lansing, John Anderson, Robin Mattson, Richard Erdman
Votes: 367
12. Future Weather (2012)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
Abandoned by her dreamer single mom, a teen conservationist becomes obsessed with ecological disaster, forcing her and her grandmother, a functioning alcoholic, to learn to trust each other as they leap into the unknown.
Director: Jenny Deller | Stars: Perla Haney-Jardine, Lili Taylor, Amy Madigan, Marin Ireland
Votes: 551
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. Guardian of the Wilderness (1976)
G | 112 min | Adventure, Western
Based on the life of Galen Clark, whose determined efforts led to the creation of Yosemite National Park. When he is diagnosed with terminal tuberculosis, and disappointed that he hasn't ... See full summary »
Director: David O'Malley | Stars: Denver Pyle, John Dehner, Ken Berry, Cheryl Miller
Votes: 110
15. Just Do It: A Tale of Modern-day Outlaws (2011)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
This punchy, adrenaline-fuelled documentary lifts the lid on climate activism and the troublemakers who dare to cross the line.
Director: Emily James | Star: James Leadbitter
Votes: 110
16. Ashes from the Sky (2008)
96 min | Drama
Director: José Antonio Quirós | Stars: Celso Bugallo, Gary Piquer, Clara Segura, Beatriz Rico
Votes: 189
17. Hadwin's Judgement (2015)
87 min | Documentary, Drama
Docudrama about the maverick Canadian logger, Grant Hadwin, who became increasingly disillusioned with the logging industry.
Director: Sasha Snow | Stars: Michael Kopsa, Douglas Chapman, John Vaillant, Kayla Wilson
Votes: 85
18. Road (2005)
92 min | Drama, Mystery
Two exes take a dual-purpose road trip: allow Margaret (Catherine Kellner), a freelance photographer, to complete her assignment to check up on toxic waste sites along the U.S.-Canadian ... See full summary »
Director: Leslie McCleave | Stars: Catherine Kellner, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, James Urbaniak, Peter Appel
Votes: 77
19. Your Mommy Kills Animals! (2007)
R | 105 min | Documentary
An in-depth look at the animal rights movement and the FBI's recent declaration calling them the number one domestic terrorist threat to the United States.
Director: Curt Johnson | Stars: Greg Kelly, Paul Watson, Annemarie Lucas, Suzanne Whang
Votes: 210
20. The Airzone Solution (1993 Video)
65 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
In a future London suffering from toxic air pollution, a reporter, his mentor, a weatherman and an environmental activist discover they are connected and set out to expose the corrupt Airzone Corporation.
Director: Bill Baggs | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Peter Davison, Sylvester McCoy, Heather Tracy
Votes: 206
21. Something for the Birds (1952)
Approved | 81 min | Comedy, Romance
Enviromentalist Anne Richards goes to Washington D. C. to fight for getting legislation passed to save the last remaining sanctuary of the almost-extinct California Condor. She enlists the ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Victor Mature, Patricia Neal, Edmund Gwenn, Larry Keating
Votes: 233
22. Journey to the West (2011)
Action, Sport, War
Science activism for health in sports, medicine, and tiger team research and development from Canada and International open collaboration to help anti-radiation material Borax to Japan.
Directors: Brendon Culliton, Joe Hatoum | Stars: Brendon Culliton, Joe Hatoum
Votes: 37
23. Behind the Mask (2006)
Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary
Behind the Mask: The Story Of The People Who Risk Everything To Save Animals is a 2006 documentary film about the Animal Liberation Front. It took three years of filming, interviewing, and editing to complete.
Director: Shannon Keith | Stars: Shannon Keith, Keith Mann, Kevin Kjonaas, Rod Coronado
Votes: 201
24. Green Sails (2000 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 95 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
A young man joins a band of crusaders who fight fear and social injustice.
Director: Whitney Ransick | Stars: Marcus Graham, Alexandra Paul, Dennis Garber, Michael Houston King
Votes: 92
25. At the Edge of the World (2008)
PG | 90 min | Documentary, Action, Adventure
At the Edge of the World chronicles the controversial Sea Shepherd Antarctic Campaign against a Japanese whaling fleet. The international volunteer crew, under-trained and under-equipped, ... See full summary »
Directors: Dan Stone, Patrick Gambuti Jr. | Stars: Paul Watson, Alex Cornelissen, Peter Hammarstedt, Benjamin Baldwin
Votes: 895
26. Heimat zu verkaufen (2010 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Karl Kases | Stars: Fritz Hammel, Henriette Richter-Röhl, Ulrike Beimpold, Ingrid Burkhard
Votes: 30
27. Speciesism: The Movie (2013)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, Comedy
A young man begins investigating the underworld of "factory farming" and soon discovers a growing political and intellectual movement that considers animals as important as humans.
Director: Mark Devries | Stars: Steven Best, Richard Dawkins, Gary Francione, Bruce Friedrich
Votes: 1,348
28. Les végés (2013– )
5 min | Comedy, News
Amélie and Pierre lives will change the day they see a demonstration. They meet Eva, a vegan activist who inform them on the benefits of vegetarianism. The cause doesn't leave them ... See full summary »
Stars: Eve-Marie Savelli, Sandra Losso, Binh Doan
29. Brontosaurus (1980)
71 min | Family
Tomás' hobby is to search for rare birds and to take care of nature and animals. He and his friends use their free time to clean the forest of debris left by others, using the material to build a sculpture of a brontosaurus.
Director: Vera Plívová-Simková | Stars: Tomás Simek, Dana Vávrová, Michal Hofbauer, Lukás Bech
Votes: 63
30. Wild Horses (1983)
90 min | Drama
Mitch has an ambition of catching and selling wild horses. Unfortunately, some other men get jobs hunting deer in the same area. Because Mitch and his horses are frightening off the deer, ... See full summary »
Director: Derek Morton | Stars: Keith Aberdein, John Bach, Kevin J. Wilson, Robyn Gibbes
Votes: 17
31. Peace Out (2011)
TV-G | 80 min | Documentary, History, News
Peace Out seeks to engage those of us who do not connect our daily decisions with global land use issues. It focuses on the North Western Canadian wilderness, however the issues are ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Wilkinson | Stars: Mark Jaccard, David Schindler, Diane Culling, Ben Parfitt
Votes: 61
32. Ocean Raider: Defenders of the Wild (1993 TV Movie)
Documentary
On the high seas, beyond the reach of the law, the ships that illegally kill whales, dolphins and seals can do so with little fear of punishment. But there is one sight that they have ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Belderson | Stars: Myra Finkelstein, Julian Pettifer, Paul Watson
Votes: 18
33. The Hollow Tree (2011)
55 min | Documentary, Comedy, History
Vancouver's most iconic structure, the Hollow Tree, is slated to get the axe. But a group of citizens unite to find a solution to the question, 'How do you keep a big hollow tree on its own two feet?'
Director: Daniel J. Pierce
34. A River of Waste: The Hazardous Truth About Factory Farms (2009)
91 min | Documentary
This heart-stopping documentary exposes a huge health and environmental scandal in our modern industrial system of meat and poultry production. Some scientists have gone so far as to ... See full summary »
Director: Don McCorkell | Stars: Joanne Burkholder, Larry Cahoon, Parris N. Glendening, Michael Greger
Votes: 41
35. A River Runs Through Us (2011 Video)
23 min | Documentary, Short, News
'Rivers are life' is the unifying theme motivating activists in the global movement to protect rivers from the ravages of big dams - one of the biggest threats facing many rivers today. ... See full summary »
Directors: Carla Pataky, Lori Pottinger | Stars: Latha Anantha, Ikal Angelei, Vimal Bhai, Steve Burgess
Votes: 25
36. Pirate for the Sea (2008)
Not Rated | 99 min | Documentary
A documentary on Paul Watson, who takes the law into his own hands on the open seas, confronting, by any nonviolent means necessary, the hunters who indiscriminately slaughter whales, seals... See full summary »
Director: Ronald Colby | Stars: Peter Brown, Ronald Colby, Alex Cornelissen, Julie Farris
Votes: 173
37. Aurora - The Dream of Liberation (2011)
72 min | Drama
"Aurora - The Dream of Liberation" tells the story of a girl who joins a group that frees the animals from laboratories.
Director: Piercarlo Paderno | Stars: Sara Alfieri, Giulia Cailotto, Gianni Fiorito, Alfredo Gabanetti
Votes: 9
38. Zelené hnutie (2011)
34 min | Documentary, Short
This amateur video tries to present green movement from its pre era to the presence. The first part briefly presents its specific streams, from green political parties to groups like Animal... See full summary »
Director: Peter Kralovic | Stars: Judi Bari, Steven Best, Darryl Cherney, Rod Coronado
Votes: 10
40. The Enduring Call (2009)
29 min | Short, Action, Drama
California's Salton Sea, the vast inland lake that was once a paradise of biodiversity, is now an ecological netherworld where nature struggles to exist. When a beautiful young Eco-activist... See full summary »
Director: Fritz Feick | Stars: Kayvon Esmaili, Katrina Nelson
41. 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
42. Shark Pool (2010)
5 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary exploring the plight of the endangered Grey Nurse Shark of Eastern Australia.
Director: Andy Go | Stars: Rebecca Espinola Allchurch, Pollyanna Barlow
43. The Girl Who Silenced the World (1992)
7 min | Short
In the recording from the UN Conference for Sustainable Development in 1992, only 12-year-old Severn Suzuki appeared at that time.
Star: Severn Cullis-Suzuki
44. Sonhos Brasileiros (1991)
57 min | Documentary
The documentary explores social movements in Brazil, taking viewers on a journey from feminist activists in the slums of Sao Paulo to the militants of the Partido dos Trabalhadores, and to ... See full summary »
Stars: Marta Baiano, Zé Carratú, Caitlin Manning, Chico Mendes
45. Breaking Free 2 (2001)
30 min | Documentary, Short
The second part of the video magazine, Breaking Free, informs about direct actions in the animal rights movement, mainly focusing on Animal Liberation Front (ALF) groups.
Stars: Josh Harper, Joshua Kielas, Kristen Taylor, Gary Yourofsky
47. Minds in the Water (2011)
PG | 90 min | Documentary, Action, Adventure
5 years in the making, Minds In The Water is the story of one surfer's international journey to help protect dolphins, whales and their ocean environment. Shot on location in Australia, the... See full summary »
Director: Justin Krumb | Stars: Chris Del Moro, Isabel Lucas, Will Conner, Hilton Dawe
Votes: 60
48. 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
49. Counterculture 101 (2008)
10 min | Documentary, Short
A lyrical documentary essay on the true significance of counterculture and its relevance today. Chris DeRose, David Ulansey, and others elucidate the meaning behind various forms of civil ... See full summary »
Director: Danielle Stallings | Stars: Chris DeRose, Enci, Ruth Gould-Goodman, David Ulansey
Votes: 17
50. Nonviolence for a Change (2011)
32 min | Documentary, Short
Zoe Broughton's documentary showcases a variety of environmental actions by various groups, including Earth First!, Friends of the Earth, as well as anti-GMO activists, and activists ... See full summary »
Director: Zoe Broughton | Stars: Helen Backzowska, Mel Broughton, Shami Chakrabarti, Julia Guest