Environmental movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant environmental movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out feel good, melancholic, touching, inspirational, thought provoking and entertaining films and TV shows about / with environmental, environment, mentor, catastrophe, dialogue, storytelling, runaway, destiny, friendship and greed plots mostly in Adventure, Drama and Family genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as environmental: Dark Waters (2019), The Day After Tomorrow (2004), Erin Brockovich (2000), Gorillas in the Mist (1988), The Lorax (2012), FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992), Silkwood (1983), Forgotten Flowers (2019), Super Furball Saves the Future (2022), A Civil Action (1998).
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120K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A corporate defense attorney takes on an environmental lawsuit against the DuPont chemical company that exposes a lengthy history of pollution.
Style:
realistic, factual, serious, thought provoking, sexy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
lawyer, contamination, lawsuit, environmental, corruption, legal investigation, corporate crime, courtroom drama, investigation, environment, price of justice, uncover truth ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 90s, year 2019, year 1999 ...
Place:
columbus ohio, cincinnati ohio, west virginia, ohio, usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
After years of increases in the greenhouse effect, havoc is wreaked globally in the form of catastrophic hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, floods and the beginning of a new Ice Age. Paleoclimatologist, Jack Hall tries to warn the world while also ...
Style:
futuristic, apocalyptic, suspenseful, exciting, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night, family outing
Plot:
disaster, end of the world, natural disaster, catastrophe, apocalypse, climate change, survival, environmental, post apocalypse, tsunami, global warming, environment ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, future, 20th century, distant future ...
Place:
new york, washington d.c., los angeles, antarctic, california ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses clustered in one nearby town. ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, feel good, uplifting, factual ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
environmental, justice, court, lawyer, contamination, small town, single mother, investigation, corporate crime, business, lawsuit, legal ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, y2k, year 2000, 2000s ...
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.
Style:
sincere, touching, captivating, inspirational, bleak ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night
Plot:
animal, jungle, gorilla, environmental, forest, biopic, extinction, brutality, environmentalism, human spirit, nature, hunting ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1966
Place:
africa, south africa, congo, rwanda
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley Of The Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the ...
Style:
anime, manga, cerebral, philosophical, adult animation ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, adult
Plot:
ecology, post apocalypse, nature, teenage girl, insect, female protagonist, environmental, giant insect, steampunk, apocalypse, environment, save the world ...
Time:
future, year 1984, middle ages, medieval times
Place:
japan, tokyo
Is relevant?
142K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A 12-year-old boy searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.
Style:
entertaining, feel good, 3d animation, colorful, computer animated ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot:
childhood, friendship, deforestation, environmental, environment, justice, environmentalism, greed, talking animal, chase, heroes, society ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Australia, USA, South Korea, Taiwan, UK, France, Canada, Thailand, Denmark
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
When a sprite named Crysta shrinks a human boy, Zak, down to her size, he vows to help the magical fairy folk stop a greedy logging company from destroying their home, the pristine rainforest known as FernGully. Zak and his new friends fight to ...
Style:
touching, fairy tale, feel good, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
environment, fairy, good versus evil, magic, imaginary kingdom, environmental, toxic, young lovers, danger, deforestation, magical power, fish out of water ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
australia
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24K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant.
Style:
sad, touching, serious, disturbing, bleak ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
whistleblower, working class, conspiracy, nuclear power plant, fighting the system, workplace, labor union, radiation, women, environmental, radioactivity, environment ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983, 70s, year 1974
Place:
oklahoma, usa, washington d.c., california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Brother Marie-Victorin, founder of Montreal’s Botanical Garden, is bored with heaven and decides to return earth to help former agronomist turned beekeeper Albert save Quebec’s flora from a multinational that is poisoning the Earth with ...
Style:
satirical, thrilling, semi serious, captivating, political ...
Plot:
environmental, satire, contamination, bee, teamwork, nature, corruption, ecology, environmental activist, save the day, humanity, environmentalist ...
Place:
quebec, montreal
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Finland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
To save the world, Super Furball has to save the bees. In order to do so, the heroic guinea pig has to redeem the biggest bully in school.
Style:
feel good, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, heroic ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing
Plot:
bee, environmental, superhero, animal protagonist, save the planet, conservation, ecology, adventure hero, environmentalist, heroes, mission, heroic mission ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to "get rid of" a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything - including his career and ...
Style:
suspense, thought provoking, suspenseful, serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, lawyer, court, trial, lawsuit, legal, law firm, courtroom, investigation, toxic waste, attorney, judge ...
Time:
90s, year 1988, year 1983, year 1982, year 1987 ...
Place:
massachusetts, boston, washington d.c., new york, new jersey
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In an overpopulated futuristic Earth, a New York police detective finds himself marked for murder by government agents when he gets too close to a bizarre state secret involving the origins of a revolutionary and needed new foodstuff.
Style:
futuristic, atmospheric, twist ending, cerebral, philosophical ...
Plot:
dystopia, conspiracy, food, cannibalism, death, murder, overpopulation, distopia, police detective, investigation, law enforcement, consciousness ...
Time:
future, distant future, near future, 2020s, 70s ...
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Documentary
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A documentary by Jonah Bryson and explorer Fabien Cousteau, grandson of Jacques Cousteau, on the effects of climate change on the oceans and coastal communities.
Style:
thought provoking, informative, educational, reflective, independent film ...
Plot:
environmental, climate change, deforestation, ocean, conservation, marine life, rain forest, nature, global warming, student, social issues, activism ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, Family, History
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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 malevolent white trapper, Karana joins her community as they leave their island home in the ...
Style:
sincere, touching, captivating, melancholic
Plot:
survival, environmental, dog, friendship, death of pet, guard dog, betrayal, porn, lonely, water, island, native american ...
Place:
fictional island
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An eccentric scientist working for a large drug company is working on a research project in the Amazon jungle. He sends for a research assistant and a gas chromatograph because he's close to a cure for cancer. When the assistant turns out to be ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, anamorphic, philosophical, action adventure ...
Plot:
jungle, rain forest, medical, treasure hunt, environmental, amazon rainforest, 007, doctor, survival, cancer, beautiful scenery, medicine ...
Time:
year 1992, 1900s, 90s
Place:
latin america, brazil
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The fanatic beliefs of an internet mystic, a cult leader, and a rookie cop gone rogue are tested on the hunt for the "Hidden Man" -- an elusive forest-dwelling cryptid that terrorizes their idyllic suburb.
Style:
psychedelic, surreal, psychotronic, suspense, scary ...
Plot:
monster, con artists, mysticism, environmental, cryptozoology, spiritual journey, surrealism, fight, pilgrimage, religion and supernatural, fight scenes, absurd humor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
1.3M
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
WALL·E is the last robot left on an Earth that has been overrun with garbage and all humans have fled to outer space. For 700 years he has continued to try and clean up the mess, but has developed some rather interesting human-like qualities. When ...
Style:
futuristic, touching, feel good, sweet, emotional ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
loneliness, robot, space travel, outer space, post apocalypse, technology, love, artificial intelligence, ecology, dystopia, happy ending, ecological disaster ...
Time:
future, distant future, year 2008, 2000s
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: China
Duration: 13 min.
TV show
Story:
Boonie Bears is a Chinese All-CGI Cartoon produced by Fantawild Animation and starring two bears, Briar and Bramble, who continuously try to stop Logger Vick from cutting down trees in their forest. Vick constantly tries to carry out his job as a ...
Style:
3d animation, semi serious, feel good, satirical, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, family friendly
Plot:
bear, environmental, anthropomorphic animal, animal protagonist, lumberjack, animal that acts human, animal, animal life, anthropomorphic bear, grizzly bear, cartoon bear, problem ...
Place:
china
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435K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In Ancient Polynesia, when a terrible curse incurred by Maui reaches an impetuous Chieftain's daughter's island, she answers the Ocean's call to seek out the demigod to set things right.
Style:
fairy tale, entertaining, touching, exciting, polynesian ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, chick flick ...
Plot:
magic, ocean, girl, happy ending, island, disney princess, mythology, destiny, good versus evil, princess, little girl, friendship ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Place:
polynesia, pacific ocean, fictional island, oceania, new zealand
Is relevant?
270K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Music, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Captured by smugglers when he was just a hatchling, a macaw named Blu never learned to fly and lives a happily domesticated life in Minnesota with his human friend, Linda. Blu is thought to be the last of his kind, but when word comes that Jewel, a ...
Style:
humorous, touching, entertaining, 3d animation, colorful ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
bird, parrot, kids and family, jungle, friendship, happy ending, good versus evil, fantasy world, childhood, animal life, talking animal, animal ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
rio de janeiro, minnesota, brazil, south america, iran ...
Is relevant?
135K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When an impulsive boy named Kenai is magically transformed into a bear, he must literally walk in another's footsteps until he learns some valuable life lessons. His courageous and often zany journey introduces him to a forest full of wildlife, ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, fairy tale, feel good, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, girls' night ...
Plot:
friendship, brotherhood, wilderness, brother brother relationship, turned into an animal, revenge, native american, transformation, bear, talking animal, self sacrifice, animal ...
Time:
year 2003, stone age, 2000s, 1890s, prehistoric times ...
Place:
alaska, north america, canada, antarctica
Is relevant?
162K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
God contacts Congressman Evan Baxter and tells him to build an ark in preparation for a great flood.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, inspirational, light, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, kids, teens
Plot:
noah's ark, god, imaginary, save the day, flood, workaholic, against the odds, danger, disorder, religion, rescue, parent child relationship ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
virginia, usa, north america, washington d.c., canada
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: France, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
When maladjusted orphan Jesse vandalizes a theme park, he is placed with foster parents and must work at the park to make amends. There he meets Willy, a young Orca whale who has been separated from his family. Sensing kinship, they form a bond and, ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, feel good, uplifting, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
animal, human animal relationship, friendship, killer whale, animal training, rescue, whale, animal life, freedom, coming of age, boy, kids and family ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
oregon, astoria oregon, portland oregon, usa
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19K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Carol, a typical upper middle-class housewife, begins to complain of vague symptoms of illness. She "doesn't feel right," has unexplained headaches, congestion, a dry cough, nosebleeds, vomiting, and trouble breathing. Her family ...
Style:
atmospheric, independent film, medical horror, disturbing, allegory ...
Plot:
allergy, psychiatrist, environment, suburbs, psychology, paranoia, isolation, environmental, female protagonist, desert, contamination, housewife ...
Time:
80s, year 1995, 90s, year 1987
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: New Zealand, Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back a thousand years or more to a single ancestor, Paikea, who escaped death when his canoe capsized by riding to shore on the back of a whale. From then on, ...
Style:
touching, emotional, thought provoking, inspirational, atmospheric ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, teens, family friendly, date night ...
Plot:
whale, tradition, coming of age, sexism, childhood, female protagonist, culture clash, girl, legend, empowerment, youth, loss of son ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new zealand, oceania, australia
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
A young mouse, mole and hedgehog risk their lives to find a cure for their badger friend, who's been poisoned by men.
Style:
heavy, sad, sentimental, cult classic, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, preschool
Plot:
badger, furry, expedition, race against time, coma, anthropomorphic animal, forest, hedgehog, mouse, talking animal, environmentalism, poison gas ...
Time:
20th century, year 1993
Is relevant?
224K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Having been hopelessly repressed and facing eventual certain death at the British chicken farm where they are held, Rocky the american rooster and Ginger the chicken decide to rebel against the evil Mr. and Mrs. Tweedy, the farm's owners. Rocky ...
Style:
claymation, funny, period piece, satirical, witty ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, toddlers, pre-teens, family outing ...
Plot:
stop motion, bird, escape, talking animal, anthropomorphic animal, prison, escape attempt, chicken, chicken farm, anthropomorphism, rat, freedom ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, year 1959, year 2000, post world war two ...
Place:
united kingdom, england, northern england, europe, yorkshire
Is relevant?
692K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
The true story of top student and athlete, Christopher McCandless, who after graduating from Emory University in 1992, abandoned his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness.
Style:
road movie, philosophical, melancholic, inspirational, reflective ...
Audience:
teens, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
wilderness, self discovery, survival, road trip, freedom, isolation, solitude, journey, life philosophy, lifestyle change, beautiful scenery, nature ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, 20th century, year 1990, year 1992 ...
Place:
alaska, los angeles, north america, northern california, america ...
Is relevant?
418K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Czech Republic
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, thought provoking, allegory, philosophical ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly, chick flick, adult
Plot:
train, post apocalypse, survival, distopia, dystopian future, dystopia, revolution, rebellion, violence, social differences, class struggle, winter ...
Time:
future, near future, 2030s, year 2013, year 2014 ...
Place:
east asia, britain, south korea
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Hushpuppy, an intrepid six-year-old girl, lives with her father, Wink in 'the Bathtub', a southern Delta community at the edge of the world. Wink’s tough love prepares her for the unraveling of the universe – for a time when he’s no ...
Style:
emotional, independent film, sad, surreal, harsh ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
poverty, climate change, children, global warming, magic realism, father daughter relationship, childhood, coming of age, flood, single father, crab, child protagonist ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
louisiana, new orleans, southern usa, usa, tokyo ...
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