Environmental issue movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant environmental issue movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, suspense, thought provoking, suspenseful, realistic and serious films and TV shows about / with environmental issue, environmental, environment, environmentalism, nature, ecology, environmental activism, family relations, danger and friendship plots mostly in Drama, Adventure and Thriller genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as environmental issue: Erin Brockovich (2000), Reminiscence (2021), How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2022), The East (2013), Forest Warrior (1996), Sky Blue (2003), Bear with Me (2000), La Belle verte (1996), Village (2023), Crocodile and the Plover Bird (2019).
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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: Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Nicolas Bannister, a rugged and solitary veteran living in a near-future Miami flooded by rising seas, is an expert in a dangerous occupation: he offers clients the chance to relive any memory they desire. His life changes when he meets a mysterious ...
Style:
neo noir, psychological, suspense, futuristic, psychotronic ...
Plot:
flood, reminiscence, memory, femme fatale, female singer, riot, climate change, veteran, inheritance, nightclub, piano, environmental issue ...
Time:
near future, future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
miami, new orleans
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A crew of young environmental activists execute a daring mission to sabotage an oil pipeline.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, tense, biting, suspense
Plot:
criminal conspiracy, environmental issue, environmental activist, environmentalist, felony, terrorism, activism, environmental, conspiracy, terrorist plot, terrorist attack, corporate greed ...
Place:
texas, long beach california, north dakota, portland oregon, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: Switzerland, Austria
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
1984: Searching for an experience that goes deeper than the superficiality of modern civilization, Bruno Manser travels into the jungles of Borneo and finds it with the nomadic Penan tribe. It is an encounter that changes his life forever. When the ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, sincere, captivating, political
Plot:
rain forest, deforestation, jungle warfare, jungle, environmental activist, tribe, courage, environment, environmental issue, environmental activism, escapades, social activism ...
Time:
year 1991, year 1999, year 1987, year 1984, year 1988
Place:
switzerland, borneo, germany, munich germany
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
An operative for an elite private intelligence firm finds her priorities irrevocably changed after she is tasked with infiltrating an anarchist group known for executing covert attacks upon major corporations.
Style:
suspenseful, political, cerebral, intense, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
terrorism, fighting the system, terrorist, environmentalism, espionage, anarchist, lost in the woods, undercover, working undercover, fbi, secret organization, anti capitalism ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
John McKenna is a spiritual being who is able to transform into bear, wolf or eagle. He lives in the forests of Tanglewood and has dedicated his life to protect them. One day a gang of evil lumberjacks led by Travis Thorne arrive Tanglewood to chop ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, sincere, disgusting ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
adventurer, youth, bear, heroic mission, wilderness, environmental issue, good versus evil, young heroes, rescue, danger, ghost, superhero ...
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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
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Civilization has been destroyed by war and pollution, but the survivors have built the last city of Ecoban. As most natural resources have been exhausted, Ecoban is powered by pollution. The citizens of Ecoban need to continue creating this ...
Style:
anime, atmospheric, exciting, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
resistance movement, cyberpunk, environmental issue, survival, apocalypse, heroic mission, resistance, dystopian future, chaos, danger, escapades, toxic ...
Time:
future, year 2003, 2000s, 22nd century
Place:
japan, asia, korea, tokyo
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Genre: Adventure, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An orphaned bear cub is adopted by little Emily and her family. They name the cub Masha, raise her and release her back into the wild. Three years go by, and Emily is lost deep in the forest. Cold, frightened and alone in the darkness, she falls and ...
Style:
sentimental, semi serious, feel good, sincere
Plot:
deforestation, environmental issue, young heroes, missing child, friendship, getting home, escapades, danger, family life, woods, poacher, youth ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
As part of an intergalactic coalition, a well-meaning space alien volunteers to bring a message of self-actualization and harmony with nature to the one planet rejected by all her peers as incorrigible: Earth.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, esoteric, light, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
utopia, society, spirituality, nature, ecology, human nature, space and aliens, benign alien, peaceful mission, environmental issue, consciousness, environmental ...
Place:
france, paris france, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In a once-scenic village now dominated by a vast trash disposal site, a young man yearns to break free from a cruel fate tying him to the very grounds.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, dramatic, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
environmental issue, corruption, yakuza, murder, small village, village life, countryside, rural setting, villager, social realism, hopes, longing ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: China
TV show
Story:
A story about young people hoping to pioneer architectural improvements that will benefit the generations to come. A stone-faced genius meets his opposite and they clash from the start. Hate turns to love between these two people who first meet at ...
Style:
romantic, captivating, romantic comedy, entertaining
Plot:
love story, environmentalism, environmental issue, enemies to lovers, love affair, love and romance, romantic relationship, couple relations, relationships, male female relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, fall in love ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Inspired by author Eric Schlosser's New York Times best-seller of the same name, director Richard Linklater's ensemble drama examines the health issues and social consequences of America's love affair with fast food and features an ...
Style:
talky, stylized, disturbing, semi serious, bad ending ...
Plot:
food, fast food restaurant, junk food, satire, cooking and food, butcher, hamburger, public health, illegal immigration, greed, health, fighting the system ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
texas, usa, colorado, mexico, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an ...
Style:
surreal, futuristic, cynical, apocalyptic, postmodern ...
Plot:
time travel, dystopian future, apocalypse, alternate reality, memory, prophecy, chaos, distopia, dark humor, alternate history, amnesia, drug ...
Time:
future, year 2005, year 2006, near future, 2000s ...
Place:
los angeles, syria, middle east, nevada, southern california ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a government representative announces that he intends to reunite an orphaned orca with his pod by transporting him hundreds of miles over dry land, the Mowachaht-Muchalaht First Nations Band, which believes that the spirit of their late chief ...
Style:
touching, serious, sincere, captivating, nature documentary ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, adult
Plot:
killer whale, idealism, environmentalism, escapades, animal life, youth, friendship, danger, society, homecoming, ocean, family life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, british columbia
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
THE SAGE HUNTER chronicles the real life adventures of the Taiwanese indigenous hero, Sakinu, a forest ranger who is determined to protect his family's and community's rich traditions. We take in the magnificent panorama of the lush forest ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
heroes, nature, environmental issue, family relations, tribe, hunter, indigenous people, animal, conservation, environmental activism, forest ranger, spirituality ...
Place:
taiwan
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Poland, Germany, Czech Republic, Sweden, Slovakia, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A story about Janina Duszejko, an elderly woman, who lives alone in the Klodzko Valley where a series of mysterious crimes are committed. Duszejko is convinced that she knows who (or what) is the murderer, but nobody believes her.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, enigmatic, touching, dark comedy ...
Plot:
nature, murder investigation, mysterious death, murder mystery, poaching, animal cruelty, animal rights, strong female character, poacher, hunting, murder, environmental issue ...
Place:
poland, central europe, berlin germany
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Pilgrim Corporation has leased Choke Canyon to research physicist David Lowell for 99 years. Lowell has built an impressive research laboratory there. When Pilgrim suddenly needs Choke Canyon for toxic waste storage, they resort to violence to force ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, suspense, anamorphic ...
Plot:
canyon, toxic, scientist, environmental issue, environmentalist, sabotage, toxic waste, stockholm syndrome, hostage, exploitation, environmental, heroes ...
Place:
utah, salt lake city utah
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young and ambitious civil servant Jussi finds himself being in charge of the environmental permit of a huge nickel and uranium mine in Northern Finland. The Talvivaara mine, led by a charismatic globe trotting visioner Pekka Perä is introducing ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, touching, suspense, exciting
Plot:
business, mining, investigation, nature, environmental issue, government, government official, politics, technology, corruption, politician, environment ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s
Place:
finland
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Iceland, France, Ukraine
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A middle aged woman declares war on the heavy industry in her town. She resorts to sabotage and is willing to risk everything for nature and these virgin highlands… until a Ukrainian orphan enters her life.
Style:
light, captivating, feel good, humorous, atmospheric ...
Plot:
environmental activist, adoption, climate change, sabotage, strong female character, tourist, sister sister relationship, dog, twins, environmentalism, musician, women ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iceland, sarajevo, reykjavik iceland, ukraine
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The battle between loggers and environmentalists is defining, dividing and destroying communities in Canada and around the world. The Green Chain is a powerful, funny and thought-provoking film about the people who love trees.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
environmentalism, woods, society, battles, family relations, family business, environmental activism, deforestation, environmental issue, forest, small town, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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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: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young man (Lerman) moves from Montana to Florida with his family, where he's compelled to engage in a fight to protect a population of endangered owls.
Style:
entertaining, touching, feel good, humorous, tropical ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
owl, school, adaptation, fish out of water, justice, environmentalism, bully, save the day, vandalism, misfit, teenager, youth ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
florida, montana, usa
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Genre: Family, Romance
Country: Belgium
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When Blinker is helping his dad as lifesaver at the sea in Ostend, they discover dumped chemicals by Blix Industries.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, suspenseful, humorous
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
corporate crime, family relations, eccentric family, parents and children, young heroes, toxic, beach, environmental issue, contamination, environmental health, environmentalism, radioactivity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
holland, europe
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The story about three radical environmentalists coming together to execute the most intense protest of their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric dam.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, psychological, meditative, intense ...
Plot:
environmental issue, terrorism, dam, rebellion, environmentalism, environmentalist, crime gone awry, character study, radical, rebelliousness, danger, society ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
oregon, usa, california
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: Thailand
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Story of the adventures of three young men from two of the world's metropolis, New State Trinity Capital and Karen village in Northern Thailand. To help save the world from disaster recovery due to global warming.
Style:
entertaining, sincere, captivating, thought provoking, anime
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
environmentalism, environmental health, environmental activism, environmental destruction, environmental issue, environment, save the world, wildlife, escapades, climate, friends, rescue mission ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Three friends leading a nonprofit organisation investigate environmental crimes in the Amazon involving a major mining company.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating
Plot:
activism, environmental activism, private investigation, deforestation, amazon, journalism, teamwork, environmental activist, environmentalist, environmental destruction, environmental issue, environmentalism ...
Place:
brazil
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An oil baron and a farmer standoff after the water on his farm is poisoned by her company.
Style:
suspense, captivating, independent film, black comedy, entertaining
Plot:
oil, contamination, businessman, environment, farmer, congressman, water, environmental destruction, legal action, environmental issue, oil company, oil industry ...
Place:
houston texas, los angeles, mexico
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Peru, Netherlands, USA, Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A girl was born and grew up in the deepest jungle of the Amazon, Colonia, that rests on the back of the most powerful Mother Spirit in the Amazon, Turtle Motelo Mama. One day she discovers that her homeland is being threatened and realizes that ...
Style:
exciting, feel good, 3d animation, visually appealing, colorful ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
human animal relationship, jungle girl, forces of nature, deforestation, friendship, environmental destruction, environmental issue, grownups, heroic mission, talking animal, indians, unlikely friendships ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Biography, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The Trick tells the story of world-renowned Professor Philip Jones; Director of Climate Research at the University of East Anglia, who back in 2009 found himself at the eye of an international media storm and the victim of cyberterrorism. With time ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thought provoking, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
climate change, cybercrime, media frenzy, life is a bitch, problem, environmental health, environmental issue, environmentalism, society, ecology, environmental destruction, environmental activism ...
Time:
year 2009
Place:
copenhagen, london
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