Climate change movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant climate change movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, captivating, apocalyptic, serious, suspense and exciting films and TV shows about / with climate change, disaster, apocalypse, natural disaster, catastrophe, survival, global warming, post apocalyptic, danger and distopia plots mostly in Sci-Fi, Drama and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as climate change: The Day After Tomorrow (2004), 2067 (2020), Ice (2011), The Colony (2013), Snowpiercer (2013), Geostorm (2017), Age of Ice (2014), Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012), Megastorm (2009), 100 Degrees Below Zero (2013).
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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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13K
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A lowly utility worker is called to the future by a mysterious radio signal, he must leave his dying wife to embark on a journey that will force him to face his deepest fears in an attempt to change the fabric of reality and save humankind from its ...
Style:
futuristic, serious, suspense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
time travel, time paradox, climate change, deforestation, parallel world, changing the past or future, discovery, time machine, research, apocalypse, disaster, post apocalyptic ...
Time:
future, near future
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2K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, New Zealand
Duration: 92 min.
TV show
Story:
It is 2020. Findings by environmental scientist Professor Thom Archer suggest that Halo, the corporate energy company drilling on the Greenland Glacier are causing it to melt. Archer's warnings are ignored, so he heads to the Arctic to find ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, apocalyptic
Plot:
climate change, forces of nature, disaster, ecological disaster, evacuation, survival, iceberg, danger, escapades, storm, chaos, chaos and mayhem ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
antarctica, greenland
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Forced underground by the next ice age, a struggling outpost of survivors must fight to preserve humanity against a threat even more savage than nature.
Style:
suspenseful, dark, tense, suspense, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, survival, post apocalypse, starvation, epidemic, ice age, danger, survival horror, dystopia, cannibalism, underground bunker, distopia ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
antarctica
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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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132K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
After an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened the planet, the world's leaders came together to create an intricate network of satellites to control the global climate and keep everyone safe. But now, something has gone wrong: ...
Style:
apocalyptic, psychotronic, exciting, suspenseful, disgusting ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
end of the world, apocalypse, catastrophe, disaster, tsunami, humanity in peril, storm, ecological disaster, malfunction, climate change, hurricane, natural disaster ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s, year 2017, year 2019 ...
Place:
afghanistan, hong kong, orlando florida, rio de janeiro, new york ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Massive earthquakes open the Arabian tectonic plate, resulting in unstable weather and freezing temperatures that will be unsurvivable by nightfall. Attempting to reach safety, a vacationing family in Egypt must battle the rapidly cooling ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, tense, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
disaster, earthquake, forces of nature, climate change, danger, escapades, snow, pyramid, natural disaster, apocalypse, holiday, snowstorm ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
egypt, middle east, cairo egypt
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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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765
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story:
Through his Atmospheric Research Institute, Robert Terrell (Treat Williams) has finally fulfilled his lifelong dream of completing "weather creation" technology, which has been a landmark event. However, during a test run, a team composed ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense, dramatic ...
Plot:
disaster, weather manipulation, weather, natural disaster, storm, catastrophe, climate, scientist, climate change, hi-tech, apocalypse, experimental technology ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After freak climate and weather events destroy the world around them, a group of rogue scientists attempt to reverse the deadly new ice age.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, climate change, forces of nature, rescue, chaos, danger, escapades, volcano, evacuation, scientist, dystopian future ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
iceland, europe, usa, paris france
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565
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Canada
TV show
Story:
An oil industrialist, an environmental activist and a politician are in conflict in this drama set around a summit on climate change.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, captivating, serious, tense ...
Plot:
climate change, corporate greed, environment, global warming, evil corporation, environmental activist, oil, greed, lobbyist, conflict of interest, oil industry, conflict ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When a solar eclipse sends a colossal blast of super chilled air towards the earth, it then sets off a catastrophic chain of events that threatens to engulf the world in ice and begin a new Ice Age.
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, apocalyptic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, freezing, survival, ecological disaster, forces of nature, demolished city, natural disaster, solar eclipse, save the world, obsessive quest, evacuation, chaos ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
seattle, tasmania, usa, australia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
This Christmas, a super frozen object is going to slam into the Earth. In the middle of a small town, and very quickly, dreams of a "White Christmas" will turn into a FROZEN NIGHTMARE.
Style:
apocalyptic, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
disaster, frozen, climate change, christmas, winter, frozen alive, evacuation, panic, snow, small town, xmas, apocalypse ...
Place:
usa
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6K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
A Scottish chaplain embarks on an epic journey through space. Based on Michel Faber's 'The Book Of Strange New Things'.
Style:
captivating, apocalyptic
Plot:
alien planet, space travel, priest, space exploration, space, climate change, hallucination, desert, space shuttle, save the planet, humanity, fate of humanity ...
Time:
near future, future
Place:
london
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54K
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Norway
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A small Norwegian town experiencing warm winters and violent downpours seems to be headed for another Ragnarök -- unless someone intervenes in time.
Style:
sincere, emotional, realistic, intellectual, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
norse mythology, supernatural power, teenage protagonist, uncover truth, end of the world, good versus evil, gay, climate change, forces of nature, catastrophe, salvation, superhero ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Sweden, Finland, Denmark
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Year 2095. The world is ravaged by ecological disaster. Oceans have risen and all natural freshwater is gone. Fang Rung has undergone molecular fission in order to send his other half, code name Gordon Thomas, back in time to the year 2017. Gordon ...
Style:
tense, dark, suspense, futuristic
Plot:
climate change, save the world, time travel, time traveler, scientist, travel, dystopia, post apocalyptic, dual identity, alternate timeline, survival, scientific discovery ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017, 21st century
Place:
denmark, copenhagen
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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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2.5M
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
Style:
futuristic, mind bending, cerebral, clever, philosophical ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
space travel, time travel, outer space, nasa, astronaut, father daughter relationship, space, dystopian future, survival, end of the world, robot, space exploration ...
Time:
future, year 2014, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, colorado
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After the events in Oklahoma, the Ghostbusters team returns to where it all started: New York City! The Spengler family story continues with a new group of Ghostbusters led by Winston Zeddemore and Ray Stantz.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, captivating, exciting, funny ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural power, demon, apocalypse, ghost girl, hunting, city, mother daughter relationship, female ghost, beach, supernatural horror, mayor ...
Time:
2020s, 1900s, year 1989
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
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615
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Denmark, Iceland, Norway
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Young climate change scientist, Elias falls in love with an aspiring singer, Anita. But when an opportunity arises for him to join a mission researching a dangerous climate change phenomenon – a mysterious fracture on the ocean floor – he ...
Style:
thrilling, suspenseful, metafiction, captivating, romantic drama ...
Plot:
climate change, ecological disaster, ocean, adventure hero, problem, regret, lost love, obsession, haunting, earthquake, slow burn, seafaring ...
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Genre: Documentary
Country: UK
TV show
Story:
Yellowstone is one of the most remarkable places on the planet. It’s home to North America’s most iconic wildlife, including grizzly bears, wolves, great grey owls, beavers and bison. Every year they must survive extreme weather as the thaw ...
Style:
nature documentary, educational
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
nature, natural history, climate change, bison, grizzly bear, wildlife, extreme weather, survival, national park, wolf, conservation, wilderness ...
Time:
year 2016
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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: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Set against the backdrop of a post-Apocalypse Earth, Population 2 is about a relationship that ends in tragedy forcing a woman to struggle in the aftermath.
Style:
captivating, serious, dramatic, suspenseful, reflective ...
Plot:
post-apocalyptic future, apocalypse, distopia, past life, post apocalypse, climate change, solitude, grief, isolation, ruins, loneliness, loss ...
Time:
future
Place:
portland oregon
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Global climate change prompts a scientific corporation to genetically modify Alaskan polar bears with horrific and deadly results.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
animal attack, cold, winter, monster, genetics, polar bear, photographer, snow, bear attack, travel, fashion model, creature ...
Time:
80s
Place:
alaska, antarctica, antarctic
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 195 min.
TV show
Story:
2017: The greenhouse effect and global warming take their toll as droughts, floods, and hurricanes wreak mass destruction in a world gone mad, one family struggles to survive against all odds...
Style:
tense, intense, bleak, realistic, grim ...
Plot:
survival, global warming, post apocalyptic, natural disaster, climate change, ecological disaster, cautionary tale, dystopia, environmentalism, heat wave, warning, family bonds ...
Time:
near future, 2010s, future
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
In the future, the oceans have risen to flood all the continents due to humanity's negligence of the environment. Only a few bits of land have been spared, and one of those is the city-island where Elfie lives with her grandfather. One day, due ...
Style:
anime, mysterious, tense, suspense, melancholic ...
Plot:
underwater, environmental, climate change, contamination, post apocalyptic, conservation, ecological disaster, dystopia, xenophobia, mutation, political intrigue, social commentary ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Vietnam, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In a near future Vietnam where global warming and rising seawater levels have forced cultivation to be done on floating farms, a strong-willed woman has to make a critical decision about her ex-lover, a suspect of her husband's murder.
Style:
atmospheric, bleak, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, uncover truth, dystopian future, global warming, life is a bitch, murder, environmentalism, society, climate change, social commentary, female protagonist, dystopia ...
Time:
near future, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
vietnam, asia
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Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
Abel, Marianne and their 13-year-old son Joseph live together in Paris. Their everyday existence is thrown into turmoil when Abel and Marianne discover that Joseph has secretly sold valuables from the family home to finance a mysterious ecological ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, exciting, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
coming of age, teenager, secret project, family drama, family relations, climate change, environmentalism, save the planet, salvation, teenage protagonist, planet, teenage boy ...
Place:
paris france, south africa, africa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
When glacial flooding causes a ripple effect of earthquakes and tsunamis, scientists must create sinkholes to absorb the water and makethe Arctic cold once more.
Style:
apocalyptic, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
tsunami, catastrophe, survival, flood, disaster, glacier, climate change, global warming, natural disaster, flooding, ecological disaster, apocalypse ...
Time:
near future
Place:
north america
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321
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a climate change ravaged world in 2012, after 240 days without rain Sydney has only two weeks of water left. When the city is then ringed by severe bushfires, the question becomes, how do you fight fire when you have no water?
Style:
serious, futuristic, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
disaster, journalism, fire, medical examination, forces of nature, danger, investigation, politics, global warming, life is a bitch, dystopian future, media ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
australia, sydney australia
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