Environmentalism movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant environmentalism movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, captivating, realistic, humorous, entertaining and feel good films and TV shows about / with environmentalism, family, ecology, society, friendship, environment, environmental, danger, animal and catastrophe plots mostly in Drama, Family and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as environmentalism: The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008), Saving the Fucking Planet (2023), Earthwork (2009), Chicken Run (2000), Bio-Dome (1996), Night Moves (2013), The Lorax (2012), Bless the Beasts & Children (1971), Aunt Hilda! (2013), Big Miracle (2012).
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List of environmentalism movies
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu comes to Earth to assess whether humanity can prevent the environmental damage they have inflicted on their own planet. When barred from ...
Style:
stylized, suspenseful, apocalyptic, visual, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ufo, end of the world, alien encounter, alien, alien invasion, alien contact, evil alien, happy ending, first contact, robot, extraterrestrial, apocalypse ...
Time:
year 2008, future, 20th century, 1920s, 2000s ...
Place:
usa, washington d.c., virginia, new jersey, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Animation
Country: France
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story:
Teenagers, the internationally-recognized characters of the series, will be the heroes of adventures in which they will play an active role. They will be a force for change, faced with situations and problems they need to resolve. The series will be ...
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, light, informative ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing
Plot:
environmentalism, contamination, global warming, wisdom of life, wise man, save the planet, imaginary, environmental health, society, escapades, environment, climate change ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Norway
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story:
In the village of Utfjord, Sami Elin fights to preserve the pastures of the family that runs reindeer, but when she falls in love with Daniel, her values are put to the test.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, dramatic, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
environmentalism, mining, environment, tradition, relationships, male female relationship, love, couples, couple relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love affair, female protagonist ...
Time:
2020s
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In 1994, real-life crop artist Stan Herd traveled from Kansas to Manhattan's Upper West Side to create a massive environmental artwork on land owned by Donald Trump. The multi-acre artwork was made from soil, rock, plants and vegetation near an ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, sincere, reflective, independent film ...
Plot:
environmentalism, idealism, human spirit, hopes, social differences, creative block, art, creative process, homelessness, perseverance, collaboration, social commentary ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
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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
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31K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Bud and Doyle are two losers who are doing nothing with their lives. Both of their girlfriends are actively involved in saving the environment, but the two friends couldn't care less about saving the Earth. One day, when a group of scientists ...
Style:
slapstick comedy, funny, humorous, surprise ending, lighthearted ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
stupidity, friendship between men, slacker, biosphere, environmentalism, fish out of water, mad scientist, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, environmentalist, scientist, party, stoner ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
arizona, usa
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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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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: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Six children at a summer camp embark on a mission to save a buffalo herd from slaughter.
Style:
serious, sentimental, emotional, realistic, road movie ...
Plot:
coming of age, summer camp, youth, rescue, teenage life, environmentalism, obsessive quest, friendship, male bonding, brother brother relationship, road trip, father son relationship ...
Time:
70s, year 1971
Place:
arizona, usa, los angeles, albuquerque new mexico
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Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The story follows Dudley, a dragon who recently woke up from centuries of hibernation and his new ten-year-old friends Matt and Sally. The two kids would guide Dudley around the modern world and the trio would learn about environmentalism, ...
Style:
educational, lighthearted, stylized, humorous, offbeat ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing
Plot:
dragon, environmentalism, friendship, puppetry, family values, safe, nature, conservation, talking animal, magical creature, imagination, community ...
Time:
90s, 1900s
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: France, Luxembourg
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Plant loving Hilda, has created a museum where she preserves endangered and rare plants from all over the world. Meanwhile Attilem, a new genetically modified cereal, is launched on the market. Growing with little water and fertilizer while ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, humorous, captivating, anime ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
environmentalism, save the day, heroes, experiment gone awry, danger, rivalry, disorder, technology gone awry, chaos, save the planet, society, underdog ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Based on an inspiring true story, a small-town news reporter (Krasinski) and a Greenpeace volunteer (Barrymore) enlist the help of rival superpowers to save three majestic gray whales trapped under the ice of the Arctic Circle. ‘Big Miracle’ is ...
Style:
realistic, feel good, touching, serious, cute ...
Audience:
girls' night, family outing, adult
Plot:
animal rescue, rescue, journalism, volunteer, media, whale, ocean, animal, environmentalism, danger, diving, winter ...
Time:
20th century, year 2012, 80s, year 1988
Place:
alaska, new york, los angeles
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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: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Martial arts star Steven Seagal stars in this action drama as Jack Taggart, an undercover agent working for the Environmental Protection Agency. When an EPA representative is murdered in a small Appalachian community, Taggart is sent in -- posing as ...
Style:
suspense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, spiritual ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, environment, toxic, small town, betrayal, investigation, environmentalism, one man army, danger, good versus evil, dishonesty, tough law enforcer ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
kentucky, usa, appalachia, texas
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.
Style:
witty, sweet, humorous, touching, talky ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night
Plot:
small town, village life, husband wife relationship, fish out of water, culture clash, american abroad, melancholy, social commentary, oil, therapist, rabbit, beautiful scenery ...
Time:
20th century, year 1983, 80s
Place:
scotland, houston texas, texas
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32K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.
Style:
anthology, psychedelic, cerebral, philosophical, art film ...
Plot:
dream, surrealism, artist, tunnel, art, nuclear disaster, environmentalism, magic realism, spirit, radiation, philosophy, beautiful scenery ...
Time:
year 1990, 80s, 20th century
Place:
japan, mount fuji, asia, pacific ocean, tokyo
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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
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Two Supreme Court Justices have been assassinated. One lone law student has stumbled upon the truth. An investigative journalist wants her story. Everybody else wants her dead.
Style:
political, suspense, suspenseful, tense, political thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
political conspiracy, politics, investigation, conspiracy, conspiracy theory, lawyer, spy, political corruption, corruption, secret service, fbi, surveillance ...
Time:
90s, future, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., new orleans, southern usa, new york
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Willy the whale is back, this time threatened by illegal whalers making money off sushi. Jesse, now 16, has taken a job on an orca-researching ship, along with old friend Randolph and a sarcastic scientist, Drew. On the whaler's ship is captain ...
Style:
realistic, touching, humorous, epic, retro ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens ...
Plot:
killer whale, friendship, hunting, rescue, poaching, friends, environmentalism, father son relationship, boy, fisherman, ship captain, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Is relevant?
1.5M
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.
Style:
futuristic, breathtaking, exciting, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
fantasy world, alien, culture clash, alien planet, beautiful scenery, creature, space and aliens, battles, ecology, interspecies romance, alien encounter, space travel ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 20th century, 22nd century, distant future ...
Place:
iran, space western
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A teenage boy fights to save the Spirit Bear.
Style:
sincere, sentimental, feel good, touching, serious ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
youth, nature, environmentalism, wilderness, human spirit, fighting the system, heroic mission, society, escapades, politics, obsessive quest, campaign ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
9K
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: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The five days when Copenhagen was held in a panic grip by an intelligent activist and former elite shooter, who takes to arms when a woman journalist writes about the government’s broken promises in an environmental question.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
sniper, politics, journalism, state affairs, environmentalism, society, media, reporter, hostage situation, die hard, environmental activism, manhunt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, copenhagen, greenland
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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
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: UK, USA, United Arab Emirates, Germany
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When real estate developer Dan Sanders finalizes plans to level a swath of pristine Oregon forest to make way for a soulless housing subdivision, a band of woodland creatures rises up to throw a monkey wrench into the greedy scheme. Just how much ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, light, captivating, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
raccoon, nothing goes right, family relations, businessman, real estate, environmentalism, family problems, vengeance, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, animal, trap ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, north america, oregon
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Five years after Yippie founder Abbie Hoffman goes underground to avoid a drug-related prison sentence, he contacts a reporter to get out the story of the FBI's covert spying, harassment and inciting of violence they then blame on the Left.
Style:
melancholic, talky, stylized, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
politics, fighting the system, conspiracy, depression, justice, biopic, mental illness, revolution, injustice, conspiracy theory, on the run, drug abuse ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 70s, year 1968
Place:
new york, usa, chicago, woodstock, pentagon ...
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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
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Music
Country: UK, USA
TV show
Story:
Jungle Junction is a current CGI animated children's television series created by Trevor Ricketts. It airs on Disney Junior in the United States and in the Netherlands, as well as Playhouse Disney in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Portugal, ...
Style:
humorous, sincere, captivating, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
kids, preschool
Plot:
jungle adventure, environmentalism, friends, friendship, animal life, youth, travel, escapades, rivalry, animals family, talking animal, koala ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Abandoned by her dreamer single mom, a teenage loner becomes obsessed with ecological disaster, forcing her and her grandmother, a functioning alcoholic, to rethink their futures.
Style:
realistic, touching, captivating, psychological, sexy ...
Plot:
coming of age, family relations, environmentalism, society, family problems, gain trust, dysfunctional family, teenage life, life is a bitch, youth, bittersweet, teenager ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: India
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The movie centers on a group of animals in a national park in Bombay trying to figure out a way to stop humans from building an apartment complex on their land.
Style:
thought provoking, humorous, captivating, light, 3d animation ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
friendship, environmentalism, save the day, on the road, against the odds, escapades, fish out of water, jungle, imaginary, hopes, environmental health, communication problem ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, delhi
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