30+ Must See Lifestyle Changing Films
by voiptalker | created - 02 Feb 2017 | updated - 27 Mar 2018 | PublicFilms that ought to be watched covering fields from personal health issues to food production methods and ethics within the meat industries as well as environmental concerns and what the future holds for the next generations.
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1. What the Health (2017)
97 min | Documentary
An intrepid filmmaker on a journey of discovery as he uncovers possibly the largest health secret of our time and the collusion between industry, government, pharmaceutical and health organizations keeping this information from us.
Directors: Kip Andersen, Keegan Kuhn | Stars: Kip Andersen, Larry Baldwin, Neal Barnard, Tia Blanco
Votes: 30,555
2. Earthlings (2005)
95 min | Documentary
Using hidden cameras and never-before-seen footage, Earthlings chronicles the day-to-day practices of the largest industries in the world, all of which rely entirely on animals for profit.
Director: Shaun Monson | Star: Joaquin Phoenix
Votes: 19,798
3. Food Matters (2008)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
Food Matters examines how the food we eat can help or hurt our health. Nutritionists, naturopaths, doctors, and journalists weigh in on such topics as organic food, food safety, raw foodism, and nutritional therapy.
Directors: James Colquhoun, Carlo Ledesma | Stars: Vicky Blewitt, Ian Brighthope, Jerome Burne, Phillip Day
Votes: 4,810
4. Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret (2014)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
Follow the shocking, yet humorous, journey of an aspiring environmentalist, as he daringly seeks to find the real solution to the most pressing environmental issues and true path to sustainability.
Directors: Kip Andersen, Keegan Kuhn | Stars: Bruce Hamilton, Kip Andersen, Al Gore, Heather Cooley
Votes: 26,569
5. Forks Over Knives (2011)
PG | 90 min | Documentary
Examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods.
Director: Lee Fulkerson | Stars: Lee Fulkerson, Matthew Lederman, Alona Pulde, T. Colin Campbell
Votes: 12,691
6. Food Choices (2016)
TV-PG | 91 min | Documentary
This new ground-breaking documentary explores the impact that food choices have on people's health, the health of our planet and on the lives of other living species. And also discusses several misconceptions about food and diet.
Director: Michal Siewierski | Stars: Pam Popper, T. Colin Campbell, Joe Cross, Ashlee Piper
Votes: 3,240
7. Live and Let Live (2013)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
Live and Let Live is a feature documentary examining our relationship with animals, the history of veganism and the ethical, environmental and health reasons that move people to go vegan.
Director: Marc Pierschel | Stars: Kati Kosler, Ria Rehberg, Hendrik Haßel, Jan Gerdes
Votes: 844
8. Meat the Truth (2007)
Not Rated | 74 min | Documentary
Meat the Truth draws attention to intensive livestock production by demonstrating that livestock farming generates more greenhouse gas emissions worldwide than all cars, lorries, trains, boats and planes added together.
Directors: Karen Soeters, Gertjan Zwanikken | Stars: Pamela Anderson, Elaine Hendrix, Bill Maher, Wayne Pacelle
Votes: 431
9. Food, Inc. (2008)
PG | 94 min | Documentary, News
An unflattering look inside America's corporate controlled food industry.
Director: Robert Kenner | Stars: Michael Pollan, Eric Schlosser, Richard Lobb, Vince Edwards
Votes: 52,201 | Gross: $4.42M
10. Fed Up (2014)
PG | 92 min | Documentary
An examination of America's obesity epidemic and the food industry's role in aggravating it.
Director: Stephanie Soechtig | Stars: Michele Simon, Katie Couric, Bill Clinton, Michael Pollan
Votes: 12,352 | Gross: $1.54M
11. Vegucated (2011)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary, Comedy
Vegucated is a guerrilla-style documentary that follows three meat- and cheese-loving New Yorkers who agree to adopt a vegan diet for six weeks and learn what it's all about.
Director: Marisa Miller Wolfson | Stars: Marisa Miller Wolfson, Chloe Davis, Cody Tarlow, Molly Wadzeck
Votes: 3,042
12. Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead (2010)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary
Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead is an American documentary that chronicles Australian Joe Cross's 60-day journey across the United States, where he embarks on a juice-only fast in a quest to reclaim his health.
Directors: Joe Cross, Kurt Engfehr | Stars: Joe Cross, Amy Badberg, Merv Cross, Virginia Cross
Votes: 8,915
13. Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead 2 (2014)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary
Joe Cross examines how to make healthy habits last. Joe meets with experts who present realistic solutions to make long-term sustainable improvements to eating behaviors and overall health.
Director: Kurt Engfehr | Stars: Joe Cross, Bjarke de Koning, Carrie Diulus, Sheila Kar
Votes: 1,680
14. From Fat to Finish Line (2015)
TV-G | 87 min | Documentary
The journey of 12 people who share the common bond of losing 100 pounds on average and then embarking on one of the biggest challenges of their lives - the 200 mile mega distance Ragnar Relay Race.
Director: Angela Lee | Stars: Rik Akey, Andrea Mendez Black, Katie Foster, John Hulsey
Votes: 235
15. The Kids Menu (2016)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary
THE KIDS MENU is a feature documentary from the team that brought you "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead." As filmmaker Joe Cross spent time traveling the world with his previous two films, he met ... See full summary »
Director: Kurt Engfehr | Stars: Tim Baird, Jennifer Bond, Joe Cross, Curt Ellis
Votes: 173
16. Eating You Alive (2018)
108 min | Documentary
How and why what we eat is the cause of the chronic diseases that are killing us, and changing what we eat can save our lives one bite at a time.
Director: Paul David Kennamer Jr. | Stars: Suzy Amis, Neal Barnard, James Cameron, T. Colin Campbell
Votes: 930
17. Fowl Play (2009)
52 min | Documentary
Fowl Play is a documentery about the treatment of egg laying hens and other animals. It goes inside of egg corporations that people buy from everyday, and exposes how those animals are being treated, abused, and killed.
Director: Adam Durand | Stars: Nathan Runkle, Amie Todd, Liz Perry, Jonathan Balcombe
Votes: 14
18. Super Juice Me! (2014)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary
8 people, 22 diseases, 28 days on juice... could the results of this four-week "juice-only" experiment show that the answer to treating most chronic disease may be cheaper and simpler than we think?
Director: Alex Kalimát
Votes: 270
19. Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home (2009)
78 min | Documentary
Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home explores the powerful struggle of conscience experienced by several people from traditional farming backgrounds who come to question the basic ... See full summary »
Director: Jenny Stein | Stars: Harold Brown, Cheri Ezell-Vandersluis, Howard Lyman, Cayce Mell
Votes: 246
20. Mad Cowboy (2006 TV Movie)
58 min | Documentary
Biography of a rancher turned vegan.
Director: Michael Tobias | Stars: Howard Lyman, Bruce R. Krug, Richard A. Gannon, Harry Mitchell
Votes: 33
21. Hungry for Change (2012)
Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary
Exposes shocking secrets the diet, weight loss and food industries don't want you to know about deceptive strategies designed to keep you coming back for more. Find out what's keeping you from having the body and health you deserve.
Directors: James Colquhoun, Laurentine Ten Bosch, Carlo Ledesma | Stars: Mike Adams, Nick Bolton, James Caitlin, Kris Carr
Votes: 3,239
22. Farmageddon (2011)
Unrated | 86 min | Documentary, News
Farmageddon is the story of a mom whose son healed from all allergies and asthma after consuming raw milk, and real food from farms. It depicts people all over the country who formed food ... See full summary »
Director: Kristin Canty | Stars: Linda Faillace, Adam Helfer, Mark McAfee, Joel Salatin
Votes: 583 | Gross: $0.06M
23. Bad Seed: The Truth About Our Food (2006 Video)
58 min | Documentary
This bold and convincing documentary grabs you in the guts and doesn't let go. When Adam Curry and Timo Nadudvari first learned about the hidden consequences of the genetic engineering of ... See full summary »
Director: Timothy Loncarich | Stars: Fritjof Capra, Paul Hawken, Vandana Shiva
Votes: 59
24. A Delicate Balance: The Truth (2008)
84 min | Documentary
This Documentary will leave each person fully informed as to some of the causes these illnesses and offers ways of improving human health. This documentary predominantly explores the ... See full summary »
Director: Aaron Scheibner | Stars: Caldwell Esselstyn Jr., Howard Lyman, Neal Barnard, Noam Mohr
Votes: 52
25. 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
26. Chow Down (2010)
Not Rated | 73 min | Documentary
Root for Charles, John and Garnet as they try to buck the system of pills and procedures and outfox their heart disease and diabetes. When their doctors inform them they can't get better, ... See full summary »
Directors: Julia Grayer, Gage Johnston | Stars: Michele Simon, Hans Diehl, Caldwell Esselstyn Jr., Charles Venezia
Votes: 39
27. Fast Food Nation (2006)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama
An examination of the health risks involved in the fast food industry as well as its environmental and social consequences.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Greg Kinnear, Bruce Willis, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Wilmer Valderrama
Votes: 25,141 | Gross: $1.00M
28. Super Size Me (2004)
PG-13 | 100 min | Documentary
While examining the influence of the fast food industry, Morgan Spurlock personally explores the consequences on his health of a diet of solely McDonald's food for one month.
Director: Morgan Spurlock | Stars: Morgan Spurlock, Daryl Isaacs, Chemeeka Walker, Dania Abu-Rmaileh
Votes: 113,249 | Gross: $11.53M
29. Frankensteer (2005 Video)
45 min | Documentary
FRANKENSTEER is a disturbing yet compelling documentary that reveals how the ordinary cow is being transformed into an antibiotic dependent, hormone-laced potential carrier of toxic bacteria, all in the name of cheaper food.
Directors: Marrin Canell, Ted Remerowski | Stars: Lateef Adewoye, Shiv Chopra, Tom Elam, Lester Friedlander
Votes: 45
30. Killer at Large (2008)
TV-PG | 87 min | Documentary
An overview of the politics, social effects and problems associated with the rising epidemic of American obesity.
Director: Steven Greenstreet | Stars: Richard Atkinson, Denise Austin, Brooke Bates, Richard Berman
Votes: 495
31. PlantPure Nation (2015)
Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary
The documentary film PlantPure Nation tells the story of three people on a quest to spread the message of one of the most important health breakthroughs of all time.
Director: Nelson Campbell | Stars: Neal Barnard, Nelson Campbell, T. Colin Campbell, Rekha Chaudhary
Votes: 560
32. Forks Over Knives Presents: The Engine 2 Kitchen Rescue (2011)
Not Rated | 53 min | Documentary
Join Rip Esselstyn, former Texas firefighter and bestselling author, as he teaches the White and Wali families the basics of a whole-food, plant-based diet.
Director: John Corry | Star: Rip Esselstyn
Votes: 168
33. GMO OMG (2013)
90 min | Documentary
Filmmaker Jeremy Seifert journeys to Haiti, Paris, Norway, and even agri-giant Monsanto in search of answers about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and how they affect our children, the health of our planet, and our freedom of choice.
Director: Jeremy Seifert | Stars: Jeremy Seifert, Vandana Shiva, Cary Fowler, Dennis Kucinich
Votes: 1,499 | Gross: $0.04M
34. Sugar Coated (2015)
90 min | Documentary
How the food industry sugar-coated science, sweetened the food supply, and seduced a planet, one spoonful at a time.
Director: Michèle Hozer | Stars: Gary Taubes, Robert Lustig, Craig Wilcox, Alexis Gomez
Votes: 894
35. 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: 1,347
36. The Human Experiment (2013)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary
A documentary that explores chemicals found in everyday household products.
Directors: Don Hardy, Dana Nachman | Star: Sean Penn
Votes: 665
37. The Ghosts in Our Machine (2013)
93 min | Documentary
A cinematic documentary that illuminates the lives of individual animals living within and rescued from the machine of our modern world.
Director: Liz Marshall | Stars: Marcel Saba, Lori Reese, Perrie Wardell, Martin Rowe
Votes: 677 | Gross: $0.02M
38. The Game Changers (2018)
86 min | Documentary, Sport
A UFC fighter's world is turned upside down when he discovers an elite group of world-renowned athletes and scientists who prove that everything he had been taught about protein was a lie.
Director: Louie Psihoyos | Stars: James Wilks, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Patrik Baboumian, Dotsie Bausch
Votes: 21,834 | Gross: $0.74M
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