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1. Temple Grandin (2010 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 107 min | Biography, Drama
A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who has become one of the top scientists in the humane livestock handling industry.
Director: Mick Jackson | Stars: Claire Danes, Julia Ormond, David Strathairn, Catherine O'Hara
Votes: 32,592
2. Blackfish (2013)
PG-13 | 83 min | Documentary
A documentary following the controversial captivity of killer whales, and its dangers for both humans and whales.
Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite | Stars: Tilikum, Dave Duffus, Samantha Berg, Dean Gomersall
Votes: 72,484 | Gross: $2.07M
3. Medicine of the Wolf (2015)
TV-PG | 74 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama
Filmmaker Julia Huffman travels to Minnesota and into "wolf country" to pursue the deep intrinsic value of brother wolf and our forgotten promise to him.
Director: Julia Huffman | Stars: Jim Brandenburg, Jane Goodall, Saginaw Grant, Julia Huffman
Votes: 259
4. The Elephant in the Living Room (2010)
PG | 96 min | Documentary
Take a journey deep inside the fascinating world where wild exotic animals are kept as household pets.
Director: Michael Webber | Stars: Tim Harrison, Terry Brumfield, Russ Clear, Casey Craig
Votes: 1,116
5. Something for the Birds (1952)
Approved | 81 min | Comedy, Romance
Enviromentalist Anne Richards goes to Washington D. C. to fight for getting legislation passed to save the last remaining sanctuary of the almost-extinct California Condor. She enlists the ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Victor Mature, Patricia Neal, Edmund Gwenn, Larry Keating
Votes: 233
6. Behind the Mask (2006)
Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary
Behind the Mask: The Story Of The People Who Risk Everything To Save Animals is a 2006 documentary film about the Animal Liberation Front. It took three years of filming, interviewing, and editing to complete.
Director: Shannon Keith | Stars: Shannon Keith, Keith Mann, Kevin Kjonaas, Rod Coronado
Votes: 201
7. The Walrus and the Whistleblower (2020)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary
An animal trainer becomes an unlikely whistleblower and is sued for $1.5 million for plotting to steal a walrus, falling down the rabbit hole of a personal quest while a larger movement grows to end marine mammal captivity.
Director: Nathalie Bibeau | Stars: Phil Demers, Doug Draper, John Holer, Jimmy Kimmel
Votes: 213
8. 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: 680 | Gross: $0.02M
9. A Fall from Freedom (2011)
Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary, History
The first comprehensive film to reveal the long and sordid history of the captive whale and dolphin entertainment business. Many of these marine parks and aquariums are directly or ... See full summary »
Stars: Brad Andrews, Ken Balcomb, Hardy Jones, Lori Marino
Votes: 84
10. Saving America's Horses: A Nation Betrayed (2012)
91 min | Documentary, Adventure, Crime
SAVING AMERICA'S HORSES A Nation Betrayed is a compelling compilation of expert testimony, undercover footage and true life stories shot against the dramatic backdrops of the American countryside.
Director: Katia Louise | Stars: Katia Louise, Chief Arvol Looking Horse, Paula Bacon, Linda Gray
Votes: 12
11. River Dogs
Documentary | Completed
An independent investigation of the mysterious and evil events happening to California sea lions on the Columbia river over the past two decades.
Director: Ksenia Kartopoltseva | Stars: Veronica Montoya, Larry Montoya, Dave Densmore, Arline LaMear
12. Unter Menschen (2013)
90 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama
In a hermetically sealed-off safari park in Austria our civilization's moral challenges collide under a magnifying glass: guilt, responsibility, redemption. Fourty chimpanzees survived HIV ... See full summary »
Directors: Christian Rost, Claus Strigel | Stars: Renate Foidl, Annemari Kuti, Bettina Gaupmann, Bianca Pokorny
Votes: 38
13. Equal Strength (2011)
103 min | Action, Drama
Taylor Westrom will quickly learn that to accomplish his noble mission of saving millions of animals he must confront his own boss who is linked to illegal operations with a group of ... See full summary »
Director: Ika Santamaria | Stars: Ryan Tesauro, Noa Lindberg, Brent Battles, Kira Stockwell
Votes: 30 | Gross: $0.00M
14. I Am an Animal: The Story of Ingrid Newkirk and PETA (2007)
Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary
A candid and introspective look at the beliefs and motives of Ingrid Newkirk, the British-born co-founder and driving force behind People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the world's largest animal-rights organization.
Director: Matthew Galkin | Stars: Pamela Anderson, Marc Bouwer, Ralph Dell, Priscilla Feral
Votes: 308
15. 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: 1,348
16. A Cow at My Table (2000 Video)
80 min | Documentary
Interviews with animal rights activists, agribusiness representatives and animal welfare experts, combined with archival footage, including some very disturbing scenes from slaughterhouses.
Director: Jennifer Abbott | Stars: Susan Kitchen, Susan Schafers, Jim Mason, Joy Ripley
Votes: 12
17. Animal People: The Humane Movement in America (2006)
84 min | Documentary
The media has well documented the great social justice issues of the past and present-19th century struggles over the abolition of slavery, providing women with the vote, protecting ... See full summary »
Director: Gary Kaskel | Stars: Nanci Alexander, Cleveland Amory, Neal Barnard, Gene Baur
Votes: 10
18. 269
Documentary | Announced
This is the compelling and controversial story, of the international '269Life' movement. Watch as their underdog struggle, to liberate the animals unfolds, in this one of a kind movie drama.
Director: Keren Goldstein Yehezkeli | Stars: Maria Hope, Sasha Boojor
19. The Legend of Ivan Tors (2011)
65 min | Documentary
Documenting Ivan Tors' rise from studio screenwriter to anti-violence and animal rights maverick, to Zoologist and Adventurer, to a leading producer of successful family films and programs. Including Flipper and Gentle Ben.
Director: Scott Cardinal | Stars: Stan Brock, Ricou Browning, Irv Cowan, Joe Dante
Votes: 13
20. Animal (2007)
87 min | Documentary
Director: Ángel Mora | Stars: Marina Abad, Xavier Bayle, Maria Jesus Bocos, Andreu Bosch
21. Save the Newchurch Guinea Pigs (2000)
7 min | Documentary, Short
Undercover filming by animal rights activists campaigning to get the farming for experimentation facility shut down.
22. Breaking Barriers (1986 TV Short)
15 min | Documentary, Short
An investigation of an AIDS research facility called SEMA prompted Dr. Jane Goodall, the world's foremost primate specialist, to call for its closure and the suspension of experiments using... See full summary »
Star: Ingrid Newkirk
Votes: 9
23. Pelts: Politics of the Fur Trade (1989)
57 min | Documentary
The documentary closely examines the emotional public battles between the Canadian fur industry and its opponents, delving into the ethical, environmental, and economic issues raised by the dispute.
Director: Nigel Markham | Star: Chris Brookes
Votes: 6
24. Poisoning for Profit (2003 Video)
20 min | Documentary, Short
This film is derived out of a long undercover operation supported by BUAV inside a contract animal testing laboratory in Germany. It shows the alleged mistreatment of monkeys and caused a ... See full summary »
Stars: Stephen Brend, Jane Goodall, Jenny Seagrove
25. Counterculture 101 (2008)
10 min | Documentary, Short
A lyrical documentary essay on the true significance of counterculture and its relevance today. Chris DeRose, David Ulansey, and others elucidate the meaning behind various forms of civil ... See full summary »
Director: Danielle Stallings | Stars: Chris DeRose, Enci, Ruth Gould-Goodman, David Ulansey
Votes: 17
26. Rod Coronado: A Voice for Liberation (2000)
5 min | Documentary, Short
Rod Coronado is an indigenous traditionalist, Earth warrior and convicted ALF activist who spent few years in a federal prison for actions carried out on behalf of the earth and the animals... See full summary »
Director: Mark Karbusicky | Star: Rod Coronado
Votes: 8
27. Angels of Mercy? (2006 TV Movie)
26 min | Documentary
Documentary about the legendary Animal Liberation Front activist Keith Mann and several convicted activists from the UK.
Director: Yousaf Ali Khan | Stars: John Curtin, Tim Green, Celia Hammond, Angela Hamp
28. Wasted Lives (2001)
21 min | Documentary, Short
The video, intended primarily for medical school students, will present the reality of vivisection.
Stars: Chris Day, Ray Greek, Gill Langley, Peter Simmons
29. My Mate's a Primate (2005)
10 min | Documentary, Short
A video by Animal Defenders International (ADI) showcases the suffering of primates in the fields of entertainment, hunting, commerce, and laboratory research.
30. Labs Unlocked (1991)
20 min | Documentary, Short
The National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS), which is closely affiliated with Animal Defenders International (ADI), takes viewers inside St. Mary's Hospital Medical School and Toxicol Laboratories, where we filmed animal abuse.
Director: Tim Phillips | Stars: Geoff Phillips, Patience Thomlinson
31. Manifest marnosti... (2009)
21 min | Documentary, Short
A student film on the topic of animal protection. It includes an interview with animal liberation activist Michal Kolesár and is visually enhanced with camera footage depicting the rescue of chickens and investigations into fur farms.
Star: Michal Kolesár
32. Changing Minds, Changing Times (1991)
19 min | Documentary, Short
Narrated by actor Candice Bergen, this videotape celebrates the achievements of PETA's first 10 years.
Stars: Candice Bergen, Belinda Carlisle, Jane Goodall, Casey Kasem
Votes: 8
33. No Gravy for the Cat (1990)
13 min | Documentary, Short
An expose of vivisector John Orem's ride on the federal grant gravy train that tells the remarkable story of how five cats slated for death at Texas Tech escaped on the underground railroad.
Director: Ann Chynoweth | Stars: Stephen Kaufman, Richard Kiley, Kenneth Stoller
Votes: 9
34. SHAC: Time for Action 2 (2002)
7 min | Documentary, Short
Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) in Great Britain is a contract research organization that owns one of Europe's largest animal testing laboratories. In 2002, they euthanized 500 animals a day... See full summary »
Stars: Greg Avery, Kevin Kjonaas, Lynne Sawyer
35.
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2003–2010)
Episode:
P.E.T.A.
(2004)
TV-MA | 29 min | Comedy, Documentary
Penn and Teller look at animal liberation and expose PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) as hypocrites.
Directors: Star Price, Kevin Barry, Christopher Poole, Scott Schaefer, Chip Selby, R.L. Shontell | Stars: Penn Jillette, Teller, Steven Best, Rod Coronado
Votes: 283
36.
West 57th (1985–1989)
Episode:
Animal Sacrifice: For Good or Evil
(1987)
13 min | Documentary, News
Star: Ingrid Newkirk
37.
Days of Revolt (2015–2016)
Episode:
All Life Is Sacred
(2016)
News, Talk-Show
Stars: Gary Francione, Chris Hedges