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1. Before the Flood (2016)
PG | 96 min | Documentary, News
A look at how climate change affects our environment and what society can do to prevent the demise of endangered species, ecosystems and native communities across the planet.
Director: Fisher Stevens | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ban Ki-moon, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mike Brune
Votes: 28,897
2. Nuclear Now (2022)
105 min | Documentary
An investigation into the possibility of addressing climate change with a move away from fossil fuels to nuclear power.
Director: Oliver Stone
Votes: 881
3. Planet of the Humans (2019)
100 min | Documentary
Planet of the Humans takes a harsh look at how the environmental movement has lost the battle through well-meaning but disastrous choices.
Director: Jeff Gibbs | Stars: Jeff Gibbs, David Joos, Kristin Zimmerman, J. Peter Lark
Votes: 3,336
4. Tomorrow (2015)
G | 118 min | Documentary
The world's climate is changing. Instead of showing the worst that can happen, this documentary focuses on the people suggesting solutions and their actions.
Directors: Cyril Dion, Mélanie Laurent | Stars: Anthony Barnosky, Olivier De Schutter, Cyril Dion, Emmanuel Druon
Votes: 3,600 | Gross: $0.04M
5. 2040 (2019)
92 min | Documentary
Practical solutions to environmental concerns are addressed with the hope that the filmmaker's daughter, 21 years old in the year 2040, will face a hopeful future.
Director: Damon Gameau | Stars: Damon Gameau, Eva Lazzaro, Zoë Gameau, Helena Norberg-Hodge
Votes: 1,410
6. The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power (1992– )
PG-13 | Documentary
The globe-spanning story of the oil industry from the first strikes of the 19th century through the Gulf War. The industry's colorful characters and oil's key role in 20th century history are brought to life by participants and historians.
Stars: Donald Sutherland, Daniel Yergin, Norman Cooley, Stephanie Cran
Votes: 166
7. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (2003)
Unrated | 74 min | Documentary
In April 2002, an Irish film crew is making a documentary about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, when a coup from the opposition is made.
Directors: Kim Bartley, Donnacha O'Briain | Stars: Hugo Chávez, Pedro Carmona, Jesse Helms, Colin Powell
Votes: 2,630
8. Gasland Part II (2013)
Not Rated | 125 min | Documentary
A documentary that declares the gas industry's portrayal of natural gas as a clean and safe alternative to oil is a myth, and that fracked wells inevitably leak over time, contaminating ... See full summary »
Director: Josh Fox | Stars: Al Armendariz, Kindra Arnesen, Lon Burnam, Lois Capps
Votes: 1,732
9. The Solar Film (1980)
9 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Produced by actor Robert Redford, The Solar Film is a part serious live action, part satirical animated educational documentary made to show the history of fossil fuels and why the use of clean solar energy should be the way of the future.
Directors: Elaine Bass, Saul Bass | Stars: John H. Mayer, Robert Millar
Votes: 227
10. A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash (2006 Video)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary
A theatrical documentary on the planet's dwindling oil resources.
Directors: Basil Gelpke, Raymond McCormack, Reto Caduff | Stars: Wade Adams, Abdul Samad Al-Awadi, Fadhil J. Al-Chalabi, Roscoe Bartlett
Votes: 1,999
11. The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream (2004)
Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary, War
The modern suburbs have ultimately become an unsustainable way of living. They were originally developed in an era of cheap oil, when the automobile became the center of the way people ... See full summary »
Director: Gregory Greene | Stars: Barrie Zwicker, James Howard Kunstler, Peter Calthorpe, Michael Klare
Votes: 1,028
12. Climate Hustle (2017)
78 min | Documentary
Climate Hustle reveals the history of climate scares, examines the science on both sides of the debate, digs into the politics and media hype surrounding the issue, shows how global warming... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Rogers | Stars: Marc Morano, Claude Allègre, Sallie Baliunas, Calvin Beisner
Votes: 206
13. Dennis Weaver's Earthship: Documentary (1990 Video)
Documentary, Short
I have not seen this show, but I imagine it is a documentary about a house he built/had built in Colorado. Google "Earthship" and you can find pictures of it and others. The concept was ... See full summary »
Director: Phil Scarpaci | Stars: Tom Griepenprog, Charles Keeling, Michael Reynolds, Dennis Weaver
Votes: 6
14. Ellen's Energy Adventure (1996 Video)
45 min | Family
Shown only at the Universe of Energy attraction at EPCOT Center in Florida, Ellen DeGeneres plays herself as she goes on a fantasy tour with Billy Nye "The Science Guy" through time to ... See full summary »
Stars: Ellen DeGeneres, Bill Nye, Alex Trebek, Johnny Gilbert
Votes: 285
15. spOILed (2011)
90 min | Documentary
Most people today believe we are "addicted" to oil. But are we? Is oil destroying our lives the way other addictions do? Newsman turned filmmaker Mark Mathis explores our relationship to ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Mathis
Votes: 31
16. Crude Impact (2006)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary, History
An examination of the interconnection of human domination of the planet and the use of petroleum, and offers solutions for how we can stop our progression down this destructive path.
Director: James Jandak Wood | Stars: Thom Hartmann, William Rees, Richard Heinberg, Michael Economides
Votes: 261
17. Save It (2008)
1 min | Short
A boy sits in the backseat of the family car at a filling station. He watches his father fill the tank with gasoline and hears the steady beeps measure the flowing gallons and the beating ... See full summary »
Director: Nikos Spiridakis | Stars: Tony Goldwyn, Dimitri Spiridakis
Votes: 15
18. Little Yellow Boots (2017)
95 min | Documentary
A cinematic letter to a future great-grandchild weaves together a story of personal loss, family and the difference each of us can make in the world.
Director: John Webster | Stars: John Webster, Anu Webster, Benjy Webster, Samuel Webster
Votes: 62
19. Are We Changing Planet Earth? (2006 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Sir David Attenborough undertakes a personal journey to discover how global warming is changing the planet. The Truth About Climate Change is a two part documentary presented by him asking the question: What is the future for our world?
Directors: Nicolas Brown, Stephen Cooter | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 199
20. Climate of Concern (1991 Video)
28 min | Documentary, Short
One of the earliest warnings about the threat of man-made global warming, climate change, and how the world might deal with them. Produced by Royal Dutch Shell.
Director: Douglas Gordon
22. Antimatter Future (2022)
73 min | Documentary
We can speed up the development of space allowing more renewable energy to compete, heal the environment and develop more efficient antimatter propulsion at a cheaper cost. Warp drive research is based in nature and theory.
Director: Megan O'Howe | Star: Megan O'Howe
23. Neue DIESEL FAHRVERBOTE Wuppertal, Hagen, Oberhausen | Kein Diesel Fahrverbot in Frankfurt (2018 Video)
8 min | Documentary, Short, News
Olli talks about the potentially enforced ban of diesel-fueled cars.
Director: Oliver Haas | Star: Oliver Haas
24. Universe of Energy (1982)
45 min | Documentary
A Walt Disney World ride and film documenting the history of energy from the beginning of time to present day.
Directors: Jack Boyd, Norman Gerard, David Moore, Emil Radok, Jerry Sims
Votes: 28
25. Our Power (2018)
56 min | Documentary
'OUR POWER' explores the socio-economic and environmental issues facing the Latrobe Valley (Victoria, Australia) community today and their transition to a 'post-coal' world.
Director: Peter Yacono | Stars: Portia Antonia Alexis, Adrian Barnett, Dan Boothman, David Briggs
Votes: 10
26. Fair Competition in Business (2016)
62 min | Documentary
A look at solutions to heal the global environment from poisonous pollution that cause health problems.
Director: Megan O'Howe | Star: Megan O'Howe
27.
A Perfect Planet (2021)
Episode:
Humans
(2021)
TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary
Humans are changing our planet so rapidly, it's affecting earth's life support systems: our weather, our oceans and the living world.
Director: Nick Shoolingin-Jordan | Stars: David Attenborough, Israfeel Ahamed, Oliver Crofts, Asha De Vos
Votes: 296
28.
Can't Get You Out of My Head (2021)
Episode:
Money Changes Everything
(2021)
71 min | Documentary, History
The story of how in the 1970s those in power set out to create a world free of the dangerous big ideas of the past. They banished the grand dreams of changing the world. And replaced them ... See full summary »
Stars: Lin Biao, Reid Bryson, Harry Caudill, Adam Curtis
Votes: 112
29.
Schoolhouse Rock! (1973–2009)
Episode:
Save the Ocean
(2009)
TV-Y | 3 min | Animation, Short, Family
The environment rocks! Schoolhouse Rock returns with 11 songs.
Stars: Sean Altman, Eric Booker, Barry Carl, Inna Dukach
Votes: 12
30.
A Brief History of the Future (2024– )
Episode:
Beyond the Now
(2024)
Documentary
Join Ari Wallach on his journey to seek the individuals and ideas that can shape a better, more sustainable future for each generation to build upon.
Stars: Dean Buonomano, Loretta Afraid of Bear Cook, Hal Hershfield, Sophie Howe
Votes: 31
31.
The Matt Walsh Show (2018– )
World Leaders Plot Ways to Destroy Civilization at Climate Summit
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News, Talk-Show
A snowstorm interferes with a global warming summit. Trans surgery leaves its patients still mentally unhealthy. A YouTuber in a pizza shop complains of misgendering. A black journalist complains of racism.
Director: Mark Jones | Star: Matt Walsh
Votes: 11
32.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)
Episode:
The World Set Free
(2014)
TV-PG | 41 min | Documentary
Degrasse discusses our nearest neighboring planet Venus and its climate, the climate change on Earth and if it is caused by humans.
Director: Brannon Braga | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Paul Sorvino, Frank Baxter, John F. Kennedy
Votes: 1,597
33.
Moyers & Company (2012–2015)
Episode:
Saving the Earth from Ourselves
(2013)
TV-G | 57 min | News, Talk-Show
Saving the Earth from Ourselves
Stars: Pope Francis, Bill Moyers, Kumi Naidoo
34.
The Empire Files (2015– )
Episode:
The Tyranny of Big Oil
(2016)
Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Stars: Antonia Juhasz, Abby Martin, Greg Palast
Votes: 10
35.
The Naked Truth (2016– )
Episode:
Wasteland
(2017)
43 min | Documentary
It's been almost a year since Scott Pruitt took over the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Fusion's Investigative team went to Oklahoma to see what mark he left on the environment there. Here's a glimpse of what we found.
Stars: Natasha Del Toro, Sandra Ladra, Todd Halihan, William Fintzel