Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "strip-mining"

1. The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)

PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy

Cousins Bo, Luke, and Daisy Duke, and their uncle Jesse, egg on the authorities of Hazzard County, Boss Hogg and Sheriff Coltrane.

Director: Jay Chandrasekhar | Stars: Seann William Scott, Johnny Knoxville, Jessica Simpson, Alice Greczyn

Votes: 81,916 | Gross: $80.27M

2. Pale Rider (1985)

R | 115 min | Drama, Western

A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress, Sydney Penny

Votes: 64,750 | Gross: $41.41M

3. North Country (2005)

R | 126 min | Drama

A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States, Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.

Director: Niki Caro | Stars: Charlize Theron, Jeremy Renner, Frances McDormand, Thomas Curtis

Votes: 44,955 | Gross: $18.32M

4. Bright Night (2014)

Unrated | 86 min | Drama, Mystery

Two couples visit a home from their past, and sexual tension brings out the worst in each other. Long-buried grudges resurface.

Director: Florian Gottschick | Stars: Anna Grisebach, Vladimir Burlakov, Benno Fürmann, Kai Ivo Baulitz

Votes: 1,330

5. Junior Bonner (1972)

PG | 100 min | Drama, Western

Ace Bonner returns to Arizona several years after he abandoned his family, Junior Bonner is a wild young man. Against the typical rodeo championship, family drama erupts.

Director: Sam Peckinpah | Stars: Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Ida Lupino, Ben Johnson

Votes: 6,837 | Gross: $0.15M

6. Fighting Mad (1976)

R | 90 min | Action, Drama

An Arkansas farmer stages a one-man war against corrupt land developers who want to evict him and his neighbors from their farms for real estate developments.

Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Peter Fonda, Gino Franco, Harry Northup, Philip Carey

Votes: 668

7. The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel (2020)

105 min | Documentary

Exposes how companies are desperately rebranding as socially responsible - and how that threatens democratic freedoms.

Directors: Jennifer Abbott, Joel Bakan | Stars: Anjali Appadurai, Chris Barrett, Heidi Boghosian, Wendy Brown

Votes: 647

8. Behemoth (2015)

Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary

Under the sun, the heavenly beauty of grasslands will soon be covered by the raging dust of mines. Facing the ashes and noises caused by heavy mining , the herdsmen have no choice but to ... See full summary »

Director: Liang Zhao

Votes: 1,213

9. Khadak (2006)

Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Romance

Set in the frozen steppes of Mongolia, a young nomad confronted with his destiny after animals fall victim to a plague which threatens to eradicate nomadism.

Directors: Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth | Stars: Batzul Khayankhyarvaa, Tsetsegee Byamba, Banzar Damchaa, Tserendarizav Dashnyam

Votes: 967 | Gross: $0.00M

10. Too Far Away (2019)

89 min | Drama, Family

A bullied 12-year-old boy bonds over soccer with a 11-year-old Syrian refugee.

Director: Sarah Winkenstette | Stars: Yoran Leicher, Anna König, Andreas Nickl, Ben Nicolas Behrend

Votes: 191

11. Climate of Change (2010)

TV-G | 86 min | Documentary

A documentary focused on the efforts of everyday people all over the world who are making a difference in the fight against global warming.

Director: Brian Hill | Star: Tilda Swinton

Votes: 63

12. You Got to Move (1985)

85 min | Documentary, Biography, History

You Got to Move is a documentary by Lucy Massie Phenix (Winter Soldier) and Veronica Selver (Word Is Out) that follows people from communities in the Southern United States in their various... See full summary »

Directors: Lucy Massie Phenix, Veronica Selver | Stars: Myles Horton, May Justice, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Bernice Robinson

Votes: 128

13. Der Bulle & das Mädchen (1985)

89 min | Action, Romance, Thriller

The 'Bulle' is a real tough cop. When he helps a girl being harassed by rockers she steals his car and gun in return. Wanting his stuff back, 'Bulle' follows the girl to the frontier of ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Keglevic | Stars: Jürgen Prochnow, Annette von Klier, Franz Buchrieser, Stefan Meinke

Votes: 130

14. Woman of the North Country (1952)

Approved | 90 min | Action, Drama, Romance

In 1890 Minnesota Christine Powell is the scheming head of the Powell dynasty, the richest mining empire of the era. But the Powell mine deposits are diminishing. The Mesabi range ... See full summary »

Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Rod Cameron, Ruth Hussey, John Agar, Gale Storm

Votes: 65

15. The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area? (1983 TV Movie)

58 min | Documentary

Examines the cultural and environmental impact of energy development in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah.

Director: Christopher McLeod | Star: Peter Coyote

Votes: 7

16. Intergalactic Thanksgiving or Please Don't Eat the Planet (1979 TV Movie)

TV-G | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi

With a new twist on an old holiday, Intergalatic Thanksgiving or Please Don't Eat the Planet is a delightful animated special combining space age fantasy with the old and revered traditions that make Thanksgiving a great festive holiday.

Director: Clive A. Smith | Stars: Sid Caesar, Catherine O'Hara, Derek McGrath, Martin Lavut

Votes: 74

17. 10,000 Acres (2022 Video)

Documentary

The Wilds is a park dedicated to the preservation and breeding of endangered species, built on about ten thousand acres of reclaimed strip-mine land in southeastern Ohio. This interactive ... See full summary »

Director: Doug Swift

18. Dirty Oil (2009)

73 min | Documentary, News

Deep behind-the-scenes into the strip-mined world of Alberta, Canada, where the vast and toxic Tar Sands deposit supplies the U.S. with the majority of its oil. Through the eyes of ... See full summary »

Director: Leslie Iwerks | Stars: Neve Campbell, Andrew Nikiforuk, Lester Brown, Mike Hudema

Votes: 69

19. What on Earth Is a Coal Tipple? (1990 TV Movie)

120 min | Documentary

A documentary, originally aired in 1990, about the strip-mining industry in the Appalachian Mountains and the damage it has caused to the environment and to the residents who work in the coal mines and live nearby.

Director: Julie Parrish | Star: Roger Davis

20. To Save the Land and People (1999)

57 min | Documentary

The Appalachian Group to Save the Land and People used every means possible, from legal petitions to guns and dynamite, to protect their land from strip mining.

Director: Anne Lewis

21. Ben 10 (2005–2008)
Episode: The Galactic Enforcers (2006)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Ben is enthralled as a team of galactic superheroes trail two supervillains to Earth who are looking for the other chemical half of a solar-system-destroying explosive.

Director: Scooter Tidwell | Stars: Tara Strong, Meagan Moore, Paul Eiding, Richard McGonagle

Votes: 522

22. Andor (2022– )
Episode: That Would Be Me (2022)

TV-14 | 38 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Cassian attempts to lay low on Ferrix as agents of the law close in.

Director: Toby Haynes | Stars: Malini Raman-Middleton, Imogen Ross, Antonio Viña, Luiza Mesquita Maia

Votes: 14,004

23. CBS Reports (1959– )
Episode: Bulldozed America (1965)

28 min | Documentary, News

Documentary investigation of major environmental issues, including clear cutting of forests, strip mining, highway expansion, damming river canyons, park preservation, endangered animal habitats.

Director: Robert Richter | Stars: Charles Kuralt, Harry Caudill, William O. Douglas, Bernard Ozell