Animal Rights Documentaries
Documentaries about speciesism and animal liberation, for people who care about animals. (Links updated Feb 2024. See also www.vegmovies.com)
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- DirectorChris DelforceStarsJoaquin PhoenixRooney MaraSiaDominion uses drones, hidden and handheld cameras to expose the dark underbelly of modern animal agriculture, questioning the morality and validity of humankind's dominion over the animal kingdom.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny6aqdFy9SI
- DirectorShaun MonsonStarsJoaquin PhoenixUsing 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.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCwmtIBoEEY
- DirectorJoey CarbstrongStarsJoey CarbstrongTarion PartridgeDan SheppardAn ex gang member's love for pigs spurs him on a life-risking mission to uncover the truth behind 'bacon'.
- DirectorLouie PsihoyosStarsRichard O'BarryLouie PsihoyosHardy JonesUsing state-of-the-art equipment, a group of activists, led by renowned dolphin trainer Ric O'Barry, infiltrate a cove near Taijii, Japan to expose both a shocking instance of animal abuse and a serious threat to human health.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eURsF_3Rmis
- StarsEarthling EdA shocking insight into the UK's standard animal farming practices featuring over 100 UK facilities.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvtVkNofcq8
- DirectorAndrea ArnoldStarsLin GallagherA close-up portrait of the daily lives of two cows.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7COMgRPRs1M
- DirectorMarc PierschelStarsKati KoslerRia RehbergHendrik HaßelLive 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.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWi9ve2LECI (geo-blocked in some countries)
- DirectorShannon KeithStarsShannon KeithKeith MannKevin KjonaasBehind 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.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAkP14PkXtM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hcgyXmnT5M
- DirectorMark DevriesStarsSteven BestRichard DawkinsGary FrancioneA 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.
- DirectorChris HegedusD.A. PennebakerStarsBarbara JaffeElizabeth SteinSteven M. WiseBetween 2013 and 2015, a group of nonprofit attorneys seek nonhuman clients for whom they can advocate in two U.S. territories, in order to establish legal personhood for elephants, cetaceans and nonhuman apes in the U.S.
- DirectorCeyda TorunStarsYaman BarlasSariArzu GölA profile of an ancient city and its unique people, seen through the eyes of the most mysterious and beloved animal humans have ever known, the Cat.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpG0z-npFIY
- DirectorAli TabriziStarsAli TabriziRichard O'BarryLucy TabriziPassionate about ocean life, a filmmaker sets out to document the harm that humans do to marine species - and uncovers alarming global corruption.
- DirectorKip AndersenKeegan KuhnStarsBruce HamiltonKip AndersenAl GoreFollow 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.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkQTDLG0_dA
- DirectorGabriela CowperthwaiteStarsTilikumDave DuffusSamantha BergA documentary following the controversial captivity of killer whales, and its dangers for both humans and whales.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2pjYzz3OK4
- DirectorMarkus ImhoofStarsFred JaggiRandolf MenzelJohn MillerAn in-depth look at honeybee colonies in California, Switzerland, China and Australia.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpgt8fedu3k
- DirectorMichal SiewierskiStarsPam PopperT. Colin CampbellJoe CrossThis 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.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlpySOQ2AsE
- DirectorTom SimonSarah TealeStarsPeteBradley MillerBob BakerDeath on a Factory Farm follows the undercover investigation of Wiles Hog Farm by the animal rights group: The Humane Farming Association (HFA), and the resulting court case against it. The organization received a tip from an employee at the farm that animals were being abused, including a claim that hogs were being hung by chains and strangled to death as a form of euthanasia. Horrifying but true. HFA then turned to an undercover investigator going by the name "Pete." The investigator wore a hidden camera while he worked undercover as a farmhand at Wiles. Over the course of six weeks, the investigator secretly filmed numerous incriminating scenes, including piglets being tossed into crates from across a room, impregnated sows held in pens impeded their ability to move, an unhealthy piglet being hit against a wall to euthanize it, and a sick sow being hung by a chain from a forklift until it choked to death. Having obtained this evidence, Pete concluded the investigation and quit the job at the farm. HFA brought Pete's footage to the Wayne County Sheriff's Department, which then raided the farm. Prosecutors filed ten criminal charges of animal cruelty against the farm's owners, and a farm employee who participated in hanging the sow. In the subsequent trial, the prosecutors and the defense fought about the legality and morality of these practices, described by the presiding judge as "distasteful and offensive". However, the Judge defended these practices as the reality of producing pork for consumption. Disgusting!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viPvd4nJJ04
- DirectorÁngel MoraStarsMarina AbadXavier BayleMaria Jesus Bocos
- DirectorAmy TaylorStarsSuzy AmisJane GoodallChris HuriwaiA young change-maker goes deep into dairy land and takes on the giants of New Zealand's most powerful industry, exposing the whitewash and searching for solutions.
- DirectorRob Gordon BralverStarsMobyLaura DawnDaniel AhearnA surrealist biographical documentary about trailblazing electronic musician and animal rights activist Moby.
- DirectorGenlinStarsSandro CarottiGenlinLuciano Palermi"Eating Happiness" is a call-to-action documentary to stop human dog meat consumption and the brutal, inhumane treatment of the trafficked dogs prior to killing. Animal rights activist Genlin takes you on his personal journey through the back streets and rural villages of Vietnam, South Korea, Thailand and China to disclose the brutal violence of the dog meat trade - an atrocity to man's best friend. As difficult as the subject matter is to watch, the purpose is to inform and educate the world that this activity does exist and to force legislative change from the respective governments.
- DirectorLudo BrockwayOtto BrockwayStarsKate WinsletAnthony RobbinsRichard BransonGlobally renowned figures and the world's leading scientists open the lid on the elephant in the room no one wants to talk about: the damaging effects of factory farming.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaPge01NQTQ
- StarsSion Daniel YoungDan SheppardA group of dedicated vegans move to the town of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales to try to introduce as many of the local people as possible to their vegan way of life.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6071vhLJ5g&list=PLuIp0hFVlpsiIEgi9XPTx5cclsf8nRGEs
- DirectorEline Helena SchellekensThe short film M6NTHS shows life through the eyes of a piglet who grows up on an industrial farm.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5guId_M-m-w
- DirectorDenis Henry HennellyCasey SuchanStarsSteven BestHeidi BoghosianGeorge W. BushA chilling portrait of what happens when activism rattles the institutions of power.