Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "alternative-energy"

1. The Matrix (1999)

R | 136 min | Action, Sci-Fi

When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.

Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving

Votes: 2,054,745 | Gross: $171.48M

2. Batman & Robin (1997)

PG-13 | 125 min | Action, Sci-Fi

Batman and Robin try to keep their relationship together even as they must stop Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy from freezing Gotham City.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Clooney, Chris O'Donnell, Uma Thurman

Votes: 268,221 | Gross: $107.33M

3. Strange World (2022)

PG | 102 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The legendary Clades are a family of explorers whose differences threaten to topple their latest and most crucial mission.

Directors: Don Hall, Qui Nguyen | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jaboukie Young-White, Gabrielle Union, Dennis Quaid

Votes: 45,897

4. Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014)

PG | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Sherman, a young boy, misuses a time machine made by his scientist father Mr. Peabody and causes the world history to go haywire. It is now up to Mr. Peabody to rescue his son and the world.

Director: Rob Minkoff | Stars: Ty Burrell, Max Charles, Stephen Colbert, Leslie Mann

Votes: 77,879 | Gross: $111.51M

5. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)

PG-13 | 133 min | Drama

Now out of prison but still disgraced by his peers, Gordon Gekko works his future son-in-law, an idealistic stock broker, when he sees an opportunity to take down a Wall Street enemy and rebuild his empire.

Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Michael Douglas, Carey Mulligan, Josh Brolin

Votes: 106,645 | Gross: $52.47M

6. Southland Tales (2006)

R | 145 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

During a three-day heat wave just before a huge 4th of July celebration, an action star stricken with amnesia meets up with a porn star who is developing her own reality TV project, and a policeman who holds the key to a vast conspiracy.

Director: Richard Kelly | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Seann William Scott, Carlos Amezcua

Votes: 40,642 | Gross: $0.28M

7. The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)

R | 112 min | Drama

A father and daughter isolated on an island off the East Coast and living on a once-thriving commune grapple with the limits of family and sexuality.

Director: Rebecca Miller | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Catherine Keener, Camilla Belle, Ryan McDonald

Votes: 12,173 | Gross: $0.71M

8. Kill Switch (I) (2017)

R | 91 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A pilot battles to save his family and the planet after an experiment for unlimited energy goes wrong.

Director: Tim Smit | Stars: Dan Stevens, Bérénice Marlohe, Tygo Gernandt, Charity Wakefield

Votes: 8,554

9. Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971)

Not Rated | 97 min | Horror, Mystery

An American journalist temporarily stationed in Central Europe searches for his new girlfriend, who has suddenly disappeared.

Director: Aldo Lado | Stars: Ingrid Thulin, Jean Sorel, Mario Adorf, Barbara Bach

Votes: 3,671

10. Enjeru dasuto (1994)

116 min | Drama, Horror, Romance

Every Monday at 6 pm a young woman is murdered in the subway. The psychiatrist Setsuko Suma is called in to assist the police. The trail leads to another psychiatrist - Dr Rei Aku - who ... See full summary »

Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Kaho Minami, Takeshi Wakamatsu, Etsushi Toyokawa, Ryôko Takizawa

Votes: 1,311

11. The Sex Machine (1975)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

In 2037, depletion of natural fuels has ended electrical power throughout the world. No light, no heat, no TV. Until a team of award-winning scientists succeeds in harnessing energy from the world's oldest source of reciprocating motion.

Director: Pasquale Festa Campanile | Stars: Gigi Proietti, Agostina Belli, Eleonora Giorgi, Christian De Sica

Votes: 229

12. Sirius (2013)

Not Rated | 110 min | Documentary, Biography

A documentary about the life of Dr. Stephen Greer, UFO secrecy, and existing energy technologies that could change the world as we know it.

Director: Amardeep Kaleka | Stars: Thomas Jane, Jack Auman, Corrado Balducci, Morgan Boardman

Votes: 1,807

13. Nautilus (2000)

R | 97 min | Action, Sci-Fi

Over one hundred years ago, a cataclysmic chain of events plummeted the earth into the dark ages which destroyed most of civilization, and the remaining few survivors attempt to change the course of events that led to the destruction.

Director: Rodney McDonald | Stars: Richard Norton, Hannes Jaenicke, Miranda Wolfe, Christopher Kriesa

Votes: 283

14. Algol: Tragedy of Power (1920)

99 min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi

An alien from the planet Algol gives a man a device that gives him superpowers.

Director: Hans Werckmeister | Stars: Emil Jannings, John Gottowt, Hans Adalbert Schlettow, Hanna Ralph

Votes: 273

15. Lazare (2020)

108 min | Drama, Fantasy, Musical

A team of French-Brazilian actors goes to Bucharest to shoot a film at a lower cost. But the Romanian technical team secretly shoot their own film.

Director: Philippe Chalem | Stars: Emine Meyrem, Milena Straube, Lionel Rousselot, Stanislas Siwiorek

Votes: 11

16. Killers Are Challenged (1966)

84 min | Action

A secret agent pretends to be a scientist who is developing an alternative source of energy less risky, but more powerful than atomic energy. and thus he becomes the target of mysterious killers who already murdered two scientists.

Director: Antonio Margheriti | Stars: Richard Harrison, Susy Andersen, Wandisa Guida, Marcel Charvey

Votes: 147

17. Pump (2014)

PG | 88 min | Documentary

A documentary that tells the story of America's addiction to oil, from its corporate conspiracy beginnings to its current monopoly today, and explains clearly and simply how we can end it - and finally win choice at the pump.

Directors: Joshua Tickell, Rebecca Harrell Tickell | Stars: Adhemar Altieri, Greg Anderson, Edwin Black, David Blume

Votes: 658 | Gross: $0.07M

18. GasHole (2010)

Not Rated | 101 min | Documentary

About the history of oil prices and the future of alternative fuels.

Directors: Scott Roberts, Jeremy Wagener | Stars: Peter Gallagher, Anna Eshoo, Brian Pauwels, Curtis Wright

Votes: 387

19. Windfall (2010)

Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary, Drama

Wind power... It's green... It's good... Or is it? Windfall exposes the dark side of wind energy development when the residents of a rural upstate New York town consider going green.

Director: Laura Israel | Stars: Scott Alexander, Frank Bachler, Ron Bailey, Sue Bailey

Votes: 323 | Gross: $0.01M

20. Revenge of the Electric Car (2011)

PG-13 | 90 min | Documentary

Director Chris Paine takes his film crew behind the closed doors of Nissan, GM, and the Silicon Valley start-up Tesla Motors to chronicle the story of the global resurgence of electric cars.

Director: Chris Paine | Stars: Tim Robbins, Dan Neil, Danny DeVito, Ray Wert

Votes: 1,909 | Gross: $0.15M

21. Fuel (2008)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary

America is addicted to oil and it is time for an intervention. Enter Josh Tickell, a man with a plan and a Veggie Van, who is taking on big oil, big government, and big soy to find solutions in places few people have looked.

Director: Joshua Tickell | Stars: Laurie Lennard, Joshua Tickell, Larry David, Larry Hagman

Votes: 784 | Gross: $0.17M

22. The Scientist (I) (2010)

88 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

A reclusive physicist creates a mysterious machine in his basement that changes his life and all those around him.

Director: Zach LeBeau | Stars: Bill Sage, Adam LeFevre, Jamie Elman, Brittany Benjamin

Votes: 482

23. 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

24. Fixing the Future (2012)

Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary

Do people exist to serve the economy, or should the economy exist to serve the people? In Fixing the Future, host David Brancaccio, of public radio's Marketplace and NOW on PBS, visits ... See full summary »

Directors: Mary Olive Smith, Ellen Spiro | Star: David Brancaccio

Votes: 9

25. 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

26. Cape Spin: An American Power Struggle (2011)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary

The surreal, fascinating, and tragicomic story of the battle over America's most controversial clean energy project, the Cape Wind offshore wind farm.

Directors: Robbie Gemmel, John Kirby

Votes: 48

27. YERT: Your Environmental Road Trip (2011)

113 min | Documentary

YERT (Your Environmental Road Trip) is an adventure and a celebration of the American spirit in the face of adversity - a thought-provoking, inspiring, and sometimes hilarious, documentary ... See full summary »

Director: Ben Evans | Stars: Will Allen, Janine Benyus, Bob Berkebile, Mark Dixon

Votes: 96

28. Sprawling from Grace (2008)

82 min | Documentary

With more than 250 million cars and trucks on the road and the demand for oil out pacing the Earth's ability to supply it, have we now become slaves to this unsustainable freedom?

Director: David M. Edwards | Stars: Thomas S. Ahlbrandt, Justin Barr, Dena Belzer, George W. Bush

Votes: 68

29. Beyond the Call (2006)

82 min | Documentary, War

In an Indiana Jones meets Mother Teresa adventure, three middle-aged friends and ex-soldiers travel the world delivering humanitarian aid to the front lines of war.

Director: Adrian Belic

Votes: 84

30. The Hydrogen Age (2004 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary

An in-depth examination of the alternative energy resource - hydrogen.

Directors: Marc Griffith, Geoffrey B. Holland | Star: Leonard Nimoy

31. Karl Hess: Toward Liberty (1980)

26 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

A look at Karl Hess, libertarian intellectual and activist, from his background as a magazine editor in his youth to his work as a Republican speechwriter, as he became simultaneously a ... See full summary »

Directors: Roland Hallé, Peter W. Ladue | Stars: Karl Hess, Kevin Burns, Barry Goldwater, Adolf Hitler

Votes: 74

32. The Kingdom of Coal (2011)

60 min | Documentary

Kosovo sits atop the 5th largest lignite deposit on the planet. It is also the most polluted country in Europe. Now with plans to grant the coal reserve to a foreign investor, along with ... See full summary »

Directors: Casey Cooper Johnson, Antoneta Kastrati | Stars: Haki Abazi, Sunita Dubey, Dardan Gashi, Evan Gillespie

Votes: 6

33. Superhouse! (2014)

60 min | Documentary, Family | Completed

This documentary explores the Passive House movement, a new development in homebuilding technology, and how it can help address problems of climate change and the future of our planet.

Director: Jeff Wager

Votes: 8

34. The Making of 'Voice of the Planet' (1990 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary

A behind the scenes Making of - the Voice of the Planet Television Series.

Director: Michael Tobias | Stars: Faye Dunaway, Jane Morrison, William Shatner, Michael Tobias

35. Fixing the Future (2010 TV Movie)

56 min | Documentary

David Brancaccio visits people and organizations reinventing the American economy. Communities are creating jobs and building prosperity using sustainable and innovative approaches. It's a revolution from the ground up

Director: Ellen Spiro | Stars: Medrick Addison, Sylvia Barrios, Stephen Beckett, Matthew Bishop

Votes: 11

36. Qu'est-ce qu'on attend? (2016)

119 min | Documentary

We visit a small French village in Alsace, international green city winner after its 2,200 inhabitants embarked on a transition away from oil products to reduce their ecological footprint.

Director: Marie-Monique Robin | Star: Rob Hopkins

Votes: 25

37. Tomorrow's Energy Today (1981)

32 min | Documentary, Short

Several already-operating alternative and renewable energy systems from around the world are profiled: a solar steam boiler in Texas; solar hot-water heaters, a solar air-conditioning unit,... See full summary »

Director: Kenneth McCready | Stars: Norton Barrett, Varis Bokalders, Bill Carnahan, Eddie Johansson

38. Henry Waxman: The Fight for Clean Air (2013)

8 min | Short

A documentary that follows the efforts of U.S. Representative Henry Waxman (CA 30th Congressional District - D) as he attempts to pass legislation that will put the United States on a path to clean energy.

Director: Jason Lester | Star: Henry Waxman

39. GoingGreen: Every Home an Eco-Home (2006 TV Movie)

24 min | Family

Eco-pioneer Julia Russell tours a group of curious middle-school kids through a modest home and garden that has been renovated to be completely eco-friendly.

Director: Judith Vogelsang | Star: Tony Shalhoub

Votes: 14

40. The Energy Crisis: President Carter's Plan, 1977 (2008 Video)

Not Rated | 30 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

Topics include the reality of the crisis, conservation, conversion to coal, and alternative energy sources.

Stars: Jimmy Carter, Paul Duke, Hugh Green, David Schwartz

41. Element One (1998 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary

The film examines an alternative energy future based on a hydrogen fuel cell economy.

Director: Michael Tobias

42. Shades of Green: Green Building (2010 Video)

Documentary, Short

Shades of Green is an award winning eco-friendly series strictly devoted to advancements in renewable energy and sustainable living. From biodiesel to wind power, Shades of Green gets up ... See full summary »

Director: Chad Densen

43. Drive for Free: The Alternative Fuel Revolution (2012)

59 min | Documentary

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Directors: Noah Erenberg, Bruce Little

44. Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode: The Green Death: Episode One (1973)

TV-PG | 26 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

While the Doctor plans a holiday to Metebelis Three, Jo and the Brigadier are intrigued by a mysterious death at a coal mine in Llanfairfach, which is being blamed on local company Global Chemicals.

Director: Michael E. Briant | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, Nicholas Courtney, Jerome Willis

Votes: 644

45. The Raccoons (1985–1992)
Episode: The Evergreen Grand Prix (1985)

TV-Y | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

When Cyril scoffs at his son's solar-powered car in favour of a conventional internal-combustion power model, the only chance to prove Cedric's design is viable is to have an auto race.

Director: Kevin Gillis | Stars: Michael Magee, Len Carlson, Marvin Goldhar, Carl Banas

Votes: 19

46. The West Wing (1999–2006)
Episode: 20 Hours in L.A. (2000)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama

The President meets Zoey's new bodyguard on a 20-hour trip to California; Josh tries to keep a fund raiser from being canceled; Leo needs the VP to break a 50-50 tie in the Senate.

Director: Alan Taylor | Stars: Rob Lowe, Moira Kelly, Dulé Hill, Allison Janney

Votes: 1,137

47. Click and Clack's As the Wrench Turns (2008– )
Episode: Boston Blackout (2008)

TV-G | Animation, Comedy

When Click & Clack's mechanic Stash invents a wonder tool that works great but uses vast amounts of energy, the power grid crashes. The boys need to find a new source of power.

Director: Tom Sito | Stars: Paul Christie, Ray Magliozzi, Tom Magliozzi, Kelli O'Hara

48. 0511 TV Lokal (2007– )
Episode: Vorstellung des EcoCarrier - Kleintransporter mit Elektroantrieb (2008)

Documentary, Music, News

EcoCraft Automotive manufactured for use on public roads approved vans of the type "EcoCarrier" with electric drive in two versions for delivery and transport solutions without smog, ... See full summary »

Star: Giso Gillner

49. Norskov (2015–2017)
Episode: Bondy's Nephew (2015)

Not Rated | 42 min | Crime, Drama

Oliver is sick of school and gets an apprenticeship at Bondesen Byg. Martin is living by himself, and things are not better at the office. Tom's investigation is falling apart, but an ... See full summary »

Director: Søren Balle | Stars: Thomas Levin, Claus Riis Østergaard, Jacob Lohmann, Anne Sofie Espersen

Votes: 31

50. Breakthrough Energy Movement Conference 2012 (2012– )
Episode: Evidence of Breakthrough Energy on 9/11: The Dawn of a New Age (2012)

145 min

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Stars: John Bockris, Gretchen Carlson, James Fetzer, Richard Gage