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1. Okja (2017)
TV-MA | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A young girl risks everything to prevent a powerful, multinational company from kidnapping her best friend - a fascinating beast named Okja.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Paul Dano, Ahn Seo-hyun, Jake Gyllenhaal
Votes: 132,318
2. Black Sheep (2006)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
An experiment in genetic engineering turns harmless sheep into bloodthirsty killers that terrorize a sprawling New Zealand farm.
Director: Jonathan King | Stars: Oliver Driver, Nathan Meister, Tammy Davis, Matthew Chamberlain
Votes: 42,124 | Gross: $0.08M
3. Gorillas in the Mist (1988)
PG-13 | 129 min | Biography, Drama
The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown, Julie Harris, John Omirah Miluwi
Votes: 29,228 | Gross: $24.72M
4. Hoot (2006)
PG | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A young man (Lerman) moves from Montana to Florida with his family, where he's compelled to engage in a fight to protect a population of endangered owls.
Director: Wil Shriner | Stars: Logan Lerman, Luke Wilson, Brie Larson, Tim Blake Nelson
Votes: 8,810 | Gross: $8.08M
5. The Cove (2009)
PG-13 | 92 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Using 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.
Director: Louie Psihoyos | Stars: Richard O'Barry, Louie Psihoyos, Hardy Jones, Michael Illiff
Votes: 51,472 | Gross: $0.87M
6. Fast Food Nation (2006)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama
An examination of the health risks involved in the fast food industry as well as its environmental and social consequences.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Greg Kinnear, Bruce Willis, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Wilmer Valderrama
Votes: 25,165 | Gross: $1.00M
7. Autumn and the Black Jaguar (2024)
100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
The heart of the Amazon about incredible friendship and the protection and wonder of nature.
Director: Gilles de Maistre | Stars: Emily Bett Rickards, Lumi Pollack, Wayne Charles Baker, Paul Greene
Votes: 352
8. Project X (1987)
PG | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
An Air Force pilot joins a top secret military experiment involving chimps, but begins to suspect there might be something more to the mysterious "Project X".
Director: Jonathan Kaplan | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Helen Hunt, Willie, Okko
Votes: 12,851 | Gross: $18.53M
9. Razorback (1984)
R | 95 min | Horror, Thriller
As a vicious wild boar terrorizes the Australian outback, the husband of one of the victims is joined by a hunter and a farmer in a search for the beast.
Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Gregory Harrison, Arkie Whiteley, Bill Kerr, Chris Haywood
Votes: 7,889 | Gross: $0.15M
10. The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
Approved | 98 min | Mystery, Thriller
A former intelligence officer is tasked by the heir to the Gleneyre estate to investigate the unusual deaths of a disparate group of eleven men on a list.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster
Votes: 5,762
11. Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove (2010 Video)
PG | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Kirra, a 12-year-old girl, discovers a baby Orca stranded in the lagoon near her grandfather's rundown seaside amusement park. She embarks on a quest to lead Willy back to his pod.
Director: Will Geiger | Stars: Bindi Irwin, Beau Bridges, Bongo Mbutuma, Siyabulela Ramba
Votes: 2,558
12. The Shooting Party (1984)
98 min | Drama, Romance
While Europe stands on the brink of World War I in Autumn 1913, Sir Randolph Nettleby hosts a weekend of shooting on his estate for European aristocrats.
Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: James Mason, Edward Fox, Dorothy Tutin, John Gielgud
Votes: 1,528
13. Racing Extinction (2015)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Adventure, News
A documentary that follows undercover activists trying to stave off a man-made mass extinction.
Director: Louie Psihoyos | Stars: Elon Musk, Joel Sartore, Louie Psihoyos, Charles Hambleton
Votes: 8,199
14. All the Little Animals (1998)
R | 112 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Bobby Platt is a mentally slow young man who escapes an abusive, hateful stepfather who has killed his pets one by one. To save himself, Bobby runs away and meets a strange old man who ... See full summary »
Director: Jeremy Thomas | Stars: John Hurt, Christian Bale, Daniel Benzali, James Faulkner
Votes: 3,205 | Gross: $0.03M
15. Return to Nim's Island (2013)
PG | 90 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
With the help of a young runaway, a feisty 14-year-old fights to keep her idyllic island home from the clutches of developers.
Director: Brendan Maher | Stars: Bindi Irwin, Toby Wallace, John Waters, Matthew Lillard
Votes: 1,966
16. Wild Chicks (2005)
105 min | Adventure, Family
Sprotte is about 12 years old and has a "gang" with her three friends Frieda, Melanie and Trude. Together the girls take Care of Sprottes grandmothers chickens. The new girl in School, ... See full summary »
Director: Vivian Naefe | Stars: Michelle von Treuberg, Lucie Hollmann, Paula Romy, Zsá Zsá Inci
Votes: 911
17. Indian (1996)
Not Rated | 185 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A veteran freedom fighter enraged with the rising crime and corruption in the society murders all the wrong doers one by one using an ancient martial arts technique.
Director: S. Shankar | Stars: Kamal Haasan, Sukanya, Manisha Koirala, Urmila Matondkar
Votes: 13,874
18. Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story (2005 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 91 min | Biography, Drama, Family
Simon Jackson fights to save the endagered Spirit Bear from extinction by going up against the foresting industry.
Director: Stefan Scaini | Stars: Mark Rendall, Graham Greene, Katie Stuart, Ed Begley Jr.
Votes: 276
19. The Animal People (2019)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary
A chilling portrait of what happens when activism rattles the institutions of power.
Directors: Denis Henry Hennelly, Casey Suchan | Stars: Steven Best, Heidi Boghosian, George W. Bush, Brian Cass
Votes: 293
20. Im Alter von Ellen (2010)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
Director: Pia Marais | Stars: Jeanne Balibar, Stefan Stern, Georg Friedrich, Julia Hummer
Votes: 232
21. Bold Native (2010)
R | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Charlie Cranehill, an animal liberator wanted for domestic terrorism, emerges from the underground to coordinate a nationwide action as his estranged CEO father tries to find him before the FBI does.
Director: Denis Henry Hennelly | Stars: Joaquin Pastor, Randolph Mantooth, Sheila Vand, Matt Shea
Votes: 549
22. Firing Squad (1989)
96 min | Action
Colonel Whitlock run's "The Devil's Room", a military base on a hidden island where research on biological warfare is being done under the cover of medical research.
Director: Mats Helge Olsson | Stars: David Carradine, A.R. Hellquist, Camilla Lundén, Mats Huddén
Votes: 138
23. Sherdil (1999)
Not Rated | 97 min | Family
Sanna is a young girl who wishes nothing else then a very own horse. One day on her way to school she ends up in a stable where three Arabian horses is being held in quarantine. The horses ... See full summary »
Directors: Gita Mallik, David Flamholc | Stars: Rebecka Liljeberg, Hanna Alström, Sebastian Hulthén, Tord Peterson
Votes: 552
24. The Animals Film (1981)
Not Rated | 136 min | Documentary
The film offers a comprehensive examination of the exploitation of animals in modern society.
Directors: Myriam Alaux, Victor Schonfeld | Stars: Julie Christie, Richard Course, Sandy Dennis, Robin Howard
Votes: 148
25. A.L.F. (2012)
96 min | Drama
What happened, that 24th of December? This is what officer Chartier wants to find out. To understand, he will have to go back 48 hours earlier to Franck's Christmas eve. Franck is an ... See full summary »
Director: Jérôme Lescure | Stars: Alexandre Laigner, Alice Pehlivanyan, Jean-Pierre Loustau, Stéphane Rouabah
Votes: 135
26. Jag är din krigare (1997)
96 min | Family, Drama
13 year old Kim feels at home in the wilderness. One night, nature's soul appears to him in the form of an Indian, and designates him nature's protector. Kim decides to remain out in the ... See full summary »
Director: Stefan Jarl | Stars: Robin Milldoff, John Belindo, Jan Malmsjö, Mikael Persbrandt
Votes: 263
27. Eco-Terrorist: The Battle for Our Planet (2019)
78 min | Documentary
An in-depth examination of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, which was featured on the series Whale Wars (2008).
Director: Peter Brown | Stars: Peter Brown, Lon Haber, Peter Hammarstedt, Daryl Hannah
Votes: 22
28. 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
29. One Nation Under Dog (2012)
Not Rated | 69 min | Documentary, News
The passionate and complex relationship that Americans have with their dogs. From a Florida couple who spend hundreds of thousands to clone a beloved dog, to rescuers who find homes for ... See full summary »
Directors: Jenny Carchman, Ellen Goosenberg Kent, Amanda Micheli | Star: Julie Adams
Votes: 260
30. Animal Farm (2006 TV Movie)
22 min | Documentary
The documentary depicts the protests of animal rights activists against the construction of a new experimental laboratory planned by the University of Oxford in Great Britain. It also ... See full summary »
Stars: Mel Broughton, Keith Mann
31. Your Mommy Kills Animals! (2007)
R | 105 min | Documentary
An in-depth look at the animal rights movement and the FBI's recent declaration calling them the number one domestic terrorist threat to the United States.
Director: Curt Johnson | Stars: Greg Kelly, Paul Watson, Annemarie Lucas, Suzanne Whang
Votes: 210
32. Confessions of an Eco-Terrorist (2010)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
A film portraying the dedicated activists of Sea Shepherd, who have committed their lives to the global fight against crimes inflicted on marine life.
Director: Peter Brown | Stars: Peter Brown, Robert Hunter, Paul Watson
Votes: 366
33. Wild Horses (1983)
90 min | Drama
Mitch has an ambition of catching and selling wild horses. Unfortunately, some other men get jobs hunting deer in the same area. Because Mitch and his horses are frightening off the deer, ... See full summary »
Director: Derek Morton | Stars: Keith Aberdein, John Bach, Kevin J. Wilson, Robyn Gibbes
Votes: 17
34. Eco-Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson (2011)
TV-PG | 110 min | Documentary
"Eco-Pirate" tells the story of a man on a mission to save the planet and its oceans. The film follows professional radical ecologist, Captain Paul Watson as he repeatedly flouts the law, ... See full summary »
Director: Trish Dolman | Stars: Paul Watson, Patrick Moore, Rex Weyler, Chris Aultman
Votes: 286
35. There Was a Killing (2020)
28 min | Documentary, Short
On June 18, 2020, a new law protecting farmers entered into force in Canada. Regan Russell was killed the very next day. This documentary tries to prove that it was no accident. The driver ... See full summary »
Director: Shaun Monson | Stars: Lisa Bloom, Lori Croonen, Amy Jean Davis, Nicole Dawn
Votes: 6
36. Street Dogs of South Central (2013)
Unrated | 83 min | Documentary
Street Dogs of South Central is an 85 minute documentary narrated by Queen Latifah. The film follows Elsie, a Black Labrador mix, and her struggle to raise her puppies on the streets of Los Angeles.
Director: Bill Marin | Star: Queen Latifah
Votes: 52
37. Hidden Crimes (1986)
78 min | Documentary
Film that affords you a glimpse into a world you were never meant to see: the hidden world of animal experimentation where grant-hungry, pseudo scientists are responsible not only for the ... See full summary »
Director: Javier Burgos | Stars: Bob Barker, Javier Burgos, Robert S. Mendelsohn, Hans Ruesch
Votes: 11
38. 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
39. Kettutytöt (1997 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama
Director: Hannu Heikinheimo | Stars: Minna Haapkylä, Taija Haaponiemi, Isa-Eerika Lehto, Mika Ojala
40. Dealing Dogs (2006 TV Movie)
69 min | Documentary
This documentary is about an undercover investigation into the world of those who sell stolen pets and random source animals to medical research centres. The investigation digs into how ... See full summary »
Directors: Tom Simon, Sarah Teale | Stars: Pete, C.C. Baird, Chris DeRose, Doll Stanley-Branscum
Votes: 118
41. Animal Liberation: The Movie (1993)
20 min | Documentary, Short
Exploring the ideology of the international group Animal Liberation Front (ALF), which strives to prevent the mistreatment of animals by humans, especially in the fields of laboratory ... See full summary »
Star: Jill Phipps
Votes: 15
42. Animal World (2006– )
30 min | Documentary, News
The series broadcasted on Supreme Master TV advocates for compassionate and effective ways to care for our animal companions. Simultaneously, it shares authentic stories that unveil the ... See full summary »
Stars: Philip Hersh, Ellen Pyzik, Paul Watson, Ingrid Newkirk
43. Djurens krigare (1999 TV Movie)
110 min | Documentary
The documentary film, directed by Birgitta Svensson and broadcast on Swedish television SVT, features interviews with activists, not only from the largest Scandinavian animal rights organization, NSMPD.
Director: Birgitta Svensson | Stars: Frida Forsén, Jens Holm, Barry Horne, Claes Kampe
44. Minds in the Water (2011)
PG | 90 min | Documentary, Action, Adventure
5 years in the making, Minds In The Water is the story of one surfer's international journey to help protect dolphins, whales and their ocean environment. Shot on location in Australia, the... See full summary »
Director: Justin Krumb | Stars: Chris Del Moro, Isabel Lucas, Will Conner, Hilton Dawe
Votes: 59
45. 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
46. The Path of the Sun (2015)
R | Drama
Juan Aguirre and Ferney Daza, two sociopaths, embark on a journey from Florida to California in the United States with the intention to end their lives in a place called the end of the ... See full summary »
Director: Jhonny Obando | Stars: María Isabel Díaz Lago, Gledys Ibarra, Alexander Estrella, Jhonny Obando
48. Best Friend Forgotten (2004 Video)
PG | Documentary
The captivating documentary "Best Friend Forgotten" sheds light on the difficult issue of pet overpopulation. The documentary, hosted by David Duchovny (X-files), tells the stories of Oreo ... See full summary »
Director: Julie Lofton | Stars: David Duchovny, Peter Haase
Votes: 37
49. An American Opera (2007)
Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, America suffered the worst domestic animal crisis in its history. Tens of thousands of house pets were left to perish in neighborhoods all across the ... See full summary »
Director: Tom McPhee | Stars: Tom McPhee, Jane Garrison, Lamonte Chenevert, Susan Benezeck
Votes: 37
50. Hell on Wheels Gang Girls Forever (2012)
36 min | Short, Action, Adventure
Brooklyn girl gang member Krank, after being shot in a mysterious guinea pig lab rescue incident, comes home from the hospital in a wheelchair to find her cats are gone, her mother is still... See full summary »
Director: Katrina Del Mar | Stars: Leesaw Andalaro, Palmyra Delran, Laura Eiko, Ashley Evens