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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: 132,197
2. 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: 8,804 | Gross: $8.08M
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: 29,201 | Gross: $24.72M
4. 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: 51,455 | Gross: $0.87M
5. 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: 42,106 | Gross: $0.08M
6. 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: 350
7. 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: 25,153 | Gross: $1.00M
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: 12,848 | 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: 7,881 | 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: 5,756
11. 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: 8,196
12. 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: 2,555
13. 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
14. 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: 908
15. 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: 1,526
16. 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: 13,864
17. 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: 3,200 | Gross: $0.03M
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. 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
20. 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
21. Im Alter von Ellen (2010)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
Director: Pia Marais | Stars: Jeanne Balibar, Stefan Stern, Georg Friedrich, Julia Hummer
Votes: 232
22. 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: 292
23. 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
24. 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
25. 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
26. 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
27. 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
28. 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
29. 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
30. 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
31. 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
32. 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
33. 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
34. Green Hill: Una storia di libertà (2013)
40 min | Documentary, Short
Discrediting one of Italy's most famous animal liberation campaigns, which resulted in the closure of a breeding farm that supplied beagles to experimental facilities across Europe.
Director: Piercarlo Paderno | Stars: Diego Bianchetti, Iose Bacchetti, Michela Kuan, Roberta Badaloni
Votes: 6
35. 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
36. 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
37. Hillgrove Farm: Breed Cats for Torture (1997)
Documentary, Short
The campaign video by the "Save The Hillgrove Cats" who successfully closed down a vivisection breeder of innocent cats for animal testing, in the 1990's.
38. 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
39. 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
40. Equal Strength (2011)
103 min | Action, Drama
Taylor Westrom will quickly learn that to accomplish his noble mission of saving millions of animals he must confront his own boss who is linked to illegal operations with a group of ... See full summary »
Director: Ika Santamaria | Stars: Ryan Tesauro, Noa Lindberg, Brent Battles, Kira Stockwell
Votes: 30 | Gross: $0.00M
41. 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
42. 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
43. Britches (1986)
12 min | Documentary, Short
The story of Britches, a little monkey whose eyes were sewn shut after birth due to a cruel experiment. Fortunately, she was rescued by the Animal Liberation Movement (ALF).
Director: Lori Gruen
44. The Witness (2000)
43 min | Documentary, Short
Transformed by the love of a kitten, a tough New York City construction contractor is inspired to rescue abandoned animals, become a vegetarian, and take his message of compassion to the streets.
Director: Jenny Stein | Stars: Conrad Buchanan, Michelle Ann Casper, Rachel Cyriacks, Matt Dunne
Votes: 127
45. 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
46. Aurora - The Dream of Liberation (2011)
72 min | Drama
"Aurora - The Dream of Liberation" tells the story of a girl who joins a group that frees the animals from laboratories.
Director: Piercarlo Paderno | Stars: Sara Alfieri, Giulia Cailotto, Gianni Fiorito, Alfredo Gabanetti
Votes: 9
47. 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
48. 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
49. ¡Toros Si, toreros No! (2014)
84 min | Documentary
Directors: Zaizar Habacuc, Alexandra Sentíes | Stars: Silvia Barquero, Pablo Basanez, Antonio Calero, Moisés Curiel
50. Animal Liberation 2: The Sequel (1995)
24 min | Documentary, Short
This video has been produced by various individuals to complement the original video Animal Liberation 2: The Sequel (1995) and illustrate how animal liberation has evolved into the 1990s. ... See full summary »