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1. How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2022)
R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A crew of environmental activists plot a daring plan to disrupt an oil pipeline.
Director: Daniel Goldhaber | Stars: Ariela Barer, Kristine Froseth, Lukas Gage, Forrest Goodluck
Votes: 10,108
2. 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
3. Born in Flames (1983)
Not Rated | 79 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Set ten years after the most peaceful revolution in United States history, it presents a dystopia in which the issues of many groups - minorities, liberals, gay rights organizations, feminists - are dealt with by the government.
Director: Lizzie Borden | Stars: Honey, Adele Bertei, Jean Satterfield, Florynce Kennedy
Votes: 2,061
4. The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)
PG | 102 min | Action, Drama, Crime
A black man plays 'uncle Tom' in order to gain access to CIA training, then uses that knowledge to plot a new American revolt.
Director: Ivan Dixon | Stars: Lawrence Cook, Janet League, Paula Kelly, J.A. Preston
Votes: 1,567 | Gross: $1.00M
5. Direct Action (2004)
R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Frank Gannon, a veteran cop, is being hunted by his fellow police officers after they learned he has betrayed the brotherhood and exposed to the feds wide scale corruption of the LAPD. He has one day left to prove his case and survive.
Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Polly Shannon, Donald Burda, Rothaford Gray
Votes: 1,766
6. Then Barbara Met Alan (2022 TV Movie)
67 min | Biography, Drama
Tells the story of Barbara Lisicki and Alan Holdsworth, two disabled cabaret artists who met in1989 and became the driving force behind Direct Action Network - whose protests pushed disability rights into the spotlight.
Directors: Bruce Goodison, Amit Sharma | Stars: Ruth Madeley, Arthur Hughes, Philippa Cole, Reece Pantry
Votes: 255
7. 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
8. In the King of Prussia (1982)
92 min | Drama
Dramatization of the trial of Christian anti-war activists, known collectively as the "Plowshares Eight". In September 1980, they broke into a General Electric weapons plant in King of ... See full summary »
Director: Emile de Antonio | Stars: Daniel Berrigan, Philip Berrigan, Dean Hammer, Carl Kabat
Votes: 79
9. 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
10. The Take (2004)
Unrated | 87 min | Documentary
In the wake of Argentina's economics collapse of 2001, factory workers break into abandoned factories and restart production. Could these pioneers of cooperative ownership be a model for rebuilding Argentina's economy?
Director: Avi Lewis | Stars: Matilde Adorno, Michel Camadessus, Bill Clinton, Gustavo Cordera
Votes: 1,227
11. Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin (2003)
83 min | Documentary, Biography
Documentary on Bayard Rustin, best-remembered as the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington.
Directors: Nancy D. Kates, Bennett Singer | Stars: Bayard Rustin, Dorothy Jackson, John Rodgers, Louis John
Votes: 225
12. 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
13. Accidental Anarchist (2017)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Carne Ross was a government highflyer. A career diplomat who believed Western Democracy could save us all. But working inside the system he came to see its failures, deceits and ulterior ... See full summary »
Directors: John Archer, Clara Glynn | Stars: Carne Ross, Hussein Azam, Pelai Pagès i Blanch, Murray Bookchin
Votes: 217
14. 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
15. Finite: The Climate of Change (2022)
99 min | Documentary
Inside the core of the climate movement, concerned citizens in Germany and England put their bodies on the line to stop new coal mines being developed.
Director: Rich Felgate
Votes: 37
16. 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
17. Wrenched (2014)
TV-MA | 93 min | Documentary, Biography, Western
Wrenched reveals how Edward Abbey's anarchistic spirit and riotous novels influenced and helped guide the nascent environmental movement of the seventies and eighties. Through interviews, ... See full summary »
Director: Ml Lincoln | Stars: Edward Abbey, Dave Foreman, Peg Millett, Robert Redford
Votes: 34
18. 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
19. 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
20. 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
21. 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
22. 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
23. No Logo (2003 Video)
42 min | Documentary, Short
In the age of the brand, logos are everywhere. But why do some of the world's best-known brands find themselves at the end of spray paint cans and the targets of anti-corporate campaigns? ... See full summary »
Director: Sut Jhally | Star: Naomi Klein
Votes: 224
24. What Would Jesus Buy? (2007)
PG | 91 min | Documentary, Comedy
An examination of the commercialization of Christmas in America while following Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir on a cross-country mission to save Christmas from... See full summary »
Director: Rob VanAlkemade | Stars: Adetola Abiade, Paul Allen, Paul Norman Allen, Shannon Baxter
Votes: 1,184 | Gross: $0.20M
25. 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
26. 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
27. Pirate for the Sea (2008)
Not Rated | 99 min | Documentary
A documentary on Paul Watson, who takes the law into his own hands on the open seas, confronting, by any nonviolent means necessary, the hunters who indiscriminately slaughter whales, seals... See full summary »
Director: Ronald Colby | Stars: Peter Brown, Ronald Colby, Alex Cornelissen, Julie Farris
Votes: 173
28. 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
29. 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 »
31. Záchrana: Na kazdém zivote zálezí (2024)
28 min | Documentary, Short
At a time when most people go to sleep, Lukás Krása goes to places where entry is prohibited. He takes animals out of dark and smelly halls and gives them a chance for a dignified life. He ... See full summary »
Directors: Petr Benes, Lukás Vincour | Star: Lukás Krása
33. Animal People: The Humane Movement in America (2006)
84 min | Documentary
The media has well documented the great social justice issues of the past and present-19th century struggles over the abolition of slavery, providing women with the vote, protecting ... See full summary »
Director: Gary Kaskel | Stars: Nanci Alexander, Cleveland Amory, Neal Barnard, Gene Baur
Votes: 10
34. The Reluctant Radical (2018)
77 min | Documentary
THE RELUCTANT RADICAL features activist Ken Ward as he confronts his fears and puts himself in the direct path of the fossil fuel industry to combat climate change.
Director: Lindsey Grayzel | Star: Ken Ward
Votes: 42
35. Necessity: Climate Justice & The Thin Green Line
Documentary
Directors: Jan Haaken, Samantha Praus
36. Fade to Black: The Trigger Effect (2013)
104 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Four young men confront destructive life choices. Gage, Pepe, and JJ lives change when a crime boss, Mr. M, gives Pepe a gun, which leads to the death of Jamal's family. Jamal seeks revenge... See full summary »
Directors: Trevor Bailey, Singleton Bill Jr., Bill Singleton Jr. | Stars: Cecily Anderson, Patrick Bailey, Mario Barros, Nichole Barros
37. Saints & Angels (2007 Video)
119 min | Drama
"Saints and Angels" is a compelling fictional account of an Animal Liberation cell that has been organized for one evening in order to free animals from the daily tortures of ... See full summary »
Director: Scott Cardinal | Stars: Chuck Ardezzone, Scott Cardinal, Tara Cardinal, Dustin Dyson
38. Tunnel Vision Documentary (2016)
Documentary
Tunnel Vision is the story of the community that rose up in defiance of the East West Link infrastructure project in Melbourne. It's a powerful story about a community that fought for ... See full summary »
Director: Ivan Hexter
Votes: 8
39. The Cracking of Glen Canyon Damn (1982)
10 min | Documentary, Short
In protest of the Glen Canyon Dam, members of the radical Earth First movement unfurl a black plastic sheet down the dam as a symbolic crack, as Edward Abbey defends the use of sabotage and other means to defend the environment.
Director: Christopher McLeod | Star: Edward Abbey
40. A Burning Rage (2006)
34 min | Documentary, Short
Activist Rod Coronado emphasizes the importance of linking environmentalism with anti-capitalist politics. The documentary highlights the contemporary phenomenon known as the Green Scare, ... See full summary »
Director: Craig Scott Rosebraugh | Stars: George W. Bush, Rod Coronado, Jeff Luers, Daniel McGowan
41. Testify! Eco-Defense and the Politics of Violence (2005 Video)
52 min | Documentary
A 50-minute video that discusses the tactics and philosophy of revolutionary environmentalism and animal liberation. Includes footage of ALF and ELF actions plus interviews with many direct-action environmentalists.
Director: Jana Rae Leiran | Stars: Judi Bari, Steven Best, George W. Bush, Darryl Cherney
Votes: 8
42. Fermare Green Hill (2014)
26 min | Documentary, Short
The documentary sheds light on the remarkable achievements of one of the most renowned campaigns by Italian animal liberation activists-the closure of a breeding farm that provided beagles to experimental facilities across Europe.
Director: Lorena Melchiorre | Stars: Sara Livia Vittoria D'Angelo, Giuliano Floris, Maria Cristina Polzonetti, Claudio Pomo
43. Time for Action (2001)
7 min | Documentary, Short
The short video presents an international campaign by Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC), which seeks to close the Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) experimental facility.
Stars: Heather Nicholson, Nancy Phipps, Natasha Taylor
44. Rod Coronado: A Voice for Liberation (2000)
5 min | Documentary, Short
Rod Coronado is an indigenous traditionalist, Earth warrior and convicted ALF activist who spent few years in a federal prison for actions carried out on behalf of the earth and the animals... See full summary »
Director: Mark Karbusicky | Star: Rod Coronado
Votes: 8
45. Goldeneye: Directing Bond - The Martin Chronicles (2006 Video)
11 min | Documentary, Short
Director: John Cork | Stars: Martin Campbell, Sean Bean, Pierce Brosnan, Judi Dench
Votes: 40
46. Raid on Reykjavik Reloaded (2012)
34 min | Documentary, Short
On November 6, 1986, the small, tranquil capital of Iceland awoke to a peculiar morning. Only the upper part of the bridge and the mast were visible above the water near the pier where two ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Hanus | Stars: Rod Coronado, Robert Davis, Paul Watson
Votes: 8
47. Breaking Free (1999)
30 min | Documentary, Short
A video magazine that informs about direct actions in the animal rights movement and the environmental movement. It will present the activities of the Animal Liberation Front, Earth First. and many others.
Director: Josh Harper | Stars: Angela Cox, Josh Harper, Joshua Kielas, Chelsea Lincoln
48. SHAC - Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (2002)
18 min | Documentary, Short
Stars: Heather Nicholson, Nancy Phipps
49. Angels of Mercy? (2006 TV Movie)
26 min | Documentary
Documentary about the legendary Animal Liberation Front activist Keith Mann and several convicted activists from the UK.
Director: Yousaf Ali Khan | Stars: John Curtin, Tim Green, Celia Hammond, Angela Hamp