Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "ecological-footprint"
- Movies or TV
- Genres
- Keywords
- IMDb Rating
- Instant Watch Options
- In Theaters
- Release Year
1. WALL·E (2008)
G | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
In the distant future, a small waste-collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.
Director: Andrew Stanton | Stars: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard
Votes: 1,200,805 | Gross: $223.81M
2. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
PG | 117 min | Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Warrior and pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Sumi Shimamoto, Mahito Tsujimura, Hisako Kyôda, Gorô Naya
Votes: 182,603 | Gross: $0.50M
3. Before the Flood (2016)
PG | 96 min | Documentary, News
A look at how climate change affects our environment and what society can do to prevent the demise of endangered species, ecosystems and native communities across the planet.
Director: Fisher Stevens | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ban Ki-moon, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mike Brune
Votes: 28,871
4. Earthlings (2005)
95 min | Documentary
Using 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.
Director: Shaun Monson | Star: Joaquin Phoenix
Votes: 19,807
5. Grey Owl (1999)
PG-13 | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Western
The story of the life and work of the Canadian fur trapper-turned-conservationist who claimed to be an aboriginal North American.
Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Stewart Bick, Vlasta Vrana, Annie Galipeau
Votes: 4,045 | Gross: $0.63M
6. Salt and Fire (2016)
98 min | Thriller
A scientist blames the head of a large company for an ecological disaster in South America. But when a volcano begins to show signs of erupting, they must unite to avoid a disaster.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Veronica Ferres, Michael Shannon, Gael García Bernal, Volker Zack
Votes: 2,993
7. Where the Green Ants Dream (1984)
R | 100 min | Drama
A geologist employed by an Australian mining company finds himself disputing the rights of some aborigines who believe their land to be sacred.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Bruce Spence, Wandjuk Marika, Roy Marika, Ray Barrett
Votes: 2,631
8. The Green Planet (1996)
99 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
On a distant planet, rural vegans master telepathy and mental power to travel interstellar etc. Mila is sent to Earth to report back. She lands in Paris - quite a cultural shock. Earthlings are strange.
Director: Coline Serreau | Stars: Coline Serreau, Vincent Lindon, James Thierrée, Samuel Tasinaje
Votes: 5,539
9. Home (I) (2009)
Not Rated | 118 min | Documentary, Family
With aerial footage from fifty-four countries, 'Home' is a depiction of how Earth's problems are all interlinked.
Director: Yann Arthus-Bertrand | Stars: Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Glenn Close, Jacques Gamblin
Votes: 23,053
10. Fashion Reimagined (2022)
100 min | Documentary
Follows Amy Powney, a daughter of environmental activists, during her trajectory from outsider to industry leader as she sets out to create a fashion collection that's ethical and sustainable at every level.
Director: Becky Hutner | Stars: Chloe Marks, Amy Powney
Votes: 133
11. Vegucated (2011)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary, Comedy
Vegucated is a guerrilla-style documentary that follows three meat- and cheese-loving New Yorkers who agree to adopt a vegan diet for six weeks and learn what it's all about.
Director: Marisa Miller Wolfson | Stars: Marisa Miller Wolfson, Chloe Davis, Cody Tarlow, Molly Wadzeck
Votes: 3,043
12. 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
13. Amazon (1990)
R | 96 min | Adventure, Drama
Widowed and broke Finnish businessman Kari takes his two teenage daughters with him to Brazil. A bush pilot introduces him to the idea of gold mining in the jungle, but a beautiful and ... See full summary »
Director: Mika Kaurismäki | Stars: Kari Väänänen, Robert Davi, Rae Dawn Chong, Minna Sovio
Votes: 561
14. Trollsommar (1980)
85 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Three city kids are taken somewhat reluctantly to a farm out in the forests of Sweden. There they meet the resident country kids who's rosy cheeks and youthful antics mirror the apathy and ... See full summary »
Director: Hans Dahlberg | Stars: Teddy Rhodin, Marrit Ohlsson, Stefan Wånggren, Birger Åsander
Votes: 128
15. DamNation (2014)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary, Adventure
This powerful film odyssey across America explores the sea change in our national attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to the growing awareness that our own future is bound to the life and health of our rivers.
Directors: Ben Knight, Travis Rummel | Stars: Edward Abbey, Bruce Babbitt, Lori Bodi, Yvon Chouinard
Votes: 762
16. Man (2012 Video)
4 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
500,000 years ago, the modern man appears. He treats the animals and nature as a consumer, with frivolity and cruelty, and pridefully turns the world into a dumpster. However, someone is watching.
Director: Steve Cutts
Votes: 1,152
17. Garbage Warrior (2007)
86 min | Documentary
Garbage Warrior" tells the epic story of maverick architect Michael Reynolds, his crew of renegade house builders from New Mexico and their fight to introduce radically different ways of living.
Director: Oliver Hodge | Stars: Michael Reynolds, Chris Reynolds, Shauna Malloy, Dave DiCicco
Votes: 795
18. Climate Refugees (2010)
Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary
Filmmaker Michael Nash investigates mass migration caused by our changing climate.
Director: Michael P. Nash | Stars: Lester Brown, Mariano Florentino 'Tino' Cuéllar, Yvo de Boer, Paul Ehrlich
Votes: 113
19. Dirt! The Movie (2009)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary
The only remedy for disconnecting people from the natural world is connecting them to it again.
Directors: Bill Benenson, Gene Rosow, Eleonore Dailly | Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Bill Logan, Vandana Shiva, Fritjof Capra
Votes: 506
20. The Sky's on Fire (1999 TV Movie)
89 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The ozone is depleted and as a result of this all sorts things are happening like lethal insects flying around. A scientist tries to warn everybody about this but no one seems to believe ... See full summary »
Director: Dan Lerner | Stars: John Corbett, Josie Bissett, Bradley Whitford, Ben Browder
Votes: 421
21. Climate of Change (2010)
TV-G | 86 min | Documentary
A documentary focused on the efforts of everyday people all over the world who are making a difference in the fight against global warming.
Director: Brian Hill | Star: Tilda Swinton
Votes: 63
22. Six Degrees Could Change the World (2008 TV Movie)
96 min | Documentary
The film runs through the effect each degree in temperature change has on the world.
Director: Ron Bowman | Stars: Alec Baldwin, Richard Betts, Duarte Borba, Jamais Cascio
Votes: 389
23. Earth from Above (2006–2011)
50 min | Documentary
Take a remarkable trip across the globe to discover beautiful lands, from steep mountains to lush jungles. Your itinerary includes flights above Yellowstone, the Amazon, the Rocky Mountains and China.
Stars: Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Danielle Mitterrand
Votes: 160
24. Switch (I) (2012)
Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary, Adventure, News
What will it really take, to transition from oil and coal, to the energies of tomorrow? SWITCH goes where no film has gone before, deep into the world's most restricted energy sites, to ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Lynch | Stars: David Crane, Steve Koonin, Dan Sperling, Scott Tinker
Votes: 65
25. National Geographic: Human Footprint (2008 Video)
90 min | Documentary
Director: Clive Maltby | Star: Elizabeth Vargas
Votes: 29
26. Call of Life (2010)
60 min | Documentary
The first feature-length documentary film to fully investigate the growing threat to Earth's life-support systems from the loss of biodiversity. If current trends continue, scientists warn ... See full summary »
Director: Monte Thompson | Stars: Steven Beissinger, Sally Bingham, Ignacio Chapela, Peter Coyote
Votes: 38
27. Aluna (2012)
Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary, Adventure
The leaders of of an ancient hidden civilization in South America want to show mankind how to avoid destroying the planet. They travel with an aging British film-maker and four hundred kilometres of gold thread to trace invisible connections in nature.
Director: Alan Ereira | Stars: Mama Manuel Coronado, Alan Ereira, Francisca Zarabata, Mama Shibulata Zarabata
Votes: 171
28. Road (2005)
92 min | Drama, Mystery
Two exes take a dual-purpose road trip: allow Margaret (Catherine Kellner), a freelance photographer, to complete her assignment to check up on toxic waste sites along the U.S.-Canadian ... See full summary »
Director: Leslie McCleave | Stars: Catherine Kellner, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, James Urbaniak, Peter Appel
Votes: 77
29. The Burning Season (2008)
Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary
Every year, deliberately lit fires rage across Indonesia. They destroy pristine rainforest, endanger orangutans and contribute to climate change. A young carbon trading entrepreneur goes in search of a solution.
Director: Cathy Henkel | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Lone Drøscher Nielsen, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barnabas Suebu
Votes: 84
30. Legend of the Spirit Dog (1997)
PG | 86 min | Drama
A young boy in Alaska becomes involved with the legendary battle between a raven and a wolf.
Directors: Martin Goldman, Michael Spence | Stars: Morgan Brittany, David Richards, George Charles, Jon Paul Nicoll
Votes: 71
31. Fall and Winter (2013)
Not Rated | 102 min | Documentary, History
A journey, reaching to the past to understand the origins of the catastrophic environmental transitions we now face. Over two years, director Matt Anderson traveled 16,000 miles to document... See full summary »
Director: Matt Anderson | Stars: Dean Blanchard, Grace Lee Boggs, Kevin Curole, Margaret Curole
Votes: 38
32. The Future of Energy: Lateral Power to the People (2015)
65 min | Documentary, Adventure, News
The Future of Energy is a powerful documentary that captures the movement across the Unites States to transition to renewable energy and what everyday people are doing to help foster that ... See full summary »
Director: Brett Mazurek | Stars: Theo Badashi, Bob Dixon, Rosa Esperanza Gonzalez, Danny Kennedy
Votes: 18
33. Symphony of the Soil (2012)
Not Rated | 104 min | Documentary
Drawing from ancient knowledge and cutting edge science, Symphony of the Soil is an artistic exploration of the miraculous substance soil. By understanding the elaborate relationships and ... See full summary »
Director: Deborah Koons Garcia | Stars: Ignacio Chapela, Dan Barber, Vandana Shiva, Daniel Hillel
Votes: 146
34. Last Days on Earth (2006 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 80 min | Documentary
A special expanded edition of 20/20 that chronicles 7 of the deadliest threats to humanity. It starts at number 7 (least likely), the death of stars, including the risk of gamma ray bursts ... See full summary »
Stars: Kennette Benedict, Steven M. Block, Robert R. Butterworth, Clark Chapman
Votes: 90
35. No Vacancy (2005)
90 min | Documentary
Global responses to the Human Population Explosion; impact on the environment and biodiversity.
Director: Michael Tobias | Stars: Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi, Kalpana Apte, Rofina Asuru, John Awoonor-Williams
Votes: 21
36. Greedy Lying Bastards (2012)
PG-13 | 90 min | Documentary
Melting sea ice, glacier loss and rising sea levels. Severe droughts and wildfires. Increasingly severe tornadoes, hurricanes, and flooding. Record heat waves. Climate change is no longer a... See full summary »
Director: Craig Scott Rosebraugh | Stars: Enoch Adams, George W. Bush, Philip Cooney, Kert Davies
Votes: 271 | Gross: $0.09M
37. Last Call (2014)
90 min | Documentary, Adventure, History
'Last Call' tells the story of the rise and fall, and today's rebirth of one of the most controversial and inspiring environmental book of all times: 'The Limits to Growth'. Its message is ... See full summary »
Director: Enrico Cerasuolo | Stars: Bill Behrens, George Bush, Jimmy Carter, Jay Forrester
Votes: 29
38. What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire (2007)
123 min | Documentary
A middle-class white guy comes to grips with Peak Oil, Climate Change, Mass Extinction, Population Overshoot and the demise of the American culture.
Director: Timothy S. Bennett | Stars: Hannah Bennett, Thomas Berry, William R. Catton, Gerald Cecil
Votes: 144
39. Vegan: Everyday Stories (2016)
91 min | Documentary
Vegan: Everyday Stories is a feature-length documentary that explores the lives of four remarkably different people who share a common thread - they're all vegan.
Director: Glenn Scott Lacey | Stars: Neal Barnard, Gene Baur, Ed Begley Jr., Anthony Butler
Votes: 443
40. Greenlit (2010)
Not Rated | 50 min | Documentary
Follows Miranda Bailey, an indie film producer, to the realization that making movies has a tendency to be extremely wasteful and damaging on our environment.
Director: Miranda Bailey | Stars: Miranda Bailey, Zach Gilford, Jen Plante Johnson, Matthew Leutwyler
Votes: 54
41. GrowthBusters (2011)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary
This film asks the most critical question of our time: How do we become a sustainable civilization? It takes a unique approach among modern environmental documentaries: Rather than ... See full summary »
Director: Dave Gardner | Stars: Saleem Ali, Kelly Baker, Albert Bartlett, George Carlin
Votes: 37
42. Building Off the Grid (2014 TV Movie)
Documentary
What do you do if you don't trust the world around you? You build a new one. That's the motto of Michael Reynolds, Architect and visionary that created the Earthship. Earthships are houses ... See full summary »
Star: Michael Reynolds
Votes: 23
43. The Clean Bin Project (2010)
77 min | Documentary, Comedy, News
The Clean Bin Project is about a regular couple and their quest to answer the question 'is it possible to live completely waste free?' Partners Jen and Grant go head to head in a comedic ... See full summary »
Director: Grant Baldwin | Stars: Arlene Lang, Luke Martin, David B. Starks, Lori B. Gosselin
Votes: 121
44. The Mighty River (1993)
24 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
The environmental history of the St. Lawrence River and the impact of human exploitation of it.
Director: Frédéric Back | Stars: Paul Hébert, Donald Sutherland
Votes: 528
45. Mother: Caring for 7 Billion (2011)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary, News
The film delves into the heart of the growing environmental, humanitarian, and social crisis-overpopulation and the excessive consumption linked to it.
Director: Christophe Fauchere | Stars: Esraa Bani, Albert Bartlett, Lester Brown, Martha Campbell
Votes: 145
46. Meat the Truth (2007)
Not Rated | 74 min | Documentary
Meat the Truth draws attention to intensive livestock production by demonstrating that livestock farming generates more greenhouse gas emissions worldwide than all cars, lorries, trains, boats and planes added together.
Directors: Karen Soeters, Gertjan Zwanikken | Stars: Pamela Anderson, Elaine Hendrix, Bill Maher, Wayne Pacelle
Votes: 431
47. Planet RE:think (2012)
PG | 89 min | Documentary, News
Today we are facing not one but two global crises: the financial crisis but also the more insidious one relating to our misuse of natural resources. The two are so tightly linked that we ... See full summary »
Director: Eskil Hardt | Stars: Maliina Abelsen, Chandra Bhushan, Patrice Christmann, Sarah Collins
Votes: 56
48. The Cost of Cool (2001 TV Movie)
26 min | Documentary
An exploration of teenagers' consumption habits and their perspectives on the environment.
Directors: Michael Tobias, Marc Griffith | Star: Alexandra Paul
Votes: 8
49. Shattered Sky (2012)
Not Rated | 55 min | Documentary, History
Thirty years ago, scientists reported a hole in the ozone layer 'the size of North America.' The culprit was a man-made chemical called CFCs, which were prevalent in billions of dollars ... See full summary »
Directors: Steve Dorst, Dan Evans
Votes: 15
50. Plan B (II) (2011)
84 min | Documentary, News
Narrated by Matt Damon, Plan B is a 90 minute documentary based on the book by environmental visionary Lester Brown. Shot on location around the world, the film's message is clear and ... See full summary »
Director: Hal Weiner | Stars: Lester Brown, Matt Damon
Votes: 26