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1. The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
PG-13 | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Jack Hall, paleoclimatologist, must make a daring trek from Washington, D.C. to New York City to reach his son, trapped in the cross-hairs of a sudden international storm which plunges the planet into a new Ice Age.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum, Dash Mihok
Votes: 475,606 | Gross: $186.74M
2. Slacker (1990)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
A day in the life of Austin, Texas as the camera roams from place to place and provides a brief look at the overeducated, the social misfits, the outcasts and the oddballs.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Richard Linklater, Rudy Basquez, Jean Caffeine, Jan Hockey
Votes: 23,444 | Gross: $1.23M
3. Cosmos (1980)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Astronomer Carl Sagan leads us on an engaging guided tour of the various elements and cosmological theories of the universe.
Stars: Carl Sagan, Jaromír Hanzlík, Jonathan Fahn, Jean Charney
Votes: 43,886
4. An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
PG | 96 min | Documentary
Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim follows Al Gore on the lecture circuit, as the former presidential candidate campaigns to raise public awareness of the dangers of global warming and calls for immediate action to curb its destructive effects on the environment.
Director: Davis Guggenheim | Stars: Al Gore, Billy West, George Bush, George W. Bush
Votes: 85,176 | Gross: $23.81M
5. Totally F***ed Up (1993)
TV-MA | 78 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Six queer teenagers struggle to get along with each other and with life in the face of varying obstacles.
Director: Gregg Araki | Stars: James Duval, Roko Belic, Susan Behshid, Jenee Gill
Votes: 3,929 | Gross: $0.10M
6. The Planets (2019)
59 min | Documentary
Welcome to the greatest story that's never been told. In a new, ground breaking series we'll be telling the story of the planets as never before.
Stars: Brian Cox, Fran Bagenal, John Grotzinger, Julie Webster
Votes: 3,839
7. The 11th Hour (I) (2007)
PG | 95 min | Documentary
A look at the state of the global environment including visionary and practical solutions for restoring the planet's ecosystems.
Directors: Leila Conners, Nadia Conners | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kenny Ausubel, Thom Hartmann, Wangari Maathai
Votes: 5,904 | Gross: $0.70M
8. Merchants of Doubt (2014)
PG-13 | 96 min | Documentary
A documentary that looks at pundits-for-hire who present themselves as scientific authorities as they speak about topics like toxic chemicals, pharmaceuticals and climate change.
Director: Robert Kenner | Stars: Frederick Singer, Naomi Oreskes, Jamy Ian Swiss, Sam Roe
Votes: 3,928 | Gross: $0.19M
9. Ice on Fire (2019)
TV-PG | 88 min | Documentary
Can we reverse climate change? Ice on Fire explores the many ways we reduce carbon inputs to the atmosphere and, more important, how to "draw" carbon down, bringing CO2 out of the ... See full summary »
Director: Leila Conners | Stars: Raymond Baltar, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ottmar Edenhofer, Linwood Gill
Votes: 1,676
10. The Fire Next Time (1993)
Not Rated | 195 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
2017: The greenhouse effect and global warming take their toll as droughts, floods, and hurricanes wreak mass destruction in a world gone mad, one family struggles to survive against all odds...
Stars: Craig T. Nelson, Bonnie Bedelia, Richard Farnsworth, Jürgen Prochnow
Votes: 304
11. The Great Global Warming Swindle (2007 TV Movie)
74 min | Documentary
Everything you've ever been told about Global Warming is probably untrue. This film blows the whistle on the biggest swindle in modern history. We are told that 'Man Made Global Warming' is... See full summary »
Director: Martin Durkin | Stars: Tim Ball, Nir Shaviv, Ian Clark, Piers Corbyn
Votes: 2,004
12. Alternative 3 (1977 TV Movie)
56 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi
TV Sci-fi drama/documentary, which caused world-wide headlines when first broadcast as it purported to show a link between Britain's 'brain-drain', climate change and a human colony on Mars.
Director: Christopher Miles | Stars: Tim Brinton, Gregory Munroe, Carol Hazell, Shane Rimmer
Votes: 292
13. Living in the Time of Dying (2020)
53 min | Documentary
Living in The Time of Dying is an unflinching look at what it means to be living in the midst of climate catastrophe and finding purpose and meaning within it. Recognising the magnitude of ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Shaw | Stars: Jem Bendell, Catherine Ingram, Dahr Jamail, Stan Rushworth
Votes: 19
14. 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: 198
15. Dennis Weaver's Earthship: Documentary (1990 Video)
Documentary, Short
I have not seen this show, but I imagine it is a documentary about a house he built/had built in Colorado. Google "Earthship" and you can find pictures of it and others. The concept was ... See full summary »
Director: Phil Scarpaci | Stars: Tom Griepenprog, Charles Keeling, Michael Reynolds, Dennis Weaver
Votes: 6
16. Everything's Cool (2007)
Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary
Researchers, activists, scientists and more and more politicians have been actively fighting for several decades to wake up the public and governments of various countries to take ... See full summary »
Directors: Daniel B. Gold, Judith Helfand | Stars: Daniel B. Gold, Ross Gelbspan, Bill McKibben, John 'Bish' Neuhauser
Votes: 227
17. Ocean Emergency: Currents of Hope (2022 TV Special)
Documentary
The hosts go around the globe to share a look at the state of emergency of our oceans and provide tips on how viewers can help mitigate this worldwide issue.
Stars: Dean Cain, Laura McKenzie, Elizabeth Stanton, Montel Williams
Votes: 28
18. After the Warming (1989– )
54 min | Documentary
Bourke foresees the events that lead the world into taking tackling Climate Change. He imagines a future where man has already been through the effects of global warming & reflects from that time on the crisis & the solutions that worked.
Star: James Burke
Votes: 63
19. You Never Bike Alone (2007)
80 min | Documentary
Documentary looks at the development of vibrant bike culture in Vancouver, Canada, and how the city's self-propelled population mobilized to promote the bicycle as a viable for of transport... See full summary »
Director: Robert Alstead | Stars: Russell Adams, Fred Bass, Jane Buker, Gordon Campbell
Votes: 34
20. Climate of Concern (1991 Video)
28 min | Documentary, Short
One of the earliest warnings about the threat of man-made global warming, climate change, and how the world might deal with them. Produced by Royal Dutch Shell.
Director: Douglas Gordon
21. The Burning Old Boy (2017)
14 min | Documentary, Short
The brick kiln industry in Bangladesh must stop emitting CO2 into to the atmosphere, which is contributing the global warming.
Director: Rahman Mani
22. On Thin Ice (2008 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary
With predictions of polar bears being extinct in 50 years, On Thin Ice follows bears as they emerge from their dens and navigate their rapidly changing environment. On Thin Ice shows how ... See full summary »
Director: Chris Grainger | Stars: Greg Grainger, Stewart Webber, Shaun Bobier, Nick Lunn
23. The Wonders of Alaska (2009 Video)
Not Rated | 63 min | Documentary
Out-of-this-world Alaska movie with stunning footage, educational narration and enjoyable music. See bears, calving glaciers, gigantic icebergs, eagles, harbor seals, killer whales, breaching humpback whales, and much more.
Director: Adam Kelly
24. The Material That Could Change the World... for a Third Time (2021)
5 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Director: Lisa LaBracio | Star: Jack Cutmore-Scott
25. Alaska's Amazing Calving Glaciers (2010 Video)
Not Rated | 38 min | Documentary, Short
An Alaska movie that features the true power of nature and some of the best glacier calvings ever caught on video.
Director: Adam Kelly
26. Alaska: The Tracy Arm Experience (2007)
Not Rated | 21 min | Short, Family
See bears, calving glaciers, gigantic icebergs, eagles, harbor seals, killer whales, breaching humpback whales, and much more.
Director: Adam Kelly
28. Wake Up, Freak Out: Then Get a Grip (2008)
12 min | Animation, Short
Hardly anyone seems to have noticed that the newest climate science suggests we are about to pass the point of no return, to unstoppable, catastrophic global warming. This short animation ... See full summary »
Director: Leo Murray
Votes: 19
29.
South Park (1997– )
Episode:
Spontaneous Combustion
(1999)
TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Comedy
Randy Marsh becomes a national hero after he discovers the reason why South Park residents are spontaneously combusting. Meanwhile, Kyle and Stan have a plan to help Kyle's dad get a res-erection.
Director: Matt Stone | Stars: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Mary Kay Bergman, Isaac Hayes
Votes: 3,083
30.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Dimming the Sun
(2006)
TV-PG | Documentary
The scientific community took some time to accept the evidence that the level of sunlight reaching the Earth's surface had declined in recent decades because, from a narrow minded ... See full summary »
Directors: Peter Chinn, Duncan Copp, Caroline Penry-Davey | Star: Kathryn Walker
Votes: 26
31.
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992–2014)
Episode:
Episode #15.97
(2007)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Directors: Ellen Brown, Anthony Caleca | Stars: Kevin Eubanks, Fiction Plane, Jay Leno, John Melendez
32.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Polar Extremes
(2024)
TV-PG | 113 min | Documentary
Paleontologist Kirk Johnson explores the polar extremes of the planet, including miles-high ice sheets and warm polar forests brimming with life.
Directors: Lucy Haken, Joby Lubman | Stars: Rich Barclay, Jonathan Bloch, Julie Brigham-Grette, Dennis Davis
Votes: 89
33.
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2003–2010)
Episode:
Being Green
(2008)
TV-MA | 29 min | Comedy, Documentary
Penn and Teller look at the climate change debate and question Al Gore's motives.
Directors: Star Price, Ted Saad, Chip Selby, David Wechter | Stars: Penn Jillette, Teller, Jaime Andrews, John Charles
Votes: 121
34.
Catastrophe (2008– )
Episode:
Snowball Earth
(2008)
Documentary
Inspired by ideas about nuclear war, a theory that the Earth was encased in ice 650 million years ago has gained popularity in the science community. This program explains how this ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Stubberfield | Stars: Tony Robinson, Hazel Barton, Jim Gehling, Joseph Kirschvink
Votes: 18
35.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Venus Unveiled
(1995)
TV-PG | Documentary
Venus is a world of innumerable secrets that it only reluctantly reveals. Nova reviews the many decades of frustrating exploration that finally revealed a world that is beyond belief.
Star: Peter Thomas
Votes: 7
36.
A Traveler's Guide to the Planets (2010– )
Episode:
Venus & Mercury
(2010)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary
A Traveler's Guide to the Planets takes you on a tour into the Solar System's Hot Zone to visit the two planets both laying claim to the title of 'Real Hell'. While tiny Mercury blisters in... See full summary »
Director: Chris Thorburn | Star: Bray Poor
Votes: 30
37.
How the Earth Was Made (2009– )
Episode:
Earth's Deadliest Eruption
(2010)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, History
The causes of the million year volcanic eruption in the Siberian Traps and the resulting effects that lead to the largest mass extinction in earth's history are recounted.
Director: Kate Dart | Stars: Corey Johnson, James Howard, Clive Oppenheimer, Stephanie Ingle
Votes: 32
38.
How the Earth Was Made (2009– )
Episode:
Everest
(2010)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History
The convergence of processes that resulted in the extreme height of Mt. Everest and the other Himalayan mountains is explained in conjunction with the supporting geological evidence.
Director: Louise Astbury | Stars: Corey Johnson, Kenton Cool, Mike Searle, Rowan Whittle
Votes: 30
39.
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)
Episode:
The World Set Free
(2014)
TV-PG | 41 min | Documentary
Degrasse discusses our nearest neighboring planet Venus and its climate, the climate change on Earth and if it is caused by humans.
Director: Brannon Braga | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Paul Sorvino, Frank Baxter, John F. Kennedy
Votes: 1,594
40.
The New Frontier (2015–2018)
Episode:
The Inner Worlds
(2015)
Documentary
Exploration of Sol's closest planets has been limited by Mercury's proximity to the sun and Venus's harsh climate. But these challenges also make the planets intriguing to scientists ... See full summary »