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The Top 10 Environmental Documentaries
by IMDBLists created 02 Jan 2013 | last updated - 11 months ago
The most influential documentaries made relating to
environmental issues with respect to causing changes in
international policy for the better.


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1.
The Polar Explorer (2011 Documentary)
8.3/10

A report on the effects of climate change in the polar regions,
including coverage of a historic scientific expedition crossing
the Northwest Passage exploring previously inaccessible areas
for the very first time. (52 mins.)
Director: Mark Terry
Stars: Matthew Asplin, Lisa Earle, Joannie Ferland, Jonathan Gagnon
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2.
The Antarctica Challenge (2009 Documentary)
6.3/10

An up-to-date look at the climate change research currently
being done by the scientists stationed in Antarctica. (45 mins.)
Director: Mark Terry
Stars: Mark Terry, Robert Mulvaney, David Ainley, Geoffrey Carpentier
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3.
GasLand (2010 Documentary)
7.7/10

It is happening all across America-rural landowners wake up
one day to find a lucrative offer from an energy company
wanting to lease their property... (107 mins.)
Director: Josh Fox
Stars: Josh Fox, Dick Cheney, Pete Seeger, Richard Nixon
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4.
Crude (2009 Documentary)
7.3/10

The story of lawsuit by tens of thousands of Ecuadorans
against Chevron over contamination of the Ecuadorean
Amazon. (105 mins.)
Director: Joe Berlinger
Stars: Dan Ashley, Pablo Fajardo, Kent Robertson, German Yanez
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5.
The Cove (2009 Documentary)
8.4/10

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. (92 mins.)
Director: Louie Psihoyos
Stars: Richard O'Barry, Louie Psihoyos, Hardy Jones, Michael Illiff
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6.
Sharkwater (2006 Documentary)
7.9/10

Sharkwater - The Story "An eye-opening film...visually
stunning... this movie will change the way you see our
oceans." - Bonnie Laufer... (89 mins.)
Director: Rob Stewart
Stars: Rob Stewart, Paul Watson, Patrick Moore, Erich Ritter
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7.
An Inconvenient Truth (2006 Documentary)
7.6/10

A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of
global warming a recognized problem worldwide. (100 mins.)
Director: Davis Guggenheim
Stars: Al Gore, Billy West, George Bush, George W. Bush
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8.
Winged Migration (2001 Documentary)
7.9/10

Documentary on the migratory patterns of birds, shot over the
course of three years on all seven continents. (98 mins.)
Director: Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud
Stars: Jacques Perrin, Philippe Labro
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9.
Encounters at the End of the World (2007
Documentary)
7.7/10

Film-maker Werner Herzog travels to the McMurdo Station in
Antarctica, looking to capture the continent's beauty and
investigate the characters living there. (99 mins.)
Director: Werner Herzog
Stars: Werner Herzog, Scott Rowland, Stefan Pashov, Doug MacAyeal
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10.
Darwin's Nightmare (2004 Documentary)
7.5/10

A documentary on the effect of fishing the Nile perch in
Tanzania's Lake Victoria. The predatory fish, which has wiped
out the native species, is sold in European supermarkets, while
starving Tanzanian families have to make do with the leftovers.
(107 mins.)
Director: Hubert Sauper
Stars: Elizabeth 'Eliza' Maganga Nsese, Raphael Tukiko Wagara, Dimond
Remtulia, Marcus Nyoni
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1. An Inconvenient Truth (2006)An overview of the greatest
challenge of our lifetime: Global Warming, by Al
Gore. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0497116/

2. The 11
th
Hour (2008). Leonardo DiCaprio narrates a film
featuring some of the world’s top scientists debating the ecological
crisis of our time and how to combat
it.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0492931/

3. Planet Earth: The Complete BBC Series (2007). A wide-
ranging, beautiful cinematic sweep covering life on earth in all its
myriad forms.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0795176/

4. Food, Inc (2008). A hard hitting look at the American food
industry and its impact on health and the
environment.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1286537/

5. Blue Planet (2001) David Attenborough takes an in-depth
look at the earth’s oceans, the creatures that inhabit them and the
science behind the seas.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0296310/

6. Gasland (2010). An expose of the hydraulic fracking industry
and the greed of oil companies in battle with communities as their
practice destroys
ecosystems.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1558250/

7. Wasteland (2010). A heartbreaking look at the poverty in Rio
de Janeiro as trash pickers eke a living from the world’s largest
landfill.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1268204/

8. Earthlings (2005) A powerful insight into the way society
treats the animal species around us, narrated by Joaquin Phoenix
with soundtrack by Moby.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0358456/

9. Flow (2008). This Academy-Award winning documentary
exposes the way multinational corporations have privatized the
world’s water supply, with shocking footage of the treatment of
dolphins.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1704583/

10. Garbage Warrior (2008) follows U.S. architect Michael
Reynolds as he builds recycled ‘Earthships’ to serve as sustainable
homes.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1104694/

From: http://www.moviepodium.com/list/63/Top-Ten-
Environmental-Movies-for-Earth-Day

Koyaanisqatsi (1982)

King Corn (2007)

Tapped

Chasing Ice (2012)

On Coal River

Gashole

*Age of Stupid

*Petropolis (Greenpeace)

The Antarctic Ozone Hole: From Discovery to Recovery (UNEP –
United Nations Environment Programme)

*Greedy lying bastards (2013)

Who killed the electric car

Who bombed Judi Bari?

*No impact Man

Encounters at the End of the World (Herzog, 2007)

Forks over knives (2011)

*Trashed (2012)

Zeitgeist: Moving Forward

Home (2009)

Patagonia Rising (2011)

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Fresh (2009) [email protected]

Vanishing of the Bees (contact directors George Langworthy and
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The End of Suburbia [email protected]

Blue Gold: World Waters War (2008)

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