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21 Environmental Films from Earth.org
1. The Human Element (2019)
2. Before the Flood (2016)
3. Eyes of the Orangutan (2021)
4. 2040 (2019)
5. An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
6. RiverBlue (2017)
7. Artifishal (2019)
9. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020)
10. My Octopus Teacher (2020)
11. Racing Extinction (2015)
12. The Ivory Game (2016)
13. Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret (2014)
14. Virunga (2014)
15. No Impact Man (2009)
16. Food Inc. (2008)
17. Catching the Sun (2015)
18. Just Eat it! A Food Waste Story (2019) 16. Food Inc. (2008)
19. Extinction: The Facts (2020)
20. The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
21. Seaspiracy (2021)
17 Films About Sustainability and Climate Change
1. Melting Ice
2. Out of the Blue
3. Water & Power: A California Heist
4. Plastic China (2017)
5. To the Ends of the Earth (2016)
6. Forget Shorter Showers (2015)
7. Our Planet
8. The Future of Energy: Lateral Power to the People (2016)
10. Evolution of Organic (2016)
11. A Fierce Green Fire
12. The Islands and the Whales (2015)
9. The Age of Consquences (2016)
13. The Memory of Fish (2016)
14. The True Cost
16. No Impact Man (2009)
17. Catching the Sun (2015)
15. Rancher Farmer Fisherman
Movies on Environmental Issues For Your Next Movie Night
1. Extrapolations (2023)
2. Don’t Look Up (2021)
3. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)
4. Polar Bear (2022)
5. The Alpinist (2020)
6. Kiss the Ground (2020)
7. I am Greta (2020)
8. The Biggest Little Farm (2019)
9. Dark Waters (2019)
10. Youth Unstoppable (2018)
11. Ice on Fire (2019)
12. The Year Earth Changed (2021)
13. High Water (2022)
14. Okja (2017)
15. Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food (2023)
16. Public Trust (2020)
Inspiring Short List ~ Almost 300 films
1. The 11th Hour (2006)
2. Go Further (2003)
3. Bag It (2010)
4. Project Wild Thing (2013)
5. Play Again (2010)
6. The Clean Big Project (2010)
7. The Story of Stuff (2020)
8. Voices of Transition (2012)
9. The Man Who Planted Trees (1987)
10. Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai (2008)
11. Recyclergy (2006)
12. Home (2009)
13. Trapped (2009)
16. North of the Sun (2012)
14. Okja (2017)
17. DamNation (2014)
15. Dirt! The Movie (2009)
18. Lost Rivers (2012)
19. Planeat (2010)
20. Symphony of the Soil (2012)
21. The Magestic Plastic Bag (2021)
22. Tiny: A Story about Living Small (2013)
23. The Meaning of the Wild (2014)
24. Natural Heroes (2004)
25. Earth Days (2009)
26. Plastic Bag (2009)
27. Yert: Your Environmental Road Trip (2011)
28. Bicycle (2014)
29. The Story of Cosmetics (2010)
30. A Sense of Wonder (2008)
31. Garbage Warrior (2007)
32. Passive Passion (2011)
33. Truck Farm (2011)
34. Speciesism: The Movie (2013)
35. Dive! (2010)
36. How to Change the World (2015)
37. This Changes Everything (2015)
38. Edible City: Grow the Revolution (2014)
39. More Than Honey (2012)
40. Who Cares? (2013)
41. Human Kindness - The Animal Dilemma (2009)
42. Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (2013)
+ a ton more!
25 Great Films to Teach Kids About the Environment
1. Hoot (2006)
2. Shark Tale (2004)
3. Happy Feet (2006)
4. FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)
5. Over the Hedge (2006)
6. Pocahontas (1995)
7. Fly Away Home (1996)
8. Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
9. Madagascar (2005)
10. Pom Poko (1994)
11. The Land Before Time (1988)
12. Luca (2021)
13. The Red Turtle (2016)
14. March of the Penguins (2005)
15. Ice Age (2002)
16. Ponyo (2008)
17. Moana (2016)
18. Jane (2017)
19. The Lorax (1972)
20. Castle in the Sky (1986)
21. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
22. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
23. Finding Nemo (2003)
24. Princess Mononoke (1997)
25. WALL·E (2008)
Find more options here: Environmental Movies | Common Sense Media
or here: The Best Environmental Films, Movies & Documentaries of All Time
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