# List of environmental films

This article lists film and television works which feature or discuss the environment, environmentalism or environmental issues.
Some notable and commercially successful films have featured environmental themes and are commemorated through several environmental film festivals held annually. The Annual Environmental Media Awards have been presented by the Environmental Media Association (EMA) since 1991 to the best television episode or film with an environmental message.

## List of documentary films about the environment

This is a list of documentary films related to the environment.
| Title | Theme(s) and subtheme(s) | Author(s) | Year(s) |
| The 11th Hour | Global warming, deforestation, mass species extinction, social responsibility, Conservation movement | Nadia Conners, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Leila Conners Petersen | 2007 |
| All That Breathes | Air pollution | Shaunak Sen | 2022 |
| Angry Inuk | Hunting: seal hunting | Alethea Arnaquq-Baril | 2016 |
| Anima mundi | WWF | Godfrey Reggio | 1991 |
| The Antarctica Challenge: A Global Warning | Climate Change research in Antarctica | Mark Terry | 2009 |
| Anthropocene: The Human Epoch | How humans have impacted the planet | Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, Edward Burtynsky | 2019 |
| Ashes to Honey | Nuclear power: radiation | Hitomi Kamanaka | 2011 |
| Baraka | Natural phenomena, Human behavior | Ron Fricke | 1992 |
| Before the Flood | Global Climate Change | Mark Monroe | 2016 |
| Before Vanishing | Water pollution: Barada (river) | Joude Gorani | 2005 |
| The Bell of Chernobyl | Chernobyl nuclear disaster | Rollan Sergienko | 1987 |
| Bhopal Express | Air pollution: from a pesticide factory | Prasoon Pandey and Piyush Pandey | 1999 |
| Bigger Than Us | Various themes | Flore Vasseur and Melati Wijsen | 2021 |
| Bill Nye: Science Guy | Global warming | David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg | 2017 |
| Biùtiful cauntri | Pollution: toxic waste dumping in Southern Italy | Esmeralda Calabria and Andrea D'Ambrosio | 2007 |
| Black Hole | Coal mining: Australia | João Dujon Pereira | 2015 |
| Blue Vinyl | Pollution: production and disposal of polyvinyl chloride | Daniel B. Gold and Judith Helfand | 2002 |
| Burning the Future: Coal in America | Mining: mountaintop removal mining | David Novack and Richard Hankin | 2008 |
| The Burning Season (1994) | Forests: Amazon rainforest | William Mastrosimone | 1994 |
| The Burning Season (2008) | Forests: deforestation in Indonesia | Cathy Henkel | 2008 |
| Butterfly | Environmentalism: resisting clearcutting | Doug Wolens | 2000 |
| Cane Toads: The Conquest | Introduced species: cane toads in Australia | Mark Lewis | 2010 |
| Cane Toads: An Unnatural History | Introduced species: cane toads in Australia | Mark Lewis | 1988 |
| The Chances of the World Changing | Endangered species: turtles | Eric Daniel Metzgar | 2006 |
| Chasing Ice | Global warming | James Balog | 2012 |
| Chasing Coral | Global warming, Coral bleaching, Climate Change | Jeff Orlowski | 2017 |
| Chernobyl Heart | Chernobyl disaster: acute radiation syndrome | Maryann DeLeo | 2003 |
| Children of Tsunami: No More Tears | Natural disasters: 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami | Satya Sivaraman, Nur Raihan, Suren de Silva, and Pipope Panitchpakdi | 2005 |
| The City Dark | Light pollution | Ian Cheney | 2011 |
| Climate Refugees | Climate change: effects on natural resources | Michael P. Nash | 2010 |
| Climate Warriors | Climate change, renewable energy | Carl-A. Fechner | 2018 |
| Clouds of Smoke | Global warming | Fatmir Terziu | 2007 |
| Colombia Magia Salvaje | Colombian biodiversity and environmental protection | Mike Slee | 2015 |
| The Cove | Hunting: dolphin drive hunting | Mark Monroe | 2009 |
| Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret | Animal husbandry, policies of environmental organizations, global warming, water use, deforestation, and ocean dead zones, | Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn | 2014 |
| Crude (2007) | Petroleum industry: peak oil and climate change | Richard Smith | 2007 |
| Crude (2009) | Petroleum industry: pollution and class action | Joe Berlinger | 2009 |
| A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash | Peak oil, Petroleum industry | Basil Gelpke and Ray McCormack | 2006 |
| Dark Waters | Water Pollution: Chemical Industry, Class Action | Nathaniel Rich, Mario Correa, Matthew Michael Carnahan | 2019 |
| Darwin's Nightmare | Lake Victoria | Hubert Sauper | 2004 |
| Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster | Petroleum industry: Exxon Valdez oil spill, United States Environmental Protection Agency, disaster response | Paul Seed | 1992 |
| Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment | Energy: nuclear weapons | Debra Chasnoff | 1991 |
| Déserts en Europe : les apprentis sorciers ! | | Patrick Benquet | 1994 |
| Dreamland | Dams: Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant in Iceland | Þorfinnur Guðnason, Andri Snær Magnason | 2009 |
| Dust to Dust: The Health Effects of 9/11 | Air pollution: from September 11 attacks, United States Environmental Protection Agency | Heidi Dehncke-Fisher | 2006 |
| Earth | Environmental change: effects on three particular species | Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield, and Leslie Megahey | 2007 |
| Earth Days | Environmentalism: environmental movement in the United States | Robert Stone | 2009 |
| Eco-Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson | Hunting: anti-whaling | Trish Dolman | 2011 |
| Elemental | Water pollution: Ganges River | Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, Gayatri Roshan | 2012 |
| Erin Brockovich | Energy development: water pollution | Susannah Grant | 2000 |
| The End of Eden | Environmental degradation: cattle ranching | Rick Lomba | 1986 |
| Fight for the Planet | Global warming, Social responsibility | Colin Carter | 2009 |
| Final Straw: Food, Earth, Happiness | Food, farming, natural farming, biophilia | Patrick M. Lydon and Suhee Kang | 2015 |
| Flow: For Love of Water | Water privatization: big business and the natural environment | Irena Salina, Steven Starr | 2008 |
| Food, Inc. | Agriculture: corporate farming, Sustainable agriculture, meat industry, Intensive farming, food labelling regulations | Robert Kenner | 2009 |
| Forbidden Forest | Forests: sustainable forest management | Kevin W. Matthews | 2004 |
| Forests for the 21st Century | Forests: reforestation, carbon emissions | Forestry Commission of Great Britain, IUCN | 2009 |
| The Forgotten District | Forests: ecotourism in Belize | Oliver Dickinson | 2008 |
| The Fourth Revolution: Energy | Energy: renewable energy | Carl-A. Fechner | 2010 |
| Fractured Land | Environmentalism: awareness of hydraulic fracturing, First Nations | Fiona Rayher and Damien Gillis | 2015 |
| The Future of Food | Agriculture: genetically modified food | Deborah Koons Garcia | 2004 |
| Garbage Warrior | Garbage Warrior | Oliver Hodge | 2007 |
| Global Warming: The Signs and The Science | Global warming | Alanis Morissette | 2005 |
| Global Warming: What You Need to Know | Global warming | Nicolas Brown | 2006 |
| GMO OMG | Genetically modified organisms, Monsanto | Jeremy Seifert, Elizabeth Kucinich | 2013 |
| The Great Global Warming Swindle | Global warming: climate change denial | Martin Durkin | 2007 |
| The Great Warming | Global warming: politics of global warming, Climate change mitigation, Climate change policy of the United States | Michael Taylor | 2006 |
| Greenpeace : les commandos de l'écologie | Greenpeace | Jean-Pierre Hosatte | 1995 |
| Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World | General environment of Haida Gwaii, Rising sea level, natural disaster, climate change | Charles Wilkinson | 2015 |
| Haulout (short) | Global warming, Walruses, Impacts on marine mammals | Maxim Arbugaev, Evgenia Arbugaeva | 2022 |
| Home | Various themes | Yann Arthus-Bertrand | 2009 |
| How to Change the World | Environmentalism: Greenpeace | Jerry Rothwell | 2015 |
| Ice and the Sky | Global warming: Antarctic | Luc Jacquet | 2015 |
| The Idiot Cycle | Chemical industry: genetically modified organisms | Emmanuelle Schick Garcia | 2009 |
| If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front | Forests: eco-terrorism | Marshall Curry and Matthew Hamacheck | 2011 |
| If You Love This Planet | Nuclear weapons, Nuclear power in the United States, Nuclear policy of the United States | Terre Nash | 1982 |
| An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power | Climate change: activity of Al Gore | Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk | 2017 |
| An Inconvenient Truth | Global warming | Al Gore | 2006 |
| An Inconvenient Truth...Or Convenient Fiction? | Global warming | Steven F. Hayward | 2007 |
| Journey to the Safest Place on Earth | Radioactive waste | Edgar Hagen | 2013 |
| La Jungle plate | Wadden Sea | Johan van der Keuk | 1978 |
| Laloorinu Parayanullathu | Environment of India: municipal waste in Laloor | Sathish Kalathil | 2012 |
| The Last Animals | Endangered species | Kate Brooks | 2017 |
| The Last Paradises: On the Track of Rare Animals | Endangered species | Eugen Schuhmacher | 1967 |
| March of the Penguins | Wildlife: Emperor penguins | Luc Jacquet, National Geographic | 2005 |
| Material Of The Future | Controversies of plastic recycling, plastic pollution, plastic industry, bioplastics | Vern Moen | 2014 |
| The Messenger | Songbirds: bird conservation | Su Rynard | 2015 |
| Minamata: The Victims and Their World | Water pollution: mercury poisoning | Noriaki Tsuchimoto | 1971 |
| Mountaintop Removal (film) | Mining: mountaintop removal mining | Michael O'Connell | 2007 |
| No Impact Man | Sustainability: sustainable living | | 2009 |
| No Pressure | Climate change mitigation | Richard Curtis and Franny Armstrong | 2010 |
| Oil on Ice | Petroleum industry: Arctic Refuge drilling controversy | Stephen Most | 2004 |
| Oil Sands Karaoke | Petroleum industry: oil sands of Alberta | | 2013 |
| On the Line | Petroleum industry: Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines | Frank Wolf | 2011 |
| Out of Balance | ExxonMobil funding climate change deniers: climate change | Tom Jackson | 2006 |
| Pandora's Promise | Nuclear power and climate change | Robert Stone | 2013 |
| Plogoff, des pierres contre des fusils | Anti-nuclear movement | | 1980 |
| The Polar Explorer | Climate Change research in the Arctic's Northwest Passage and Antarctica | Mark Terry | 2010 |
| Polluting Paradise | Waste management: in Turkey | Fatih Akın | 2012 |
| The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil | Peak oil: anti-consumerism, urban agriculture, energy dependence, and sustainability | Faith Morgan | 2006 |
| The Redwoods | Forests: protection of redwoods | Trevor Greenwood, Mark Jonathan Harris | 1967 |
| Power to Change - The Energy Rebellion | renewable energy, energy transition, global warming | Carl-A. Fechner | 2016 |
| Powerful: Energy for Everyone | Energy: renewable energy | David Chernushenko | 2010 |
| Raoni | The life of Raoni Metuktire. The film portrays issues surrounding on Kayapo people and the Amazon rainforest. | Jean-Pierre Dutilleux and Luiz Carlos Saldanha | 1978 |
| Renewal | Environmentalism: environmental movement in the United States, religious-environmental movement | Marty Ostrow, Terry Kay Rockefeller | 2008 |
| The Return of Navajo Boy | Uranium mining in the United States, environmental racism, uranium pollution | Jeff Spitz | 2000 |
| Revenge of the Electric Car | Sustainable design: electric cars | Chris Paine and P.G. Morgan | 2011 |
| Revolution | Various themes, including environmental collapse | Rob Stewart | 2012 |
| The Rise and Fall of the Great Lakes (short) | Various themes, including ice age and anthropogenic change | Bill Mason, National Film Board of Canada | 1968 |
| Sea of Life | Various themes, including ocean acidification and overfishing | Julia Barnes | 2016 |
| Search for the Super Battery | Energy: energy storage devices, including batteries | Daniel McCabe | 2017 |
| Semper Fi: Always Faithful | Water pollution: Camp Lejeune water contamination | Rachel Libert and Tony Hardmon | 2011 |
| Sexy Killers | Environmental impact of the coal industry in Indonesia | Dandhy Dwi Laksono and Ucok Suparta | 2019 |
| Sharkwater | Endangered species: sharks | Rob Stewart | 2007 |
| The Shiranui Sea | Water pollution: mercury poisoning | Noriaki Tsuchimoto | 1975 |
| Shored Up | Weather: Hurricane Sandy: rising sea level | Ben Kalina | 2013 |
| Silent Storm | Nuclear weapons testing: radioactive contamination | Peter Butt | 2003 |
| Spoiled the Movie | Energy: environmental impact of the energy industry, problems with alternative energy, etc. | Kevin Miller | 2011 |
| The Story of Stuff | Product lifecycle management: anti-consumerism | Annie Leonard | 2007 |
| Surviving the Tsunami - My Atomic Aunt | Nuclear power: Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster | Kyoko Miyake | 2013 |
| That Should Not Be: Our Children Will Accuse Us | Agriculture: agrochemicals | Jean-Paul Jaud | 2008 |
| This Changes Everything | Climate change. Companion project of the book This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate by Naomi Klein | Avi Lewis | 2015 |
| Tomorrow (Demain) | Sustainable communities | Cyril Dion and Mélanie Laurent | 2015 |
| The Toxic Clouds of 9/11: A Looming Disaster | Air pollution: from September 11 attacks | Alison Johnson | 2006 |
| Toxic Legacy | Air pollution: from September 11 attacks | Susan Teskey | 2006 |
| Trash Inc: The Secret Life of Garbage | Waste management: landfills | Alison O'Brien, Carl Quintanilla | 2010 |
| The True Cost | Garment industry, consumerism, river and soil pollution, pesticide contamination, fair trade, sustainable clothing | Andrew Morgan | 2015 |
| Ultimate Tornado | Unusually violent tornadoes in the United States | National Geographic Channel | 2006 |
| Unacceptable Levels | Environmental toxicology | Edward Brown | 2013 |
| Under the Dome | Air pollution in China | Chai Jing | 2015 |
| Vanishing of the Bees | Honey bees: colony collapse disorder | Maryam Henein, George Langworthy, and James Erskine | 2009 |
| Vanishing Point | Climate change: Arctic sea ice decline | Marina Endicott and others | 2012 |
| Virunga | Wildlife conservation: Democratic Republic of the Congo | Orlando von Einsiedel | 2014 |
| Voices of Transition | Agriculture: energy and resource scarcity | Nils Aguilar | 2012 |
| Walking Through A Minefield | Uranium mining in Australia | Cathy Henkel | 1999 |
| Watch | Forests: clearcutting | Briana Waters | 2001 |
| Watermark | Water | Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky | 2013 |
| What a Way to Go: Life at the End of Empire | Various themes: peak oil, climate change, overpopulation, and species extinction | Timothy S. Bennett | 2007 |
| What Is the Electric Car? | Sustainable design: electric cars | Ken Grant and Scott DuPont | 2010 |
| White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki | Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: acute radiation syndrome | Steven Okazaki | 2007 |
| Who Killed the Electric Car? | Sustainable design: electric cars and roles of industries and governments | Chris Paine | 2006 |
| Wind Over Water: The Cape Wind Story | Energy: Cape Wind | Ole Tangen Jr. | 2003 |
| Windfall | Wind power: environmental impact of wind power | Laura Israel | 2010 |
| The World According to Monsanto | Agriculture: Monsanto | Marie-Monique Robin | 2008 |
| The Plow That Broke the Plains | Dust Bowl | Pare Lorentz | 1936 |
| The River | Erosion: Mississippi River | Pare Lorentz | 1938 |
| De platte jungle/Flat Jungle | Wadden Sea, overfishing, nuclear energy, water pollution, Overexploitation | Johan van der Keuken | 1978 |
| The Atomic Cafe | Nuclear warfare | Jayne Loader, Kevin Rafferty and Pierce Rafferty | 1982 |
| Koyaanisqatsi | Various themes, including natural landscape, urbanization, development | Godfrey Reggio with Philip Glass | 1982 |
| Trashed | Waste and pollution of air, land and sea | Candida Brady | 2012 |

## List of fictional films about the environment

Some fictional films are based on true events.
| Title | Theme(s) and subtheme(s) | Author(s) | Year(s) |
| 2012 | Natural disasters: 2012 phenomenon | Harald Kloser and Roland Emmerich | 2009 |
| Absurdistan | Water shortage in drought stricken area, sex strike | Veit Helmer | 2008 |
| L'An 01 | Consumerism, Ecology | Jacques Doillon, Alain Resnais and Jean Rouch | 1973 |
| The Age of Stupid | Climate change | Franny Armstrong | 2009 |
| Aftermath | Nuclear warfare | Christian McDonald | 2012 |
| Ark | Pollution vs. nature | Rolf Forsberg | 1970 |
| Avatar | Natural resources | James Cameron | 2009 |
| Beyond the Pole | Climate Change | David L. Williams | 2009 |
| Beasts of the Southern Wild | Melting ice caps | Benh Zeitlin | 2012 |
| Carface | Petroleum industry: car culture | | 2015 |
| The China Syndrome | Energy: nuclear meltdown | Mike Gray, T.S. Cook, and James Bridges | 1979 |
| A Civil Action | Water pollution: by trichloroethylene | Steven Zaillian | 1998 |
| Climate Change Denial Disorder | Climate change denial | Nicol Paone | 2015 |
| The Day After Tomorrow | Climate change | Roland Emmerich and Jeffrey Nachmanoff | 2004 |
| The Day the Earth Stood Still | Humankind's environmental damage to the planet | Scott Derrickson | 2008 |
| Denmark | Pollution: water pollution | | 2010 |
| Dreams | Pollution vs. nature | Akira Kurosawa | 1990 |
| Earthquake | Earthquake in Los Angeles | George Fox and Mario Puzo | 1974 |
| Earthquake in Chile | Earthquake in Chile | Helma Sanders-Brahms | 1975 |
| FernGully: The Last Rainforest | Forests: rainforests | | 1992 |
| First Reformed | Climate change | Paul Schrader | 2017 |
| Fire Down Below | Pollution: from mining | | 1997 |
| Le Fleuve aux grandes eaux | | Frédéric Back | 1993 |
| Fly Away Home | Wildlife: Canada goose | Bill Lishman, Robert Rodat, and Vince McKewin | 1996 |
| Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder | Natural resources and Wildlife | Peter Avanzino | 2009 |
| Godzilla: King of the Monsters | Climate change, human impact on the environment, radical environmentalism, eco-terrorism | Michael Dougherty | 2019 |
| Gorillas in the Mist | Gorilla conservation and life of Dian Fossey | Michael Apted | 1988 |
| H2O | Water supply: Kaveri River water dispute in India | Upendra | 2000 |
| The Happening | Toxicology | M. Night Shyamalan | 2008 |
| Happy Feet | Environment of Antarctica | Warren Coleman, John Collee, George Miller, and Judy Morris | 2006 |
| Hell and High Water | Atomic bomb explosion in the Cold War | Jesse L. Lasky, Jr., Samuel Fuller, and David Hempstead | 1954 |
| If You Love Your Children | Climate change | Sanjay Patel (filmmaker) | 2014 |
| An Inconvenient Penguin | Invasive species | | 2008 |
| La Belle Verte | | Coline Serreau | 1996 |
| The Lorax | Forests | Dr. Seuss | 2012 |
| The Man Who Planted Trees | Reforestation | Frédéric Back | 1987 |
| mother! | Mother Nature as an environmental allegory | Darren Aronofsky | 2017 |
| Muro Ami | Fishing: illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing | Marilou Diaz-Abaya | 1999 |
| Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind | Conservation: insects | Hayao Miyazaki | 1984 |
| Night Moves | Climate change: The environmental impact of reservoirs, radical environmentalism | Kelly Reichardt | 2013 |
| Noah | Pollution and flooding | Darren Aronofsky | 2014 |
| Okja | Animal cruelty and food security under extreme population growth | Bong Joon-ho | 2017 |
| On Deadly Ground | Pollution: from petroleum industry | Ed Horowitz and Robin U. Russin | 1994 |
| Once Upon a Forest | Forests | | 1993 |
| A Place to Fight For | Deforestation, Zone to Defend in France, environmental justice | Romain Cogitore | 2023 |
| Paddle to the Sea (short) | Various themes | Holling C. Holling, Bill Mason, National Film Board of Canada | 1966 |
| Plastic Bag | Plastic bags | Ramin Bahrani and Jenni Jenkins | 2009 |
| Pom Poko | Deforestation: wildlife displacement | Isao Takahata, Hayao Miyazaki, Kenji Miyazawa | 1994 |
| Princess Mononoke | Technology vs. nature | Hayao Miyazaki | 1997 |
| The Roots of Heaven | Conservation of elephant herds from poaching | John Huston, Romain Gary | 1958 |
| Safe | Multiple chemical sensitivity | Todd Haynes | 1995 |
| San Andreas | Earthquake in California | | 2015 |
| Sharknado | Severe weather and sharks | Thunder Levin | 2013 |
| Silent Running | Deforestation | Deric Washburn, Michael Cimino and Steven Bochco | 1972 |
| The Simpsons Movie | Pollution | David Silverman | 2007 |
| Sizzle | Global warming | Randy Olson | 2009 |
| Snowpiercer | Climate change | Bong Joon-ho | 2013 |
| Soylent Green | Natural resources, pollution, global warming, Human overpopulation | Richard Fleischer | 1973 |
| Space Tourists | Pollution: space debris | | 2002 |
| Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | Wildlife: Humpback whale | | 1986 |
| Super Comet: After The Impact | Impact event | | 2007 |
| Tentacles | Wildlife: gigantic octopus | Steven W. Carabatsos, Tito Carpi, Jerome Max, and Sonia Molteni | 1977 |
| Through Rocks and Clouds | Mining pollution | Franco García Becerra | 2024 |
| WALL-E | Waste management | | 2008 |
| The War Game | Nuclear warfare | Peter Watkins | 1965 |
| Wind Across the Everglades | Conservation biology: poaching | Nicholas Ray | 1958 |
| Woman at War | Climate change and environmental justice | Benedikt Erlingsson | 2018 |

## Television

| Title | Theme(s) and subtheme(s) | Producer(s) | Year(s) |
| Saving Britain's Past | Cultural heritage | Mary Sackville-West | 2009 |
| The Truth About Wildlife | Wildlife: United Kingdom | Simon Willis | 2011 |
| Years of Living Dangerously | Climate change | James Cameron, Jerry Weintraub and Arnold Schwarzenegger | 2014 |
| Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World (series of videos) | Various themes, including local knowledge | David Maybury-Lewis | 1992 |
| Hinterland Who's Who | Wildlife | Environment Canada Wildlife Service and the National Film Board of Canada | 1960s, 1970s, 2000s |