Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "environmental-documentary"

1. Our Planet (2019–2023)

TV-PG | 50 min | Documentary

Explores and unravels the mystery of how and why animals migrate, showing some of the most dramatic and compelling stories in the natural world through spectacular and innovative cinematography.

Star: David Attenborough

Votes: 51,523

2. Koyaanisqatsi (1982)

Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Music

A collection of expertly photographed phenomena with no conventional plot. The footage focuses on the relationship between nature, humanity, and technology.

Director: Godfrey Reggio | Stars: Edward Asner, Pat Benatar, Jerry Brown, Johnny Carson

Votes: 41,560 | Gross: $1.72M

3. Blue Planet II (2017)

TV-G | 50 min | Documentary

David Attenborough returns to the world's oceans in this sequel to the acclaimed documentary filming rare and unusual creatures of the deep, as well as documenting the problems our oceans face.

Stars: David Attenborough, Peter Drost, Roger Munns, Roger Horrocks

Votes: 46,906

4. The Biggest Little Farm (2018)

PG | 91 min | Documentary, Family

Documentarian John Chester and his wife Molly work to develop a sustainable farm on 200 acres outside of Los Angeles.

Director: John Chester | Stars: John Chester, Molly Chester, Todd, Alan York

Votes: 8,918 | Gross: $4.37M

5. 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: 85,260 | Gross: $23.81M

6. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020 TV Movie)

PG | 83 min | Documentary, Biography

One man has seen more of the natural world than any other. This unique feature documentary is his witness statement.

Directors: Alastair Fothergill, Jonathan Hughes, Keith Scholey | Stars: David Attenborough, Max Hughes

Votes: 34,584

7. 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: 28,895

8. Down to Earth with Zac Efron (2020– )

TV-PG | 40 min | Documentary, History, Reality-TV

In this travel show, actor Zac Efron journeys around the world with wellness expert Darin Olien in search of healthy, sustainable ways to live.

Stars: Zac Efron, Darin Olien, Steve Hoffmann, Bruce Pascoe

Votes: 7,989

9. Frozen Planet (2011–2012)

TV-PG | 33 min | Documentary

Focuses on life and the environment in both the Arctic and Antarctic.

Stars: David Attenborough, Alec Baldwin, Chadden Hunter, Michael Kelem

Votes: 33,034

10. Kiss the Ground (2020)

84 min | Documentary

A revolutionary group of activists, scientists, farmers, and politicians band together in a global movement of "Regenerative Agriculture" that could balance our climate, replenish our vast water supplies, and feed the world.

Directors: Joshua Tickell, Rebecca Harrell Tickell | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Ray Archuleta, John Wick, Kristin Ohlson

Votes: 7,593

11. Seven Worlds One Planet (2019)

TV-PG | 59 min | Documentary

Millions of years ago incredible forces ripped apart the Earth's crust creating our seven continents - each with its own distinct climate, its own distinct terrain and its own unique animal... See full summary »

Stars: David Attenborough, Goetz Bielefeldt, Peter Drost, Bertie Gregory

Votes: 6,065

12. Rotten (2018–2019)

TV-MA | 55 min | Documentary

Rotten dives deep into the food production underworld to expose the corruption, waste and real dangers behind your everyday eating habits.

Stars: Latif Nasser, Sonny Nguyen, Stanley Crawford, Casey Cox

Votes: 4,093

13. 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: 5,909 | Gross: $0.70M

14. Virunga (2014)

Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, War

A team of brave individuals risk their lives to protect the last mountain gorillas.

Director: Orlando von Einsiedel | Stars: André Bauma, Emmanuel de Merode, Mélanie Gouby, Rodrigue Mugaruka Katembo

Votes: 12,266

15. The Territory (2022)

PG | 85 min | Documentary

When a network of Brazilian farmers seizes a protected area of the Amazon rainforest, a young Indigenous leader and his mentor must fight back in defense of the land and an uncontacted group living deep within the forest.

Director: Alex Pritz | Stars: Neidinha Bandeira, Bitaté Uru Eu Wau Wau

Votes: 1,337

16. Eating Our Way to Extinction (2021)

82 min | Documentary

Globally renowned figures and the world's leading scientists open the lid on the elephant in the room no one wants to talk about: the damaging effects of factory farming.

Directors: Ludo Brockway, Otto Brockway | Stars: Kate Winslet, Anthony Robbins, Richard Branson, Sylvia Earle

Votes: 2,101

17. Anthropocene: The Human Epoch (2018)

87 min | Documentary

Filmmakers travel to six continents and 20 countries to document the impact humans have made on the planet.

Directors: Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky, Nicholas de Pencier | Stars: Youssef Suleiman Mohammed, Alicia Vikander

Votes: 2,061

18. I Am Greta (2020)

TV-14 | 97 min | Documentary, Biography

The documentary follows Greta Thunberg, a teenage climate activist from Sweden, on her international crusade to get people to listen to scientists about the world's environmental problems.

Director: Nathan Grossman | Stars: Greta Thunberg, Svante Thunberg, Niclas Svenningsen, António Guterres

Votes: 8,379

19. Whale Wars (2008– )

TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, Reality-TV

This stunning and dangerous limited series spotlights both the controversial Japanese whaling trade and the tactics that the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and its staff and volunteers use to cripple it.

Stars: Chris Aultman, Paul Watson, Peter Hammarstedt, Benjamin Potts

Votes: 2,278

20. Planet of the Humans (2019)

100 min | Documentary

Planet of the Humans takes a harsh look at how the environmental movement has lost the battle through well-meaning but disastrous choices.

Director: Jeff Gibbs | Stars: Jeff Gibbs, David Joos, Kristin Zimmerman, J. Peter Lark

Votes: 3,335

21. Chasing Ice (2012)

PG-13 | 75 min | Documentary, Biography

Follow National Geographic photographer James Balog across the Arctic as he deploys time-lapse cameras designed for one purpose: to capture a multi-year record of the world's changing glaciers.

Director: Jeff Orlowski-Yang | Stars: James Balog, Svavar Jónatansson, Louie Psihoyos, Kitty Boone

Votes: 8,869 | Gross: $1.33M

22. Diving Into the Darkness (2024)

96 min | Documentary, Adventure, Sport

Diving Into The Darkness is a jaw-dropping yet intimate portrait of cave diving icon Jill Heinerth, and the nail-biting challenges and risks she's faced to go where no man or woman has gone before.

Director: Nays Baghai | Stars: Jill Heinerth, Bill Stone, Robert McClellan, Natalie Gibb

23. Tomorrow (2015)

G | 118 min | Documentary

The world's climate is changing. Instead of showing the worst that can happen, this documentary focuses on the people suggesting solutions and their actions.

Directors: Cyril Dion, Mélanie Laurent | Stars: Anthony Barnosky, Olivier De Schutter, Cyril Dion, Emmanuel Druon

Votes: 3,600 | Gross: $0.04M

24. Chasing Coral (2017)

93 min | Documentary

Coral reefs around the world are vanishing at an unprecedented rate. A team of divers, photographers and scientists set out on a thrilling ocean adventure to discover why and to reveal the underwater mystery to the world.

Director: Jeff Orlowski-Yang | Stars: Andrew Ackerman, Pim Bongaerts, Neal Cantin, Phil Dustan

Votes: 5,654

25. Orangutan Jungle School (2018– )

TV-PG | 47 min | Documentary

Heartwarming stories from the largest animal rescue center for orangutans in the world where the caring staff do their best to help the young apes adjust, come of age and eventually return to the jungle.

Stars: Rebecca Parr, Keeley Hawes, Laura Shavin

Votes: 204

26. 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: 23,056

27. Years of Living Dangerously (2014–2016)

TV-PG | Documentary

From the damage wrought by Hurricane Sandy to the upheaval caused by drought in the Middle East, this groundbreaking documentary event series provides first-hand reports on those affected by, and seeking solutions to, climate change.

Stars: Thomas Friedman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, America Ferrera, Ian Somerhalder

Votes: 826

28. An Optimist's Guide to the Planet (2024– )

Documentary

Follows Coster-Waldau as he travels the world in quest of the people, concepts, and traditions that will transform environmental pessimism into hope.

Stars: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Nukâka, Karin Sugiura, Alex Roa

Votes: 63

29. 2040 (2019)

92 min | Documentary

Practical solutions to environmental concerns are addressed with the hope that the filmmaker's daughter, 21 years old in the year 2040, will face a hopeful future.

Director: Damon Gameau | Stars: Damon Gameau, Eva Lazzaro, Zoë Gameau, Helena Norberg-Hodge

Votes: 1,410

30. The Mating Game (2021)

300 min | Documentary

Filmed in 22 counties, it follows 80 unique species on how they pursue a mate, from the beginning of the courtship to how they overcome enormous obstacles in the race to win a partner.

Star: David Attenborough

Votes: 454

31. The Giants (2023)

110 min | Documentary, Animation, Biography

The Giants explores the intertwined fates of trees and humans in this poetic portrait of environmentalist Bob Brown and the Forest. From a seedling to forest elder: the film is a ... See full summary »

Directors: Rachel Antony, Laurence Billiet | Star: Bob Brown

Votes: 95

32. Planet of the Birds (2018)

44 min | Documentary, Short

Movie creators visit all seven continents to present various species of birds, the only animal that can be found everywhere in the world.

Director: Chris Weber | Star: Rodd Houston

Votes: 9

33. 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: 134

34. Atomic Homefront (2017)

TV-14 | 100 min | Documentary

A terrifying look at the corruption that's destroying our nation and our planet. This should shake every American citizen. Citizens of an American city fight back against corruption and greed and try to save their own lives.

Director: Rebecca Cammisa | Stars: Dawn Chapman, Douglas Clemens, Robbin Ellison Dailey, Kay Drey

Votes: 569

35. This Changes Everything (2015)

Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary

A look at seven communities around the world with the proposition that we can seize the crisis of climate change to transform our failed economic system into something radically better.

Director: Avi Lewis | Stars: Naomi Klein, Stacey Arwen Raab

Votes: 634 | Gross: $0.01M

36. The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet (2021)

60 min | Documentary

Aims to discover, celebrate and scale innovative solutions to the greatest environmental challenges facing our planet

Votes: 191

37. Ocean Warriors (2016– )

Documentary

OCEAN WARRIORS weaves stories of courage and conflict, from the Antarctic's remote Southern Ocean, to the coral reefs of Tanzania and the vast tuna fisheries of the Western Pacific. Set ... See full summary »

Stars: Peter Hammarstedt, Jim Wickens, Sid Chakravarty, Simon Ager

Votes: 103

38. Alaska Animal Rescue (2020– )

Documentary

When animals are injured or orphaned in Alaska, there are those that will step up to help

Stars: Victoria Vosburg, Jennifer Cedarleaf, Austin, Sarah Howard

Votes: 75

39. First We Bombed New Mexico (2023)

95 min | Documentary

Tina Cordova leads the fight for justice for majority Indigenous and Latino Nuevomexicano communities in New Mexico. Locals have suffered for decades as a result of radiation produced by the world's first atomic attack at Trinity.

Director: Lois Lipman | Star: Tina Cordova

Votes: 20

40. 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: 507

41. Earth 2100 (2009 TV Movie)

84 min | Documentary, Sci-Fi

Follows the account of Lucy, who is born into a society where people are desperate for natural resources, while the global temperature and population are highly increasing.

Director: Rudy Bednar | Stars: Jameel Ahmad, Janine Benyus, Malcolm Bowman, Reinhard Bütikofer

Votes: 1,050

42. 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

43. The Engine Inside (2023)

81 min | Documentary, Action, Adventure

Follow six individuals from diverse backgrounds who have devoted themselves to a simple, machine - the bicycle. Through their struggles, witness how bicycles have the potential to transform lives and contribute to a better world.

Directors: Colin Jones, Darren McCullough, Darcy Wittenburg | Stars: Kwabena Danso, Robert Gesink, Megan Hottman, Danny MacAskill

Votes: 30

44. 72 Dangerous Places to Live (2016)

Documentary

From poisonous water to poisonous dunes, polluted air, flooding, earthquakes and rising sea levels, 72 Most Dangerous Places to Live provides a depiction of life on Earth, and some of the ... See full summary »

Stars: Mitch Ryan, Alessandro Bianchi, George Kourounis, Tiki Trex

Votes: 487

45. To the Arctic 3D (2012)

G | 40 min | Documentary, Short

A journey into the lives of a mother polar bear and her two seven-month-old cubs as they navigate the changing Arctic wilderness they call home.

Director: Greg MacGillivray | Stars: Meryl Streep, Leanne Allison, Karsten Heuer, Bjorne Kvernmo

Votes: 1,139 | Gross: $14.55M

46. Day Zero (II) (2021)

71 min | Documentary, Drama

The world's water shortage crisis.

Directors: Virginia Quinn, Kevin Sim | Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jay Famiglietti

Votes: 237

47. Time to Choose (2015)

Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary

Documentary filmmaker Charles Ferguson turns his lens to address worldwide climate change challenges and solutions.

Director: Charles Ferguson | Stars: Oscar Isaac, Peter Agnefjall, Tasso Azevedo, Neal Barnard

Votes: 282 | Gross: $0.03M

48. 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

49. Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World (2021)

59 min | Documentary

The 17-year-old's environmental campaigning and her journey into adulthood.

Stars: Paul McGann, Greta Thunberg, Svante Thunberg, David Attenborough

Votes: 634

50. Wasteland (2022)

TV-14 | 114 min | Documentary

Examines the terrible impact waste is having on America's waterways and the challenges people must overcome to preserve their health.

Stars: Adam Yamaguchi, Clara Gulley, Perdman Hardy, Cleveland Gulley

Votes: 29