Filmography of Nature and Environmental Movies

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This page lists feature films with environmental/nature themes. It began as a collaborative project of the members of ECN and is now being maintained and updated by Mark Meisner. This is a new and expanded version of the film list.

As a rule, documentaries, wildlife films and similar "non-fiction" genres are not included in this list. There are so many that it would be difficult to catalog them in anything but a haphazard way.

For each film listed here, I have provided the year it was released, the director's name, a link to the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) page for that film, and in some cases, a description/review/comment and/or keywords related to the film. I will try to add to these as I get time, but I would welcome assistance.

Please let me know if you notice any corrections that need to be made or if you would like to suggest additions.

At the end of the list, there are some related readings and related Internet links.

Adaptation, 2002, Dir. Spike Jonz, IMDB: Can a flower, an orchid, be made exciting to moviegoers? Only if it is tied to sex and drugs I guess. Based on Susan Orlean's book The Orchid Thief.
Keywords: Sublime, Natives, True Story, Drama, Conservation
African Queen, The, 1951, Dir. John Huston, IMDB
Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (Aguirre: The Wrath of God), 1973, Dir. Werner Herzog, IMDB: Aguirre and his men rapidly disintegrate in the Amazonian "heart of darkness." Very realistic and haunting film.
Keywords: Amazon, Survival, Historical, Drama
All the Little Animals, 1998, Dir. Jeremy Thomas, IMDB
Altered States, 1980, Dir. Ken Russell, IMDB: Keywords: Drama
American President, The, 1995, Dir. Rob Reiner, IMDB: Invokes environmentalism.
Americathon, 1979, Dir. Neal Israel, IMDB: This is an extremely cheesy film featuring John Ritter as the President of a United States that is bankrupt and devoid of oil. People live in old cars and ride bicycles everywhere. Meat Loaf duels with the last automobile. And the "National Indian Knitting Enterprises" (NIKE) are everywhere in the film in an early and crude example of product placement. That they also hold most of the US's debt is also a prescient commentary on real economic power. I will never forget this film; it was sooo cheesy.
Keywords: Resource Depletion, Comedy
Apocalypse Now, 1979, Dir. Francis Ford Coppola, IMDB: Everything that Heart of Darkness is, plus "the horror" of the Vietnam War. Robert Duvall's defoliation scene is famous.
Keywords: Drama, Surviving in the Wilderness, Effects of Pollution
Arrival, The, 1996, Dir. David Twohy, IMDB: Global warming is an alien plot...
Keywords: Action, Climate Change, Sci-Fi
At Play in the Fields of the Lord, 1991, Dir. Hector Babenco, IMDB: Keywords: Drama
Atanarjuat, the Fast Runner, 2001, Dir. Zacharias Kunuk, IMDB: Winner of Camera D'Or at Cannes Film Festival, this is the first every feature film in Inuktikuk. It tells of a legend of Inuit survival, betrayal, revenge and forgiveness in the harsh arctic environment. Powerful. Recommended.
Keywords: Natives, Survival, Historical, Drama
Atomic Cafe, 1982, Dir. Jayne Loader, Kevin Rafferty (II), Pierce Rafferty, IMDB
Babe , 1995, Dir. Chris Noonan, IMDB: Who can forget the talking pig and his friends that save the day.
Keywords: Animals, Comedy, Drama
Backwoods, 1987, Dir. Dean Crow, IMDB
Bailey's Billions, 2005, Dir. David Devine, IMDB: When talking golden retriever Bailey inherits billions, a cheesy caper is triggered involving a puppy mill, dognappers, an animal psychologist, a bungling children's' services officer, an animal rights campaigner, and two resourceful kids. Light fare where the activists and animal lovers are not only good looking, they're also the good guys.
Keywords: Animals, Comedy, Drama
Ballad of Little Jo, The, 1993, Dir. Maggie Greenwald, IMDB
Bambi, 1942, Dir. David Hand, IMDB: Though not environmentally messaged with a club, as say Lion King, it came out at a time that has seared it into the American psyche and has had lasting impact on how we view or have erroneously viewed hunting and forest fires.
Keywords: Animated, Animals, Drama
Baraka, 1992, Dir. Ron Fricke, IMDB: More of an art film, it juxtaposes the environmental and human relationship with an eerie minimalist score. Similar to Koyaanisqatsi.
Keywords: Animals, Dystopian, Culture Clash, Sublime, True Story
Battle for the Planet of the Apes, 1973, Dir. J. Lee Thompson, IMDB: Classics on all levels: perils of wildlife as pets, arrogance of human sentiency, slaves becoming the master, nuclear war and what will rise to claim the Earth, etc.
Keywords: Animals, Drama, Dystopian, Nukes Gone Bad, Post-Apocalyptic
Beach, The, 2000, Dir. Danny Boyle, IMDB: This film was controversial before its release because of how the production had destroyed the real beach where it was filmed. Leonardo Dicaprio is an American backpacker in Thailand who finds his way to a remote island inhabited by other young travellers looking for the ultimate beach experience. Nature is a minor character in the narrative, but does provide some dramatic scenery and threatening moments. All in all, there is not much here besides the controversy and it's a pretty annoying film. Not recommended.
Keywords: Lame, Sublime, Tropical, Drama
Beneath the Planet of the Apes, 1970, Dir. Ted Post, IMDB: Keywords: Animals, Drama, Dystopian, Nukes Gone Bad, Post-Apocalyptic
Big Trees, The, 1952, Dir. Felix E. Feist, IMDB
Bio-Dome, 1996, Dir. Jason Bloom, IMDB
Birds, The, 1963, Dir. Alfred Hitchcock, IMDB: Hitchcock's classic film of nature gone awry. Anyone who has seen this film will never look at a flock of crows the same way again.
Keywords: Nature-Gone-Awry, Animals, Horror
Bis ans Ende der Welt (Until the End of the World), 1991, Dir. Wim Wenders, IMDB: What would happen if we could read another person's dreams?
Keywords: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Technology
Black Robe, 1991, Dir. Bruce Beresford, IMDB: When Christians meet Native North Americans...
Keywords: Historical, Natives, Drama
Blade Runner, 1982, Dir. Ridley Scott, IMDB: Classic.
Keywords: Dystopian, Effects of Pollution, Sci-Fi, Drama, Technology
Boy and His Dog, A, 1975, Dir. L.Q. Jones, IMDB: Based on a story by Harlan Ellison. Post-apocalyptic story of a boy who communicates telepathically with his dog. They discover the remnants of society underground.
Keywords: Post-Apocalyptic, Animals, Drama
Brazil, 1985, Dir. Terry Gilliam, IMDB: Set in a futuristic techno-world that is dehumanized and denaturalized. Recommended.
Keywords: Dystopian, Comedy
Burden of Dreams, 1982, Dir. Les Blank, IMDB
Burning Season, The, 1993, Dir. Harvey Crossland, IMDB: "The Chico Mendes Story" with Raul Julia as famed Brazillian rubber tapper and environmentalist, Mendes.
Keywords: Amazon, Natives, True Story
Captain Planet, 1990, Dir. Unknown, IMDB
China Syndrome, The, 1979, Dir. James Bridges, IMDB: Keywords: Drama, Nukes Gone Bad, Eco-Disaster, Technology
Chinatown, 1974, Dir. Roman Polanski, IMDB: Water supplies in California are the context for this classic thriller.
Keywords: Drama, Conservation, Water, Politics
City Slickers, 1991, Dir. Ron Underwood, IMDB
Civil Action, A, 1998, Dir. Steven Zaillian, IMDB: Based on the true story of Jan Schlichtmann's lawsuit on behalf of the people of Woburn Massachusets whose water supply was contaminated by industry.
Keywords: True Story, Drama, Effects of Pollution
Clearcut, 1991, Dir. Ryszard Bugajski, IMDB: Based on M.T. Kelly's book A Dream Like Mine about native land threatened by logging and white liberal responses to the issue. Violent, but recommended; Graham Greene is incredible.
Keywords: Action, Culture Clash, Natives, Development
Cold Comfort Farm, 1971, Dir. Peter Hammond, IMDB
Conagher, 1991, Dir. Reynaldo Villalobos, IMDB
Continental Divide, 1981, Dir. Michael Apted, IMDB
Core, The, 2003, Dir. Jon Amiel, IMDB
Country, 1984, Dir. Richard Pearce, IMDB
Crocodlie Hunter: Collision Course, The, 2002, Dir. John Stainton, IMDB: A spinoff from the popular Crocodile Hunter TV show featuring an action/espionage plot. Steve and Terry Irwin try to protect a crocodile from what they think are poachers unaware that the beast has swallowed part of a downed US spy satellite. Features the usual mix of Crocodile Hunter humour and macho natural history. Light entertainment.
Keywords: Animals, Conservation, Action, Comedy
Cross Creek, 1983, Dir. Martin Ritt, IMDB
Dances with Wolves, 1990, Dir. Kevin Costner, IMDB
Dante's Peak, 1997, Dir. Roger Donaldson, IMDB
Day After Tomorrow, The, 2004, Dir. Roland Emmerich, IMDB: Abrupt climate change causes really extreme weather events around the world. New York is first flooded by rising seas, then flash frozen.
Keywords: Climate Change, Action, Eco-Disaster, Drama
Day After, The, 1983, Dir. Nicholas Meyer, IMDB: Keywords: Nukes Gone Bad
Day of the Animals, 1977, Dir. William Girdler, IMDB
Day the Earth Caught Fire, The, 1961, Dir. Val Guest, IMDB
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster, 1992, Dir. Paul Seed, IMDB
Deadly Harvest, 1977, Dir. Timothy Bond, IMDB
Deliverance, 1972, Dir. John Boorman, IMDB
Dersu Uzala, 1974, Dir. Akira Kurosawa, IMDB: Considered one of Kurosawa's masterpieces, one of the main themes of this film is the clash of civilization and nature.
Keywords: Culture Clash, Surviving in the Wilderness
Earth Walk, 1990, Dir. Sylvie Van Brabant, IMDB
Earthling, 1980, Dir. Peter Collinson, IMDB
Earthquake, 1974, Dir. Mark Robson, IMDB
Edge, The, 1997, Dir. Lee Tamahori, IMDB: Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin duke it out with a grizzly bear while unintentionally roughing it in the bush.
Keywords: Surviving in the Wilderness
Emerald Forest, The, 1985, Dir. John Boorman, IMDB: A powerful film apparently based on a true story about a young American boy raised among a tribe of Amazon natives. His father, an engineer building a huge dam in the forest, spends 10 years looking for his son. Meanwhile the forest peoples are being displaced from their world by the dam construction and other development. When the father finally finds his son, the boy has become a man and is fully a part of the tribe. The film combines a powerful personal story with a subtle commentary on the destruction of the Amazon rainforest and its people.
Keywords: Amazon, Natives, Development, Culture Clash, Action
Erin Brockovich, 2000, Dir. Steven Soderbergh, IMDB
Escape from the Planet of the Apes, 1971, Dir. Don Taylor, IMDB
FernGully 2: The Magical Rescue, 1997, Dir. Richard Tulloch, IMDB
FernGully: The Last Rainforest, 1992, Dir. Bill Kroyer, IMDB
Fire Next Time, The, 1995, Dir. Tom McLoughlin, IMDB: Keywords: Eco-Disaster, Action
Fitzcarraldo, 1982, Dir. Werner Herzog, IMDB
Flash of Green, 1984, Dir. Victor Nunez, IMDB
Fly Away Home, 1996, Dir. Carroll Ballard, IMDB
Free Willy , 1993, Dir. Simon Wincer, IMDB
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, 1995, Dir. Dwight H. Little, IMDB
Free Willy 3: The Rescue, 1997, Dir. Sam Pillsbury, IMDB
Frogs, 1972, Dir. George McCowan, IMDB
Giant, 1956, Dir. George Stevens, IMDB
Gods Must Be Crazy Part II, The, 1989, Dir. Jamie Uys, IMDB
Gods Must be Crazy, The, 1980, Dir. Jamie Uys, IMDB
Gold Rush, The, 1925, Dir. Charles Chaplin, IMDB
Golden Seal, The, 1983, Dir. Frank Zuniga, IMDB
Good Earth, The, 1937, Dir. Sidney Franklin, Victor Fleming, Gustav Machaty, IMDB
Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey, 1988, Dir. Michael Apted, IMDB: The joy and the trials of Dian Fossey and the Gorillas she loved.
Grapes of Wrath, The, 1940, Dir. John Ford, IMDB
Graset Sjunger (Grass is Singing, The), 1981, Dir. Michael Raeburn, IMDB
Grey Owl, 1999, Dir. Richard Attenborough, IMDB: The true story of Archie Belaney who for years posed as a native North American Indian and wrote several books in the 1930's promoting conservation under that guise. Pierce Brosnan is pretty good as Grey Owl.
Keywords: Conservation, Natives, True Story, Historical, Drama
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, 1984, Dir. Hugh Hudson, IMDB
Guerre du feu, La (Quest for Fire), 1981, Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud, IMDB
Happy Feet, 2006, Dir. George Miller, IMDB: A young emperor penguin who cannot sing (but can dance) sets off to find out who has been taking all the fish.
Keywords: Animated, Resource Depletion, Animals, Action/Comedy
Heartland, 1980, Dir. Richard Pearce, IMDB
Heaven Can Wait, 1978, Dir. Warren Beatty, Buck Henry, IMDB
High Noon, 1952, Dir. Fred Zinnemann, IMDB
Ice Station Zebra, 1968, Dir. John Sturges, IMDB
In Country, 1989, Dir. Norman Jewison, IMDB
Incident at Dark River, 1989, Dir. Michael Pressman, IMDB: Keywords: Drama, Effects of Pollution
Insel Der Ungeheuer, Die (Food of the Gods), 1976, Dir. Bert I. Gordon, IMDB
Instinct, 1999, Dir. John Turteltaub, IMDB: Keywords: Animals, Drama
Into the Wild, 2007, Dir. Sean Penn, IMDB: Based on Jon Krakauer's book about Christopher McCandless, a young American man who cuts himself off from his family in order to set off on an adventure that takes him to the Alaskan wilderness. A very compelling story featuring beautiful landscapes and challenging situations.
Keywords: Adventure, True Story, Surviving in the Wilderness, Sublime, Animals
Island of Dr. Moreau, The, 1996, Dir. John Frankenheimer, Richard Stanley, IMDB
Jaws, 1975, Dir. Steven Spielberg, IMDB: Classic film based on book by Peter Benchley. This film brought the Great White Shark to the world's attention and has arguably been responsible for a great deal of anti-shark sentiment. Benchley eventually decried the story's negative influence on people's views of sharks. It was a pretty scary movie in its time.
Keywords: Killer Animal, Drama
Jeremiah Johnson, 1972, Dir. Sydney Pollack, IMDB
Jurassic Park, 1993, Dir. Steven Spielberg, IMDB
Kaze no tani no Naushika, 1984, Dir. Hayao Miyazaki, IMDB: Also known as Nausicaä / Nausicaä of the Valley of the Winds / Warriors of the Wind. In a post-war world where a "toxic forest" is spreading across the land, ecologically-minded Princess Nausicaä saves her people and the creatures of the forest by coming to understand its real purpose. A children's movie, but with a lot of battle scenes.
Keywords: Post-Apocalyptic, Sci-Fi, Animated, Drama
Koyaanisqatsi, 1983, Dir. Godfrey Reggio, IMDB: Keywords: Art
Last of the Mohicans, The, 1992, Dir. Michael Mann, IMDB
Legend of Grizzly Adams, The, 1990, Dir. Ken Kennedy, IMDB
Life and Times of Grizzly Adams, The, 1975, Dir. Richard Friedenberg, IMDB
Limbo, 1993, Dir. John Sayles, IMDB
Lion King, The, 1994, Dir. Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff, IMDB
Local Hero, 1986, Dir. Bill Forsyth, IMDB: A Texas oil company wants to buy up all the property in a picturesque Scottish seaside village and build a refinery there. One local man who owns the beach refuses to sell and the oil company folks have a change of heart. Charming and magical. Recommended.
Keywords: Sublime, Sense of Place, Development, Comedy
Logan's Run, 1976, Dir. Michael Anderson, IMDB
Lonely are the Brave, 1962, Dir. David Miller, IMDB: Adapted from Edward Abbey's second novel The Brave Cowboy: An Old Tale in a New Time. Dalton Trumbo wrote the screenplay to the film, which Abbey championed.
Lonesome Dove, 1989, Dir. Simon Wincer, IMDB
Lorax, The, 1972, Dir. Hawley Pratt, IMDB: A Dr. Seuss movie based on the book of the same name.
Lord of the Flies, 1963, Dir. Peter Brook, IMDB
Mad Max, 1979, Dir. George Miller, IMDB
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, 1981, Dir. George Miller, IMDB
Magnificent Ambersons, The, 1942, Dir. Orson Welles, Fred Fleck, Jack Moss (I), Robert Wise (I), IMDB
Man in the Wilderness, 1971, Dir. Rchard C. Sarafian, IMDB
Man Who Shot Liberty Valence, The, 1962, Dir. John Ford, IMDB
Matewan, 1987, Dir. John Sayles, IMDB
Matrix, The, 1999, Dir. Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski, IMDB
Medicine Man, 1992, Dir. John McTeirnan, IMDB: Sean Connery is a biochemist in the Brazilian Rainforest doing research on rainforest flora. He discovers a cure for cancer in a flower that grows in the canopy. The problem is, of course, that the forest is being destroyed.
Michael Clayton, 2007, Dir. Tony Gilroy, IMDB: A large agricultural biotech/chemical company is being sued by farm families because of the cancerous effects of their weed killer. When the company's main lawyer (Tom Wilkinson) discovers that the company knows its chemical kills more than weeds, he loses faith and jeopardizes the company's case. It falls to Michael Clayton (George Clooney), the law firm's "fixer" to clean up the mess, but he gets much more than he bargained for.
Keywords: Biocide, Effects of Pollution, Ethics, Drama, Thriller
Milagro Beanfield War, The, 1988, Dir. Robert Redford, IMDB
Mind Walk, 1990, Dir. Bernt Amadeus Capra, IMDB: Based on Capra's The Turning Point.
Mission, The, 1953, Dir. Joseph Marzano, IMDB
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, 1939, Dir. Frank Capra, IMDB: Newly appointed to the Senate, idealistic Mr. Smith soon learns the hard way that challenging corrupt vested interests is not for the faint of heart. When wrongly accused of graft himself, he sticks to his principles to fight the appropriation for the dam and promote his idea of a camp for boys, even in the face of a manipulated media. A classic.
Keywords: Dam, Drama, Politics, Sense of Place
Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear, The, 1991, Dir. David Zucker, IMDB
Naked Gun 33 1/3, 1994, Dir. Peter Segal, IMDB
Never Cry Wolf, 1983, Dir. Carroll Ballard, IMDB
Night of the Lepus, 1972, Dir. William F. Claxton, IMDB
Nineteen-Eighty-Four, 1984, Dir. Michael Radford, IMDB
O Pioneers!, 1991, Dir. Kirk Browning, Kevin Kuhlke, IMDB
Old Man and the Sea, The, 1958, Dir. John Sturges, Henry King, Fred Zinnemann, IMDB
On Deadly Ground, 1994, Dir. Steven Segal, IMDB
On the Beach, 1959, Dir. Stanley Kramer, IMDB
Ours, L' (The Bear), 1988, Dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud, IMDB
Outlaw, 2001, Dir. Bo Svenson, IMDB
Parasite, 2004, Dir. Andrew Prendergast, IMDB: Keywords: Action, Nature-Gone-Awry, Survival, Killer Animal
Piranha, 1978, Dir. Joe Dante, IMDB
Places in the Heart, 1984, Dir. Robert Benton, IMDB
Planet of the Apes (remake), The, 2001, Dir. Tim Burton, IMDB
Planet of the Apes, The, 1968, Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner, IMDB
Pochahantas, 1995, Dir. Mike Gabriel, Eric Goldberg, IMDB
Project X, 1987, Dir. Jonathan Kaplan , IMDB
Prophecy, 1979, Dir. John Frankenheimer, IMDB: A pulp mill's pollution causes a bear to mutate into a giant and violent beast that brings terror to the community.
Keywords: Effects of Pollution, Mutant Animal, Drama
Quiet Earth, The, 1985, Dir. Geoff Murphy, IMDB
Rainbow Warrior, The, 1992, Dir. Michael Tuchner, IMDB
Return to Snowy River, 1988, Dir. Geoff Burrowes, IMDB
Return to the Planet of the Apes, 1975, Dir. Doug Wildey, IMDB
River Runs Through It, A, 1992, Dir. Robert Redford, IMDB
River Wild, The, 1994, Dir. Curtis Hanson, IMDB
Rollerball, 1975, Dir. Norman Jewison, IMDB
Safe, 1995, Dir. Todd Haynes, IMDB: Keywords: Effects of Pollution, Drama
Sahara, 2005, Dir. Breck Eisner, IMDB: Keywords: Action, Eco-Disaster, Effects of Pollution
Scott of the Antarctic, 1948, Dir. Charles Frend, IMDB
Secret of Roan Inish, The, 1994, Dir. John Sayles, IMDB
Shy People, The, 1987, Dir. Andrei Konchalovsky, IMDB
Silent Running, 1972, Dir. Douglas Trumbull, IMDB
Silkwood, 1983, Dir. Mike Nichols, IMDB: True story of Karen Silkwood, whistleblower.
Keywords: Nukes Gone Bad, True Story, Drama
Simpsons Movie, The, 2007, Dir. David Silverman, IMDB: When Homer Simpson dumps his silo of hog manure in a local lake, it sets off an eco-disaster of epic proportions, leading the EPA to turn Springfield into a giant Super-fund Dome.
Keywords: Animated, Comedy, Pollution, Eco-Disaster, Water
Sleepy Hollow, 1999, Dir. Tim Burton, IMDB
Smilla's Sense of Snow, 1997, Dir. Bille August, IMDB: Smilla is a snow expert. Based on footprints in the snow, she determines there has been a murder. This leads her on an improbable adventure to find out just what a mining company is hiding up in the arctic. The film stretches one's ability to suspend disbelief.
Keywords: Action
Smoke Signals, 1998, Dir. Chris Eyre, IMDB: Keywords: Comedy, Drama, Natives, Sense of Place
Snow Kill, 1990, Dir. Thomas J. Wright, IMDB
Sometimes a Great Notion, 1971, Dir. Paul Newman, IMDB
Son of Paleface, 1952, Dir. Frank Tashlin, IMDB
Soylent Green, 1973, Dir. Richard Fleischer, IMDB: The last flick that Edward G. Robinson was in, it also features Charlton Heston as the crusader out to discover just what goes into Soylent Green. A dystopian vision of food shortages, economic inequality and the absence of real nature.
Keywords: Dystopian, Eco-Disaster, Climate Change, Drama
Squirm, 1976, Dir. Jeff Lieberman, IMDB
Stanley and Livingstone, 1939, Dir. Otto Brower, Henry King (I), IMDB
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, 1986, Dir. Leonard Nimoy, IMDB: The crew of the enterprise must travel back in time and acquire a pair of humpback whales. The whales are the only species able to communicate with an alien ship that is destroying the Earth. Cheesy as usual, but with a message against anthropocentrism.
Keywords: Animals, Conservation, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Drama
Stone Boy, The, 1984, Dir. Christopher Cain, IMDB
Sunshine State, 2002, Dir. John Sayles, IMDB: Keywords: Development, Drama, Sense of Place
Tale of Ruby Rose, The, 1988, Dir. Roger Scholes, IMDB
Tank Girl, 1995, Dir. Rachel Talalay, IMDB: Based on a UK comic book series. It's 2033 and water is hard to come by due to a meteor having hit earth (um...whatever...the resource shortage is a suitable premise...). The Water and Power company/government (how true is that!) ruthlessly controls as much water as they can get. Tank girl is motivated to right their wrongs and has a can-do attitude. Worth watching for its campy punk style, rockin' feminist subtext and unusual interpsecies relationships.
Keywords: Post-Apocalyptic, Dystopian, Mutant Animal, Sci-Fi, Action/Comedy
Tarzan and His Mate, 1934, Dir. Cedric Gibbons, Jack Conway (I), James C. McKay (I), IMDB
Tender Mercies, 1983, Dir. Bruce Beresford, IMDB
Terminator II, 1989, Dir. Bruno Mattei, IMDB
Them, 1996, Dir. Bill L. Norton, IMDB
Thunderheart, 1992, Dir. Michael Apted, IMDB: Keywords: Natives, Pollution
THX 1138, 1971, Dir. George Lucas, IMDB
Time Machine, The, 2002, Dir. Simon Wells, IMDB
Total Recall, 1990, Dir. Paul Verhoeven, IMDB
Toxic Avenger, The, 1985, Dir. Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman, IMDB
Twelve Monkeys, 1995, Dir. Terry Gilliam, IMDB: Keywords: Sci-Fi, Dystopian, Eco-Disaster
Ulee's Gold, 1997, Dir. Victor Nunez, IMDB
Urga (Close to Eden), 1991, Dir. Nikita Mikhalkov, IMDB
Vigilanties of Boomtown, 1947, Dir. R. G. Springsteen, IMDB
Volcano, 1997, Dir. Mick Jackson, IMDB
WALL-E, 2008, Dir. Andrew Stanton, IMDB: Garbage compacting robot WALL-E toils away on Earth after all the humans have left, building monuments to our wasteful ways. But perhaps all is not lost when real plant life is found.
Keywords: Animated, Post-Apocalyptic, Effects of Pollution, Action/Comedy
Watership Down, 1978, Dir. Martin Rosen, IMDB
Waterworld, 1995, Dir. Kevin Costner, IMDB: Kevin Costner's vision of a post global warming scenario. The earth is flooded. People live on floating islands of salvaged materials. The bad guys (smokers) live on a now largely derelict famous oil tanker and drive jet skis.
Keywords: Climate Change, Eco-Disaster, Action
Whale Rider, 2002, Dir. Niki Caro, IMDB: Keywords: Animals, Natives, Drama, Sense of Place
What's Eating Gilbert Grape?, 1993, Dir. Lasse Hallstrom, IMDB
Wild River, 1960, Dir. Elia Kazan, IMDB
Witness, 1985, Dir. Peter Weir, IMDB
Wo die grunen Ameisen traumen (Where the Green Ants Dream), 1984, Dir. Werner Herzog, IMDB
Wolfen, 1981, Dir. Michael Wadleigh, IMDB
Yearling, The, 1946, Dir. Clarence Brown, IMDB
Zardoz, 1974, Dir. John Boorman, IMDB

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