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1. Earthlings (2005)
95 min | Documentary
Using hidden cameras and never-before-seen footage, Earthlings chronicles the day-to-day practices of the largest industries in the world, all of which rely entirely on animals for profit.
Director: Shaun Monson | Star: Joaquin Phoenix
Votes: 19,809
2. What the Health (2017)
97 min | Documentary
An intrepid filmmaker on a journey of discovery as he uncovers possibly the largest health secret of our time and the collusion between industry, government, pharmaceutical and health organizations keeping this information from us.
Directors: Kip Andersen, Keegan Kuhn | Stars: Kip Andersen, Larry Baldwin, Neal Barnard, Tia Blanco
Votes: 30,569
3. Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead (2010)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary
Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead is an American documentary that chronicles Australian Joe Cross's 60-day journey across the United States, where he embarks on a juice-only fast in a quest to reclaim his health.
Directors: Joe Cross, Kurt Engfehr | Stars: Joe Cross, Amy Badberg, Merv Cross, Virginia Cross
Votes: 8,919
4. Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead 2 (2014)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary
Joe Cross examines how to make healthy habits last. Joe meets with experts who present realistic solutions to make long-term sustainable improvements to eating behaviors and overall health.
Director: Kurt Engfehr | Stars: Joe Cross, Bjarke de Koning, Carrie Diulus, Sheila Kar
Votes: 1,681
5. Vegucated (2011)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary, Comedy
Vegucated is a guerrilla-style documentary that follows three meat- and cheese-loving New Yorkers who agree to adopt a vegan diet for six weeks and learn what it's all about.
Director: Marisa Miller Wolfson | Stars: Marisa Miller Wolfson, Chloe Davis, Cody Tarlow, Molly Wadzeck
Votes: 3,043
6. Live and Let Live (2013)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
Live and Let Live is a feature documentary examining our relationship with animals, the history of veganism and the ethical, environmental and health reasons that move people to go vegan.
Director: Marc Pierschel | Stars: Kati Kosler, Ria Rehberg, Hendrik Haßel, Jan Gerdes
Votes: 847
7. Peaceable Kingdom (2004)
70 min | Documentary
Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home explores the powerful struggle of conscience experienced by several people from traditional farming backgrounds who come to question the basic ... See full summary »
Director: Jenny Stein | Stars: Gene Baur, Lorri Bauston, Harold Brown, Jamie Cohen
Votes: 217
8. Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret (2014)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
Follow the shocking, yet humorous, journey of an aspiring environmentalist, as he daringly seeks to find the real solution to the most pressing environmental issues and true path to sustainability.
Directors: Kip Andersen, Keegan Kuhn | Stars: Bruce Hamilton, Kip Andersen, Al Gore, Heather Cooley
Votes: 26,585
9. Forks Over Knives (2011)
PG | 90 min | Documentary
Examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods.
Director: Lee Fulkerson | Stars: Lee Fulkerson, Matthew Lederman, Alona Pulde, T. Colin Campbell
Votes: 12,698
10. Forks Over Knives Presents: The Engine 2 Kitchen Rescue (2011)
Not Rated | 53 min | Documentary
Join Rip Esselstyn, former Texas firefighter and bestselling author, as he teaches the White and Wali families the basics of a whole-food, plant-based diet.
Director: John Corry | Star: Rip Esselstyn
Votes: 169
11. Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days. (2009)
88 min | Documentary
The movie follows several diabetes patients' quest to overcome the disease by going on a raw vegetable diet.
Director: Aiyana Elliott | Stars: Michael Beckwith, Fred Bisci, Gabriel Cousens, Joel Fuhrman
Votes: 205
12. Speciesism: The Movie (2013)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, Comedy
A young man begins investigating the underworld of "factory farming" and soon discovers a growing political and intellectual movement that considers animals as important as humans.
Director: Mark Devries | Stars: Steven Best, Richard Dawkins, Gary Francione, Bruce Friedrich
Votes: 1,348
13. Unity (2015)
Not Rated | 99 min | Documentary
A study in the duality of man. Even after thousands and thousands of years, mankind still can't get along with each other, the animals, or the environment, despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy and religion.
Director: Shaun Monson | Stars: Aaron Paul, Adam Levine, Adrian Grenier, Alison Eastwood
Votes: 1,035
14. Meat the Truth (2007)
Not Rated | 74 min | Documentary
Meat the Truth draws attention to intensive livestock production by demonstrating that livestock farming generates more greenhouse gas emissions worldwide than all cars, lorries, trains, boats and planes added together.
Directors: Karen Soeters, Gertjan Zwanikken | Stars: Pamela Anderson, Elaine Hendrix, Bill Maher, Wayne Pacelle
Votes: 431
15. PlantPure Nation (2015)
Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary
The documentary film PlantPure Nation tells the story of three people on a quest to spread the message of one of the most important health breakthroughs of all time.
Director: Nelson Campbell | Stars: Neal Barnard, Nelson Campbell, T. Colin Campbell, Rekha Chaudhary
Votes: 561
16. Food Choices (2016)
TV-PG | 91 min | Documentary
This new ground-breaking documentary explores the impact that food choices have on people's health, the health of our planet and on the lives of other living species. And also discusses several misconceptions about food and diet.
Director: Michal Siewierski | Stars: Pam Popper, T. Colin Campbell, Joe Cross, Ashlee Piper
Votes: 3,244
17. Food, Inc. (2008)
PG | 94 min | Documentary, News
An unflattering look inside America's corporate controlled food industry.
Director: Robert Kenner | Stars: Michael Pollan, Eric Schlosser, Richard Lobb, Vince Edwards
Votes: 52,225 | Gross: $4.42M
18. Carnage (2017)
68 min | Comedy
It's 2067, the U.K. is vegan, but older generations are suffering the guilt of their carnivorous past. Writer and Director Simon Amstell asks us to forgive them for the horrors of what they swallowed.
Director: Simon Amstell | Stars: Racheal Ofori, Myles Sembi, Robert Wilde, Alex Lawther
Votes: 1,563
19. Planeat (2010)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary, Biography
The story of three men's life-long search for a diet which is good for our health, the environment and the future of our planet - showcasing some of the best food you have ever seen.
Directors: Shelley Lee Davies, Or Shlomi | Stars: T. Colin Campbell, Richard Doll, Gidon Eshel, Caldwell Esselstyn Jr.
Votes: 180
20. Crazy Sexy Cancer (2007)
Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary
Crazy Sexy Cancer is an irreverent and uplifting documentary about a young woman looking for a cure and finding her life. Weeks after she was diagnosed, filmmaker Kris Carr began ... See full summary »
Director: Kris Carr | Stars: Aura Carr, Kenneth Carr, Kris Carr, Leslie Carr
Votes: 271
21. Vegan: Everyday Stories (2016)
91 min | Documentary
Vegan: Everyday Stories is a feature-length documentary that explores the lives of four remarkably different people who share a common thread - they're all vegan.
Director: Glenn Scott Lacey | Stars: Neal Barnard, Gene Baur, Ed Begley Jr., Anthony Butler
Votes: 443
22. Blackfish (2013)
PG-13 | 83 min | Documentary
A documentary following the controversial captivity of killer whales, and its dangers for both humans and whales.
Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite | Stars: Tilikum, Dave Duffus, Samantha Berg, Dean Gomersall
Votes: 72,462 | Gross: $2.07M
23. The Ghosts in Our Machine (2013)
93 min | Documentary
A cinematic documentary that illuminates the lives of individual animals living within and rescued from the machine of our modern world.
Director: Liz Marshall | Stars: Marcel Saba, Lori Reese, Perrie Wardell, Martin Rowe
Votes: 680 | Gross: $0.02M
24. Farm to Fridge (2011 Video)
12 min | Documentary, Short, Horror
Narrated by Academy Award nominee James Cromwell, this powerful film takes viewers on an eye-opening exploration behind the closed doors of the nations largest industrial poultry, pig, ... See full summary »
Director: Lee Iovino | Star: James Cromwell
Votes: 124
25. Swine (I) (2016)
16 min | Documentary, Short, Fantasy
Would you pay the ultimate price to save the life of millions? Rumours of a recent mutation in the MRSA super bug infecting the UK pig population has prompted Guard-Media journalist Jack ... See full summary »
Directors: Damien Clarkson, Robbie Lockie | Stars: Helen Betham, Weaver Graham, Gregg Lowe, Timothy Shieff
Votes: 11
26. Food Matters (2008)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
Food Matters examines how the food we eat can help or hurt our health. Nutritionists, naturopaths, doctors, and journalists weigh in on such topics as organic food, food safety, raw foodism, and nutritional therapy.
Directors: James Colquhoun, Carlo Ledesma | Stars: Vicky Blewitt, Ian Brighthope, Jerome Burne, Phillip Day
Votes: 4,812
27. Hungry for Change (2012)
Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary
Exposes shocking secrets the diet, weight loss and food industries don't want you to know about deceptive strategies designed to keep you coming back for more. Find out what's keeping you from having the body and health you deserve.
Directors: James Colquhoun, Laurentine Ten Bosch, Carlo Ledesma | Stars: Mike Adams, Nick Bolton, James Caitlin, Kris Carr
Votes: 3,243
28. Super Size Me (2004)
PG-13 | 100 min | Documentary
While examining the influence of the fast food industry, Morgan Spurlock personally explores the consequences on his health of a diet of solely McDonald's food for one month.
Director: Morgan Spurlock | Stars: Morgan Spurlock, Daryl Isaacs, Chemeeka Walker, Dania Abu-Rmaileh
Votes: 113,300 | Gross: $11.53M
29. Meet Your Meat (2002 Video)
12 min | Short
In a moving narration, actor and activist Alec Baldwin exposes the truth behind humanity's cruelest invention - the factory farm.
Directors: Bruce Friedrich, Cem Akin | Star: Alec Baldwin
Votes: 123
30. Okja (2017)
TV-MA | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A young girl risks everything to prevent a powerful, multinational company from kidnapping her best friend - a fascinating beast named Okja.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Paul Dano, Ahn Seo-hyun, Jake Gyllenhaal
Votes: 132,193
31. Tyke: Elephant Outlaw (2015)
78 min | Documentary
This is the gripping and emotionally charged story of Tyke, a circus elephant that went on a rampage in Honolulu in 1994, killed her trainer in front of thousands of spectators and died in ... See full summary »
Directors: Susan Lambert, Stefan Moore | Stars: Pam Burns, Bryan Akita, Cathy Goeggel, Sally Joseph
Votes: 683
32. Dominion (2018)
Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary, Horror
Dominion uses drones, hidden and handheld cameras to expose the dark underbelly of modern animal agriculture, questioning the morality and validity of humankind's dominion over the animal kingdom.
Director: Chris Delforce | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, Sia, Sadie Sink
Votes: 4,541
33. Eating You Alive (2018)
108 min | Documentary
How and why what we eat is the cause of the chronic diseases that are killing us, and changing what we eat can save our lives one bite at a time.
Director: Paul David Kennamer Jr. | Stars: Suzy Amis, Neal Barnard, James Cameron, T. Colin Campbell
Votes: 932
34. Racing Extinction (2015)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Adventure, News
A documentary that follows undercover activists trying to stave off a man-made mass extinction.
Director: Louie Psihoyos | Stars: Elon Musk, Joel Sartore, Louie Psihoyos, Charles Hambleton
Votes: 8,195
35. The Cove (2009)
PG-13 | 92 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
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.
Director: Louie Psihoyos | Stars: Richard O'Barry, Louie Psihoyos, Hardy Jones, Michael Illiff
Votes: 51,451 | Gross: $0.87M
36. More Than Honey (2012)
Unrated | 95 min | Documentary
An in-depth look at honeybee colonies in California, Switzerland, China and Australia.
Director: Markus Imhoof | Stars: Fred Jaggi, Randolf Menzel, John Miller, Liane Singer
Votes: 4,320 | Gross: $0.07M
37. 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: 2,094
38. Land of Hope and Glory (2017)
48 min | Documentary, Horror
A shocking insight into the UK's standard animal farming practices featuring over 100 UK facilities.
Star: Earthling Ed
Votes: 683
39. Cruel Britannia (2012)
1 min | Animation, Short
Promotional short for "Cruel Britannia" by Ian Cobain.
Director: Esteban Azuela | Star: Ian Cobain
40. Super Juice Me! (2014)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary
8 people, 22 diseases, 28 days on juice... could the results of this four-week "juice-only" experiment show that the answer to treating most chronic disease may be cheaper and simpler than we think?
Director: Alex Kalimát
Votes: 270
41. Eating Animals (2017)
Unrated | 94 min | Documentary
An examination of our dietary choices and the food we put in our bodies. Based on Jonathan Safran Foer's memoir.
Director: Christopher Dillon Quinn | Stars: Natalie Portman, Pete Kaiser, Yi Jian, Bruce Friedrich
Votes: 1,192 | Gross: $0.13M
42. The Gerson Miracle (2004)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary
In 1928, Dr. Max Gerson, a German-Jewish researcher, stumbled upon a therapy that claims to have cured tens of thousands of people worldwide since then, including patients's previously ... See full summary »
Director: Steve Kroschel | Stars: Carol Byrd-Bredbenner, Francesca Dego, Giuliano Dego, Robert Gaffney
Votes: 324
43. Empatía (2017)
TV-14 | 75 min | Documentary
Ed is commissioned a documentary intending to change the habits of society that are detrimental to animals. But completely alien to the animal-loving culture; he will realize that to carry it out, he must first convince himself.
Director: Ed Antoja | Stars: Ed Antoja, Patrik Baboumian, Marc Bekoff, Jenny Berengueras
Votes: 80
44. Meat the Future (2020)
84 min | Documentary
Imagine a world where real meat is produced sustainably without the need to breed, raise and slaughter animals. This is no longer science fiction, it's now within reach. At the forefront of... See full summary »
Director: Liz Marshall | Stars: Jane Goodall, Jason Hartman, Sonny Perdue, Jessica Almy
Votes: 144
45. Sugar Coated (2015)
90 min | Documentary
How the food industry sugar-coated science, sweetened the food supply, and seduced a planet, one spoonful at a time.
Director: Michèle Hozer | Stars: Gary Taubes, Robert Lustig, Craig Wilcox, Alexis Gomez
Votes: 895
46. Food Fight (2008)
Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary
A fascinating look at how American agricultural policy and food culture developed in the 20th century, and how the California food movement rebelled against big agribusiness to launch the local organic food movement.
Director: Christopher Taylor | Stars: Michael Pollan, Alice Waters, Marion Nestle, Justin Kirk
Votes: 292
47. 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: 506
48. Fresh (I) (2009)
Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary, News
There are still efficient ways to produce healthy fresh organic food in a time where most food is being mass produced by corporations in less than hygienic ways. Country farmers and urban farmers explain.
Director: Ana Sofia Joanes | Stars: Diana Endicott, John Ikerd, Andrew Kimbrell, George Naylor
Votes: 286
49. Killer at Large (2008)
TV-PG | 87 min | Documentary
An overview of the politics, social effects and problems associated with the rising epidemic of American obesity.
Director: Steven Greenstreet | Stars: Richard Atkinson, Denise Austin, Brooke Bates, Richard Berman
Votes: 495
50. King Corn (2007)
Unrated | 88 min | Documentary
King Corn is a feature documentary about two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation. In King Corn, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, best friends from ... See full summary »
Director: Aaron Woolf | Stars: Bob Bledsoe, Earl L. Butz, Dawn Cheney, Ian Cheney
Votes: 2,089 | Gross: $0.08M
51. The Garden (I) (2008)
Unrated | 80 min | Documentary
From the ashes of the L.A. riots arose a lush, 14-acre community garden, the largest of its kind in the United States. Now bulldozers threaten its future.
Director: Scott Hamilton Kennedy | Stars: Danny Glover, Daryl Hannah, Antonio Villaraigosa
Votes: 752 | Gross: $0.03M
52. The Future of Food (2004)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary
THE FUTURE OF FOOD offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled grocery store shelves for the past decade.
Director: Deborah Koons Garcia | Stars: Charles Benbrook, Grace Booth, George W. Bush, Ignacio Chapela
Votes: 1,434 | Gross: $0.08M
53. The Real Dirt on Farmer John (2005)
Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary
The epic tale of a maverick Midwestern farmer. Castigated as a pariah in his community, Farmer John bravely transforms his farm amidst a failing economy, vicious rumors, and arson. He ... See full summary »
Director: Taggart Siegel | Stars: John Peterson, Anna Nielsen, John Edwards, Lester Peterson
Votes: 647 | Gross: $0.01M
54. Food Stamped (2010)
TV-G | 60 min | Documentary, News
Food Stamped is an informative and humorous documentary film following a couple as they attempt to eat a healthy, well-balanced diet on a food stamp budget.
Directors: Shira Potash, Yoav Potash | Stars: Healthy Emmie, Shira Potash, Yoav Potash
Votes: 151
55. Our Daily Bread (2005)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary
OUR DAILY BREAD is a wide-screen tableau of a feast which isn't always easy to digest - and in which we all take part. A pure, meticulous and high-end film experience that enables the audience to form their own ideas.
Director: Nikolaus Geyrhalter | Stars: Claus Hansen Petz, Arkadiusz Rydellek, Barbara Hinz, Renata Wypchlo
Votes: 2,690
56. What's on Your Plate? (2009)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary
WHAT'S ON YOUR PLATE is a witty and provocative documentary about kids and food politics. Filmed over the course of one year, the film follows two eleven-year-old African-American city kids... See full summary »
Director: Catherine Gund | Stars: Sadie Hope-Gund, Safiyah Kai Riddle, Ana Angel, Matt Carpenter
Votes: 36
57. Fast Food Nation (2006)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama
An examination of the health risks involved in the fast food industry as well as its environmental and social consequences.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Greg Kinnear, Bruce Willis, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Wilmer Valderrama
Votes: 25,153 | Gross: $1.00M
58. Ingredients (2009)
Not Rated | 73 min | Documentary
Inspiring and rich, Ingredients unearths the roots of the local food movement and digs into the stories of the world-class chefs, sustainability-minded farmers and impassioned activists transforming our broken food system.
Director: Robert Bates | Stars: Anthony Boutard, Jean-Paul Courtens, Eddie Eagle, John Eveland
Votes: 177
59. Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution (2008)
TV-G | 112 min | Documentary
For the first time ever, our children are growing up less healthy than we are. As the rate of cancer, infertility and other illnesses linked to environmental factors climbs upward each year, we must ask ourselves: why is this happening?
Director: Jean-Paul Jaud | Star: Perico Légasse
Votes: 157 | Gross: $0.00M
60. Dive! (2010)
TV-G | 45 min | Documentary, Family
Follow filmmaker Jeremy Seifert and his circle of friends as they dumpster dive in the back alleys and gated garbage receptacles of L.A.'s supermarkets. In the process they uncover ... See full summary »
Director: Jeremy Seifert | Star: Jeremy Seifert
Votes: 329
61. A Place at the Table (2012)
PG | 84 min | Documentary
A documentary that investigates incidents of hunger experienced by millions of Americans, and proposed solutions to the problem.
Directors: Kristi Jacobson, Lori Silverbush | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Tom Colicchio, Ken Cook, Mariana Chilton
Votes: 1,236 | Gross: $0.23M
62. Beer Wars (2009)
PG | 89 min | Documentary
A contemporary David and Goliath story that takes you inside the cutthroat world of the big business of American beer.
Director: Anat Baron | Stars: Norman Adami, Anat Baron, Roberta Baskin, Jeff Becker
Votes: 1,214
63. Fat Head (2009)
Not Rated | 104 min | Documentary
A comedian replies to the "Super Size Me" crowd by losing weight on a fast-food diet while demonstrating that almost everything you think you know about the obesity "epidemic" and healthy eating is wrong.
Director: Tom Naughton | Stars: Peter Paddon, Tom Naughton, Chareva Naughton, Sally Fallon Morell
Votes: 2,071
64. Farmageddon (2011)
Unrated | 86 min | Documentary, News
Farmageddon is the story of a mom whose son healed from all allergies and asthma after consuming raw milk, and real food from farms. It depicts people all over the country who formed food ... See full summary »
Director: Kristin Canty | Stars: Linda Faillace, Adam Helfer, Mark McAfee, Joel Salatin
Votes: 583 | Gross: $0.06M
65. Bite Size (2014)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary, Drama, Family
Bite Size tells the stories of 4 kids around the country as they embark on a journey to become healthier and lose weight. All it takes is someone to believe in you and the will to try.
Director: Corbin Billings | Stars: Davion Bland, Moy Gutierrez, Emily Patrick, KeAnna Pollard
Votes: 171
66. Soul Food (2013 TV Movie)
54 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama
A plate of food loaded with friendship, identity and common past.
Director: Tonislav Hristov | Stars: Emmy Juola, Sami Juola, Kiril Karakolev, Dimitar Popartsov
Votes: 50
67. Fast Food Baby (2011 TV Movie)
57 min | Documentary
Documentary exploring why some parents resort to feeding their babies junk food and follows three families as they desperately try and get back on the right nutritional track.
Director: Vicki Cooper
Votes: 13
68. Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World (2004 Video)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
Narrator Cori Brackett had a strange cause-and-effect experience with the diet cokes she was drinking and quickly found herself disabled and diagnosed with MS. Slowly able to walk and speak... See full summary »
Directors: Cori Brackett, J.T. Waldron | Star: Cori Brackett
Votes: 248
69. Frankensteer (2005 Video)
45 min | Documentary
FRANKENSTEER is a disturbing yet compelling documentary that reveals how the ordinary cow is being transformed into an antibiotic dependent, hormone-laced potential carrier of toxic bacteria, all in the name of cheaper food.
Directors: Marrin Canell, Ted Remerowski | Stars: Lateef Adewoye, Shiv Chopra, Tom Elam, Lester Friedlander
Votes: 45
70. Fed Up (2014)
PG | 92 min | Documentary
An examination of America's obesity epidemic and the food industry's role in aggravating it.
Director: Stephanie Soechtig | Stars: Michele Simon, Katie Couric, Bill Clinton, Michael Pollan
Votes: 12,357 | Gross: $1.54M
71. That Sugar Film (2014)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
Damon Gameau embarks on an experiment to document the effects of a high sugar diet on a healthy body.
Director: Damon Gameau | Stars: Damon Gameau, Hugh Jackman, Milla Bakaitis, Richard Davies
Votes: 10,862
72. A River of Waste: The Hazardous Truth About Factory Farms (2009)
91 min | Documentary
This heart-stopping documentary exposes a huge health and environmental scandal in our modern industrial system of meat and poultry production. Some scientists have gone so far as to ... See full summary »
Director: Don McCorkell | Stars: Joanne Burkholder, Larry Cahoon, Parris N. Glendening, Michael Greger
Votes: 41
73. Dairy Factory Farming: A PETA Undercover Investigation (2009 Video)
3 min | Documentary, Short
During June 2009, PETA did an undercover investigation inside a Pennsylvania-based supplier for Land O'Lakes, where cows were routinely subject to cruelty and neglect.
75. Soy Story: Factory Farming, Land Grabs and the Destruction of Argentina (2013 Video)
12 min | Documentary, Short
Stars: Medardo Avila Vazques, Vita Ayllón, Alicia Barchuk, Orlando Bustamante
76. Sexual Deviance and Sexual Abuse of Animals: Factory Farming's Dirty Little Secret (2010 Video)
3 min | Documentary, Short
During some of PETA's investigations, undercover workers happened to catch some very sick and disturbing events on camera, including sexual abuse and violence against farm animals. Sadly, such acts are common.
77. Heartless: Inside Canada's Factory Farms (2017 Video)
5 min | Documentary, Short
MTV star Phoebe Dykstra speaks out against cruelty that takes place behind the closed doors of Canada's industrial farms, hatcheries and slaughterhouse.
Star: Phoebe Dykstra
78. Carb-Loaded: A Culture Dying to Eat (2014)
Unrated | 75 min | Documentary, News
The film traces the origins of our beliefs about healthful and unhealthful food. Experts from all over the world talk about the problems as well as short and long term solutions. Among the ... See full summary »
Director: Lathe Poland | Stars: Lathe Poland, Eric Carlsen, Daniel Damiano, Jonathan Bailor
Votes: 287
79. Bad Seed: The Truth About Our Food (2006 Video)
58 min | Documentary
This bold and convincing documentary grabs you in the guts and doesn't let go. When Adam Curry and Timo Nadudvari first learned about the hidden consequences of the genetic engineering of ... See full summary »
Director: Timothy Loncarich | Stars: Fritjof Capra, Paul Hawken, Vandana Shiva
Votes: 59
80. The Price of Sugar (2007)
Unrated | 90 min | Documentary
On the Caribbean island of the Dominican Republic, tourists flock to pristine beaches, with little knowledge that a few miles away thousands of dispossessed Haitians are under armed guard ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Haney | Stars: Paul Newman, Christopher Hartley
Votes: 206
81. GMO OMG (2013)
90 min | Documentary
Filmmaker Jeremy Seifert journeys to Haiti, Paris, Norway, and even agri-giant Monsanto in search of answers about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and how they affect our children, the health of our planet, and our freedom of choice.
Director: Jeremy Seifert | Stars: Jeremy Seifert, Vandana Shiva, Cary Fowler, Dennis Kucinich
Votes: 1,499 | Gross: $0.04M
82. Food Chains (2014)
Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary
There is so much interest in food these days yet there is almost no interest in the hands that pick that food. In the US, farm labor has always been one of the most difficult and poorly ... See full summary »
Director: Sanjay Rawal | Stars: Eve Ensler, Barry Estabrook, Dolores Huerta, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Votes: 393
83. The Beautiful Truth (2008)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary
A troubled 15-year-old boy attempting to cope with the recent death of his mother sets out to research Dr. Max Gerson's claims of a diet that can cure cancer as his first assignment for ... See full summary »
Director: Steve Kroschel | Stars: Charlotte Gerson, Jay Kordich, Garrett Kroschel, Joyce Riley
Votes: 655
84. Blue Gold: World Water Wars (2008)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
Wars of the future will be fought over water as they are over oil today, as the source of human survival enters the global marketplace and political arena. Corporate giants, private ... See full summary »
Director: Samuel Vartek | Stars: Jim Olson, Tony Clarke, Maude Barlow, Octavio Rosas Lando
Votes: 1,230
85. Big Sugar (2005 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary
Documentary on the Political History of the Sugar Industry.
Director: Brian McKenna | Stars: Dominic Desjardins, Mark Ellam, Brian McKenna, Hugh John Murray
Votes: 37
86.
Horizon (1964– )
Episode:
Did Cooking Make Us Human
(2010)
Documentary
Director: Charles Colville | Stars: Helen McCrory, Bob Brain, Susan Francis, Kathy Groves
Votes: 17
87. Le monde selon Monsanto (2008 TV Movie)
108 min | Documentary
You do not have to believe that God exists, but you will after this movie know that the devil poster! Monsanto is the largest global company that produces agricultural products: pesticides,... See full summary »
Director: Marie-Monique Robin | Stars: David Baker, Ken Cook, David Carpenter, Robert Bellé
Votes: 1,847
88. Genetically Modified Food: Panacea or Poison? (2005 Video)
51 min | Documentary
Everybody has to eat. But with food scientists altering the DNA of our crops, can we be sure what we're eating is safe?
Star: Gia Bonaguro
89.
Horizon (1964– )
Episode:
Jimmy's GM Food Fight
(2008)
Documentary
Director: Michael Lachmann | Stars: Jimmy Doherty, Doug Gurian-Sherman, Wendy Harwood, Cathie Martin
Votes: 17
90. Sustainable (2016)
92 min | Documentary, History, News
America is facing a food crisis driven by profitability and a lack of consumer education. While the window to transforming our heartland continues to shrink, passionate individuals have ... See full summary »
Director: Matt Wechsler | Stars: Marty Travis, Dan Barber, Rick Bayless, Mark Bittman
Votes: 593
91. 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: 85,224 | Gross: $23.81M
92. 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: 28,871
93. Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things (2015)
Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary
How might your life be better with less?
Director: Matt D'Avella | Stars: Dan Harris, Ryan Nicodemus, Rick Hanson, Jesse Jacobs
Votes: 16,726
94. No Impact Man: The Documentary (2009)
Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary
Follow the Manhattan-based Beavan family as they abandon their high consumption 5th Avenue lifestyle and try to live a year while making no net environmental impact.
Directors: Laura Gabbert, Justin Schein | Stars: Colin Beavan, Michelle Conlin
Votes: 1,588 | Gross: $0.10M
95. Mission Blue (2014)
95 min | Documentary, Drama
Feature documentary about legendary oceanographer, marine biologist, environmentalist, and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Sylvia Earle and her campaign to create a global network of protected marine sanctuaries.
Directors: Robert Nixon, Fisher Stevens | Stars: Barbara Block, James Cameron, Michael deGruy, Sylvia Earle
Votes: 2,147
96. Tapped (I) (2009)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary
Examines the role of the bottled water industry and its effects on our health, climate change, pollution, and our reliance on oil.
Directors: Stephanie Soechtig, Jason Lindsey | Stars: Sally Bethea, Earl Blumenauer, Amanda Brown, Eugene Brown
Votes: 1,338
97. The True Cost (2015)
PG-13 | 92 min | Documentary, Drama, News
The True Cost is a documentary film exploring the impact of fashion on people and the planet.
Director: Andrew Morgan | Stars: Livia Giuggioli, Stella McCartney, Richard D. Wolff, Vandana Shiva
Votes: 7,298
98. Bag It (2010)
Not Rated | 74 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama
An average guy makes a resolution to stop using plastic bags at the grocery store. Little does he know that this simple decision will change his life completely. He comes to the conclusion ... See full summary »
Director: Suzan Beraza | Stars: Jeb Berrier, Jared Blumenfeld, Martin Bourque, Michael Braungart
Votes: 725
99. The Business of Being Born (2008)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary
Birth: it's a miracle. A rite of passage. A natural part of life. But more than anything, birth is a business. Compelled to find answers after a disappointing birth experience with her ... See full summary »
Director: Abby Epstein | Stars: Mary Helen Ayres, Julia Barnett, Sylvie Blaustein, Louann Brizendine
Votes: 1,443 | Gross: $0.07M
100. Vanishing of the Bees (2009)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary, History
This documentary takes a piercing investigative look at the economic, political and ecological implications of the worldwide disappearance of the honeybee.
Directors: Maryam Henein, George Langworthy | Stars: Elliot Page, Bret Adee, Dennis Cardoza, Henri Clement
Votes: 1,196
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