This is a listing of some of the green-themed films that came out in the last couple of years. Click on each of the links below (or go to IMDB.com) to see previews/trailers, reviews, and descriptions of each film. Update: Also check out our newer listing of green-themed films of 2015.
Scroll to the bottom of this post to see a list of some green film festivals; those websites provide information on more films, including some brand new ones that haven’t been shown widely yet.
Energy / Power
- Hot Water (2014)
- Merchants of Doubt (2014)
- Disruption (2014)
- The Future of Energy (2013)
- Triple Divide (2013)
- Gasland, Part II (2013)
- The Atomic States of America (2012)
- Greedy Lying Bastards (2012)
- Promised Land (2012, drama)
Health / Toxic Chemicals
- The Human Experiment (2013)
- Unacceptable Levels (2013)
- A Will for the Woods (2014)
- Toxic Hot Seat (2013)
(Note: Many of the films in the Energy section above also relate to health issues, especially Hot Water, Gasland II, and the Atomic States of America)
Food / Agriculture
- Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret (2014) [added]
- Seeds of Time (2013)
- Bringing It Home: Industrial hemp, healthy houses, and a greener future for America (2013)
- Symphony of the Soil (2012)
Animal Sentience / Animal Rights
- Virunga (2014) [added]
- Speciesism (2013)
- The Ghosts in Our Machine (2013)
- Blackfish (2013)
Water (Oceans, Rivers, Glaciers)
- Mission Blue (2014)
- DamNation (2014)
- Oil & Water (2014) [added]
- Watermark (2013)
- Chasing Ice (2012)
- Watershed (2012)
Environmental Movement / Activism
- Disruption (2014)
- A Dangerous Game (2014) [added]
- Joanna Macy and the Great Turning (2014) [added]
- Standing on Sacred Ground film series (2013) [added]
- Rebels with a Cause (2013)
- Gold Fever (2013)
- A Fierce Green Fire (2012)
- What if we change (2013) – Entire film is available to watch online
- Green Gold (2012) – Entire film is available to watch online
Related posts (more films):
If there are other relevant, recent films that you’ve seen and would recommend to others, please add those in the Comments section below.
Green Film Festivals
These are a few of the annual film fests that I’m aware of. Please let everyone know about others by contributing a Comment! Many of the festivals’ websites feature video clips or entire films (short and full-length films), and they list many additional, new, independent films, beyond what I’ve listed above.
- Environmental Film Festival, Washington, DC
- San Francisco Green Film Festival, San Francisco, CA
- One Earth Film Festival, Chicago area, IL
- Wild and Scenic Film Festival, Nevada City, CA and other locations
- Mountainfilm Festival, Telluride, CO
- Yale Environmental Film Festival, New Haven, CT
- Planet in Focus environmental film festival, Toronto, Canada
- UK Green Film Festival, in 5 cities in the UK, including London
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