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51. The Mine (2016)
97 min | Drama
Fictionalized story about the founding of the ill-fated Finnish mining company Talvivaara.
Director: Aleksi Salmenperä | Stars: Joonas Saartamo, Jani Volanen, Peter Franzén, Saara Kotkaniemi
Votes: 1,052
52. Hey, Happy! (2001)
Unrated | 75 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
DJ Sabu's overactive libido leads him into teenaged pregnancy. His mythic quest for two thousand boys ends with Happy, a paranoid UFO-ologist to whom aliens promise to appear (as his love ... See full summary »
Director: Noam Gonick | Stars: Jérémie Yuen, Craig Aftanas, Clayton Godson, John Simone
Votes: 367
53. The Desert of Forbidden Art (2010)
PG | 80 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
Risking being denounced as an 'enemy of the people,' Igor Savitsky rescues 40,000 forbidden fellow artists' works and creates in a far desert of Soviet Uzbekistan a museum now worth millions.
Directors: Tchavdar Georgiev, Amanda Pope | Stars: Edward Asner, Sally Field, Ben Kingsley, Igor Paramonov
Votes: 233
54. Minamata (1971)
105 min | Documentary
A documentary about the plight of the victims of Minamata disease, which was caused by the ingestion of fish containing abnormal amounts of mercury released into the sea by a fertilizer factory owned by the Chisso company.
Director: Noriaki Tsuchimoto
Votes: 198
55. Avalon: Beyond the Abyss (1999 TV Movie)
92 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi
An island blows up, and from its remains a black poison fills the ocean. A team of underwater specialists with high-tech gear have to stop the poison before it contaminates the earth, but ... See full summary »
Director: Philip Sgriccia | Stars: Parker Stevenson, Mehgan Heaney-Grier, Billy Rieck, Shelli Lether
Votes: 375
56. Gasland Part II (2013)
Not Rated | 125 min | Documentary
A documentary that declares the gas industry's portrayal of natural gas as a clean and safe alternative to oil is a myth, and that fracked wells inevitably leak over time, contaminating ... See full summary »
Director: Josh Fox | Stars: Al Armendariz, Kindra Arnesen, Lon Burnam, Lois Capps
Votes: 1,733
57. Candy Von Dewd and the Girls from Latexploitia (2002)
Not Rated | 55 min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi
In the future, mankind is on the verge of extinction because of various biological mishaps. An expedition is sent to outer space to look for a planet with life forms that are "seedable". ... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Boyreau | Stars: Kate Birrell, Pandemonium, Jacques Boyreau, Scott Moffett
Votes: 63
58. Oil & Water (I) (2014)
78 min | Documentary, Biography, News
'Oil & Water' is the story of two boys coming of age in the middle of one of the world's worst toxic disasters: the contamination of Ecuador's Amazon region by reckless oil drilling. Hugo ... See full summary »
Directors: Laurel Spellman Smith, Laurel Spellman Smith, Francine Strickwerda
Votes: 43
59. Blister (2000)
108 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
A 20-something action figure collector named Yuji who owns hundreds of figures still sealed in their original blister packs. Lately, he's been obsessed with obtaining the super-rare "... See full summary »
Director: Taikan Suga | Stars: Ken Ayugai, Dennis Gunn, Patrick Harlan, Hideaki Itô
Votes: 82
60. Tracking the Lore (2022)
55 min | Documentary
In the aftermath of the most destructive wildfires on the east coast of Australia, the producer walks down a path of understanding the link between land, traditional culture and the giants of the land.
Director: Attila Kaldy | Stars: Katie Austin, Buck Buckingham, Noel Butler, Paul Butler
Votes: 7
61. Experts of Evil (1977)
83 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi
A three part sci-fi drama dealing with three possible scenarios of what can go wrong with atomic, biological and chemicals weapons and substances.
Directors: Robbe De Hert, Guido Henderickx | Stars: Frank Aendenboom, Betsy Blair, Louis Paul Boon, Guido Claus
Votes: 16
62. Gambit (2005)
107 min | Documentary
In 1976 a massive explosion at chemicals factory Icmesa in the Italian Seveso had devastating consequences for neighbouring communities and their environment. Icmesa's parent company was ... See full summary »
Director: Sabine Gisiger | Stars: Jörg Sambeth, Caroline Sambeth, Birgit Sambeth Glasner, Ulrich Sambeth
Votes: 50
63. Oil Spill: The Exxon Valdez Disaster (2009 TV Movie)
Documentary
Director: John Akomfrah | Stars: Colin Salmon, Don Cornett, Steve Cowper, Mark Delozier
Votes: 14
64. Backs to the Blast: An Australian Nuclear Story (1981)
52 min | Documentary, History
One hour documentary examining the seventy year history of nuclear and atomic industry, weapons, testing in South Australia from 1910 to 1980.
Director: Harry Bardwell | Stars: Martin Vaughan, Arthur Baillie, Eric Geddes, Roger Goldsworthy
Votes: 7
65. InVade (2021)
Short, Sci-Fi
An undocumented scientist and his son try to stop an environmental disaster.
Director: Eunice Levis | Stars: Elvis Nolasco, Justin De La Cruz, Chris Beetem, Brian Anthony Wilson
Votes: 6
66. Nuclear Savage: The Islands of Secret Project 4.1 (2011)
87 min | Documentary
A shocking political expose, and an intimate ethnographic portrait of Pacific Islanders struggling for survival, dignity and justice after decades of top-secret human radiation experiments conducted on them by the U.S. government.
Director: Adam Jonas Horowitz | Stars: Holly Barker, Steven V. Carey, Tony de Brum, Howard Hills
Votes: 36
67. Devil's Oven: The Fire in the Heart of the Little Cities of Black Diamonds (2007)
54 min | Documentary
'Devil's Oven' is a still-burning century-old mine fire, set during a labor dispute in 1884. The fire's origin tells a deep and troubling story of an age when the mining of fossil fuels, a ... See full summary »
Director: Valda Lewis
68. Libelle (2012 TV Movie)
36 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
The Forest Scientist, Sonia, makes an environmental discovery that could change the world, but gets kicked off from her research project before she can collect the final evidence. Ann ... See full summary »
Director: Neil Every | Stars: Julia Dordel, Anita Reimer, Eric Breker, Leah Cuff
Votes: 9
69. Lucia (1992)
90 min | Drama
Director: Mel Chionglo | Stars: Gina Alajar, Elvira Baldomero, Suzette Ranillo, Lolita Rodriguez
Votes: 16
70. Nunca máis (2003)
40 min | Documentary, Short
Nunca Máis is an account - through images and sensations - of the accident involving the Prestige, the petrol tanker which sank near the coasts of Galicia on the 13th of November 2002, with... See full summary »
Directors: Stefano Lorenzi, Federico Micali, Teresa Paoli
Votes: 11
71. Dispatches from the Gulf 3: Ten Years After Deepwater Horizon (2019 TV Movie)
53 min | Documentary
Has the Gulf of Mexico recovered from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill? An international team of scientists has spent nearly that long studying its environmental impact on humans, wildlife, and the ecosystem.
Director: Hal Weiner | Star: Matt Damon
72. Cry of the Forgotten Land (1995 Video)
25 min | Documentary, Short
New Guinea, second largest island on earth, is home to over 100,000 species found nowhere else on earth, and to ancient human cultures, including the Moi people. The future of the Moi's ... See full summary »
Director: Ian Mackenzie
Votes: 6
73. S.O.S. Amazonas: Apokalypse im Regenwald (2019 TV Movie)
54 min | Documentary
Large uncontrolled fires and flames have severely damaged the Amazon rainforests of Brazil in the summer of 2019 and destroyed countless trees. The main cause of the fires seems to be the ... See full summary »
Director: Albert Knechtel | Stars: Maria Alves dos Santos, Elvenicio Anunciação dos Santos, Tasso Azevedo, Paulo Da Silva Bezerra
Votes: 9
74. Mo and Steph's A Television Broadcast from Outer Space (2023)
9 min | Short, Comedy
Earth receives a broadcast from an alternate Earth, showcasing random fragments of day-time television that aired on the day their world ended.
Directors: Mo Bayliss, Steph Leigh | Stars: Sam Atkins, Mo Bayliss, Dan Brookes, Lucie Browne
75. Minamatabyô: Sono 30 nen (1987)
43 min | Documentary, Short
A record of the stories of patients suffering from Minamata disease, 30 years after its discovery.
Director: Noriaki Tsuchimoto
76. Children of the Oil (2006)
36 min | Short
Director: Heydar Aslanov | Star: George Gafarov
Votes: 8
77. A Global Warning (2009)
Short, Drama
Meteorologist Thomas Clark tries his best to warn Press Secretary Mitchell Fuller about the arrival of the nation's largest storm to date.
Director: Kati Lamkin | Stars: Robert Keniston, William Kidd
78. Canning Paradise (2012)
90 min | Documentary
After decades of overfishing, the global tuna industry has now invaded the waters of Papua New Guinea. And it comes at a high cost. A human cost now affecting the last places on earth uncovering the full impact of globalization.
Director: Olivier Pollet
Votes: 13
79. Waga machi waga seishun: Ishikawa Sayuri Minamata nesshô (1978)
43 min | Short, Documentary
Directors: Masato Koike, Masahiro Nishiyama, Noriaki Tsuchimoto | Star: Sayuri Ishikawa
81. The Response: How Puerto Ricans Are Restoring Power to the People (2019)
29 min | Documentary, Short
"The Response" explores how mutual aid centers (Centros de Apoyo Mutuo) sprung up across the island in the wake of Hurricane Maria with the ultimate goal to restore power - both electric ... See full summary »
Director: Juan C. Dávila | Star: Tom Llewellyn
82. Beyond the Horizon (2020)
Documentary
Director: Alicia Ontiveros | Stars: Carla Ghere, Darla Rooks, Douglas Wells
83. Minamatabyô: Sono 20 nen (1976)
43 min | Documentary
Directors: Sumio Arima, Masato Koike, Noriaki Tsuchimoto
84.
Dinosaurs (1991–1994)
Episode:
Changing Nature
(1994)
TV-14 | 24 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
The series finale: Every May 14th the Bunch Beetles are supposed to return to Pangea and to eat the rapidly growing cider poppies; but only one Beetle remains as the WeSaySo wax fruit ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Trbovich | Stars: Mak Wilson, Bill Barretta, Stuart Pankin, Allan Trautman
Votes: 264
85.
Super Friends (1973–1985)
Episode:
Invasion of the Fearians/The Demons of Exxor
(1978)
TV-Y7 | Animation, Action, Adventure
The Legion of Doom tricks the SuperFriends into making the earth habitable for the Fearians, a race of intelligent three-headed creatures from Venus.
Directors: Ray Patterson, Carl Urbano | Stars: Jack Angel, Marlene Aragon, Lewis Bailey, Michael Bell
Votes: 73
86.
Catastrophe (2008– )
Episode:
Snowball Earth
(2008)
Documentary
Inspired by ideas about nuclear war, a theory that the Earth was encased in ice 650 million years ago has gained popularity in the science community. This program explains how this ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Stubberfield | Stars: Tony Robinson, Hazel Barton, Jim Gehling, Joseph Kirschvink
Votes: 18
87.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
The Spill
(2010)
TV-MA | Documentary, News
Frontline investigates BP's record of safety violations and accidents in the years leading up to the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf.
Stars: Gordon Aaker, Martin Anderson, T.J. Aulds, James Baker III
Votes: 40
88.
Part of the Problem (2018– )
Pentagon Leak Arrest
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News, Talk-Show
Star: Dave Smith
89.
SciShow (2012– )
Episode:
The 'Dancing Cat' Disaster of Japan | Minamata Explained
(2017)
5 min | Documentary, Talk-Show
Minamata Japan. Such a beautiful place to live. Let's ruin it by dumping mercury in the water.
Star: Hank Green
90.
The 100 Days: That Defined Modern History (2022–2023)
Episode:
The Gulf War - 1990-91
(2023)
Documentary, History
In 1990, the UN passed Resolution 678, giving Iraq an ultimatum to leave Kuwait following their invasion.
Directors: Edmund Duff, Mike Kenneally | Stars: Lloyd Cox, Amin Saikal, Lawrence Freedman, Louise Kettle
91.
London et Kirschenbaum (2003–2019)
Episode:
Episode dated 8 December 2014
(2014)
News
Director: Tali Zomer | Stars: Yarom Ariav, Alon Ben David, Keren Elazari, Mordechai Kirschenbaum
92.
Crime Stories (1998– )
Episode:
The Whistleblower
(2004)
Documentary, Crime
The story of whistleblower Chuck Hamel who, after revealing the Alyeska Pipeline company's environmental crimes, suffered underhand attempts to ensnare him by private investigation firm Wackenhut.
Director: Nonny de la Peña | Stars: Neil Abercrombie, Wayne Black, Gus Castillo, Linda Chase
93.
Mystères d'archives (2009– )
Episode:
1967: La catastrophe du Torrey Canyon
(2015)
Documentary, Short, History
Hundreds of kilometres of coastline in Britain and France were covered with oil when the supertanker Torrey Canyon was shipwrecked in March 1967. The governments of both countries were unprepared for such a disaster.
Directors: Pierre Catalan, Serge Viallet | Star: François Missoffe
Votes: 7
94.
The Naked Truth (2016– )
Episode:
Wasteland
(2017)
43 min | Documentary
It's been almost a year since Scott Pruitt took over the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Fusion's Investigative team went to Oklahoma to see what mark he left on the environment there. Here's a glimpse of what we found.
Stars: Natasha Del Toro, Sandra Ladra, Todd Halihan, William Fintzel