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From old to new, here are 20 of the best environmental films of 2022, covering some of the biggest environmental problems of our lifetime, including climate change, food waste, water ecosystems, the animal industry, and sustainability.
- Karl Burkart
- Wall-E (2008) WALL-E is our #1 choice — amazing, visionary, hilarious and sad — Walt Disney managed to paint the picture of an apocalyptic future dominated by endless landscapes of garbage and completely devoid of life (save a lovable cockroach) and make it entertaining.
- Erin Brockovich (2000) I put this crowd-pleaser at #2 because it is a rare and important example of the "cross-over" environmental film. Thanks to a great script and a perfect performance by Julia Roberts, the film was a smash success and many of the millions of moviegoers who saw it were scarcely aware they were watching a piece of environmental advocacy.
- China Syndrome (1979) The original inconvenient film, China Syndrome, eerily presaged the meltdown at Three Mile Island just 12 days after the release of the film, galvanizing the anti-nuclear movement in the United States.
- Chinatown (1974) & Soylent Green (1973) These two seminal murder mysteries defined a new era of filmmaking, summing up a generation's angst over a threatened environment and the nefarious elements that put us all in peril.
- Don't Look Up. Don’t Look Up is a dark comedy Netflix movie about sustainability and environmentalism. This 2021 satirical film discusses climate change through the metaphor of two astronomers warning society about an approaching comet that will destroy all life on Earth.
- Seaspiracy. Seaspiracy, the sequel to Cowspiracy, is a 2021 Netflix documentary about marine life. The filmmaker goes across the world and follows the dolphin hunt to uncover global corruption which is hurting ocean life.
- Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet. Breaking Boundaries is a call-to-action documentary that explains our situation in the climate crisis and what needs to be done.
- 2040. The Australian production 2040 takes us on a journey into the future: How do we want to live in 2040 – and what condition will our planet be in when that year rolls around?
This article lists film and television works which feature or discuss the environment, environmentalism or environmental issues. Some notable and commercially successful films have featured environmental themes and are commemorated through several environmental film festivals held annually.
TitleTheme (s) And Subtheme (s)Author (s)Year (s)Global warming, deforestation, mass ...Nadia Conners, Leonardo DiCaprio, and ...20072022Hunting: seal hunting2016Anima mundi1991- “Erin Brockovich” (2000) We could do an entire list of movies that derive from the “lawyer stumbles upon ecological malfeasance” subgenre – we’re talking “Dark Waters,” “A Civil Action,” and more.
- “Bee Movie” (2007) While some might consider this a meme of a movie, it hints at the importance of conservation, even at the level of insects, because pollination is crucial to our planet’s health.
- “Wall-E” (2008) In a post-apocalyptic future where humans have been forced to leave Earth by the overwhelming accumulation of waste across the planet’s surface, one of the only trash-collecting robots still operating, Wall-E, continues to fulfill his duties by shaping garbage into cubes and piling them up into skyscraper-like structures in order to clear the ground.
- “Avatar” (2009) James Cameron’s “Avatar” is largely remembered as the highest grossing movie of all time and a technological feat that finally brought the promise and potential of 3D to life.
Our journey begins today as we are taken through seven extraordinary eco-films with each containing a strong eco-friendly message. Besides being sensory-rich, these films also bring out the essence of being conscious of the environment on an urgent basis.
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