20 best must-see eco films from around the world

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

The best films of the planet that make you think about the interaction of humanity and our only planetary home - planet Earth. Some of these films have already been published on the Kramola portal, but there has never been such a large selection with short annotations. We recommend that you save the link to watch the films you are interested in in your free time.

1. "Lovely Green"

Director Colin Cerro

A light and sometimes naive comedy about a different, non-human outlook, in which all living things are one with the planet. The film is unofficially banned from showing in Europe.

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2. "Garbage"

Director Jeremy Irons

The filmmakers study the dangers of land, air and water pollution from waste and the impact of this pollution on the food chain and the environment.

3. “Home. Date with the planet"

Director Jan Artus Bertrand, producer Luc Besson

An incredibly beautiful picture about our planet and how humanity affects it.

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4. "Zero Impact"

Directors Laura Gabbert, Justin Schein

The film is about the experiment of the writer and Internet blogger Colin Beavan. For a year, he and his family lived in New York in a sustainable way, trying to break out of the consumer society and, more importantly, trying not to adversely affect the environment.

5. "Human Ecological Footprint"

Director Nick Watts

The film was produced by National Geographic TV channel. The story of what mark each of us leaves on the face of the planet.

6. "Plastic bag"

Director Ramin Bahrani

The plot is simple - a plastic bag goes in search of the one who once breathed into it the life that was everything to him, but was able to lose it.

7. "Eco-city"

Director Joe Murray

The film tells about the innovations of the most sustainable cities in the world.

8. "Corporation" Food"

Director Robert Kenner

Nominated for an Oscar-2010, an accusatory investigative film about supermarkets and catering.

9. "Prosperity: How to Do It on Earth"

Directors: Kimberly Carter Gamble, Steve Gagne

The authors talk about what is happening in our world, how everything is actually governed on earth. A positive film about a chance for humanity.

10. "Green-green"

TNT

A documentary film about people leading an eco-friendly lifestyle in Russia. Filming took place in November 2013 in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

11. "Baraka"

Director Ron Frike

A film without dialogue and plot. About the Earth and humanity, about how difficult it is for them to get along with each other. And about what the world could be without us. Baraka is an old Persian word that can be translated as "bliss, tranquility, peace."

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12. "The Age of Fools"

Director Frannie Armstrong

The film will paint us a picture of the near future (2055), when global warming is already ruining humanity. The protagonist of the film composes a message for those people who may survive.

13. "Towards Eternity"

Director Michael Madsen

All over the world there are repositories in which atomic waste can be stored for many tens of thousands of years. How to warn our descendants about their danger and prevent a catastrophe?

14. "Dump"

Directors Lucy Walker, Karen Harley, Juan Jardim

Leaving his home in New York, renowned artist Vic Muniz returns to his homeland in Brazil to capture the world's largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.

15. "Oceans"

Directed by Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluseau

Almost three quarters of the earth's surface is covered with water."Oceans" offers the viewer a glimpse into the magical underwater world, which still remains a mystery to humans.

16. "Koyaaniskatsi"

Directed by Godfrey Reggio

"Koyaanisqatsi" in the language of the Hopi Indians means "crazy life, hectic life, life on the verge of decay, life out of balance." This is a film about the planet and humanity, about how we live.

17. "Local solution to global problems"

Directed by Colin Cerro (author of the legendary "Beautiful Green")

A film about the relationship between global troubles - the impoverishment of farmers, the development of industry and a change in ideology in dealing with agriculture, about the dependence of modern industrial agriculture on the oil industry, about the fact that there are alternative solutions to get out of this dependence, and now is the time to start implementing them.

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18. "Traces of war"

Director Max Monk

Have you ever wondered how environmentally friendly the war is? German director Max Monk shows traces of two world wars: fields on which nothing grows and will never grow again, shells dropped into the sea, and much more.

The film is freely available and in Russian translation was not found, if readers find it, look in the comments to this page.

19. "Invalid levels"

Director Ed Brown

A film about the chemicals in our body. And how they got there.

Movie link: Russian translation not found)

20. "Tragedy of e-garbage"

Film director Cosima Dannoritzer

An investigation into where your broken phone goes.

(Full version of the film and Russian translation not found)