Documentary films about environmental issues

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2009 documentary film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand

2007 film by Leila Conners, Nadia Conners

Honeyland () is a 2019 Macedonian documentary film that was directed by Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov. It portrays the life of Hatidže Muratova, a lonely beekeeper of wild bees who lives in the remote mountain village of Bekirlija and follows her lifestyle before and after neighbors move in nearby. The film was initially planned as a short film documenting the region surrounding the river Bregalnica but its area of focus changed when the directors met Hatidže. Honeyland received its world premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival on 28 January and it has grossed $1,315,037.

2009 film by Louie Psihoyos

2014 British documentary film directed by Orlando von Einsiedel

2019 British nature documentary series

Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret (also known as simply Cowspiracy) is a 2014 American documentary film produced and directed by Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn. The film explores the impacts of animal agriculture on the environment—examining such environmental concerns as climate change, water use, deforestation, and ocean dead zones—and investigates the policies of several environmental organizations on the issue.

2008 American apocalyptic television series

2006 documentary film directed by Chris Paine

2003 film by Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott

2004 film by Hubert Sauper

2011 documentary film

2010 documentary film directed by Lucy Walker

Seaspiracy () is a 2021 documentary film about the environmental impact of fishing directed by and starring Ali Tabrizi, a British filmmaker. The film examines human impacts on marine life and advocates for ending fish consumption.

2007 film by Louis Fox

2005 documentary film directed by Erwin Wagenhofer

2022 film directed by Shaunak Sen

2010 film by Michael Madsen

British nature documentary series

Sharkwater is a 2006 Canadian documentary film written and directed by Rob Stewart. Helping to protect sharks, changing government policy, and inspiring the creation of shark conservation groups, Sharkwater is considered one of conservation's success stories, resulting in shark finning being banned in over 90 countries. In the film, Stewart documents current attitudes about sharks, and how shark-hunting industries are driving them to extinction.

2010 documentary film directed by João G. Amorim

2012 film by Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel

2005 documentary movie on industrialized food production directed by Nikolaus Geyrhalter

1987 documentary film directed by Isao Takahata

2017 film by Jeff Orlowski

Waterschool is a 2018 documentary film directed by Tiffanie Hsu and produced by the Swarovski Foundation. The film follows the experiences of six young female students who live along six of the world's major rivers: the Amazon, Nile, Mississippi, Danube, Ganges, and Yangtze. The film showcases the Waterschool program, an environmental education initiative that aims to empower young people to become water stewards and protect their communities and homes from water-related issues. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was also screened at the World Economic Forum in Davos, as well

2011 documentary film by filmmaker Marshall Curry, exploring the origins, motives, and organization of the Earth Liberation Front and Eco-terrorism in general

2015 documentary film by Cyril Dion and Mélanie Laurent

2015 Chinese documentary film directed by Chai Jing

2010 film by Cosima Dannoritzer

2010 short film by Ruby Yang

2021 film directed by Flore Vasseur

2015 film by Louie Psihoyos

2009 Italian documentary film

2010 documentary television series

2012 documentary film

1991 film

2021 documentary film

2012 film by Fatih Akın

2013 film by Po-lin Chi

2006 film by Johan Söderberg

2015 film by Jerry Rothwell

Chernobyl.3828 (), or Chornobyl.3828 is a 2011 Ukrainian documentary film about the Chernobyl disaster. Directed by Serhiy Zabolotnyi, it is dedicated to the "Chernobyl liquidators" who were involved in cleaning the most dangerous areas of the plant roof, the "Masha" ("M") zone. The film is named for the 3,828 people who worked in this area.

2015 documentary film by Keiko Yagi

2009 film by Joe Berlinger

1970 film directed by Robert K. Sharpe

2024 documentary

2007 film

2015 film

2022 short film directed by Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev

2015 film by Andrew Morgan