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Must Watch Films & Documentaries

Dominion Movement

I Could Never Go Vegan

Dominion Movement

Dominion exposes the realities of modern animal agriculture through undercover footage filmed across Australia, revealing the systemic violence behind food, clothing, and entertainment industries. Narrated by Joaquin Phoenix, the film confronts viewers with the ethical consequences of using animals as commodities.

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What the Health

I Could Never Go Vegan

Dominion Movement

What the Health investigates the links between diet, chronic disease, and the modern healthcare system, questioning why plant-based nutrition is often overlooked in medical advice. The film challenges viewers to rethink common assumptions about health, food, and prevention.

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I Could Never Go Vegan

I Could Never Go Vegan

I Could Never Go Vegan

I Could Never Go Vegan challenges common objections to veganism by examining nutrition, culture, accessibility, and ethics through expert insight and real-life perspectives. The film breaks down myths around plant-based living and shows how compassionate choices can be practical, inclusive, and sustainable.

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Forks Over Knives

Forks Over Knives

I Could Never Go Vegan

Forks Over Knives is a documentary showing how a whole-food, plant-based diet can help prevent and even reverse chronic diseases. It focuses on the health benefits of plant-based eating and shares stories of people who transformed their health through diet.

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Cowspiracy

Forks Over Knives

The Game Changers

Cowspiracy investigates the environmental impact of animal agriculture, revealing its role in climate change, deforestation, water depletion, and species extinction. The film challenges major environmental organizations for largely overlooking the industry’s true ecological footprint.

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The Game Changers

Forks Over Knives

The Game Changers

The Game Changers explores how plant-based nutrition can enhance athletic performance, strength, and recovery through science and elite athletes’ experiences. The film challenges long-standing myths about protein and redefines what it means to fuel the human body.

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Poisoned

The Invisible Vegan

The Invisible Vegan

Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food investigates foodborne illness outbreaks in the United States, exposing systemic failures in food safety regulations and corporate accountability. The film reveals how industrial food production puts public health at risk and why stronger protections are urgently needed.

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The Invisible Vegan

The Invisible Vegan

The Invisible Vegan

The Invisible Vegan explores veganism through the lens of Black culture, history, and health, highlighting voices often excluded from mainstream plant-based narratives. The film connects food justice, cultural identity, and wellness while challenging stereotypes around who veganism is for.

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Seaspiracy

The Invisible Vegan

Fat Sick and Nearly Dead

Seaspiracy investigates the environmental devastation caused by industrial fishing, exposing overfishing, bycatch, ocean pollution, and the failure of global sustainability claims. The film challenges viewers to reconsider seafood consumption and its impact on marine life and the planet.

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Fat Sick and Nearly Dead

Fat Sick and Nearly Dead

Fat Sick and Nearly Dead

Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead follows Joe Cross as he embarks on a life-changing journey using plant-based nutrition and juicing to reclaim his health and reverse chronic illness. The film highlights the power of food to transform well-being and inspire others to take control of their health.

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Eating You Alive

Fat Sick and Nearly Dead

Eating You Alive

Eating You Alive examines how whole-food, plant-based nutrition can prevent and reverse chronic disease, featuring physicians and patients who challenge conventional medical approaches. The film emphasizes food as medicine and the life-saving potential of changing what we eat.

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Babe

Fat Sick and Nearly Dead

Eating You Alive

Babe is a gentle, family-friendly film about a pig raised on a farm who doesn’t want to become food, but instead finds his place through kindness, courage, and friendship. By showing farmed animals as individuals with emotions and inner lives, the film quietly opens the door to compassion and rethinking how we see animals.

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Cow

Meat the Future

Milked

Cow offers an intimate, unfiltered look at the life of a dairy cow, revealing the quiet reality of motherhood, labor, and loss within modern farming. Told entirely from the animal’s perspective, the film invites deep empathy and reflection without narration or commentary.

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Milked

Meat the Future

Milked

Milked investigates the global dairy industry through the journey of a young activist who travels the world to expose animal suffering, environmental damage, and human health impacts. The film challenges long-held myths about milk while highlighting the growing shift toward plant-based alternatives.

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Meat the Future

Meat the Future

Voiceless Crime of Silence

Meat the Future explores the rise of alternative proteins, including plant-based and cultivated meat, as potential solutions to the environmental and ethical problems of industrial animal agriculture. The film examines whether innovation can help reshape the future of food while reducing harm to animals and the planet.

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Voiceless Crime of Silence

Voiceless Crime of Silence

Voiceless Crime of Silence

Voiceless: The Crime of Silence exposes the hidden cruelty of the animal agriculture industry while examining why society remains largely silent about systemic violence against animals. The film challenges viewers to confront uncomfortable truths and consider the moral responsibility of bearing witness.

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Plantwise

Voiceless Crime of Silence

Plantwise

PlantWise explores how plant-based nutrition can prevent and reverse chronic disease while supporting environmental sustainability. Through doctors, researchers, and real-life stories, the film highlights food as a powerful tool for long-term health and well-being.

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Moby Doc

Voiceless Crime of Silence

Plantwise

Moby Doc explores the life and career of musician Moby, examining how his activism, veganism, and personal struggles intersect with fame and creativity. The film offers an honest look at the ethical convictions that shape his art and advocacy.

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Blackfish

Eating Our Way to Extinction

Eating Our Way to Extinction

The powerful documentary, Blackfish, investigates the controversial captivity of orcas, focusing on the story of Tilikum, a performing killer whale that was involved in several trainer incidents. It raises questions about the ethics of keeping these intelligent creatures in marine parks and the impact on both the animals and their trainers.

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Eating Our Way to Extinction

Eating Our Way to Extinction

Eating Our Way to Extinction

This eye-opening documentary, Eating Our Way to Extinction, dives into the global impact of our food choices on the environment, exploring how our dietary habits contribute to climate change and species extinction. It challenges viewers to rethink what’s on their plate and consider more sustainable alternatives.

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Food Inc

Eating Our Way to Extinction

Food, Inc. exposes the hidden realities of the industrial food system and how powerful corporations influence what ends up on our plates. It encourages viewers to question where their food comes from and the true cost to health, the environment, and society.

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The Cove

The Cove is a film that unveils the shocking and heartbreaking reality of dolphin hunting in Japan. It combines powerful investigative journalism with compelling visuals to raise awareness and inspire change.

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Vegan is Me

The End of Meat

Vegan Is Me explores the personal journey of individuals who embrace a vegan lifestyle and the profound impact it has on their health, the environment, and animal welfare. This inspiring documentary highlights real-life stories and the transformative power of compassion.

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The End of Meat

The End of Meat

The End of Meat examines the growing global shift away from animal products and what it could mean for our health, the planet, and animals. Through expert insights and real-world examples, it explores whether a future without meat is closer than we think.

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Some Like It Rare

Some Like It Rare explores the raw food movement through the lives of people who choose uncooked, plant-based eating for health, vitality, and connection. The film offers an intimate look at alternative food philosophies and the motivations behind them.

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Punk Rock Vegan Movie

Punk Rock Vegan Movie dives into the punk rock scene to explore how rebellion, music, and ethics intersect with veganism. Featuring artists, activists, and loud ideas, the film shows how compassion can be as radical as a power chord.

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Beyond Impossible

The Ghosts In Our Machines

Beyond Impossible follows endurance athlete Fiona Oakes as she pushes physical limits while living a fully vegan lifestyle. The film challenges assumptions about strength, resilience, and what the human body can achieve with compassion at its core.

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The Ghosts In Our Machines

The Ghosts In Our Machines

The Ghosts In Our Machines

The Ghosts in Our Machine takes viewers inside the hidden world of animals used in industry, revealing lives that are usually kept out of sight. Through intimate storytelling and powerful imagery, the film invites a deeper reflection on compassion and coexistence.

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Eating Animals

The Ghosts In Our Machines

Live and Let Live

Eating Animals is a documentary based on Jonathan Safran Foer’s book that delves into the ethics and consequences of factory farming. It explores how industrial agriculture impacts animals, the environment, and our health, encouraging viewers to rethink their food choices. You can watch the documentary 

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Live and Let Live

The Ghosts In Our Machines

Live and Let Live

Live and Let Live is an inspiring documentary that follows six people from different backgrounds as they transition toward a more compassionate, plant-based way of living. It focuses on personal journeys, ethical awakening, and the small choices that can create meaningful change for animals, health, and the planet.

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Food Choices

They Are Trying to Kill Us

The Smell of Money

Food Choices examines how our everyday food decisions affect our health, the environment, and animals through expert interviews and real-world research. The film encourages a more conscious, plant-based approach by showing how powerful informed choices can be.

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The Smell of Money

They Are Trying to Kill Us

The Smell of Money

The Smell of Money exposes the devastating impact of industrial hog farming on rural North Carolina communities, centering on environmental racism, public health, and corporate accountability. Through powerful personal stories, the film reveals the human cost of concentrated animal feeding operations.

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They Are Trying to Kill Us

They Are Trying to Kill Us

They Are Trying to Kill Us

They Are Trying To Kill Us investigates how systemic racism, food injustice, and diet-related disease intersect in Black and Brown communities in the United States. Through music, history, and science, the film highlights plant-based food as a path toward health equity and empowerment.

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The End of Medicine

The End of Medicine

They Are Trying to Kill Us

The End of Medicine explores how many chronic diseases can be prevented, treated, or even reversed by addressing root causes like nutrition, lifestyle, and environmental factors rather than relying solely on pharmaceuticals. The film challenges the profit-driven medical model and highlights a plant-forward, preventive approach to long-term health.

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Planeat

The End of Medicine

Peaceable Kingdom

Planeat explores the global impact of our food system on human health, the environment, and animal welfare through science, culture, and personal stories. The film makes a compelling case for a more sustainable, plant-based way of eating to protect both people and the planet.

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Peaceable Kingdom

The End of Medicine

Peaceable Kingdom

Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home follows former farmers, hunters, and animal industry insiders as they confront the moral consequences of exploiting animals and undergo profound personal transformation. Through honest reflection and empathy, the film explores what it means to live in alignment with compassion.

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Plant Pure Nation

A Prayer for Compassion

From the Ground Up

PlantPure Nation follows a grassroots movement challenging political and corporate barriers that stand in the way of plant-based nutrition and public health reform. The film highlights how community action and whole-food, plant-based eating can transform lives and healthcare systems.

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From the Ground Up

A Prayer for Compassion

From the Ground Up

From the Ground Up explores how plant-based diets can prevent and reverse chronic disease, following individuals who transform their health through food. Featuring leading doctors and researchers, the film emphasizes nutrition as a powerful tool for healing and prevention.

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A Prayer for Compassion

A Prayer for Compassion

A Prayer for Compassion

A Prayer for Compassion explores the disconnect between religious values of compassion and the routine exploitation of animals for food, featuring voices from multiple faith traditions. The film invites viewers to reflect on how spiritual beliefs can align more closely with kindness toward all beings.

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At the Fork

Engine to Kitchen Rescue

A Prayer for Compassion

At the Fork examines the health and environmental consequences of industrial food production while highlighting farmers, scientists, and entrepreneurs working toward a more sustainable, plant-based future. The film encourages viewers to consider how everyday food choices can help shape a healthier world.

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Engine to Kitchen Rescue

Engine to Kitchen Rescue

Engine to Kitchen Rescue

Engine 2 Kitchen Rescue follows firefighter Rip Esselstyn as he helps struggling families reclaim their health by transforming their kitchens and adopting whole-food, plant-based eating. The film shows how simple changes at home can lead to powerful, life-changing results.

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Vegan Virgin

Engine to Kitchen Rescue

Engine to Kitchen Rescue

Vegan: Everyday Stories (also known as Vegan Virgin) follows director Deborah Anderson as she documents everyday people who choose a vegan lifestyle for ethical, environmental, and health reasons. The film offers an honest, personal look at compassion-driven living through real-life stories and conversations.

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Unbelievably Vegan

Unbelievably Vegan

Unbelievably Vegan

Unbelievably Vegan explores common myths about plant-based living and challenges the idea that veganism is extreme or unrealistic. Through real people and expert insights, the film shows how compassionate food choices can be accessible, nourishing, and empowering.

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Ethicall

Unbelievably Vegan

Unbelievably Vegan

Ethical̄l follows the journey of two friends who challenge their own beliefs by investigating the ethical, environmental, and health impacts of animal agriculture. The film documents their shift toward a more compassionate, plant-based way of living through honest questioning and firsthand experiences.

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Forever Home

Unbelievably Vegan

Forever Home

Forever Home tells the emotional stories of rescued animals and the people who open their hearts and homes to them, highlighting the lifelong commitment behind adoption. The film celebrates compassion, responsibility, and the deep bonds formed when animals are given a second chance.

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Rowdy Girl

Victims of Greed

Forever Home

Rowdy Girl follows a Texas cattle rancher and her husband as they undergo a profound transformation from beef producers to animal advocates. The film captures the emotional, ethical, and cultural challenges of choosing compassion in the heart of ranching country.

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Victims of Greed

Victims of Greed

Victims of Greed

Victims of Greed exposes the hidden violence of animal exploitation industries, focusing on how profit-driven systems treat animals as disposable commodities. The film challenges viewers to confront uncomfortable truths and reconsider the ethical consequences of everyday choices.

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Far Away Islands

Victims of Greed

Victims of Greed

Far Away Islands documents the centuries-old pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands, examining tradition, cultural identity, and the ethical questions surrounding modern-day whaling. Through striking visuals and firsthand accounts, the film invites viewers to reflect on compassion, heritage, and our evolving relationship with animals.

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The Turning Point

The Turning Point

The Turning Point

The Turning Point explores moments of awakening that lead individuals to question animal exploitation and shift toward a more compassionate way of living. Through personal stories and reflection, the film shows how one realization can change everything.

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Slay

The Turning Point

The Turning Point

SLAY exposes the cruelty hidden behind the global fashion industry, revealing how leather, fur, and exotic skins are directly tied to animal suffering and environmental harm. The film challenges the myth of “ethical fashion” and urges a shift toward truly compassionate, sustainable alternatives.

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Monkey Laundering

The Turning Point

Monkey Laundering

Monkey Laundering exposes the hidden global trade in long-tailed macaques, revealing how wild-caught monkeys are illegally captured, laundered through breeding facilities, and sold for laboratory experimentation. Through investigations and whistleblower accounts, the film uncovers the cruelty and corruption behind the biomedical research supply chain.

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Paddington

The Hidden Lives of Pigs

Monkey Laundering

Paddington tells the gentle, heartwarming story of a young bear from Peru who finds a new home with a London family, highlighting kindness, empathy, and respect for those who are different. Through warmth and humor, the film celebrates compassion and the idea that everyone deserves care and belonging.

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The Hidden Lives of Pigs

The Hidden Lives of Pigs

The Hidden Lives of Pigs

The Hidden Lives of Pigs reveals the intelligence, emotional depth, and complex social lives of pigs, challenging the way they are commonly perceived in agriculture. Through scientific insight and intimate observation, the film invites viewers to reconsider our relationship with one of the most misunderstood animals.

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Matilda

The Hidden Lives of Pigs

The Hidden Lives of Pigs

Matilda tells the story of Matilda, a rescued pig whose intelligence, emotional depth, and individuality challenge the way pigs are typically viewed in agriculture. Through her life story, the film invites viewers to see pigs as sentient beings deserving of compassion and respect.

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Christpiracy

From Food to Freedom

From Food to Freedom

Christspiracy investigates the connection between Christian teachings, compassion, and the treatment of animals, questioning whether modern religious practices align with the core message of love and nonviolence. The film challenges viewers to reconsider faith, food, and ethics through historical research and spiritual inquiry.

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From Food to Freedom

From Food to Freedom

From Food to Freedom

From Food to Freedom follows individuals who break free from chronic illness and dependency on medication by changing what they eat and addressing the root causes of disease. The film highlights how whole-food, plant-based nutrition can be a powerful path toward lasting health and personal freedom.

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Monkey Laundering

From Food to Freedom

Monkey Laundering

Monkey Laundering exposes the hidden global trade in long-tailed macaques, revealing how wild-caught monkeys are illegally captured, laundered through breeding facilities, and sold for laboratory experimentation. Through investigations and whistleblower accounts, the film uncovers the cruelty and corruption behind the biomedical research supply chain.

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Food for Thought

Humans and Other Animals

Monkey Laundering

Food for Thought explores the ethical, environmental, and health implications of animal agriculture through the perspectives of farmers, activists, scientists, and everyday people. The film invites viewers to reflect on how informed, compassionate food choices can shape a more sustainable future.

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Humans and Other Animals

Humans and Other Animals

Humans and Other Animals

Humans and Other Animals explores the complex and often contradictory relationship humans have with other animals, questioning why some are loved while others are exploited. Through philosophy, psychology, and everyday scenes, the film invites reflection on ethics, empathy, and our shared capacity to suffer.

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Pignorant

Humans and Other Animals

Humans and Other Animals

Pignorant follows activist Joey Carbstrong as he investigates the pig farming industry, exposing the intelligence and emotional lives of pigs alongside the realities of their exploitation. Blending humor with hard-hitting truth, the film challenges viewers to rethink one of the most normalized forms of animal use.

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Food for Profit

The Land of Ahimsa

Food for Profit

Food for Profit exposes how the industrial animal agriculture industry profits from public funds while contributing to environmental destruction, animal suffering, and public health risks. Through undercover investigations and expert analysis, the film reveals the political and economic forces shaping our food system.

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Mama Ka Doodh

The Land of Ahimsa

Food for Profit

Mama Ka Doodh investigates the dairy industry in India, revealing how the production of milk impacts mother cows, calves, and rural communities. The film challenges the idea of milk as harmless or sacred by exposing the hidden suffering behind “mother’s milk.”

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The Land of Ahimsa

The Land of Ahimsa

How Conscious Can a Fish Be?

The Land of Ahimsa explores the principle of ahimsa—nonviolence—through India’s spiritual traditions while examining the contradictions between cultural ideals and the modern treatment of animals. The film invites reflection on compassion, ethics, and what it truly means to live without harm.

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How Conscious Can a Fish Be?

How Conscious Can a Fish Be?

How Conscious Can a Fish Be?

How Conscious Can a Fish Be? explores the intelligence, emotional lives, and awareness of fish, challenging long-held assumptions that they are simple or insentient beings. Through science and observation, the film invites viewers to reconsider how fish experience the world—and how humans treat them.

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Plastic Paradise

How Conscious Can a Fish Be?

Plastic Paradise

Plastic Paradise follows filmmaker Angela Sun as she investigates the growing crisis of plastic pollution in the world’s oceans and its impact on marine life and human health. The film exposes how everyday plastic use contributes to a global environmental emergency hidden in plain sight.

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PowerPlant

How Conscious Can a Fish Be?

Plastic Paradise

Power Plant explores how plant-based nutrition can transform health, improve athletic performance, and reduce the risk of chronic disease. Featuring doctors, athletes, and everyday people, the film highlights food as a powerful tool for long-term vitality.

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The Dark Hobby

Meat Me Halfway

The Dark Hobby

The Dark Hobby exposes the hidden world of trophy hunting, revealing how the killing of wild animals is marketed as sport and conservation. Through investigations and firsthand accounts, the film challenges the ethics and myths surrounding this industry.

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Wild Things

Meat Me Halfway

The Dark Hobby

Wild Things explores humanity’s complicated relationship with wild animals, examining how captivity, commerce, and entertainment blur the line between care and exploitation. Through investigative storytelling, the film challenges viewers to rethink what protection and respect for wildlife truly mean.

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Meat Me Halfway

Meat Me Halfway

Meat Me Halfway

Meat Me Halfway explores the idea of reducing meat consumption as a pragmatic step toward better health, environmental sustainability, and animal welfare. The film examines whether compromise and incremental change can still create meaningful impact in the global food system.

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Immi the Vegan

Countdown to Year Zero

Meat Me Halfway

Immi the Vegan follows the journey of a young vegan activist using social media, food, and storytelling to challenge stereotypes and inspire compassionate living. The film highlights how one voice, rooted in empathy and culture, can spark meaningful change.

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The Plastic Problem

Countdown to Year Zero

Countdown to Year Zero

The Plastic Problem examines the global plastic pollution crisis, revealing how single-use plastics impact ecosystems, wildlife, and human health. The film highlights solutions and systemic changes needed to reduce plastic dependence and protect the planet.

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Countdown to Year Zero

Countdown to Year Zero

Countdown to Year Zero

Countdown to Year Zero examines humanity’s accelerating path toward ecological collapse, focusing on climate change, population growth, and unsustainable food systems. Also known as Endgame 2050, the film urges urgent action to avert irreversible damage and secure a livable future.

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Meat the Truth

Meat the Truth

Meat the Truth

Meat the Truth examines the environmental impact of animal agriculture, highlighting its significant role in climate change, deforestation, and resource depletion. The film connects everyday food choices to global environmental consequences, urging a shift toward more sustainable, plant-based solutions.

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Sea the Truth

Meat the Truth

Meat the Truth

Sea the Truth exposes the devastating impact of industrial fishing on the world’s oceans, including overfishing, bycatch, and ecosystem collapse. The film challenges the idea of “sustainable seafood” and urges a shift toward protecting marine life through more compassionate choices.

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Sea of Life

Meat the Truth

My Octopus Teacher

Sea of Life explores the deep intelligence, emotional complexity, and social bonds of whales and dolphins while exposing the threats they face from captivity, pollution, and industrial fishing. The film calls for a fundamental shift in how humans relate to and protect ocean life.

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My Octopus Teacher

My Octopus Teacher

My Octopus Teacher

My Octopus Teacher follows filmmaker Craig Foster as he forms an extraordinary bond with a wild octopus in a South African kelp forest, revealing her intelligence, vulnerability, and resilience. The film is a quiet, intimate meditation on connection, curiosity, and our relationship with the natural world.

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Chasing Coral

My Octopus Teacher

The Milk System

Chasing Coral follows a team of scientists, photographers, and divers as they document the devastating effects of climate change on coral reefs around the world. Through breathtaking visuals and urgent science, the film reveals what is at stake for ocean life—and for humanity itself.

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The Milk System

My Octopus Teacher

The Milk System

The Milk System investigates the global dairy industry, revealing how milk production impacts animals, human health, the environment, and rural communities. The film challenges the cultural myths surrounding dairy and exposes the hidden costs behind a normalized food system.

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You Are What You Eat

You Are What You Eat

You Are What You Eat

You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment follows identical twins as they adopt different diets to examine how food choices affect health, weight, gut microbiome, and overall well-being. Through real-world experimentation and science, the series highlights the powerful role nutrition plays in shaping the body.

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Chicken Run 2

You Are What You Eat

You Are What You Eat

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget continues the story of Ginger and her flock as they uncover a new, sinister threat to chicken-kind disguised as convenience food. Beneath the humor and animation, the film delivers a sharp message about freedom, exploitation, and standing up against systems that treat animals as products.

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Coffee Wars

You Are What You Eat

Disease, Reversal, Hope!

Coffee Wars explores the global coffee industry from farm to cup, exposing how corporate control impacts farmers, workers, and the environment. The film highlights fair trade, sustainability, and the human cost behind one of the world’s most consumed beverages.

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Disease, Reversal, Hope!

Disease, Reversal, Hope!

Disease, Reversal, Hope!

Disease, Reversal, Hope! explores how chronic diseases can be prevented and even reversed through whole-food, plant-based nutrition and lifestyle changes. Featuring physicians, patients, and real-world success stories, the film offers a message of empowerment and renewed hope for confirmable health outcomes.

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Overheated

Disease, Reversal, Hope!

Why on Earth

Overheated brings together activists, scientists, and storytellers to confront the escalating climate crisis and the systems driving it. The film emphasizes collective action, accountability, and the urgent need for solutions rooted in justice and sustainability.

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Why on Earth

Disease, Reversal, Hope!

Why on Earth

Why on Earth uses humor, music, and street interviews to explore the ethics of eating animals and the environmental consequences of animal agriculture. The film delivers a light-hearted yet thought-provoking invitation to question everyday food choices and their wider impact.

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Vegan 2020

Vegan 2020

Vegan 2020

Vegan 2020 captures the rapid growth of veganism around the world, highlighting activists, educators, and everyday people driving change through compassion, food, and awareness. The film reflects on a pivotal moment when plant-based living moved firmly into the global mainstream.

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Akashinga

Vegan 2020

Vegan 2020

Akashinga follows an all-female anti-poaching unit in Zimbabwe made up of women who have survived abuse, poverty, and loss, now protecting endangered wildlife. The film powerfully connects conservation, women’s empowerment, and compassion for animals.

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Takeout

Vegan 2020

New Day New Cheff

Takeout explores the hidden environmental, labor, and animal impacts behind modern takeout and convenience food culture. The film connects everyday ordering habits to a global food system that prioritizes speed and profit over people, animals, and the planet.

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New Day New Cheff

New Day New Cheff

New Day New Cheff

A New Day New Chef highlights chefs who use plant-based cooking to uplift underserved communities, address food insecurity, and create meaningful social change. The film shows how food can be a powerful tool for compassion, empowerment, and hope.

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Hogwood

New Day New Cheff

Endgame 2050

Hogwood exposes the realities of industrial pig farming through rare footage and testimony from inside the industry, revealing systemic cruelty and environmental harm. The film serves as a powerful act of whistleblowing that challenges viewers to confront what is normally kept hidden.

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Endgame 2050

New Day New Cheff

Endgame 2050

Endgame 2050 examines the future of humanity through the lens of climate change, food systems, and population growth, questioning whether our current trajectory is sustainable. The film urges urgent collective action to protect the planet and ensure a livable world for future generations.

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Okja

The Ivory Game

The Ivory Game

Okja follows a young girl’s bond with a genetically engineered “super pig” targeted by a powerful multinational corporation, blending adventure with sharp social commentary. The film confronts animal exploitation, corporate greed, and the emotional cost of treating living beings as products.

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The Ivory Game

The Ivory Game

The Ivory Game

The Ivory Game follows activists and investigators as they risk their lives to expose the global ivory trade threatening elephants with extinction. The film reveals the criminal networks and corruption driving poaching while highlighting efforts to protect one of the world’s most iconic animals.

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Virunga

The Ivory Game

Chicken Run

Virunga follows brave park rangers protecting Africa’s oldest national park amid armed conflict, illegal oil exploration, and threats to endangered mountain gorillas. The film powerfully illustrates the intersection of conservation, human rights, and global responsibility.

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Chicken Run

Happy Feet Two

Chicken Run

Chicken Run follows a group of chickens who band together to escape a factory farm before being turned into pies, using wit, courage, and solidarity to fight for their freedom. Beneath the humor, the film delivers a powerful message about autonomy, resistance, and the right to live free from exploitation.

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Happy Feet

Happy Feet Two

Happy Feet Two

Happy Feet follows Mumble, an emperor penguin who can’t sing but expresses himself through dance, challenging rigid traditions and expectations. Beneath the music and humor, the film explores individuality, environmental responsibility, and the impact of human actions on wildlife.

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Happy Feet Two

Happy Feet Two

Happy Feet Two

Happy Feet Two continues Mumble’s story as his son Erik searches for his own identity amid environmental threats facing their Antarctic home. The film blends music and adventure with themes of cooperation, resilience, and the far-reaching impact of climate change on wildlife.

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Baby Hers

The Animal People

The Animal People

Baby Hers tells the intimate story of a rescued baby cow, revealing the emotional bonds, vulnerability, and individuality of calves within the dairy industry. Through her journey, the film challenges viewers to see cows not as commodities, but as sentient beings deserving of care and protection.

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The Animal People

The Animal People

The Animal People

The Animal People tells the story of seven animal rights activists who were charged as domestic terrorists for protesting against animal cruelty, highlighting the clash between activism, corporate power, and the U.S. justice system. The film raises critical questions about free speech, protest, and the cost of standing up for animals.

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Test Subjects

The Animal People

Fantastic Fungi

Test Subjects investigates the use of animals in laboratory experimentation, exposing the ethical dilemmas, scientific limitations, and suffering hidden behind medical research. Through expert insight and firsthand accounts, the film questions whether progress should come at the cost of sentient lives.

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Fantastic Fungi

Fantastic Fungi

Fantastic Fungi

Fantastic Fungi explores the hidden world of fungi, revealing their essential role in ecosystems, human health, and planetary regeneration. Through stunning visuals and science, the film invites a deeper appreciation for nature’s interconnected intelligence.

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The Minimalist

Fantastic Fungi

The Minimalist

Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things follows individuals who choose to live with less in order to focus on what truly adds meaning, fulfillment, and purpose to their lives. The film examines consumer culture and invites viewers to rethink happiness, success, and intentional living.

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Watership Down

Fantastic Fungi

The Minimalist

Watership Down follows a group of rabbits fleeing the destruction of their home as they search for safety, freedom, and dignity in a dangerous world. Beneath its gentle animation, the film delivers a powerful story about survival, leadership, and the cost of violence against the vulnerable.

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I Am Greta

The Need to Grow

The Pollinators

I Am Greta follows Greta Thunberg’s rise from a solitary school strike to becoming a global voice for climate justice, capturing her activism with intimacy and honesty. The film highlights youth leadership, moral clarity, and the urgency of confronting the climate crisis.

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The Pollinators

The Need to Grow

The Pollinators

The Pollinators follows migratory beekeepers across the United States as they reveal the critical role of bees in our food system and the threats they face from pesticides, monoculture farming, and habitat loss. The film highlights how protecting pollinators is essential to ecological balance and human survival.

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The Need to Grow

The Need to Grow

The Need to Grow

The Need to GROW explores innovative solutions to global food insecurity, soil depletion, and climate change through regenerative agriculture and plant-based innovation. The film offers a hopeful vision of how rebuilding healthy soil can help restore ecosystems, communities, and the future of food.

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2040

The Hidden Lives of Pigs

The Need to Grow

2040 follows filmmaker Damon Gameau as he explores existing solutions to climate change and imagines what the world could look like by the year 2040 if we act now. The film offers a hopeful, solutions-focused vision centered on renewable energy, regenerative agriculture, and community action.

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The Hidden Lives of Pigs

The Hidden Lives of Pigs

The Hidden Lives of Pigs

The Hidden Lives of Pigs reveals the intelligence, emotional depth, and complex social lives of pigs, challenging the way they are commonly perceived in agriculture. Through scientific insight and intimate observation, the film invites viewers to reconsider our relationship with one of the most misunderstood animals.

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The One and Only Ivan

The Hidden Lives of Pigs

The Hidden Lives of Pigs

The One and Only Ivan tells the story of Ivan, a silverback gorilla living in captivity who begins to see his world differently through friendship, art, and memory. Inspired by a true story, the film gently explores animal captivity, compassion, and the longing for freedom.

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Let Us Be Heroes

The Failed Experiment

The Failed Experiment

Let Us Be Heroes follows a group of young activists who dedicate their lives to ending animal exploitation, showing the emotional cost and courage behind speaking up for the voiceless. The film captures grassroots activism driven by empathy, resilience, and the belief that ordinary people can create extraordinary change.

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The Failed Experiment

The Failed Experiment

The Failed Experiment

The Failed Experiment is a hard-hitting six-episode docuseries executive produced by Bill Maher that exposes how traditional animal experimentation has repeatedly failed to produce effective human medicines and reveals the suffering this causes to animals like monkeys and other lab subjects. The series also highlights modern, humane research methods and features experts urging a shift away from outdated animal testing. 

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Beyond the Brink

The Failed Experiment

Beyond the Brink

Beyond the Brink explores humanity’s accelerating ecological crisis, examining climate change, resource depletion, and the social systems pushing the planet toward collapse. The film urges urgent reflection and collective action to step back from irreversible environmental damage.

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Dumbo

Beyond the Brink

Dumbo tells the tender story of a young elephant mocked for his big ears who discovers his unique gift and learns the power of kindness and self-acceptance. Beneath its charm, the film touches on empathy, exploitation in entertainment, and the dignity of being different.

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101 Dalmatians

One Hundred and One Dalmatians follows Pongo, Perdita, and their puppies as they escape the clutches of Cruella de Vil, who plans to turn them into fur coats. Beneath the adventure and humor, the film delivers a clear message about compassion, courage, and the cruelty of exploiting animals for fashion.

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Ferdinand

Ferdinand tells the story of a gentle bull who would rather smell flowers than fight, challenging the traditions of bullfighting and expectations placed on him. The film celebrates empathy, nonviolence, and the courage to live true to one’s nature.

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Finding Dory

Finding Dory

Finding Dory

Finding Dory follows Dory on a heartfelt journey to find her family, highlighting themes of memory, belonging, and perseverance. Along the way, the film gently raises questions about marine captivity, freedom, and compassion for ocean life.

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Bears

Finding Dory

Finding Dory

Bears follows a devoted Alaskan brown bear mother and her cubs as they navigate their first year of life, facing predators, scarce food, and a changing environment. Through intimate storytelling, the film highlights family bonds, resilience, and the impact of human activity on wildlife.

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Rio

Finding Dory

The Gruffalo

Rio follows Blu, a rare blue macaw taken from the wild, as he journeys to Rio de Janeiro and discovers freedom, love, and his true nature. Beneath the color and music, the film touches on wildlife trafficking, conservation, and the importance of protecting endangered species.

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The Gruffalo

Charlotte’s Web

The Gruffalo

The Gruffalo tells the clever story of a small mouse who uses imagination and wit to outsmart predators while walking through the forest. Beneath its charm, the film celebrates intelligence, courage, and respect for all creatures—big and small.

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Furry Vengance

Charlotte’s Web

Charlotte’s Web

Furry Vengeance follows a real estate developer whose construction project is sabotaged by a group of forest animals fighting to protect their home. Beneath the slapstick comedy, the film delivers a lighthearted message about environmental responsibility and respecting wildlife habitats.

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Charlotte’s Web

Charlotte’s Web

Charlotte’s Web

Charlotte’s Web tells the beloved story of Wilbur, a pig saved from slaughter through the friendship and clever words of a spider named Charlotte. The film gently explores compassion, loyalty, and the power of empathy to change a life.

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