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1. Dune (2021)
PG-13 | 155 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A noble family becomes embroiled in a war for control over the galaxy's most valuable asset while its heir becomes troubled by visions of a dark future.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Oscar Isaac
Votes: 847,554 | Gross: $108.33M
2. Dune (1984)
PG-13 | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A Duke's son leads desert warriors against the galactic emperor and his father's evil nemesis to free their desert world from the emperor's rule.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Virginia Madsen, Francesca Annis, Leonardo Cimino
Votes: 178,741 | Gross: $30.93M
3. Alien: Covenant (2017)
R | 122 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The crew of a colony ship, bound for a remote planet, discover an uncharted paradise with a threat beyond their imagination, and must attempt a harrowing escape.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride
Votes: 303,555 | Gross: $74.26M
4. Okja (2017)
TV-MA | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A young girl risks everything to prevent a powerful, multinational company from kidnapping her best friend - a fascinating beast named Okja.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Paul Dano, Ahn Seo-hyun, Jake Gyllenhaal
Votes: 132,029
5. Grizzly Man (2005)
R | 103 min | Documentary, Biography
A devastating and heart-rending take on grizzly bear activists Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard, who were killed in October of 2003 while living among grizzly bears in Alaska.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Timothy Treadwell, Amie Huguenard, Werner Herzog, Carol Dexter
Votes: 61,786 | Gross: $3.17M
6. The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (2013)
PG | 105 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A ten-year-old scientist secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother, escapes home, and travels across the country aboard a freight train to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institute.
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Stars: Helena Bonham Carter, Judy Davis, Callum Keith Rennie, Kyle Catlett
Votes: 19,949 | Gross: $0.10M
7. Gorillas in the Mist (1988)
PG-13 | 129 min | Biography, Drama
The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown, Julie Harris, John Omirah Miluwi
Votes: 29,162 | Gross: $24.72M
8. The Pillow Book (1995)
Not Rated | 126 min | Drama
A woman with a body-writing fetish seeks to find a combined lover and calligrapher.
Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Vivian Wu, Ewan McGregor, Yoshi Oida, Ken Ogata
Votes: 13,633 | Gross: $2.29M
9. Frogs (1972)
PG | 91 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A group of helpless victims celebrate a birthday on an island estate crawling with killer amphibians, birds, insects, and reptiles.
Director: George McCowan | Stars: Ray Milland, Sam Elliott, Joan Van Ark, Adam Roarke
Votes: 7,638 | Gross: $0.48M
10. Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)
Approved | 62 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A backwoods game warden and a local doctor discover that giant leeches are responsible for disappearances and deaths in a local swamp, but the local police don't believe them.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Ken Clark, Yvette Vickers, Jan Shepard, Michael Emmet
Votes: 4,852
11. Encounters at the End of the World (2007)
G | 99 min | Documentary
Film-maker Werner Herzog travels to the McMurdo Station in Antarctica, looking to capture the continent's beauty and investigate the characters living there.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Werner Herzog, Scott Rowland, Stefan Pashov, Doug MacAyeal
Votes: 19,231 | Gross: $0.94M
12. The Roots of Heaven (1958)
Not Rated | 126 min | Adventure, Drama
In French Equatorial Africa, an idealist ecologist starts a campaign of public awareness to help save the African elephants from extinction.
Director: John Huston | Stars: Errol Flynn, Juliette Gréco, Trevor Howard, Eddie Albert
Votes: 1,131
13. School's Out (2018)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A substitute teacher is put in charge of a class of future geniuses after their teacher commits suicide.
Director: Sébastien Marnier | Stars: Laurent Lafitte, Emmanuelle Bercot, Luàna Bajrami, Victor Bonnel
Votes: 3,112
14. Babysitting 2 (2015)
93 min | Comedy
Franck and his girlfriend Sonya, plus some of their friends go on holiday in Brasil. Franck, his friends, two girls and Sonya's grandmother leave to visit a cave, but everything goes wrong and their crazy adventures begin.
Directors: Nicolas Benamou, Philippe Lacheau | Stars: Philippe Lacheau, Alice David, Vincent Desagnat, Tarek Boudali
Votes: 7,390
15. Jack Mimoun and the Secrets of Val Verde (2022)
104 min | Adventure, Comedy
Two years after surviving alone on the hostile island of Val Verde, Jack Mimoun has become an adventure star. The book recounting his experience is a bestseller and his television show ... See full summary »
Directors: Malik Bentalha, Ludovic Colbeau-Justin | Stars: Malik Bentalha, Joséphine Japy, Jérôme Commandeur, François Damiens
Votes: 958
16. Problemos (2017)
85 min | Comedy
When a pandemic strikes the world, Victor and his family get stuck within a hippie community.
Director: Eric Judor | Stars: Eric Judor, Blanche Gardin, Youssef Hajdi, Michel Nabokoff
Votes: 2,182
17. Paradise Lost (1999)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A scientist in the rain forest squares off against a land developer while trying to solve some unexplained deaths of his workers. An archaeologist, who's researching the jungle ruins of an extinct local tribe, might know more.
Director: Herb Freed | Stars: William Forsythe, Marina Sirtis, Nigel Havers, Miguel Ángel Suárez
Votes: 304
18. The Most Unknown (2018)
92 min | Documentary
The Most Unknown is an epic documentary film that sends nine scientists to extraordinary parts of the world to uncover unexpected answers to some of humanity's biggest questions. How did ... See full summary »
Director: Ian Cheney | Stars: Jennifer L. Macalady, Davide D'Angelo, Axel Cleeremans, Luke McKay
Votes: 2,216 | Gross: $0.01M
19. Arctic Blue (1993)
R | 95 min | Action, Thriller
A man from Los Angeles, California gets a job as ecologist in Alaska's wilderness. He takes part in arresting and transporting a trapper wanted for murder. But the trapper, Ben Corbett (Rutger Hauer), and his friends will do anything to free him.
Director: Peter Masterson | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Dylan Walsh, Rya Kihlstedt, Johnny Cuthbert
Votes: 1,129
20. Murder in Devil's Bridge (2018 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 91 min | Crime, Drama
André Savignac, mayor of Saint-Guilhem-Le-Désert has been found hanged on the Bridge of the Devil. Marina Fazergues comes back to her home village for the criminal investigation.
Director: Sylvie Ayme | Stars: Elodie Frenck, David Kammenos, Patrick d'Assumçao, Myriam Bourguignon
Votes: 89
21. En même temps (2022)
108 min | Comedy
The mayors of two small French towns, on opposite political sides, are glued together by a feminist activist. The forced proximity compels the two men's points of view to converge on economical development and ecology.
Directors: Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern | Stars: Vincent Macaigne, Jonathan Cohen, India Hair, Jehnny Beth
Votes: 535
22. Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal (1982 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
An poorly-educated house-wife fights companies polluting her hometown's water-table in up-state New York during the 1970's.
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Marsha Mason, Bob Gunton, Penny Fuller, Roberta Maxwell
Votes: 67
23. An Unusual Love (1998)
Drama, Romance
The day before his wedding, Tian gets into a serious accident, and falls into a coma. He will probably be a vegetable for the rest of his life. His fiancee, Shu, dedicates her life to ... See full summary »
Director: Tian-Ming Wu | Stars: Li Yuan, Yunlong Liu, Beibi Gong
Votes: 14
24. Dans l'ombre des dunes (2022 TV Movie)
92 min | Crime, Drama
Superintendent Becker arrives in a small town in Les Landes to try and win his wife back. Tired of her husband's late hours, she decided to go back to her home region, where she meets old ... See full summary »
Director: Philippe Dajoux | Stars: Bruno Salomone, Mickaël Lumière, Erika Sainte, Guillaume Faure
Votes: 38
25. Green Fire (2011)
73 min | Documentary, Biography
Aldo Leopold is considered the most important conservationist of the twentieth-century. He is the father of the national wilderness system, wildlife management and ecological restoration. ... See full summary »
Directors: Ann Dunsky, Steve Dunsky, Dave Steinke | Stars: Peter Coyote, Aldo Leopold, Curt Meine
Votes: 43
26. Oro Verde (1997)
60 min | Drama, Romance
An ambitious entrepreneur wants to cut down the forest of southern Chile, but a young ecologist girl will hinder their plans.
Stars: Héctor Noguera, Delfina Guzmán, Álvaro Rudolphy, Rodolfo Pulgar
Votes: 56
27. Valió la Pena (2014–2015)
60 min | Drama
An independent businesswoman must take care, unexpectedly, of a peculiar girl.
Stars: Lorena Bosch, Francisco Pérez-Bannen, María Fernanda Martínez, Ingrid Parra
Votes: 17
28. Pirate for the Sea (2008)
Not Rated | 99 min | Documentary
A documentary on Paul Watson, who takes the law into his own hands on the open seas, confronting, by any nonviolent means necessary, the hunters who indiscriminately slaughter whales, seals... See full summary »
Director: Ronald Colby | Stars: Peter Brown, Ronald Colby, Alex Cornelissen, Julie Farris
Votes: 173
29. Sin reserva (2000)
88 min | Drama
Director: Eduardo Spagnuolo | Stars: Jean Pierre Noher, Marina Skell, Arturo Bonín, Soledad Silveyra
Votes: 16
30. Minds in the Water (2011)
PG | 90 min | Documentary, Action, Adventure
5 years in the making, Minds In The Water is the story of one surfer's international journey to help protect dolphins, whales and their ocean environment. Shot on location in Australia, the... See full summary »
Director: Justin Krumb | Stars: Chris Del Moro, Isabel Lucas, Will Conner, Hilton Dawe
Votes: 59
31. Die Rückkehr der Wildkatze (2020)
41 min | Documentary, Short
In this 40-minutes-documentary the ecologist and filmmaker David Cebulla is on a quest to find one of Germany's shyest and most endangered species: the European wildcat. During a scientific... See full summary »
Director: David Cebulla
32. Det nye Russland (2012)
30 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Erik Martiniussen | Star: Vitalij Servetnik
34.
Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000)
Episode:
Master of the Moor: Part 1
(1994)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Stephen Whalby loves the moor. When a series of senseless murders of young women invades his beloved moor, he becomes intrigued...and a suspect.
Director: Marc Evans | Stars: Colin Firth, B.J. McLagan, Rachel Fielding, Emma Croft
Votes: 342
35.
PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode:
The Transient/Two Lost Old Men
(1996)
TV-14 | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A rabbi tries to exorcise a dybbuk, or demon in Jewish mythology, from a possessed Jewish woman. Three young ecologists locate a strange dead zone in the middle of a forest, that somehow causes rapid aging.
Director: Giles Walker | Stars: Paul Miller, Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Colin Fox
Votes: 34
36.
P.J. (1997–2009)
Episode:
Strip-tease
(2001)
52 min | Crime, Thriller
Agathe has to go to a parking where a woman has been attacked and violated.The woman,Mrs Morand, was crossing the parking to go directly to her work of cleaning lady.Alain and Chloé ... See full summary »
Director: Gérard Vergez | Stars: Bruno Wolkowitch, Charles Schneider, Marc Betton, Valérie Bagnou-Beido
37.
Who's the Boss? (1984–1992)
Episode:
New Kid in Town
(1987)
Not Rated | 24 min | Comedy, Romance
Samantha is crushed that she does not have a date for the school prom. Tony, meanwhile, meets Jesse in the supermarket and thinks that he is perfect for his daughter. Samantha, however, can't stand him.
Director: Asaad Kelada | Stars: Tony Danza, Judith Light, Alyssa Milano, Danny Pintauro
Votes: 83
38.
P.J. (1997–2009)
Episode:
Les bonnes intentions
(2007)
Crime, Thriller
Bernard and Rayann are in charge of the investigation of an aggression against a young woman, Stéphanie,they go to the office of an ecologist association and they are surprised to meet ... See full summary »
Director: Claire de la Rochefoucauld | Stars: Charles Schneider, Marc Betton, Valérie Bagnou-Beido, Raphaëlle Lubansu
39.
Natural World (1983– )
Episode:
Tasmania: Weird and Wonderful
(2019)
59 min | Documentary
David Attenborough's nature documentary about the wondrous Tasmania that also tries to debunk the ugly stereotypes about its most famous, notorious and, of recently, endangered inhabitant, the Tasmanian devil.
Director: Matt Hamilton | Stars: David Attenborough, Simon Plowright
Votes: 31
40.
Alan Alda in Scientific American Frontiers (1990– )
Episode:
Special from France
(1992)
TV-PG | Documentary
Focus on France: (Coral) Bones from the Ocean; Happy Hens - breeding contentment; Broader Horizons - sailing as physical therapy ; Art of Science - "Imagine"; Argos - GPS tracking system; Toxic Spill simulations
Star: Woodie Flowers
41.
A Matter of Life and Debt (2017– )
Episode:
Episode #3.3
(2019)
44 min | Documentary
In Newquay, Cornwall a green oasis has been built for the community thanks to crowdfunding. Erika has turned a life-changing diagnosis into a hugely successful business. William seeks a small loan to kit out his new home.
Star: Kevin Duala
42.
Alan Alda in Scientific American Frontiers (1990– )
Episode:
Episode #1.5
(1991)
TV-PG | Documentary
Tokyo finals of MIT's annual engineering challenge Tennis-ball robots, Bringing up Monkey nature vs nurture, Smithsonian model ecosystems basement biomes, reduced sleep schedules, pizza-bot.
Star: Woodie Flowers
43.
Antiques Road Trip (2010– )
Episode:
Episode #20.9
(2020)
44 min | Reality-TV
Izzie learns how to identify different wood, Charlie discovers an antique he hasn't seen before. Izzie discovers one of the world's first ecologists, Charlie hears a tale of industrial espionage, religious persecution and people smuggling.
Directors: Ben Hewish, Sam Miles | Stars: Tim Wonnacott, Izzie Balmer, Charlie Ross
44.
Meurtres à... (2013– )
Episode:
Murder in the Maures Mountains
(2019)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In the heart of the La Sainte Victoire massif, soldiers find a body riddled with arrows. Diane Giraud, in charge of the investigation, discovers that the arrows are reproductions of the arrows of a local hero, the Black Archer.
Director: Christian Guérinel | Stars: Laurent Ournac, Hélène Degy, Christian Rauth, Cédric Chevalme
Votes: 65
45.
Meurtres à... (2013– )
Episode:
Meurtres à Cayenne
(2020)
92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The discovery of the body of Bertrand Thiégo, a brilliant biologist, found with his throat slit in Cayenne, leads Captain Cassandra Molba and her lieutenant Antoine Lagarde to investigate a... See full summary »
Director: Marc Barrat | Stars: Philippe Caroit, Nadège Beausson-Diagne, Anne Caillon, Rani Bheemuck
Votes: 66
46.
Alien Worlds (2020)
Episode:
Atlas
(2020)
TV-PG | 41 min | Documentary, Animation, Sci-Fi
On exoplanet Atlas, dense gravity creates a thick atmosphere allowing airborne life forms to thrive--but also providing a lesson in adaptability.
Directors: Nigel Paterson, Daniel M. Smith | Stars: Sophie Okonedo, Vahe Alaverdian, Fiorenzo Graziano, Fernando Calderón Gutiérrez
Votes: 348
47.
Alien Worlds (2020)
Episode:
Eden
(2020)
TV-PG | 41 min | Documentary, Animation, Sci-Fi
Twin stars create an oxygen-rich atmosphere on Eden, where a teeming biosphere may parallel seasonal cycles of predation and reproduction on Earth.
Directors: Nigel Paterson, Daniel M. Smith, Ben Wilson | Stars: Sophie Okonedo, Natalie Batalha, Allison Camp, Mark Charran
Votes: 226
48.
Arnie (1970–1972)
Episode:
Trouble in the Air
(1970)
30 min | Comedy
A group of protesters focus on Arnie's company because it is notorious for polluting the air. When Arnie learns is wife Lillian is behind the demonstrations he fears for his job if his boss Hamilton finds out.
Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Herschel Bernardi, Sue Ane Langdon, Roger Bowen, Elaine Shore
49.
Beautiful Excursions (2006– )
Episode:
Suède, la force de la nature
(2021)
90 min | Documentary
Sweden, the strength of nature: Sweden: land of lakes, mountains and forests. The third largest country of the European Union, for many Sweden represents a harmony between man and nature. ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Yves Cauchard | Star: Sophie Jovillard
50.
Rosamunde Pilcher (1993– )
Episode:
Eine Frage der Ehre
(2013)
89 min | Drama, Romance
Returning from a dangerous Royal Navy mission on the Falklands, Lord Harry Pendoran's son, lieutenant Rupert Pendoran, takes pity on Diana, heiress of his family's arch-rival Gerald ... See full summary »
Director: Stefan Bartmann | Stars: Sina Tkotsch, Jens Atzorn, Sigmar Solbach, Heinrich Schafmeister
Votes: 43