Vegan documentaries can be so powerful and inspiring as visual tools of education, and most importantly as food for thought!

Though most of these documentaries are related to vegan themes, a very few may present you with general topics (especially health documentaries) which may still be beneficial in broadening your understanding.

We encourage you to watch these documentaries with an open mind and see how they can help you lead a life which is compassionate, healthy, and environmentally-friendly!

Animal Rights Documentaries

1) Earthlings (2005)

Synopsis: with rare footage (using hidden cameras), Earthlings shows the practices of animal cruelty in the largest animal farming industries, which solely rely on animals for profit.

Trailer

Running length: 1h 35 min

Google rating: 92%

IMDB rating: 8.7

Where to watch Official website (free) Amazon DVD (special extended DVD)



2) Speciesism: The Movie (2013)

Synopsis: A young man’s journey of investigating the hidden truth of “factory farming” and soon discovers a growing political and intellectual movement that believes there is no justification for speciesism

Trailer

Running length: 1h 34min

Google rating: 94%

IMDB rating: 8.3

Where to watch Official website Amazon prime (quality HD) Amazon DVD



3) Blackfish (2013)

Synopsis: the devastating consequences of keeping intelligent and sentient killer whales in captivity

Trailer

Running length: 1h 23min

Google rating: 88%

IMDB rating: 8.1

Where to watch Official website Amazon prime Amazon Blu-ray/DVD



4) The Ghosts In Our Machine (2013)

Synopsis: from undercover investigations to joyful rescue missions the documentary shows the lives of individual animals living within and rescued from the machine of our modern world

Trailer

Running length: 1h 33min

IMDB rating: 8.3

Where to watch Official website Amazon prime (HD)



5) Dominion (2018)

Synopsis: with drones, hidden and handheld cameras, Dominion exposes the modern animal agriculture & animal exploitation, questioning the morality of mankind’s dominance over animals

Trailer

Running length: 2h

Google rating: 97%

IMDB rating: 9.4

Where to watch Official website (free)



6) Lucent (2014)

Synopsis: the cruel side of Australia’s pig farming industry, accepted as standard practice.

Trailer

Running length: 1h 47 min

IMDB rating: 8.5

Where to watch Official website (free)



7) Farm To Fridge (2011)

Synopsis: the harsh reality faced by farmed animals and the unseen journey they make from Farm to Fridge

Running length: 12 min

IMDB rating: 8.8

Where to watch Official website (free)



8) Meet Your Meat (2002)

Synopsis: actor and activist Alec Baldwin exposes the truth behind humanity’s cruelest invention – the factory farm

Running length: 12 min

IMDB rating: 8.0

Where to watch Official website (free) Amazon DVD



9) The Animals Film (1981)

Synopsis: a comprehensive examination of the exploitation of animals in modern society

Trailer

Running length: 2h 16 min

IMDB rating: 8.2

Where to watch Official website



10) Facing Animals (2012)

Synopsis: questions our strange behavior towards animals: why do we look away from millions of farm animals while pampering others?

Trailer

Running length: 30 min

IMDB rating: 8.3

Where to watch Official website



11) Land of Hope and Glory (2017)

Synopsis: the truth behind UK’s standard animal farming practices featuring over 100 UK facilities

Trailer

Running length: 48 min

IMDB rating: 9.2

Where to watch Official website (free)



12) A Fall From Freedom (2011)

Synopsis: a comprehensive film on the sordid history of the captive whale and dolphin entertainment business (premature deaths, trainer injuries, illegal practices, educational misrepresentation, government incompetence, and secret deals)

Trailer

Running length: 1h 22 min

IMDB rating: 8.2

Where to watch Amazon prime Amazon DVD



13) The Cove (2009)

Synopsis: the most cruel acts against wild dolphins in the world in Taiji, Japan

Trailer

Running length: 1h 32 min

Google rating: 85%

IMDB rating: 8.5

Where to watch Official website Amazon prime (HD) Amazon DVD



14) Shadow Trade (2016)

Synopsis: Thailand’s dog meat trade

Trailer

Running length: 50 min

IMDB rating: 8.7

Where to watch Facebook page Amazon prime (HD)



15) Death on a Factory Farm (2009)

Synopsis: the undercover investigation of Wiles Hog Farm and the court case against it

Running length: 1h 23 min

IMDB rating: 7.6

Where to watch Official website Amazon prime (HD) Amazon DVD



Health & Food Industry Related Documentaries

16) Forks Over Knives (2011)

Synopsis: impact of animal-based and processed foods

Trailer

Running length: 1h 30 min

Google rating: 92%

IMDB rating: 7.8

Where to watch Official website Amazon prime (HD) Amazon DVD/Blu-ray



17) What The Health (2017)

Synopsis: what highly processed industrial animal foods can do to our health and why those industries, government, big pharma and health organizations seem to have a hidden agenda

Trailer

Running length: 1h 37 min

Google rating: 87%

IMDB rating: 7.8

Where to watch Official website Amazon prime (HD) Amazon DVD



18) Plantpure Nation (2015)

Synopsis: story of three people on a quest to spread the message of the healthiest diet for mankind

Trailer

Running length: 1h 35 min

Google rating: 98%

IMDB rating: 7.6

Where to watch Official website (free) Amazon prime (HD) Amazon DVD



19) Food Choices (2016)

Synopsis: the impact of food choices on health, planet and other species

Trailer

Running length: 1h 31 min

Google rating: 92%

IMDB rating: 7.4

Where to watch Official website Amazon prime (HD) Amazon DVD/Blu-ray



20) Planeat (2010)

Synopsis: three men’s lifelong search for a diet good for health, environment and the future of our planet

Trailer

Running length: 1h 27 min

Google rating: 94%

IMDB rating: 7.4

Where to watch Vimeo Amazon prime



21) Crazy Sexy Cancer (2007)

Synopsis: an inspirational story of a young woman looking for a cure and finding her life after she was diagnosed with cancer

Trailer

Running length: 1h 29 min

Google rating: 73%

IMDB rating: 7.6

Where to watch Official website Amazon DVD



22) Swine (2016)

Synopsis: a superbug infecting the UK pig population prompts Guard-Media journalist Jack Tomlins to go undercover in a pig farm in search of truth

Running length: 16 min

IMDB rating: 8.3

Where to watch Official website



23) Food Matters (2008)

Synopsis: a discussion on our current state of health echoing the message “we are what we eat”

Trailer

Running length: 1h 20 min

Google rating: 93%

IMDB rating: 7.7

Where to watch Official website Amazon prime



24) Hungry For Change (2012)

Synopsis: exposes shocking secrets & deceptive strategies the diet, weight loss and food industries don’t want you to know

Trailer

Running length: 1h 29 min

Google rating: 92%

IMDB rating: 7.5

Where to watch Official website Amazon prime Amazon DVD



25) Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead (2010)

Synopsis: an inspiring film about Joe who is obese with an autoimmune disease is on a personal mission to regain his health with fresh fruit & vegetable juice

Trailer

Running length: 1h 37 min

Google rating: 93%

IMDB rating: 7.6

Where to watch Official website (free) Amazon prime (HD) Amazon DVD



26) Super Size Me (2004)

Synopsis: Morgan Spurlock studies the influence of fast food industries, and attempts to explore the consequences of a McDonald’s diet on his health for one month.

Trailer

Running length: 1h 40 min

Google rating: 83%

IMDB rating: 7.2

Where to watch Amazon prime (HD) Amazon DVD



27) Eating You Alive (2018)

Synopsis: How the food we consume could be the cause of diseases, and how changing our diet can save our lives.

Trailer

Running length: 1h 48 min

Google rating: 95%

IMDB rating: 8.6

Where to watch Official website Amazon DVD/Blu-ray



28) Fillet Oh Fish

Synopsis: An investigation about the source of fish used as filet for many famous and so-called healthy dishes trying to answer the questions such as, where do fish come from? How are they fed? In which waters they live?

Trailer

Running length: 54 min

Where to watch YouTube



29) Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes In 30 Days (2009)

Synopsis: a few diabetes patients try to overcome the disease with a raw vegetable diet

Trailer

Running length: 1h 29 min

Google rating: 96%

IMDB rating: 7.7

Where to watch YouTube



30) Food Inc (2008)

Synopsis: the cheap means of food production since the drastic growth of fast food industry and the resultant plight due to greater control of food supply by a few multinationals

Trailer

Running length: 1h 34 min

Google rating: 88%

IMDB rating: 7.8

Where to watch Official website Amazon prime (HD)



Documentaries for Environment & Species Extinction

31) Cowspiracy (2014)

Synopsis: a journey of an aspiring environmentalist, seeking solutions to critical environmental issues and sustainability.

Trailer

Running length: 1h 30 min

Google rating: 95%

IMDB rating: 8.3

Where to watch Official website Amazon DVD



32) More Than Honey (2012)

Synopsis: a study of honeybee colonies in California, Switzerland, China and Australia and trying to understand why bees are facing extinction

Trailer

Running length: 1h 35 min

Google rating: 89%

IMDB rating: 7.6

Where to watch Official website Amazon prime (HD) Amazon DVD/Blu-ray



33) Racing Extinction (2015)

Synopsis: as scientists believe we have entered the sixth major extinction in Earth’s history, the documentary follows undercover activists trying to prevent a man-made mass extinction

Trailer

Running length: 1h 30 min

Google rating: 97%

IMDB rating: 8.2

Where to watch Official website Amazon prime (HD) Amazon DVD/Blu-ray



34) Sharkwater (2006)

Synopsis: The importance of sharks’ to the ecosystems & balance of life and humankind’s mass destruction of shark species worldwide

Trailer

Running length: 1h 29 min

Google rating: 95%

IMDB rating: 8.0

Where to watch Official website Amazon DVD/Blu-ray



35) Virunga (2014)

Synopsis: a team of brave individuals risk their lives to protect the last mountain gorillas of the UNESCO world heritage, Virunga National Park from armed militia, poachers and other dark forces

Trailer

Running length: 1h 40 min

Google rating: 93%

IMDB rating: 8.2

Where to watch Official website



36) Before The Flood (2016)

Synopsis: how climate change affects our environment and what we can do to prevent the demise of everything we cherish today

Trailer

Running length: 1h 36 min

Google rating: 95%

IMDB rating: 8.3

Where to watch Official website Amazon prime (HD) Amazon DVD



37) The Ivory Game (2016)

Synopsis: exposes ivory trafficking and the deep-rooted corruption while wildlife activists combating poachers making an effort to end the illegal ivory trade

Trailer

Running length: 1h 52 min

Google rating: 93%

IMDB rating: 7.9

Where to watch Official website



38) H.O.P.E What You Eat Matters (2016)

Synopsis: the effects of Western diet on our health, the environment and animals

Trailer

Running length: 1h 40 min

IMDB rating: 7.8

Where to watch Official website (free)



39) Meat The Truth (2007)

Synopsis: about the intensive livestock production and how it generates more greenhouse gas emissions than cars, lorries, trains, boats and planes added together

Trailer

Running length: 1h 14 min

IMDB rating: 7.9

Where to watch YouTube



Vegan Documentaries for Athletes & Bodybuilders

40) The Game Changers (2018)

Synopsis: a quest for the truth behind a dangerous myth that meat is necessary for protein and it introduces the world to elite athletes, being on a mission to make a shift in the way we eat and live.

Trailer

Running length: 1h 28 min

Google rating: 96%

IMDB rating: 8.6

Where to watch Official website (not released as of 30 Oct 2018)



41) From The Ground Up (2017)

Synopsis: a former meat-eating college football player goes on a journey to rediscover the athlete within, but this time, as a vegan

Trailer

Running length: 1h 35 min

IMDB rating: 9.3

Where to watch Official website Amazon prime (HD)



Inspirational Vegan Documentaries

42) Called To Rescue (2016)

Synopsis: a glimpse into 15 farm animal sanctuaries throughout the US and how the rescued animals are changing lives, lifestyles, and beliefs due to the connection

Trailer

Running length: 1h 5 min

IMDB rating: 9.4

Where to watch Official website (free) Amazon prime (HD)



43) Vegucated (2011)

Synopsis: follows three meat and cheese-loving New Yorkers who adopt a vegan diet for six weeks

Trailer

Running length: 1h 16 min

Google rating: 92%

IMDB rating: 7.2

Where to watch Official website Amazon prime Amazon DVD



44) Live and Let Live (2013)

Synopsis: the stories of six individuals who ditched animal products for various reasons and show the impact of that decision on their lives.

Trailer

Running length: 1h 20 min

Google rating: 87%

IMDB rating: 7.6

Where to watch streamingmoviesright.com



45) Vegan: Everyday Stories

Synopsis: the lives of four remarkably different people who are vegans (an ultramarathon runner who has overcome addiction, a cattle rancher’s wife converting the ranch into an animal sanctuary, a food truck owner cooking up plant-based food, an 8-year-old girl who convinces her family of six to go vegan)

Trailer

Running length: 1h 31 min

IMDB rating: 8.2

Where to watch Official website (free) Amazon prime (HD)



46) Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home (2009)

Synopsis: a touching film that shows how farm animals are being treated, the bond and the struggle of conscience farmers have with their animals with the ultimate outcome, and how some of the farmers have turned their farms into sanctuaries.

Trailer

Running length: 1h 18 min

IMDB rating: 8.7

Where to watch Official website (free) Amazon DVD



47) Unity (2015)

Synopsis: voiced by a cast of 100 celebrity narrators, the film questions the inability of the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, in preventing mankind from continuous annihilation (killing one another, wiping out animals, and destruction of nature) despite our existence for thousands of years

Trailer

Running length: 1h 39 min

Google rating: 94%

IMDB rating: 7.5

Where to watch Official website Amazon prime (HD)



48) The Witness: Tribe Of Heart (2000)

Synopsis: touched by the love of a kitten, a tough New York City construction contractor embarks on a mission to rescue abandoned animals, and take his message of compassion to the streets

Trailer

Running length: 43 min

IMDB rating: 8.5

Where to watch Official website (free) Amazon DVD



49) May I Be Frank (2010)

Synopsis: the 54-year-old Frank who weighs 290 lbs, with a lifetime of drug & alcohol abuse and being on multiple medications is helped by a trio from a vegan restaurant to take on his weight, health, relationships and loving himself in just 42 days

Trailer

Running length: 1h 30 min

Google rating: 96%

IMDB rating: 7.1

Where to watch Official website Amazon DVD



50) Vegan 2017