Earth Day 2011: The Best Green Movies And Shows To Watch (VIDEO)

Ready to curl up on the couch and watch a movie when you're done embracing the outdoors on Earth Day?

Earth Day Network has compiled a list of recommended eco-minded films, documentaries and television series that will fit nicely with any other Earth Day plans.

Social media has the ability to educate and inspire. The listed projects range from Oscar nominees to little-known gems. Kathleen Rogers, President of Earth Day Network, says, "We hope these excellent projects inspire discussions at the dinner table, in the classrooms and in City Hall and prove to be catalysts for both thought and action."

Check out one of these films today (and watch the others later)!

Videos/text courtesy of EDN:

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MIA AND THE MIGOO

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(Winner, Best Animated Feature - European Film Awards) Featuring the voices of John DiMaggio, Whoopi Goldberg, Matthew Modine, Wallace Shawn, and James Woods. This stunning new animated adventure pits plucky, wild-haired young Mia against profit hungry developers with the future of life on Earth in the balance. One night, Mia has a premonition and sets out on a journey through mountains and jungles to find her father who has been trapped in a disaster-plagued construction site on a remote tropical lake. In the middle of the lake stands the ancient Tree of Life, watched over by bumbling forest spirits called Migoo. It is the Migoo who have been disrupting construction to protect this sacred site - and together with Mia they join in a fight to save the Tree and find Mia's father. Created from an astonishing 500,000 hand-painted frames of animation, the film is a work of art, breathtaking to behold. *To be released in theaters nationally on 4/22 **ALL theatrical proceeds from opening weekend support Earth Day Network's Canopy Project, which is part of the Billion Acts of Green Campaign.

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(Winner, Best Animated Feature - European Film Awards)

Featuring the voices of John DiMaggio, Whoopi Goldberg, Matthew Modine, Wallace Shawn, and James Woods. This stunning new animated adventure pits plucky, wild-haired young Mia against profit hungry developers with the future of life on Earth in the balance. One night, Mia has a premonition and sets out on a journey through mountains and jungles to find her father who has been trapped in a disaster-plagued construction site on a remote tropical lake. In the middle of the lake stands the ancient Tree of Life, watched over by bumbling forest spirits called Migoo. It is the Migoo who have been disrupting construction to protect this sacred site - and together with Mia they join in a fight to save the Tree and find Mia's father. Created from an astonishing 500,000 hand-painted frames of animation, the film is a work of art, breathtaking to behold.

*To be released in theaters nationally on 4/22
**ALL theatrical proceeds from opening weekend support Earth Day Network's Canopy Project, which is part of the Billion Acts of Green Campaign.

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[joe5591]

03:51 PM on 04/26/2011

It's too bad that the people who really need to see these films are sitting alone in almost empty theaters watching Atlas Shrugged for the fifth time and trying to tell themselves that it is a good film.

[sabelmouse]

12:54 PM on 04/24/2011

tapped is good. the site has lots of shorts

http://www.tappedthemovie.com/

also the best water documentary i've seen so far

http://www.tagtele.com/videos/voir/37552

[telechef]

10:53 PM on 04/22/2011

I would have to vote for my all-time favorite, Dr. Seuss' "The Lorax".

[seajewel]

08:05 PM on 04/22/2011

I think it's wonderful that these people are trying to inform us about bottle water, but what I don't understand is why you never hear specifics. They weave a little about this and a little bit about that and then throw the entire bottled water industry under the bus and say little if nothing about all the other flavored water beverages in the same plastic bottles. Some are filtered tap, some are spring and some are in glass. It's really starting to sound and feel like I'm being sold something. Can't they be upfront about all the facts? I can't help but wonder why.

I choose to drink bottled water much of the time, only after doing my research comparing water assays from my municipality with the various available bottled waters and quality water filters. I have lived in several places across the country and find that not all bottled waters are bad, many are clearly better than tap when you do your research and even taste much better when you make tea; almost necessary for the truer taste. I'm not so sure it's a good thing to make people feel guilty about buying water if subconsciously it will only make them believe that what they really wanted was a soda which is tap water, in the same plastic only with added sugar. Can anyone please tell me why all the focus is on bottled water and not all flavored waters in a plastic bottle?

[sabelmouse]

12:55 PM on 04/24/2011

maybe because bottled water is so perverse.

[Kikabi]

06:42 PM on 04/22/2011

C.H.U.D.! I had it on this afternoon but didn't connect it to Earth Day until it was nearly over. At it's heart, it's a morality tale against pollution and industrial waste. Plus, it's good, cheesy, albiet gory, fun.

[Marcia Flach]

05:12 PM on 04/22/2011

If a Tree Falls: A Story of The Earth Liberation Front: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1787725/

[CivilDebate10]

04:15 PM on 04/22/2011

Movies use lots of electricity to create. Most people drive to movie theaters. Toxic chemicals are used in the film. Movie theaters take lots of energy to heat cool and light. Shame on all you environmentalists for going to a movie - especially on Earth Day. How can you sleep at night?

[alahnar]

12:17 PM on 04/23/2011

You have NO concept of environmentalism, do you?

[whysaduck]

05:54 PM on 04/24/2011

Unplug your computer.

[Sir Guy Grand]

03:52 PM on 04/22/2011

I'd vote for "Silent Running" (1972) with Bruce Dern.

[ttaz4dqm]

05:51 PM on 04/22/2011

Beat me to it! :)

[Gabriele Vaitkeviciute]

01:21 PM on 04/22/2011

What about EARTHLINGS. If we just stop using animals for food, leather, fur we already have much cleaner planet.

[seajewel]

07:42 PM on 04/22/2011

Thank you, that should be first on the list and everything else will follow. Simple.

[sabelmouse]

12:58 PM on 04/24/2011

really? where does your food and clothing come from ?

[beaker55]

12:36 PM on 04/22/2011

... or, you might want to read this: http://www.thegardenforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=23439