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1. Food Fight (2008)
Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary
A fascinating look at how American agricultural policy and food culture developed in the 20th century, and how the California food movement rebelled against big agribusiness to launch the local organic food movement.
Director: Christopher Taylor | Stars: Michael Pollan, Alice Waters, Marion Nestle, Justin Kirk
Votes: 292
2. Chow Down (2010)
Not Rated | 73 min | Documentary
Root for Charles, John and Garnet as they try to buck the system of pills and procedures and outfox their heart disease and diabetes. When their doctors inform them they can't get better, ... See full summary »
Directors: Julia Grayer, Gage Johnston | Stars: Michele Simon, Hans Diehl, Caldwell Esselstyn Jr., Charles Venezia
Votes: 39
3. The Perfect Human Diet (2012)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, History
Journalist C.J.Hunt's global quest for a solution to the obesity epidemic and diet-related disease. It explores modern dietary science, previous historical findings, ancestral native diets and the emerging field of human dietary evolution.
Director: C.J. Hunt | Stars: C.J. Hunt, C.J. Hunt, Leslie Aiello, Susan Loraine Anderson
Votes: 751
4. Good Food (2008)
72 min | Documentary
A look at how local farmers and ranchers in the Pacific Northwestern part of the United States develop sustainable and organic agriculture.
Directors: Mark Dworkin, Melissa Young | Star: David Suzuki
Votes: 14
5. Sustainable Table: What's on Your Plate? (2006)
52 min | Documentary
Over nine months, Mischa Hedges and Digital Sense Productions traveled the west coast to learn more about our food system. During production, he found that the standard methods of producing... See full summary »
Director: Mischa Hedges | Stars: Ed Begley Jr., James Cromwell, Marc Grossman, Howard Lyman
Votes: 29
6. Mistura: The Power of Food (2011)
38 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Julia Patricia Perez | Stars: Gaston Acurio, Pedro Miguel Schiaffino, Grimanesa Vargas, Javier Wong
Votes: 38
7. My Father's Garden (1995)
Not Rated | 56 min | Documentary
My Father's Garden is an engrossing documentary about the use and misuse of technology on the American farm. The main story concerns Fred Kirschenmann, organic farmer and leader in the ... See full summary »
Director: Miranda Smith
Votes: 13
8. Planeat (2010)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary, Biography
The story of three men's life-long search for a diet which is good for our health, the environment and the future of our planet - showcasing some of the best food you have ever seen.
Directors: Shelley Lee Davies, Or Shlomi | Stars: T. Colin Campbell, Richard Doll, Gidon Eshel, Caldwell Esselstyn Jr.
Votes: 180
9. Vegucated (2011)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary, Comedy
Vegucated is a guerrilla-style documentary that follows three meat- and cheese-loving New Yorkers who agree to adopt a vegan diet for six weeks and learn what it's all about.
Director: Marisa Miller Wolfson | Stars: Marisa Miller Wolfson, Chloe Davis, Cody Tarlow, Molly Wadzeck
Votes: 3,043
10. Earthlings (2005)
95 min | Documentary
Using hidden cameras and never-before-seen footage, Earthlings chronicles the day-to-day practices of the largest industries in the world, all of which rely entirely on animals for profit.
Director: Shaun Monson | Star: Joaquin Phoenix
Votes: 19,807
11. Sweet Remedy: The World Reacts to an Adulterated Food Supply (2006)
134 min | Documentary
Sweet Remedy: The World Reacts to an Adulterated Food Supply: While aspartame was the single focus in "Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World", its sequel, "Sweet Remedy" demonstrates that a ... See full summary »
Directors: Cori Brackett, J.T. Waldron
Votes: 34
12. Bad Seed: The Truth About Our Food (2006 Video)
58 min | Documentary
This bold and convincing documentary grabs you in the guts and doesn't let go. When Adam Curry and Timo Nadudvari first learned about the hidden consequences of the genetic engineering of ... See full summary »
Director: Timothy Loncarich | Stars: Fritjof Capra, Paul Hawken, Vandana Shiva
Votes: 59
13. Le monde selon Monsanto (2008 TV Movie)
108 min | Documentary
You do not have to believe that God exists, but you will after this movie know that the devil poster! Monsanto is the largest global company that produces agricultural products: pesticides,... See full summary »
Director: Marie-Monique Robin | Stars: David Baker, Ken Cook, David Carpenter, Robert Bellé
Votes: 1,847
14. Food, Inc. (2008)
PG | 94 min | Documentary, News
An unflattering look inside America's corporate controlled food industry.
Director: Robert Kenner | Stars: Michael Pollan, Eric Schlosser, Richard Lobb, Vince Edwards
Votes: 52,226 | Gross: $4.42M
15. The Future of Food (2004)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary
THE FUTURE OF FOOD offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled grocery store shelves for the past decade.
Director: Deborah Koons Garcia | Stars: Charles Benbrook, Grace Booth, George W. Bush, Ignacio Chapela
Votes: 1,434 | Gross: $0.08M
16. Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead (2010)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary
Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead is an American documentary that chronicles Australian Joe Cross's 60-day journey across the United States, where he embarks on a juice-only fast in a quest to reclaim his health.
Directors: Joe Cross, Kurt Engfehr | Stars: Joe Cross, Amy Badberg, Merv Cross, Virginia Cross
Votes: 8,919
17. Food Matters (2008)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
Food Matters examines how the food we eat can help or hurt our health. Nutritionists, naturopaths, doctors, and journalists weigh in on such topics as organic food, food safety, raw foodism, and nutritional therapy.
Directors: James Colquhoun, Carlo Ledesma | Stars: Vicky Blewitt, Ian Brighthope, Jerome Burne, Phillip Day
Votes: 4,812
18. Got the Facts on Milk? (2008)
PG | 88 min | Documentary
Exploring myths, facts and everything in between, this film provides a humorous yet shocking account that prompts reflection on our everyday foods. It challenges common beliefs about the purported health benefits of milk and milk products.
Director: Shira Lane | Stars: T.C. Campbell, James LeQuang, Jennifer Ricciardi, Antonin Oulicky
Votes: 260
19. The Meaning of Food (2004– )
Documentary
The Meaning of Food is a three part series that explores food cultures, identities and histories in America. Stories include following Julie Dash to her South Carolina roots, making booya ... See full summary »
Stars: Julie Dash, Vertamae Grosvenor, Nikky Finney
Votes: 14
20. Our Daily Bread (2005)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary
OUR DAILY BREAD is a wide-screen tableau of a feast which isn't always easy to digest - and in which we all take part. A pure, meticulous and high-end film experience that enables the audience to form their own ideas.
Director: Nikolaus Geyrhalter | Stars: Claus Hansen Petz, Arkadiusz Rydellek, Barbara Hinz, Renata Wypchlo
Votes: 2,690
21. Super Size Me (2004)
PG-13 | 100 min | Documentary
While examining the influence of the fast food industry, Morgan Spurlock personally explores the consequences on his health of a diet of solely McDonald's food for one month.
Director: Morgan Spurlock | Stars: Morgan Spurlock, Daryl Isaacs, Chemeeka Walker, Dania Abu-Rmaileh
Votes: 113,294 | Gross: $11.53M
22. We Feed the World (2005)
Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary
A look at how the world's food is produced and how mass production changes the environment and the lives of people.
Director: Erwin Wagenhofer | Stars: Jean Ziegler, Peter Brabeck, Karl Otrok
Votes: 2,478
23. Fat Head (2009)
Not Rated | 104 min | Documentary
A comedian replies to the "Super Size Me" crowd by losing weight on a fast-food diet while demonstrating that almost everything you think you know about the obesity "epidemic" and healthy eating is wrong.
Director: Tom Naughton | Stars: Peter Paddon, Tom Naughton, Chareva Naughton, Sally Fallon Morell
Votes: 2,070
24. inGREEDients (2009)
76 min | Documentary
In the documentary 'inGREEDients', registered nurse and filmmaker David Burton, discovers an alarming connection between diet and illness while investigating trans fats and hydrogenated ... See full summary »
Director: David Burton | Stars: Christopher Ashey, Jennifer Bellino, David Burton, Marlana Carroll
Votes: 29
25. Forks Over Knives (2011)
PG | 90 min | Documentary
Examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods.
Director: Lee Fulkerson | Stars: Lee Fulkerson, Matthew Lederman, Alona Pulde, T. Colin Campbell
Votes: 12,697
26. Processed People (2009)
40 min | Documentary, Short
When they're not busy picking our pockets, or telling us we have to give up liberties to have freedom, they're selling us garbage and calling it food. The manufactured food business is ... See full summary »
Director: Jeff Nelson | Stars: Caldwell Esselstyn Jr., Joel Fuhrman, Jay Gordon, Jeffrey Masson
Votes: 55
27. Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World (2004 Video)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
Narrator Cori Brackett had a strange cause-and-effect experience with the diet cokes she was drinking and quickly found herself disabled and diagnosed with MS. Slowly able to walk and speak... See full summary »
Directors: Cori Brackett, J.T. Waldron | Star: Cori Brackett
Votes: 248
28. The Real Dirt on Farmer John (2005)
Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary
The epic tale of a maverick Midwestern farmer. Castigated as a pariah in his community, Farmer John bravely transforms his farm amidst a failing economy, vicious rumors, and arson. He ... See full summary »
Director: Taggart Siegel | Stars: John Peterson, Anna Nielsen, John Edwards, Lester Peterson
Votes: 647 | Gross: $0.01M
29. Raising Resistance (2011)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary
Paraguay's lush soy farms are battlegrounds between huge agri-business and small farmers. The GMO beans fatten up cattle in rich countries so steaks remain cheap. But the pesticides used ... See full summary »
Directors: David Bernet, Bettina Borgfeld | Stars: Geronimo Arevalos, Nelson Arevalos, Silvia Arevalos, Roger N. Beachy
Votes: 41
30. Killer at Large (2008)
TV-PG | 87 min | Documentary
An overview of the politics, social effects and problems associated with the rising epidemic of American obesity.
Director: Steven Greenstreet | Stars: Richard Atkinson, Denise Austin, Brooke Bates, Richard Berman
Votes: 495
31. Tapped (I) (2009)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary
Examines the role of the bottled water industry and its effects on our health, climate change, pollution, and our reliance on oil.
Directors: Stephanie Soechtig, Jason Lindsey | Stars: Sally Bethea, Earl Blumenauer, Amanda Brown, Eugene Brown
Votes: 1,338
32. King Corn (2007)
Unrated | 88 min | Documentary
King Corn is a feature documentary about two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation. In King Corn, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, best friends from ... See full summary »
Director: Aaron Woolf | Stars: Bob Bledsoe, Earl L. Butz, Dawn Cheney, Ian Cheney
Votes: 2,089 | Gross: $0.08M
33. Pig Business (2009)
76 min | Documentary
An investigative documentary into the corporate takeover of pig farming and the devastating impacts this is having on our environment, local communities, small farmers, human health and animal welfare.
Director: Tracy-Louise Ward | Stars: Tracy-Louise Ward, David Cameron, Rick Dove, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Votes: 42
34. Säilöttyjä unelmia (2012)
75 min | Documentary, Drama
Canned Dreams is a film about workers and their dreams on the journey of a canned food product.
Director: Katja Gauriloff | Stars: Lise Biskup, Neuci de Souza, Florentina Dumitru, Sebastian Laustsen
Votes: 399
35. Fresh (I) (2009)
Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary, News
There are still efficient ways to produce healthy fresh organic food in a time where most food is being mass produced by corporations in less than hygienic ways. Country farmers and urban farmers explain.
Director: Ana Sofia Joanes | Stars: Diana Endicott, John Ikerd, Andrew Kimbrell, George Naylor
Votes: 286
36. Food Stamped (2010)
TV-G | 60 min | Documentary, News
Food Stamped is an informative and humorous documentary film following a couple as they attempt to eat a healthy, well-balanced diet on a food stamp budget.
Directors: Shira Potash, Yoav Potash | Stars: Healthy Emmie, Shira Potash, Yoav Potash
Votes: 151
37. All Jacked Up (2008)
110 min | Documentary
All Jacked Up peers into the real lives of four typical teenagers as they are urged to face up to the ongoing manipulation of their generation by big food manufacturers as their parents, schools, and government stand idly by.
Director: Jennifer Mattox | Stars: Mike Adams, Lorri Bauston, Stacey Bell, Phyllis Books
Votes: 48
38. The Price of Sugar (2007)
Unrated | 90 min | Documentary
On the Caribbean island of the Dominican Republic, tourists flock to pristine beaches, with little knowledge that a few miles away thousands of dispossessed Haitians are under armed guard ... See full summary »
Director: Bill Haney | Stars: Paul Newman, Christopher Hartley
Votes: 206
39. Ingredients (2009)
Not Rated | 73 min | Documentary
Inspiring and rich, Ingredients unearths the roots of the local food movement and digs into the stories of the world-class chefs, sustainability-minded farmers and impassioned activists transforming our broken food system.
Director: Robert Bates | Stars: Anthony Boutard, Jean-Paul Courtens, Eddie Eagle, John Eveland
Votes: 177
40. What's on Your Plate? (2009)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary
WHAT'S ON YOUR PLATE is a witty and provocative documentary about kids and food politics. Filmed over the course of one year, the film follows two eleven-year-old African-American city kids... See full summary »
Director: Catherine Gund | Stars: Sadie Hope-Gund, Safiyah Kai Riddle, Ana Angel, Matt Carpenter
Votes: 36
41. Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution (2008)
TV-G | 112 min | Documentary
For the first time ever, our children are growing up less healthy than we are. As the rate of cancer, infertility and other illnesses linked to environmental factors climbs upward each year, we must ask ourselves: why is this happening?
Director: Jean-Paul Jaud | Star: Perico Légasse
Votes: 157 | Gross: $0.00M
42. Fed Up! (2002 Video)
Not Rated | 58 min | Documentary
About 70% of the food we eat contains genetically engineered ingredients and the biotech industry is spending million a year to convince us that this technology is our only hope. Using ... See full summary »
Director: Angelo Sacerdote | Stars: Britt Bailey, Dominique Baron, Brent Blackwelder, Beth Burroughs
Votes: 131
43. Farmageddon (2011)
Unrated | 86 min | Documentary, News
Farmageddon is the story of a mom whose son healed from all allergies and asthma after consuming raw milk, and real food from farms. It depicts people all over the country who formed food ... See full summary »
Director: Kristin Canty | Stars: Linda Faillace, Adam Helfer, Mark McAfee, Joel Salatin
Votes: 583 | Gross: $0.06M
44. Planet Earth (2006)
TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary, Family
A documentary series on the wildlife found on Earth. Each episode covers a different habitat: deserts, mountains, deep oceans, shallow seas, forests, caves, polar regions, fresh water, plains and jungles. Narrated by David Attenborough.
Stars: Sigourney Weaver, David Attenborough, Nikolay Drozdov, Thomas Anguti Johnston
Votes: 220,327
45.
The Century of the Self (2002)
Episode:
Happiness Machines
(2002)
59 min | Documentary
The first episode of the series introduces us to Edward Bernuys, Sigmund Freud's American nephew, and his groundbreaking ideas on population control.
Director: Adam Curtis | Stars: Adam Curtis, Sigmund Freud, Edward Bernays, Alfred Pritz
Votes: 271
46. Bukowski: Born into This (2003)
R | 130 min | Documentary, Biography
Documentary on Charles Bukowski, author of 'Notes of a Dirty Old Man', 'Love Is a Dog from Hell', and the autobiographical novels, 'Women', 'Hollywood', and 'Post Office'.
Director: John Dullaghan | Stars: Charles Bukowski, Bono, John Bryan, Linda Lee Bukowski
Votes: 3,644 | Gross: $0.30M
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