Best Vegan Movies
Nowadays, people don’t watch movies or series like they used to because they think they are no longer interesting to watch.
Thus, people don’t even consider watching documentaries because they might get more boring than movies.
Especially if the genre of the movie or the documentary isn’t something fun.
Like subjects that are thought-provoking and realistic.
As you know, on this website we usually write articles because we rather send our message through words but this time, I decided to do something new.
As a matter of fact, this time our target audience here is actually the people who don’t like to read so they are more likely to watch something.
So, if you are into veganism or you like to know about veganism and you don’t want to read articles and things of that nature, you can watch a documentary instead!
I decided to put up a list of 70 movies and documentaries related to veganism and animal rights for you to dive deep in.
If you are a vegan, you may have been judged by many people, but the movies that we have here will help you to learn more.
This large list consists of movies and documentaries that are directly and indirectly related to veganism and plant-based diets in a certain way.
In this article you will read:
1. Food Choices
Many people think that their food choices won’t affect their health and their life.
If you are one of those people you have to watch this documentary so your perspective will change.
| Introduction | This documentary is all about the impact that food choices have on people’s health, the planet, and the lives of other living species. |
| Cast | Pam Popper, T. Colin (Campbell Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry), Joe Cross (Wellness Advocate), Ashlee Piper (Eco-Lifestyle Expert), John McDougall (Physician, Nutrition Expert), Rich Roll (Plant-Based Ultra Endurance Athlete), Hillary Biscay (Ultraman Triathlon World Champion), Karyn Calabrese (Chef, Author, Wellness Advocate), Toni Bark (Pediatrician, Integrative Medicine Practitioner), Julie Marie Christensen (Protective Diet Lifestyle), Sam Lespinasse (Family Practice Doctor), Maria Lezniak (Board Certified Acupuncturist), D. Anthony Evans (Cancer Survivor, Healthy Lifestyle Enthusiast) |
| Director | Michal Siewierski |
| IMDB rating | 7.3 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 31 minutes |
| Released in | 2019 |
| Official site | foodchoicesmovie.com |
2. The Game Changers
After watching this documentary, you will understand why protein isn’t everything.
| Introduction | The movie is about a UFC fighter’s nutrition and food choices when he finds out that all this time protein was a scam |
| Cast | Jackie Chan, Lewis Hamilton, Novak Djokovic, Chris Paul, Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Wilks |
| Director | Louie Psihoyos |
| IMDB rating | 7.8 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 26 minutes |
| Released in | 2019 |
| Official site | gamechangersmovie.com |
3. Super Size Me
This documentary will change your eye view of the fast-food industry.
| Introduction | In this documentary, Morgan Spurlock himself decides to study the influence of the fast-food industry, and he explores the consequences on his health of only eating McDonald’s. |
| Cast | Morgan Spurlock |
| Director | Morgan Spurlock |
| IMDB rating | 7.2 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 40 minutes |
| Released in | 2004 |
4. Super Size Me 2
| Introduction | Morgan Spurlock reignites his battle with the food industry. |
| Cast | Morgan Spurlock |
| Director | Morgan Spurlock |
| IMDB rating | 7.1 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 33 minutes |
| Released in | 2017 |
5. What The Health
Do you want to know about some of the most undercover actions?
If so, you have to watch this documentary.
| Introduction | This documentary is made by a filmmaker who was on a journey of discovering the most important health secret like the collusion between industry, government, pharmaceutical, and health organizations keeping this information from us. |
| Cast | Kip Andersen |
| Director | Kip Andersen |
| IMDB rating | 7.2 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 37 minutes |
| Released in | 2017 |
6. Vegucated
Are you down to see 3 meat eaters and dairy lovers adopt a vegan diet for 6 weeks?
| Introduction | This documentary is about three meat-loving and cheese-loving New Yorkers who agree to adopt a vegan diet for six weeks and learn what veganism is all about. |
| Cast | Marisa Miller Wolfson, Chloe Davis, Cody Tarlow, Molly Wadzeck |
| Director | Marisa Miller Wolfson |
| IMDB rating | 7.1 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 16 minutes |
| Released in | 2011 |
| Official site | getvegucated.com |
7. Forks Over Knives
By watching this documentary, you will learn how to reverse most of the diseases even the degenerative ones.
And all you have to do is summarized in two words “avoid meat”.
| Introduction | this documentary examines the claim that most of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or reversed, by just avoiding animal-based and processed foods. |
| Cast | Lee Fulkerson |
| Director | Lee Fulkerson |
| IMDB rating | 7.7 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 30 minutes |
| Released in | 2013 |
| Official site | forksoverknives.com |
8. Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret
Let’s watch a documentary that is about solving the environmental issues with humor.
| Introduction | A humorous environmentalist tries to solve the most pressing environmental issues and find the path to sustainability. |
| Cast | Demosthenes Maratos (The Sustainability Institute, at Molloy College), Michael Pollan (Best Selling Food Author, ‘In Defense of Food’) |
| Directors | Kip Andersen, Keegan Kuhn |
| IMDB rating | 8.1 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 30 minutes |
| Released in | 2015 |
9. Seaspiracy
This is one of the most thought-provoking documentaries ever.
You will also see the connection between harming marine species and global corruption.
| Introduction | This documentary is about the harm that humans do to marine species that leads to global corruption. |
| Cast | Ali Tabrizi, Richard O’Barry (Founder of Dolphin Project), Lucy Tabrizi, Lori Marino (Founder of the Whale Sanctuary Project), Tamara Arenovich (Sea Shepherd Conservation Society), Paul de Gelder (Shark Activist, Conservationist), Callum Roberts (Marine Scientist, Oceanographer) |
| Director | Ali Tabrizi |
| IMDB rating | 8.1 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 29 minutes |
| Released in | 2021 |
| Official site | www.seaspiracy.org |
10. Earthlings: Narrated by Joaquin Phoenix
This documentary is different from other documentaries that you have watched and that is because of different factors.
The first one is that this documentary uses hidden camera footage.
Second, this documentary is narrated by the one and only Joaquin Phoenix.
Introduction |
this documentary uses hidden cameras and unseen footage, it also demonstrates the dark side of the meat and dairy industry. |
| Cast | Joaquin Phoenix |
| Director | Shaun Monson |
| IMDB rating | 8.6 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 35 minutes |
| Released in | 2005 |
| Official site | nationearth.com |
11. Dominion
| Introduction | Dominion uses hidden cameras to bring out the truth behind the dark side of modern animal agriculture. |
| Cast | Joaquin Phoenix, Sia, Sadie Sink |
| Director | Chris Delforce |
| IMDB rating | 9.0 |
| Runtime | 2 hours |
| Released in | 2018 |
| Official site | dominionmovement.com |
12. Lucent
| Introduction | just another documentary that uses hidden camera footage and talks about the downside of animal agriculture. Lucent shows what happens in Australia’s pig farms… |
| Cast | Lindsay McDougall |
| Director | Chris Delforce |
| IMDB rating | 8.7 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 47 minutes |
| Released in | 2014 |
| Official site | www.aussiepigs.com |
13. Milk: Make Your Own Mind Up
| Introduction | This documentary explores the dark side of the dairy industry, which most people don’t know about. |
| Cast | Joey Carbstrong |
| Director | Joey Carbstrong |
| IMDB rating | 9.0 |
| Runtime | 39 minutes |
| Released in | 2021 |
| Official site | www.joeycarbstrong.com |
14. Pignorant
| Introduction | The truth behind ‘bacon’. |
| Cast | Joey Carbstrong, Tarion Partridge, Dan Sheppard |
| Director | Joey Carbstrong |
| IMDB rating | 9.4 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 42 minutes |
| Released in | 2024 |
| Official site | pignorantfilm.com |
15. Milked
| Introduction | Our young problem-solver goes deep into dairy land and explores New Zealand’s most powerful industry. |
| Cast | Suzy Amis |
| Director | Amy Taylor |
| IMDB rating | 8.5 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 30 minutes |
| Released in | 2021 |
16. Land of Hope and Glory
| Introduction | An insight into the UK’s animal farming practices and facilities. |
| Cast | Earthling Ed |
| Director | – |
| IMDB rating | 9.1 |
| Runtime | 48 minutes |
| Released in | 2017 |
17. Blackfish
| Introduction | This documentary follows the viral killer whales, and it isn’t all about veganism because it also shows the complexities of holding animals captive. |
| Cast | John Hargrove (Former SeaWorld Trainer), Mark Simmons (Former SeaWorld Trainer), Kim Ashdown (Former SeaWorld Trainer), Carol Ray (Former SeaWorld Trainer), Thomas Tobin (SeaWorld Paramedic(voice)) |
| Director | Gabriela Cowperthwaite |
| IMDB rating | 8.1 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 23 minutes |
| Released in | 2013 |
| Official site | www.blackfishfilm.com |
18. My Octopus Teacher
| Introduction | A filmmaker’s unusual friendship with an octopus living in a South African kelp forest. |
| Cast | Craig Foster |
| Director | Pippa Ehrlich |
| IMDB rating | 8.1 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 25 minutes |
| Released in | 2020 |
| Official site | www.netflix.com/title/81045007 |
19. Punk Rock Vegan Movie
| Introduction | This vegan movie captures the relationship between the worlds of punk rock and animal rights and how the music represents vegan activism. |
| Cast | Julie Mintz, Pearline Young, Junia Daily |
| Director | Moby |
| IMDB rating | 7.1 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 26 minutes |
| Released in | 2023 |
| Official site | punkrockveganmovie.com |
20. The Invisible Vegan
| Introduction | This documentary is about the unhealthy food choices of African Americans. |
| Cast | Siatta Adams, Sharon Brathwaite, Xavier Brown |
| Director | Kenny Leyva |
| IMDB rating | 7.5 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 24 minutes |
| Released in | 2019 |
| Official site | theinvisiblevegan.com |
21. Some Like It Rare/Barbaque
| Introduction | A married couple named Sophie and Vincent have been running their small local butcher’s shop for around twenty years.
But the story gets to the point that they accidentally kill a vegan activist and they get caught up in the twist and they don’t know what to do so they decide to chop up the dead body of the vegan activist and sell the meat to the customers. As time goes by, they find out that their customers like this product so they begin to meet the demands of the customers! |
| Cast | Marina Foïs, Fabrice Eboué, Jean-François Cayrey, Lisa Do Couto Texeira |
| Director | Fabrice Eboué |
| IMDB rating | 6.6 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 27 minutes |
| Released in | 2021 |
22. Fed Up
| Introduction | Examining America’s obesity epidemic and the food industry’s role in making people’s health way worse.
(tagline: Congress says pizza is a vegetable) |
| Cast | Michele Simon, Katie Couric, Bill Clinton, Michael Pollan
|
| Director | Stephanie Soechtig |
| IMDB rating | 7.7 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 32 minutes |
| Released in | 2014 |
23. The End of Medicine
| Introduction | The End of Medicine documentary explores the connection between us and our treatment of animals and emerging the most threatening health issues such as pandemics and antibiotic resistance. |
| Cast | Aysha Akhtar |
| Director | Alex Lockwood |
| IMDB rating | 7.3 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 10 minutes |
| Released in | 2022 |
| Official site | www.theendofmedicine.com |
24. Unsupersize Me
| Introduction | Unsupersize Me documentary is about the story of Juan-Carlos Asse and his challenge to prove that a whole foods, plant-based diet along with daily exercise is capable of improving the health of every person. |
| Cast | Juan-Carlos Asse, Healthy Emmie, Tracy Ryan |
| Director | Juan-Carlos Asse |
| IMDB rating | 6.8 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 16 minutes |
| Released in | 2013 |
| Official site | unsupersizeme.com |
25. The Big Fat Lie
| Introduction | A guy from New Zealand discovers the health benefits of plant-based diets after suffering a heart attack. |
| Director | Grant Dixon |
| IMDB rating | 4.5 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 27 minutes |
| Released in | 2018 |
| Official site | grantdixon.wixsite.com/thebigfatlie |
26. The Last Pig
Imagine a guy who has slaughtered pigs his entire life, decides to retire, and says this is the last year that he is going to be in this industry.
What do you think he’ll do in his last year of being a pig farmer?
| Introduction | The film pictures a pig farmer through his final season of slaughtering pigs. |
| Director | Allison Argo |
| IMDB rating | 8.2 |
| Runtime | 56 minutes |
| Released in | 2017 |
| Official site | www.thelastpig.com |
27. Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead
Have you ever heard of a juice-only fast?
The director of this documentary himself decides to try this diet for a short period of time.
| Introduction | Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead is a documentary about an Australian named Joe Cross who is the director of the documentary too and he demonstrates his 60-day journey across the United States throughout this documentary.
In the USA he decides to follow a diet which is called juice-only fast in a quest to reclaim his health. |
| Cast | Joe Cross, Amy Badberg (Doctor), Joel Fuhrman (Nutritionist), Stacy Kennedy (Senior Clinical Nutritionist, Brigham & Women’s Hospital), Siong Norte |
| Director | Joe Cross |
| IMDB rating | 7.5 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 37 minutes |
| Released in | 2010 |
| Official site | www.rebootwithjoe.com/joes-films |
28. Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead 2
You want to maintain your healthy habits but you can’t?
This documentary is made for you.
| Introduction | Joe Cross is looking for a way to help him maintain his healthy habits. Joe meets experts who provide realistic solutions to make long-term sustainable improvements to overall health. |
| Cast | Joe Cross, Carrie Diulus, Russel Kennedy |
| Director | Kurt Engfehr |
| IMDB rating | 6.4 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 28 minutes |
| Released in | 2014 |
| Official site | fatsickandnearlydead2.com |
29. Hungry for Change
Find out what’s keeping you from having the body and health you deserve.
| Introduction | This documentary exposes the secrets behind diets and weight loss journeys that food industries don’t want people to know. |
| Cast | Mike Adams, Nick Bolton, James Caitlin |
| Director | James Colquhoun |
| IMDB rating | 7.4 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 29 minutes |
| Released in | 2012 |
| Official site | www.hungryforchange.tv/ |
30. Meat the Future
Imagine that the world will no longer need to breed, raise, and slaughter animals to provide red meat because companies can produce meat sustainably without those actions.
But the interesting part here is the fact that we can do that!
That is actually possible.
If you want to know how you have to watch this movie.
| Introduction | Mayo Clinic trained cardiologist Dr. Uma Valeti is trying to prove the fact that sustainable red meat is within reach. The movie shows that Dr. Valeti and his team are searching for a game-changing solution. |
| Cast | Jane Goodall, Eric Schulze, Kevin Kester |
| Director | Liz Marshall |
| IMDB rating | 6.8 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 27 minutes |
| Released in | 2020 |
| Official site | meatthefuture.com/cast/ |
31. Running For Good
| Introduction | Fiona Oakes who is a vegan marathon runner participates in Marathon Des Sables. |
| Cast | Fiona Oakes, Rich Roll |
| Director | Keegan Kuhn |
| IMDB rating | 7.5 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 14 minutes |
| Released in | 2018 |
| Official site | runningforgoodfilm.com/ |
32. The Ghosts in Our Machine
The director of this documentary says:
THE GHOSTS IN OUR MACHINE illuminates the lives of individual animals living within and rescued from the machine of our modern world. Through the heart and photographic lens of animal rights photojournalist Jo-Anne McArthur, audiences become intimately familiar with a cast of non-human animals. From undercover investigations to joyful rescue missions, in North America and Europe, each photograph and story is a window into global animal industries: Food, Fashion, Entertainment, and Research. THE GHOSTS IN OUR MACHINE charts McArthur’s efforts to bring wider attention to a topic that most of humankind strives hard to avoid. —Liz Marshall
| Introduction | This documentary is made for the people who have no idea about the animals that are rescued from the machine of our modern world. |
| Cast | Marcel Saba, Lori Reese, |
| Director | Liz Marshall |
| IMDB rating | 7.9 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 33 minutes |
| Released in | 2013 |
| Official site | www.theghostsinourmachine.com |
33. Eating You Alive
Chronic diseases…
Did you know that most chronic diseases are caused by poor nutrition and some people are fighting for their lives, in the battle with chronic diseases only because of their food choices?
Thank god that there is a documentary that talks about this threat and fortunately brings out a solution.
| Introduction | Eating You Alive is about the way the things that we eat impact our health and why they may lead to serious health issues like chronic diseases. The good news is, it also provides a solution for that problem so we can save ourselves. |
| Cast | Suzy Amis, Neal Barnard, James Cameron |
| Director | Paul David Kennamer Jr. |
| IMDB rating | 7.9 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 48 minutes |
| Released in | 2018 |
| Official site | www.eatingyoualive.com/ |
34. PlantWise
Why standard American diet leads to chronic illness?
As health experts and nutritionists say, the American diet has always been about sugar and fat. And what they really mean is actually about the fact that Americans usually eat fast foods which are high in salt, fat, and sugar.
But just like other documentaries, the director provides a solution for the people who have followed the typical American diet for years and that’s a whole-food, plant-based diet. The experts of this documentary stand for the fact that chronic illness can be reversed by eating better and healthier. This documentary has experts talking about our health destiny.
| Introduction | 6 people who are battling with debilitating health conditions decide to try a plant-based diet, and their lives changed for good. Also, they are all backed up by National experts. |
| Cast | Eric Adams, Saadia Alvi, Maria Anderson |
| Director | Paul David Kennamer Jr. |
| Runtime | 48 minutes |
| Released in | 2021 |
| Official site | www.plantwisefilm.com/ |
35. Speciesism: The Movie
| Introduction | A curious guy looks for the story behind factory farming and later on he feels like he has to run his own intellectual movement that considers animals as important as humans. |
| Cast | Steven Best, Richard Dawkins, Gary Francione |
| Director | Mark Devries |
| IMDB rating | 8.0 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 34 minutes |
| Released in | 2013 |
| Official site | speciesismthemovie.com/ |
36. Gunda
| Introduction | A day in life of a pig its farm animal companions. |
| Director | Victor Kossakovsky |
| IMDB rating | 7.1 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 33 minutes |
| Released in | 2020 |
| Official site | www.gunda.movie/ |
37. The Need to Grow
| Introduction | trying all the possible ways to localize sustainable food systems and also regenerate Earth’s dying soils. |
| Cast | Erik Cutter, Rosario Dawson, Douglas Gayeton, David King |
| Director | Rob Herring |
| IMDB rating | 7.9 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 36 minutes |
| Released in | 2019 |
| Official site | www.theneedtogrow.com/ |
38. The Animal People
Activism and power
| Introduction | 6 young Americans find themselves targeted as terrorists by the US government for their involvement in a controversial protest campaign. |
| Cast | Steven Best, George Bush |
| Director | Denis Henry Hennelly |
| IMDB rating | 7.7 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 37 minutes |
| Released in | 2019 |
| Official site | www.finngatepictures.com/theanimalpeople |
39. Carnage
| Introduction | It’s 2067, the U.K. is vegan, but older generations are suffering the guilt of their carnivorous past. |
| Cast | Alex Lawther, Robert Wilde, Myles Sembi, |
| Director | Simon Amstell |
| IMDB rating | 7.6 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 8 minutes |
| Released in | 2017 |
40. Food Matters
| Introduction | 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. |
| Cast | Vicky Blewitt, Ian Brighthope (Professor of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine), Jerome Burne (Medical Journalist and Author), Phillip Day (Investigative Journalist) |
| Director | James Colquhoun |
| IMDB rating | 7.6 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 20 minutes |
| Released in | 2008 |
| Official site | www.foodmatters.com/films/food-matters |
41. The End of Meat
| Introduction | This documentary shows the unknown impact of eating meat and then shows you a way out by suggesting a more compassionate diet. |
| Cast | Jason Ball, Gene Baur, Ryan Bethencourt, Jan Bredack |
| Director | Marc Pierschel |
| IMDB rating | 6.5 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 34 minutes |
| Released in | 2017 |
| Official site | https://mindjazz-pictures.de/filme/the-end-of-meat-eine-welt-ohne-fleisch/ |
42. Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home
| Introduction | This documentary explores the struggle of conscience shown by several people from traditional farming background. |
| Cast | Harold Brown |
| Director | Jenny Stein |
| IMDB rating | 8.5 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 18 minutes |
| Released in | 2009 |
| Official site | www.peaceablekingdomfilm.org/ |
43. Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food
| Introduction | A call to action for the ones that have the power to mitigate the danger caused by foodborne pathogens that kill thousands of people every year. |
| Cast | Darin Detwiler |
| Director | Stephanie Soechtig |
| IMDB rating | 6.8 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 23 minutes |
| Released in | 2023 |
| Official site | www.netflix.com/title/81460481/ |
44. Meat Me Halfway
| Introduction | Despite the state of feeling healthy and energetic, going fully plant-based can be hard. The director of this documentary provides a plan for the people who want to go plant-based but they can’t, because they feel like it’s hard for them. |
| Cast | Eric Adams |
| Director | Brian Kateman |
| IMDB rating | 6.1 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 20 minutes |
| Released in | 2021 |
| Official site | www.meatmehalfway.org/ |
45. Hope for All
| Introduction | The movie is all about a message, which is: “By changing our eating habits, we can change the world.” |
| Cast | Joaquim Kerzel, Marc Bekoff |
| Director | Nina Messinger |
| IMDB rating | 8.0 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 40 minutes |
| Released in | 2016 |
| Official site | www.hope-theproject.com |
46. PlantPure Nation
| Introduction | Three people are trying their best to push their agenda to spread the message of one of the most important health breakthroughs of all time. |
| Cast | Neal Barnard |
| Director | Nelson Campbell |
| IMDB rating | 7.4 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 35 minutes |
| Released in | 2015 |
| Official site | www.plantpurenation.com |
47. Eating Animals
| Introduction | A portrait of our dietary choices and the food that we put in our bodies. |
| Cast | Natalie Portman |
| Director | Christopher Dillon Quinn |
| IMDB rating | 7.4 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 34 minutes |
| Released in | 2017 |
| Official site | bigstarpictures.com |
48. Live and Let Live
| Introduction | the documentary is about our relationship with animals, the history of veganism, and the main reasons that make people go vegan. |
| Cast | Kati Kosler, Ria Rehberg |
| Director | Marc Pierschel |
| IMDB rating | 7.5 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 20 minutes |
| Released in | 2013 |
| Official site | blackrabbitimages.org |
49. I Could Never Go Vegan
| Introduction | I could never go vegan. Five words that are said by all non-vegans, but why? |
| Cast | Randal Plunkett |
| Director | Thomas Pickering |
| Released in | 2024 |
| Official site | icouldnevergovegan.co.uk |
50. Food, Inc.
| Introduction | Deep look inside America’s food industry |
| Cast | Michael Pollan |
| Director | Robert Kenner |
| IMDB rating | 7.8 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 34 minutes |
| Released in | 2008 |
| Official site | https://participant.com/ |
51. Honorable Mentions
There are some other vegan or animal-related movies and short films left behind that deserve to be mentioned in this list.
We are not going to have detailed information about them (like writing down the list actors and other information like what we used to do for the first 50 movies on this list) but we are going to mention them and give you a little bit of background about them.
52. They’re Trying to Kill us
Directed by the co-director of two other famous vegan movies/documentaries, What The Health and Cowspiracy.
This documentary is about the intersections of diet, disease, poverty, systemic racism, and government collusion with industry.
53. Powerplant
This documentary is about meat consumption and climate change.
54. Meat The Truth
A high-profile documentary about climate change.
55. Sea The Truth
This documentary tries to show us that there is no such thing as “sustainable fishing”.
56. You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment
Identical twins change their diets and lifestyles for eight weeks in a unique scientific experiment designed to explore how certain foods impact the body.
57. The Milk System
“This film does not have a vegan message, but it does provide a look into the dairy system.”
58. Coffee Wars
Jo is trying her best to keep her plant-based, independent, coffee shop afloat alongside her band of misfit employees. Jo and her team decide to go to Coffee War as underdogs with other baristas who are competing in the World Barista Championship.
The problem is that she is competing in a dairy-dominated world of coffee where all the opponents are serving coffee with real milk but she is using plant-based/vegan milk and because of that she has to show something different to stand out.
59. Vegan 2020
This documentary is about the rise of veganism.
60. New Day New Chef: Support and Feed Edition
This is a vegan cooking show.
70. The Land of Ahimsa
This documentary follows Dolly Vyas-Ahuja on her journey to veganism.
The Last 10
We are going to name-drop the last 10 vegan-themed documentaries.
Showing the life of the animals that are used for food.
It exposes some of the most popular diets in the world and also brings fat loss and nutrition to the table.
Showing what’s going on behind the curtains in the meat and poultry industry.
Have you ever thought about the lives of animals that are in circuses?
This documentary is about orcas that live in marine theme parks.
This documentary is about the unfair treatment of elephants.
TOP 10 Vegan Short films:
This documentary reveals the dark secrets of pig farms.
A musician named Moby decides to go vegan.
Joaquin Phoenix releases a calf and a mother from a slaughterhouse.
It pictures the inhumane act of animal testing.
Conceptual short film made by Bahman Radan that deals with the issue of discrimination against animals
It is a story that will make you uncomfortable, but it is also a story that will stay with you long after you have seen it. The Next Girl is a film that everyone should see, but it is not a film for everyone.
The video depicts the harsh realities of the commercial chicken industry, including the cramped and unsanitary conditions in which the chicks are raised.
The film has been selected for several international film festivals, and It was filmed in 2021 France.
In a small rural village, a young boy befriends Fernand and Andrée, an elderly farming couple who, at 80 years old, are struggling to feed their remaining livestock.
The short film “Save Ralph” is a stop-motion animation directed by Spencer Susser that was released in 2021. The film follows the life of a rabbit named Ralph who is used for cosmetic and hygiene product testing. In an interview with a film crew, Ralph recounts his life story and the suffering he has endured in the laboratory.
“Victim” directly addresses the issue of animal sacrifice, especially sheep, during Eid al-Adha. The main message of “Victim” is that every human being can save the life of a living creature by taking simple actions. The film reminds its viewers that there is no need to harm animals to express faith and spirituality, and that there are more compassionate and ethical ways to celebrate religious holidays.
The last one is a speech:
Titled as the most logical speech you will ever hear. by Arvind Animal Activist YouTube channel.
Final Words
Vegan-themed movies and documentaries helped me a lot in many different ways.
They raised my awareness and also changed my point of view.
Plus, these documentaries inspired me to stay vegan, not because of external factors but because they made me feel like I have to go harder and be a better vegan and also a human.
In my eyes, the most touching documentary here was Dominion and I think that you shouldn’t watch it if you are sensitive to this sort of content.
Directors and movie producers gave us everything they had so that they could show us the reality in the best way possible.
If you have watched any of these movies or documentaries, give us your opinion about it.
Moreover, if you have watched a vegan movie that isn’t on this list, comment down the title of it.
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