Extreme Weather
Following weeks of extreme temperatures around the world, we offer a selection of cli-fi action, fantasy, and animation (it’s too hot for documentaries). If Mad Max: Fury Road is too close to your actual climate, check out Snowpiercer, set in a future ice age…
Inventing Tomorrow
Teenage innovators and scientists from around the world work to create cutting-edge solutions to confront the world's most dire environmental threats
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- India, Mexico, Indonesia • 2019
- Director Laura Nix
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube
Annihilation
A biologist signs up for an expedition in search of her husband, who has vanished in a logic-defying alien landscape.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 2018
- Director Alex Garland
- Cast Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny, Oscar Isaac
- Genre Horror, Science Fiction
- Available on Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand, Pluto TV
Aquaman
Behold the Protector of the Deep.
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- Australia, United States • 2018
- Director James Wan
- Cast Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Nicole Kidman, Dolph Lundgren
- Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Mad Max: Fury Road
In an apocalyptic future, two rebels join forces.
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- Australia, United States • 2015
- Director George Miller
- Cast Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Josh Helman, Nathan Jones
- Genre Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, AMC on Demand
Kingsman: The Secret Service
A suave spy takes a scrappy teenager under his wing. The kid's got talent, but manners maketh man.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 2014
- Director Matthew Vaughn
- Cast Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Samuel L. Jackson, Sophie Cookson, Sofia Boutella
- Genre Crime, Comedy, Action, Adventure
- Available on fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, FXNow
The Rover
Fear the man with nothing left to lose.
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- Australia, United States • 2014
- Director David Michôd
- Cast Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson, Scoot McNairy, David Field, Susan Prior, Anthony Hayes
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, FlixFling, Kanopy
Snowpiercer
In 2031, the passengers aboard the Snowpiercer are the only survivors on Earth.
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- Korea, Czech Republic • 2013
- Director Bong Joon-ho
- Cast Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Ed Harris, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell
- Genre Action, Science Fiction, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Plex, Plex Channel
Happy Feet Two
Mumble the penguin struggles to connect with his son Erik, who does not dance.
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- Australia • 2011
- Director George Miller
- Cast Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Pink, Elizabeth Daily, Johnny A. Sanchez, Lombardo Boyar
- Genre Animation, Comedy, Family
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
The Thaw
The real horror of global warming is not the melting ice, but what is frozen within it.
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- United States, Canada • 2009
- Director Mark A. Lewis
- Cast Val Kilmer, Martha MacIsaac, Aaron Ashmore, Kyle Schmid, Anne Marie DeLuise, Alejandro Rae
- Genre Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Available on Starz, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Plex Channel
Earth
This documentary follows three remarkable, yet sadly endangered, families of animals across the globe.
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- United Kingdom, Germany, United States • 2007
- Director Mark Linfield
- Cast Patrick Stewart, Constantino Romero, James Earl Jones, Ken Watanabe, Ulrich Tukur, Anggun
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Sunshine
A team of astronauts is sent to the sun in order to try and revitalize its heat and prevent humanity’s extinction.
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- United Kingdom, United States • 2007
- Director Danny Boyle
- Cast Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Chris Evans, Michelle Yeoh, Cliff Curtis, Hiroyuki Sanada
- Genre Science Fiction, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
A British reporter discovers an international cover-up of a global disaster after the United States and Soviet Union simultaneously test nuclear weapons.
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- United Kingdom • 1961
- Director Val Guest
- Cast Janet Munro, Leo McKern, Edward Judd, Michael Goodliffe, Bernard Braden, Reginald Beckwith
- Genre Romance, Science Fiction
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla