Best "animal cruelty" Movies of All Time

30 movies found (page 1/1):

Prisoners(2013)

FSK: 16+ years

4.0/5 (with 5,260 votes)

Keller Dover faces a parent's worst nightmare when his 6-year-old daughter, Anna, and her friend go missing. The only lead is an old motorhome that had been parked on their street. The head of the investigation, Detective Loki, arrests the driver, but a lack of evidence forces Loki to release his only suspect. Dover, knowing that his daughter's life is at stake, decides that he has no choice but to take matters into his own hands.

Directed by Denis Villeneuve - With Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Melissa Leo, Paul Dano, Maria Bello, Viola Davis, ...

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Pinocchio(1940)

FSK: 0+ years

| 1h 28min | Animation, Kids & Family

3.6/5 (with 2,639 votes)

Lonely toymaker Geppetto has his wishes answered when the Blue Fairy arrives to bring his wooden puppet Pinocchio to life. Before becoming a real boy, however, Pinocchio must prove he's worthy as he sets off on an adventure with his whistling sidekick and conscience, Jiminy Cricket.

Directed by Ben Sharpsteen, Hamilton Luske, Norm Ferguson, T. Hee, Wilfred Jackson, Jack Kinney, ...

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Cannibal Holocaust(1980)

FSK: 18+ years

| 1h 35min | Horror

3.2/5 (with 686 votes)

A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tribes.

Directed by Ruggero Deodato - With Robert Kerman, Carl Gabriel Yorke, Francesca Ciardi, Perry Pirkanen, Luca Barbareschi, Salvatore Basile, ...

The Power of the Dog(2021)

2h 5min | Western

3.4/5 (with 1,121 votes)

A domineering but charismatic rancher wages a war of intimidation on his brother's new wife and her teen son, until long-hidden secrets come to light.

Directed by Jane Campion - With Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Thomasin McKenzie, Genevieve Lemon, ...

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EO(2022)

FSK: 12+ years

| 1h 26min | Drama

3.3/5 (with 92 votes)

The world is a mysterious place when seen through the eyes of an animal. EO, a grey donkey with melancholic eyes, meets good and bad people on his life’s path, experiences joy and pain, endures the wheel of fortune randomly turn his luck into disaster and his despair into unexpected bliss. But not even for a moment does he lose his innocence.

Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski - With Sandra Drzymalska, Lorenzo Zurzolo, Mateusz Kościukiewicz, Isabelle Huppert

Slave of the Cannibal God(1978)

FSK: 18+ years

| 1h 39min | Adventure, Horror

2.7/5 (with 38 votes)

A girl and her brother fly to New Guinea to look for a lost expedition, led by her husband, which has vanished in the great jungle.

Directed by Sergio Martino - With Ursula Andress, Stacy Keach, Claudio Cassinelli, Antonio Marsina, Franco Fantasia

Earthlings(2005)

1h 35min | Documentary

4.1/5 (with 134 votes)

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.

Directed by Shaun Monson - With Joaquin Phoenix, Hila Cohen

Save Ralph(2021)

4min | Animation, Drama

4.1/5 (with 74 votes)

Ralph, a bunny being interviewed for a documentary, goes through his daily routine as a “tester” in a lab.

Directed by Spencer Susser

Even Dwarfs Started Small(1970)

1h 36min | Comedy, Drama

3.3/5 (with 44 votes)

The inhabitants of an institution in a remote country rebel against their keepers. Their acts of rebellion are by turns humorous, boring and alarming. An allegory on the problematic nature of fully liberating the human spirit, as both commendable and disturbing elements of our nature come forward. The film shows how justifiable revolt may be empowering, but may also turn to chaos and depravity. The allegory is developed in part by the fact that the film is cast entirely with dwarfs.

Directed by Werner Herzog - With Patricia Hayes

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Dominion(2018)

2h | Documentary

4.5/5 (with 27 votes)

Exposing the dark underbelly of modern animal agriculture through drones, hidden & handheld cameras, the feature-length film explores the morality and validity of our dominion over the animal kingdom.

Directed by Chris Delforce

The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker(2007)

1h 50min | Mystery, Comedy, Drama

3.3/5 (with 8 votes)

A university student finds himself wrapped up in the bizarre world of his next door neighbor, learning about his history and relationship with a girl who changed his life.

Directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura

Mickey's Good Deed(1932)

7min | Animation, Kids & Family

3.2/5 (with 18 votes)

Mickey is playing Christmas carols on a standup bass for change. Alas, all he gets is screws, rocks, and other useless stuff. He plays outside a rich man's window, and the spoiled brat kid inside decides he wants Pluto. Mickey isn't selling, but when his bass gets destroyed by a passing sleigh and he sees a house full of orphans with no presents, he changes his mind. Mickey plays Santa to the kids. Meanwhile, the brat has been torturing Pluto; his father finally has enough and throws Pluto out and spanks the child. Pluto and Mickey are reunited, and as a bonus, the kid has tied the Christmas turkey to Pluto's tail. (Also included: Chip an' Dale 1947, Lend a Paw 1941)

Directed by Burt Gillett

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Blood of the Beasts(1949)

20min | Documentary

3.8/5 (with 33 votes)

An early example of ultra-realism, this movie contrasts the quiet, bucolic life in the outskirts of Paris with the harsh, gory conditions inside the nearby slaughterhouses. Describes the fate of the animals and that of the workers in graphic detail.

Directed by Georges Franju

My Childhood(1972)

48min | Drama

3.4/5 (with 17 votes)

The first part of Bill Douglas' influential trilogy harks back to his impoverished upbringing in early-'40s Scotland. Cinema was his only escape - he paid for it with the money he made from returning empty jam jars - and this escape is reflected most closely at this time of his life as an eight-year-old living on the breadline with his half-brother and sick grandmother in a poor mining village.

Directed by Bill Douglas

We of the Never Never(1982)

2h 14min | Drama, Western

2.9/5 (with 5 votes)

Based on the well-loved Australian classic by Mrs. Aeneas Gunn, this is the remarkable true story of Jeannie Gunn, a woman who fought to overcome sexual and racial prejudice amid the harsh beauties of the outback. Leaving her Melbourne existence for a new life on her husband's isolated ranch, Jeannie's feisty, good-natured attitude soon wins over the misogynistic stockmen, but she faces a much tougher challenge in trying to change their racist attitudes towards the indigenous aboriginal population.

Directed by Igor Auzins - With Angela Punch McGregor, John Jarratt, Tony Barry

The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer(1992)

47min | Documentary, Crime, Thriller, Horror

3.7/5 (with 9 votes)

Richard Kuklinski was a devoted husband, loving father--and ruthless killer of over 100 people. You'll meet him in this powerful documentary that features one of the most vivid and disturbing interviews ever recorded--taped behind the walls of the prison where Kuklinski is serving two consecutive life sentences for multiple homicide.

The Boxing Kangaroo(1895)

1min | Documentary, Action

2.4/5 (with 15 votes)

A man and a kangaroo stand up in front of each other with boxing gloves, and simulate a boxing match on a theatre stage.

Directed by Max Skladanowsky

A Boy and His Dog(1946)

21min | Drama, Kids & Family

2.7/5 (with 6 votes)

In this Academy Award Best Short Subject winner, 11 year old Davy discovers that a chained gentle dog, Buck, is badly wounded around the neck because of the thick, tight collar he is made to constantly wear by his unfeeling owner. When Buck comes through the fence and becomes stuck, Davy removes the collar. Even though the boy tells him to stay in his owner's yard, the dog follows him home.

Directed by LeRoy Prinz - With Harry Davenport

Scruffy(1980)

1h 12min | Animation, Drama, Adventure, Kids & Family, TV Movie

3.1/5 (with 5 votes)

A puppy encounters a series of tragedies and losses brought on by the evils of uncaring humans as she tries to find a family and a place to call home.

Directed by Charles August Nichols

Far from the Trees(1972)

1h 40min | Documentary

2.8/5 (with 4 votes)

An unprejudiced portrait of Spanish folklore and a crude analysis in black and white of its intimate relationship with atavism and superstition, with violence and pain, with blood and death; a story of terror, a journey to the most sinister and ancestral Spain; the one that lived far from the most visited tourist destinations, from the economic miracle and unstoppable progress, relentlessly promoted by the Franco regime during the sixties.

Directed by Jacinto Esteva Grewe

Land of Hope and Glory(2017)

48min | Documentary

3.7/5 (with 3 votes)

In 2005, a film called Earthlings became the most pivotal documentary of the animal rights movement. Here in the UK however, we found the phrase "that doesn't happen in our country" coming up far too much. We wanted to set the record straight. Through Land of Hope and Glory we aim to show the truth behind UK land animal farming by featuring the most up to date investigations as well as never before seen undercover footage, with a total of approximately 100 UK facilities featured throughout the film.

Barking Island(2010)

15min | History, Animation, Drama

2.7/5 (with 3 votes)

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, 1910. There are too many stray dogs on the streets, so the government decides to deport thousands of them on a desert island, off the coast of the city.

Directed by Serge Avédikian

The Condition of Dogs(2001)

6min | Documentary

2.9/5 (with 2 votes)

Shows a market where puppies are bought and sold. Several puppies are placed in a cloth bag, and they struggle to break free. One bites through the bag, pokes his head, and is observed in his triumph and then confusion.

Inside Fur(2014)

57min | Documentary

5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A group of highly motivated activists work for years with the goal of exposing the true face of the Nordic fur industry. They sneak into hundreds of fur farms. When their images are publicized it causes media feasts and public outrage, year after year. However, the industry always strikes back. Nothing changes. A new approach is needed. So, psychologist Frank Nervik tells the fur industry that he plans to become a fur farmer. He asks for training. Nervik is accepted as one of them, and starts learning the trade secrets. Without anybody knowing, he films his training with a hidden camera.

Up Against the Wall(2010)

15min | Documentary

5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A critical look at Norwegian fur production. The documentary follows a group of activists that in 2010 documented horrible conditions in Norwegian fur farms for the third consecutive year.

Hogwood: A Modern Horror Story(2020)

35min | Documentary

4.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Hogwood: A Modern Horror Story takes you beyond the factory farm walls and follows an intrepid group of undercover investigators as they enter some of Britain's biggest factory farms for the very first time.

Taurobolium(1994)

1h 48min | Documentary

Have you ever been to the bullfights in Tijuana? Larry Wessel's TAUROBOLIUM is not only cinema verite at it's best, Larry Wessel's TAUROBOLIUM is the best documentary on bullfighting ever made!

Maximum Tolerated Dose(2012)

1h 30min | Documentary

4.5/5 (with 2 votes)

Maximum Tolerated Dose is the first feature-length documentary by Decipher Films. Equal parts found-footage mash-up, verité investigation, and artful meditation, the film charts the lives of both humans and non-humans who have experienced animal testing first-hand, with hauntingly honest testimony of scientists and lab technicians whose ethics demanded they choose a different path, as well as the simultaneously heartwarming and heartbreaking stories of animals who have seen both sides of the cage. MTD aims to re-ignite the debate about animal testing by bringing these rarely-heard perspectives to the fore.

Dog Lover(2010)

1h 26min | Documentary

1.5/5 (with 1 vote)

This film is a cry for help, an attempt to stop the suffering and pain of innocent animals that have been inflicted in Bosnia and Herzegovina for years.

Dealing Dogs(2006)

1h 9min | Documentary

3.0/5 (with 2 votes)

An undercover investigation of Martin Creek Kennel is carried out by the animal rights group Last Chance for Animals. The film documents the efforts of a young animal rights activist named "Pete" to both get hired by the Martin Creek Kennel and secure enough evidence to shut down owner C.C. Baird's violation-filled kennel.

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