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Dumb and Dumber(1994)

PG-13
| 1h 47min | Comedy
3.3/5 (with 2,761 votes)

Lloyd and Harry are two men whose stupidity is really indescribable. When Mary, a beautiful woman, loses an important suitcase with money before she leaves for Aspen, the two friends (who have found the suitcase) decide to return it to her. After some "adventures" they finally get to Aspen where, using the lost money they live it up and fight for Mary's heart.

Directed by Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly - With Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly, Mike Starr, Victoria Rowell, Teri Garr, ...
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Before the Flood(2016)

PG
| 1h 33min | Documentary
3.9/5 (with 357 votes)

A look at how climate change affects our environment and what society can do to prevent the demise of endangered species, ecosystems, and native communities across the planet.

Directed by Fisher Stevens - With Leonardo DiCaprio, Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Bill Clinton, George H. W. Bush, Richard Carlson, ...
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Racing Extinction(2015)

1h 30min | Adventure, Documentary
3.9/5 (with 84 votes)

An unlikely team of activists and innovators hatches a bold mission to save endangered species.

Directed by Louie Psihoyos - With Elon Musk, Jane Goodall
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Extinction(2014)

1h 40min | Thriller, Adventure
2.1/5 (with 20 votes)

Deep in the Amazon jungle a group of scientists are on a dangerous mission. When their guide suddenly abandons them, they find themselves in a savage and hostile environment. However, things turn deadly when they find they are in the middle of a hunting ground for a pack of prehistoric predators long thought extinct.

Flying Monkeys(2013)

1h 25min | Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction
2.6/5 (with 13 votes)

A teenage girl thinks that the monkey she owns is her innocent pet, but it turns out to be something much more dangerous, an evil shapeshifter capable of unthinkable acts no loyal pet would ever be able to perform.

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Birdshot(2017)

1h 56min | Thriller, Drama, Mystery
3.2/5 (with 14 votes)

A farm girl mistakenly shoots and kills an endangered Philippine Eagle. When authorities begin a manhunt to track down the eagle’s killer, they stumble upon an even more horrific discovery.

Directed by Mikhail Red
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Trophy(2017)

1h 48min | Documentary
3.7/5 (with 8 votes)

This in-depth look into the powerhouse industries of big-game hunting, breeding and wildlife conservation in the U.S. and Africa unravels the complex consequences of treating animals as commodities.

Directed by Shaul Schwarz, Christina Clusiau
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Fury of the Congo(1951)

1h 9min | Adventure, Action, Crime
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Jungle Jim must protect rare pony-like animals whose glands produce a powerful narcotic. On the way, he fights a giant spider.

Directed by William Berke - With Johnny Weissmuller

Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink(2014)

NR
| 46min | Documentary
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

It's death on an unimaginable scale, when a majority of Earth's species quickly die out. It's called "mass extinction," and it's happened at least five times before. Cataclysms, such as supervolcanoes or asteroids, are thought to cause these events, but some experts believe a manmade mass extinction could be next. Is our planet in trouble? And if so, is there anything we can do to stop the next catastrophic annihilation? Experts are traveling the world, performing groundbreaking scientific detective work to answer these very questions.

Pangolins: The World's Most Wanted Animal(2018)

53min | Documentary
3.4/5 (with 2 votes)

In Namibia, conservationist Maria Diekmann found herself on the frontline of the battle to save these wanted animals after unexpectedly becoming a surrogate mother to an orphaned baby pangolin named Honey Bun. On an emotional journey, Diekmann travels to Asia to better understand the global issues facing pangolins, before joining forces with a Chinese megastar to help build a campaign to bring awareness to the plight of these surprisingly charming creatures.

Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story(2005)

1h 31min | Drama, Kids & Family, Adventure
2.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A teenage boy fights to save the Spirit Bear.

Directed by Stefan Scaini - With Mark Rendall
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Quoll Farm(2021)

52min | Documentary

This is the story of a charismatic family of endangered animals and one man’s extraordinary devotion. It unfolds in a distant wilderness, in a land forgotten by time. But change is coming. In less than a year, this magical place, along with those who live here, may be lost forever. Welcome to Quoll Farm.

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Gambling on Extinction(2015)

52min | Documentary
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Today, only 3,200 tigers roam in the wild. At the current rate of poaching, elephants, rhinos and tigers living in the wild will be extinct in our lifetime. Who are the global players in this deadly game of power, greed and profit? Who pulls the strings and who are the customers? And why have ivory and rhino horn become perfect investment opportunities?

Frogs: The Thin Green Line(2009)

1h | Documentary, Kids & Family
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

An examination of the extinction threat faced by frogs, which have hopped on Earth for some 250 million years and are a crucial cog in the ecosystem. Scientists believe they've pinpointed a cause for the loss of many of the amphibians: the chytrid fungus, which flourishes in high altitudes. Unfortunately, they don't know how to combat it. Included: an isolated forest in Panama that has yet to be touched by the fungus, thus enabling frogs to live and thrive as they have for eons.

The Great Buffalo Saga(1985)

55min | Documentary

By the late 1800s the free-ranging buffalo of the western plains of North America were almost extinct. This documentary is the story of the buffalo's revival. Live action, eye-witness accounts and archival photos document our fascination with this ancient and legendary animal.

Le pari(2023)

53min | Documentary

During a long conversation between two friends, a bet is made. To direct a wildlife documentary, in the french mountains, in only one year, about rare and threatened birds.

The First Canines(2020)

8min | Documentary
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

An aspiring photojournalist takes a trip to Julian, CA to learn about the history of two wolf species and what caused their population decline throughout history.

A Great White Bird(1976)

52min | Documentary

This film documents the efforts of a group of Canadians and Americans to save the whooping crane from extinction. They display great determination in their dealings with this independent, pre-Ice Age creature. The issues of wild animals imprinting on people and the preservation of wild animals in captivity are examined in this film. Produced in cooperation with the Canadian Wildlife Service and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

Patagonia Treasure Trail(2016)

NR
| 1h 25min | Kids & Family, Drama, Western
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

A large commercial mining company has claimed the Patagonia Mountains, and the environmentalist mother wants to enjoy the area before the digging begins. The daughter devastated by her recent job loss from the Albuquerque Symphony finds her mother’s political correctness infuriating. When a magical and breathtaking encounter occurs with an endangered animal, hope emerges as they realize their discovery may be a possible key to saving the environmentally sensitive area.

Pocket Desert: Confessions of a Snake Killer(1999)

24min | Documentary

This personal documentary is the story of Teresa Marshall, who grew up on a British Columbia ranch. Every child needs a demon, and Teresa took battle against rattlesnakes. In the dry interior of B.C., the south Okanagan and Similkameen valleys form the bio-region known as Canada's "pocket desert." As settlers' dreams of creating an agricultural Eden erase fragile desert lands that support a breathtaking array of wild species, the narrator and her snake-hunting neighbours are forced to examine their environmental attitudes.

Wild Art: Olly & Suzi(2009)

59min | Documentary

Documentary following Olly Williams and Suzi Winstanley, two unique wildlife artists who simultaneously work on the same painting of exotic and endangered animals while on location in the wildest corners of the world. The film shows how they work and why what they do is so important.

The Buffalo War(2001)

Documentary

Native Americans, ranchers, government officials, and environmental activists battle over the yearly slaughter of America's last wild bison, based on fear that migrating animals will transmit the disease brucellosis to cattle. Join a 500-mile spiritual march across Montana led by Lakota elder Rosalie Little Thunder expressing her people's cultural connection to bison, an environmental group engaging in civil disobedience and video activism, and a ranching family caught in the crossfire.