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Top 10 Moviements That Open(ed) Our Eyes

Moviements are movements based on or catapulted by inspiring movies. Our number one moviement is: ‘Home’ by Yann Arthus-Bertrand. It’s the latest movie with a message that you can watch online for free and that has an entire movement behind its development. A giant production like this with it’s stunning images and positive but urgent message really makes you wanna get up and do something. From picking up a bottle in your favorite park when you’re walking the dog, to changing your lifestyle in a more profound way. For the rest of our top ten of inspiring and free to watch online moviements from the last five years just click more to read. 

2. The Story of Stuff
A twenty minute presentation had a Matrix like effect on viewers when it showed them a completely new look on our current society. Host Annie Leanords’ story is accompanied by a series of cartoon animations that make the story easy to understand and ‘digest’. Watch the full movie.

3. Waste equals food
This television documentary started a small revolution in the Netherlands around Michael Braungart and William Mcdonough’s Cradle to Cradle concept. Within six months events and corporate initiatives around the concept were initiated throughout the country. View the full 30 minute episode.

4. Supersize me
It was the first movie to raise awareness to the fact that there’s a reason why fastfood is also called Junkfood. It’s speculated the movie later inspired the 2006 movie Fast Food Nation and motivated Jamie Olliver to start his Jamie’s School Dinner Project.  Watch the full movie.

5. Bowling for Columbine
One of the first Blockbuster Documentaries by Michael Moore tells the story of a gun crazed nation and the dangers this brings for it’s citizens. View the complete documentary.

6. An Inconvenient Truth
Al Gore’s slideshow presentation was catapulted into a worldwide movement when it was turned into a flick and shown in cinemas around the world. Watch the full movie.

7 Burb! Pepsi vs Coke
A documentary from way back. Can’t find any reference in IMDB or on Youtube. But still. It’s about the ‘war’ between two well known brands Pepsi and Coca Cola. Two brands with an immense following worldwide. Maybe not a genuine moviement (yet) but an interesting story nevertheless. Watch the movie here

8 Who Killed the Electric Car
Chris Paine’s thought-provoking documentary Who Killed the Electric Car tells about the rise and fall of electric cars a few decades ago. Watch the movie.

9 Darwin’s Nightmare
A documentary on the effect of fishing the Nile perch in Tanzania’s Lake Victoria. The predatory fish, which has wiped out the native species, is sold in European supermarkets, while starving Tanzanian families have to make do with the leftovers.Watch the movie

10 Religulous
The documentary Religulous follows political humorist and author Bill Maher ("Real Time With Bill Maher,” “Politically Incorrect") as he travels around the globe interviewing people about God and religion.  Watch online.

A few more interesting moviement links:
The Kujilana Project

Documentary Databases:
Snag Films
Free Documentaries.org

Got any moviements we’ve overlooked? Just leave comment.

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