Curated films
Voices from the movement.
Documentaries change more minds than arguments do. These are the ones worth your two hours.
Editor's pick
If you only watch one this month.
Forks Over Knives — Official Trailer
The documentary that made the plant-based case to millions.
Source: Forks Over Knives
Why film
A documentary does what a debate can't.
They bypass the argument.
A statistic is dismissed in seconds. A person on screen, telling their own story, is not. Film reaches parts of the mind essays can't.
They give permission to feel.
Most people carry a quiet unease about how animals are treated. A good documentary tells them: it's okay to look, and it's okay to act.
They build a shared vocabulary.
Once two people have seen the same 90 minutes, they can talk. Films make the invisible discussable at the dinner table.
Three collections
Depending on where you're standing.
Start with one that opens the door.
Gentle, character-led documentaries that show — not preach. Perfect for a sceptical friend, a family movie night, or a Sunday alone.
The films the industry doesn't want made.
Hidden-camera work from the animal-welfare investigators who go inside the facilities. Hard to watch, impossible to forget.
Films built for a room, not a phone.
Documentaries that spark the best living-room conversations. Screening notes and discussion prompts in the guide below.
Every film
The full library
Selected from advocacy organisations and independent filmmakers. Free to watch — click a poster to open the film on YouTube.
Documentary trailerForks Over Knives — Official Trailer
The documentary that made the plant-based case to millions.
Source: Forks Over Knives
Short filmGlass Walls — narrated by Paul McCartney
If slaughterhouses had glass walls, McCartney once said, everyone would be vegetarian. This is what he meant.
Source: PETA
Documentary trailerCowspiracy — Official Trailer
The environmental case against industrial animal agriculture, in 90 seconds.
Source: Cowspiracy
Documentary trailerDominion — Official Trailer
An unflinching look at how humans exploit non-human animals across every industry.
Source: Dominion Movement
ExplainerMeat: The Future
A calm, data-rich explainer on the environmental math of eating meat.
Source: Kurzgesagt
InvestigationThe Dairy Industry, in 5 Minutes
What the milk carton doesn't show.
Source: Mercy For Animals
Host a screening
A living room, one film, five friends — this is how movements start.
- 01
Pick one, not five.
One 90-minute documentary is a night. Two is homework. Trust the film to do the work.
- 02
Cook something plant-based.
Nothing convinces like a bowl of great food. Serve first, screen second.
- 03
Ask one open question after.
Not 'did you like it?' — try 'what surprised you?' or 'what did you already know?'
- 04
Don't argue. Listen.
The film has already made the case. Your job is to hold the space, not close the sale.
- 05
Send one link the next day.
One follow-up article, one recipe, one small next step — while the impression is still fresh.
Watched something you can't stop thinking about?
Turn the feeling into one small action — a week of plant-based dinners, a pledge, one honest conversation.
See what you can doOne film pick a month, in your inbox.
Our editors pick one new (or newly rediscovered) documentary each month, with a short viewing note.