movie list

SUPERSIZE ME (2004)

Where to Watch: Amazon Prime, Peacock, YouTube

Director Morgan Spurlock’s social experiment in fast-food gastronomy sees him attempting to subsist uniquely on food from the McDonald’s menu for an entire month. In the process his weight balloons, his energy level plummets, and he experiences all sorts of unexpected — and terrifying — side effects. He also examines the corporate giant’s growing role in the lives of American consumers and explores its methods of indoctrinating young people and its contribution to America’s obesity epidemic.

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WHAT THE BLEEP DO WE KNOW (2004)

Where to Watch: Amazon Prime, YouTube

Amanda, a divorced photographer, has a fantastic experience when life begins to unravel around her, revealing the cellular, molecular and quantum worlds that lie beneath everything.

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FAT, SICK & NEARLY DEAD (2010) 

Where to Watch: Amazon Prime, YouTube

An overweight man suffering from an autoimmune disease endeavor to drink only fruit and vegetable juice for 60 days in a bid to reclaim his health. He travels across America and engages everyday Americans in discussions about food and health.

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FORKS OVER KNIVES (2011) 

Where to Watch: Amazon Prime; YouTube

Researchers explore the possibility that people changing their diets from animal-based to plant-based can help eliminate or control diseases like cancer and diabetes.

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FED UP (2014)

Where to Watch: Amazon Prime; YouTube

The film focuses on the causes of obesity in the US, presenting evidence showing large quantities of sugar in processed foods are an overlooked root of the problem, and points to the monied lobbying power of “Big Sugar” in blocking attempts to enact policies to address the issue.

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IN DEFENSE OF FOOD (2015)

Where to Watch: Amazon Prime, YouTube

“Eat Food. Not Too Much. Mostly Plants.” With those seven words, journalist Michael Pollan distills a career’s worth of reporting into a prescription for reversing the damage being done to people’s health by today’s industrially-driven Western diet. Pollan offers a clear answer to one of the most urgent questions of our time: What should I eat to be healthy?

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THE C WORD (2016)

Where to Watch: Amazon Prime, YouTube

This documentary about cancer contains two narratives: one from celebrated French neuroscientist and cancer revolutionary Dr. David Servan-Schreiber, the other from film’s director, Meghan L. O’Hara. After braving the journey from diagnosis to wellness, Meghan and David join forces to expose systematic failings in our society, which reinforce the bad habits that predispose us to disease.

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FOOD CHOICES (2016)

Where to Watch: Amazon Prime, YouTube

This documentary explores the impact that food choices have on people’s health, the health of our planet and on the lives of other living species. And also discusses several misconceptions about food and diet.

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THE TRUTH ABOUT ALCOHOL (2016)

Where to Watch: YouTube

The Truth About Alcohol is a 2016 BBC documentary that explores common beliefs about alcohol. It was made after the UK lowered the recommended amount of alcohol for men to match women’s at about the equivalent of seven pints of beer per week.

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WHAT THE HEALTH (2017)

Where to Watch: Netflix, Amazon Prime, YouTube

Filmmaker Kip Andersen uncovers the secret to preventing and even reversing chronic diseases, and he investigates why the nation’s leading health organizations doesn’t want people to know about it.

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HEAL (2017)

Where to Watch: Amazon Prime, YouTube

Scientists and spiritual teachers discuss how thoughts, beliefs, and emotions impact human health and the ability to heal.

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GAME CHANGERS (2018)

Where to Watch: Netflix, Amazon Prime, YouTube

James Wilks travels the world on a quest for the truth about meat, protein, and strength. Showcasing elite athletes, special ops soldiers, and visionary scientists to change the way people eat and live.

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EATING YOU ALIVE (2018)

Where to Watch: Amazon Prime, YouTube

Nearly 30.4 million people die each year from chronic diseases and $3. 8 trillion spent in healthcare costs in the US alone for treating what the CDC defines as among most common, costly and preventable of all health problems.

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THE BIG, FAT LIE (2018)

Where to Watch: Amazon Prime, YouTube

 At age 58 Grant is rushed to hospital with a heart attack and is told he needs open heart surgery. This documentary tells his story of discovering how a whole food plant-based diet could turn his life around, and his journey to find out why.