pollution in society theme
The social issue of pollution caused by human behavior is explored.
49 total · 14 major · 34 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Circuitry Man (1990) | major | The film is set in a near future where pollution has killed off the natural world and most of the people are forced to live underground. |
| movie: Doomwatch (1972) | major | Del Shaw uncovered that a disposal company had illegally dumped an experimental pituitary growth hormone in the sea which ended up causing madness and acromegaly in the Balfe villagers via the eating of contaminated fish. |
| movie: Gamera vs Zigra (1971) | major | The Zigrans, who preferred to live underwater, said the people of Earth were polluting the oceans, rendering them inhabitable, so they were going to conquer Earth, save the oceans and live in them. |
| movie: Godzilla vs Gigan (1972) | major | The cockroach-like aliens' plight encourages viewers to ponder about the consequences of humanity polluting the planet Earth. |
| movie: Godzilla vs Hedorah (1971) | major | The microscopic alien life-form Hedorah feeds on Earth's pollution and grows into a poisonous, acid-secreting sea monster. |
| movie: Monstroid (1980) | major | The residents of a rural Colombian community were fighting an American corporation that was polluting their lake. |
| movie: No Blade of Grass (1970) | major | Cumulative residues of pollutants and pesticides cause of a virulent new disease arising in Asia, a virus that strikes all members of the grass family, including wheat, rice and maize. |
| movie: Per Aspera Ad Astra (1981) | major | The Astra crew was dispatched on a mission to clean up the horribly polluted Dessand home world. |
| movie: Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II (1994) | major | The backdrop of the film is an Earth so polluted that people had to take refuge in subterranean government-controlled environment. |
| movie: Space Sweepers (2021) | major | The story is set in a near future in which debris in outer space has become a serious enough problem that "space sweepers" need to go around cleaning it up. |