pollution in society theme

The social issue of pollution caused by human behavior is explored.

49 total · 14 major · 34 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
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.