List of Top Hollywood Environment Movies

• A Civil Action (1999), John Travolta plays the lead as a civil ligation lawyer and his decade long case against an American corporation in a water pollution dispute brought by citizens of a Massachusetts town.
• China Syndrome (1979), Reality follows the movies in this story of problems in a nuclear power plant. Jane Fonda, Michael Douglas and Jack Lemmon star in this classic.
• Erin Brokovich (2000), America's newest screen eco-hero. Julie Roberts portrait of a modern day file clerk in a law office who brought suit against an electric company.
• Fire Down Below (1997), Steven Seagal plays as an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) agent assigned to track down the killers of a colleague. Turns out the killers also happen to be involved in the dumping of toxic waste throughout Appalachia.
• Gorillas in the Mist (1988) - Sigourney Weaver plays Dian Fossey in her work to save the mountain gorillas of Rwanda.
• Silkwood, (1983) Cher, Meryl Streep and Kurt Russell lead the cast in another nuclear power thriller.

Environment Movies Best of the Rest

• The American President (1995) - Michaels Douglas plays a single President of the United States who is interested in dating an environmental lobbyist (Annette Benning).
• Danger Zone (1996) Hazardous waste is nobody's friend and in this movie Ron Silver takes on the role of an eco-villain responsible for dumping hazardous waste in an African state.
• Free Willy (1993) - The story of Keiko, everyone's favorite whale.
• Hackers (1995), Kids and computer movies have been a big hit since War Games. This 1995 release focuses on a bunch of misfit but computer talented youths who discover and attempt to thwart a plot to steal corporate millions and dump millions of gallons of oil around the oceans of the world.
• Pelican Brief (1993), Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman star in this environment and politics thriller. Life should never be so exciting at the United States Supreme Court.
• On Deadly Ground (1994), Steven Seagal makes both lists. This time as a director and actor. His character in this film is an ex-CIA agent on the trail of some oil executives in Alaska who condoned the use of sub-standard equipment that could result in spills and ecological disaster.
• The Arrival (1996), Charlie Sheen's role as an out of work radio astronomer puzzled after receiving some strange radio signals may not have been a big office draw, but it's a good environment draw. The plot's green twist unfolds as Charlie's character begins to uncover the sources signals. Two for the price of one is always a good deal and you can follow the eco-drama through to the sequel Arrival II.

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