List of eco-horror films

These are some natural horror films and other films in the horror genre whose plots include mention of ecological issues.[1][2] Also included are documentaries dealing with the possible disastrous ecological consequences of human activity.[3][4]

• The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971)[5][6]
• An Inconvenient Truth (2006; global warming)[7][8]
• The 11th Hour (2007; the state of the natural environment)[7]
• Gasland (2010)[9]

• King Kong (1933)[10]
• The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1953)[11][6]
• Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)[12]
• Godzilla (1954)[13][6]
• Them! (1954; about atomically mutated ants)[12][6]
• It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)[6]
• Tarantula (1955)[6]
• Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)[6]
• Beginning of the End (1957)[6]
• The Birds (1963)[12][10][14][6]
• Willard (1971)[15]
• Deliverance (1972)[16]
• Frogs (1972)[17][6]
• Night of the Lepus (1972; about giant killer rabbits)[18][19][6]
• Silent Running (1972)[20]
• The Wicker Man (1973)[21]
• Phase IV (1974)[22][6]
• Jaws (1975)[11][23]
• Grizzly (1976)[11]
• Squirm (1976)[15]
• Day of the Animals (1977)[6]
• Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)[24]
• Jennifer (1978)[15]
• Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1978)[25]
• Long Weekend (1978; animals turn hostile towards a young couple who disrespect nature)[26][27][6]
• Piranha (1978)[12]
• The Swarm (1978; about killer bees)[28]
• The China Syndrome (1979)[11][29]
• Prophecy (1979)[28][6]
• Alligator (1980)[30]
• C.H.U.D. (1984)[11]
• The Toxic Avenger (1984)[11]
• The Quiet Earth (1985)[31]
• The Stuff (1985)[32]
• Troll 2 (1990)[33]
• Arachnophobia (1990)[15]
• Cronos (1993)[34]
• Jurassic Park (1993; about cloning dinosaurs)[28]
• Safe (1995; about suburban pollution)[35]
• Waterworld (1995)[36]
• Outbreak (1995; about a deadly virus outbreak)
• Mimic (1997)[12][6]
• The Day After Tomorrow (2004)[37][38]
• The Last Winter (2006; oil drilling in Alaska awakes slumbering forces)[39][40]
• The Happening (2008; plants release a toxin as a defense mechanism)[6][41]
• The Road (2009)[42]
• The Book of Eli (2010)[43]
• Take Shelter (2011)[44]
• The Bay (2012; about the Chesapeake Bay water quality problems)[45][46][47]
• Snowpiercer (2013)[48][49]
• Harbinger (2016; about the poisonous effects of fracking)[50]
• Us (2019)[51]
• Unearth (2020; about the consequences of fracking)[52][53][54][55][6]
• In the Earth (2021)[56][6]

• List of disaster films
• List of films featuring giant monsters
• List of natural horror films
• List of environmental films
• RiffTrax
  • Mystery Science Theater 3000

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