关于动物和伦理
地球公民 (2005，Shaun Monson，Joaquin Phoenix 配音) — 被引用最多、最具“转折点”意义的影片。全面审视宠物、食物、服装、娱乐和研究。画面血腥。统治 (2018，Chris Delforce) — 澳大利亚的更新版，技术和伦理上都作了更新。运用无人机拍摄工厂化养殖场。画面血腥。Pignorant (2023) 和《希望与荣耀之地》短片是更温和的入门选择。
观看
素食纪录片
改变观念的电影。
一部好的纪录片能做到散文做不到的事情：展示。下面是一份精选电影列表，这些电影最常出现在“是什么让你成为素食主义者？”的调查中，并按主题分类。其中一些描绘了血腥画面；我们对此会注明。大多数影片都可在主要流媒体平台或YouTube上观看。
关于健康
餐叉胜于手术刀 (2011) — Esselstyn / Campbell 提出的利用全食物植物性饮食对抗心脏病的案例。《游戏改变者》(2018, James Cameron / Arnold Schwarzenegger) — 植物性运动员与表现，制作精良且吸引人。《健康有什么错？》(2017) — 关于慢性病的更广泛主张；作为起点有用，引用前请核对来源。
关于环境
奶牛阴谋 (2014) — 针对畜牧业的气候案例，以个人调查的形式使其广为传播。海洋阴谋 (2021) — 海洋版：工业捕鱼、附带捕获、海豚和鲸鱼肉。我们消耗地球的方式 (2021) — 生物多样性、海洋、气候，集于一处；由 Kate Winslet 旁白。
"一部好的纪录片能做到散文做不到的事情：展示。"
关于工人和系统
食品公司 (2008) — 揭示企业食品系统，包括动物劳工和屠宰场条件。虽然并非严格意义上的素食影片，却是许多人的入门片。屠宰场：血腥任务 (2020, Manuel Abramovich) — 观察式、不加掩饰、几乎无言。阿根廷。
短片和最新补充
73 Cows (2018, 15 分钟, Alex Lockwood) — 一位英国牛肉农夫离开了这个行业。制作精美。《医药的终结》(2022) — 畜牧业带来的抗菌素耐药性和流行病风险，由 Rooney Mara 旁白。《基督的阴谋》(2024) — 宗教传统角度。
On animals and ethics
Earthlings
Animal rights · EthicsGraphic content
- Director:
- Shaun Monson
- Year:
- 2005
- Runtime:
- 1h 35m
- IMDb:
- 8.6/10
The single most cited 'turning point' film. A comprehensive look at humanity's use of animals across pets, food, clothing, entertainment and research, narrated by Joaquin Phoenix with a score by Moby. Hidden-camera footage exposes what is normally kept out of view and asks viewers to reconsider deeply rooted assumptions about human superiority.
Dominion
Animal rights · InvestigativeGraphic content
- Director:
- Chris Delforce
- Year:
- 2018
- Runtime:
- 2h 0m
- IMDb:
- 8.9/10
The Australian update to Earthlings — technically and ethically. Handheld, hidden and aerial drone footage reveals the reality of modern animal exploitation across food, clothing, entertainment and research. Narrated by Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, Sia, Kat Von D and Sadie Sink. Free to watch on the official site.
Land of Hope and Glory
Animal rights · UK farmingGraphic content
- Director:
- Ed Winters
- Year:
- 2017
- Runtime:
- 47 min
A UK-focused exposé of standard animal-agriculture practices in Britain, dismantling the marketing image of 'high welfare' farming with footage gathered from over a hundred farms and slaughterhouses. Free on YouTube.
73 Cows
Ethics · Farming transition
- Director:
- Alex Lockwood
- Year:
- 2018
- Runtime:
- 15 min
- IMDb:
- 8.0/10
A short, beautifully made BAFTA-winning portrait of Jay Wilde, the first British beef farmer to turn his herd over to sanctuary and convert his farm to plant-based agriculture. Gentle, short, devastating — ideal for sceptics and family viewing.
Pignorant
Animal rights · InvestigativeGraphic content
- Director:
- Joey Carbstrong
- Year:
- 2023
- Runtime:
- 1h 42m
- IMDb:
- 8.1/10
A multi-year undercover investigation of the UK pork industry — including farms labelled 'humane' and 'RSPCA Assured'. Combines investigative journalism with first-hand activist footage to challenge the assumptions behind welfare labels.
Hogwood: A Modern Horror Story
Animal rights · Factory farmingGraphic content
- Director:
- Tony Wardle
- Year:
- 2020
- Runtime:
- 35 min
- IMDb:
- 8.3/10
Narrated by Jerome Flynn, this undercover investigation enters one of Britain's largest intensive pig farms — a supplier to a major supermarket chain — and documents systemic neglect, overcrowding and abuse behind the façade of high welfare standards.
On health and nutrition
Forks Over Knives
Health · Nutrition
- Director:
- Lee Fulkerson
- Year:
- 2011
- Runtime:
- 1h 36m
- IMDb:
- 7.9/10
The Esselstyn and Campbell case for whole-food, plant-based diets against heart disease, diabetes and cancer. Combines patient stories with the research of Caldwell Esselstyn (Cleveland Clinic) and T. Colin Campbell (Cornell), arguing that many chronic diseases can be prevented and even reversed through diet.
The Game Changers
Health · Sports performance
- Director:
- Louie Psihoyos
- Year:
- 2018
- Runtime:
- 1h 25m
- IMDb:
- 7.8/10
Produced by James Cameron, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jackie Chan and Novak Djokovic. Follows elite athletes, special forces soldiers and scientists to dismantle the protein myth and make a slick, inviting case for plant-based performance. The most accessible health-angle entry point.
What the Health
Health · Policy
- Director:
- Kip Andersen, Keegan Kuhn
- Year:
- 2017
- Runtime:
- 1h 37m
- IMDb:
- 7.4/10
An investigation into the relationship between diet, chronic disease and the health organisations funded by the industries causing them. Useful as a starter; the broad direction is well supported by epidemiology, but check exact figures before quoting.
PlantPure Nation
Health policy · Nutrition
- Director:
- Nelson Campbell
- Year:
- 2015
- Runtime:
- 1h 35m
- IMDb:
- 7.4/10
T. Colin Campbell's son Nelson investigates the political and corporate forces shaping public nutrition guidelines in the United States, while running a community pilot of a whole-food, plant-based diet in a Kentucky town.
The End of Medicine
Public health · Pandemics
- Director:
- Alex Lockwood
- Year:
- 2022
- Runtime:
- 1h 11m
- IMDb:
- 8.0/10
Narrated by Rooney Mara, with Joaquin Phoenix as executive producer. Connects animal agriculture to antimicrobial resistance and pandemic risk, drawing on epidemiologists, virologists and physicians. The clearest health-systems argument for shifting away from animal farming.
On the environment
Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret
Environment · Climate
- Director:
- Kip Andersen, Keegan Kuhn
- Year:
- 2014
- Runtime:
- 1h 31m
- IMDb:
- 8.2/10
The personal-investigation film that made animal agriculture's climate footprint a mainstream conversation. Asks why major environmental groups have historically avoided the topic, and meets the scientists, ranchers and activists who do address it.
Seaspiracy
Environment · Oceans
- Director:
- Ali Tabrizi
- Year:
- 2021
- Runtime:
- 1h 29m
- IMDb:
- 8.1/10
The ocean version of Cowspiracy: industrial fishing, bycatch, plastic pollution, dolphin and whale hunting, and the certifications that obscure rather than fix the problem. Some statistics have been contested; the core argument — that scale of fishing is incompatible with marine recovery — is widely supported.
Eating Our Way to Extinction
Environment · Biodiversity
- Director:
- Ludo & Otto Brockway
- Year:
- 2021
- Runtime:
- 1h 22m
- IMDb:
- 8.2/10
Narrated by Kate Winslet, with appearances from Sylvia Earle, Tony Robbins and Richard Branson. Brings together climate, ocean, deforestation and biodiversity loss into a single argument about the food system. Polished, cinematic and broadly accessible.
A Life on Our Planet
Environment · Biodiversity
- Director:
- Alastair Fothergill, Jonathan Hughes, Keith Scholey
- Year:
- 2020
- Runtime:
- 1h 23m
- IMDb:
- 9.0/10
David Attenborough's 'witness statement' for the natural world. Not strictly a vegan film, but the recommendations are explicit: shift to a largely plant-based diet, restore land and oceans, stabilise the human population. Excellent family viewing.
On the workers and the system
Food, Inc.
Food system · Investigative
- Director:
- Robert Kenner
- Year:
- 2008
- Runtime:
- 1h 34m
- IMDb:
- 7.8/10
The gateway film for many. Examines the corporate food system in the United States — its workers, animal welfare, environmental costs and political capture — through Eric Schlosser, Michael Pollan and Joel Salatin. Not strictly vegan, but starts most of the conversations that vegan films deepen.
Food, Inc. 2
Food system · Policy
- Director:
- Melissa Robledo, Robert Kenner
- Year:
- 2023
- Runtime:
- 1h 34m
- IMDb:
- 7.0/10
Fifteen years on, the same team revisit the consolidated, lobbying-heavy food industry that emerged in the wake of the original — and the alternatives now scaling up, from cellular agriculture to community food systems.
Slaughterhouse: The Task of Blood
Labour · ObservationalGraphic content
- Director:
- Manuel Abramovich
- Year:
- 2020
- Runtime:
- 10 min
Observational, almost wordless short from Argentina. Follows the workers of an industrial slaughterhouse through their shift, letting the rhythm of the work speak for itself. Quietly devastating.
Religion, philosophy and culture
Christspiracy: The Spirituality Secret
Religion · Ethics
- Director:
- Kameron Waters, Kip Andersen
- Year:
- 2024
- Runtime:
- 1h 43m
- IMDb:
- 8.5/10
A multi-year investigation across continents into whether any spiritual tradition can justify the killing of animals for food. Interviews theologians, scholars, archaeologists and spiritual leaders, tracing how teachings on compassion and stewardship have been interpreted across 2,000 years.
Vegucated
Lifestyle · Veganism 101
- Director:
- Marisa Miller Wolfson
- Year:
- 2011
- Runtime:
- 1h 16m
- IMDb:
- 7.1/10
Three meat-and-cheese-loving New Yorkers take a six-week vegan challenge. A warm, accessible introduction to the practical realities of plant-based eating, food shopping, social pressure and ethical learning curves — relatable for newcomers and family viewing.
Vegan: Everyday Stories
Lifestyle · Community
- Director:
- Glenn Scott Lacey
- Year:
- 2016
- Runtime:
- 1h 30m
- IMDb:
- 7.7/10
Four very different people, one thing in common — all are vegan. A quiet, intimate film that focuses on culture, work, family and daily life rather than shock footage or polemics. Useful for showing the normality of long-term plant-based living.
快速选择器
对于那些为了“蛋白质”而吃肉的人
《游戏改变者》（90分钟，Netflix流媒体）。
对于那些担心气候变化的人
《奶牛阴谋》（90分钟）或《吃掉我们自己走向灭绝》（80分钟）。
对于爱动物的人
《73头奶牛》（15分钟）——温和而简短；如果他们准备好了，还可以观看《统治》。
对于对健康好奇的人
《餐叉胜于手术刀》。
对于厌恶倡导的人
《食品公司》——内容更广，说教性更弱。
数据统计
21
本指南中的影片
涵盖伦理、健康、环境和文化
5
免费观看
包括《统治》和《地球公民》的官方网站
100M+
《奶牛阴谋》观看次数
风靡全球的气候纪录片
15 min
最短
《73头奶牛》——列表中最温和的入门影片
实际问题
这些在 Netflix 上有吗？
大多数在主要国家的 Netflix 或 Amazon Prime 上流媒体播放。《统治》在 YouTube 上免费提供，特意方便观看。《地球公民》在其官方网站上。
我会被创伤吗？
其中一些影片可能令人难以接受。请与朋友一起观看，适时休息，不要一次性观看太多。地球公民和统治是最具冲击力的；游戏改变者和餐叉胜于手术刀则不涉及令人不安的画面。
有没有被批评过的？
《健康有什么错？》、《奶牛阴谋》和《海洋阴谋》都曾因特定的统计数据受到质疑。核心论点是可靠的，引用前请核实确切数字。
有什么适合孩子的吗？
《73头奶牛》（温和）、《和动物一起过圣诞》短片，以及大部分大卫·爱登堡的自然作品（尤其是《地球上的生命》），都能在没有血腥内容的情况下开启对话。
电影之后
观看是第一步。如果一部电影给您留下了深刻印象，七天入门是您实际的下一步行动。