Garbage Movies

Even trash has a soul and deserves a second chance. This is what the legend of the Magic Pyramid promises: a legendary place where trash can have a...

A tentacled lake monster exacts revenge upon a noble but flawed fisherman.

Mateo (5), Nadia (9), Mati (4) and Isabella (5), are neighbors of a settlement located in the middle of an open-air garbage dump. These little...

Villagers in Turkey's Black Sea village of Camburnu struggle with the government's decision to turn their community into a garbage dump.

Thomas Haemmerli is about to celebrate his fortieth birthday when he learns of his mother's death. A further shock follows when he and his brother...

On his wanderings, Tom meets young Lizzi and accompanies her to the vacation resort "Im Sonnengrund". The residents there are threatened by a huge...

“Detritus” is a visual experience that observes Barcelona through the waste left behind by its inhabitants: furniture, paper, plastic,...

A young man collects bottles from people's garbage and he is trying to find a way out of that situation. A middle-aged waitress will try to help him.

A travelogue through the remains of São Paulo failing 80s economy, including its in ruins film industry.

Planet Earth has become a gigantic landfill, as a gardener and her husband learn too late.

On a garbage dump, people try to make a living in the poorest of conditions.

Report on vandalism

A grandfather shares stories with his granddaughter about how wasteful previous generations used to be until they committed to recycling and cutting...

Follow the Manhattan-based Beavan family as they abandon their high consumption 5th Avenue lifestyle and try to live a year while making no net...

Over eight million tonnes of plastic enters the ocean each year, killing sea life. Now new evidence says it's entering our food chain with unknown...

Omondi lives in the biggest slum in East Africa. Everyday he sees airplanes fly over him. He dreams of becoming an airline pilot and flying far away.

A cute little guy is trying to do the right thing and clean up his neighborhood. However, when he approaches a garbage can to empty it, one...

Dustin Bugg constructs his entire life from litter, including his best and only friend Morris. When 'normal' society sees fit to take this away,...

In this documentary Coutinho examines the plight of the people who live off the waste of the Brazilian cities. These people make their living by...

Garbage performs in Monterey, Mexico in 2012; songs include "I Think I'm Paranoid," "Stupid Girl," "Only Happy When It Rains," and tracks from "Not...