Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "government-scientist"

1. Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)

PG | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

After discovering a small, blue, fast hedgehog, a small-town police officer must help him defeat an evil genius who wants to do experiments on him.

Director: Jeff Fowler | Stars: Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Jim Carrey, Tika Sumpter

Votes: 159,816 | Gross: $148.97M

2. District 9 (2009)

R | 112 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Violence ensues after an extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth finds a kindred spirit in a government agent exposed to their biotechnology.

Director: Neill Blomkamp | Stars: Sharlto Copley, David James, Jason Cope, Vanessa Haywood

Votes: 717,548 | Gross: $115.65M

3. Evolution (2001)

PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

A fire-fighting cadet, two college professors, and a geeky but sexy government scientist work against an alien organism that has been rapidly evolving since its arrival on Earth inside a meteor.

Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Julianne Moore, Seann William Scott

Votes: 136,361 | Gross: $38.35M

4. Troll Hunter (2010)

PG-13 | 103 min | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller

A group of students investigates a series of mysterious bear killings, but learns that there are much more dangerous things going on. They start to follow a mysterious hunter, learning that he is actually a troll hunter.

Director: André Øvredal | Stars: Otto Jespersen, Robert Stoltenberg, Knut Nærum, Glenn Erland Tosterud

Votes: 79,635 | Gross: $0.25M

5. The Division (I)

Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Announced

In the near future, a pandemic virus is spread via paper money on Black Friday, decimating New York. A group of civilians, trained to operate in catastrophic times, are activated in an attempt to save who and what remains.

Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jessica Chastain, McKinley Stamper

6. The Sandman (III) (2017)

R | 88 min | Horror

A little girl with formidable powers imagines into existence the Sandman, a terrible monster from her nightmares that brings harm to anyone who wants to hurt her.

Director: Peter Sullivan | Stars: Haylie Duff, Tobin Bell, Shaun Sipos, Shae Smolik

Votes: 1,864

7. End of the World (1977)

PG | 86 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

After witnessing a man's death in a bizarre accident, Father Pergado goes on a spiritual retreat, where he encounters his alien double bent on world conquest.

Director: John Hayes | Stars: Christopher Lee, Sue Lyon, Kirk Scott, Dean Jagger

Votes: 1,207

8. Project: Metalbeast (1995)

R | 92 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

In 1974, an unhinged CIA agent injects himself with the werewolf blood he found. After a killing spree, his body is put in suspended animation, then thawed out 20 years later by his crazy boss and a team of unsuspecting doctors.

Director: Alessandro De Gaetano | Stars: Kim Delaney, Barry Bostwick, Kane Hodder, John Marzilli

Votes: 1,225

9. Qayamat: City Under Threat (2003)

Not Rated | 180 min | Action, Thriller

CBI officer Akram seeks to nab three terrorists, Ali, Abbas and Laila, who have held 213 tourists as hostage in Elphinstone Jail. For this, he seeks help from Rachit, a former associate of the trio.

Director: Harry Baweja | Stars: Ajay Devgn, Suniel Shetty, Sanjay Kapoor, Arbaaz Khan

Votes: 2,543

10. Eyes in the Night (1942)

Passed | 80 min | Crime, Mystery

A blind detective and his seeing-eye dog investigate a murder and discover a Nazi plot.

Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Edward Arnold, Ann Harding, Donna Reed, Stephen McNally

Votes: 1,961

11. Jet Stream (2013 TV Movie)

88 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A TV weatherman tries to prove his theory that a series of unexplained catastrophes are the result of powerful winds found in the upper atmosphere coming down to ground level.

Director: Jeffery Scott Lando | Stars: David Chokachi, Ruth Kearney, Steven Hartley, Don Michael Paul

Votes: 431

12. Satan's Satellites (1958)

Not Rated | 70 min | Sci-Fi

Feature version of the 1952 serial "Zombies of the Stratosphere. " Alien invaders plan to use a Hydrogen bomb to blast Earth out its orbit so Mars can replace it.

Director: Fred C. Brannon | Stars: Judd Holdren, Aline Towne, Wilson Wood, Lane Bradford

Votes: 107

13. Weather Wizards (1939)

Approved | 10 min | Short

Modern meteorology and a hard-working government weather team put their science and organization to work as a cold front moves from Alaska toward the citrus groves of Southern California. ... See full summary »

Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Pete Smith, John Dilson, Bert Moorhouse, Alonzo Price

Votes: 88

14. 6000 a Day: An Account of a Catastrophe Foretold (2002)

55 min | Documentary

Looks at the governmental responses around the world to the AIDS crisis, trying to examine why the catastrophe was allowed to get as far as it did with so little intervention.

Director: Philip Brooks

15. Out of the Unknown (1965–1971)
Episode: Stranger in the Family (1965)

60 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

A young man, known as 'Boy', is born with no fingernails and with mental powers that enable him to control others. He falls for a young actress, initially repulsed, whose agent-boyfriend ... See full summary »

Director: Alan Bridges | Stars: Richard O'Callaghan, Justine Lord, Eric Lander, Peter Copley

Votes: 56

16. The Conspiracy Files (2006– )
Episode: David Kelly (2007)

60 min | Documentary

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Stars: Ellie Fitzhenry, David Molyneux

Votes: 10