Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "research-laboratory"

1. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

R | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten year old son John from an even more advanced and powerful cyborg.

Director: James Cameron | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick

Votes: 1,175,448 | Gross: $204.84M

2. Morbius (2022)

PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

Biochemist Michael Morbius tries to cure himself of a rare blood disease, but he inadvertently infects himself with a form of vampirism instead.

Director: Daniel Espinosa | Stars: Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, Jared Harris

Votes: 153,704 | Gross: $73.87M

3. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

PG | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

With the assistance of the Enterprise crew, Admiral Kirk must stop an old nemesis, Khan Noonien Singh, from using the life-generating Genesis Device as the ultimate weapon.

Director: Nicholas Meyer | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan

Votes: 129,319 | Gross: $78.91M

4. The Quiet Earth (1985)

R | 91 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A scientist awakens to find himself alone in the world. In a desperate attempt to search for others, he finds only two who have their own agenda.

Director: Geoff Murphy | Stars: Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge, Pete Smith, Anzac Wallace

Votes: 27,657 | Gross: $2.12M

5. The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)

R | 126 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, popularly known as Che, along with his friend Alberto Granado, decides to take a road trip across South America. His experiences on the journey transform him.

Director: Walter Salles | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Rodrigo de la Serna, Mía Maestro, Mercedes Morán

Votes: 104,822 | Gross: $16.78M

6. My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)

PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

A creature from another planet tries to seduce a shy Earth physicist to gain control over his researches. The result of this important mission much exceeded her expectations.

Director: Richard Benjamin | Stars: Dan Aykroyd, Kim Basinger, Jon Lovitz, Alyson Hannigan

Votes: 27,745 | Gross: $13.85M

7. Brainstorm (1983)

PG | 106 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller

Researchers develop a system where they can jump into people's minds. But when people involved bring their personal problems into the equation, it becomes dangerous - perhaps deadly.

Director: Douglas Trumbull | Stars: Christopher Walken, Natalie Wood, Louise Fletcher, Cliff Robertson

Votes: 13,135 | Gross: $8.90M

8. Paulie (1998)

PG | 91 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A talking parrot named Paulie recounts his travels to look for his original owner to a Russian janitor who helps him to the end of his journey.

Director: John Roberts | Stars: Gena Rowlands, Tony Shalhoub, Cheech Marin, Bruce Davison

Votes: 16,263 | Gross: $27.01M

9. Dominion (2018)

Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary, Horror

Dominion uses drones, hidden and handheld cameras to expose the dark underbelly of modern animal agriculture, questioning the morality and validity of humankind's dominion over the animal kingdom.

Director: Chris Delforce | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, Sia, Sadie Sink

Votes: 4,550

10. Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead (2014)

Not Rated | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Horror

A talented mechanic prepares to battle his way through hordes of flesh-eating monsters after his sister is kidnapped on the eve of a zombie apocalypse.

Director: Kiah Roache-Turner | Stars: Jay Gallagher, Bianca Bradey, Leon Burchill, Keith Agius

Votes: 18,387

11. Family Business (1989)

R | 110 min | Crime, Drama

An ex professor offers Adam $1,000,000 to "get" some plasma from a high tech company's lab. Adam asks his criminal grandpa for help. Can they convince Adam's now honest dad to join?

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman, Matthew Broderick, Rosanna DeSoto

Votes: 13,808 | Gross: $12.20M

12. The Day of the Triffids (2009)

93 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

With most of the world blinded and the dangerous carnivorous Triffids set loose, it falls upon a band of scattered survivors to fight this plant invasion and the madness following.

Stars: Dougray Scott, Joely Richardson, Eddie Izzard, Brian Cox

Votes: 4,725

13. 120 BPM (2017)

Not Rated | 143 min | Drama

Members of the advocacy group ACT UP Paris demand action by the government and pharmaceutical companies to combat the AIDS epidemic in the early 1990s.

Director: Robin Campillo | Stars: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Arnaud Valois, Adèle Haenel, Antoine Reinartz

Votes: 16,756 | Gross: $0.13M

14. MVP: Most Valuable Primate (2000)

PG | 93 min | Comedy, Family, Sport

When Jack, a sign-language-speaking chimp, makes a break for freedom, his talent for ice skating soon turns him into the local hockey team's secret weapon. But the lab officials are closing in.

Director: Robert Vince | Stars: Bernie, Louie, Mac, Russell Ferrier

Votes: 2,752 | Gross: $1.25M

15. Every Thing Will Be Fine (2015)

Not Rated | 118 min | Drama

One day, driving aimlessly around the outskirts of town after a trivial domestic quarrel, a writer named Tomas accidentally hits and kills a child. Will he be able to move on?

Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: James Franco, Peter Miller, Gilbert Wahiakeron, Claude Chamberlain

Votes: 6,459

16. The Man in the White Suit (1951)

Approved | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi

An altruistic chemist invents a fabric which resists wear and stain as a boon to humanity, but big business and labor realize it must be suppressed for economic reasons.

Director: Alexander Mackendrick | Stars: Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker, Michael Gough

Votes: 10,821 | Gross: $0.01M

17. Consumed (II) (2015)

Unrated | 95 min | Drama, Thriller

When her son's persistent rash won't subside, a mother begins investigating and finds herself pulled into the battle between small town organic farmers and Clonestra, a corporation profiting from GMOs.

Director: Daryl Wein | Stars: Zoe Lister-Jones, Victor Garber, Beth Grant, Taylor Kinney

Votes: 1,828

18. The Walking Dead (1936)

Passed | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

After hapless pianist and ex-con John Elman is framed for murder, he is resurrected by a scientist after his execution.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ricardo Cortez, Edmund Gwenn, Marguerite Churchill

Votes: 3,094

19. The Million Dollar Duck (1971)

G | 89 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi

Professor Dooley takes home a duck from his research laboratory as a pet for his son, but soon finds out that it lays golden eggs.

Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Dean Jones, Sandy Duncan, Joe Flynn, Tony Roberts

Votes: 2,683 | Gross: $11.12M

20. Infinitum: Subject Unknown (2021)

86 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi

An experimental film shot with just one crew member. Jane is trapped in a parallel universe and is forced to find a way to alter her reality before it is too late.

Director: Matthew Butler-Hart | Stars: Tori Butler-Hart, Ian McKellen, Conleth Hill, Wendy Muir Hart

Votes: 9,882

21. Shark Attack (1999 TV Movie)

R | 95 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

In a once serene African fishing village, a marine biologist goes in search of some answers when his friend becomes a victim in one of a series of brutal shark attacks.

Director: Bob Misiorowski | Stars: Cordell McQueen, Casper Van Dien, Chris Olley, Jacob Makgoba

Votes: 3,261

22. Shack Out on 101 (1955)

Not Rated | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

An isolated diner on California's 101 highway provides the backdrop of the story involving nuclear secrets, foreign spies and federal agents.

Director: Edward Dein | Stars: Terry Moore, Frank Lovejoy, Keenan Wynn, Lee Marvin

Votes: 829

23. The Strange World of Planet X (1958)

Approved | 75 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Horror

A friendly visitor from outer space warns against conducting experiments with the Earth's magnetic field, that could mutate insects into giant monsters.

Director: Gilbert Gunn | Stars: Forrest Tucker, Gaby André, Martin Benson, Alec Mango

Votes: 1,366

24. The Good Mother (1988)

R | 103 min | Drama, Romance

A divorced mother may lose custody of her young daughter to her ex-husband after he learns that the little girl crawled into bed with the mother and her boyfriend.

Director: Leonard Nimoy | Stars: Diane Keaton, Liam Neeson, Jason Robards, Ralph Bellamy

Votes: 1,789 | Gross: $4.76M

25. The Atticus Institute (2015)

TV-14 | 83 min | Horror

When the US government attempts to weaponize the power of a possessed woman, they soon discover that there are forces that exist in this world that simply cannot be controlled.

Director: Chris Sparling | Stars: Rya Kihlstedt, William Mapother, Sharon Maughan, Harry Groener

Votes: 9,346

26. Fear (1954)

84 min | Drama

Irene Wagner, the wife of prominent scientist Albert Wagner, finds herself blackmailed about her affair by her lover's jealous ex-girlfriend. The plot, an experiment in causing fear, drives her into a rage.

Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Mathias Wieman, Renate Mannhardt, Kurt Kreuger

Votes: 1,779

27. The Iron Curtain (1948)

Approved | 87 min | Biography, Crime, History

The story of Soviet cypher-clerk Igor Gouzenko who was posted to the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa,Canada in 1943 and defected in 1945 to reveal the extent of Soviet espionage activities directed against Canada.

Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, June Havoc, Berry Kroeger

Votes: 1,108

28. Decoding Annie Parker (2013)

R | 91 min | Drama

Love, science, sex, infidelity, disease and comedy, the wild, mostly true story of the irrepressible Annie Parker and the almost discovery of a cure for cancer.

Director: Steven Bernstein | Stars: Helen Hunt, Samantha Morton, Aaron Paul, Rashida Jones

Votes: 3,315 | Gross: $0.04M

29. Dinocroc vs. Supergator (2010 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Created in the laboratories of a biotech corporation, two ravenous mega-reptiles level everything in their way. Now, three defenders must try to save the day. Who shall live and who shall die in the battle between Dinocroc and Supergator?

Director: Jim Wynorski | Stars: David Carradine, Rib Hillis, Amy Holt, John Callahan

Votes: 2,227

30. My Forbidden Past (1951)

Passed | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Barbara Beaurevel lives with her aunt and cousin in New Orleans in the late 1800s. In love with Mark Lucas, a research doctor at Tulane University, her plans to marry him are thwarted. ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Ava Gardner, Melvyn Douglas, Lucile Watson

Votes: 1,158

31. Metroid Prime (2002 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Mystery

A Space Pirate distress signal draws bounty hunter Samus Aran to Tallon IV, a world she discovers is being consumed by a terrible poison.

Director: Mark Pacini | Stars: Jennifer Hale, Vanessa Marshall

Votes: 2,206

32. The Thief (1952)

Approved | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A chance accident causes a nuclear physicist, who's selling top secret material to the Russians, to fall under FBI scrutiny and go on the run.

Director: Russell Rouse | Stars: Ray Milland, Martin Gabel, Harry Bronson, Rita Grapel

Votes: 1,255

33. Errors of the Human Body (2012)

Unrated | 101 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

When a potentially lethal virus is created within his new lab, Dr Geoff Burton is shocked to discover he is not only the unwitting cause, but also its first victim.

Director: Eron Sheean | Stars: Michael Eklund, Karoline Herfurth, Tómas Lemarquis, Rik Mayall

Votes: 2,402

34. The Eden Formula (2006 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

In the industrial district of downtown Los Angeles, Dr.Harrison Parker (Jeff Fahey) has developed the Eden Formula."This new,revolutionary,cutting-edge technology can synthetically reproduce virtually any organism. And it does!

Director: John Carl Buechler | Stars: Jeff Fahey, Dee Wallace, Tony Todd, Alexandra Ford

Votes: 322

35. Danger Signal (1945)

Passed | 78 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A very romantic murderer has plans to seduce, marry and kill a beautiful woman for her wealth, but finds her younger sister to be even better prey.

Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Faye Emerson, Zachary Scott, Richard Erdman, Rosemary DeCamp

Votes: 1,114

36. The Jensen Project (2010 TV Movie)

G | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Family

After a 16-year absence, Claire and Matt Thompson are reintroduced to The Jensen Project - a secret community of geniuses conducting advanced underground research to solve the world's most difficult problems.

Director: Douglas Barr | Stars: Justin Kelly, Kellie Martin, Brady Smith, LeVar Burton

Votes: 442

37. The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb (1993)

Unrated | 60 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

A boy born the size of a small doll is kidnapped by a genetic lab and must find a way back to his father in this inventive adventure filmed using stop motion animation techniques. Tom meets... See full summary »

Director: Dave Borthwick | Stars: Nick Upton, Deborah Collard, Frank Passingham, John Schofield

Votes: 1,621 | Gross: $0.07M

38. The Baby Formula (2008)

Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy, Fantasy

A family uproar is caused when a scientific breakthrough allows lesbian couple Athena and Lilith to have each other's child.

Director: Alison Reid | Stars: Angela Vint, Megan Fahlenbock, Rosemary Dunsmore, Jessica Booker

Votes: 309

39. Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (2004 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Mystery

Sent to assist a Galactic Federation squadron stranded on the planet Aether, Samus Aran is thrust into an all-but-lost war between the dying Luminoth race and the umbral demons known as the Ing, on a world torn between light and darkness.

Director: Mark Pacini | Stars: Jennifer Hale, Vanessa Marshall

Votes: 1,027

40. Flying G-Men (1939)

Passed | 257 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Three government aviators called the "Flying G-Men", one of whom is disguised as "The Black Falcon", fight to protect the US and its allies from an enemy spy ring and to avenge the death of the fourth Flying G-Man.

Directors: James W. Horne, Ray Taylor | Stars: Robert Paige, Richard Fiske, James Craig, Lorna Gray

Votes: 43

41. Kronvittnet (1989)

107 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Thomas, a scientist, lives in a childless marriage. When his wife travels to Copenhagen he begins an affair with a girl of 19. The girl and large amounts of drugs disappears from Thomas laboratory.

Director: Jon Lindström | Stars: Marika Lagercrantz, Per Mattsson, Gösta Ekman, Emma Norbeck

Votes: 256

42. Behind the Mask (2006)

Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary

Behind the Mask: The Story Of The People Who Risk Everything To Save Animals is a 2006 documentary film about the Animal Liberation Front. It took three years of filming, interviewing, and editing to complete.

Director: Shannon Keith | Stars: Shannon Keith, Keith Mann, Kevin Kjonaas, Rod Coronado

Votes: 201

43. Marie Curie, une femme sur le front (2014 TV Movie)

84 min | Biography, History

A chronicle of Nobel Prize winning physicist Marie Curie's little known yet invaluable contribution to wounded soldiers' treatment during World War I, and her professional partnership with radiotherapy pioneer Claudius Regaud.

Director: Alain Brunard | Stars: Denis Podalydès, Dominique Reymond, Laurent Bateau, Patrick Descamps

Votes: 47

44. Trinity (2003)

82 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

In a remote Arctic research station, government agents Brach (Stephen Moyer) and Schiller (Lucy Akhurst) discover the mysterious genetic scientist Dr. Clerval (Tom McCamus). A psychological... See full summary »

Director: Gary Boulton-Brown | Stars: Tom McCamus, Lucy Akhurst, Stephen Moyer, Marlene Dunn

Votes: 104

45. Let Me Hear You Whisper (1969 TV Movie)

70 min | Drama

A scrub-woman attempts to rescue a dolphin who will talk to no one but her from a research laboratory.

Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Bil Baird, Philip Bruns, Anthony Holland, Ruth White

Votes: 27

46. The Love Test (1935)

63 min | Comedy, Romance

Mary Lee is the new head of a Chemistry Laboratory. Thompson and his work-mates are resentful of her appointment and try to make her fall in love with John in the hope that this will make her neglect her work.

Director: Michael Powell | Stars: Judy Gunn, Louis Hayward, David Hutcheson, Googie Withers

Votes: 99

47. Synchronizer (2017)

83 min | Thriller

Takashi is a scientist who is researching brain wave connections and synchronizations between animals and humans. The research is one in secrecy due to its being unsanctioned. His colleague... See full summary »

Director: Kunitoshi Manda | Stars: Yûsuke Manda, Natsu Miyamoto, Kazue Mitani, Leona Ohtsuka

48. Taylor & Taylor (2002 Video)

75 min | Adventure

It's easy four two beautiful detectives to follow the path taken by a genetically re-engineered gorilla - just follow the trail of beautiful bound women that lay in his wake. Can our ... See full summary »

Director: Jon Woods | Stars: Shannan Leigh, Brooke Taylor, Cassandra Knight, Josie Perez

49. Silver Spring Monkeys (1981)

17 min | Documentary, Short

An undercover investigation by PETA revealed animal abuse at a laboratory in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.

Director: Alex Pacheco | Star: Alex Pacheco

50. Auschwitz, the First Testimonies (2010)

77 min | Documentary, History

In this moving documentary, five testimonies of French survivors of the horrors of Auschwitz which were published just after the war, are cited by voice-over, while the camera moves around the remnants of the Auschwitz camps.

Director: Emil Weiss

Votes: 39