Female scientist movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant female scientist movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, exciting, suspenseful, entertaining, psychotronic and cult classic films and TV shows about / with female scientist, scientist, danger, explosion, transformation, chase, laboratory, mentor, violence and death plots mostly in Sci-Fi, Action and Thriller genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as female scientist: Swamp Thing (2019), A Gift of Miracles (2015), Sanctuary (2008), Ammonite (2020), Apple Tree Yard (2017), Twister (1996), Agora (2009), Wonder Woman (2017), Reset (2017), Forbidden World (1982).
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List of female scientist movies
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
CDC researcher Abby Arcane returns to her childhood home of Houma, Louisiana, in order to investigate a deadly swamp-borne virus. There, she develops a surprising bond with scientist Alec Holland — only to have him tragically taken from her. But ...
Style:
supernatural thriller, bleak, spooky, enigmatic, action adventure ...
Plot:
swamp, monster, villain, supernatural power, cold blooded murder, danger, body horror, multiverse, female sheriff, family secret, supernatural, love interest ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
louisiana
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Poland, Germany, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The most turbulent five years in the life of a genius woman: Between 1905, where Marie Curie comes with Pierre Curie to Stockholm to be awarded the Nobel Prize for the discovery of the radioactivity, and 1911, where she receives her second Nobel ...
Style:
light, touching, melancholic, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
female scientist, nobel prize, strong female character, science, female protagonist, european history, women, radioactivity, woman, female nudity, ambitious, job ...
Time:
90s, edwardian era, 20th century
Place:
stockholm sweden, poland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A pragmatic PhD candidate must let go of her logic when she finds a list of items to give away written by the late mother she never knew. With the encouragement of her enthusiastic new mentor, she attempts to return everything on the list and begins ...
Style:
emotional, enigmatic, sincere, touching, disturbing ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
faith, female scientist, parent child relationship, atheism, scientist, miraculous event, female protagonist, family secret, christmas, secret past, science, self discovery ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
The adventures of the beautiful, enigmatic and always surprising Dr. Helen Magnus, a brilliant scientist who holds the secrets of a clandestine population called Abnormals - a group of strange and sometimes terrifying beings that hide among humans. ...
Style:
atmospheric, stylized, exciting, gothic, anime ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, secret organization, werewolf, transformation, female scientist, scientist, vampire, magic, research, doctor, experiment, fate of humanity ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 2010s
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
1840s England, an infamous fossil hunter and a young woman sent to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship, altering both of their lives forever.
Style:
sexy, psychological, period piece, costume drama, realistic ...
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian relationship, lesbian romance, lgbtq, lesbian love, lesbian couple, lesbianism, lesbian sex, scientist, sapphic, lesbian cunnilingus ...
Time:
1840s, 19th century, victorian era, ancient times, 2020s ...
Place:
london, england
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story:
Dr. Yvonne Carmichael has a high-flying career, a beautiful home, and a loving family. But appearances can be deceptive, and when she is approached by a charismatic stranger, she soon finds herself taking risks that she had never dreamt of before.
Style:
captivating, psychological, sincere, touching, art house ...
Plot:
lost love, rape victim, mental disorder, female scientist, british government, married, rape, betrayal, love affair, testimony, murder trial, lover lover relationship ...
Place:
london
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250K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
TV weatherman Bill Harding is trying to get his tornado-hunter wife, Jo, to sign divorce papers so he can marry his girlfriend Melissa. But Mother Nature, in the form of a series of intense storms sweeping across Oklahoma, has other plans. Soon the ...
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night, date night, girls' night
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, tornado, catastrophe, twister, weatherman, divorce, survival, nature, hurricane, forces of nature, storm ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 60s, year 1969
Place:
oklahoma, oklahoma city, north america, usa
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76K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Spain, Malta, Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria and her relationship with her slave Davus, who is torn between his love for her and the possibility of gaining his freedom by joining the rising tide of Christianity.
Style:
philosophical, epic, historical drama, sincere, sexy ...
Plot:
roman empire, ancient history, mathematics, destiny, atheism, impossible love, political unrest, antiquity, historical character, ancient world, religions or cults, unrequited love ...
Time:
middle ages, ancient times, medieval times, 5th century
Place:
ancient greece, alexandria egypt, egypt, greece, rome italy ...
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732K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, War
Country: USA, China, Hong Kong
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man in the grips of the First World War to confront the forces of evil and bring an end to human conflict.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, psychotronic, exciting, epic ...
Audience:
chick flick, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teens ...
Plot:
superhero, strong female character, superheroine, world war one, strong female lead, fight scenes, female warrior, mythology, good versus evil, tough girl, supernatural power, super powers ...
Time:
1910s, year 1918, year 2017, future, 2010s ...
Place:
london, ancient greece, belgium, big ben london, fictional island ...
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2K
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In 2025, a scientist on the verge of making a major discovery related to time travel is suddenly put in peril when a rival kidnaps her young son and demands a hefty ransom: her entire research.
Style:
futuristic, tense, intense, suspense, suspenseful
Plot:
time loop, female scientist, single mother, ransom, kidnapping, mother son relationship, danger, fate of humanity, technology, time traveler, child in peril, rescue ...
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
In the distant future, a federation marshal arrives at a research lab on a remote planet where a genetic experiment has gotten loose and begins feeding on the dwindling scientific group.
Style:
medical horror, suspenseful, serious, scary, erotic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
exploitation, mutant, cocoon, female scientist, monster attack, experiment gone awry, genetic engineering, creature feature, monster, laboratory, creature, babe scientist ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s, future
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The lives of a breast-cancer patient and a researcher who is trying to prove a genetic link to cancer intersect in a groundbreaking study.
Style:
sincere, touching, realistic, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot:
genetics, coping, hopes, dysfunctional family, human spirit, optimism, inventions and discoveries, terminal illness, cancer, couples, genetic engineering, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 70s, 20th century, year 1950
Place:
usa, toronto ontario canada
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Dr. Emma Collins and her team are spending their third summer on the island of Little Happy studying the effect of climate change on the great white sharks who come to the nearby nursery every year to give birth. Along with the last two inhabitants ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, psychotronic, tense, intense ...
Plot:
shark, shark attack, animal attack, science runs amok, characters killed one by one, underwater, female scientist, killer shark, decapitation, sinking boat, experiment gone awry, boat ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
Style:
psychological, philosophical, intellectual, reflective, twist ending ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
first contact, alien, female protagonist, linguist, ufo, extraterrestrial, alien contact, time, alien invasion, creature, science, alien race ...
Time:
year 2016, future, 2010s
Place:
montana, china, america, massachusetts, venezuela ...
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After the mysterious death of scientist, Dr. Devin Villiers, Det. Frank Turner and his partner are assigned to protect Villiers' colleague, who revealed that a veteran soldier was subjected to an experiment with the objective of creating the ...
Style:
detective, suspense, surprise ending, intense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
invisibility, invisible man, psychopath, serial killer, manhunt, voyeurism, chase, assassin, violence, murder, mad scientist, superhuman powers ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
seattle, usa, pentagon
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Cocky researcher, Sebastian Caine is working on a project to make living creatures invisible and he's so confident he's found the right formula that he tests it on himself and soon begins to vanish. The only problem is – no-one can ...
Style:
sexy, medical horror, suspenseful, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, teens, adult
Plot:
invisible man, mad scientist, invisibility, psychopath, insanity, rape, experiment, sexualized violence, murder, animal experimentation, violence, voyeurism ...
Time:
20th century, year 2000, 2000s, y2k, future ...
Place:
washington d.c., pentagon, usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Ivan Tretiak, Russian Mafia boss who wants to create an oil crisis in Moscow and seize power as a result sends Simon Templar, great international criminal, to England to get a secret formula for cold fusion from U.S. scientist Emma Russell. Templar ...
Style:
romantic, action packed, breathtaking, exciting, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
love, conspiracy, on the run, thief, one last job, espionage, master thief, orphan, disguise, career criminal, coup d'etat, knights templar ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
russia, scotland yard, moscow russia, europe, berlin germany ...
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18K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A baby alligator is flushed down a Chicago toilet and survives by eating discarded lab rats, injected with growth hormones. The now gigantic animal, escapes the city sewers, and goes on a rampage, pursued by a cop and a big-game hunter.
Style:
cult classic, dark comedy, suspense, stylized, witty ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alligator, sewer, creature feature, crocodile, creature, animal attack, giant animal, urban legend, monster, toxic, reptile, blood ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
chicago, new jersey
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Two researchers in a green alternative energy project are put on the run when they are framed for murder and treason.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, intense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, frame up, chase, fugitive, murder, disaster, conspiracy theory, fbi, on the run, hacking, cia, paranoia ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
chicago, usa, wisconsin, langley virginia, washington d.c. ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A researcher at Chicago's Natural History Museum returns from South America with some crates containing his findings. When the crates arrive at the museum without the owner there appears to be very little inside. However, police discover ...
Style:
scary, exciting, serious, splatter, suspenseful ...
Plot:
monster, human versus monster, museum, violence, deadly creature, gory, creature feature, fear, creature, police detective, superstition, police investigation ...
Time:
90s, jurassic
Place:
chicago, brazil, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
When a train carrying atomic warheads mysteriously crashes in the former Soviet Union, a nuclear specialist discovers the accident is really part of a plot to cover up the theft of the weapons. Assigned to help her recover the missing bombs is a ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, political thriller, neo noir, visually stunning ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
terrorism, military, nuclear explosion, nuclear bomb, train crash, chase, conspiracy, revenge, murder, bosnian war, car chase, secret service ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, former yugoslavia, russia, manhattan new york city, bosnia ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In the "classic Spider-Man mold", Miles Morales must juggle his high school life with his status as a superhero. Until he learns by Peter Parker, the original Spider-Man, that there is a multiverse, called the "Spider-Verse", in ...
Style:
feel good, computer animated, 3d animation, anime, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
superhero, multiverse, teenager, peter parker character, superheroine, teenage life, teenage girl, spider man, alternate universe, love, teenage superhero, father son relationship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york, north america, manhattan new york city, usa
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87K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An earthquake shatters a peaceful Los Angeles morning and opens a fissure deep into the earth, causing lava to start bubbling up. As a volcano begins forming in the La Brea Tar Pits, the director of the city's emergency management service, Mike ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, intense, suspenseful, breathtaking ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
natural disaster, disaster, volcano, catastrophe, survival, forces of nature, race against time, lava, teenage girl, fire, panic, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
future, year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills, pacific ocean ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
King T'Challa returns home from America to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne by factions within ...
Style:
futuristic, suspense, stylized, saga, action adventure ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot:
superhero, martial arts, black hero, strong female character, loss of father, black superhero, warrior, good versus evil, female spy, chase, new world order, tragic villain ...
Time:
2010s, future, 90s, 20th century, year 1992 ...
Place:
africa, indiana, south africa, london, oakland california ...
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151K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Mexico, Australia, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
On a remote former submarine refueling facility called Aquatica, a team of scientists are searching for a cure for Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Susan McAlester genetically engineers three Mako sharks, intending to increase their brain capacity so ...
Style:
suspenseful, entertaining, perverse, intense, natural horror ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
shark, survival, shark attack, laboratory, creature feature, dangerous animal, killer shark, killer animal, genetic engineering, experiment gone awry, giant animal, monster ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, pacific ocean
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Shinya Yukimura and Ayame Himuro are two scientists that want to find out if love can be solved by a scientific theory. These two scientists also have feelings for each other and want to be able to solve their feelings through similar theoretical ...
Style:
thought provoking, anime, funny, shoujo, seinen ...
Plot:
scientist, female scientist, evidence, theory, science gone wrong, scientist hero, slice of life, explorer, female protagonist, university, laboratory, sexual humor ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, Indonesia, UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Marine biologist Skylar Shane hires an expat charter boat captain, Jack Bowman, to help her find prehistoric life form samples in the north Sumatran Sea. During the expedition, they run into some of Jack's 'friends', a gang of ...
Style:
mysterious, serious, scary, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
deadly creature, prehistoric creature, creature feature, killer animal, prehistoric animal, danger, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, escapades, ocean, giant creature, scorpion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, indonesia
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51K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A mysterious criminal steals a secret state-of-the-art time machine, intent on destroying America as we know it by changing the past. Our only hope is an unexpected team: a scientist, a soldier and a history professor, who must use the ...
Style:
romantic, light, exciting, surprise ending, spiritual ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
time travel, time machine, alternate reality, female scientist, fighting crime, alternate timeline, mother daughter relationship, shooting, murder, conspiracy, gang of outlaws, fantasy life ...
Time:
80s, 1940s, 19th century, 20th century, 1910s ...
Place:
san francisco
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Genre: Action
Country: Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When a group of seismologists are taken prison, the forces that be know that there is only one team of rescuers to turn to--the highly elite Delta Force. Upon beginning this difficult mission to track down and save the hostages, the men on the Force ...
Style:
action thriller, tense, suspenseful, grim
Audience:
adult
Plot:
terrorism, special forces, female scientist, hostage rescue, nuclear threat, rescue mission, military, weapon of mass destruction, earthquake, explosions, covert operation, hand to hand combat ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Six strangers wake up in a room full of weapons. If they do not kill each other, someone they care about will die.
Style:
experimental, bloody, psychological, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Plot:
survival, survival horror, female scientist, kidnapping, isolation, videotaping, brutality, bondage, cruelty, rivalry, panic, violence ...
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