Biology movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant biology movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, realistic, educational, suspense, thought provoking and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with biology, science, death, mentor, friendship, survival, scientist, storytelling, doctor and transformation plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Adventure genres shot in USA, UK, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as biology: Creation (2009), Annihilation (2018), Cells at Work! (2018), Splice (2009), Cells at Work! CODE BLACK (2021), 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), Contagion (2011), Code of a Killer (2015), The Man from Earth (2007), Parasite Eve (1997).
Best films
List of biology movies
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s.
Style:
medical drama, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
biology, medical research, genetics, profanity, black, women, research, death, fight, black history, medical, escapades ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, 1940s, 90s, 2000s
Place:
north carolina, baltimore
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A psychological, heart-wrenching love story that provides a unique and inside look at Charles Darwin. Torn between faith and science, he struggles to finish his legendary book "On the Origin of the Species," which goes on to become the ...
Style:
sexy, emotional, thought provoking, philosophical, talky ...
Plot:
evolution, atheism, biopic, atheist, storytelling, loss of daughter, science, scientist, family relations, haunted by the past, religion, family life ...
Time:
victorian era, ancient times, 19th century, year 2009, 1850s ...
Place:
england, europe, borneo, london
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.
Style:
psychedelic, suspense, disturbing, mindfuck, medical horror ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
female protagonist, cosmic horror, dna, creature, mutation, scientist, scientific experiment, biologist, expedition, research, genetics, terror ...
Time:
2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
west virginia, arkansas, maine, england, louisiana ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
The human body consists of approximately 37 trillion cells. These cells are hard at work every day within a world that is your body. From the oxygen carrying Red Blood Cells to the bacteria fighting White Blood Cells, Get to know the unsung heroes ...
Style:
anime, educational, humorous, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
biology, science, friendship, fantasy world, transformation, oxygen, narration, public health, allergy, food poisoning, influenza, cancer ...
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, France, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Elsa and Clive, two young rebellious scientists, defy legal and ethical boundaries and forge ahead with a dangerous experiment: splicing together human and animal DNA to create a new organism. Named "Dren", the creature rapidly develops ...
Style:
twist ending, psychological, sexy, suspense, erotic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
genetic engineering, genetics, monster, creature, supernatural, experiment gone awry, danger, cloning, laboratory, imaginary, dna, pregnant from rape ...
Time:
year 2009, future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
america, usa
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Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Alcohol, smoking, and stress—in the body subjected to these irritants, the cells responsible for maintaining life seem to fight a war that never ends. Due to a severe shortage of workers, Red Blood Cell AA2153 has to quickly learn to deliver ...
Style:
seinen, educational, anime, humorous, intense ...
Plot:
biology, bacteria, medicine, alcohol abuse, lifestyle, life & death, human nature, slice of life, humanity, cell, life philosophy, mentor ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Bianca, a tenth grader, has never gone on a date, but she isn't allowed to go out with boys until her older sister Kat gets a boyfriend. The problem is, Kat rubs nearly everyone the wrong way. But Bianca and the guy she has her eye on, Joey, ...
Style:
romantic, teen, romantic comedy, rom com, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, kids ...
Plot:
high school, teenager, opposites attract, youth, fall in love, couples, teen romance, teenage life, enemies to lovers, love and romance, teenage love, initially antagonists ...
Time:
y2k, year 1999, 20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
seattle, washington state, washington d.c., usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story is a movie based on the life story of world-renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson from 1961 to 1987.
Style:
uplifting, sincere, inspirational, christian film, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
medical, african american, against the odds, neurosurgeon, human spirit, medicine, surgeon, ambition, biopic, medical school, physician, doctor ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 2010s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
cuba, usa, detroit, west germany
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329K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.
Style:
apocalyptic, suspense, medical horror, bleak, clever ...
Plot:
virus, pandemic, epidemic, deadly virus, infected, infection, death, quarantine, plague, survival, disaster, medical ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, year 2000, distant future, future ...
Place:
hong kong, minnesota, san francisco, california, bay area ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in 1984, Code of a Killer is a true story which tells of the discovery of DNA fingerprinting. Detective David Baker leads an investigation of the vicious murders of the two Leicestershire schoolgirls, Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth. Alec Jeffreys ...
Style:
captivating, tense, serious, exciting, thought provoking ...
Plot:
homicide detective, investigation, police, police detective, killer, serial killer, manhunt, murder, police investigation, murderer, law enforcement, inventions and discoveries ...
Time:
year 1984, future, 20th century, 80s
Place:
england
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he never ages and has walked the earth for 14,000 years.
Style:
philosophical, reflective, mindfuck, psychological, cerebral ...
Plot:
philosophy, immortality, atheism, religion, storytelling, immortal, dialogue, professor, society, myth, heart attack, eternal youth ...
Time:
future, medieval times, 2000s, prehistory, 17th century ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Toshiaki Nagashima is a biologist who is doing major research on mitochondria. When his beautiful young wife is tragically involved in a car accident which leaves her brain dead, in desperation he steals her liver from her body in order to recieve ...
Style:
serious, bleak, suspenseful, suspense, natural horror ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
interspecies sex, mad scientist, experiment gone awry, criminal's revenge, danger, police investigation, supernatural, wedding, murder, zombie, biology, curse ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Part drama, part mystery with a dash of film noir, Currency weaves together a web of simple stories about the complex questions we all ask. We all ask why. We all die.
Style:
spiritual, neo noir, rough, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
loss of friend, biology, loss of loved one, suicide, catholicism, science, death of loved one, betrayal, money, murder, death, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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692K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
The true story of top student and athlete, Christopher McCandless, who after graduating from Emory University in 1992, abandoned his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness.
Style:
road movie, philosophical, melancholic, inspirational, reflective ...
Audience:
teens, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
wilderness, self discovery, survival, road trip, freedom, isolation, solitude, journey, life philosophy, lifestyle change, beautiful scenery, nature ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, 20th century, year 1990, year 1992 ...
Place:
alaska, los angeles, north america, northern california, america ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Michiko a high school girl had committed suicide, but she was resuscitated by an alien parasitism. While she brutally murdered men and spawned one after another, her friend Rika met Mayumi. Mayumi was told that she was parasitized by a gentle alien. ...
Style:
scenic, naughty, dark, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
body horror, alien disguised as human, disguise, darkness, female alien, erotica, macabre, heroine, strong female character, trapped in space, creature feature, spaceship ...
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Genre: Biography
Country: Canada
TV show
Story:
Well known Canadians set out to discover their family roots.
Style:
clever, feel good, light, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
genealogy, ancestry, celebrity, family history, identity, genetics, parents and children, storytelling, parents, famous, biology, family secret ...
Place:
canada
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Genre: Adventure
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Jump into the water with scuba diver Sam and discover the amazing world of underwater animals. The Sam Cam gives you a secret look at her ocean adventures, which she goes on with aquarium experts whose exclusive interviews add more fun to the ...
Style:
captivating, nautical, educational, nature documentary
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
underwater, marine life, scuba diving, wildlife, biologist, animal, ocean, marine biologist, sea lion, scuba diver, sea turtle, sea adventure ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When an alien fugitive crash lands into a local puppy farm and begins turning people into machines that feed on puppy flesh, Dylan and her BFF Eddie have to decide whether or not to take on the SheBorg menace, and save the world.
Style:
frightening, suspense, minimal cast, futuristic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
massacre, body horror, cyborgs, alien invasion, alien, distopia, human in outer space, creature feature, evil alien, sole survivor, outer space, strong female character ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A deadly virus is sweeping the country and one man may hold the key to defeating it - if he can survive.
Style:
tense, captivating, scary, bleak, suspenseful
Plot:
zombie, epidemic, quarantine, apocalypse, distopia, deadly virus, survival horror, infected, fate of humanity, zombie outbreak, humanity in peril, terminal illness ...
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Genre: Documentary
Country: Norway
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Norwegian educational series about human body and how it works.
Style:
educational, informative, explanatory, non fiction, period piece ...
Plot:
anatomy, biology, voice over narration, nutrition, nudity, birth, influenza, puberty, medicine, illness, blood, cell ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
Pioneering documentary maker Philomena Cunk returns with her most ambitious quest to date: venturing right up the universe and everything to examine life and existence in an attempt to find out the point of it all. Along the way, she interrogates ...
Style:
mockumentary, philosophical, satirical, thought provoking, absurd ...
Plot:
meaning of life, artificial intelligence, irreverent, biology, skeptic, art history, female nudity, universe, male nudity, religion, science, philosophy ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
Due to violent crimes becoming more and more complicated, it is crucial to make arrests with concrete evidence. The White Lab is the formed within the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Departments First Investigative Division. The lab uses scientific ...
Style:
detective, tense, captivating, thrilling, realistic ...
Plot:
forensics, investigation, crime scene, police investigation, crime investigation, workplace situations, detective inspector, criminal, fighting crime, crime solving, homicide detective, uncover truth ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan, tokyo
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Genre: Documentary, Short, Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
A series of very short films inspired by the amazing and often bizarre sexual practices of insects and other creatures.
Style:
surreal, not serious, humorous, experimental, sexual ...
Plot:
biology, silly humor, animal life, couples, nature, sexual relations, sex, coach, wildlife, reproduction, sexual behavior, puppet ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min.
Story:
In this musical special, the Octonauts must find a way to hold back hungry swarms of coral-eating starfish to save a new friend's fragile reef home.
Style:
entertaining, satirical, funny, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
teamwork, friendship, sea adventure, marine life, coral reef, ocean, music, rescue, marine, conservation, children, underwater ...
Place:
australia
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA, UK, New Zealand
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Peep and the Big Wide World is an animated cartoon that teaches nature and basic science concepts to preschoolers. The main characters include a yellow baby chick named Peep and his friends Quack, a teenaged blue drake, and Chirp, a baby red robin ...
Style:
educational, semi serious, humorous, feel good, clever ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot:
teaching the ways of the world, partner, escapades, disorder, goofy hero, youth, bird, science, children, duck, chick, animal ...
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After a gentle alien becomes stranded on Earth, the being is discovered and befriended by a young boy named Elliott. Bringing the extraterrestrial into his suburban California house, Elliott introduces E.T., as the alien is dubbed, to his brother ...
Style:
sentimental, feel good, sad, sweet, inspirational ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
alien, friendship, childhood, children, coming of age, ufo, friendly alien, space and aliens, chase, boy, child protagonist, bicycle ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1982, 90s, future
Place:
california, usa, persia, los angeles
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Ty Bounds, a workaholic as a computer programmer for 35 years, has retired. No longer forced to work for a living, he seeks how he can spend his time serving God. Following the lead of the Holy Spirit, he returns to college to wage war against ...
Style:
inspirational, spiritual, independent film, christian film
Plot:
faith, creationism, christian, college, religion, campus, mentor, evangelist, evangelical christianity, generation gap, education, retirement ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Female born, Teena Brandon adopts his male identity of Brandon Teena and attempts to find himself and love in Nebraska.
Style:
touching, independent film, emotional, sexy, depressing ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
transgender, lesbian, gender, transsexual, rape, lgbtq, tragic love, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, small town, gay, love ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place:
nebraska, texas, usa
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Dana is failing Biology. To pass she must attend an extra credit assignment with several classmates that will lead them into a remote region of the Great Dismal Swamp, a place teeming with life... and death. While the group keeps one eye out for ...
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
camping, violence, swamp, serial killer, survival, psychopath, danger, wilderness, escapades, buddies, youth, teachers and students ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, virginia
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Three fanatical bird-watchers spend an entire year competing to spot the highest number of species as El Nino sends an extraordinary variety of rare breeds flying up into the U.S., but they quickly discover that there are more important things than ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, scenic, semi serious, hilarious ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
obsession, friendship, bird, competition, father son relationship, camp, eccentricity, storm, husband wife relationship, family drama, marital problem, rivalry ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
alaska, china, usa, san francisco, california ...
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