Research movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant research movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, serious, suspense, weird, cult classic and tense films and TV shows about / with research, scientist, storytelling, catastrophe, supernatural, danger, death, transformation, dialogue and life philosophy plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Sci-Fi genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as research: Contagion (2011), Contact (1997), The River (2012), The Atticus Institute (2015), Kitchen Stories (2003), Bull (2016), The Hot Zone (2019), 28 Days Later (2002), Jurassic Park (1993), 47 Meters Down: Uncaged (2019).

List of research movies

 6.8
 329K
Contagion (2011)
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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 7.5
 310K
Contact (1997)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Contact is a science fiction film about an encounter with alien intelligence. Based on the novel by Carl Sagan the film starred Jodie Foster as the one chosen scientist who must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and ...
Style: inspirational, philosophical, cerebral, emotional, thought provoking ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: science, nasa, space travel, scientist, alien encounter, astronomy, first contact, religion, space and aliens, intelligence, alien contact, research ...
Time: future, 90s, 20th century, distant future
Place: puerto rico, new mexico, florida, washington d.c., usa ...
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 6.8
 17K
The River (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: The River follows the story of wildlife expert and TV personality Emmet Cole. Emmet set course around the world with his wife, Tess, and son, Lincoln, while filming what would become one of the most popular shows in television. After he goes missing ...
Style: mockumentary, horrifying, cliffhanger, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot: missing person, amazon river, research, twists and turns, jungle, supernatural, adventurer, disappearance, found footage, expedition, mysterious place, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south america, brazil, latin america
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The Atticus Institute (2015)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: In the early 1970s, Dr. Henry West creates an institute to find people with supernatural abilities. When Judith Winstead comes to the facility, she exhibits amazing abilities that the military wants to turn into a weapon.
Style: suspenseful, scary, sexy, serious, demonic ...
Plot: exorcism, demonic possession, experiment gone awry, danger, research, military, supernatural ability, parapsychology, medical, supernatural, possession, psychic power ...
Time: 70s, year 2015, 20th century, year 1976
Place: usa, pennsylvania
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Kitchen Stories (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway, Sweden
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Swedish efficiency researchers come to Norway for a study of Norwegian men, to optimize their use of their kitchen. Folke Nilsson (Tomas Norström) is assigned to study the habits of Isak Bjørvik (Joachim Calmeyer). By the rules of the research ...
Style: sentimental, witty, humorous, philosophical, breathtaking ...
Plot: friendship, research, food, satire, human animal relationship, self discovery, cooking, twists and turns, dishonesty, human nature, friends, housewife ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 1950s, year 2003, post world war two ...
Place: scandinavia, europe, finland, stockholm sweden, eastern europe
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 7.1
 24K
Bull (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Dr. Jason Bull is the brilliant, brash, and charming founder of a hugely successful trial consulting firm.
Style: captivating, entertaining, humorous, light
Audience: adult
Plot: investigation, lawyer, courtroom, jury, workplace situations, research, outsmarting, leader, psychologist, manipulation, human nature, law enforcement ...
Time: 2010s
Place: chicago, new york, usa
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 7.3
 10K
The Hot Zone (2019)
Genre: Drama, History, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Heroic U.S. Army scientist Dr. Nancy Jaax, working with a secret military specialized team, puts her life on the line to head off an Ebola outbreak before it spread to the human population.
Style: rough, suspenseful, apocalyptic, terrifying, psychological ...
Plot: virus, infection, research, death, laboratory, female protagonist, military, doctor, disease, scientist, quarantine, hysteria ...
Time: 80s, 2000s, september 11 2001, year 1989
Place: washington d.c., africa, virginia, texas, dallas texas ...
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 7.5
 538K
28 Days Later (2002)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the ...
Style: scary, frightening, atmospheric, dark, suspenseful ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: zombie, post apocalypse, virus, survival, apocalypse, epidemic, infected, fear, zombie apocalypse, plague, end of the world, experiment gone awry ...
Time: distant future, year 2003, near future, year 2000, year 2002 ...
Place: london, england, bolivia, britain, europe ...
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 8.2
 1.2M
Jurassic Park (1993)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of experts and his two eager grandchildren to experience the park and help calm anxious investors. ...
Style: suspense, breathtaking, entertaining, exciting, visually stunning ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, date night, teens, family outing ...
Plot: dinosaur, island, survival, creature feature, animal attack, child in peril, research, children, dangerous animal, teenage girl, science, fantasy world ...
Time: jurassic, year 1993, 20th century, prehistoric times, 90s
Place: montana, fictional island, caribbean, central america, dominican republic ...
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47 Meters Down: Uncaged (2019)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Five backpackers, diving in a ruined underwater city, quickly learn they are not alone in the submerged caves.
Style: bloody, suspense, suspenseful, teen horror, psychotronic ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: shark, sea, underwater, animal attack, panic, research, shark attack, great white shark, survival horror, chase, rescue, killer shark ...
Time: 2010s
Place: mexico
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 6.6
 275K
Life (2017)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The six-member crew of the International Space Station is tasked with studying a sample from Mars that may be the first proof of extra-terrestrial life, which proves more intelligent than ever expected.
Style: scary, suspense, apocalyptic, tense, tragic ending ...
Audience: adult
Plot: monster, mars, space, space station, space travel, space exploration, astronaut, survival horror, alien life-form, alien creature, first contact, death ...
Time: 2010s, near future, year 2017, future
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 6.8
 390K
Annihilation (2018)
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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 7.4
 45K
The Haunting (1963)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Dr. Markway, doing research to prove the existence of ghosts, investigates Hill House, a large, eerie mansion with a lurid history of violent death and insanity.
Style: gothic, gothic horror, suspense, scary, creepy ...
Audience: horror for children
Plot: haunted house, supernatural, disappearance, supernatural horror, insanity, haunted, research, hearing voices, lesbian, poltergeist, obsession, mansion ...
Time: 19th century, 1940s, 1870s, 20th century, year 1963 ...
Place: boston, new england, usa, massachusetts
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 6.9
 28K
The Silent Sea (2021)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: During a perilous 24-hour mission on the moon, space explorers try to retrieve samples from an abandoned research facility steeped in classified secrets.
Style: mysterious, suspense, futuristic, tense, disturbing ...
Plot: research, moon, astronaut, space, mission, elite, space station, moon base, planet, asteroid, space exploration, space mission ...
Time: future, 21st century
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 6.0
 23K
Body Snatchers (1993)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: When Environmental Protection Agency inspector Steve Malone travels to a remote military base in order to check for toxic materials, he brings his family along for the ride. After arriving at the base, his teenage daughter Marti befriends Jean ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, cult classic, tense, grindhouse ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: alien invasion, evil alien, soldier, toxic, alien, research, paranoia, teenage life, emotionless, invasion, military, sleeping ...
Time: 90s, year 1993, 50s, 1950s
Place: alabama, atlanta georgia
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 7.0
 52K
Kinsey (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Kinsey is a portrait of researcher Alfred Kinsey, driven to uncover the most private secrets of a nation. What begins for Kinsey as a scientific endeavor soon takes on an intensely personal relevance, ultimately becoming an unexpected journey into ...
Style: sexy, sexual, controversial, talky, psychological ...
Plot: scientist, gay, lgbt, sexuality, lgbtq, gay interest, sexology, research, sex scene, psychology, nudity, college ...
Time: 20th century, 1950s, 1940s, 2000s, y2k ...
Place: indiana, usa
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 7.1
 104K
Concussion (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought ...
Style: inspirational, emotional, captivating, compassionate, serious ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: american football, doctor, professional sports, autopsy, football, sports injury, research, nfl, brain damage, uncover truth, investigation, biopic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: pittsburgh, washington d.c., usa, pennsylvania, california ...
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The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Computer scientist Hannon Fuller has discovered something extremely important. He's about to tell the discovery to his colleague, Douglas Hall, but knowing someone is after him, the old man leaves a letter in his computer generated parallel ...
Style: mind bending, intellectual, twist ending, philosophical, neo noir ...
Plot: virtual reality, alternate reality, cyberpunk, cyberspace, twists and turns, time travel, computer system, artificial intelligence, consciousness, parallel world, simulated reality, imaginary ...
Time: future, 1930s, 90s, year 1999, 20th century ...
Place: los angeles, usa, pasadena california
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 7.4
 11K
Deception (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Cameron Black is the world's greatest illusionist. At least, that's what people used to call him—before his greatest secret was exposed and his career destroyed. Even worse, Cameron has good reason to believe this was no accident.
Style: captivating, feel good, entertaining, clever, realistic ...
Plot: illusionist, outsmarting, who done it, fbi, riddles and clues, team, crime investigation, magic, deception, secret, research, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york
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A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: At Princeton University, John Nash struggles to make a worthwhile contribution to serve as his legacy to the world of mathematics. He finally makes a revolutionary breakthrough that will eventually earn him the Nobel Prize. After graduate school he ...
Style: psychological, touching, cerebral, dramatic, intellectual ...
Audience: teens, date night, chick flick, family friendly
Plot: mathematics, mental illness, schizophrenia, genius, paranoia, insanity, imagination, scientist, prodigy, nobel prize, imaginary friend, mathematician ...
Time: year 2001, 60s, 1940s, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place: harvard university, boston, new jersey, detroit, persia ...
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The Bureau of Magical Things (2018)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Australia, Germany
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: When ordinary teenager Kyra touches a mysterious book, she is transformed into a Tri-ling-–part-human, part-fairy and part-elf. In addition to acquiring amazing magical powers, Kyra discovers a secret world of magic all around her.
Style: feel good, exciting, captivating, light
Audience: teen fantasy
Plot: magical power, fairy, magical creature, parallel world, elf, research, friendship, magic, supernatural power, teenager, temple, wizards and magicians ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: asia, vietnam, thailand
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 7.0
 692K
Prometheus (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
Style: futuristic, scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, space horror ...
Audience: girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot: space travel, androids, survival, alien, outer space, space and aliens, distant planet, robot, alien encounter, expedition, creature, alien life-form ...
Time: future, year 2000, year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: scotland, seattle
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 7.5
 616K
The Conjuring (2013)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
Style: scary, dark, suspenseful, creepy, atmospheric ...
Audience: family friendly, teens, adult
Plot: haunted house, supernatural, ghost, exorcism, paranormal investigation, fear, witch, danger, supernatural horror, possession, doll, investigation ...
Time: year 2013, 70s, year 2000, 20th century, 60s ...
Place: rhode island, new england, connecticut, usa
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Day of the Dead (1985)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The final chapter of George A. Romero's "Dead Trilogy". In an underground government installation they are searching for a cure to overcome this strange transformation into zombies. Unfortunately, the zombies from above ground have ...
Style: bloody, cult classic, tense, splatter, perverse ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: zombie, zombie apocalypse, apocalypse, living dead, virus, survival, violence, post apocalypse, mad scientist, gory, zombie attack, survival horror ...
Time: 80s
Place: florida, pittsburgh, usa
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A Cold Night's Death (1973)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: Scientists Culp and Wallach suspect that there is someone other than their research primates inhabiting their polar station.
Style: thrilling, black and white, spooky, crime thriller, atmospheric ...
Plot: research, monkey, snow, winter, scientist, laboratory, chimpanzee, isolation, animal attack, experiment, arctic, freeze to death ...
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Eye of the Dolphin (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Alyssa is a troubled 14-year old, suspended from school a year after her mother has drowned. Her grandmother Lucy, at wit's end, decides to take Alyssa to her father, James, whom Alyssa thought was dead for years. He studies dolphin ...
Style: realistic, captivating, light, humorous, serious ...
Audience: family outing, adult
Plot: island, tourism, dolphins, coming of age, research, tourist, dysfunctional family, parents and children, estrangement, family relations, friendship, teenage life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: bahamas, caribbean
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 8.2
 28K
Better Off Ted (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Better Off Ted is an American satirical situation comedy series, created by Victor Fresco, who also served as the show's Executive Producer. The series ran on the ABC network from March 18, 2009 to January 26, 2010. Better Off Ted focuses on ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, witty, not serious, funny ...
Plot: workplace, office, research, workplace romance, workplace situations, corporate world, team, success, coworker, experiment, ethics, evil corporation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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 5.6
 98K
The Box (2009)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million ...
Style: suspense, mind bending, enigmatic, suspenseful, period piece ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: moral dilemma, life & death, husband murders wife, experiment, psychology, supernatural, decision, research, mysterious character, gift, mind control, social experiment ...
Time: 70s, year 2009, 20th century
Place: usa, langley virginia, richmond virginia, virginia
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Prince of Darkness (1987)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A research team finds a mysterious cylinder in a deserted church. If opened, it could mean the end of the world.
Style: suspense, disturbing, dark, slasher, atmospheric ...
Plot: demon, cosmic horror, satan, devil, supernatural horror, black magic, church, supernatural, priest, occult, research, obsession ...
Time: 80s, year 2016, 20th century, 90s, year 1999
Place: los angeles, california
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Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth.
Style: exciting, teen, breathtaking, rom com, psychotronic ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night, family friendly, family outing
Plot: dinosaur, fantasy world, lost world, adventurer, twists and turns, mysterious place, underground, expedition, cave, imaginary, obsessive quest, danger ...
Time: year 2008, prehistoric times, prehistory, 19th century, 2000s ...
Place: iceland, italy, europe
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