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1. Annihilation (I) (2018)
R | 115 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.
Director: Alex Garland | Stars: Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tessa Thompson, Benedict Wong
Votes: 362,316 | Gross: $32.73M
2. Downsizing (2017)
R | 135 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
A social satire in which a man realizes he would have a better life if he were to shrink himself to five inches tall, allowing him to live in wealth and splendor.
Director: Alexander Payne | Stars: Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau, Kristen Wiig
Votes: 124,809 | Gross: $24.45M
3. The Insider (1999)
R | 157 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.
Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora
Votes: 180,427 | Gross: $28.97M
4. The Fountain (2006)
PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
As a modern-day scientist, Tommy is struggling with mortality, desperately searching for the medical breakthrough that will save the life of his cancer-stricken wife, Izzi.
Director: Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Sean Patrick Thomas, Ellen Burstyn
Votes: 248,905 | Gross: $10.14M
5. 50/50 (2011)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.
Director: Jonathan Levine | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard
Votes: 343,078 | Gross: $35.01M
6. The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021)
PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Two teens live the same day repeatedly, enabling them to create a map of things to remember.
Director: Ian Samuels | Stars: Kathryn Newton, Kyle Allen, Jermaine Harris, Anna Mikami
Votes: 27,974
7. Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014)
R | 114 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A psychiatrist searches the globe to find the secret of happiness.
Director: Peter Chelsom | Stars: Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Jean Reno
Votes: 50,527 | Gross: $1.12M
8. ReGenesis (2004–2008)
TV-14 | 49 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Geneticist David Sandstrom is the chief scientist at the prestigious virology/micro-biology NORBAC laboratory, a joint enterprise between the USA, Canada and Mexico for countering bio-terrorism.
Stars: Peter Outerbridge, Conrad Pla, Dmitry Chepovetsky, Mayko Nguyen
Votes: 3,455
9. Vagabond (1985)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
A young woman's body is found frozen in a ditch. Through flashbacks and interviews, we see the events that led to her inevitable death.
Director: Agnès Varda | Stars: Sandrine Bonnaire, Macha Méril, Stéphane Freiss, Setti Ramdane
Votes: 13,709
10. X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
Not Rated | 79 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A Roger Corman tale of Dr. James Xavier's devastating experiments on himself and the unforeseen.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Ray Milland, Diana Van der Vlis, Harold J. Stone, John Hoyt
Votes: 8,177
11. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 93 min | Biography, Drama, History
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.
Director: George C. Wolfe | Stars: Renée Elise Goldsberry, Sylvia Grace Crim, Reed Birney, Karen Wheeling Reynolds
Votes: 3,995
12. Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996)
R | 89 min | Comedy
A pharmaceutical scientist creates a pill that makes people remember their happiest memory, and although it's successful, it has unfortunate side effects.
Director: Kelly Makin | Stars: David Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney
Votes: 9,484 | Gross: $2.65M
13. The Red Pill (2016)
TV-14 | 108 min | Documentary
The Red Pill chronicles filmmaker Cassie Jaye's journey following the mysterious and polarizing Men's Rights Movement. The Red Pill explores today's gender war and asks the question "what is the future of gender equality?"
Director: Cassie Jaye | Stars: Cassie Jaye, Paul Elam, Attila Vinczer, Dean Esmay
Votes: 12,053
14. Saathi (1968)
156 min | Drama, Romance
A doctor doing research on cancer treatment faces challenges when he first loses his wife, and then his vision.
Director: C.V. Sridhar | Stars: Vyjayanthimala, Rajendra Kumar Tuli, Simi Garewal, Pahadi Sanyal
Votes: 102
15. Science of Fasting (2012 TV Movie)
55 min | Documentary
While life expectancy is increasing in Western countries, cases of diabetes, hypertension, obesity and cancer are increasing, and the use of medication has exploded. Does this mean that in ... See full summary »
Directors: Sylvie Gilman, Thierry de Lestrade | Stars: Natalia Bataeva, Olya Bazarova, Antonina Nikitiuk, Natacha Kiseliova
Votes: 198
16. Burzynski (2010)
TV-G | 108 min | Documentary
Ph.D biochemist, Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski, won one of the largest legal battles against the Food & Drug Administration in U.S. history. Dr. Burzynski and his patients endured a treacherous ... See full summary »
Director: Eric Merola | Stars: Joe Barton, Stanislaw Burzynski, Richard Jaffe, David A. Kessler
Votes: 892
17. Two Small Voices (1997 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama
Sybil Goldrich had breast cancer and reconstructive surgery, Kathleen Anneken chose to have breast implants. They both suffer from symptoms they were not warned about. Who would have ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Levin | Stars: Mary McDonnell, Gail O'Grady, Richard Gilliland, Nicolas Surovy
Votes: 172
18. The Directive (2019)
113 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
One year after a catastrophic pandemic wipes out most of humanity, a lone survivor embarks on a journey to find Safe Zone 57 with the help of a broken robot.
Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Nicholas Winand, Thomas Betthauser, Scott Thompson, Blaiden D. Cordle
Votes: 1,317
19. Painkillers (2014)
98 min | Drama, Romance
Caspar goes searching for his father, when he learns that his mother is very ill.
Director: Tessa Schram | Stars: Gijs Blom, Birgit Schuurman, Raymond Thiry, Massimo Pesik
Votes: 726
20. Stem Cell Universe with Stephen Hawking (2014 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Led by a pioneer in the science world, Stephen Hawking, this special takes us on a journey which delves into the subjects of stem cells both embryonic and adult to explore what these ... See full summary »
Director: Geoffrey Sharp | Stars: Stephen Hawking, Michael C. Hall, Krstin Baldwin, Vincent Giampapa
Votes: 134
21. Magic Bullet (2004 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Nobel Prize-winning scientist 'Nurse, Sir Paul' presents in this documentary what could be the future in the war against cancer. Starting with the advances in chemo-therapy that helps large... See full summary »
Director: Natasha Bondy | Stars: Paul Nurse, Brenda McGee
22. Something in the Air (2019 TV Movie)
44 min | Documentary
Documentary that looks at the most essential element for survival - air.
Director: Leif Kaldor | Star: David Suzuki
Votes: 18
23. Vivere, che rischio (2019)
83 min | Documentary, Biography
The incredible story of a world famous scientist, Cesare Maltoni, who devoted his entire life to study dangerous chemical substances in order to help workers and implement cancer prevention... See full summary »
Directors: Michele Mellara, Alessandro Rossi | Stars: Cesare Maltoni, Fiorella Belpoggi, Morando Soffritti, Donata Carretti
Votes: 9
24. Läkaren som vägrade ge upp (2016)
112 min | Documentary
A Physician combines established with natural medicine and reaches sensational results but are maligned by some colleagues and exposed to media hype that results in judicial crime.
Director: Börje Peratt | Stars: Basilio Domini, Gunnel Enby, Henrik Enby, Enby Erik
Votes: 38
25. No Food for 28 Days (2017 Video)
23 min | Short, Reality-TV
TheProGamerJay describes his experience of going without food, and drinking only water, for 28 days.
Star: Jay
26. Errand (2014)
11 min | Short, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Director: Anush Gorak | Stars: Sneha Maduri, D.V.S. Paresh, Sanjana Thadakanti
Votes: 8
27. Chasing the Cure (2002– )
60 min | Documentary
These researchers are looking for treatments for widespread killers-heart disease, cancer, bacterial poisoning. In the next 20 years, their findings will change the face of medicine.
Stars: Allen J. Abel, Freda Miller, Michael Hayden, Brenda Gallie
28. Shaving Danielle's Head: St. Baldrick's Foundation (2014)
2 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Eileen Slavin | Stars: Kaleigh Boulanger, Dani Slavin, Marina Slavin, Mike Slavin
29. Hidden Healer (2009)
42 min | Documentary, Short
Josef Zezulka was born on 30th March, 1912 in Brno; he lived and worked in Prague. At Easter 1945, at his 33, his life was unusually and mysteriously changed. He experienced an ... See full summary »
Director: Tomas Pfeiffer | Star: Tomas Pfeiffer
30.
The Decalogue (1989–1990)
Episode:
Dekalog, osiem
(1989)
TV-MA | 56 min | Drama
A researcher meets a professor and reveals herself as the child to whom she refused to shelter during World War II.
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski | Stars: Maria Koscialkowska, Teresa Marczewska, Artur Barcis, Tadeusz Lomnicki
Votes: 3,671
31.
The Tony Robbins Podcast (2016– )
Breakthroughs in Immunity: Facts over Fear, Part 1 - Stem Cell Therapy to Treat COVID-19 with Dr. Bob Hariri and Dr. Peter Diamandis
(2020 Podcast Episode)
Documentary
Stars: Anthony Robbins, Robert Hariri, Peter Diamandis
32.
Fringe (2008–2013)
Episode:
Pilot
(2008)
TV-14 | 82 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
After a plane from Hamburg returns with no survivors, FBI agent Olivia Dunham goes after the only person that might shed some light on the incident - a scientist that has been in a mental hospital for the last 17 years.
Director: Alex Graves | Stars: Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, Lance Reddick, Kirk Acevedo
Votes: 4,889
33.
Hungarian Folk Tales (1980–2012)
Episode:
A király kenyere
(1991)
7 min | Animation
Directors: Mária Horváth, László Király | Star: Gyula Szabó
Votes: 10
34.
The Matt Walsh Show (2018– )
Harvard Pretends To Support Free Speech
(2023 Podcast Episode)
News, Talk-Show
Star: Matt Walsh
36.
Your Welcome (2017– )
Dr. Drew
(2024 Podcast Episode)
News, Talk-Show
Stars: Michael Malice, Drew Pinsky