Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "research", "snake"

1. May December (2023)

R | 117 min | Drama

Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple buckles under pressure when an actress arrives to do research for a film about their past.

Director: Todd Haynes | Stars: Natalie Portman, Chris Tenzis, Charles Melton, Julianne Moore

Votes: 52,194

2. Sinister (I) (2012)

R | 110 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A controversial true-crime writer finds a box of Super 8 home movies in his new home, revealing that the murder case he is currently researching could be the work of an unknown serial killer whose legacy dates back to the 1960s.

Director: Scott Derrickson | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance, James Ransone, Fred Thompson

Votes: 280,033 | Gross: $48.09M

3. Teeth (I) (2007)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

Still a stranger to her own body, a high school student discovers she has a physical advantage when she becomes the object of male violence.

Director: Mitchell Lichtenstein | Stars: Jess Weixler, John Hensley, Josh Pais, Hale Appleman

Votes: 46,446 | Gross: $0.35M

4. Swamp Thing (1982)

PG | 91 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

After a violent incident with a special chemical, a research scientist is turned into a swamp plant monster.

Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Louis Jourdan, Adrienne Barbeau, Ray Wise, David Hess

Votes: 16,323

5. Thelma (2017)

Not Rated | 116 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A confused religious girl tries to deny her feelings for a female friend who's in love with her. This causes her suppressed subconsciously-controlled psychokinetic powers to reemerge with devastating results.

Director: Joachim Trier | Stars: Eili Harboe, Kaya Wilkins, Henrik Rafaelsen, Ellen Dorrit Petersen

Votes: 36,596 | Gross: $0.15M

6. Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)

PG-13 | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

A scientific expedition sets out for Borneo to seek a flower called the Blood Orchid, which could grant longer life. Meanwhile, they run afoul of snakes and each other.

Director: Dwight H. Little | Stars: Morris Chestnut, KaDee Strickland, Eugene Byrd, Johnny Messner

Votes: 33,857 | Gross: $32.24M

7. Sssssss (1973)

PG | 99 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A college student becomes lab assistant to a scientist who is working on a serum that can transform humans into snakes.

Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Strother Martin, Dirk Benedict, Heather Menzies-Urich, Richard B. Shull

Votes: 3,963

8. 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: 50,490 | Gross: $1.12M

9. The Believers (1987)

R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Cal Jamison, a police psychologist, is forced to deal with a series of ritualistic murders and a malevolent cult.

Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Martin Sheen, Helen Shaver, Harley Cross, Robert Loggia

Votes: 8,103 | Gross: $18.75M

10. Spasms (1983)

R | 90 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A gigantic serpent is captured on a remote island and shipped to an American college for experimentation. A British millionaire and an American scientist must pursue the beast when it escapes and starts to kill innocent people.

Director: William Fruet | Stars: Peter Fonda, Oliver Reed, Kerrie Keane, Al Waxman

Votes: 1,310

11. The Myth (2005)

PG-13 | 122 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Archeologist Jack keeps having reoccurring dreams of a past life, where he is the great general Meng Yi, who is sworn to protect a princess named Ok-Soo. Jack decides to go investigate everything with his friend William.

Director: Stanley Tong | Stars: Bing Shao, Jackie Chan, Weixing Yao, Jianzhong Zhang

Votes: 16,311

12. A Day Without a Mexican (2004)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

When a mysterious fog surrounds the boundaries of California, there is a communication breakdown and all the Mexicans disappear, affecting the economy and the state stops working missing the Mexican workers and dwellers.

Director: Sergio Arau | Stars: Caroline Aaron, Tony Abatemarco, Melinda Allen, Frankie J. Allison

Votes: 3,224 | Gross: $4.18M

13. I Eat Your Skin (1971)

GP | 92 min | Horror

A playboy adventure novelist joins his publisher on an expedition to Voodoo Island in the Caribbean, where a cancer researcher is being forced to turn the tribes-people into zombies.

Director: Del Tenney | Stars: William Joyce, Heather Hewitt, Walter Coy, Dan Stapleton

Votes: 1,660

14. The Alligator People (1959)

Approved | 74 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A woman in a hypnotic state recounts to two doctors the details of a horrific experience from her past life that began with the mysterious and sudden disappearance of her husband.

Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Beverly Garland, Bruce Bennett, Lon Chaney Jr., George Macready

Votes: 2,506

15. Arrivederci, Baby! (1966)

Unrated | 100 min | Comedy, Crime

Nick tries to kill his wife to get her money, but when learning of this, she plans the same for him!

Director: Ken Hughes | Stars: Tony Curtis, Rosanna Schiaffino, Lionel Jeffries, Zsa Zsa Gabor

Votes: 660

16. The Seismic Sense: How Animals Predict Earthquakes (2012)

PG | 52 min | Documentary

Up until now, scientists have been fighting a lost battle on the field of earthquake prediction. A ray of light comes from the animal kingdom.

Director: Elmar Bartlmae | Stars: Chihiro Yamanaka, Helmut Tributsch, Guido Westhoff, David Oppenheimer

17. H2O: Just Add Water (2006–2010)
Episode: Metamorphosis (2006)

TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Emma, Cleo and Rikki are just three ordinary teenage girls with ordinary teenage issues, until one magical day when they're transformed into mermaids.

Director: Colin Budds | Stars: Cariba Heine, Claire Holt, Phoebe Tonkin, Angus McLaren

Votes: 330