Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "genetic-experiment"

1. Children of Men (2006)

R | 109 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

In 2027, in a chaotic world in which women have somehow become infertile, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea.

Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars: Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Caine

Votes: 529,289 | Gross: $35.55M

2. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The Guardians struggle to keep together as a team while dealing with their personal family issues, notably Star-Lord's encounter with his father, the ambitious celestial being Ego.

Director: James Gunn | Stars: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel

Votes: 759,342 | Gross: $389.81M

3. Rampage (2018)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

When three different animals become infected with a dangerous pathogen, a primatologist and a geneticist team up to stop them from destroying Chicago.

Director: Brad Peyton | Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harris, Malin Akerman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Votes: 184,847 | Gross: $101.03M

4. Universal Soldier (1992)

R | 102 min | Action, Sci-Fi

Soldiers who were killed in action are brought back to life in a top secret military experiment that creates superhuman warriors.

Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Ally Walker, Ed O'Ross

Votes: 96,184 | Gross: $36.30M

5. Helix (2014–2015)

TV-PG | 40 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A team of scientists are thrust into a potentially life-or-death situation when they arrive in the Arctic to secretly investigate what could be an outbreak of a strange disease in a secluded international research facility.

Stars: Billy Campbell, Kyra Zagorsky, Mark Ghanimé, Jordan Hayes

Votes: 30,595

6. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)

PG | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery

After New York City receives a series of attacks from giant flying robots, a reporter teams up with a pilot in search of their origin, as well as the reason for the disappearances of famous scientists around the world.

Director: Kerry Conran | Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi

Votes: 87,462 | Gross: $37.76M

7. The Witch: Part 1 - The Subversion (2018)

Not Rated | 125 min | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A high school student with amnesia tries to uncover what has happened to her. All leading her into deeper troubles ultimately revealing a darkness she could not have imagined.

Director: Park Hoon-jung | Stars: Kim Da-mi, Jo Min-soo, Choi Woo-sik, Go Min-si

Votes: 17,518

8. Mutant X (2001–2004)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A fugitive geneticist and four of his "creations" search for others of their kind while attempting to stay a step ahead of a morally ambiguous government agent.

Stars: Victoria Pratt, Forbes March, Victor Webster, John Shea

Votes: 4,641

9. X-Men (2011)

TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi

X-Men, still grieving over the death of Phoenix (Jean Grey), are investigating a case of a missing mutant girl in Northern Japan. This leads them to a mysterious virus that turns mutants into monsters. U-Men and the Inner Circle want it.

Stars: Jennifer Hale, Scott Porter, Steve Blum, Danielle Nicolet

Votes: 2,534

10. The Rift (1990)

R | 83 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

Siren II, a submarine under the command of Capt. Phillips, ventures into the deep on a mission to recover the missing Siren I. Their quest is hindered when the submarine becomes entangled in a patch of toxic seaweed.

Director: Juan Piquer Simón | Stars: Jack Scalia, R. Lee Ermey, Ray Wise, Deborah Adair

Votes: 2,763

11. Silent Rage (1982)

R | 103 min | Action, Crime, Horror

A sheriff tries to stop the killing spree of a silent maniacal murderer who, as the result of secret genetic experimentation by an unethical scientist, has the ability to self-heal.

Director: Michael Miller | Stars: Chuck Norris, Ron Silver, Steven Keats, Toni Kalem

Votes: 6,699 | Gross: $10.49M

12. Lake Placid vs. Anaconda (2015 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A giant crocodile goes head to head with a giant anaconda. The town Sheriff must find a way to destroy the two monsters before they kill the whole town.

Director: A.B. Stone | Stars: Corin Nemec, Yancy Butler, Skye Lourie, Robert Englund

Votes: 3,829

13. First Wave (1998–2001)

TV-14 | 44 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

Framed for murder and on the run, a former thief struggles to expose the vanguard of an alien invasion with the help of a conspiracy theorist and newly discovered prophecies of Nostradamus.

Stars: Sebastian Spence, Rob LaBelle, Roger Cross, Traci Lords

Votes: 3,690

14. Men & Chicken (2015)

Not Rated | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Through getting to know their unknown family, two outcast brothers discover a horrible truth about themselves and their relatives.

Director: Anders Thomas Jensen | Stars: David Dencik, Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Søren Malling

Votes: 14,532 | Gross: $0.03M

15. Gandahar (1987)

PG | 78 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy

An evil force begins to destroy the idyllic paradise of Gandahar, where the citizens are in perfect harmony with nature.

Director: René Laloux | Stars: Glenn Close, Christopher Plummer, Pierre-Marie Escourrou, Catherine Chevallier

Votes: 5,304 | Gross: $0.37M

16. Atlantis: The Lost Continent (1961)

Approved | 90 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi

Welcome to Atlantis, where royal guardsmen wear uniforms that could easily be from the wardrobe of Ming the Merciless and some unfortunate slaves are turned into bovine-headed beasts.

Director: George Pal | Stars: Sal Ponti, Joyce Taylor, John Dall, William Smith

Votes: 2,146

17. DNA (1996 Video)

R | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

A mad scientist's DNA experiment on the bones of a mysterious jungle creature brings the carnivorous beast to life, and only his former assistant Ash Mattley and CIA operative Claire Sommers can stop it.

Director: William Mesa | Stars: Mark Dacascos, Jürgen Prochnow, Robin McKee, Tom Taus

Votes: 2,493

18. Blade (2011)

Not Rated | 25 min | Animation, Action, Horror

Legendary half-vampire, half-human vampire hunter Blade is tracking Deacon Frost, a very powerful and influential vampire who killed his mother and who heads Existence, a secretive vampire organization that operates in Southeast Asia.

Stars: Akio Ôtsuka, Maaya Sakamoto, Harold Perrineau, Kim Mai Guest

Votes: 1,238

19. Emperor: Battle for Dune (2001 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Direct sequel to real time strategy game Dune 2000 (1998). When Emperor is killed, the 3 great houses, Atreides, Harkonnen and Ordos, start a secret war with one another on Arrakis for the seat and Spacing Guild hatches a sinister plot.

Director: Joseph D. Kucan | Stars: Michael Dorn, Michael McShane, Musetta Vander, Vincent Schiavelli

Votes: 257

20. Evil Spawn (1987)

Not Rated | 70 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A scientist is using Microbes in experiments but dies before the work is finished. An aging actress injects herself the serum and the bacterium transforms her into a hideous bug alien resulting in an attrition problem among her detractors.

Directors: Kenneth J. Hall, Ted Newsom, Fred Olen Ray | Stars: Bobbie Bresee, Drew Godderis, Dawn Wildsmith, Fox Harris

Votes: 776

21. Alien Nation: Body and Soul (1995 TV Movie)

87 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi

Sikes and Francisco are called in to a case when a mysterious young girl, who looks part Newcomer, part human, appears. Her huge, brutish counterpart tries to free her from the precinct, ... See full summary »

Director: Kenneth Johnson | Stars: Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli, Terri Treas

Votes: 1,099

22. Sjätte dagen (1999–2001)

44 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

the center was the mysterious murder of Felicia Ekebladh

Stars: Dag Malmberg, Charlotta Jonsson, Ann Lundgren, Sunil Munshi

Votes: 117

23. Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature (1984 TV Movie)

90 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Tezuka Osamu's tale of a genetically engineered pink American Mountain-lion named Bagi and the friendship she develops with Ryo, a lonesome bike gang member.

Director: Osamu Tezuka | Stars: Yuzuru Fujimoto, Masaru Ikeda, Kazuhiko Inoue, Tomie Kataoka

Votes: 203

24. Ninja ryûkenden (1991 Video)

50 min | Animation, Action, Horror

Loosely inspired by the video game of the same name, ninja Ryu must take on an evil corporation dabbling in illegal genetic experiments to create demonic mutants.

Directors: Mamoru Kanbe, Minoru Okazaki | Stars: Keiichi Nanba, Yumi Tôma, Norio Wakamoto, Daisuke Gôri

Votes: 175

25. Star Trek: Hidden Evil (1999 Video Game)

T | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The Son'a and the Ba'ku now live in peace on the planet, and a Starfleet outpost has been set up to monitor the situation. Son'a construction uncovers ancient ruins and the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-E is sent to investigate.

Director: Jonathan Knight | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Christopher Gorham, Gregg Henry

Votes: 121

26. Thunder of Gigantic Serpent (1988)

87 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

A secret formula that can cause plants and animals to expand a thousand-fold in size is stolen by a terrorist group. During a wild chase and shoot-out, the formula is lost. It's found by a ... See full summary »

Director: Godfrey Ho | Stars: Pierre Kirby, Edowan Bersmea, Danny Raisebeck, Dewey Bosworth

Votes: 218

27. ObsCure (2004 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Horror

A group of classmates try to find their missing friend in a high school with a dark sordid past.

Stars: Diamondog, Scott Haze, Liam O'Brien, Tara Platt

Votes: 421

28. Mutator (1989)

R | 91 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A beast gets loose in a laboratory, killing all in its way. A former scientist, now working as a custodian tries to stop it.

Director: John Bowey | Stars: Brion James, Carolyn Ann Clark, Milton Raphael Murill, Embeth Davidtz

Votes: 239

29. De zeemeerman (1996)

111 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Tony is really handsome, but he smells. A scientist gives him a potion that should get rid of his fishy smell. Unfortunately, there are some serious side effects.

Director: Frank Herrebout | Stars: Daniël Boissevain, Gonny Gaakeer, Angelique de Bruijne, Frans van Deursen

Votes: 538

30. A Number (2008 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 76 min | Drama

A father is confronted by the sons he had cloned decades earlier. Based on a play by Caryl Churchill.

Director: James MacDonald | Stars: Rhys Ifans, Tom Wilkinson

Votes: 330

31. Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix (2001 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Crime

In this prequel to PS1 cyberpunk survival horror action adventure game Fear Effect (2000), Hana and her female partner and lover, Rain, who was absent during the original game, are tasked to rob a high security bio lab.

Director: Stan Liu | Stars: Wendee Lee, Anthony Gayle Marcotte, Lex Lang, Dorothy Elias-Fahn

Votes: 154

32. Horror of the Hungry Humongous Hungan (1991 Video)

Not Rated | 98 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Genetic experiments gone wrong unleash an ancient voodoo curse that produces a masticating monster with an appetite for terror. Narrated by Oscar-winning actor Jack Palance.

Director: Randall Dininni | Stars: Joseph E. Miller, Brenda Moyer, David A. Yoakam, Deborah Lichtenfels

Votes: 131

33. Dirty Pair: Mystery of Norlandia (1985 Video)

Not Rated | 57 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi

Kei and Yuri travel to a mysterious planet in order to find a missing girl.

Director: Masaharu Okuwaki | Stars: Kyôko Tongû, Saeko Shimazu, Keiko Han, Toshiko Fujita

Votes: 148

34. Un amore su misura (2007)

94 min | Comedy

Since his wife left him, Corrado Olmi's life is a boring routine of home, work and fishing. He thinks his loneliness will end when he finally meets the perfect woman.

Director: Renato Pozzetto | Stars: Renato Pozzetto, Camilla Sjoberg, Fabrizio Kofler, Renato Scarpa

Votes: 111

35. Lizard Boy (2011)

Not Rated | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Horror

An entertaining sci-fi thriller with plenty of action, drama, humor, and bits of gor, Lizard Boy raises questions about modern genetics while harkening back to the monster movies of old.

Director: Paul Della Pelle | Stars: Pete Punito, Damon Gregory, Steven Zeigler, Mark Strano

Votes: 149

36. Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut (2014 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

In this stand-alone release of the Dragonfall expansion, your team is set up and your leader killed. Now you must keep the team together and get to the bottom of the strange conspiracy involving a long-dead dragon and a death squad.

Director: Mike McCain

Votes: 124

37. The New Batman Adventures (1997–1999)
Episode: Critters (1998)

TV-PG | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A ruined agricultural breeder of dangerously oversized livestock plots his revenge on Gotham City.

Director: Dan Riba | Stars: Kevin Conroy, Mathew Valencia, Tara Strong, Peter Breck

Votes: 716

38. PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode: 883 (1999)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Matt finds a disfigured mute with number 883 embedded on his arm. His toxic blood infects Matt and slowly starts killing him. Matt's only chance for survival is the secretive female doctor behind the genetic experiment that created 883.

Director: Ron Oliver | Stars: Matt Frewer, Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Joanne Vannicola

Votes: 18

39. PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode: The Underneath/Phantom Limb (1996)

TV-14 | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Some kind of giant reptile is slaughtering people in Lyon, France. A farmer that lost his hand in an accident develops psychokinetic abilities but refuses to accept this fact.

Directors: Milan Cheylov, Allan Kroeker | Stars: Paul Miller, Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Colin Fox

Votes: 31

40. Science! (2019)
Episode: Making a Birderer (2019)

Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

At the request of a group of wealthy conservationists, Dr. Moog has resurrected an extinct species of birds.

Director: Neal Holman | Stars: Cree Summer, Betsy Sodaro, Jeremy Bent, Hollie Harper

41. Adam Savage's Tested VR (2019–2022)
Episode: Adam Savage's Top 5 Science Fiction Books (2019)

9 min | Reality-TV

In response to a viewer question Adam shares his favorite science fiction books and he didn't just like them he's crazy about them; Neuromancer trilogy, Snow Crash, Dune, 1Q84, Girl in ... See full summary »

Star: Adam Savage

42. Dimension 404 (2017)
Episode: Matchmaker (2017)

TV-14 | 39 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A finicky music blogger finally meets the girl of his dreams through the cutting-edge online dating site Make-A-Match, but their chemistry seems too good to be true.

Directors: Stephen Cedars, Benji Kleiman | Stars: Robert Buckley, Lea Michele, Matt Jones, Joel McHale

Votes: 578

43. The Blacklist (2013–2023)
Episode: Guillermo Rizal (No. 128) (2019)

TV-14 | 41 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When multiple children are abducted under similar circumstances, the task force rushes to find the kidnapper. Red goes on the hunt for a man who can find anything; Liz considers a big change.

Director: Cort Hessler | Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Amir Arison

Votes: 1,237