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1. Pain Hustlers (2023)
R | 123 min | Crime, Drama
Liza dreams of a better life for herself and her daughter. Hired to work for a bankrupt pharmaceutical company, Liza skyrockets with sales and into the high life, putting her in the middle of a federal criminal conspiracy.
Director: David Yates | Stars: Emily Blunt, Chris Evans, Catherine O'Hara, Chloe Coleman
Votes: 43,325
2. V for Vendetta (2005)
R | 132 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In a future British dystopian society, a shadowy freedom fighter, known only by the alias of "V", plots to overthrow the tyrannical government - with the help of a young woman.
Director: James McTeigue | Stars: Hugo Weaving, Natalie Portman, Rupert Graves, Stephen Rea
Votes: 1,179,086 | Gross: $70.51M
3. Layer Cake (2004)
R | 105 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A successful cocaine dealer gets two tough assignments from his boss on the eve of his planned early retirement.
Director: Matthew Vaughn | Stars: Daniel Craig, Sienna Miller, Michael Gambon, Tom Hardy
Votes: 195,535 | Gross: $2.34M
4. Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
R | 117 min | Biography, Drama
In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is diagnosed with the disease.
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto, Steve Zahn
Votes: 519,189 | Gross: $27.30M
5. Side Effects (I) (2013)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young woman's world unravels when a drug prescribed by her psychiatrist has unexpected side effects.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, Jude Law, Catherine Zeta-Jones
Votes: 197,115 | Gross: $32.17M
6. The Do-Over (2016)
TV-MA | 108 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Two down-on-their-luck guys decide to fake their own deaths and start over with new identities, only to find the people they're pretending to be are in even deeper trouble.
Director: Steven Brill | Stars: Adam Sandler, David Spade, Paula Patton, Kathryn Hahn
Votes: 51,370
7. Resurrection (2022)
R | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Margaret's life is in order. She is capable, disciplined and successful. Everything is under control until David returns - that is - carrying with him the horrors of Margaret's past.
Director: Andrew Semans | Stars: Rebecca Hall, Tim Roth, Grace Kaufman, Michael Esper
Votes: 11,783
8. Carnage (2011)
R | 80 min | Comedy, Drama
Two pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish behavior throws the discussion into chaos.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, John C. Reilly
Votes: 133,006 | Gross: $2.55M
9. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022)
Unrated | 113 min | Documentary
Follows the life of artist Nan Goldin and the downfall of the Sackler family, the pharmaceutical dynasty who was greatly responsible for the opioid epidemic's unfathomable death toll.
Director: Laura Poitras | Stars: Nan Goldin, David Velasco, Megan Kapler, Marina Berio
Votes: 7,782
10. The East (2013)
PG-13 | 116 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
An operative for an elite private intelligence firm finds her priorities changing dramatically after she is tasked with infiltrating an anarchist group known for executing covert attacks upon major corporations.
Director: Zal Batmanglij | Stars: Brit Marling, Alexander Skarsgård, Elliot Page, Toby Kebbell
Votes: 52,387 | Gross: $2.27M
11. Dominion (2018)
Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary, Horror
Dominion uses drones, hidden and handheld cameras to expose the dark underbelly of modern animal agriculture, questioning the morality and validity of humankind's dominion over the animal kingdom.
Director: Chris Delforce | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, Sia, Sadie Sink
Votes: 4,532
12. Little Joe (2019)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Alice, a single mother, is a dedicated senior plant breeder at a corporation engaged in developing new species. Against company policy, she takes one home as a gift for her teenage son and names it after him but soon starts fearing it.
Director: Jessica Hausner | Stars: Emily Beecham, Ben Whishaw, Kerry Fox, Kit Connor
Votes: 9,337
13. Orgasm Inc. (2009)
Not Rated | 73 min | Documentary
Extraordinary behind-the-scenes access reveals a drug company's fevered race to develop the first FDA-approved Viagra for women - and offers a humorous but sobering look inside the cash-fueled pharmaceutical industry.
Director: Elizabeth Canner | Stars: Elizabeth Canner, Darby Stephens, Virgil Place, Leland Wilson
Votes: 616 | Gross: $0.05M
14. Street Legal (2019)
60 min | Drama
Olivia Novak returns with a new generation of lawyers in "Street Legal," a character-driven legal drama that follows the professional and personal lives of ambitious law partners at a start-up Toronto law firm.
Stars: Cynthia Dale, Cara Ricketts, Steve Lund, Yvonne Chapman
Votes: 127
15. We Were Here (I) (2011)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A deep and reflective look at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco and how individuals rose to the occasion during the first years of this unimaginable crisis.
Directors: David Weissman, Bill Weber | Stars: Ed Wolf, Daniel Goldstein, Guy Clark, Eileen Glutzer
Votes: 2,280
16. How to Survive a Plague (2012)
Not Rated | 110 min | Documentary, History, News
The story of two coalitions -- ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group) -- whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition.
Director: David France | Stars: Peter Staley, Larry Kramer, Iris Long, Bob Rafsky
Votes: 4,356 | Gross: $0.13M
17. 75 (2017)
97 min | Crime, Drama
A crash victim, a housewife and two repressed teens are connected by hard-working therapist Viola, who helps them battle their addictions while two disillusioned detectives struggle with the mounting war against heroin in Cincinnati.
Director: Joe Zappa | Stars: Tifani Winkfield, Kip Bennett, Marcus B. Jackson, Shannon Faith
Votes: 60
18. Client 9 (2010)
R | 117 min | Documentary
An in-depth look at the rise and fall of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, including interviews with the scandalized, former politician.
Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Eliot Spitzer, Alex Gibney, Hulbert Waldroup, Lloyd Constantine
Votes: 2,591 | Gross: $0.19M
19. 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
20. The Business of Birth Control (2021)
92 min | Documentary
A look at the side effects associated with taking birth control pills.
Director: Abby Epstein | Stars: Jane Alexander, Michael Alexander, Olivia Amitrano, Dianne Ammons
Votes: 47
21. Fire in the Blood (2013)
87 min | Documentary, History
An intricate tale of "medicine, monopoly and malice", FIRE IN THE BLOOD tells the story of how Western pharmaceutical companies and governments blocked access to low-cost AIDS drugs for the... See full summary »
Director: Dylan Mohan Gray | Stars: Zackie Achmat, Peter Mugyenyi, Bill Clinton, William Hurt
Votes: 798 | Gross: $0.03M
22. Strange Confession (1945)
Passed | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A scientist who is working on a cure for influenza is victimized by his unscrupulous boss, who releases the vaccine before it's ready, resulting in tragedy.
Director: John Hoffman | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Brenda Joyce, J. Carrol Naish, Milburn Stone
Votes: 736
23. Strong Medicine (1986 TV Movie)
180 min | Drama
A woman starts working for a prestigious pharmaceutical company that's developing a new miraculous cure. Soon, she discovers what a devious and cut-throat business pharmaceutical industry can be.
Director: Guy Green | Stars: David Gilliam, Pamela Sue Martin, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Dick Van Dyke
Votes: 97
24. Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime (2014)
102 min | Documentary
Before the Internet. Before Social Media. Before Breaking News. The victims of Thalidomide had to rely on something even more extraordinary to fight their corner: Investigative Journalism. ... See full summary »
Directors: David Morris, Jacqui Morris | Stars: Harold Evans, Ralph Nader, Michael Sheen
Votes: 666
25. Le nouveau protocole (2008)
92 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A man investigating his son's death learns some horrific truths about the pharmaceutical industry.
Director: Thomas Vincent | Stars: Clovis Cornillac, Marie-Josée Croze, Dominique Reymond, Stéphane Hillel
Votes: 1,022
26. The Ordinary People (2009)
90 min | Drama
A pharmaceutical company throws a gala party where all the employees from the top to the bottom are invited. Asked to participate in a role playing game which is actually a massive training... See full summary »
Director: Mathias Gokalp | Stars: Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Denis Podalydès, Mélanie Doutey, Pascal Greggory
Votes: 385
27. Big Pharma: Gaming the System (2020 TV Movie)
88 min | Documentary
In the last 10 years, the landscape of the pharmaceutical industry has changed. A handful of multinationals control the manufacture of most of the drugs.
Directors: Luc Hermann, Claire Lasko | Stars: John Abramson, Marcia Angell, Fadila Belkacem, Michel Bonjour
Votes: 87
28. The Doctor Who Gave Up Drugs (2016–2018)
60 min | Documentary
Star: Chris van Tulleken
Votes: 21
29. Cause of Death: Unknown (2017)
85 min | Documentary, Thriller
After her sister died suddenly and unexpectedly while being treated with prescription antipsychotics, director Anniken Hoel begins a global investigation into the crimes of the ... See full summary »
Director: Anniken Hoel | Stars: Lise Hoel, Ane-Martha Tamnes Hansgård, Øyvind Nyborg Gregersen, David Hudson
Votes: 49
30. Money Driven Medicine (2009)
83 min | Documentary
Money-Driven Medicine provides the essential introduction Americans need to become knowledgeable and vigorous participants in healthcare reform.
Director: Andrew Fredericks | Stars: Don Berwick, Larry Churchill, Lisa Lindell, James Weinstein
Votes: 24
31. Trans Mission: What's the Rush to Reassign Gender? (2021)
52 min | Documentary
Documentary film featuring interviews with experts, activists, parents, and educators discussing the medical and surgical gender transition of children.
Directors: Kallie Fell, Jennifer Lahl | Stars: Brynne, Natasha Chart, Elizabeth, Michelle Forcier
Votes: 24
32. 8th Wonderland (2008)
94 min | Drama, News, Thriller
A website where people can virtually live in a true democracy becomes so popular that its leading members take questionable actions to improve the real world as well. This backfires and various governments brand them terrorists.
Directors: Nicolas Alberny, Jean Mach | Stars: Matthew Géczy, Robert William Bradford, Alain Azerot, Eloissa Florez
Votes: 514
33. Dans le ventre du dragon (1989)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
A pharmaceutical laboratory, nutty scientists, and human guinea pigs. A Quebecois sci-fi comedy about three friends, one of them a test subject.
Director: Yves Simoneau | Stars: Rémy Girard, Michel Côté, David La Haye, Marie Tifo
Votes: 279
34. Nebenwirkungen (2007 TV Movie)
89 min | Drama, Thriller
Dr. Claudia Keller, project manager at Swiss pharmaceutical giant Beyler, discovers deadly side effects of a new diet pill. The management wants to silence her, but she investigates further with the help of her ex-husband.
Director: Manuel Siebenmann | Stars: Sabine Timoteo, Michael Neuenschwander, Roeland Wiesnekker, Hanspeter Müller
Votes: 32
35. Psychology of Human Behavior (2006 Video)
1,080 min | Documentary
The engineering psychologist, Professor David W. Martin, provides a basic introduction to the complex discipline of psychology, looking back to its history and forward to where it might lead us.
Votes: 12
36. De viagraman (2009)
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary
This movie tracks the history of a little pill that popped on to the market ten years ago, and turned the world upside down.
Director: Michael Schaap | Stars: Irwin Goldstein, Michael Schaap, Chip Rowe, Meika Loe
Votes: 63
37. Sway (2010)
32 min | Short, Action, Crime
A hacker plans his revenge against the pharmaceutical company that disgraced his father & ruined his family.
Directors: Cole Northway, Ron Reynolds | Stars: Ryan Gourley, Rachel Howell, Kristy Hartsgrove, Roy Reynolds
38. The Curiosity That Kills the Cat (1975)
Documentary, Short
A short documentary by the non-profit organization National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS) provides information about experiments on cats.
Director: Cedric Maggs | Star: David Rees
39. Sur les traces de Pichon-Rivière (2009)
58 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Author of "The Group Process" (1971), "Psychiatry, a New Perspective" (From Psychoanalysis to Social Psychology) (Part. I. in 1971) (Part. II in 1976), "Conversations with Enrique Pichon ... See full synopsis »
Director: Frederic Eger | Stars: Armando Bauleo, Pierre Benghozi, André Carel, Alberto Eger
41.
Doc (2001–2004)
Episode:
Lost and Found
(2003)
Drama, Family, Romance
Sometimes it is better to let romance take its course as Raul and Evan try to match Evan's mom with Clint but what happens when an old love returns and new information is found out?
Director: Stephan Fanfara | Stars: Billy Ray Cyrus, Derek McGrath, Richard Leacock, Andrea C. Robinson
Votes: 22
42.
Just Cause (2001–2003)
Episode:
Human Trials
(2002)
Crime, Drama
Uri's mother believes in democracy and equality, not like in her native country of Russia. So when her healthy 12 year old falls into a coma for inexplicable reasons, she demands to know ... See full synopsis »
Director: Rob W. King | Stars: Elizabeth Lackey, Shaun Benson, Richard Thomas, Khaira Ledeyo
43.
Quincy M.E. (1976–1983)
Episode:
Seldom Silent, Never Heard
(1981)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A tragic death of a teenager sets Quincy into action fighting for orphan drug development.
Director: Jeffrey Hayden | Stars: Jack Klugman, Garry Walberg, John S. Ragin, Val Bisoglio
Votes: 117
44.
Leipzig Homicide (2001– )
Episode:
Risiken und Nebenwirkungen
(2005)
44 min | Crime
On the same day two women have died poisoned by cyanide in the pills they used for headache. One woman lived alone. The second one was the spouse of Mr. Wolter who says that he had a quarrel with his wife.
Director: Oren Schmuckler | Stars: Andreas Schmidt-Schaller, Marco Girnth, Gabriel Merz, Melanie Marschke
45.
Side Effects (1994–1996)
Episode:
Easy Breathing
(1996)
Drama
Director: Clement Virgo | Stars: Albert Schultz, Nadia Capone, Joseph Ziegler, Barbara Eve Harris
46.
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2003–2010)
Episode:
Obesity
(2007)
TV-MA | 28 min | Comedy, Documentary
Penn and Teller argue that the so called obesity epidemic is being overstated to advantage drug companies.
Directors: Star Price, Scott Firestone, Joshua E. Kessler, Chip Selby | Stars: Penn Jillette, Teller, Paul Campos, Glenn A. Gaesser
Votes: 123
47.
The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode:
Vergiftete Freundschaft
(2019)
60 min | Crime, Drama
In the Munich zoo a biologist is killed by a snakebite. It quickly turns out that it is murder. The investigators suspect that the murder is related to the biologist's research.
Director: Katharina Bischof | Stars: Jan-Gregor Kremp, Ludwig Blochberger, Stephanie Stumph, Matthias Neukirch
Votes: 16
48.
Secular Talk (2008– )
Episode:
Bernie Eviscerates Biden with #NoMiddleGround Speech
(2019)
TV-MA | News
Star: Kyle Kulinski
49.
Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode:
Escobar Goes to War
(2021)
Documentary, Crime, History
Pablo Escobar goes to war against the authorities and his rivals, the Cali cartel.
Stars: Luis Ospina, Ken Cook, Bob Sears, William Rodriguez Abadia
Votes: 30
50.
Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode:
After Pablo
(2021)
TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Upon Escobar's death, the Rodriguez brothers take over as the new cocaine kings, specializing in corruption and buying Colombia's presidents.
Stars: Joe Toft, Jim Shedd, William Rodriguez Abadia, Francisco Santos Calderón
Votes: 22