Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "search-for-cure"

1. Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)

PG-13 | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Young hero Thomas embarks on a mission to find a cure for a deadly disease known as "The Flare".

Director: Wes Ball | Stars: Dylan O'Brien, Ki Hong Lee, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster

Votes: 163,725 | Gross: $58.03M

2. Batman & Robin (1997)

PG-13 | 125 min | Action, Sci-Fi

Batman and Robin try to keep their relationship together even as they must stop Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy from freezing Gotham City.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Clooney, Chris O'Donnell, Uma Thurman

Votes: 268,231 | Gross: $107.33M

3. Morbius (2022)

PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

Biochemist Michael Morbius tries to cure himself of a rare blood disease, but he inadvertently infects himself with a form of vampirism instead.

Director: Daniel Espinosa | Stars: Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Adria Arjona, Jared Harris

Votes: 153,565 | Gross: $73.87M

4. 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: 185,057 | Gross: $101.03M

5. The Incredible Hulk (1978–1982)

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

A fugitive scientist has the curse of becoming a powerful green monster under extreme emotional stress.

Stars: Bill Bixby, Lou Ferrigno, Jack Colvin, Charles Napier

Votes: 16,133

6. The Darkest Minds (2018)

PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

After a disease kills 98% of children, the survivors develop powers and are declared a threat. 16-year-old Ruby, escapes the government facility and joins a group of rebel teenagers ready to fight the government forces out to get them.

Director: Jennifer Yuh Nelson | Stars: Amandla Stenberg, Mandy Moore, Bradley Whitford, Harris Dickinson

Votes: 36,103 | Gross: $12.70M

7. Awake (III) (2021)

TV-MA | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

After a devastating global event wiped out all electronics and eliminated people's ability to sleep, a former soldier may have found a solution with her daughter.

Director: Mark Raso | Stars: Gina Rodriguez, Ariana Greenblatt, Lucius Hoyos, Shamier Anderson

Votes: 26,225

8. Patient Zero (I) (2018)

R | 93 min | Action, Drama, Horror

After an unprecedented global pandemic turns the majority of humankind into violent "Infected," a man gifted with the ability to speak the Infected's new language leads the last survivors on a hunt for Patient Zero and a cure.

Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky | Stars: Matt Smith, Natalie Dormer, John Bradley, Clive Standen

Votes: 9,960

9. Skylines (2020)

R | 113 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

When a virus threatens to turn the now earth-dwelling friendly alien hybrids against humans, Captain Rose Corley must lead a team of elite mercenaries on a mission to the alien world in order to save what's left of humanity.

Director: Liam O'Donnell | Stars: Lindsey Morgan, Jonathan Howard, Daniel Bernhardt, Rhona Mitra

Votes: 9,218

10. Future World (2018)

R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A young boy searches a future world wasteland for a rumored cure for his dying mother.

Directors: James Franco, Bruce Thierry Cheung | Stars: James Franco, Suki Waterhouse, Jeff Wahlberg, Margarita Levieva

Votes: 6,881 | Gross: $1.28M

11. Pandemic (2016)

TV-MA | 91 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

A New York doctor travels with her team to Los Angeles to find survivors of a worldwide pandemic.

Director: John Suits | Stars: Rachel Nichols, Alfie Allen, Missi Pyle, Mekhi Phifer

Votes: 8,477

12. The Incredible Hulk (1996–1998)

TV-Y7 | 20 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A nuclear scientist is afflicted with the tendency to change into a powerful green monster under stress.

Stars: Lou Ferrigno, Neal McDonough, John Vernon, Mark Hamill

Votes: 3,736

13. The Batman vs. Dracula (2005 Video)

Unrated | 83 min | Animation, Action, Horror

Batman faces off against the original creature of the night, Count Dracula, who has been unintentionally resurrected by the Penguin.

Directors: Michael Goguen, Tae Ho Han, Seung Eun Kim, Sam Liu, Sang Il Sim, Brandon Vietti | Stars: Rino Romano, Peter Stormare, Tara Strong, Tom Kenny

Votes: 11,147

14. Virus (1980)

PG | 108 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror

After a virus devastates the global human population, survivors in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure and save the human race.

Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Masao Kusakari, Tsunehiko Watase, Isao Natsuyagi, Shin'ichi Chiba

Votes: 3,045

15. Dead Trigger (2017)

R | 91 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

A mysterious virus has killed billions and turned many others into bloodthirsty zombies. Unable to stop the virus, the government develops a video game, "Dead Trigger," that mirrors the terrifying events that curse the world.

Directors: Mike Cuff, Scott Windhauser | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Autumn Reeser, Brooke Johnston, Romeo Miller

Votes: 1,381

16. Tito and the Birds (2018)

73 min | Animation, Action, Drama

The film tells the story of a boy who is responsible, along with his father, for finding the cure for an illness that is contracted after the person takes a fright.

Directors: Gabriel Bitar, André Catoto, Gustavo Steinberg | Stars: Pedro Henrique, Denise Fraga, Matheus Nachtergaele, Mateus Solano

Votes: 732 | Gross: $0.00M

17. Time Travelers (1976 TV Movie)

78 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller

During an outbreak of a contagious disease in 1976, two scientists are sent back in time to 1871, when a Chicago doctor apparently had the cure for it.

Director: Alexander Singer | Stars: Sam Groom, Tom Hallick, Francine York, Booth Colman

Votes: 530

18. Invisible: The Chronicles of Benjamin Knight (1993)

R | 83 min | Action, Sci-Fi

When a lab experiment goes wrong, Benjamin Knight is left invisible while his scientist friends trying to find a formula that will restore his visibility to last the rest of his life.

Director: Jack Ersgard | Stars: Brian Cousins, Jennifer Nash, Michael Della Femina, Curt Lowens

Votes: 380

19. Toxic Puzzle (2017)

Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary

Dying from diseases like ALS and Alzheimer's is a tormenting process. The diseases are on the increase worldwide. Aided by climate change and pollution, scientists believe a substance in ... See full summary »

Director: Bo Landin | Stars: Paul Cox, Bo Landin

Votes: 42

20. Air America (1998–1999)
Episode: Fever (1998)

Action, Adventure

An Ebola type of virus breaks out in Costa Perdida. When the entire area gets placed under government quarantine, Rio and Wiley must assist a doctor who is desperately trying to find a cure for the disease before it's too late.

Director: David Worth | Stars: Lorenzo Lamas, Scott Plank, Diana Barton, Ramón Franco

21. Smallville (2001–2017)
Episode: Nicodemus (2002)

TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

After stealing an experimental flower laced with meteor-rock pollen from Dr. Steven Hamilton, the employee of the Luthor Corp, James Beales has a truck accident on the road and is rescued ... See full summary »

Director: James Marshall | Stars: Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, Michael Rosenbaum, Eric Johnson

Votes: 1,546

22. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003–2010)
Episode: Good Genes: Part 1 (2006)

TV-Y7 | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Leo, Mikey, Raph, Splinter, and Leatherhead are desperate in curing Donny. Their only choice is to make a deal with the devil (Bishop himself).

Director: Roy Burdine | Stars: Michael Sinterniklaas, Wayne Grayson, Gregory Abbey, Darren Dunstan

Votes: 145

23. Pandora (2019–2020)
Episode: I Shall Be Released (2019)

TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

Jax joins Xander and her fellow cadets in responding to an emergency distress call from a secret lab, only to discover that a deadly experiment has infected the scientists and the cadets.

Director: Brett Simmons | Stars: Priscilla Quintana, Oliver Dench, Raechelle Banno, Ben Radcliffe

Votes: 182

24. Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2024)
Episode: Terra Firma, Part 1 (2020)

TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The U.S.S. Discovery crew journey to a mysterious planet in hopes of finding a cure for Georgiou's deteriorating condition. Stamets and Adira make a stunning breakthrough with the newly acquired Burn data.

Director: Omar Madha | Stars: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman

Votes: 3,406

25. Nova (1974– )
Episode: Can Alzheimer's Be Stopped? (2016)

TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary

The work of scientists to determine the cause of Alzheimer's disease is detailed. Included: major drug trials aimed at discovering therapies to slow and even prevent the disease.

Director: Sarah Holt | Stars: Sean Bohan, Alison Goate, John Hardy, Carole Ho

Votes: 53

26. Lucifer (2016–2021)
Episode: A Good Day to Die (2017)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Lucifer returns to hell to find an antidote for Chloe and his mother goes to hell to bring him back.

Director: Alrick Riley | Stars: Tom Ellis, Lauren German, Kevin Alejandro, D.B. Woodside

Votes: 6,850

27. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (2010–2020)
Episode: A Health of Information (2017)

TV-Y | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Fluttershy does everything she can to take care of Zecora when she is ill.

Directors: Denny Lu, Mike Myhre, Jim Miller | Stars: Andrea Libman, Tara Strong, Doron Bell, Brenda Crichlow

Votes: 412

28. The Outpost (2018–2021)
Episode: Beyond the Wall (2018)

TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Talon, Janzo and Garret venture into forbidden territory in search of the Book of Names; An army is led to the Outpost Gates.

Director: Clare Niederpruem | Stars: Jessica Green, Jake Stormoen, Imogen Waterhouse, Anand Desai-Barochia

Votes: 310

29. The Outpost (2018–2021)
Episode: The Only Way (2019)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Talon and Zed unlock a power that Talon distrusts. The Mistress plots an unlikely path to victory as a deadly assassin is on the loose at the Outpost. Naya faces her old master, with ... See full summary »

Director: Dusan Lazarevic | Stars: Jessica Green, Jake Stormoen, Imogen Waterhouse, Anand Desai-Barochia

Votes: 208

30. Blindspot (2015–2020)
Episode: The Big Reveal (2019)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Reade confronts Zapata, while the team follows a lead to a potential cure for Jane.

Director: Joy Lane | Stars: Jaimie Alexander, Sullivan Stapleton, Rob Brown, Audrey Esparza

Votes: 461