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1. 28 Days Later (2002)
R | 113 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston, Alex Palmer
Votes: 446,153 | Gross: $45.06M
2. Jurassic World Dominion (2022)
PG-13 | 147 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Four years after the destruction of Isla Nublar, Biosyn operatives attempt to track down Maisie Lockwood, while Dr Ellie Sattler investigates a genetically engineered swarm of giant insects.
Director: Colin Trevorrow | Stars: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Laura Dern, Sam Neill
Votes: 205,521 | Gross: $376.85M
3. Hulk (2003)
PG-13 | 138 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers an accident that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he gets angry.
Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Sam Elliott, Josh Lucas
Votes: 278,665 | Gross: $132.18M
4. Man's Best Friend (1993)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A genetically engineered dog escapes from the science facility where it was created. A family takes it in unaware of its deadly instincts which soon emerge. The scientist who created the dog tries to find it before its too late.
Director: John Lafia | Stars: Ally Sheedy, Lance Henriksen, Robert Costanzo, Fredric Lehne
Votes: 4,895 | Gross: $12.97M
5. The Killing Gene (2007)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A calculating killer coerces a detective to pay for his previous mistakes.
Director: Tom Shankland | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Melissa George, Ashley Walters, Tom Hardy
Votes: 9,341
6. 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: 8,168
7. Angelica (2015)
95 min | Drama, Thriller
A couple living in Victorian London endures an unusual series of psychological and supernatural happenings following the birth of their child.
Director: Mitchell Lichtenstein | Stars: Jena Malone, Janet McTeer, Ed Stoppard, Tovah Feldshuh
Votes: 879
8. Encounters at the End of the World (2007)
G | 99 min | Documentary
Film-maker Werner Herzog travels to the McMurdo Station in Antarctica, looking to capture the continent's beauty and investigate the characters living there.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Werner Herzog, Scott Rowland, Stefan Pashov, Doug MacAyeal
Votes: 19,260 | Gross: $0.94M
9. Born to Be Wild (1995)
PG | 100 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Margaret teaches a gorilla sign language etc. When the gorilla owner takes it back to make money from shows, Margaret's rebellious teenage son steals it. They're off on a road trip to the Canadian border.
Director: John Gray | Stars: Wil Horneff, Helen Shaver, Jean Marie Barnwell, John C. McGinley
Votes: 1,680 | Gross: $3.67M
10. Heatstroke (2013)
TV-14 | 92 min | Action, Thriller
An accidental detour during a vacation in the African desert pits a research scientist and his family against a group of dangerous arms dealers.
Director: Evelyn Purcell | Stars: Stephen Dorff, Svetlana Metkina, Maisie Williams, Peter Stormare
Votes: 3,362
11. Dokument inifrån: Experimenten (2016)
60 min | Documentary
Three-part series looking at the downfall of synthetic organ transplant surgeon Paolo Macchiarini.
Stars: Paolo Macchiarini, Bosse Lindquist, Johannes Wahlström, Matthias Corbascio
Votes: 39
12. Your Mommy Kills Animals! (2007)
R | 105 min | Documentary
An in-depth look at the animal rights movement and the FBI's recent declaration calling them the number one domestic terrorist threat to the United States.
Director: Curt Johnson | Stars: Greg Kelly, Paul Watson, Annemarie Lucas, Suzanne Whang
Votes: 210
13. Dragon Fighter (2003 Video)
R | 85 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Workers in an underground lab fight for their lives against a cloned dragon they created.
Director: Phillip J. Roth | Stars: Dean Cain, Kristine Byers, Robert Zachar, Marcus Aurelius
Votes: 1,186
14. Eye of the Dolphin (2006)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A young girl discovers she can communicate with dolphins.
Director: Michael D. Sellers | Stars: Carly Schroeder, Adrian Dunbar, George Harris, Christine Adams
Votes: 1,012 | Gross: $0.07M
15. Beneath the Blue (2010)
PG | 92 min | Drama
Dolphin experts confront the US Navy when its sonar program is suspected of causing the animals' deaths.
Director: Michael D. Sellers | Stars: Caitlin Wachs, Samantha Jade, George Harris, Paul Wesley
Votes: 835
16. The Animals Film (1981)
Not Rated | 136 min | Documentary
The film offers a comprehensive examination of the exploitation of animals in modern society.
Directors: Myriam Alaux, Victor Schonfeld | Stars: Julie Christie, Richard Course, Sandy Dennis, Robin Howard
Votes: 148
17. Behind the Mask (2006)
Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary
Behind the Mask: The Story Of The People Who Risk Everything To Save Animals is a 2006 documentary film about the Animal Liberation Front. It took three years of filming, interviewing, and editing to complete.
Director: Shannon Keith | Stars: Shannon Keith, Keith Mann, Kevin Kjonaas, Rod Coronado
Votes: 201
18. Purity Squad (1945)
Passed | 19 min | Short, Crime, Drama
This entry in the Crime Does Not Pay series focuses on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's effort to ensure that drugs are fully tested before they are sold to consumers. Two ... See full summary »
Director: Harold F. Kress | Stars: Morris Ankrum, William Bailey, Paul E. Burns, Edward Earle
Votes: 139
19. Nancy Drew: Ransom of the Seven Ships (2009 Video Game)
E | Adventure, Mystery
Teen detective Nancy Drew searches for buried treasure on a remote island in the Bahamas in order to meet the ransom demand after her best friend is kidnapped.
Director: Tim Burke | Stars: Lani Minella, Jonah Von Spreecken, Chiara Motley, Jennifer Pratt
Votes: 62
20. Hidden Crimes (1986)
78 min | Documentary
Film that affords you a glimpse into a world you were never meant to see: the hidden world of animal experimentation where grant-hungry, pseudo scientists are responsible not only for the ... See full summary »
Director: Javier Burgos | Stars: Bob Barker, Javier Burgos, Robert S. Mendelsohn, Hans Ruesch
Votes: 11
21. Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees (2002)
Documentary
A cinematic portrait of the great zoologist and the chimpanzees she has spent a lifetime studying.
Director: David Lickley | Stars: Jane Goodall, Marc Strange
Votes: 127
22. Unnecessary Fuss (1984)
26 min | Documentary, Short
26-minute excerpt from films made by the researchers themselves at Dr. Genarelli's head injury laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania. The tapes were secretly taken by members of the ... See full summary »
Directors: Ingrid Newkirk, Alex Pacheco | Star: Ingrid Newkirk
Votes: 16
23. Horror in the Wind (2008)
90 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Two biogeneticists invent an airborne formula that changes the sexual orientation of anyone it reaches.
Director: Max Mitchell | Stars: Perren Hedderson, Morse Bicknell, Courtney Bell, Jiji Hise
Votes: 81
24. Tools for Research (1983)
37 min | Documentary, Short
TOOLS FOR RESEARCH erases our comfortable assumptions about the importance of animal research, and carefully documents answers to the questions we should ask about the use of animals in ... See full summary »
Director: Marie Carosello | Star: Peter Singer
25. Animal People: The Humane Movement in America (2006)
84 min | Documentary
The media has well documented the great social justice issues of the past and present-19th century struggles over the abolition of slavery, providing women with the vote, protecting ... See full summary »
Director: Gary Kaskel | Stars: Nanci Alexander, Cleveland Amory, Neal Barnard, Gene Baur
Votes: 10
26. From Africa with Love (1971 TV Movie)
G | 80 min | Documentary
This exquisite film reveals the true beauty of Africa. Modern camera techniques bring you views of the scenery and wildlife as never seen before. This visual extravaganza is a must for all ... See full summary »
Director: Leonard B. Kaufman | Stars: Robert Clarke, Claudia Rieschel
27. America's Most Secret: Structures (2012 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Director: John Tindall | Stars: David Scott, Jesse Bader, Nick Begich Jr., Mike Coletta
28. Next of Kin (2006 Video)
13 min | Documentary, Short
The BUAV's Next of Kin charts the lives of monkeys living freely in their rich forest homes in Asia through their journey to Europe to end up being used as tools for the animal research industry.
Star: Alexei Sayle
29. Getting Away with Murder (1985 Video)
12 min | Documentary, Short
Stars: Peter Borchelt, Emil Dolensek, Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt, Mike Hanley
30. Outside of Their Homes: Escalation of Anti-vivisection (2008)
10 min | Documentary, Short
This documentary details the struggle of animal rights activists in Salt Lake City to expose the secrecy surrounding animal research, or vivisection, at the University of Utah Campus.
Stars: Jeremy Beckham, Katie Patterson
31. Good Science Versus Bad Science (2008)
9 min | Documentary, Short
Approximately 100 million animals are used in experiments worldwide each year. The interventions that animals undergo during experiments often subject them to significant suffering, and ... See full summary »
Star: Andre Menache
32. Labs Unlocked (1991)
20 min | Documentary, Short
The National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS), which is closely affiliated with Animal Defenders International (ADI), takes viewers inside St. Mary's Hospital Medical School and Toxicol Laboratories, where we filmed animal abuse.
Director: Tim Phillips | Stars: Geoff Phillips, Patience Thomlinson
33. Broken Promises (1987)
10 min | Documentary, Short
Experiments on young cats and dogs in which their spinal cords are intentionally damaged, resulting in paralysis and other disabilities. All such experiments are funded by taxpayers.
34. No Gravy for the Cat (1990)
13 min | Documentary, Short
An expose of vivisector John Orem's ride on the federal grant gravy train that tells the remarkable story of how five cats slated for death at Texas Tech escaped on the underground railroad.
Director: Ann Chynoweth | Stars: Stephen Kaufman, Richard Kiley, Kenneth Stoller
Votes: 9
35. War Story (1995)
Documentary, Short
Stars: Flip Benham, Ingrid Newkirk, Cheryl Sullenger, Randall Terry
36. Silver Spring Monkeys (1981)
17 min | Documentary, Short
An undercover investigation by PETA revealed animal abuse at a laboratory in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
Director: Alex Pacheco | Star: Alex Pacheco
37.
The Incredible Hulk (1978–1982)
Episode:
The Beast Within
(1978)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
David 'Bradburn' is researching control methods for animal aggression with a female doctor at a zoo. She gets into trouble when new animals keep dying from a mysterious illness.
Director: Kenneth Gilbert | Stars: Bill Bixby, Jack Colvin, Lou Ferrigno, Caroline McWilliams
Votes: 312
38.
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2003–2010)
Episode:
P.E.T.A.
(2004)
TV-MA | 29 min | Comedy, Documentary
Penn and Teller look at animal liberation and expose PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) as hypocrites.
Directors: Star Price, Kevin Barry, Christopher Poole, Scott Schaefer, Chip Selby, R.L. Shontell | Stars: Penn Jillette, Teller, Steven Best, Rod Coronado
Votes: 283
39.
Natural World (1983– )
Episode:
Fifi's Boys: A Story of Wild Chimpanzees
(1996)
50 min | Documentary
Stars: Bernard Cribbins, Jane Goodall
40.
Henry Danger (2014–2020)
Episode:
Space Invaders, Part 2
(2017)
TV-G | 21 min | Action, Comedy, Family
On the space station, Captain Man and Kid Danger discover a little girl took the astronauts hostage; after realizing the astronauts perform experiments on bunnies, Captain Man and Kid Danger decide to help her.
Director: Mike Caron | Stars: Jace Norman, Cooper Barnes, Riele Downs, Sean Ryan Fox
Votes: 81