Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "research-project"

1. The Contractor (2022)

R | 103 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A discharged U.S. Special Forces sergeant, James Harper, risks everything for his family when he joins a private contracting organization.

Director: Tarik Saleh | Stars: Chris Pine, Gillian Jacobs, Sander Thomas, Toby Dixon

Votes: 28,858

2. Project X (1987)

PG | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi

An Air Force pilot joins a top secret military experiment involving chimps, but begins to suspect there might be something more to the mysterious "Project X".

Director: Jonathan Kaplan | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Helen Hunt, Willie, Okko

Votes: 12,851 | Gross: $18.53M

3. The City of the Dead (1960)

PG-13 | 76 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A young college student arrives in a sleepy Massachusetts town to research witchcraft; during her stay at an eerie inn, she discovers a startling secret about the town and its inhabitants.

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Patricia Jessel, Dennis Lotis, Christopher Lee, Tom Naylor

Votes: 8,533

4. Repli-Kate (2002)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

A scientist and his sidekick accidentally clone a journalist and decide to turn the mistake into Repli-Kate, their idea of the perfect woman, who loves beer, football, and frat parties.

Director: Frank Longo | Stars: Ali Landry Monteverde, James Roday Rodriguez, Desmond Askew, Eugene Levy

Votes: 5,324

5. Salmer fra kjøkkenet (2003)

PG | 95 min | Comedy, Drama

A scientific observer's job of observing an old cantankerous single man's kitchen habits is complicated by his growing friendship with him.

Director: Bent Hamer | Stars: Tomas Norström, Joachim Calmeyer, Bjørn Floberg, Reine Brynolfsson

Votes: 8,671 | Gross: $0.35M

6. If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle (2010)

Unrated | 94 min | Drama

Two weeks before his release, a teenage prisoner learns that his mother has returned home. Meanwhile, he finds himself in love with a student working in the penitentiary as an intern.

Director: Florin Serban | Stars: George Pistereanu, Ada Condeescu, Mihai Constantin, Clara Voda

Votes: 6,554 | Gross: $0.01M

7. Meerkat Manor (2005–2008)

26 min | Documentary

This is a documentary drama series which follows a meerkat family in the Kalahari Desert, South Africa, called the Whiskers.

Stars: Bill Nighy, Flower the Meerkat, Mozart the Meerkat, Zaphod the Meerkat

Votes: 1,304

8. Dying to Know: Ram Dass & Timothy Leary (2014)

95 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Dying to Know is an intimate portrait celebrating two very complex controversial characters in an epic friendship that shaped a generation. In the early 1960s Harvard psychology professors ... See full summary »

Director: Gay Dillingham | Stars: John Perry Barlow, Dean Chamberlain, Ram Dass, Peggy Mellon Hitchcock

Votes: 489

9. Alien Nation: Millennium (1996 TV Movie)

90 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi

It's December 1999 and as the end of the millennium approaches, people are attempting to find spiritual enlightenment. However, a few people want to skip all the work that entails. A holy ... See full summary »

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

Votes: 998

10. Absolute Boyfriend (2008–2009)

54 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Unlucky in love office lady Riiko Izawa is ready to give up on relationships when a mysterious man who offers her the perfect boyfriend.

Stars: Miki Maya, Hiro Mizushima, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Eisuke Sasai

Votes: 695

11. Eine Liebe für den Frieden - Bertha von Suttner und Alfred Nobel (2014 TV Movie)

88 min | Biography, Drama, History

An unusual woman, a dramatic life: Bertha von Suttner never had it easy. Although she was born as Countess Kinsky and was highly educated, she and her family do not enjoy a good reputation.... See full summary »

Director: Urs Egger | Stars: Birgit Minichmayr, Sebastian Koch, Philipp Hochmair, Sona MacDonald

Votes: 145

12. Robinson in Space (1997)

82 min | Documentary

Robinson is commissioned to investigate the unspecified "problem of England." The narrator describes his seven excursions, with the unseen Robinson, around the country. They mainly ... See full summary »

Director: Patrick Keiller | Star: Paul Scofield

Votes: 391

13. El impostor (1997)

99 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Young Sebastian flees his parents' home in Buenos Aires and hides in their vacant estate in the pampas. Troubled by the news, the father sends a spy to lure the boy back. The spy, however, ... See full summary »

Director: Alejandro Maci | Stars: Antonio Birabent, Walter Quiroz, Belén Blanco, Norman Briski

Votes: 64

14. The Final Moments of Karl Brant (2013)

16 min | Short, Sci-Fi

Set in the near future where experimental technology allows two detectives to bring a murder victim back to life in a digital state in order to question him about his final moments.

Director: M. Francis Wilson | Stars: Paul Reubens, Janina Gavankar, Pete Chekvala, Fay Masterson

Votes: 139

15. KonTiki Project

Documentary, History, Mystery | Filming

An archaeological excavation in the ancient Museum of Human Anatomy in Pisa, Italy.

Director: Beatrice Barberis | Stars: Pasquale Barile, Maria Longhena, Ramona Melli, Stefania Zampetti

16. Spanish Civil War Memory Project: Audiovisual Archive of the Francoist Repression (2007–2010)

Documentary

Initiative of UCSD in collaboration with some Spanish civic associations. Several teams of graduate students have recorded audiovisual testimonies of militants, witnesses, and victims of the Spanish Civil War and the Francoist repression.

Stars: Francisco Dueñas Molina, Carmen Arrojo, María Socorro González, Marcos Ana

17. Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer (2022)

Not Rated | 6 min | Short, Horror

Students doing a research project in a dark library basement start disappearing one by one.

Director: Alexander Carpenter | Stars: Anya Hartzog, Scout Quigley, Owen Ray, Eli Wallis

18. The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969–1973)
Episode: What's the Price of a Pair of Eyes? (1969)

60 min | Drama

Dr. Hunter joins with research doctor Ralph Simpson in an attempt to develop artificial sight. Dr. Stuart hopes it will help a new patient of his, a young woman Casey Woods, who has recently lost her vision.

Director: Jeffrey Hayden | Stars: E.G. Marshall, David Hartman, John Saxon, Jason Evers

Votes: 15

19. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: Firewalker (1994)

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

At a remote outpost, scientists watch as their camera picks up a moving shadow on the inside of a smoldering hot volcano, too hot for any living creature to survive. Mulder and Scully arrive and notice that everyone is acting strangely.

Director: David Nutter | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Bradley Whitford, Leland Orser

Votes: 4,823

20. Days of Our Lives (1965– )
Episode: Episode #1.10776 (2008)

TV-14 | Drama, Romance

Confronted by Nick with Morgan's theory he's trying to sabotage his cousin and friend's research grant application, Max protests, assures to support the cause of renewable energy and shows ... See full summary »

Stars: John Aniston, Blake Berris, Darin Brooks, Deidre Hall

21. Astrum (2013– )
Episode: Why NASA Didn't Go Directly to the Moon: Apollo Episode 1 (2021)

10 min | Documentary

This first installment on the Apollo program examines President Kennedy's choice of a manned moon landing as the United States' ultimate goal for NASA. Once the moon was the objective it ... See full summary »

Star: Alex McColgan

22. Longines Chronoscope (1951–1955)
Episode: Episode dated 13 September 1954 (1954)

News, Talk-Show

Lesueur and Heckscher interview W. Albert Noyes, chemist, and the winner of the 1954 Priestley Award presented by the American Chemical Society. Topics include the need for the United ... See full summary »

Stars: August Heckscher, Larry LeSueur, W. Albert Noyes

23. Mindhunter (2017–2019)
Episode: Episode #1.4 (2017)

TV-MA | 54 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Bill and Holden consult with Dr Wendy Carr to begin classifying their subjects and they receive surprising news.

Director: Asif Kapadia | Stars: Sonny Valicenti, Marianne Bayard, Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany

Votes: 6,755

24. Schitt's Creek (2015–2020)
Episode: The Roast (2019)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy

Johnny fills in at the annual mayor's roast. David tries to stop Moira from finding out about Stevie and Patrick's dance lessons.

Director: Laurie Lynd | Stars: Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Dan Levy, Annie Murphy

Votes: 1,295