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Paprika(2006)

3.9/5 (with 939 votes)

When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient's dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it: Paprika.

Directed by Satoshi Kon

Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid(2004)

1h 36min | Adventure, Action, Horror
2.7/5 (with 409 votes)

The blood orchid - a rare flower that could hold the secret of eternal life and be worth a fortune to the company that finds it. Led by a pharmaceutical research team, a scientific expedition sets out to explore deep into the jungles of Borneo to locate and bring back samples of the legendary plant. Battling through rainstorms to make their way upriver, the group encounters poisonous insects and a ferocious crocodile, only to discover they're being stalked by an even greater danger: a gathering of giant anacondas! Heat-sensing, fifty-foot-long flesh-eaters that'll go after anyone that crosses their path!

Outbreak(1995)

3.3/5 (with 979 votes)

A deadly airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate. Col Sam Daniels' job is to stop the virus spreading from a small town, which must be quarantined, and to prevent an over reaction by the White House.

1408(2007)

PG-13
| 1h 44min | Horror, Mystery
3.3/5 (with 1,878 votes)

A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.

Silkwood(1983)

R
| 2h 11min | Drama, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 137 votes)

The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant.

Black Crab(2022)

1h 50min | Action, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 323 votes)

To end an apocalyptic war and save her daughter, a reluctant soldier embarks on a desperate mission to cross a frozen sea carrying a top-secret cargo.

Kinsey(2004)

R
| 1h 58min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 192 votes)

Kinsey is a portrait of researcher Alfred Kinsey, driven to uncover the most private secrets of a nation. What begins for Kinsey as a scientific endeavor soon takes on an intensely personal relevance, ultimately becoming an unexpected journey into the mystery of human behavior.

My Girl 2(1994)

PG
| 1h 39min | Comedy, Kids & Family
3.0/5 (with 200 votes)

Vada Sultenfuss has a holiday coming up, and an assignment: to do and essay on someone she admires and has never met. She decides she wants to do an assignment on her mother, but quickly realises she knows very little about her. She manages to get her father to agree to let her go to LA to stay with her Uncle Phil and do some research on her mother.

The Insider(1999)

R
| 2h 38min | Drama, Thriller
3.8/5 (with 782 votes)

Tells the true story of a 60 Minutes television series exposé of the tobacco industry, as seen through the eyes of a real tobacco executive, Jeffrey Wigand.

Paulie(1998)

PG
| 1h 31min | Comedy, Kids & Family
3.4/5 (with 194 votes)

Paulie, an intelligent parrot who actually talks, relates the story of his struggle to a Russian immigrant who works as a janitor at the research institute where he is housed and neglected. Paulie's story begins many years earlier when he is given as a gift to a little girl who stutters. Eventually, he teaches the girl to speak correctly but is taken away by her father because he believes the girl cannot distinguish fantasy from reality because she believes the bird can talk. Paulie goes through a series of adventures with a pawn shop owner, an aging widow, a Mexican-American troubadour and a would be thief before being taken to the institute where he now lives.

The Box(2009)

PG-13
| 1h 55min | Thriller, Science Fiction
2.8/5 (with 788 votes)

Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. However pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world; someone they don't know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the cross-hairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.

Thank You for Smoking(2005)

1h 32min | Comedy, Drama
3.6/5 (with 926 votes)

Nick Naylor is a charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who'll fight to protect America's right to smoke -- even if it kills him -- while still remaining a role model for his 12-year old son. When he incurs the wrath of a senator bent on snuffing out cigarettes, Nick's powers of "filtering the truth" will be put to the test.

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Prince of Darkness(1987)

R
| 1h 41min | Horror
3.4/5 (with 408 votes)

A research team finds a mysterious cylinder in a deserted church. If opened, it could mean the end of the world.

Instinct(1999)

R
| 2h 6min | Drama, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 265 votes)

In a prison for the criminally insane, deranged anthropologist Ethan Powell is set to be examined by a bright young psychiatrist, Theo Caulder. Driven by ambition and a hunger for the truth, Caulder will eventually risk everything—even put his very life on the line—in a harrowing attempt to understand the bizarre actions of this madman.

The Quiet Earth(1985)

R
| 1h 31min | Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 229 votes)

After a top-secret experiment misfires, a scientist may be the only man left alive in the world.

Thesis(1996)

2h 5min | Horror, Thriller
3.7/5 (with 348 votes)

While doing a thesis about violence, Ángela finds a snuff video where a girl is tortured to death. Soon she discovers that the girl was a former student at her college...

Ball of Fire(1941)

NR
| 1h 51min | Comedy, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 79 votes)

A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss O’Shea, a nightclub singer, who’s on top of all the slang—and, it just so happens, needs a place to stay.

Medicine Man(1992)

PG-13
| 1h 46min | Adventure, Drama
3.0/5 (with 155 votes)

An eccentric scientist working for a large drug company is working on a research project in the Amazon jungle. He sends for a research assistant and a gas chromatograph because he's close to a cure for cancer. When the assistant turns out to be a "mere woman," he rejects her help. Meanwhile the bulldozers get closer to the area in which they are conducting research, and they eventually learn to work together, and begin falling in love.

Directed by John McTiernan - With Sean Connery, Lorraine Bracco, José Wilker, José Lavat

The Paper(1994)

R
| 1h 52min | Comedy, Drama
3.3/5 (with 80 votes)

Henry Hackett is the workaholic editor of a New York City tabloid. He loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. Also, publisher Bernie White faces financial straits, and has hatchet-man Alicia Clark—Henry's nemesis—impose unpopular cutbacks.

Gappa, the Triphibian Monster(1967)

2.6/5 (with 15 votes)

An expedition in the South Pacific lands on a tropical island where the natives worship the mysterious deity Gappa. An earthquake opens up an underground cavern and a baby reptile is discovered inside. The natives warn the foreigners to leave the hatching alone, but they don't listen and take it back to a zoo in Japan. Soon after, moma and papa Gappa start smashing Tokyo looking for their kidnapped child.

Directed by Haruyasu Noguchi

Mutants(2009)

R
| 1h 25min | Horror, Science Fiction
2.7/5 (with 41 votes)

A nasty virus has spread throughout the human race turning the population into something ...else. After a brief setup (and a messy hit and run) we’re introduced to an ambulance and its four occupants. Sonia and Marco are together and riding with two police officers. Tensions rise between them as they head for a mythical research facility called NOAH that is reportedly infection free and working on a cure, and circumstances lead to Sonia and Marco holing up alone in an abandoned building. She’s pregnant, in love, and apparently immune to the virus… and she realizes that he’s been infected. He slowly transforms but her love for him refuses to give up on a cure, so she sets out to survive the onslaught of infected, attacks from still-human marauders, and the growing threat from her baby’s daddy.

The Nasty Girl(1990)

1h 32min | Comedy, Drama
3.2/5 (with 13 votes)

When a young woman investigates her town's Nazi past, the community turns against her.

Hustler White(1996)

NR
| 1h 19min | Romance / Love, Comedy
2.9/5 (with 15 votes)

A writer, researching a book on male prostitutes, finds a young man to serve as a guide on the streets of Los Angeles.

Directed by Bruce LaBruce, Rick Castro - With Tony Ward, Bruce LaBruce, Ron Athey, Kevin P. Scott, Ivar Johnson, Glen Meadmore, ...

Tornado!(1996)

1h 29min | Action, TV Movie
3.0/5 (with 19 votes)

An accountant sent to produce an evaluation of a tornado research project, and the scientist running the project pursue tornadoes and each other.

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse(1938)

1h 27min | Crime, Drama
3.7/5 (with 17 votes)

A wealthy society doctor decides to research the medical aspects of criminal behaviour by becoming one himself. He joins a gang of thieves and proceeds to wrest leadership of the gang away from it's extremely resentful leader.

Kitchen Stories(2003)

PG
| 1h 35min | Drama, Comedy
3.6/5 (with 45 votes)

Swedish efficiency researchers come to Norway for a study of Norwegian men, to optimize their use of their kitchen. Folke Nilsson (Tomas Norström) is assigned to study the habits of Isak Bjørvik (Joachim Calmeyer). By the rules of the research institute, Folke has to sit on an umpire's chair in Isak's kitchen and observe him from there, but never talk to him. Isak stops using his kitchen and observes Folke through a hole in the ceiling instead. However, the two lonely men slowly overcome the initial post-war Norwegian-Swede distrust and become friends.

Within(2005)

1h 35min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
1.7/5 (with 15 votes)

8 explorers trapped in a Russian cave system are hunted by an unknown presence.

Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi - With Danny Jacobs

Eye of the Dolphin(2007)

PG-13
| 1h 40min | Drama, Kids & Family
3.1/5 (with 14 votes)

Alyssa is a troubled 14-year old, suspended from school a year after her mother has drowned. Her grandmother Lucy, at wit's end, decides to take Alyssa to her father, James, whom Alyssa thought was dead for years. He studies dolphin communication at Smith's Point, on the Grand Bahama Island. James has not known of Alyssa's existence and is clueless about parenthood. The women arrive at the same time that James may lose his research operation to a tourist attraction. Father, daughter, dolphins, and town are on a collision course. Alyssa and James get encouragement from James's girlfriend and her father. It's the dolphins who can teach, and Alyssa who discovers how to listen.

The Lady Is Willing(1942)

1h 32min | Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 2 votes)

Bold, eccentric Broadway performer Elizabeth Madden befuddles her handlers by coming home with a baby she picked up on the street. She wants to keep the baby but has to find a husband to make adoption viable. She offers her new obstetrician Dr. McBain help with his research on rabbits in exchange for marriage - and he accepts. The marriage of convenience turns into a marriage of real love until Dr. McBain's ex-wife comes looking for money.

Directed by Mitchell Leisen - With Marlene Dietrich, Fred MacMurray, Aline MacMahon, Arline Judge, Charles Lane, David James, ...

The Retreat(2005)

R
| 1h 30min | Horror
2.1/5 (with 10 votes)

A group of college students travels to the cottage of their psychology professor Barren in an isolated island as a reward of their teamwork in the research of Barren. They expect to spend the weekend with lots of sex, but a serial-killer turns their party in a nightmare.

Directed by Lance Kawas, Matt Cantu - With Melissa Schuman, Scott Vickaryous, Shanti Lowry, Walter Edward Harris
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