Here we've displayed a list of the best Research films : Nostalgia(1983), Tim's Vermeer(2013), Peeping Tom(1960), Cave of Forgotten Dreams(2010), Sister Kenny(1946), The Mask of Dimitrios(1944), Madame Curie(1943), Genesis 2.0(2018), The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse(1938), The Face of an Angel(2014), Candyman(1992), Ghostbusters(2016) ... ...
Drama
Italy|Soviet Union
1983
130 Minutes
Oleg Yankovsky Domiziana Giordano Delia Boccardo Laura De Marchi Patrizia Terreno Milena Vukotic Alberto Canepa
poet interpreter russian mystic mentally ill person pretty woman bleak somber dense emotional passionate hill tuscany, italy ruins church countryside village research journey homesickness
A Russian poet and his interpreter travel to Italy to research the life of an 18th-century composer.
Documentary
USA
2013
80 Minutes
painter inventor sidekick engaging inspiring united states art studio interview research art history drawing technology discovery 21st century
Inventor Tim Jenison seeks to understand the painting techniques used by Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1960
109 Minutes
Karl Boehm Moira Shearer Anna Massey Maxine Audley Esmond Knight Bartlett Mullins Shirley Anne Field Michael Goodliffe Brenda Bruce Martin Miller Pamela Green
murderer victim neighbor police officer psychiatrist photographer dark fascinating intense disturbing london film set hotel apartment voyeurism fear serial murders filmmaking secret research
A young man murders women, using a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror.
Documentary
Canada|USA|France|Germany|UK
2010
90 Minutes
werner herzog scientist archaeologist scholar filmmaker fascinating spectacular france cave river museum painting archaeology dreams research evolution chauvet cave discovery quest 2010s
Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France and captures the oldest known pictorial creations of humanity.
Biography
USA
1946
117 Minutes
Rosalind Russell Alexander Knox Dean Jagger Philip Merivale Beulah Bondi Charles Dingle John Litel Doreen McCann Fay Helm Charles Kemper Dorothy Peterson
nurse patient doctor inspiring uplifting touching gutsy australia outback hospital medicine polio research paralysis underdog sacrifice quest 1930s
An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validity of her claims.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
95 Minutes
Sydney Greenstreet Peter Lorre Zachary Scott Faye Emerson George Tobias Victor Francen Steven Geray Florence Bates Edward Ciannelli Kurt Katch Marjorie Hoshelle
crime boss writer stranger mistress colonel intricate gritty istanbul morgue paris apartment research murder crime ring blackmail assassination discovery revenge 1940s
Mystery writer Cornelius Leyden becomes intrigued when the murdered body of a vicious career criminal washes up in the Bosphorus.
Biography
USA
1943
124 Minutes
Greer Garson Walter Pidgeon Henry Travers Albert Basserman Robert Walker C. Aubrey Smith
marie curie pierre curie scientist professor husband wife fascinating inspiring moving paris university laboratory scientific experiments marriage honor research partnership discovery love rise
Despite himself, accomplished physicist and avowed bachelor Pierre Curie falls for brilliant student Marie, and together they embark on the discovery of radium.
Documentary
Switzerland|China|Russia|South Korea|USA
2018
112 Minutes
Maxim Arbugaev
hunter geneticist scientist expert researcher mammoth confident fascinating incredible uneasy tense intricate arctic ocean office building laboratory convention excavation man vs. nature genetic engineering scientific experiments
On the remote New Siberian Islands in the Arctic Ocean, hunters are searching for the tusks of extinct mammoths. There is a gold rush fever in the air. The price for white gold has never ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1938
87 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson Claire Trevor Humphrey Bogart Gale Page Donald Crisp Allen Jenkins Thurston Hall John Litel Henry O'Neill Max Rosenbloom Ward Bond
psychiatrist crime boss fence criminal inspector offbeat suspenseful spirited cool new york city courtroom crime new identity research unusual romance blackmail murder transformation fall 1930s
A brilliant Park Avenue doctor becomes a criminal in order to do research into the criminal mind.
Drama
Canada|Ireland
2014
101 Minutes
Kate Beckinsale Daniel Brühl Cara Delevingne Genevieve Gaunt Ava Acres Sai Bennett Rosie Fellner John Hopkins
angel journalist filmmaker dark italy murder case research losing mystery
Wallace, who is burned out from a string of failed relationships, forms an instant bond with Chantry, who lives with her longtime boyfriend. Together, they puzzle out what it means if your best friend is also the love of your life.
Horror
USA|UK
1992
98 Minutes
Virginia Madsen Tony Todd Xander Berkeley Kasi Lemmons Vanessa Williams DeJuan Guy Michael Culkin Stanley DeSantis Gilbert Lewis Barbara Alston
graduate student professor ghost detective friend neighbor shocking campy suspenseful chicago campus office housing project superstition academia research murder supernatural urban legends mystery
The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.
Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA|Australia
2016
117 Minutes
Melissa McCarthy Kristen Wiig Leslie Jones Kate McKinnon Charles Dance Michael Kenneth Williams Chris Hemsworth Neil Casey Cecily Strong Matt Walsh Ed Begley Jr.
researcher physicist engineer new yorker ghost secretary confident creative cheeky new york city library office headquarters street car paranormal research teamwork ghosts invasion
Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan band together to stop the otherworldly threat.
Adventure
USA
1941
133 Minutes
Errol Flynn Fred MacMurray Ralph Bellamy Alexis Smith Regis Toomey Allen Jenkins Craig Stevens Herb Anderson Moroni Olsen Addison Richards Louis Jean Heydt
pilot doctor best friend surgeon girlfriend intense fiery engaging airplane san diego hospital laboratory aviation medical experiments navy surgery research death discovery quest
A military surgeon teams with a ranking navy flyer to develop a high-altitude suit which will protect pilots from blacking out when they go into a steep dive.
Drama
USA
1939
84 Minutes
Lew Ayres Lionel Barrymore Lionel Atwill Laraine Day Helen Gilbert Nat Pendleton Sara Haden Samuel S. Hinds Emma Dunn Grant Mitchell Walter Kingsford
doctor mentor nurse tycoon daughter housekeeper engaging positive hospital new york city household office cottage medicine friendship research psychosomatic illness quacks experimental medicine quest
Dr. Gillespie's cancer has gotten worse, and to force him to take a rest instead of pursuing a sulfa-drug/pneumonia study, Kildare refuses to assist Gillespie, and instead accepts a case of... See full summary »
Drama
USA
2010
106 Minutes
Brendan Fraser Harrison Ford Keri Russell Meredith Droeger Diego Velázquez Sam M. Hall Jared Harris Patrick Bauchau Alan Ruck David Clennon Dee Wallace
father mother scientist daughter son doctor inspiring heartwarming laboratory office hospital family home portland, ore. illness family medicine research quest 2000s
A drama centered on the efforts of John and Aileen Crowley to find a researcher who might have a cure for their two children's rare genetic disorder.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1978
118 Minutes
Kirk Douglas John Cassavetes Amy Irving Carrie Snodgress Fiona Lewis Andrew Stevens Charles Durning Gordon Jump Marland Proctor
father cia agent son scientist teen girl dark tense chicago clinic betrayal deception kidnapping psychic phenomena superhuman abilities research quest rescue 1970s
A former CIA agent uses the talents of a young psychic to help retrieve his telekinetic son from terrorists, who want to use his mental powers for evil.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1991
111 Minutes
Michael J. Fox James Woods Stephen Lang Annabella Sciorra John Capodice Luis Guzman LL Cool J Mary Mara Delroy Lindo Conrad Roberts Christina Ricci
actor detective serial killer captain girlfriend partner hilarious thrilling spectacular new york city hollywood, calif. police station nightclub roof police work acting mentorship serial murders unlikely friendship research
An action movie star researching a role is allowed to tag along with a hardboiled New York City policeman, who finds him superficial and irritating.
Romance
Germany
1991
94 Minutes
k.d. lang Rosel Zech Chuck Connors Jane Lind Oscar Kawagley Wolfgang Steinberg
drifter librarian brother eskimo blue-collar worker voyeur melodramatic moving library small town alaska wilderness germany sleigh ancestry research unlikely romance immigration loneliness lesbianism
A woman who grew up in a small town in Alaska goes to the public library to try and find out who her parents were. She was brought to town as a baby in a cardboard box with "Kotzebue" on it... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1987
108 Minutes
Matthew Broderick Helen Hunt William Sadler Johnny Ray McGhee Jonathan Stark Robin Gammell Stephen Lang Jean Smart Dick Miller
pilot graduate student chimpanzee scientist military officer engaging heartwarming suspenseful everglades air force base airplane animal cruelty radiation scientific experiments military secrets animal rights research discovery rescue rivalry
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".
Sci-Fi, Comedy
USA
2001
101 Minutes
David Duchovny Orlando Jones Seann William Scott Julianne Moore Ted Levine Ethan Suplee Katharine Towne Michael Ray Bower Pat Kilbane Ty Burrell Gregory Itzin
college professor scientist firefighter geologist military officer general hysterical suspenseful cheeky melodramatic new mexico desert laboratory underground college mutation research alien landing military intervention cover-up
A fire-fighting cadet, two college professors, and a geeky but sexy government scientist work against an alien organism that has been rapidly evolving since its arrival on Earth inside a meteor.
Drama
Portugal|France
1995
90 Minutes
Catherine Deneuve John Malkovich Luís Miguel Cintra Leonor Silveira Duarte de Almeida Heloisa Miranda Gilberto Goncalves
professor wife husband curator guardian girl tense brooding dark melodramatic portugal convent library forest occult religion satanism good versus evil marriage research
The journey of Michael Padovic, an American professor who arrives with his wife, Helene, at a Portuguese convent where he expects to find the documents needed to prove his theory: ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi, Comedy
USA
2007
88 Minutes
Brian Howe Dan Conroy Andrew Parks Fay Masterson Alison Martin Jennifer Blaire Larry Blamire Betty Garrett Dick Miller Daniel Roebuck Susan McConnell
scientist alien priest colleague sailor townsperson creepy campy hilarious laboratory small town alien invasion research experimental medicine science gone awry mass hysteria metamorphosis escape pursuit 1950s
A small town infestation of crawling alien foreheads that begin attaching to people and taking them over collides with a scientist's experiments to extract foreheadazine and things go horribly horribly wrong.
Adventure
USA
1965
98 Minutes
Marshall Thompson Betsy Drake Richard Haydn Cheryl Miller Alan Caillou Rockne Tarkington Maurice Marsac Robert DoQui Albert Amos Dinny Powell Mark Allen
doctor researcher teen girl tutor native lion lighthearted charming africa compound savanna wildlife lions science research father/daughter relationship adventure discovery 1960s
When a native village is apparently terrorized by a lion, the local sergeant enlists the help of a veterinarian working at a nearby animal study center. It is soon discovered that the lion ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi
USA|Mexico
1999
105 Minutes
Thomas Jane Saffron Burrows Samuel L. Jackson Jacqueline McKenzie Michael Rapaport Stellan Skarsgård LL Cool J Aida Turturro Daniel Bahimo Rey
shark expert scientist cook executive captain ship captain shocking intense thrilling gory frightening island ocean research station submarine alzheimer's disease sharks deception research survival
Searching for a cure to Alzheimer's disease, a group of scientists on an isolated research facility become the prey, as a trio of intelligent sharks fight back.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2008
85 Minutes
Carlos Bernard Mathew St. Patrick Courtney Ford Rockmond Dunbar Tom Kiesche Joel McCrary Bryan Krasner Bonita Friedericy Derek Basco
scientist researcher creepy tense brutal supermarket research alien life-forms hostage situation discovery rescue 2000s
A group enters a supermarket at closing time, shoots around and takes hostages. They believe aliens have arrived there then. Cops arrive outside.
Sci-Fi
USA
1954
81 Minutes
William Lundigan Herbert Marshall Richard Carlson Martha Hyer Dawn Addams Robert Karnes Larry Dobkin
astronaut scientist love interest father physicist gutsy thrilling incredible space rocket laboratory desert military base father/son relationship research technology accidental death space travel cowardice quest
In an attempt to discover the composition of meteors, three astronauts are sent out into space in three specially designed rockets. Their mission is to capture a meteor and bring it to ... See full summary »
Horror
UK|Japan
1992
93 Minutes
Julian Sands Suzanna Hamilton Kenneth Cranham Marian Diamond Michael Kenton Catherine Blake Mark Kempner
vampire assistant vampire hunter librarian love interest rival dreamy eerie gory london library restaurant england reincarnation vampires murder schemes research religion revenge
Condemned to life without end, and to an undying passion for a lost love he can never find, a vampire stalks a beautiful young woman.
Sci-Fi, Adventure
Canada
1993
93 Minutes
expert scientist oil merchant suspenseful thrilling africa quest scientific observation research prehistoric creatures prehistoric life africa expedition saving the planet discovery adventure mystery pursuit 20th century
When Belgian scientist Bertram Hammonds arrives in the Lost World to drill for crude oil, Professors Challenger and Summerlee return to the Lost World plateau.
Romance
USA
2003
88 Minutes
Alexander Chaplin Lindsay Sloane Chris Coppola Jordan Ladd Marina Black Tom McGowan Richard Kind
assistant writer dog editor dog owner ex-girlfriend emotional hilarious house office restaurant pets mistaken identity writer's block research friendship deception love discovery 2000s
A romantic comedy about a man, a woman, and their dogs. Steven Merritt, a research obsessed writer is mistaken for being gay by Rebecca, a young veterinarian assistant. He decides to play ... See full summary »
Horror
Canada
2009
94 Minutes
Val Kilmer Martha MacIsaac Aaron Ashmore Kyle Schmid Alexandra Staseson Garry Chalk Peter Kelamis Steph Song
daughter principal suspenseful creepy the arctic camp virus discovery research discovery prehistoric
A research expedition to the Arctic discovers that a melting polar ice cap has released a deadly prehistoric parasite.