American films about laboratories

List of the best American films about laboratories, selected by visitors to our site: Manhattan, The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley, CLONED: The Recreator Chronicles, The Signal, Self/less, Irrational Man, The Shape of Water, Replicas, Errors of the Human Body, The Invisible Man.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 7.8
Genredrama, military, history
CountryUSA

Set against the backdrop of the greatest clandestine race against time in the history of science with the mission to build the world's first atomic bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Flawed scientists and their families attempt to co-exist in a world where secrets and lies infiltrate every aspect of their lives.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genredocumentary, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:53

With a magical new invention that promised to revolutionize blood testing, Elizabeth Holmes became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire, heralded as the next Steve Jobs. Then, overnight, her 10-billion-dollar company dissolved. The rise and fall of Theranos is a window into the psychology of fraud.

Markimdb: 4.4
Genrefantastic, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration01:30

When a group of teenagers stumble upon a secret lab, they become part of a deadly experiment - The Recreator - evil human clones. Craig, Tracy and Derek come face to face with exact copies of themselves that have only one purpose; to find and kill their originals. With time running out it's up to the original group to destroy the lab and save themselves before they are replaced. Gregory Orr's exciting thriller brings science fiction to life with a sexy edge.

Markimdb: 6
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:34

Three college students on a road trip across the Southwest experience a detour – the tracking of a computer genius who has already hacked into MIT and exposed security faults. When the trio find themselves drawn to an eerily isolated area, suddenly everything goes dark. When one of the students regains consciousness, he finds himself in a waking nightmare.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrefantastic, action, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration02:41

    An extremely wealthy elderly man dying from cancer undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness to the body of a healthy young man but everything may not be as good as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the body's origins and the secret organization that will kill to keep its secrets.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:09

    On a small town college campus, a philosophy professor in existential crisis gives his life new purpose when he enters into a relationship with his student.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrefantastic, drama
    CountryUSA, Canada, Mexico
    Duration01:56

    An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrefantastic, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:21

    A scientist becomes obsessed with bringing back his family members who died in a traffic accident.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryGermany, USA
    Duration01:41

    Canadian scientist, Dr Geoff Burton takes up a position at a new institute in wintry Dresden in order to contribute to their most important project—a human regeneration gene—that also has the potential to make something miraculous out of a personal tragedy that has haunted him for years.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrehorror, fantastic, fantasy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:11

    Working in Dr. Cranley’s laboratory, scientist Jack Griffin was always given the latitude to conduct some of his own experiments. His sudden departure, however, has Cranley’s daughter Flora worried about him. Griffin has taken a room at the nearby Lion’s Head Inn, hoping to reverse an experiment he conducted on himself that made him invisible. But the experimental drug has also warped his mind, making him aggressive and dangerous. He’s prepared to do whatever it takes to restore his appearance.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, crime, detective
    CountryAustralia, USA
    Duration02:28

    A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called STEM that will enhance his body. Now able to walk, Grey finds that he also has superhuman strength and agility — skills he uses to seek revenge against the thugs who destroyed his life.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada
    Duration01:45

    Scientist Will Rodman is determined to find a cure for Alzheimer's, the disease which has slowly consumed his father. Will feels certain he is close to a breakthrough and tests his latest serum on apes, noticing dramatic increases in intelligence and brain activity in the primate subjects – especially Caesar, his pet chimpanzee.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genreaction, thriller
    CountryCzech Republic, Luxembourg, United Kingdom, USA, France
    Duration01:02

    After failing to apprehend the terrorist behind a Paris attack that claimed dozens of lives, CIA agent Alice Racine is forced to live in London as a caseworker. Her mentor unexpectedly calls her back into action when the CIA discovers that another attack is imminent. Alice soon learns that the classified information she's uncovered has been compromised. Running for her life, she turns to a former soldier to help her prevent a lethal biological attack on the citizens of London.

    Markimdb: 4.2
    Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA, Germany, United Kingdom
    Duration02:40

    Four young outsiders teleport to a dangerous universe, which alters their physical form in shocking ways. Their lives irrevocably upended, the team must learn to harness their daunting new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:29

    A radio talk show host unravels a conspiracy about encounters with mysterious beings known as The Shadow People and their role in the unexplained deaths of several hundred victims in the 1980s.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genrehorror, fantastic
    CountryUSA

    Young Scientists Elizabeth Burns explores the impact on the human body stem cells. A specific feature of these cells to interact with dead flesh has been subjected to blackmail heroine is forced to continue chilling experiments. Once she recovers just killed a man and begins a nightmare, whose name is Frankenstein Syndrome ..

    Markimdb: 4.4
    Genrehorror, action
    CountryUSA

    Strangers trapped on a secluded island struggle to survive against hordes of the dead.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration02:13

    A single mom tries to break free from a mysterious organization that has abducted her.

    Markimdb: 4.1
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:49

    A young man's life is turned upside down when his violent dreams begin to blend with reality.

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genrehorror
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:01

    A sleep doctor tries to protect a family from a demon that feeds on people in their nightmares.

    Markimdb: 2.6
    Genrefantastic, action
    CountryUSA

    A team of Navy Seals investigates a mysterious science outpost only to have to combat a squad of powerful alien soldiers.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredocumentary
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration00:47

    Some 220 miles above Earth lies the International Space Station, a one-of-a-kind outer space laboratory that 16 nations came together to build. Get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of this extraordinary structure in this spectacular IMAX film. Viewers will blast off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center and the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Russia for this incredible journey -- IMAX's first-ever space film. Tom Cruise narrates.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:20

      Medical researcher Frank, his fiancee Zoe and their team have achieved the impossible: they have found a way to revive the dead. After a successful, but unsanctioned, experiment on a lifeless animal, they are ready to make their work public. However, when their dean learns what they've done, he shuts them down. Zoe is killed during an attempt to recreate the experiment, leading Frank to test the process on her. Zoe is revived -- but something evil is within her.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA, India, Hong Kong, China, Canada
      Duration02:13

      In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: a human saved from a terrible crash, then cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:23

      A corporate risk-management consultant must determine whether or not to terminate an artificial being's life that was made in a laboratory environment.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrefantastic, action, adventure
      CountryUSA, Hungary
      Duration01:59

        A special-ops team is dispatched to fight supernatural being that have taken over a European city.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, detective
        CountryGermany, USA
        Duration01:27

        On the trail of a missing friend who had been experimenting with mind-altering drugs, a young journalist - aided by a rogue counter-culture writer, The Silence of The Lambs -- finds herself drawn into the dangerous world of top-secret government chemical research and the mystery of a disturbing radio signal of unknown origin. A fast-paced thriller blending fact and fiction, Banshee Chapter is based on real documents, actual test subject testimony, and uncovered secrets about covert programs run by the CIA.

        Markimdb: 3.1
        Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure
        CountryUSA, Japan
        Duration01:20

        On a lush tropical island, working under a secret government charter, Martin Drake has not only grown sprawling acres of giant vegetables, but inadvertently spawned two mammoth reptiles as well. Now they've broken free of their enclosures, and Drake has only one option: kill the creatures before word gets back to Washington and they close him down. When Drake's first team of well-armed mercenaries gets wiped out within hours of setting down in the jungle, he turns to one lone hunter, The Cajun, to go in single-handedly. But will The Cajun be cunning enough to find the creatures and destroy them before they turn the blue waters red with the blood of tourists. The only hope is to bring the monsters together and make them fight. When one emerges victorious, that will be the time to strike and kill the other. It's a risky plan, but ultimately the only one that may work. One of David Carradine's last movies.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genreaction, thriller, crime
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration02:01

        A Foreign Service Officer in London tries to prevent a terrorist attack set to hit New York, but is forced to go on the run when she is framed for crimes she did not commit.

        Markimdb: 4.3
        Genrefantastic, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:00

        A deep space mining vessel has been adrift for two years. It is suspected the crew brutally killed each other, but the reason for the bloodbath is unknown. A rescue crew is sent to find if there are any survivors, what happened and why.

        Markimdb: 8
        Genrecomedy, adventure, family, cartoon, crime, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:32

          Determined to prove herself, Officer Judy Hopps, the first bunny on Zootopia's police force, jumps at the chance to crack her first case - even if it means partnering with scam-artist fox Nick Wilde to solve the mystery.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genredrama, detective, biography, history
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:40

          An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s.

          Markimdb: 8.2
          Genrethriller, drama, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:18

          World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
          CountryBelgium, France, USA
          Duration01:33

          Teenage outsider Adam sets out on an epic and daring quest to uncover the mystery behind his long-lost dad, only to find out that he is none other than the legendary Bigfoot! He has been hiding deep in the forest for years to protect himself and his family from HairCo., a giant corporation eager to run scientific experiments with his special DNA. As father and son start making up for lost time after the boy's initial disbelief, Adam soon discovers that he too is gifted with superpowers beyond his imagination. But little do they know, HairCo. is on their tail as Adam's traces have led them to Bigfoot!

          Markimdb: 5
          Genrehorror, thriller, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:32

            When a group of college students take part in a clinical drug trial, an unexpected side effect of the experimental medicine gives them terrifying visions of their own deaths...which begin to come true. As they scramble to escape their fate, they discover that the killer is among them and shares their ability to see the future - only he seems to be one step ahead of their efforts to survive.

            Markimdb: 6.1
            Genredrama, documentary, sport
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:26

            From the director of Generation Iron, comes the anticipated sequel that will depict 5 of the top bodybuilding and fitness mega-stars on a quest of achieving the ultimate physique and taking it to the next extreme level. In the world of social media and internet, the rules have changed as to what makes an iconic bodybuilding mass-monster. Starring Kai Greene, Calum Von Moger, Rich Piana, among others, this film will explore an all new generation of bodybuilders and how this new world, and new people, carve their own path to physique perfection.

            Markimdb: 5.1
            Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
            CountryUSA, Germany
            Duration01:33

            After he is artificially created, then left for dead by a husband-and-wife team of eccentric scientists, Adam is confronted with nothing but aggression and violence from the world around him. This perfect creation-turned disfigured monster must come to grips with the horrific nature of humanity.

            Markimdb: 5.3
            Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure
            CountryUSA, Mexico, Canada
            Duration02:06

            When a kid accidentally triggers the universe's most lethal hunters' return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled female scientist can prevent the end of the human race.

            Markimdb: 5.4
            Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller
            CountryUSA, Germany, Canada
            Duration01:36

              The Umbrella Corporation’s deadly T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global population into legions of the flesh eating Undead. The human race’s last and only hope, Alice, awakens in the heart of Umbrella’s most clandestine operations facility and unveils more of her mysterious past as she delves further into the complex. Without a safe haven, Alice continues to hunt those responsible for the outbreak; a chase that takes her from Tokyo to New York, Washington, D.C. and Moscow, culminating in a mind-blowing revelation that will force her to rethink everything that she once thought to be true. Aided by new found allies and familiar friends, Alice must fight to survive long enough to escape a hostile world on the brink of oblivion. The countdown has begun.

              Markimdb: 4.7
              Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:07

              A madman captures a young boy and rigs him with explosives. Ray Fitzpatrick, still haunted by the loss of his own son, will defy orders to stop the clock and save a life

              Markimdb: 6.8
              Genrehorror, fantastic, fantasy
              CountryUSA

              A collection of original shorts exploring the unknown, the unexplained, and the unimaginable.

              Markimdb: 5.9
              Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography, history
              CountryUSA

              Young and wide-eyed, Kathie falls in love with charming yet quirky real estate scion Robert Durst, only to find their marriage turning stranger, darker and more disturbing as time passes.

              Markimdb: 6.2
              Genrethriller, drama, crime
              CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
              Duration02:16

              A young Oxford academic and his attorney girlfriend holiday on Antigua. They bump into a Russian millionaire who owns a peninsula and a diamond watch. He wants a game of tennis. What else he wants propels the lovers on a tortuous journey to the City of London and its unholy alliance with Britain's intelligence establishment, to Paris and the Alps.

              Markimdb: 6
              Genrecomedy, melodrama
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:23

              Mike and Dave are young, adventurous, fun-loving brothers who tend to get out of control at family gatherings. When their sister Jeanie reveals her Hawaiian wedding plans, the rest of the Stangles insist that the brothers bring respectable dates. After placing an ad on Craigslist, the siblings decide to pick Tatiana and Alice, two charming and seemingly normal women. Once they arrive on the island, however, Mike and Dave realize that their companions are ready to get wild and party.

              Markimdb: 4.8
              Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:40

              Suffering from her mother's recent suicide, a delusional young girl falls for an alluring Goth, against the objections of a life-size talking muslin doll. The Melancholy Fantastic is a psychological thriller set during the holidays.

              Markimdb: 5.5
              Genreaction, thriller, crime
              CountryCanada, USA
              Duration02:03

              An untraceable group of elite bank robbers is chased by a suicidal FBI agent who uncovers a deeper purpose behind the robbery-homicides.

              Markimdb: 7.8
              Genrethriller, drama, crime, film noir
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:40

              A Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a wheelman for criminals discovers that a contract has been put on him after a heist gone wrong.

              Markimdb: 6.6
              Genrecomedy
              CountryUSA

              He's a kamikaze gambler. A one-arm cuddler. And if his fly is down, so be it. A night of sly riffs and slow burns.

              Markimdb: 8
              Genredocumentary
              CountryUSA

              A documentary that tells the emotional journey of Shane and Tom, two young men in a loving and committed relationship — a relationship that was cut tragically short by a misstep off the side of a roof.

              Markimdb: 7.3
              Genrecomedy, crime, detective
              CountryUSA

              The ambitious friends come together during the holidays after a mystery assailant targets one of their own. A comedic thrill-ride follows, as the wild and unpredictable Psych team pursues the bad guys, justice … and, of course, food!




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