Science thriller films

List of the best science thriller films according to viewers: Argo, The Call, The Ledge, The Skin I Live In, Shutter Island, Outbreak, The Grey, The Guest, Safe Haven, Flight.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrethriller, drama, biography
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration02:00

As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:35

Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls 911, Jordan is the one called upon to use all of her experience, insights and quick thinking to help Casey escape, and not just to save her, but to make sure the man is brought to justice.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA, Germany, Saudi Arabia
Duration01:41

A thriller in which a battle of philosophies between a fundamentalist Christian and an atheist escalates into a lethal battle of wills.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountrySpain, USA
Duration02:00

A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.

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: 6.6
Genreaction, thriller, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:08

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.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrethriller, drama, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:57

    An oil drilling team struggles to survive after a plane crash strands them in the wilds of Alaska. Hunting them is a pack of wolves that sees them as intruders.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genreaction, thriller
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration01:35

      A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:55

        A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genrethriller, drama
        CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates
        Duration02:18

        Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when a disastrous mechanical malfunction sends his plane hurtling toward the ground. Whip pulls off a miraculous crash-landing that results in only six lives lost. Shaken to the core, Whip vows to get sober -- but when the crash investigation exposes his addiction, he finds himself in an even worse situation.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genrethriller, detective
        CountryRussia, USA, United Kingdom, Cyprus

        Looking to investigate recruitment techniques of ISIS to lure women into Syria, Amy Whitaker, a journalist, creates a Facebook profile of a Muslim convert. When an ISIS recruiter contacts her online character, she experiences the process first hand.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrethriller, crime, detective
        CountryUSA, Spain, Hungary, Serbia
        Duration01:50

        A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer's stories.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:20

          A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective, military
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:48

            Sergeant John Tyree is home on a 2 week leave from Germany. He meets Savannah after he dives into the ocean to retrieve Savannah's purse that had fallen off the pier. John falls in love with Savannah who is a student on spring break helping build a house for Habitat for Humanity. A romance occurs and Savannah falls deeply in love with John. She promises to write John overseas until he returns.

            Markimdb: 6.9
            Genrethriller, drama
            CountryUSA

            Based on the true story of the events that led to the death of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., an elderly African American veteran with bipolar disorder, who was killed during a conflict with police officers who were dispatched to check on him.

            Markimdb: 7
            Genrethriller, drama, detective
            CountrySpain, United Kingdom, USA, France
            Duration01:35

            Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.

            Markimdb: 7.5
            Genrethriller, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:55

              Disconnect interweaves multiple storylines about people searching for human connection in today’s wired world. Through poignant turns that are both harrowing and touching, the stories intersect with surprising twists that expose a shocking reality into our daily use of technology that mediates and defines our relationships and ultimately our lives.

              Markimdb: 8.1
              Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:33

                When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?

                Markimdb: 7.4
                Genrethriller, drama, crime
                CountryUSA

                A charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.

                Markimdb: 7.1
                Genrethriller, crime
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:21

                A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.

                Markimdb: 7.5
                Genrethriller, drama, history
                CountryFrance, Canada, USA
                Duration02:44

                During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and execute those responsible for the attack.

                Markimdb: 6
                Genrethriller, drama
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:24

                A bickering couple drive fast through a downpour to catch the last ferry to their island retreat. In a flash, they recognize a crumpled body laying at the side of the road and after much argument they stop, only to find a young man battered and bruised. An offer of summoning the police firmly rejected, the two help the man as best they can although it certainly means missing the ferry... and so starts this thriller: a tale of twisted sexual attraction and ulterior motives.

                Markimdb: 7.3
                Genrethriller, drama, crime
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:56

                A psychological thriller about a man who is sometimes controlled by his murder-and-mayhem-loving alter ego.

                Markimdb: 7.1
                Genrethriller, drama, detective
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:54

                Navy Lt. Tom Farrell meets a young woman, Susan Atwell , and they share a passionate fling. Farrell then finds out that his superior, Defense Secretary David Brice, is also romantically involved with Atwell. When the young woman turns up dead, Farrell is put in charge of the murder investigation. He begins to uncover shocking clues about the case, but when details of his encounter with Susan surface, he becomes a suspect as well.

                Markimdb: 7.9
                Genrethriller, drama, detective
                CountryUSA, France
                Duration02:27

                  After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesic, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.

                  Markimdb: 8.5
                  Genrethriller, drama, crime
                  CountryUSA, Hong Kong
                  Duration02:31

                  To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.

                  Markimdb: 6.9
                  Genrethriller, comedy, crime, music
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:45

                  Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent by his boss, the psychopathic "Bones" Barboni, to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, the romantic sparks fly. After pitching his own life story as a movie idea, Chili learns that being a mobster and being a Hollywood producer really aren't all that different.

                  Markimdb: 6.8
                  Genrethriller, drama, crime
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:55

                  Five different criminals face imminent death after botching a job quite badly.

                  Markimdb: 7.3
                  Genrethriller, crime
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration02:08

                  Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? Fourteen years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey, bibliophile Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.

                  Markimdb: 6.8
                  Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                  CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Italy
                  Duration02:11

                  After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make contact with now disgraced Agent Clarice Starling, who is suffering the wrath of a malicious FBI rival as well as the media.

                  Markimdb: 7.4
                  Genrethriller, drama, crime
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:44

                  A family man convicted of killing an intruder must cope with life afterward in the violent penal system.

                  Markimdb: 7.7
                  Genrethriller, drama, adventure, detective
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration02:09

                  In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a coldhearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad -- a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nearly a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.

                  Markimdb: 7.8
                  Genrethriller, drama, detective
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:53

                  Surveillance expert Harry Caul is hired by a mysterious client's brusque aide to tail a young couple. Tracking the pair through San Francisco's Union Square, Caul and his associate Stan manage to record a cryptic conversation between them. Tormented by memories of a previous case that ended badly, Caul becomes obsessed with the resulting tape, trying to determine if the couple are in danger.

                  Markimdb: 6.5
                  Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:46

                  The gruesome death of a prostitute brings suspicion on one of her clients, James Wayland, a brilliant, self-destructive and epileptic heir to a textile fortune. So detectives Braxton and Kennesaw take Wayland in for questioning, thinking they can break the man. But despite his troubles, Wayland is a master of manipulation, and during the interrogation, he begins to turn the tables on the investigators, forcing them to reveal their own sinister sides.

                  Markimdb: 6.6
                  Genrethriller, drama, detective
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration02:03

                  An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.

                  Markimdb: 6.8
                  Genrethriller, drama
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration02:01

                  48 hours in the life of a burnt-out paramedic. Once called Father Frank for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn. He has tried everything he can to get fired, calling in sick, delaying taking calls where he might have to face one more victim he couldn't help, yet cannot quit the job on his own.

                  Markimdb: 7.6
                  Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
                  CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA
                  Duration01:40

                  A Russian teenager, living in London, dies during childbirth but leaves clues to a midwife in her journal, that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.

                  Markimdb: 7.3
                  Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
                  CountryGermany, USA
                  Duration02:14

                  The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking there's evidence in the Internal Affairs offices that might clear him, he takes everyone in the office hostage and demands that another well-known negotiator be brought in to handle the situation and secretly investigate the conspiracy.

                  Markimdb: 7.7
                  Genrethriller, drama, crime
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:57

                  Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt to save the life of his son and at the same time looking for revenge on those who wronged him.

                  Markimdb: 6.5
                  Genrethriller, crime, detective
                  CountryUSA, Germany
                  Duration02:03

                  A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town PI.

                  Markimdb: 6.7
                  Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
                  CountryFrance, Germany, USA
                  Duration02:04

                    Connie is a wife and mother whose 11-year marriage to Edward has lost its sexual spark. When Connie literally runs into handsome book collector Paul, he sweeps her into an all-consuming affair. But Edward soon becomes suspicious and decides to confront the other man.

                    Markimdb: 7.1
                    Genrethriller, drama, crime
                    CountryUSA

                    In Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighboring backwoods, sinister characters converge around young Arvin Russell as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and his family.

                    Markimdb: 8
                    Genrethriller, drama, adventure
                    CountryUSA, Germany
                    Duration02:23

                    An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide.

                    Markimdb: 7.5
                    Genrethriller, drama, detective
                    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                    Duration01:52

                      After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.

                      Markimdb: 7.4
                      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration01:52

                      A sheltered Amish child is the sole witness of a brutal murder in a restroom at a Philadelphia train station, and he must be protected. The assignment falls to a taciturn detective who goes undercover in a Pennsylvania Dutch community. On the farm, he slowly assimilates despite his urban grit and forges a romantic bond with the child's beautiful mother.

                      Markimdb: 6.8
                      Genreaction, thriller, detective
                      CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, France, USA
                      Duration01:53

                      An American biologist attending a conference in Berlin awakens from a coma after a car accident, only to discover that someone has taken his identity and that no one, not even his wife, believes him. With the help of an illegal immigrant and a former Stazi agent, he sets out to prove who he is and find out why people are trying to kill him.

                      Markimdb: 7.8
                      Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration01:49

                      Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.

                      Markimdb: 7.7
                      Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography
                      CountryUSA, Italy
                      Duration02:10

                      The real-life struggle of an honest New York City cop against a corrupt system.

                      Markimdb: 8.8
                      Genrethriller, drama, crime
                      CountryUSA, Germany
                      Duration02:11

                      A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.

                      Markimdb: 6.9
                      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration01:51

                      Lewis, Sheriff and Tony are three friends vacationing in Malaysia. Sheriff and Tony eventually leave to pursue careers in New York, but Lewis stays behind to work with orangutans. Two years later, Sheriff and Tony learn that, because of their past actions, Lewis has been arrested for drug possession. With Lewis facing a death sentence, the friends are left with a difficult decision: return to Malaysia and split Lewis' sentence, or let him die.




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