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Bio-Genetic Sci-Fi movies

Biotech sci-fi: genetic engineering, mutation, cloning, and the fallout of redesigning life itself.

Chronicle

21. Chronicle

Science Fiction Drama Thriller Bio-Genetic Sci-Fi Coming-of-Age Drama
7.0

20121h 24min

United States

Director: Josh Trank

Three high school students make an incredible discovery, leading to their developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities and use them to their advantage, their lives start to spin out of control, and their darker sides begin to take over.

Themes

Coming of age pressures, Unbalanced telekinesis power, Found footage aesthetics, Loneliness and friendship, Abuse and family strain, Outcast and assertiveness

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Spring

22. Spring

Horror Romance Science Fiction Supernatural Horror Dark Romance
6.7

20141h 49min

United States

Director: Aaron Moorhead

A young man in a personal tailspin flees the US to Italy, where he sparks up a romance with a woman harboring a dark, primordial secret.

Themes

Belonging in unfamiliar spaces, Loneliness and escape, Desire vs immortality, Otherness and transformation, Secrecy and revelation, Ethics of reproduction

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Peter Parker is an outcast high schooler abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. As Peter discovers a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, he begins a quest to understand his parents' disappearance – leading him directly to Oscorp and the lab of Dr. Curt Connors, his father's former partner. As Spider-Man is set on a collision course with Connors' alter ego, The Lizard, Peter will make life-altering choices to use his powers and shape his destiny to become a hero.

Themes

Vigilante justice, Loss of loved one, Social outcast tension, Genetic engineering ethics, Briefcase mystery, Teenage angst

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Netflix
Disney Plus
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Self/less

24. Self/less

Science Fiction Action Thriller Bio-Genetic Sci-Fi Cover-Up Thriller
6.5

20151h 57min

United States

Director: Tarsem Singh

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.

Themes

Trust and deception, Immortality ethics and risk, Consent and embodiment, Wealth vs vulnerability, Memory manipulation concerns, Identity through technology

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Never Let Me Go

25. Never Let Me Go

Drama Romance Science Fiction Coming-of-Age Drama Bittersweet Romance
7.1

20101h 44min

United Kingdom

Director: Mark Romanek

As children, Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy spend their childhood at an idyllic and secluded English boarding school. As they grow into adults, they must come to terms with the complexity and strength of their love for one another while also preparing for the haunting reality awaiting them.

Themes

Boarding school isolation, Cloning rights, Medical ethics control, Human rights tension, Organ trafficking abuse, Love triangle longing

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For Peter Parker, life is busy. Between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen Stacy, high school graduation cannot come quickly enough. Peter has not forgotten about the promise he made to Gwen’s father to protect her by staying away, but that is a promise he cannot keep. Things will change for Peter when a new villain, Electro, emerges, an old friend, Harry Osborn, returns, and Peter uncovers new clues about his past.

Themes

Relationships under pressure, Power vs responsibility, Ethical boundaries of science, Loss and consequence, Obsession with power

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Contagion

27. Contagion

Drama Thriller Science Fiction Survival Thriller Bio-Genetic Sci-Fi
6.8

20111h 46min

United States, United Arab Emirates

Director: Steven Soderbergh

As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.

Themes

Pandemic-driven panic, Quarantine and outbreak response, Disease transmission dynamics, Epidemic management under uncertainty, Public trust vs misinformation, Vaccine development ethics

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Upstream Color

28. Upstream Color

Drama Science Fiction Relationship Drama Bio-Genetic Sci-Fi
6.5

20131h 36min

United States

Director: Shane Carruth

A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the lifecycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives.

Themes

Shared trauma memory, Parasite mediated control, Loss as connective force, Identity refracted by transfer, Economic coercion through manipulation, Illusion of pregnancy

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YouTube
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Spider-Man 2

29. Spider-Man 2

Action Adventure Science Fiction Superhero Action City Adventure
7.5

20042h 7min

United States

Director: Sam Raimi

Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker still can't act on his feelings for Mary Jane Watson, a girl he's loved since childhood. A certain anger begins to brew in his best friend Harry Osborn as well...

Themes

Dual identity pressure, Doctor scientist ethics, Death consequence awareness, Secret identity expectations, Tentacle influence peril, Romance under strain

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Amazon Video
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Superman: Doomsday

30. Superman: Doomsday

Action Animation Science Fiction Superhero Action Adult Animation
7.0

20071h 15min

United States

Director: Lauren Montgomery

When LexCorp accidentally unleashes a murderous creature, Superman meets his greatest challenge as a champion. Based on the "The Death of Superman" storyline that appeared in DC Comics' publications in the 1990s.

Themes

Burden of power, Concealed identity tension, Ethics of cloning, Corporate accountability, Public duty under threat, Trust in leadership

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