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Ex Machina (2015)
7.7/10on IMDb
Released
Start here if you want a controlled test that turns into a battle over who’s being observed. A programmer interviews a robot named Ava in a secluded compound. The tension comes from what Nathan, the man running the study, chooses to reveal to each of them.
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The Fly (1986)
7.6/10on IMDb
Released
Choose David Cronenberg’s 1986 version for body horror built around an apparent success. Seth Brundle tries his teleportation device on himself and comes through feeling better than before. As his behavior changes, you get to watch a result that looks encouraging become more disturbing than a simple failure.
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The Fly (1958)
7.1/10on IMDb
Released
In Kurt Neumann’s 1958 version, Hélène Delambre recounts what happened after her husband tested his matter transporter and a fly entered the chamber. The flashback structure makes the accident part of a mystery about why she kept it secret. The effect of the experiment is immediate, which gives this version a very different rhythm from the 1986 film.
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Flatliners (1990)
6.6/10on IMDb
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Follow medical students who take turns stopping and reviving one another to see what happens near death. The resuscitations appear to work. The psychological pressure comes from what the students start experiencing afterward and why they keep it from one another.
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Primer (2004)
6.7/10on IMDb
Released
Try this for a spare puzzle about two engineers testing a machine that does something other than what they built it to do. Their improvised trials become harder to track as each man learns what he can do without telling the other. Pay attention to when they leave and return.
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Splice (2010)
5.8/10on IMDb
Released
Watch two geneticists decide to raise the creature they have made after being told to stop their research. Dren grows faster than they expect, and secrecy keeps them in the same room with decisions they haven’t agreed on. Choose this for the parent-child unease as much as the body horror.
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Altered States (1980)
6.9/10on IMDb
Released
Watch a scientist enter a sensory deprivation tank to test how far he can push his consciousness. The sessions begin to have consequences the people outside the tank can observe. Choose this for expressionistic images and the dread of a researcher who keeps volunteering himself.
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Dark City (1998)
7.5/10on IMDb
Released
Look for a man who wakes up with no reliable memory and finds the city’s routines shifting around him. The film holds back what the experiment is measuring, so you learn the rules with him. It’s a good pick for a mystery where the test site feels like an entire world.
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Source Code (2011)
7.5/10on IMDb
Released
Watch a soldier sent through the same eight minutes on a train to figure out who planted a bomb. The repeated briefings show you what the team thinks its system can do, while his attempts to save people raise a question they’re unwilling to test. Pick this for brisk action and a clear puzzle.
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The Invisible Man (1933)
7.6/10on IMDb
Released
Watch a scientist find a way to disappear and discover what his discovery does to his judgment. The people around Griffin can hear and track him, which makes a room with apparently no one in it feel dangerous. Choose this for the eerie sound and brisk chases.
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The Prestige (2006)
8.5/10on IMDb
Released
Watch a stage magician ask Nikola Tesla to build something that can put him ahead of a rival. The test results have consequences far beyond the trick he wants to perform. Pick this for a tightly constructed mystery where the most important detail is what the magician is willing to do with a working device.
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Hollow Man (2000)
5.9/10on IMDb
Released
Try this for the action-horror version of the invisibility experiment. After testing the procedure on himself, Sebastian Caine finds that his team can’t readily bring him back. You get a laboratory thriller where the person who knows the test best becomes the one everyone has to contain.
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Jurassic Park (1993)
8.2/10on IMDb
Released
Watch a park owner stage a preview to show that his team can contain animals they’ve brought back. The attractions are up and running when visitors discover how much depends on a few fences and systems. Go here for the adventure-thriller version of a large experiment failing in public.
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
7.6/10on IMDb
Released
A scientist’s search for a treatment for his father leads to an ape named Caesar with unusual intelligence. The turning point is getting to see the experiment from Caesar’s side as he realizes the scientists won’t decide what happens to him forever. Pick this for the shift from family drama to tense action.
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Deep Blue Sea (1999)
6.0/10on IMDb
Released
Follow a research team whose attempts to study disease have produced sharks smarter than they expected. Once the facility starts taking on water, you can see why a good result on paper is the engineers’ worst problem. This one favors action and close escapes.
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The Substance (2024)
7.2/10on IMDb
Released
Watch an aging television star try a treatment that lets her trade weeks with a younger version of herself. The schedule makes a simple experiment feel like a contest she can have with no one else. Choose this for satire that erupts into graphic body horror.
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Upgrade (2018)
7.5/10on IMDb
Released
Watch a man receive an experimental implant that restores his movement, then offers to take over when he’s threatened. The tightly choreographed fights turn each agreement into a test of how much control he’s giving away. Choose this for action with an increasingly uneasy partnership.
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Re-Animator (1985)
7.1/10on IMDb
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Watch a medical student insist on trying his reanimation research outside the rules of the institution where he studies. Each attempt supplies another reason the people around him should stop him. Choose this for horror with a mean streak of comedy and a very messy laboratory.
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Akira (1988)
8.0/10on IMDb
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After a crash in Neo-Tokyo, Tetsuo falls into the hands of a military program investigating psychic powers. Those powers start reshaping both his friendships and the city. Pick this animated thriller for the way a secret experiment swells into public chaos.
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Frankenstein (1931)
7.7/10on IMDb
Released
Watch a researcher succeed at bringing assembled remains to life without knowing what he’ll do with the being he’s made. The early lab scenes give way to tension in the countryside as the creature acts on its own. Pick this for a lean early blueprint for an experiment losing its keeper.
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Morgan (2016)
5.9/10on IMDb
Released
An assessor is sent to decide what to do after a humanlike lab creation attacks someone at the facility. Watch the team make competing arguments about Morgan’s progress as the assessment becomes harder to keep orderly. Expect a quiet opening and a faster, more physical second half.
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