🏷 Discover The Best Medical Research Movies & TV Shows To Watch Today

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Unlock the Fascinating World of Medical Research through Cinema and Television

Delve into the captivating realm of medical research through the lens of movies and TV shows. From groundbreaking medical breakthroughs to the personal struggles of healthcare professionals, these stories bring the complexities of the medical field to life. Explore the most compelling films and series that shed light on medical research and its impact on society.

Cast

Andy Serkis

James Franco

Freida Pinto

John Lithgow

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

7.3 12.8K votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 105 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A highly intelligent chimpanzee named Caesar has been living a peaceful suburban life ever since he was born. But when he gets taken to a cruel primate facility, Caesar decides to revolt against those who have harmed him.

Plot: san francisco, california, solidarity, gorilla, intelligence, dystopia, zoo, chimpanzee, ...

Cast

Andy Serkis

Jason Clarke

Toby Kebbell

Gary Oldman

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

7.3 12.3K votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 130 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain dominance over his community of intelligent apes.

Style: shocking

Plot: san francisco, california, peace, solidarity, gorilla, intelligence, dystopia, chimpanzee, ...

Time: 2030s

Cast

Michael Sheen

Lizzy Caplan

Caitlin FitzGerald

Annaleigh Ashford

Masters of Sex (2013) TV Show

7.1 420 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 4

Episodes: 46

Audience: TV-MA

Story: William Masters and Virginia Johnson are real-life pioneers of the science of human sexuality. Their research touched off the sexual revolution and took them from a midwestern teaching hospital to the cover of Time magazine and multiple appearances on Johnny Carson's couch. He is a brilliant scientist out of touch with his own feelings, and she is a single working mother ahead of her time. The series chronicles their unusual lives, romance, and unlikely pop culture trajectory.

Plot: sexuality, based on true story, unfaithfulness, medical research, historical drama, sexologist

Time: 1950s, 1960s

The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley

Cast

Elizabeth Holmes

Alex Gibney

Dan Ariely

Roger Parloff

The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley (2019)

7.1 303 votes

Genre: Documentary

Country: United States of America

Duration: 119 min.

Story: 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.

Plot: technology, fraud, business, medical research, health documentary