Science Movies

With input from an eclectic mix of scientists, engineers, sportspeople (and about thirty thousand snails) the film focuses on the many incarnations...

On April 18, 1955, the pathologist performing the autopsy on Albert Einstein covertly steals the genius's brain, hoping to uncover the secret of...

If machines can be smarter than people, is humanity really anything special?

This 1971 color anti-drug use and abuse film was produced by Concept Films and directed by Brian Kellman for Encyclopedia Britannica. “Weed:...

An educational film that introduces children to the various elements of weather using the letters of the alphabet. Each letter represents a...

Ulzii, a teenager from a poor neighborhood in Ulaanbaatar, is determined to win a sciences-physics competition to get a scholarship. His illiterate...

An accomplished molecular biologist moves out of the lab in a quest to make an encyclopedia documenting all the fruit fly species in North America.

Using a scientific discovery approach, the film explains what wind is, how it forms, and its effects on the environment and human life. It...

Computer animation and footage from NASA space missions explain how our solar system evolved and the place Earth has within the system.

In this educational film, laboratory demonstrations show the effects of moisture and temperature on the growth of molds. Photomicrography reveals the...

A team of international scientists attempt to document the first-ever image of a black hole.

The discovery of neuroplasticity, the fact that thoughts can change the structure and function of our brains, even into old age, is one of the most...

Before the joint NASA/ESA Cassini-Huygens mission, humanity only knew what had been learned, decades earlier, with the previous limited, rapid...

One entry in a series of films produced to make science accessible to the masses—especially children—this film describes the sun in...

A woman hunts for fossils and makes a big discovery. But she doesn't get credit again.

Two cells befriend each other and explore the organism they inhabit. They grow together, until an accidental separation forces them to follow a...

Oil is a primary energy source in the world. Global oil consumption reached approximately 95 million barrels per day but oil fields' quality is...

The film features a character named Wesley, who is training to become an agent with the Weather Bureau of Investigation (WBI). Throughout the film,...