Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "isotope"

1. The Thing from Another World (1951)

Approved | 87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Scientists and American Air Force officials fend off a bloodthirsty alien organism while at a remote arctic outpost.

Directors: Christian Nyby, Howard Hawks | Stars: Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, James Arness, Robert Cornthwaite

Votes: 33,349

2. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)

Approved | 80 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A ferocious dinosaur awakened by an Arctic atomic test terrorizes the North Atlantic and, ultimately, New York City.

Director: Eugène Lourié | Stars: Paul Hubschmid, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway, Kenneth Tobey

Votes: 8,723 | Gross: $5.00M

3. Atomic Homefront (2017)

TV-14 | 100 min | Documentary

A terrifying look at the corruption that's destroying our nation and our planet. This should shake every American citizen. Citizens of an American city fight back against corruption and greed and try to save their own lives.

Director: Rebecca Cammisa | Stars: Dawn Chapman, Douglas Clemens, Robbin Ellison Dailey, Kay Drey

Votes: 569

4. Césio 137 - O Pesadelo de Goiânia (1990)

115 min | Drama

The story behind one of the worst radiological disasters to ever happen in Brazil, in 1987.

Director: Roberto Pires | Stars: Nelson Xavier, Joana Fomm, Paulo Betti, Stepan Nercessian

Votes: 157

5. KonTiki Project

Documentary, History, Mystery | Filming

An archaeological excavation in the ancient Museum of Human Anatomy in Pisa, Italy.

Director: Beatrice Barberis | Stars: Pasquale Barile, Maria Longhena, Ramona Melli, Stefania Zampetti

6. The First Secret City (2015)

105 min | Documentary

Before the creation of the secret cities of Los Alamos, Oak Ridge and Hanford, the Manhattan Project hired the Mallinckrodt Chemical Works of St. Louis to refine the first uranium used in ... See full summary »

Directors: Alison Carrick, C.D. Stelzer | Stars: John Bell, Carolyn Bower, Conrad Bowers, Karl Brooks

Votes: 16

7. Cube (2014)

18 min | Documentary, Short, History

The past, present and future of the CubeSat microsatellite technology is explored, with a particular emphasis upon the efforts of venturing beyond our own world by the Center for Advanced Energy Studies by Idaho National Laboratory.

Director: Matthew Ziegler | Stars: Darrell Kilgore, Jordi Puig-Suari, Steve Howe, Nathan Jerred

Votes: 71

8. The Avengers (1961–1969)
Episode: The Radioactive Man (1961)

TV-14 | 52 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

An immigrant worker in England on a forged passport picks up a radioactive isotope by mistake. Unless he's located quickly, he and anyone near him will suffer from radiation poisoning. The ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Tronson | Stars: Ian Hendry, Patrick Macnee, Ingrid Hafner, Basil Beale

Votes: 33

9. Batman Beyond (1999–2001)
Episode: Untouchable (2000)

Not Rated | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Batman hunts for a mysterious criminal with a personal repulsion field and one of the occupants of a medical research lab may be that person.

Director: Dan Riba | Stars: Will Friedle, Kevin Conroy, Gedde Watanabe, Joanna Hulce

Votes: 446

10. Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode: The Shipment (2003)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Enterprise follows a lead and discovers a Xindi lab that refines Kemocite, the key ingredient in the weapon being built to destroy Earth. An away team of Archer, Reed and Hayes confront the... See full summary »

Director: David Straiton | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating

Votes: 1,585

11. Knight Rider (1982–1986)
Episode: Knight of the Juggernaut: Part 1 (1985)

TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The Foundation has accidentally developed a powerful new isotope, Cernium 116. Jennifer Knight, Wilton's daughter takes this opportunity to cut down on FLAG expenses. Rebuild terrorist ... See full summary »

Director: Georg Fenady | Stars: David Hasselhoff, Edward Mulhare, Patricia McPherson, Peter Parros

Votes: 294

12. Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode: The Amnesiac (1969)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Two years earlier, a rare metal isotope important in nuclear weapons development was stolen from the U.S. and hidden in the United People's Republic. Otto Silff, one of three men involved ... See full summary »

Director: Reza Badiyi | Stars: Peter Graves, Leonard Nimoy, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus

Votes: 158

13. Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode: The Offering (1990)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A man who is in a hospital following a car accident begins to see terrifying apparitions of giant insect-like creatures.

Director: Ernest Farino | Stars: Orson Bean, Robert Krantz, Bob Larkin, Karen Hittelman

Votes: 109

14. Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode: The Space Eaters (1991)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

In this tribute to 1950s monster movies, two old gentlemanly friends are playing a game of chess, when a sinister telepathic alien invader shaped like a giant tentacled eyeball arrives to eat their brains.

Director: Robert T. Megginson | Stars: Richard Clarke, Mart Hulswit, Richard Hughes

Votes: 83

15. The Outer Limits (1963–1965)
Episode: Production and Decay of Strange Particles (1964)

TV-PG | 51 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi

An accident at a nuclear research facility creates a dimensional doorway in which aliens need to widen to invade our world. A scientist races to discover a way to reverse the damage and close the doorway.

Director: Leslie Stevens | Stars: George Macready, Rudy Solari, Joseph Ruskin, Leonard Nimoy

Votes: 500

16. PBS Space Time (2015– )
Episode: The Alchemy of Neutron Star Collisions (2019)

16 min | Documentary, Talk-Show

Elements up to iron can form in the thermonuclear furnaces at the cores of stars. Heavier elements require a supernova and the rapid neutron capture process to form. Or so we thought. New ... See full summary »

Star: Matthew O'Dowd

17. The Flash (2014–2023)
Episode: Fear Me (2021)

TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A new villain, Psych, strikes at the people of Central City, giving them visions of their worst fears - and Flash is his next target.

Director: David McWhirter | Stars: Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, Carlos Valdes

Votes: 1,842

18. The Flash (2014–2023)
Episode: Family Matters, Part 1 (2021)

TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Iris is pushed to the limit as she seeks to uncover the mysterious truth about Psych; Barry initiates a new training system, that could potentially backfire; Joe and Cisco make life-altering decisions.

Director: Philip Chipera | Stars: Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, Carlos Valdes

Votes: 1,642

19. Scott Manley (2009– )
Episode: Natural Plutonium Discovered Beneath the Oceans Shoaws a Cataclysmic History (2021)

11 min | Documentary, News

You were probably taught in school that there are 92 natural elements and that plutonium is an artificial element. Not so according a a research group that found terrestrial plutonium in ... See full summary »

Star: Scott Manley

20. Periodic Videos (2008– )
Episode: Bromine - Periodic Table of Videos (2009)

5 min | Documentary

Bromine is a deep reddish brown liquid. At room temperature its red vapor is seen above the sample. Bromine is highly reactive and is shown here reacting with aluminum in a reaction ... See full summary »

Stars: Peter Licence, Martyn Poliakoff

21. TopTenz (2010– )
Episode: The Most Bizarre Elements in the World (2021)

10 min | Documentary

Here are some elements with unusual properties. A few are very common and are even found in your body. But encounter them in pure form and watch out. Others are perfectly safe and are fun ... See full summary »

Star: Simon Whistler

22. History of the Earth (2020– )
Episode: What Was the "Boring Billion" Really Like? (2021)

36 min | Documentary

For a billion years before plants, insects, fish or any multi-cellular creatures existed life consisted of single celled organisms in the vast oceans. And for that billion years the earth ... See full summary »

23. History Cold Case (2010– )
Episode: Mummified Child (2010)

58 min | Documentary

The team investigates the remains of a mummified child possibly used as a scientific specimen in 19th-century Victorian England.

Director: Harvey Lilley | Stars: Laurence Fox, Sue Black, Simon Chaplin, Andrew Connell

Votes: 22

24. Ron Hipschman (2008– )
Episode: Tales from the Periodic Table - Indium (2020)

26 min | Documentary, Animation

Indium is a soft, low melting and fairly rare element. Described here is how it compares to other other elements. It's rarity makes it somewhat expensive but it has some important uses that... See full summary »

Star: Ron Hipschman

25. Exploratorium (2006– )
Episode: Everything Matters - Tales from the Periodic Table: Cadmium (2020)

21 min | Documentary

Cadmium is a soft toxic metal with a high thermal expansion. In the past it had several bulk commercial uses such as the rechargeable batteries and television screen phospors. Although ... See full summary »

Star: Ron Hipschman

26. Thoisoi2 - Chemical Experiments! (2014– )
Episode: Ruthenium - The Most Mysterious Element on Earth! (2018)

7 min | Documentary

Like it's sister platinum group metals ruthenium is generally unreactive but with some clever coaxing it will form some interesting compounds including organic coordination compounds. It ... See full summary »

Star: Maxim Bilovitskiy

27. Periodic Videos (2008– )
Episode: The Smelliest Element - Livermorium - Periodic Table of Videos (2017)

4 min | Documentary

Livermorium was created by colliding Calcium 48 atoms with Curium atoms. Four isotopes have so far (2017) be created. It is named after the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory where it ... See full summary »

Stars: Brady Haran, Mark Stoyer

28. Nova (1974– )
Episode: Hunting the Elements (2012)

TV-G | 114 min | Documentary

Where do nature's building blocks, called the elements, come from? They're the hidden ingredients of everything in our world, from the carbon in our bodies to the metals in our smartphones. Watch as David Pogue unlocks their secrets.

Director: Chris Schmidt | Stars: David Pogue, Mike Lassiter, Lawrence L. Jones, Lindsay Baker

Votes: 114

29. PBS Space Time (2015– )
Episode: Are there Undiscovered Elements Beyond the Periodic Table? (2022)

21 min | Documentary, Talk-Show

Let's take a deep dive into stability of atomic nuclei and see where it take us toward finding unknown elements.

Star: Matthew O'Dowd

30. Periodic Videos (2008– )
Episode: A New Isotope of Sodium - Periodic Table of Videos (2023)

Documentary

In contrast to the traditional method of accelerating light elements at a target of heavy elements to create new elements and isotopes, a team in Japan accelerated Calcium nuclei toward a ... See full summary »

Director: Brady Haran | Stars: Brady Haran, Martyn Poliakoff

31. Secrets of the Dead (2000– )
Episode: Jamestown's Dark Winter (2015)

TV-14 | 54 min | Documentary, History, War

Forensic anthropologists investigate the recently found remains of a young girl in the British colony of Jamestown, Virginia, which may prove the rumors of cannibalism in the colony during the time of great hunger around 1610.

Director: Richard J. Wells | Stars: William Kelso, James Horn, Jamie May, Bly Straube

Votes: 58