Les Rayons Röntgen, 1887. First scientist to be killed by his own creation.
Alraune, 1918. Artificial insemination portrayed as an unnatural birth.
The Hands of Orlac, 1924. The theme of body part grafting now well established.
Frankenstein, 1931. The classic mad scientist scenario established.
The Island of Lost Souls, 1932. The Island of Dr. Moreau. Vivisection creates man-beasts.
Them!, 1954. Mutated killer insects
Invasion of the Bodysnatchers, 1956. Aliens take control of human bodies.
The Fly, 1958. Sympathetic and modern mad scientist. Man-insect hybrid.
The Andromeda Strain, 1970. Alien microbes invade Earth. Realistic laboratory scenes.
Sleeper, 1973. Human cloning.
The Stepford Wives, 1974. Human clones and the sex war.
Demon Seed, 1977. Computer-generated DNA. Man-machine hybrid.
Parts: The Clonus Horror, 1978. Human clones reared for spare-part surgery.
The Boys from Brazil, 1978. Cloning Hitler.
E.T.: The ExtraTerrestrial, 1982. He's got DNA!
Blade Runner, 1982. Genetically engineered clones, reared to be servants and slaves.
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, 1982. Genetically modified adversary from 1967 TV episode.
Life Story, 1987. Docu-drama about the discovery of the structure of DNA.
Jurassic Park, 1993. Cloning dinosaurs. The first genetic engineering blockbuster.
Species, 1995. Alien genes spread via attractive alien-human hybrid.
Multiplicity, 1996. Human cloning comedy.
The Island of Dr. Moreau, 1996. Gene splicing replaces earlier vivisection to create man-beasts.
D.N.A., 1996. All the recent DNA plots spliced together.
Alien Resurrection, 1997. Cloning as re-incarnation.
Gattaca, 1997. Market-led genetic enhancement of humans in a divided society.
Mimic, 1998. Genetically engineered insects, reared to combat disease, go out of control.
The X-Files: Fight the Future, 1998. Alien-human hybrids, clones, transgenic crops and government conspiracy.
eXistenZ, 1999. Genetically modified food looking unpalatable.
Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace, 1999. Genes for the force. Bring on the clones.
Chapter 1: It Came from the Lab.
Chapter 2: Dinosaur Resurrection.
Chapter 3: Confronting the Clone.
Chapter 4: Cloning the Alien.
Chapter 5: Danger: Genetically Modified Organisms.
Chapter 6: Designer Babies.
Chapter 7: All in the Genes?
Chapter 8: Real-life Science.
Chapter 9: Are Movies Impeding Biotechnology?