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

1. Jurassic Park (1993)

PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A pragmatic paleontologist touring an almost complete theme park on an island in Central America is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough

Votes: 1,055,920 | Gross: $402.45M

2. The Butterfly Effect (2004)

R | 113 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Evan Treborn suffers blackouts during significant events of his life. As he grows up, he finds a way to remember these lost memories and a supernatural way to alter his life by reading his journal.

Directors: Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber | Stars: Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Melora Walters, Elden Henson

Votes: 517,462 | Gross: $57.94M

3. Babel (I) (2006)

R | 143 min | Drama

Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families.

Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu | Stars: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael García Bernal, Mohamed Akhzam

Votes: 315,829 | Gross: $34.30M

4. Match Point (2005)

R | 124 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

At a turning point in his life, a former tennis pro falls for an actress who happens to be dating his friend and soon-to-be brother-in-law.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Goode

Votes: 226,925 | Gross: $23.09M

5. Chaos (II) (2005)

R | 106 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Two cops, a rookie and a grizzled vet, pursue an accomplished bank robber.

Director: Tony Giglio | Stars: Jason Statham, Ryan Phillippe, Wesley Snipes, Henry Czerny

Votes: 57,479

6. Pi (1998)

R | 84 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A paranoid mathematician searches for a key number that will unlock the universal patterns found in nature.

Director: Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Sean Gullette, Mark Margolis, Ben Shenkman, Pamela Hart

Votes: 185,650 | Gross: $3.22M

7. The Favor (1994)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Romance

With 15 year reunion coming up, Kathy has sexual fantasies of her high school sweetheart. She's married, so she sends her BFF to check him out and report back. Things get complicated.

Director: Donald Petrie | Stars: Harley Jane Kozak, Elizabeth McGovern, Bill Pullman, Brad Pitt

Votes: 3,112 | Gross: $3.13M

8. Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009)

PG-13 | 83 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

While drinking at their local pub, three social outcasts attempt to navigate a time-travel conundrum.

Director: Gareth Carrivick | Stars: Chris O'Dowd, Marc Wootton, Dean Lennox Kelly, Anna Faris

Votes: 36,345

9. Riverworld (2003 TV Movie)

86 min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Hale, an American astronaut dies and is reincarnated with other persons who have lived throughout all of human history and end up on a mysterious planet called 'Riverworld'. The humans are ... See full summary »

Director: Kari Skogland | Stars: Brad Johnson, Karen Holness, Emily Lloyd, Jeremy Birchall

Votes: 2,634

10. The Good Thief (2002)

R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An aging gambler on a losing streak attempts to rob a casino in Monte Carlo. But someone's already tipped off the cops before he even makes a move.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Nick Nolte, Ralph Fiennes, Nutsa Kukhianidze, Ouassini Embarek

Votes: 10,858 | Gross: $3.52M

11. Frozen Land (2005)

130 min | Drama

One bad event begins a chain reaction of misery as problems transfer from one person to another. It starts when a schoolteacher is fired and projects his issues onto his teenage son.

Director: Aku Louhimies | Stars: Jasper Pääkkönen, Mikko Leppilampi, Pamela Tola, Petteri Summanen

Votes: 6,264

12. Lego Jurassic World (2015 Video Game)

E10+ | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

When chaos strikes on Isla Nublar and Sorna, it's up to you to survive against these dinosaurs. You can play any one of the 4 movies and their characters, such as Alan Grant, Owen Grady, and even as the dinosaurs.

Director: Jon Burton | Stars: Carlos Alazraqui, Troy Baker, John Eric Bentley, JB Blanc

Votes: 1,599

13. Dasavatharam (2008)

Not Rated | 188 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

After realizing the danger of a bio-weapon, a scientist wants to protect it from being misused. The vial accidentally reaches India, and he must race against time to prevent a potential disaster.

Director: K.S. Ravikumar | Stars: Kamal Haasan, Asin Thottumkal, Jaya Prada, Mallika Sherawat

Votes: 10,503

14. Bug (2002)

86 min | Comedy

An eclectic group of individuals in Silverlake are propelled by a series of cause-and-effect chain reactions to a common destiny.

Directors: Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi | Stars: John Carroll Lynch, Segun Ajaga, Megan Cavanagh, Grant Heslov

Votes: 1,164

15. Tyranny (2008–2012)

Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

Tyranny is about a young artist and mathematician, Daniel McCarthy, who, after volunteering in a brain mapping experiment, begins seeing puzzling images he believes are visions of future ... See full synopsis »

Stars: John Beck Hofmann, Kieren van den Blink, Nathan Marlow, Olga Kurylenko

Votes: 123

16. Drawing Down the Moon (1997)

84 min | Crime, Drama

Gwynyth McBride moves to a small town where she can practice her Wiccan faith in peace, but when she tries to set up a homeless shelter on the land that a greedy corporation wants, their evil-genius fixer and his gang target her.

Director: Steven Patterson | Stars: Walter Koenig, Karina Krepp, Lynda Merritt, Bruce Bearman

Votes: 56

17. Owning the Weather (2009)

Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary

We've always wanted to control the weather. Now we may have to.

Director: Robert Greene | Stars: Roger Angel, Ando Arike, Don Berchoff, Richard 'Heatwave' Berler

Votes: 27

18. Ladder of Philosophy

Documentary, History | Announced

Four philosophers - an atheist, an agnostic, a Christian, and a Hindu - settle down to discuss life, reason, faith, and whatever else comes to mind.

Director: Martin Horlacher | Star: Martin Horlacher

19. Calibrate (2021)

54 min | Documentary, Sport

An emotional and inspirational rollercoaster ride, CALIBRATE won the Audience Award at the Awareness Film Festival (USA) for good reason. Directed by Academy Award Nominee Steve Pasvolsky, ... See full summary »

Director: Steve Pasvolsky | Stars: Ken Ware, Nickie Ware, Mark Mathews, Meredith Young

20. The Klatos Paradox (2020)

117 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

An incompetent time traveler must team up with his unpredictable alternate self, to fix a paradox which is now slowly destroying the universe.

Director: Mars Fargo | Stars: Mars Fargo, Kennedi Hobbs, Reagan Kacmar, Blake Laisure

Votes: 92

21. The Chronic Adventure Story (2022 TV Movie)

Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Caught in the middle of a plagiarism lawsuit, author Samuel Gibson discovers his story can go multiple ways- but can he maintain control over the characters in his life? The cards are in your favor.

Director: Eric Bergquist | Stars: Dave Bresnahan, Justin S Blackburn, Dana Stern, Marco Sandoval

22. In a Spiral State (2009)

100 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

In the city of Los Angeles, millions of lives intersect everyday, but each individual is still isolated from the whole. A number of strange incidents occur to four men and four women, just ... See full summary »

Director: Ramzi Abed | Stars: Ofri Fuchs, Adam Meir, Juliana Fine, Ken Cravens

Votes: 133

23. Nosce Te Ipsum (2021)

141 min | Mystery

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Director: Gargamel Baggins | Stars: Gargamel Baggins, Richard Gumby

24. Paul Davies: More Big Questions (1997–1998)

26 min | Documentary, Talk-Show

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Stars: Phillip Adams, Paul Davies

Votes: 10

25. The Science and Psychology of the Chaos Theory (2004 Video)

9 min | Documentary, Short

The physics of chaos theory and the consequences for human psychology.

Directors: Douglas Magallon, Gregory Strom | Stars: Peter Goldreich, John D. Biroc, Constance Kaplan

Votes: 27

26. The Butterfly and Me (2005)

9 min | Short, Drama, Romance

Will is obsessed with two things; chaos theory and finding the love of his life. As his obsessions grow, he ponders each decision he takes in his day to day life, wondering if they will lead him to his true love.

Director: Amir Bazrafshan | Stars: Rupert Procter, Morgan Lees, Matthew Anderson

27. Chaos (1996 Video Game)

Adventure, Comedy, Mystery

Odd educational adventure inspired by the chaos theory and fractal mathematics. You must follow clues left by your eccentric uncle to discover why nothing makes sense and why a debt collector is looking for you.

Directors: Kam Stewart, Pippin Parker | Stars: Catherine Lloyd Burns, Michael Campbell, Craig Carlisle, William Duff-Griffin

28. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: Chaos Theory (2001)

TV-PG | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The detectives hunt for clues relating to a missing college freshman. Their hope of finding her alive diminishes as all of their leads on her turn cold.

Director: Kenneth Fink | Stars: William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, Gary Dourdan, George Eads

Votes: 927

29. South Park (1997– )
Episode: Cancelled (2003)

TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Comedy

Chef and the children learn that Earth is actually just a reality show for other planets. When they learn it is to be canceled, the boys travel to a distant planet to plead their case to the network executives.

Director: Trey Parker | Stars: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Spencer Lacey Ganus, Isaac Hayes

Votes: 3,205

30. StarTalk (2015– )
Episode: Actor Jeff Goldblum (2019)

TV-PG | 47 min | Talk-Show

Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses bringing back dinosaurs and fighting evil aliens featuring his interview with Jeff Goldblum.

Director: Peter Fackler | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, Ross MacPhee, Jeff Goldblum

Votes: 15

31. Can't Get You Out of My Head (2021)
Episode: Are We Pigeon? Or are We Dancer (2021)

Documentary, History

The final episode tells how the strange paralysis that grips us today was created. How all the different forces of our age - that started out as separate have come together to create what ... See full summary »

Star: Adam Curtis

Votes: 96

32. Nova (1974– )
Episode: Venus Unveiled (1995)

TV-PG | Documentary

Venus is a world of innumerable secrets that it only reluctantly reveals. Nova reviews the many decades of frustrating exploration that finally revealed a world that is beyond belief.

Star: Peter Thomas

Votes: 7

33. DoS - Domain of Science (2010– )
Episode: The Map of Mathematics (2017)

11 min | Documentary

Mathematics is huge area study since it underpins all the fields of science as well as being a field, or rather many fields, of it's own. Dominic provides an overview of the various fields ... See full summary »

Star: Dominic Walliman

34. Andrew Steele (2012– )
Episode: Could Earth collide with Mars? (2021)

7 min | Documentary

Each planet, asteroid and comet that revolves around the sun has an influence on all the other objects. Most of these influences are trivial but over time can have a big influence. So ... See full summary »

Star: Andrew Steele

35. Joe Scott (2006– )
Episode: 5 Good Ideas that Went Horribly Wrong Answers with Joe (2020)

19 min | Documentary, Short

As Robert Burns wrote "The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley." Joe agrees but adds, you've got to try anyway. Here are a few examples. Could you have done better?

Star: Joe Scott

36. Numberphile (2011– )
Episode: The Feigenbaum Constant (4.669) (2017)

19 min | Documentary

The Feigenbaum Constant is a mysterious, probably irrational number that derives from a simple yet versatile equation for predicting population growth but quickly devolves into a chaotic fractal leading to the Mandelbrot set.

Director: Brady Haran | Star: Ben Sparks

37. The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019)
Episode: The Table Polarization (2014)

TV-14 | 20 min | Comedy, Romance

Leonard's purchase of a dining room table causes Sheldon to reevaluate the changes in his life. Meanwhile, Howard is offered a chance to go back to space and Bernadette struggles with whether or not to encourage him.

Director: Gay Linvill | Stars: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg

Votes: 3,144