CBHD often receives requests from educators and other individuals for popular resources that engage bioethics through various media (fiction, film, and television). In this edition, we offer a recap of materials relevant to genetic ethics that have premiered on the silver screen or television. Readers are cautioned that the films represent a wide variety of genres and may not be appropriate for all audiences. The reason for the rating classification is provided where available. Viewers are encouraged to read annotations/synopses available through such websites as www.movieweb.com or www.imdb.com. If there is a film you think we missed, email us at info@cbhd.org.

Genetic Ethics

• Avatar (2009, PG-13 for intense epic battle sequences and warfare, sensuality, language and some smoking)
• Babylon A.D. (2008, PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, language and some sexuality)
• Bourne Legacy (2012, PG-13 for violence and action sequences)
• Code 46 (2004, R for a scene of sexuality, including brief graphic nudity)
• Extraordinary Measures (2010, PG for thematic material, language, and a mild suggestive moment)
• Gattaca (1997, PG-13 for brief violent images, language, and some sexuality)
• The Giver (2014, PG-13 for a mature thematic image and some sci-fi action/violence)
• Hanna (2011, PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some sexual material and language)
• I Am Legend (2007, PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence)
• In the Family (2008, NR, documentary)
• In Time (2011, PG-13 for violence, some sexuality and partial nudity, and strong language)
• The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996, PG-13 for sci-fi violence, horror, and gore involving mutant creatures)
• Isolation (2006, R for violence/gore, language, and a scene of sexuality)
• Jurassic Park (1993, PG-13 for intense science fiction terror)
• Man of Steel (2013, PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence, action and destruction, and for some language)
• Memory (2007, R for language and frightening images)
• My Sister’s Keeper (2009, PG-13 for mature thematic content, some disturbing images, sensuality, language, and brief teen drinking)
• Resident Evil: Extinction (2007, R for strong horror violence throughout and some nudity)
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011, PG-13 for intense and frightening sequences of action and violence)
• Splice (2010, R for disturbing elements including strong sexuality, nudity, sci-fi violence and language)
• The Twilight of the Golds (1997, PG-13 for thematic elements and brief language)
• Ultraviolet (2006, PG-13 for sequences of violent action throughout, partial nudity, and language)

Updated December 2016