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

1. Pitch Black (2000)

R | 109 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

A transport ship crashes and leaves its crew stranded on a desert planet inhabited by bloodthirsty creatures that come out during an eclipse.

Director: David Twohy | Stars: Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser, Vin Diesel, Keith David

Votes: 253,046 | Gross: $39.24M

2. The Day the Dinosaurs Died (2017 TV Movie)

TV-G | 60 min | Documentary

Investigates the greatest vanishing act in the history of our planet - the sudden disappearance of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.

Directors: Nick Green, Ben Lawrie, Toby Macdonald | Stars: Alice Roberts, Ben Garrod, Joanna Morgan, Mark Boslough

Votes: 195

3. Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode: Breaking the Ice (2001)

TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Enterprise discovers a comet which contains the very rare element eisilium. Then unexpectedly a Vulcan ship arrives. Captain Vanik tells they're interested in human behavior.

Director: Terry Windell | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating

Votes: 1,908

4. Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974–1975)
Episode: Primal Scream (1975)

TV-PG | 50 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Ancient cells discovered in the arctic give rise to a carnivorous lifeform, and a cover-up.

Director: Robert Scheerer | Stars: Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland, John Marley, Pat Harrington Jr.

Votes: 434

5. Time Team (1994– )
Episode: Vauxhall, London (2002)

Not Rated | Documentary, History

On the edge of the river Thames, a series of posts driven into the riverbed have been found. Also 2 Bronze Age spearheads. Are these the remains of London's first bridge or the supports of a platform where Bronze-Age people made offerings.

Director: Michael Douglas | Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Phil Harding, Stewart Ainsworth

Votes: 20

6. Walker, Texas Ranger (1993–2001)
Episode: She'll Do to Ride the River With (1993)

TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

When a woman goes against the State Police's beliefs that her father was a casualty of his own drunk driving, Walker believes her and stumbles across an illegal ring of toxic dumpers.

Director: Andrew Stevens | Stars: Chuck Norris, Clarence Gilyard Jr., Noble Willingham, Sheree J. Wilson

Votes: 141

7. Time Team (1994– )
Episode: Skipsea, Humberside (2005)

Not Rated | Documentary, History

Paid by a local fan, geophysics get a head start at dawn on the site. Many trenches are dug and finds come quickly. This site has never been dug. Will these reveal who discarded them?

Director: Graham Dixon | Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Phil Harding, Carenza Lewis

Votes: 20

8. Nova (1974– )
Episode: Saving the Dead Sea (2019)

TV-G | 53 min | Documentary

Scientists, engineers, and political leaders devise a plan to save the Dead Sea, whose level has declined by more than 65 feet since 1976.

Stars: Jay O. Sanders, Hend Ayoub, Shaddad Attili, Stéphane Bittoun

Votes: 43

9. Mega Disasters (2006–2008)
Episode: Volcanic Winter (2008)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary

The largest volcanic eruption of the past two million years occurred on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, 75,000 years ago. The impact from the super volcano Toba decimated the local ... See full summary »

Stars: J.V. Martin, Roger Tilling

Votes: 11

10. Time Team (1994– )
Episode: Hamsterley, County Durham (2008)

Not Rated | 47 min | Documentary, History

The rocky, tree covered area is called 'The Castles' but what was it built for?

Director: Nick Gillam-Smith | Stars: Tony Robinson, Mick Aston, Phil Harding, Francis Pryor

Votes: 17

11. Mega Disasters (2006–2008)
Episode: Noah's Great Flood (2008)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary

Could the biblical story of Noah be true? 8,000 years ago, rising sea levels had global oceans surging. With the power of all the world's oceans at its back, the Mediterranean Sea burst ... See full summary »

Stars: J.V. Martin, Walter Pitman, Celal Sengör, Roger Tilling

Votes: 11

12. Voyage of the Continents (2012–2015)
Episode: Asia: The Tectonics of Life and Death (2012)

TV-G | 51 min | Documentary, History

Asia was involved in two of the greatest mass extinctions on earth. 251 million years ago the Siberian traps erupted in a massive two million year long volcanic eruption. Scientist ... See full summary »

Directors: Chris Hooke, Yanick Rose | Stars: Eric Buffetaut, Stéphane J. Bureau, Sylvie Crasquin, Christiian France-Lanord

Votes: 10

13. Voyage of the Continents (2012–2015)
Episode: Asia: Rising Mountains and Sinking Countries (2012)

TV-G | 51 min | Documentary, History

Scientists examine geological formations of Asia to understand their impact on the people living there. The collision of India with Asia is squeezing the Tibetan Plateau between two ... See full summary »

Directors: Chris Hooke, Yanick Rose | Stars: Stéphane J. Bureau, Kristel Chanard, Sylvie Crasquin, Zhibao Dong

Votes: 10

14. 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

15. How the Earth Was Made (2009– )
Episode: America's Ice Age (2010)

TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History

Instead of looking at a geological feature and the convergence of mechanisms that created it, this program uses a different format; looking at one mechanism, glaciers, and the diverse effects they cause.

Director: Paul Nelson | Stars: Corey Johnson, Peter K. Swart, Steven E. Brown, James White

Votes: 23

16. How the Earth Was Made (2009– )
Episode: Krakatoa (2009)

TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, History

The unique geological conditions that make Krakatoa and it's successor, Anak Krakatau, extraordinarily explosive and, despite its remoteness, dangerous are explained.

Director: Kathryn Johnson | Stars: Corey Johnson, Charles Mandeville, Nick Petford, Bill McGuire

Votes: 36

17. How the Earth Was Made (2009– )
Episode: Sahara (2009)

TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History

Scientists present evidence that the Sahara Desert periodically transitions from desert to a lush green environment and back. They also present theories about why this happens.

Director: Gabriella Polletta | Stars: Corey Johnson, Jen Smith, Peter de Menocal, Nick Drake

Votes: 36

18. How the Earth Was Made (2009– )
Episode: San Andreas Fault (2009)

TV-PG | 42 min | Documentary, History

The discovery of the San Andreas Fault and efforts to understand it are described.

Director: Robert Strange | Stars: Corey Johnson, Charlie Paull, Ken Hudnut, Andy Snyder

Votes: 40

19. How the Earth Was Made (2009– )
Episode: America's Gold (2010)

TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History

The history of discovery of gold deposits in California and Nevada and the diverse geological processes the produced the deposits are described.

Director: Rachel Scarrott | Stars: Corey Johnson, Richard Goldfarb, Chris Ralph, John Marma

Votes: 25

20. Nova (1974– )
Episode: Secrets Beneath the Ice (2010)

TV-G | 53 min | Documentary

What happens when the ice melts and the sea levels rise? Scientists study Antarctica in an effort to understand possible climate change through geologists looking at ancient landscapes, paleobotany, drilling, and diving.

Directors: Gary Hochman, Kirk Wolfinger | Stars: Allan Ashworth, Lance Lewman

Votes: 48

21. Secrets of the Dead (2000– )
Episode: The Sunken Basilica (2023)

TV-PG | Documentary, History, War

Uncover the sunken remains of a 4th-century basilica in Turkey. Submerged beneath the waters of Lake Iznik for hundreds of years, the church could reveal crucial insights into the early days of Christianity.

Stars: Yacin Benjelloun, Julia de Sigoyer, Mark Fairchild, Christophe Goddard

Votes: 18

22. Nova (1974– )
Episode: Hunt for the Oldest DNA (2024)

TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary

For decades, scientists have tried to unlock the secrets of ancient DNA. Researchers struggled to find DNA in fossils that could survive millions of years. Then, one scientist had the idea to look for DNA not in fossils - but in dirt.

Director: Niobe Thompson | Stars: Eske Willerslev, Sarika Cullis-Suzuki, Tom Gilbert, Ross MacPhee

Votes: 60

23. Secrets of the Dead (2000– )
Episode: Hannibal in the Alps (2018)

TV-PG | Documentary, History, War

Explorers, archaeologists and scientists combine technology and ancient texts to prove that Hannibal's army crossed the Alps to launch an attack on Rome.

Stars: Chris Allen, Stephanie Carter, Randy Dirszowsky, Victoria Herridge

Votes: 59

24. For All Mankind (2019– )
Episode: Rupture (2019)

TV-MA | 57 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

NASA preps a Jamestown relief mission, while Karen waits for news at the hospital.

Director: Meera Menon | Stars: Joel Kinnaman, Michael Dorman, Sarah Jones, Shantel VanSanten

Votes: 2,028