Best Biopunk

Brazil is a cinematic drama set in a bleak 1980s future. The film explores a society suffocated by relentless bureaucracy and intrusive technology. It utilizes surreal imagery and psychological suspense to critique unchecked power structures and their impact on individual lives. Primarily for viewer...

Kamen Rider Gaim is a 2013-2014 Japanese tokusatsu drama within the Kamen Rider Series. It aired on TV Asahi as part of Super Hero Time, replacing *Kamen Rider Wizard* and featuring a blend of fruit motifs, warrior themes, and dance culture. The narrative centered around competing dance crews and ex...

Orphan Black is a Canadian television series examining the ramifications of widespread genetic cloning. The show follows Sarah Manning, one of several seemingly unrelated women who discover they are genetically identical copies. Tatiana Maslany delivers compelling performances portraying multiple ve...

The Windup Girl is a science fiction novel exploring a near-future Thailand ravaged by climate change and corporate control. Paolo Bacigalupi’s story examines genetic engineering and food scarcity through a compelling biopunk narrative. It's notable for its realistic depiction of environmental colla...

ReGenesis follows the work of NorBAC, a Toronto-based scientific organization investigating complex problems like bioterrorism and environmental changes. Led by chief scientist David Sandström, the series explores these issues through the lens of molecular biology and often tackles relevant social a...

Dogs of War is a 2017 science fiction novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky that explores the ethics of bio-engineered animal soldiers in futuristic combat.

Gattaca depicts a future society structured around genetic engineering, where individuals are judged based on their inherited traits. Vincent Freeman, born without specific genetic advantages, faces systemic prejudice as he attempts to pursue a career in space travel. The film explores the implicati...

Tetsuo: The Iron Man portrays a Japanese salaryman’s horrifying metamorphosis into a cyborg entity. Metallic growths emerge across his body alongside disturbing visions, leading to a fusion with another individual affected by a related condition. The film explores themes of industrialization and the...

Resident Evil: Damnation is a 2012 Japanese animated film directed by Makoto Kamiya and produced by Hiroyuki Kobayashi. The story utilizes adult animation in a biopunk action horror style, featuring performances by Matthew Mercer, Dave Wittenberg, Wendee Lee, and Courtenay Taylor. It represents a co...

Swamp Thing is an anthology television series exploring themes of mystery and horror. It centers on Abby Arcane, a doctor investigating supernatural events in Louisiana's bayou. The show features the Swamp Thing, a biopunk creature formed from plant and elemental life, as it battles dangerous forces...

Bugonia is a 2025 thriller directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, based on the 2003 South Korean film *Save the Green Planet!*. The story centers around two men’s kidnapping of a CEO whom they believe to be an alien threatening Earth, featuring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons. It is a co-production involving mu...

Bear Head is a 2021 science fiction novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky, serving as the thematic sequel to his biopunk novel Dogs of War.

SiN was a 1998 first-person shooter developed by Ritual Entertainment and published by Activision. The game’s gameplay utilized a modified Quake II engine and took place in the year 2037 within the Freeport megacity. Commander John Blade investigates a drug problem linked to SinTek, a rival biotechn...

Resident Evil: Degeneration is a 2008 Japanese animated film utilizing motion capture technology as the first full-length feature in the Resident Evil franchise. Produced by Capcom with Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan, the film premiered at the Tokyo Game Show and subsequently received a theatrica...

Twig is a biopunk web serial by John C. McCrae, who publishes fiction under the name Wildbow. Set in an alternate early twentieth century shaped by advanced biological engineering, it follows Sylvester and other experimentally created children used by an institution that produces living weapons and...

The Mobile Cop Jiban was a Japanese tokusatsu television series produced by Toei and broadcast on TV Asahi from 1989 to 1990. The show spanned 52 episodes plus a feature film, serving as the first entry in the Heisei period of the Metal Hero Series franchise. It honored the 25th anniversary of the 8...

The Andromeda Strain depicts a group of scientists responding to the discovery of an extraterrestrial microorganism following a satellite crash in Piedmont, New Mexico. The organism caused widespread death among the town’s residents and prompted a focused investigation by the research team. The film...

Quake 4 is a 2005 first-person shooter created by Raven Software with supervision from id Software, utilizing the id Tech 4 engine. It serves as a direct sequel to Quake II and expands on the series’ established formula. The game features an enhanced focus on single-player experiences, though its mu...

Borne is a 2017 science fiction novel by American author Jeff VanderMeer. Set in a post-apocalyptic, ruined city, the plot centers on Rachel, a scavenger who discovers and raises Borne, a shape-shifting, biotechnological organism. The narrative explores ecological collapse, genetic engineering, and...

Prototype is an action-adventure game released in 2009, featuring Alex Mercer, an amnesiac shapeshifter battling a virus outbreak in Manhattan. Players navigate an open world while confronting mutated individuals, the US military, and a covert force known as Blackwatch. The game was later re-release...

This 2003 real-time strategy game allows players to build unique super creatures by combining two animals from a roster of 76. The gameplay involves creating armies of up to nine such combinations, which can utilize inherent animal abilities. The title includes both single-player campaigns and onlin...

The Amazing Spider-Man is a 2012 superhero film reboot featuring Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker. The story details Parker’s acquisition of spider-powers and subsequent efforts to balance his dual identity as Spider-Man with his personal life. It stars Emma Stone alongside a supporting cast includin...

Gorky 17 is a turn-based tactics RPG developed by Metropolis Software and initially released for Microsoft Windows in 1999. A Linux port was created by Hyperion Entertainment and subsequently published in 2006, with an AmigaOS 4 version appearing in 2015. These versions feature tactical gameplay foc...

Biohackers is a German techno-thriller television series developed by Christian Ditter. The show premiered on Netflix in August 2020 and subsequently received a renewal for a second season. That second season debuted in July 2021.

Code 46 is a 2003 science fiction drama directed by Michael Winterbottom. The film stars Tim Robbins and Samantha Morton and examines a dystopian future shaped by biotechnological advancements. Produced by BBC Films and Revolution Films, it presents a story about love within this altered reality.

Evolution is a 2001 science fiction comedy film centering on the investigation of a meteor impact site in Arizona. Two scientists, Ira Kane and Harry Block, uncover rapidly developing alien organisms within the meteorite’s remains. The film features David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, and other actors in...

Alex Garland's 'Annihilation' is a visually arresting and intellectually stimulating science fiction horror film. Following a team of scientists exploring a mysterious, ever-expanding zone known as 'The Shimmer,' the film delves into themes of self-destruction, evolution, and the nature of conscious...

Prototype 2 is an action-adventure video game released in 2012 by Radical Entertainment, following the initial release of Prototype in 2009. The title was initially launched on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Windows before a re-release in 2015 as part of a bundle with the original game. Separate versi...

God's War is a 2011 science fiction novel by Kameron Hurley. Set on the war-torn planet of Umayma, it follows Nyx, a former government assassin turned bounty hunter, in a society built on insect-based biotechnology. The novel explores themes of gender, religion, and sustained warfare.