Humankind has long been fascinated in its possible futures, and cinema is an important record of that imagining. Though the films in this class are fictional, there is some factual basis for the idea that dangerous biological organisms are out there having potential for harming the human race. The many epidemics we have had are a good example. Moreover, NASA had a great concern that an extraterrestrial micro-organism might contaminate the earth with unknown consequences. Astronauts returning from the moon were quarantined for 21 days. Reflecting this concern, our films will follow the theme of biology, shown during the class in the following sequence: Andromeda Strain (1971), a team of scientists in a secret facility attempting to understand an extraterrestrial micro-organism that could threaten the world; Europa Report (2013), the first manned mission to one of Jupiter’s largest moons–their mission being to find life on Europa; shown together with the short feature, La Jetée (France,1962), the protagonist traveling to the future, seeking knowledge that would help the present world deal with an epidemic; 12 Monkeys (1995), by Terry Gilliam, providing an interesting American take on La Jetée; and, finally, Gattaca (1997,) presenting a vision of a future society driven by eugenics, where children are conceived through genetic manipulation to ensure they possess the best hereditary traits of their parents.