[en] Graphical abstract: Measure cell viability and the SEM images showing the morphology of D1 cell attaching on various surfaces after 24 h of incubation. - Highlights: • Two Ta based thin film metallic glasses are prepared to compare with Ti and Ta. • The Ta based metallic glass films exhibit higher hardness and lower modulus. • The Ta films possess great biocompatibility and cell attachment capability. - Abstract: Tantalum (Ta) is considered as one of the most promising metal due to its high corrosion resistance, excellent biocompatibility and cell adhesion/in-growth capabilities. Although there are some researches exploring the biomedical aspects of Ta and Ta based alloys, systematic characterizations of newly developed Ta-based metallic glasses in bio-implant applications is still lacking. This study employs sputtering approach to produced thin-film Ti-based metallic glasses due to the high melting temperature of Ta (3020 °C). Two fully amorphous Ta-based metallic glasses composed of Ta₅₇Ti₁₇Zr₁₅Si₁₁ and Ta₇₅Ti₁₀Zr₈Si₇ are produced and experimentally characterized in terms of their mechanical properties, bio-corrosion properties, surface hydrophilic characteristics, and in-vitro cell viability and cells attachment tests. Compare to conventional pure Ti and Ta metals, the developed Ta-based metallic glasses exhibit higher hardness and lower modulus which are better match to the mechanical properties of bone. MTS assay results show that Ta-based metallic glasses show comparable cell viability and cell attachment rate compared to that of pure Ti and Ta surface in a 72 h in-vitro test.