The best movies about scientists and mathematicians
The top 3 according to 16 votes from people: The Imitation Game (2014) · Oppenheimer (2023) · Radioactive (2019). (Updated May 16, 2025.)
From Alan Turing and John Nash to Marie Curie and Oppenheimer: the films about great scientific minds recommended by Leader Magazin and Showmetech.
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Top 12
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The Imitation Game (2014)
Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing, cracking Enigma.
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2
Oppenheimer (2023)
Christopher Nolan on the father of the atomic bomb.
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3
Radioactive (2019)
Rosamund Pike as Marie Curie.
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4
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Russell Crowe as mathematician John Nash.
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5
The Theory of Everything (2014)
Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking.
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6
Hidden Figures (2016)
Three African American mathematicians at NASA.
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7
Good Will Hunting (1997)
A young janitor turns out to be a maths genius.
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8
Agora (2009)
Rachel Weisz as Hypatia of Alexandria.
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9
Einstein and Eddington (2008)
David Tennant and Andy Serkis: confirming the theory of relativity.
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10
Gorillas in the Mist (1988)
Sigourney Weaver as primatologist Dian Fossey.
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11
The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015)
Dev Patel as Srinivasa Ramanujan at Cambridge.
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12
The Current War (2017)
Edison versus Westinghouse and Tesla in the war of the currents.
Candidates
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13
Temple Grandin (2010)
Claire Danes as the autistic animal scientist.
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14
The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
Paul Muni won the Oscar as Louis Pasteur.
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Comments (3)
Agora fehlt in fast jeder Liste, schön dass er hier dabei ist
Die Poesie des Unendlichen ist total unterschätzt, Dev Patel ist großartig als Ramanujan
A Beautiful Mind habe ich in der Schule gesehen und danach wollte die halbe Klasse Mathe studieren