Movies about scientists

Movies about scientists
List of the best movies about brilliant scientists selected by visitors to our site: The Discovery, Replicas, I Origins, The Theory of Everything, The Catcher Was a Spy, Elizabeth Harvest, A Beautiful Mind, The Professor and the Madman, Life, The Predator.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 6.2
Genrefantastic, thriller, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:48

In the near future, due to a breakthrough scientific discovery by Dr. Thomas Harbor, there is now definitive proof of an afterlife. While countless people have chosen suicide to reset their existence, others try to decide what it all means. Among them is Dr. Harbor's son Will, who has arrived at his father's isolated compound with a mysterious young woman named Isla. There, they discover the strange acolytes who help Dr. Harbor with his experiments.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrefantastic, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration02:21

A scientist becomes obsessed with bringing back his family members who died in a traffic accident.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:48

I Origins follows a molecular biologist studying the evolution of the human eye. He finds his work permeating his life after a brief encounter with an exotic young woman who slips away from him. As his research continues years later with his lab partner, they make a stunning scientific discovery that has far reaching implications and complicates both his scientific and and spiritual beliefs. Traveling half way around the world, he risks everything he has ever known to validate his theory.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genremelodrama, drama, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, Japan, USA
Duration02:03

    The Theory of Everything is the extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrethriller, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:05

    Major league baseball player, Moe Berg, lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrefantastic, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:49

    The newly married Elizabeth arrives with her new husband, the scientist Henry, at a magnificent house. He tells her that she can do there anything she pleases, except to enter a certain closed room.

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:15

    At Princeton University, John Nash struggles to make a worthwhile contribution to serve as his legacy to the world of mathematics. He finally makes a revolutionary breakthrough that will eventually earn him the Nobel Prize. After graduate school he turns to teaching, becoming romantically involved with his student Alicia. Meanwhile the government asks his help with breaking Soviet codes, which soon gets him involved in a terrifying conspiracy plot. Nash grows more and more paranoid until a discovery that turns his entire world upside down. Now it is only with Alicia's help that he will be able to recover his mental strength and regain his status as the great mathematician we know him as today..

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryUSA, Republic of Ireland, France, Iceland, Mexico, Belgium, United Kingdom, Hong Kong
    Duration02:04

    Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration02:29

      The six-member crew of the International Space Station is tasked with studying a sample from Mars that may be the first proof of extra-terrestrial life, which proves more intelligent than ever expected.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure
      CountryUSA, Mexico, Canada
      Duration02:06

      When a kid accidentally triggers the universe's most lethal hunters' return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled female scientist can prevent the end of the human race.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:16

      Orbiting above a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis and end up face-to-face with a dark alternate reality.

      Markimdb: 4.2
      Genrefantastic, fantasy, adventure, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:25

      After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrefantastic, thriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

      Forbin is the designer of an incredibly sophisticated computer that will run all of America's nuclear defenses. Shortly after being turned on, it detects the existence of Guardian, the Soviet counterpart, previously unknown to US Planners. Both computers insist that they be linked, and after taking safeguards to preserve confidential material, each side agrees to allow it. As soon as the link is established the two become a new Super computer and threaten the world with the immediate launch of nuclear weapons if they are detached. Colossus begins to give its plans for the management of the world under its guidance. Forbin and the other scientists form a technological resistance to Colossus which must operate underground.

      Markimdb: 4.6
      Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:45

      A scientist in the rain forest squares off against a land developer while trying to solve some unexplained deaths.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada
      Duration01:52

        Eccentric scientist Victor Von Frankenstein creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.

        Markimdb: 4.5
        Genrehorror, fantastic, comedy
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:32

        Something or someone is attacking people one by one on the beach. Some of them are mutilated, but most of them are sucked into the sand, disappearing without a trace. What is the creature responsible? Where does it live, and where did it come from? And is there any chance of it reproducing? Meanwhile, David Huffman and Mariana Hill are once-almost-married old friends, reunited over the death of her mother on the beach, and searching for clues in the abandoned buildings where they used to play when they were young.

        Markimdb: 3.6
        Genrehorror, fantastic
        CountryUSA

        A long forgotten ancient spacecraft discovered on Earth. Investigations carried out by Scout transport her to the moon whereupon she meets the impressive machines preserving the wisdom of that long lost civilization.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrefantastic, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:39

        Two young men, one in need of medical attention, are cryogenically frozen in the early 1960s. The two are preoccupied with the fact that the police are pursuing them to realise what they are doing. The next thing they know is that they are in a strange new world (thirty years on).

        Markimdb: 6
        Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
        CountryUSA

        A woman is forced to go on the run when her superhuman abilities are discovered. Years after having abandoned her family, the only place she has left to hide is home.

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genrecomedy
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:42

        David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances, he meets Susan Vance, and the duo have a series of misadventures which include a leopard called Baby.

        Markimdb: 3.6
        Genrefantastic, action, comedy
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:38

        In the backdrop of Earths polluted future a female FBI agent removes Danner, a pleasure android from an asylum in order to coerce him into helping her hunt down the criminal psychopath Plughead. But Plughead who has tangled with Danner before has his own plans as he is forcing a female scientist to help him manufacture life extending longevity chips which he intends to sell to rich and powerful clients.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective, military
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:45

        An American journalist arrives in Berlin just after the end of World War Two. He becomes involved in a murder mystery surrounding a dead GI who washes up at a lakeside mansion during the Potsdam negotiations between the Allied powers. Soon his investigation connects with his search for his married pre-war German lover.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genredrama
        CountryUSA

        Liu Xing a brilliant Chinese student, arrives at University and makes the transition into American life with the help of Joanna Silver. Xing joins a cosmology group working to create a model of the origins of the universe. He is obsessed with the study of dark matter and a theory that conflicts with the group's model. When he begins to make breakthroughs of his own, he encounters obstructions.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrefantastic, action
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Australia, China
        Duration02:01

        A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about to unfold.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure, crime
        CountryUSA, Hong Kong, China, Canada, Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom
        Duration02:29

        After supervillain Shredder escapes custody, he joins forces with mad scientist Baxter Stockman and two dimwitted henchmen, Bebop and Rocksteady, to unleash a diabolical plan to take over the world. As the Turtles prepare to take on Shredder and his new crew, they find themselves facing an even greater evil with similar intentions: the notorious Krang.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genreaction, thriller, adventure
        CountryUSA, Japan
        Duration03:37

        A spinoff of The Fate of the Furious, focusing on Johnson's US Diplomatic Security Agent Luke Hobbs forming an unlikely alliance with Statham's Deckard Shaw.

        Markimdb: 4.5
        Genrecomedy, crime
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration01:29

        Spies force two British con men (Michael Caine, Roger Moore) to pose as look-alike scientists peddling cheap-energy fusion.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genrefantastic, fantasy, documentary, history
        CountryUSA

        Did intelligent beings from outer space visit Earth thousands of years ago? From the age of the dinosaurs to ancient Egypt, from early cave drawings to continued mass sightings in the US, each episode gives historic depth to the questions, speculations, provocative controversies, first-hand accounts and grounded theories surrounding this age old debate.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genredocumentary
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:35

        A look at the state of the global environment including visionary and practical solutions for restoring the planet's ecosystems. Featuring ongoing dialogues of experts from all over the world, including former Soviet Prime Minister Mikhail Gorbachev, renowned scientist Stephen Hawking, former head of the CIA R. James Woolse

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genrefantastic, thriller
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration01:47

        Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind’s last hope.

        Markimdb: 4.7
        Genrefantastic, drama, adventure
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:12

        As a young scientist searches for a way to save a dying Earth, she finds a connection with a man who's racing to catch the last shuttle off the planet.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrefantastic, action, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:57

        In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Overseas, their drones have been used by the military for years, but have been forbidden for law enforcement in America. Now OmniCorp wants to bring their controversial technology to the home front, and they see a golden opportunity to do it. When Alex Murphy – a loving husband, father and good cop doing his best to stem the tide of crime and corruption in Detroit – is critically injured, OmniCorp sees their chance to build a part-man, part-robot police officer. OmniCorp envisions a RoboCop in every city and even more billions for their shareholders, but they never counted on one thing: there is still a man inside the machine.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:54

        As youths, Andy McGee and his future wife, Vicky, participated in secret experiments, allowing themselves to be subjected to mysterious medical tests. Years later, the couple's daughter, Charlie, begins to exhibit the ability of setting fires solely with her mind. This volatile talent makes the youngster extremely dangerous and soon she becomes a target for the enigmatic agency known as "The Shop."

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genreaction, thriller, crime
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration02:01

        A Foreign Service Officer in London tries to prevent a terrorist attack set to hit New York, but is forced to go on the run when she is framed for crimes she did not commit.

        Markimdb: 4.1
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:49

        A young man's life is turned upside down when his violent dreams begin to blend with reality.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genrehorror, fantastic, comedy
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:26

        Amalgamated Dairies hires David Rutherford, an FBI man turned industrial saboteur, to investigate a popular new product called “the Stuff,” a new dessert product that is blowing ice cream sales out of the water. Nobody knows how it’s made or what’s in it, but people are lining up to buy it. It's got a delicious flavor to die for!

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genrefantastic, drama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:21

        In this mind-bending 'Sci-Fi Noir' a daring physicist folds time to travel into the past, trying to stop a mysterious woman from stealing his invention. But once there, he uncovers a surprising truth about the machine, the woman, and his own fractured reality.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genrefantastic, action, adventure
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, China, Japan, Mexico
        Duration02:33

        It has been ten years since The Battle of the Breach and the oceans are still, but restless. Vindicated by the victory at the Breach, the Jaeger program has evolved into the most powerful global defense force in human history. The PPDC now calls upon the best and brightest to rise up and become the next generation of heroes when the Kaiju threat returns.

        Markimdb: 7.7
        Genrehorror, fantastic, fantasy, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:11

        Working in Dr. Cranley’s laboratory, scientist Jack Griffin was always given the latitude to conduct some of his own experiments. His sudden departure, however, has Cranley’s daughter Flora worried about him. Griffin has taken a room at the nearby Lion’s Head Inn, hoping to reverse an experiment he conducted on himself that made him invisible. But the experimental drug has also warped his mind, making him aggressive and dangerous. He’s prepared to do whatever it takes to restore his appearance.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genrefantastic, action
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:18

        Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers massive radiation exposure in his laboratory that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he gets angry.

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