Movies of a melodrama about scientists

List of the best melodrama movies about brilliant scientists selected by visitors to our site: Whatever Works, Falling for Figaro, Heartbreaker, Pitch Perfect, A Star Is Born, Friends with Benefits, Doctor Zhivago, The Philadelphia Story, The Cutting Edge, Serendipity.

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Markimdb: 7.1
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA, France
Duration01:32

Whatever Works explores the relationship between a crotchety misanthrope, Boris and a naïve, impressionable young runaway from the south, Melody. When Melody's uptight parents arrive in New York to rescue her, they are quickly drawn into wildly unexpected romantic entanglements. Everyone discovers that finding love is just a combination of lucky chance and appreciating the value of "whatever works."

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryAustralia, USA, United Kingdom

Millie is a brilliant young fund manager who decides to leave her unfulfilling job and long-term boyfriend behind to chase her lifelong dream of becoming an opera singer…in the Scottish Highlands! She begins intense vocal training lessons with renowned but fearsome singing teacher and former opera diva Meghan Geoffrey-Bishop. It is there she meets Max, another of Meghan’s students who is also training for the upcoming “Singer of Renown” contest. What begins as a brutal competition between Millie and Max slowly turns into something more…

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryFrance, Monaco, USA
Duration01:45

Alex and his sister run a business designed to break up relationships. They are hired by a rich man to break up the wedding of his daughter. The only problem is that they only have one week to do so.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrecomedy, melodrama, music
CountryUSA
Duration01:52

    College student Beca knows she does not want to be part of a clique, but that's exactly where she finds herself after arriving at her new school. Thrust in among mean gals, nice gals and just plain weird gals, Beca finds that the only thing they have in common is how well they sing together. She takes the women of the group out of their comfort zone of traditional arrangements and into a world of amazing harmonic combinations in a fight to the top of college music competitions.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genremelodrama, drama, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:24

    Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers — and falls in love with — struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer — until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally's career takes off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down, as Jack fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:49

    Jamie is a New York-based executive recruiter who entices Dylan, an art director from Los Angeles, to take a job at the New York office of GQ magazine. Finding that they have much in common, the two become fast friends. Feeling jaded by a number of broken romances, Dylan and Jamie decide that they are ready to quit looking for true love and focus on having fun. However, complications unfold when the two best pals add sex to their relationship.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genremelodrama, military, history
    CountryItaly, United Kingdom, USA
    Duration03:17

    The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:52

    When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:41

    Two former Olympians, one a figure skater and the other a hockey player, pin their hopes of one last shot at Olympic glory on one another. That is, of course, if they can keep from killing each other in the process...

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:27

    Although strangers Sara and Jonathan are both already in relationships, they realize they have genuine chemistry after a chance encounter – but part company soon after. Years later, they each yearn to reunite, despite being destined for the altar. But to give true love a chance, they have to find one another again.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:36

    A romantically challenged morning show producer is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outrageous tests by her chauvinistic correspondent to prove his theories on relationships and help her find love. His clever ploys, however, lead to an unexpected result.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:36

    Andie is an outcast, hanging out either with her older boss, who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky high school classmate Duckie, who has a crush on her. When one of the rich and popular kids at school, Blane, asks Andie out, it seems too good to be true. As Andie starts falling for Blane, she begins to realize that dating someone from a different social sphere is not easy.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:35

    Johnny Case, a freethinking financier, has finally found the girl of his dreams — Julia Seton, the spoiled daughter of a socially prominent millionaire — and she's agreed to marry him. But when Johnny plans a holiday for the two to enjoy life while they are still young, his fiancée has other plans & that is for Johnny to work in her father's bank!

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA, Germany
    Duration01:34

    Van Wilder has been attending college for far too many years and is scared to graduate, but Van’s father eventually realizes what is going on. When he stops paying his son's tuition fees, Van must come up with the money if he wants to stay in college, so he and his friends come up with a great fund-raising idea – throwing parties. However, when the college magazine finds out and reporter, Gwen is sent to do a story on Van Wilder, things get a little complicated.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genreaction, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Germany, Czech Republic
    Duration02:05

    An affair between the second in line to Britain's throne (Franco) and the princess of the feuding Irish (Myles) spells doom for the young lovers.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:46

    After a small misunderstanding aboard an airplane escalates out of control, timid businessman Dave Buznik is ordered by the court to undergo anger management therapy at the hands of specialist Dr. Buddy Rydell. But when Buddy steps up his aggressive treatment by moving in, Dave goes from mild to wild as the unorthodox treatment wreaks havoc with his life.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrethriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:07

    Sam Wheat is a banker, Molly Jensen is an artist, and the two are madly in love. However, when Sam is murdered by his friend and corrupt business partner Carl Bruner over a shady business deal, he is left to roam the earth as a powerless spirit. When he learns of Carl's betrayal, Sam must seek the help of psychic Oda Mae Brown to set things right and protect Molly from Carl and his goons.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:22

    Spanky, Alfalfa, Buckwheat, and the other characters made famous in the Our Gang shorts of the 1920s and 1930s are brought back to life in this nostalgic children's comedy. When Alfalfa starts to question his devotion to the club's principles after falling for the beautiful nine-year old Darla, the rest of the gang sets out to keep them apart.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:22

    Despite being well into adulthood, brothers Doug and Steve Butabi still live at home and work in the flower shop owned by their dad. They exist only to hit on women at discos, though they're routinely unsuccessful until a chance run-in with Richard Grieco gets them inside the swank Roxbury club. Mistaken for high rollers, they meet their dream women, Vivica and Cambi, and resolve to open a club of their own.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryFrance, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, USA, Bahrain
    Duration01:43

    New York, I Love You delves into the intimate lives of New Yorkers as they grapple with, delight in and search for love. Journey from the Diamond District in the heart of Manhattan, through Chinatown and the Upper East Side, towards the Village, into Tribeca, and Brooklyn as lovers of all ages try to find romance in the Big Apple.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, history
    CountryUSA, Mexico, Australia, Canada
    Duration03:14

    84 years later, a 101-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called Titanic when young Rose boards the departing ship with the upper-class passengers and her mother, Ruth DeWitt Bukater, and her fiancé, Caledon Hockley. Meanwhile, a drifter and artist named Jack Dawson and his best friend Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets to the ship in a game. And she explains the whole story from departure until the death of Titanic on its first and last voyage April 15th, 1912 at 2:20 in the morning.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:26

      70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.

      Markimdb: 8.2
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, crime, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:59

      Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join an all-girl band as they leave on a tour. To make their getaway they must first disguise themselves as women, then keep their identities secret and deal with the problems this brings - such as an attractive bandmate and a very determined suitor.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:46

      Just when George Banks has recovered from his daughter's wedding, he receives the news that she's pregnant ... and that George's wife, Nina, is expecting too. He was planning on selling their home, but that's a plan that -- like George -- will have to change with the arrival of both a grandchild and a kid of his own.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:57

      Dating coach Alex 'Hitch' Hitchens mentors a bumbling client, Albert, who hopes to win the heart of the glamorous Allegra Cole. While Albert makes progress, Hitch faces his own romantic setbacks when proven techniques fail to work on Sara Melas, a tabloid reporter digging for dirt on Allegra Cole's love life. When Sara discovers Hitch's connection to Albert – now Allegra's boyfriend – it threatens to destroy both relationships.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:38

      After years of helping their hubbies climb the ladder of success, three mid-life Manhattanites have been dumped for a newer, curvier model. But the trio is determined to turn their pain into gain. They come up with a cleverly devious plan to hit their exes where it really hurts - in the wallet!

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genremelodrama, adventure, family
      CountryUSA, China
      Duration01:35

      A Dog’s Way Home chronicles the heartwarming adventure of Bella, a dog who embarks on an epic 400-mile journey home after she is separated from her beloved human.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:06

      In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every needs. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. This unconventional love story blends science fiction and romance in a sweet tale that explores the nature of love and the ways that technology isolates and connects us all.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:50

      Hollywood producer Alexander Meyerheimer has hired drunken writer Richard Benson to write his latest movie. Benson has been holed up in a Paris apartment supposedly working on the script for months, but instead has spent the time living it up. Benson now has just two days to the deadline and thus hires a temporary secretary, Gabrielle Simpson, to help him complete it in time.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:55

      When a millionaire wheeler-dealer enters a business contract with a Hollywood sex worker Vivian Ward, he loses his heart in the bargain.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA, Italy
      Duration01:55

      A childhood incident has convinced Faith Corvatch that her true love is a guy named "Damon Bradley," but she has yet to meet him. Preparing to settle down and marry a foot doctor, Faith impulsively flies to Venice when it seems that she may be able to finally encounter the man of her dreams. Instead, she meets the charming Peter Wright. But can they fall in love if she still believes that she is intended to be with someone else?

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:57

      A plastic surgeon, romancing a much younger schoolteacher, enlists his loyal assistant to pretend to be his soon to be ex-wife, in order to cover up a careless lie. When more lies backfire, the assistant's kids become involved, and everyone heads off for a weekend in Hawaii that will change all their lives.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, adventure, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:51

      Raised by wild animals since childhood, Mowgli is drawn away from the jungle by the beautiful Kitty. But Mowgli must eventually face corrupt Capt. Boone, who wants both Kitty's hand and the treasures of Monkey City – a place only Mowgli can find.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:32

      London, England, on the eve of World War II. Guinevere Pettigrew, a strict governess who is unable to keep a job, is fired again. Lost in the hostile city, a series of fortunate circumstances lead her to meet Delysia LaFosse, a glamorous and dazzling American jazz singer whose life is a chaos ruled by indecision, a continuous battle between love and fame.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:45

      A young boy who tries to set his dad up on a date after the death of his mother. He calls into a radio station to talk about his dad’s loneliness which soon leads the dad into meeting a Journalist Annie who flies to Seattle to write a story about the boy and his dad. Yet Annie ends up with more than just a story in this popular romantic comedy.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genremelodrama
      CountryUSA, France
      Duration01:25

      The story follows a married couple, apart for a night while the husband takes a business trip with a colleague to whom he's attracted. While he's resisting temptation, his wife encounters her past love.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:58

      Cal Weaver is living the American dream. He has a good job, a beautiful house, great children and a beautiful wife, named Emily. Cal's seemingly perfect life unravels, however, when he learns that Emily has been unfaithful and wants a divorce. Over 40 and suddenly single, Cal is adrift in the fickle world of dating. Enter, Jacob Palmer, a self-styled player who takes Cal under his wing and teaches him how to be a hit with the ladies.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:39

      Two young people arrive in New York to spend a weekend; once they arrive they are met with bad weather and a series of adventures.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, musical, music
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration02:12

      A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:48

      Greg Focker is ready to marry his girlfriend, Pam, but before he pops the question, he must win over her formidable father, humorless former CIA agent Jack Byrnes, at the wedding of Pam's sister. As Greg bends over backward to make a good impression, his visit to the Byrnes home turns into a hilarious series of disasters, and everything that can go wrong does, all under Jack's critical, hawklike gaze.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:33

      A teenage girls deals with her parents forgetting her birthday and a crush on her high school's heartthrob.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:58

      Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann takes off for a night while in Rome. When a sedative she took from her doctor kicks in, however, she falls asleep on a park bench and is found by an American reporter, Joe Bradley, who takes her back to his apartment for safety. At work the next morning, Joe finds out Ann's regal identity and bets his editor he can get exclusive interview with her, but romance soon gets in the way.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:32

      Molly Gunn, the freewheeling daughter of a deceased rock legend, is forced to get a job when her manager steals her money. As nanny for precocious Ray, the oft ignored daughter of a music executive she learns what it means to be an adult while teaching Ray how to be a child.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, music
      CountryUSA, Italy, Spain
      Duration01:52

        Four tales unfold in the Eternal City: While vacationing in Rome, architect John encounters a young man whose romantic woes remind him of a painful incident from his own youth; retired opera director Jerry discovers a mortician with an amazing voice, and he seizes the opportunity to rejuvenate his own flagging career; a young couple have separate romantic interludes; a spotlight shines on an ordinary man.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, adventure, family, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:40

        Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie's arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate's own invention.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:07

        Advertising executive Nick Marshall is as cocky as they come, but what happens to a chauvinistic guy when he can suddenly hear what women are thinking? Nick gets passed over for a promotion, but after an accident enables him to hear women's thoughts, he puts his newfound talent to work against Darcy, his new boss, who seems to be infatuated with him.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genremelodrama
        CountryUSA

        Diagnosed with a mental illness halfway through his senior year of high school, a witty, introspective teen struggles to keep it a secret while falling in love with a brilliant classmate who inspires him to open his heart and not be defined by his condition.

        Markimdb: 8.1
        Genrecomedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:11

        Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman and falls in love with the circus owner's daughter. Unaware of Charlie's affection, the girl falls in love with a handsome young performer. Charlie's versatility makes him star of the show when he substitutes for an ailing tightwire walker. He is discharged from the company when he protects the girl from her father's abuse, but he returns and appeals to the handsome performer to marry the girl. After the wedding the father prevails upon them to rejoin the circus. Charlie is hired again, but he stays behind when the caravan moves on.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:41

        A family wedding reignites the ancient feud between next-door neighbors and fishing buddies John and Max. Meanwhile, a sultry Italian divorcée opens a restaurant at the local bait shop, alarming the locals who worry she'll scare the fish away. But she's less interested in seafood than she is in cooking up a hot time with Max.

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genrecomedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:50

        A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.




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