20 best movies like Pure Genius (2016)

List of the best movies like Pure Genius (2016): Steve Jobs, Concussion, Charly, The Current War, Beatriz at Dinner, Listening, The Zero Theorem, The Miracle Season, Second Chance, Chappie.

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Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama, biography, history
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration02:31

    Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredrama, biography, sport
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Australia, USA
    Duration02:06

    A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known. Omalu's emotional quest puts him at dangerous odds with one of the most powerful institutions in the world.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:43

    An experiment on a simpleton turns him into a genius. When he discovers what has been done to him he struggles with whether or not what was done to his was right.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUSA, Russia, United Kingdom
    Duration02:30

    Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:33

    Beatriz, an immigrant from a poor town in Mexico, has drawn on her innate kindness to build a career as a health practitioner. Doug Strutt is a cutthroat, self-satisfied billionaire. When these two opposites meet at a dinner party, their worlds collide, and neither will ever be the same.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA, Cambodia
    Duration01:40

    For years, we have tried to harness the power of the human mind… and failed. Now, one breakthrough will change everything. Beyond technology. Beyond humanity. Beyond control. David, Ryan, and Jordan hope the telepathy invention will solve all their problems, but the bleeding-edge technology opens a Pandora’s box of new dangers, as the team discovers that when they open their minds, there is nowhere to hide their thoughts.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrefantastic, thriller, comedy, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Romania, France
    Duration01:46

    A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they send a teenager and lusty love interest to distract him.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genredrama, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:28

    After the tragic death of star volleyball player Caroline "Line" Found, a team of dispirited high school girls must band together under the guidance of their tough-love coach in hopes of winning the state championship!

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrefantastic, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:45

    A disgraced, 75-year-old ex-sheriff, whose life ends at the hands of corrupt cops, is brought back to life and given a second chance by a pair of young tech scientists, as a 35-year-old with unpredictable near-superhuman abilities.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, South Africa
    Duration02:17

    Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surroundings—some good, some bad—and he will rely on his heart and soul to find his way in the world and become his own man. But there's one thing that makes Chappie different from any one else: he is a robot.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genremelodrama, drama, military, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:16

    The life of celebrated but reclusive author, J.D. Salinger, who gained worldwide fame with the publication of his novel, The Catcher in the Rye.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:56

      On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room as a small site among friends soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history... but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:35

      Naomi Watts stars as Susan, a single mother of two, working as a waitress in a small town. Her son, Henry, is an 11-year-old genius who not only manages the family finances but acts as emotional support for his mother and younger brother. When Henry discovers that the girl next door has a terrible secret, he implores Susan to take matters into her own hands in this imaginative and emotional drama.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrethriller, drama, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:16

      Led by their fellow preppie friend Joe Hunt, a group of wealthy boys in Los Angeles during the early 1980s establish a get rich quick scam that turns deadly.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genredrama, crime
      CountryRomania, France, Belgium
      Duration02:06

      Romeo Aldea, a physician living in a small mountain town in Transylvania, has raised his daughter Eliza with the idea that once she turns 18, she will leave to study and live abroad. His plan is close to succeeding. Eliza has won a scholarship to study psychology in the UK. She just has to pass her final exams – a formality for such a good student. On the day before her first written exam, Eliza is assaulted in an attack that could jeopardize her entire future. Now Romeo has to make a decision. There are ways of solving the situation, but none of them using the principles he, as a father, has taught his daughter.

      Markimdb: 8.3
      Genredrama, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:47

      A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who has become one of top scientists in humane livestock handling.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genredrama, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:51

      Tragedy strikes when a woman named Joyce's son falls through the ice on a frozen lake and is trapped underwater for over 15 minutes. After being rushed to the hospital, the 14-year-old boy continues to fight for his life as Joyce, her husband and their pastor stay by his bedside and pray for a miracle.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genredrama, adventure, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration02:44

      Set during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj, the story begins with the arrival in India of a British woman, Miss Adela Quested, who is joining her fiancé, a city magistrate named Ronny Heaslop. She and Ronny's mother, Mrs. Moore, befriend an Indian doctor, Aziz H. Ahmed.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genremelodrama, drama, crime
      CountryUSA, Canada

      While on a forgettable first date together in Ohio, a black man and a black woman are pulled over for a minor traffic infraction. The situation escalates, with sudden and tragic results.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genrethriller, drama, military, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:54

        Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:21

        Based on the real life and achievements of Dr. Kathy Magliato, this unique character-driven medical drama follows Dr. Alex Panttiere, an outspoken world-renowned heart-transplant surgeon and one of the few women in her field. Stubborn and fearless, Alex always operates on her own terms. Watch as she revels in a racy personal life, manages the daily demands of skeptical faculty and dutiful interns, and pushes the boundaries of medical science to impressive new heights.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Puerto Rico

        FBI informant Jim Hoffman lures troubled automobile magnate John DeLorean to an undercover sting for cocaine trafficking.

        Markimdb: 3.9
        Genrefantastic, drama
        CountryUSA

        A group of friends uncover an otherworldly object in a rural field, which they soon discover holds greater secrets than they could imagine.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genredrama, military, history
        CountryJapan, USA
        Duration01:45

        As the Japanese surrender at the end of WWII, Gen. Fellers is tasked with deciding if Emperor Hirohito will be hanged as a war criminal. Influencing his ruling is his quest to find Aya, an exchange student he met years earlier in the U.S.

        Markimdb: 5.2
        Genredrama, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:25

        Voluptuous beauty Anna Nicole Smith marries an elderly millionaire and poses for Playboy, but after her husband's death, her excessive drinking, pill-popping and weight fluctuations take their toll.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genredrama, history
        CountryFrance, Poland
        Duration02:20

        Poland, 1945. Mathilde, a young French Red Cross doctor, is on a mission to help the war survivors. When a nun seeks for her help, she is brought to a convent where several pregnant sisters are hiding, unable to reconcile their faith with their pregnancy. Mathilde becomes their only hope.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genreaction, drama
        CountryIndia, USA

        Rishi Kumar is a billionaire and the CEO of Origins, someone who has always strived for the success he now owns. His friend Ravi needs help, how will he come through?

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genrethriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:08

        Two strangers find their lives colliding in an impossible way. Alex is a methodical cargo thief working for a dangerous cartel. Sam is a determined paramedic trying to save the world while running from her past.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genredrama, western
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:07

        Once a rising star of the rodeo circuit, and a gifted horse trainer, young cowboy Brady is warned that his riding days are over after a horse crushed his skull at a rodeo. In an attempt to regain control of his own fate, Brady undertakes a search for a new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of the United States.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genredrama
        CountryPoland, Hungary
        Duration01:50

        A shocking story about addiction and attempts to overcome it. The script is based on Jerzy Plich’s excellent novel “The Mighty Angel” (alternative title: "The Strong Angel Inn"). Jerzy (Robert Więckiewicz) is a writer and a heavy drinker. We meet him at the point when he believes that he can beat his addiction. He falls in love with a young girl (Julia Kijowska) and finally feels that he has got the person and the reason to live for. But soon he yields to his addiction.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genredrama, biography
        CountryUSA, Luxembourg
        Duration02:02

        The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.

        Markimdb: 4.8
        Genrefantastic, thriller, comedy, drama
        CountryLithuania, USA

        In the near future, the sun has become so toxic people can no longer leave their houses in daytime, and normal life is conducted mostly inside the virtual realm. Against this dystopian backdrop, a dying man seeks to ensure the future well-being of his family, while coping with what it means to be human in this new reality.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrethriller, drama, history
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:33

        November 22nd, 1963 was a day that changed the world forever — when young American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. This film follows, almost in real time, a handful of individuals forced to make split-second decisions after an event that would change their lives and forever alter the world’s landscape.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genredrama, biography, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:50

          A track coach in a small California town transforms a team of athletes into championship contenders.

          Markimdb: 2.4
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:29

          After freak climate and weather events destroy the world around them, a group of rogue scientists attempt to reverse the deadly new ice age.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genremelodrama, drama, music, biography
          CountryCanada, United Kingdom

          Jazz legend Chet Baker finds love and redemption when he stars in a movie about his own troubled life to mount a comeback.

          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: 6.7
            Genrecomedy, drama, adventure
            CountryUSA

            A family in emotional turmoil is taken by surprise in this quirky adventure where an eccentric 8-year-old American boy, Wes, has an existential epiphany - He believes that he is in fact a Mongolian goat herder.

            Markimdb: 5.9
            Genredrama, family
            CountryUSA

            After the unexpected death of their daughter, a couple work to build a state of the art children's hospital where families are welcomed into the healing process.

            Markimdb: 5.2
            Genredrama, music
            CountryUSA

            During the Great Depression, identical twins are separated at birth. One, Drexel Hemsley becomes a wildly successful '50s rock star, while the other, Ryan Wade, struggles to balance his passion for music and pleasing his parents, who want him to become a preacher. Finally, Ryan rebels against his parents' wishes and launches his own music career -- performing the hits of Drexel Hemsley. Ryan later learns the truth about Drexel when their fates tragically collide.

            Markimdb: 5.6
            Genreaction, drama, biography
            CountryUSA, China, Canada

            Set against the backdrop of San Francisco’s Chinatown, this cross-cultural biopic chronicles Bruce Lee’s emergence as a martial-arts superstar after his legendary secret showdown with fellow martial artist Wong Jack Man.

            Markimdb: 7.8
            Genrecomedy, drama, history
            CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
            Duration02:00

            Based on a true story, the film is set in the summer of 1984 – when Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is on strike. At the Gay Pride March in London, a group of gay and lesbian activists decides to raise money to support the families of the striking miners. But there is a problem - the union seems embarrassed to receive their support. However the activists are not deterred. They decide to ignore the union and go direct to the miners. They identify a mining village of Onllwyn, in the Dulais Valley in Wales, and later set off in a mini bus to make their donation in person. And so begins the extraordinary story of two seemingly alien communities who form a surprising and ultimately triumphant partnership.

            Markimdb: 7.8
            Genredrama, biography, history
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:32

            The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.

            Markimdb: 6.1
            Genrefantastic, drama, family
            CountryUSA

            In a near-future city where soaring opulence overshadows economic hardship, Gwen and her daughter, Jules, do all they can to hold on to their joy, despite the instability surfacing in their world.

            Markimdb: 6.6
            Genredrama
            CountryUSA

            An act of civil disobedience turns into a standoff with police when homeless people in Cincinnati take over the public library to seek shelter from the bitter cold.

            Markimdb: 6.6
            Genredrama
            CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates
            Duration01:46

            A salesman for a natural gas company experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town, where his corporation wants to tap into the available resources.

            Markimdb: 7.9
            Genredrama, western, history
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:15

            Filmed in the coal country of West Virginia, "Matewan" celebrates labor organizing in the context of a 1920s work stoppage. Union organizer, Joe Kenehan, a scab named "Few Clothes" Johnson and a sympathetic mayor and police chief heroically fight the power represented by a coal company and Matewan's vested interests so that justice and workers' rights need not take a back seat to squalid working conditions, exploitation and the bottom line.

            Markimdb: 7.6
            Genredrama, biography
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:36

            In 1858 France, Bernadette, an adolescent peasant girl, has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the city dump. She never claims it to be anything other than this, but the townspeople all assume it to be the virgin Mary. The pompous government officials think she is nuts, and do their best to suppress the girl and her followers, and the church wants nothing to do with the whole matter. But as Bernadette attracts wider and wider attention, the phenomenon overtakes everyone in the the town, and transforms their lives.

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genredrama
            CountryUSA

            As lawyer and power broker Roy Cohn lies dying of AIDS in a private hospital room, ghosts from his past visit him as he reflects on his life and loves.

            Markimdb: 6.9
            Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:17

            Friends and fledgling entrepreneurs invent a device in their garage which reduces the apparent mass of any object placed inside it, but they discover that it has some highly unexpected capabilities - ones that could enable them to do and to have seemingly anything they want. Taking advantage of this unique opportunity is the first challenge they face. Dealing with the consequences is the next.




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