Top 10 Mathematician Movies
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Date: 2023-12-19
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-JeffreyGoddin
Gifted seems nice. A bit unrealistic with her abilities, rapid multiplication is more savant, early reasoning is genius. But the gist of this film, that life is much more than being gifted, is spot on. While many of the other films glamorize or tragedize genius, the reality is much more human. I've been to math camp with the smartest kids in the world, I've competed with them on equal footing though perhaps with less preparation. Their and my success or failure is mostly determined by the support we got as kids in picking up essential human skills like patience, responsibility, discipline. and it doesn't take a genius to teach us those.
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Gifted seems nice. A bit unrealistic with her abilities, rapid multiplication is more savant, early reasoning is genius. But the gist of this film, that life is much more than being gifted, is spot on. While many of the other films glamorize or tragedize genius, the reality is much more human. I've been to math camp with the smartest kids in the world, I've competed with them on equal footing though perhaps with less preparation. Their and my success or failure is mostly determined by the support we got as kids in picking up essential human skills like patience, responsibility, discipline. and it doesn't take a genius to teach us those.
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-rickjend6667
Personally I loved -Little Man Tate-. I think this movie should be in this list, perhaps even in the top 5. This beautiful movie shows the emotional difficulties of an advanced student in a normal school setting. I remember watching this movie with my 8 year old son, who at 3 1/2 years old was tested at 6 grade math level. He loved math but was afraid to show his talents when he started school, since it made him feel different. At the end of the movie, my son said -That's me- and walked out of the room. I knew at that time I had to pay more attention to the emotional impact of his being gifted. An accurate and great movie! Underrated.
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Personally I loved -Little Man Tate-. I think this movie should be in this list, perhaps even in the top 5. This beautiful movie shows the emotional difficulties of an advanced student in a normal school setting. I remember watching this movie with my 8 year old son, who at 3 1/2 years old was tested at 6 grade math level. He loved math but was afraid to show his talents when he started school, since it made him feel different. At the end of the movie, my son said -That's me- and walked out of the room. I knew at that time I had to pay more attention to the emotional impact of his being gifted. An accurate and great movie! Underrated.
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-waynewright5023
All of these movies are fantastic, but it was a damn shame that the women who contributed to the space program of the United States went unacknowledged and unknown until someone wrote a book about their work and their personal stories that was eventually made into a movie.
Before the making of this movie, you could've uttered the names of Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson and Dorothy Vaughn, and ninety-five percent of the country's population wouldn't know who you were talking about or what contributions they made to the N. A. S. A. space program.
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All of these movies are fantastic, but it was a damn shame that the women who contributed to the space program of the United States went unacknowledged and unknown until someone wrote a book about their work and their personal stories that was eventually made into a movie.
Before the making of this movie, you could've uttered the names of Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson and Dorothy Vaughn, and ninety-five percent of the country's population wouldn't know who you were talking about or what contributions they made to the N. A. S. A. space program.
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-jmchristian63
Good Will Hunting shouldn't even make the list. Its representation of mathematics is naive and incorrect. The script itself is written by young men who have no knowledge of the subject and just some vague, fantasy like model of a universal genius character - unrealistic and not a movie about math or mathematicians. The Man Who Knew Infinity is a favorite in the actual mathematical world. If you want to see an excellent, authentic movie about mathematics and one of the great geniuses - this is number one.
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Good Will Hunting shouldn't even make the list. Its representation of mathematics is naive and incorrect. The script itself is written by young men who have no knowledge of the subject and just some vague, fantasy like model of a universal genius character - unrealistic and not a movie about math or mathematicians. The Man Who Knew Infinity is a favorite in the actual mathematical world. If you want to see an excellent, authentic movie about mathematics and one of the great geniuses - this is number one.
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'Einstein and Eddington' (2008 Andy Serkis) explains Einstein's theory of general relativity, Planck's help and its proof, very entertainingly and accurately, with an all star cast. (Made on the centenary of it's publishing. It shows the politicisation of science (and maths) during WW1. And there are two good Hawking biopics: 'Hawking' (2004 Benedict Cumberbatch) and 'The theory of everything' (2014 Eddie Redmayne.
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'Einstein and Eddington' (2008 Andy Serkis) explains Einstein's theory of general relativity, Planck's help and its proof, very entertainingly and accurately, with an all star cast. (Made on the centenary of it's publishing. It shows the politicisation of science (and maths) during WW1. And there are two good Hawking biopics: 'Hawking' (2004 Benedict Cumberbatch) and 'The theory of everything' (2014 Eddie Redmayne.
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Thanks for updating the original Top 5 to a Top 10 - there are too many good movies of this genre.
I have seen all the 5 movies from #5 through #1 - each has a fantastic story to tell.
Especially I liked John Littlewood's statement when Ramanujan looks aound in awe at the campus of Trinity: -Great knowledge often comes from the humblest of origins. -
Thanks again.
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Thanks for updating the original Top 5 to a Top 10 - there are too many good movies of this genre.
I have seen all the 5 movies from #5 through #1 - each has a fantastic story to tell.
Especially I liked John Littlewood's statement when Ramanujan looks aound in awe at the campus of Trinity: -Great knowledge often comes from the humblest of origins. -
Thanks again.
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-libertas57
S. Ramanujan was from South India (Madras, now Chennai) and not East India. It's a very big distinction in a country of India's diversity & population of 1 billion. Clearly you prefer to remain in complete ignorance about the man while paying lip service by including, -the man who knew infinity' in your revised list to the negative comments your initial list had provoked. Sad
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S. Ramanujan was from South India (Madras, now Chennai) and not East India. It's a very big distinction in a country of India's diversity & population of 1 billion. Clearly you prefer to remain in complete ignorance about the man while paying lip service by including, -the man who knew infinity' in your revised list to the negative comments your initial list had provoked. Sad
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4: 23 i solved it my head! basically what you do is calculate the integral from -infinity to +infinity of -e-x-2 in which is going to give you that answer as square root of pi over [A] other wise known as the gaussian integral, then you notice that 2 rho squared is a constant so you can cancel the squares and then substitute to get -square root of 2 pi rho-!
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4: 23 i solved it my head! basically what you do is calculate the integral from -infinity to +infinity of -e-x-2 in which is going to give you that answer as square root of pi over [A] other wise known as the gaussian integral, then you notice that 2 rho squared is a constant so you can cancel the squares and then substitute to get -square root of 2 pi rho-!
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-letranger5
I am a professor of math and of film. And my favorite film about math is the documentary -A Mathematical Mystery Tour-, 1986. It features interviews with real creators: Diedonne, Erdos, Toom, Moore, Atiyah, and others. This is the best film -If you want to see geniuses dealing with mathematical concepts. -
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I am a professor of math and of film. And my favorite film about math is the documentary -A Mathematical Mystery Tour-, 1986. It features interviews with real creators: Diedonne, Erdos, Toom, Moore, Atiyah, and others. This is the best film -If you want to see geniuses dealing with mathematical concepts. -
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-ericswain4177
Sometimes in the grand scheme of things, it's all rather sad! Geniuses and the like seem to only appear Geniuses only in a narrow band in a given field the rest of their life seems adversely affected. Some cope, Some adapt, Some Die, Some live in the dream, Some are tormented their whole life.
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Sometimes in the grand scheme of things, it's all rather sad! Geniuses and the like seem to only appear Geniuses only in a narrow band in a given field the rest of their life seems adversely affected. Some cope, Some adapt, Some Die, Some live in the dream, Some are tormented their whole life.
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-bowtangey6830
How about -The Mirror Has Two Faces-, in which Jeff Bridges played a Columbia University mathematics professor? (Just kidding, I didn't think it was very good) And what about -Jurassic Park- with Jeff Goldblum as a mathematician?
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How about -The Mirror Has Two Faces-, in which Jeff Bridges played a Columbia University mathematics professor? (Just kidding, I didn't think it was very good) And what about -Jurassic Park- with Jeff Goldblum as a mathematician?
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-wrjazziel
X+Y movie. sucks. it's misleading title and trailers, it's more like a romantic comedy, and at the end, the kid ditches the math competition anyways. but thanks for the rest of the suggestions, they are good, I've seen them all!
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X+Y movie. sucks. it's misleading title and trailers, it's more like a romantic comedy, and at the end, the kid ditches the math competition anyways. but thanks for the rest of the suggestions, they are good, I've seen them all!
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-theolamp5312
I wish gifted was rated higher. I think it gave an emotional connection beyond some of the other movies. And isn't having an emotional connection to the characters what movies are all about?
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I wish gifted was rated higher. I think it gave an emotional connection beyond some of the other movies. And isn't having an emotional connection to the characters what movies are all about?
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-MitchelWeintraub
The movie -Colossus: The Forbin Project- (1970) is my favorite. It deals with computer learning and how a computer quickly overtakes man's knowledge of mathematics. And everything else.
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The movie -Colossus: The Forbin Project- (1970) is my favorite. It deals with computer learning and how a computer quickly overtakes man's knowledge of mathematics. And everything else.
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How about The Theory of Everything? Yes, Stephen Hawking was known mainly as a physicist, but he also held the Lucasian Chair of Mathematics at Cambridge for 30 years.
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How about The Theory of Everything? Yes, Stephen Hawking was known mainly as a physicist, but he also held the Lucasian Chair of Mathematics at Cambridge for 30 years.
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1 21
2 a beautiful mind
3 the imitation game
4 the man who knew infinity
5 Hidden figuers
6 Gifted
7 pi
8 stand and deliver
9 x+y
10 proof
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1 21
2 a beautiful mind
3 the imitation game
4 the man who knew infinity
5 Hidden figuers
6 Gifted
7 pi
8 stand and deliver
9 x+y
10 proof
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-anmolraina5650
Yaa thoery of everything and man who knew infinity r greatest not only on screen but in real life ramanujan and stephen hawking r grstest scintist born in human race
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Yaa thoery of everything and man who knew infinity r greatest not only on screen but in real life ramanujan and stephen hawking r grstest scintist born in human race
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Well, I saw a few of them, and none of them are as good as Little man Tate, the development of the story of being a genious at such at youg age is really good.
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Well, I saw a few of them, and none of them are as good as Little man Tate, the development of the story of being a genious at such at youg age is really good.
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-GrandTeuton
Fermat's Room is a great maths movie as well. I'm surprised it's not on the list (although it's a Spanish film, so maybe that's the reason. You should check it out.
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Fermat's Room is a great maths movie as well. I'm surprised it's not on the list (although it's a Spanish film, so maybe that's the reason. You should check it out.
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-aryanverma2109
Oh C'mon. include -UFO- (2018)
How the hell no one is talking about this in their comments!
If you are a mathematics lover, watch this under-rated movie.
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Oh C'mon. include -UFO- (2018)
How the hell no one is talking about this in their comments!
If you are a mathematics lover, watch this under-rated movie.
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-daviddempsey8721
Stand and Deliver (an Australian Bushranger's demand) is not only unlikely but based on the true story of a high school mathematics teacher, Jaime Escalante.
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Stand and Deliver (an Australian Bushranger's demand) is not only unlikely but based on the true story of a high school mathematics teacher, Jaime Escalante.
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-steve--smith
There was a better movie called -Proof- out of Australia with Hugo Weaving. And you forgot the movie that introduced the concept of -going to 11- - Spinal Tap
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There was a better movie called -Proof- out of Australia with Hugo Weaving. And you forgot the movie that introduced the concept of -going to 11- - Spinal Tap
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-smeshsmesh9695
9: 10 when I was a kid this I thought this was some really complicated stuff, I rewatched the movie a few years later and it's extremely simple maths-
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9: 10 when I was a kid this I thought this was some really complicated stuff, I rewatched the movie a few years later and it's extremely simple maths-
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-sonymehra970
--- The man who know infinity at 4! You should have known that is based on trust not any Drama movie, Who fill your comments box with 90 % of comments!
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--- The man who know infinity at 4! You should have known that is based on trust not any Drama movie, Who fill your comments box with 90 % of comments!
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-marcuscook3852
OK, you have Stand and Deliver in this list, but at number 8? Good Will Hunting is a great movie, but it is hardly a good mathematician movie.
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OK, you have Stand and Deliver in this list, but at number 8? Good Will Hunting is a great movie, but it is hardly a good mathematician movie.
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-bowtangey6830
The clip may show why -21- didn't make the list. (-Extra 33. 3 percent- seems off to me as an estimate of the increase of (66 2/3) % over 50%)
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The clip may show why -21- didn't make the list. (-Extra 33. 3 percent- seems off to me as an estimate of the increase of (66 2/3) % over 50%)
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-bowtangey6830
The mathematician character in the pleasant comedy -I. Q. - was played by Meg Ryan. Einstein was played by Walter Matthau.
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The mathematician character in the pleasant comedy -I. Q. - was played by Meg Ryan. Einstein was played by Walter Matthau.
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-ravivaradhan4956
I would suggest the movie -N is a number- which is a tribute to Paul Erdos, a great number theorist of the 20th century.
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I would suggest the movie -N is a number- which is a tribute to Paul Erdos, a great number theorist of the 20th century.
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-tonyc945
I was thinking -Little Man Tate-. Although mostly a human drama story, I remember the boy being very mathematically inclined.
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I was thinking -Little Man Tate-. Although mostly a human drama story, I remember the boy being very mathematically inclined.
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-estelleosman4184
You should add -in our prime- it's a beautiful movie, with strong lessons about what is needed to be a mathematician
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You should add -in our prime- it's a beautiful movie, with strong lessons about what is needed to be a mathematician
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