Best movies with geniuses

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Discover the best movies with geniuses, ranked from best to worst.

Based on 0 votes, the movie A Beautiful Mind, starring Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly, came in first as the best movie with geniuses of all time, followed by August Rush and Gifted from 2017. Scroll down for the top 10 movies with geniuses, recommended by movie fans in 2026.

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A Beautiful Mind

2001 - Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris, Paul Bettany, Christopher Plummer, Josh...

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At Princeton University, John Nash struggles to make a meaningful contribution that will serve as his legacy to the world of mathematics. He makes a breakthrough discovery that will •••

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August Rush

2007 - Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys MeyersFamily, Drama, Music

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Evan, an orphan with a great gift for music, runs away from the orphanage and searches New York City for his parents. Along the way he is taken in by the Wizard, a homeless man living in •••

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Gifted

2017 - Chris Evans, Mckenna Grace, Lindsay Duncan, Jenny Slate, Octavia Spencer

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Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.

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Good Will Hunting

1997 - Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Ben AffleckDrama

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Will Hunting is a brilliant young man from a working-class family who keeps getting into trouble with the law. His last chance is a psychology professor, perhaps the only person who can •••

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Hidden Figures

2016 - Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim...

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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 •••

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Jerry & Marge Go Large

2022 - Bryan Cranston, Annette Bening, Rainn Wilson, Larry Wilmore, Michael McKean, Ann Harada...

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When retiree Jerry discovers a mathematical loophole in the Massachusetts lottery, he and his wife Marge embark on a multimillion-dollar winning streak to revive their small Michigan town.

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Limitless

2011 - Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Abbie Cornish, Andrew Howard, Anna Friel

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A mysterious pill that allows its user to access 100% of his brain's abilities transforms a struggling writer into a financial wizard, but also plunges him into a new world full of danger.

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Magnus

2016 - Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Henrik Carlsen, Espen Agdestein, Ellen Carlsen...

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Magnus Carlsen, the Norwegian chess prodigy, becomes a grandmaster at the age of 13 and world champion in 2013.

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Paycheck

2003 - Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart, Uma ThurmanAction, Science Fiction, Thriller

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Engineer Michael Jennings works on secret projects for tech firms, and after each one his memory is erased so he can't reveal anything. At the end of a three-year job, instead of his pay •••

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The Accountant

2016 - Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J.K. SimmonsCrime, Thriller, Drama

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A math genius goes through the books of a new client while the US Treasury closes in on his activities and the body count rises. Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick and J. K. Simmons star in this •••

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What is in this list?

This list includes, for example, Limitless, The Imitation Game, Magnus.

What are the most recent movies in this list?

Among the titles with a known release year, the most recent are: The Money Maker (2026), Unabomber (2026), Jerry & Marge Go Large (2022).

Which movies from 2010–2019 are included?

Titles released in this period include Gifted (2017), Hidden Figures (2016), Magnus (2016).

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