Top 10 Mathematician Movies

If you want to see geniuses dealing with mathematical concepts you should definitely watch our picks for the best mathematician movies.

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[letranger]

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."

[abdushareefmsa]

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

[ashumeena]

Mathematics is incomplete without "Shrinivas Ramanujan".🙏🙏

[waynewright]

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, with that book eventually being 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 would not know who you were talking about or what contributions they made to the N.A.S.A. space program.

[smeshsmesh]

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🤣

[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.

[rickjend]

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.

[tonyc]

I was thinking "Little Man Tate". Although mostly a human drama story, I remember the boy being very mathematically inclined.

[SayanMukherjee]

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.

[estelleosman]

You should add "in our prime" it's a beautiful movie, with strong lessons about what is needed to be a mathematician

[floritacan]

As a mathematician I appreciated Antonia’s Line, a Dutch movie.

[bowtangey]

The mathematician character in the pleasant comedy "I.Q." was played by Meg Ryan. Einstein was played by Walter Matthau.

[Helmutandmoshe]

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.

[arhamakhyar]

I really loved today's list and I appreciate your work

[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.

[siamakalaei]

Thank you for Introducing these movies.

[ravivaradhan]

I would suggest the movie "N is a number" which is a tribute to Paul Erdos, a great number theorist of the 20th century.

[justshan]

This channel have my gratitude for this video. I was able to torrent most of the movies I like from here.

[andrewlavey]

Good choices. Can I suggest that they all are in the Top 10, no matter where their position on the list?

[mrbenwong]

I only need to see 7 and 8 to complete the set.