Top 5 Movies About Real-Life Scientists to Watch After the Oppenheimer Film

Standing in a long tradition, Oppenheimer is the latest box office hit to chronicle the achievements of a renowned scientist. Here's a roundup of five other movies about scientists.

By Cody Cottier
Aug 8, 2023 3:00 PM
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The release of Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan’s sprawling study of the man known as “the father of the atomic bomb,” has propelled the world-shifting work of a scientist to cinema’s front stage.

Tracking the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer through his time as director of the Manhattan Project and beyond, the film explores the complexities of its protagonist’s character and conscience alongside the thorny union of science and morality.

5 Movies About Scientists

If that tangled, three-hour drama left you with an urge to curl up on the couch for a few more science-centric movie nights, here’s a list of the best biopics on other intellectual giants.

1. The Theory of Everything (2014)

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