01 A brilliant physicist leads the race to build the atomic bomb, then grapples with the moral weight of his creation.
6 Best Mathematician and Genius Biopic Movies
By Vlad Zakh · June 4, 2026
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The brilliant, often tormented minds of history’s greatest mathematicians and scientists has powered some of cinema’s most acclaimed biographical dramas.
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02 Three brilliant Black women mathematicians overcome racism and sexism to help launch NASA's early space missions.
03 A self-taught Indian mathematical genius travels to Cambridge to develop his extraordinary theories.
04 A brilliant physicist's groundbreaking career and marriage are tested by his diagnosis with a degenerative disease.
05 A socially awkward mathematician leads the secret effort to crack Germany's Enigma code during World War II.
06 A brilliant mathematician's groundbreaking work is threatened by his descent into paranoid schizophrenia.
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