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1. Young Sheldon (2017–2024)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Meet a child genius named Sheldon Cooper (already seen as an adult in The Big Bang Theory (2007)) and his family. Some unique challenges face Sheldon, who is socially impaired.
Stars: Iain Armitage, Zoe Perry, Jim Parsons, Lance Barber
Votes: 102,226
2. House M.D. (2004–2012)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Mystery
Using a crack team of doctors and his wits, an antisocial maverick doctor specializing in diagnostic medicine does whatever it takes to solve puzzling cases that come his way.
Stars: Hugh Laurie, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard, Jesse Spencer
Votes: 513,250
3. The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Romance
A woman who moves into an apartment across the hall from two brilliant but socially awkward physicists shows them how little they know about life outside of the laboratory.
Stars: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg
Votes: 867,592
4. Sherlock (2010–2017)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The quirky spin on Conan Doyle's iconic sleuth pitches him as a "high-functioning sociopath" in modern-day London. Assisting him in his investigations: Afghanistan War vet John Watson, who's introduced to Holmes by a mutual acquaintance.
Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Una Stubbs, Rupert Graves
Votes: 997,952
5. White Collar (2009–2014)
TV-PG | 40 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A white-collar criminal agrees to help the FBI catch other white-collar criminals using his expertise as an art and securities thief, counterfeiter, and conman.
Stars: Matt Bomer, Tim DeKay, Willie Garson, Tiffani Thiessen
Votes: 141,248
6. The Mentalist (2008–2015)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A famous "psychic" outs himself as a fake, and starts working as a consultant for the California Bureau of Investigation so he can find "Red John", the madman who killed his wife and daughter.
Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman
Votes: 200,550
7. Psych (2006–2014)
TV-PG | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
When a novice sleuth convinces the police he has psychic powers, he and his reluctant best friend are hired on as consultants to help solve complicated cases.
Stars: James Roday Rodriguez, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson, Corbin Bernsen
Votes: 105,728
8. Good Will Hunting (1997)
R | 126 min | Drama, Romance
Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Stellan Skarsgård
Votes: 1,067,732 | Gross: $138.43M
9. Scorpion (2014–2018)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An eccentric genius forms an team of super-geniuses who are tasked with being the last line of defense against complicated threats to National Security.
Stars: Elyes Gabel, Katharine McPhee, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Jadyn Wong
Votes: 59,313
10. A Beautiful Mind (2001)
PG-13 | 135 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery
A mathematical genius, John Nash made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a harrowing journey of self-discovery.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer
Votes: 986,829 | Gross: $170.74M
11. The Imitation Game (2014)
PG-13 | 114 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
During World War II, the English mathematical genius Alan Turing tries to crack the German Enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians while attempting to come to terms with his troubled private life.
Director: Morten Tyldum | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Allen Leech
Votes: 824,930 | Gross: $91.13M
12. Hidden Figures (2016)
PG | 127 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program.
Director: Theodore Melfi | Stars: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner
Votes: 255,214 | Gross: $169.61M
13. Sherlock Holmes (2009)
PG-13 | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.
Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong
Votes: 670,909 | Gross: $209.03M
14. Eureka (2006–2012)
TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A U.S. Marshal becomes the sheriff of Eureka, a remote, cozy little Northwestern town where the best minds in the US have secretly been tucked away to build futuristic inventions for the government which often go disastrously wrong.
Stars: Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Erica Cerra, Neil Grayston
Votes: 58,262
15. Real Genius (1985)
PG | 108 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
An uptight teenage prodigy enters a top engineering college, but feels awkward among the freewheeling students. When a professor aims to turn their laser project into a military weapon, he and his offbeat roommate plot to ruin the plan.
Director: Martha Coolidge | Stars: Val Kilmer, Stacy Peralta, Daniel Ades, Andres Aybar
Votes: 37,741 | Gross: $13.00M
16. The Theory of Everything (2014)
PG-13 | 123 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Stephen Hawking gets unprecedented success in the field of physics despite being diagnosed with motor neuron disease at the age of 21. He defeats awful odds as his first wife Jane aids him loyally.
Director: James Marsh | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Tom Prior, Sophie Perry
Votes: 482,010 | Gross: $35.89M
17. Da Vinci's Demons (2013–2015)
TV-MA | 60 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Follows Leonardo Da Vinci during his early days in Florence, as a young artist, inventor and dreamer, trying to change the future.
Stars: Tom Riley, Gregg Chilingirian, Eros Vlahos, Laura Haddock
Votes: 79,190
18. The Prodigy (2019)
R | 92 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
A mother concerned about her young son's disturbing behavior thinks something supernatural may be affecting him.
Director: Nicholas McCarthy | Stars: Taylor Schilling, Jackson Robert Scott, Peter Mooney, Colm Feore
Votes: 28,278 | Gross: $14.86M
19. Steve Jobs (2015)
R | 122 min | Biography, Drama
Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution, to paint a portrait of the man at its epicenter. The story unfolds backstage at three iconic product launches, ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, Jeff Daniels
Votes: 178,507 | Gross: $17.77M
20. Pi (1998)
R | 84 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A paranoid mathematician searches for a key number that will unlock the universal patterns found in nature.
Director: Darren Aronofsky | Stars: Sean Gullette, Mark Margolis, Ben Shenkman, Pamela Hart
Votes: 186,414 | Gross: $3.22M
21. Powder (1995)
PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
An off-the-charts genius who is home schooled and shunned after his last relative dies shows the unconscious residents of his town about connection awareness and the generosity of the spirit.
Director: Victor Salva | Stars: Mary Steenburgen, Sean Patrick Flanery, Lance Henriksen, Jeff Goldblum
Votes: 32,596 | Gross: $30.86M
22. Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989–1993)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A teenage genius deals with the usual problems of growing up, on top of being a licensed physician in a difficult residency program.
Stars: Neil Patrick Harris, Max Casella, Belinda Montgomery, Lawrence Pressman
Votes: 9,749
23. Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
PG | 109 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
A prepubescent chess prodigy is encouraged to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.
Director: Steven Zaillian | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Ben Kingsley, Max Pomeranc, Joan Allen
Votes: 42,407 | Gross: $7.27M
24. The Book of Henry (2017)
PG-13 | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
With instructions from her genius son's carefully crafted notebook, a single mother sets out to rescue a young girl from the hands of her abusive stepfather.
Director: Colin Trevorrow | Stars: Naomi Watts, Jaeden Martell, Jacob Tremblay, Sarah Silverman
Votes: 29,412 | Gross: $4.22M
25. HPI Haut Potentiel Intellectuel (2021– )
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Morgane has a 160 IQ but it never really helped her in her everyday life. The police decide to bring her on board to help them track down and catch highly intelligent criminals.
Stars: Audrey Fleurot, Mehdi Nebbou, Bruno Sanches, Marie Denarnaud
Votes: 1,610
26. The Addams Family 2 (2021)
PG | 93 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The Addams get tangled up in more wacky adventures and find themselves involved in hilarious run-ins with all sorts of unsuspecting characters. Sequel to the 2019 animated film, 'The Addams Family'.
Directors: Conrad Vernon, Greg Tiernan, Laura Brousseau, Kevin Pavlovic | Stars: Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Javon 'Wanna' Walton
Votes: 15,577 | Gross: $56.49M
27. B: The Beginning (2018–2021)
TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Action, Crime
In this anime series, scientists hope "new humans" will create universal peace, but they're kidnapped by an evil group with very different plans.
Stars: Asami Seto, Hiroaki Hirata, Yûki Kaji, Hiroki Tôchi
Votes: 5,569
28. Hawking (2004 TV Movie)
TV-G | 90 min | Biography, Drama
Theoretical physicist/cosmologist Stephen Hawking's life and search for the beginning of time (1963-6).
Director: Philip Martin | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Brandon, Tom Hodgkins, Christian Rubeck
Votes: 6,362
29. The Secret Life of Nikola Tesla (1980)
115 min | Biography, Drama
Life and times of Nikola Tesla, famous scientist whose inventions were stolen, but whose greatest contribution to mankind remain a mystery to this day.
Director: Krsto Papic | Stars: Petar Bozovic, Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, Strother Martin
Votes: 1,492
30. Bobby Fischer Against the World (2011)
TV-14 | 93 min | Documentary, Biography, History
'Bobby Fischer Against the World' is a documentary feature exploring the tragic and bizarre life of the late chess master Bobby Fischer. The drama of Bobby Fischer's career was undeniable, ... See full summary »
Director: Liz Garbus | Stars: Bobby Fischer, David Edmonds, Anthony Saidy, Susan Polgar
Votes: 7,402
31. Hawking (2013)
TV-PG | 86 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
Hawking is the extraordinary story of the planet's most famous living scientist, told for the first time in his own words and by those closest to him. Made with unique access to Hawking's ... See full summary »
Director: Stephen Finnigan | Stars: Stephen Hawking, Arthur Pelling, Finlay Macrae, Nathan Chapple
Votes: 1,716
32. Minor Premise (2020)
95 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Attempting to surpass his father's legacy, a reclusive neuroscientist becomes entangled in his own experiment, pitting ten fragments of his consciousness against each other.
Director: Frederick Schultz | Stars: Sathya Sridharan, Paton Ashbrook, Dana Ashbrook, Nikolas Kontomanolis
Votes: 4,811
33. Benjamin Franklin (2002)
210 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The story of the renowned American polymath.
Stars: Richard Easton, Dylan Baker, Colm Feore, Sebastian Roché
Votes: 182
34. Tangent Room (2017)
64 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Trapped in a mysterious room with no escape, four brilliant minds race against time to prevent a cosmic collapse of the universe. They must learn to work together and solve the puzzle before it's too late.
Director: Björn Engström | Stars: Lisa Bearpark, Daniel Epstein, Håkan Julander, Jennifer Lila
Votes: 463
35. Raising Genius (2004)
R | 83 min | Comedy, Drama
The film is about a boy who locks himself in the bathroom to work out math equations on the shower wall. The boy has obsessive compulsive parents. The boy is obsessed with a cheerleader named Lacy, who lives across the street from.
Directors: Linda Voorhees, Bess Wiley | Stars: Justin Long, Wendie Malick, Ed Begley Jr., Stephen Root
Votes: 470
36. The Genius Club (2006)
PG | 119 min | Drama, Thriller
Seven geniuses, with IQs over 200, are plucked from their lives on Christmas Eve to try to solve the world's problems in one night.
Director: Timothy A. Chey | Stars: Tom Sizemore, Stephen Baldwin, Carol Abney, Jacob Bonnema
Votes: 2,041
37. The Strange Life and Death of Dr Turing (1992)
50 min | Documentary
A biographical account of the life and work of mathematician, codebreaker and computer visionary, Alan Turing.
Director: Christopher Sykes
Votes: 12
38.
American Masters (1985– )
Episode:
A. Einstein: How I See the World
(1991)
TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, History
Documentary on physicist Albert Einstein which chronicles the experiences that led him to become a great advocate for world peace.
Director: Richard Kroehling | Stars: William Hurt, Albert Einstein
Votes: 129
39.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Newton's Dark Secrets
(2005)
TV-G | Documentary
The auction of some of Newton's papers early in the 20th century uncovers the fact that he had a side other than the genius mathematician and visionary the world knew him as.
Director: Chris Oxley | Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Roger Braban, Jed Buchwald, Gale Christianson
Votes: 66
40.
The Waltons (1972–1981)
Episode:
The Genius
(1975)
TV-G | 60 min | Drama, Family, Romance
John-Boy's dean asks him to take care of a 16-year-old genius college student for a weekend. The genius is gifted in all academic areas, but woefully lacking in social graces.
Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Richard Thomas, Michael Learned, Ellen Corby, Will Geer
Votes: 155
41.
The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019)
Episode:
Pilot
(2007)
TV-PG | 23 min | Comedy, Romance
A pair of socially awkward theoretical physicists meet their new neighbor Penny, who is their polar opposite.
Director: James Burrows | Stars: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg
Votes: 7,183
42.
The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019)
Episode:
The Big Bran Hypothesis
(2007)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Romance
Penny is furious with Leonard and Sheldon when they sneak into her apartment and clean it while she is sleeping.
Director: Mark Cendrowski | Stars: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg
Votes: 5,796
43.
The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019)
Episode:
The Fuzzy Boots Corollary
(2007)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Romance
Leonard gets upset when he discovers that Penny is seeing a new guy, so he tries to trick her into going on a date with him.
Director: Mark Cendrowski | Stars: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg
Votes: 5,191
44.
The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019)
Episode:
The Luminous Fish Effect
(2007)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Romance
Sheldon's mother is called to intervene when he delves into numerous obsessions after being fired for being disrespectful to his new boss.
Director: Mark Cendrowski | Stars: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg
Votes: 5,236
45.
The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019)
Episode:
The Hamburger Postulate
(2007)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Romance
Leslie seduces Leonard, but afterwards tells him that she is only interested in a one-night stand.
Director: Andrew D. Weyman | Stars: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg
Votes: 4,984
46.
The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019)
Episode:
The Middle Earth Paradigm
(2007)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Romance
The guys are invited to Penny's Halloween party, where Leonard has yet another run-in with Penny's ex-boyfriend Kurt.
Director: Mark Cendrowski | Stars: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg
Votes: 5,180
47.
The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019)
Episode:
The Loobenfeld Decay
(2008)
TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Romance
Leonard lies to Penny so he and Sheldon can get out of watching her perform, but Sheldon believes that the lie has too many loose ends, so he comes up with a new, unnecessarily complex one to replace it.
Director: Mark Cendrowski | Stars: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg
Votes: 4,869
48.
The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019)
Episode:
The Pancake Batter Anomaly
(2008)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Romance
When Sheldon gets sick, Leonard, Howard and Raj go AWOL, leaving a reluctant Penny to deal with him.
Director: Mark Cendrowski | Stars: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg
Votes: 4,838
49.
The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019)
Episode:
The Jerusalem Duality
(2008)
TV-PG | 20 min | Comedy, Romance
Sheldon decides to give up his work and focus on other tasks when a 15-year-old prodigy joins the university, so the other guys come up with a plan to get rid of him.
Director: Mark Cendrowski | Stars: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg
Votes: 4,590
50.
The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019)
Episode:
The Bat Jar Conjecture
(2008)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Romance
Sheldon becomes so intent on demonstrating his intellectual superiority over the other guys that they kick him off the Physics Bowl team and replace him with his nemesis, Leslie.
Director: Mark Cendrowski | Stars: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg
Votes: 4,730