Best Genius & Prodigy movies of 1980s

Actors : F. Murray Abraham, Roy Dotrice, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge,
Directors : Milos Forman,

The incredible story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told by his peer and secret rival Antonio Salieri - now confined to an insane asylum.

Actors : Larry Drake, Colin Friels, Frances McDormand, Liam Neeson,
Directors : Sam Raimi,

A brilliant scientist left for dead returns to exact revenge on the people who burned him alive.

Actors : Geena Davis, John Getz, Joy Boushel, Jeff Goldblum,
Directors : David Cronenberg,

A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.

Actors : David Warner, Steve Martin, Paul Benedict, Kathleen Turner,
Directors : Carl Reiner,

A brain surgeon marries a femme fatale, causing his life to turn upside down. Things go more awry when he falls in love with a talking brain.

Actors : Michelle Meyrink, William Atherton, Val Kilmer, Gabriel Jarret,
Directors : Martha Coolidge,

Teenage geniuses deal with their abilities while developing a high-powered laser for a university project. When their professor intends to turn their work into a military weapon, they decide to ruin his plans.

Actors : Cynthia Gibb, Ed Lauter, Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze,
Directors : Peter Markle,

A skilled young hockey prospect hoping to attract the attention of professional scouts is pressured to show that he can fight if challenged during his stay in a Canadian minor hockey town. ...

Actors : Joe Don Baker, Bill Cosby, Moses Gunn, Tom Courtenay,
Directors : Paul Weiland,

A secret agent is called out of retirement to save the world from an evil genius.

Actors : John Hurt, Nick Brimble, Raul Julia, Bridget Fonda,
Directors : Roger Corman,

The ultimate weapon, which was meant to be safe for humankind, produces global side-effects, including time slides and disappearances. The scientist behind the project and his car are ...

Actors : Shirley MacLaine, Twiggy, Peggy Ashcroft, Navin Chowdhry,
Directors : John Schlesinger,

Renowned Russian piano teacher Irina Sousatzka gets a new student - Bengali piano prodigy Manek. They are both immigrants in the UK and bond quickly. When Manek's single mother's business fails, he must make a career decision.

Actors : Amy Irving, Sam Wanamaker, Richard Dreyfuss, Lee Remick,
Directors : Joel Oliansky,

The movie centers on a piano competition whose winner is assured of success. It is Paul's last chance to compete, but newcomer Heidi may be a better pianist. Can romance be far away? Will ...

Actors : Colin Friels, John Hargreaves, Chris Haywood, Lindy Davies,
Directors : Nadia Tass,

Malcolm is a chronically shy mechanical genius who has just been fired for building his own tram. He gets Frank, who has just been released from jail, to move in to help pay the bills. ...

Actors : Josef Abrhám, Petr Cepek, Valérie Kaplanová, Zdenek Sverák,
Directors : Ladislav Smoljak,

Czech comedy film about the fictional national hero Jára Cimrman (universal genius, inventor, sportsman, criminologist, poet, writer and philosopher).

Actors : Melanie Vincz, Raven De La Croix, Paul Coufos, Angela Aames,
Directors : Jim Wynorski,

In a land in a distant past, three beautiful women, members of a lost tribe, battle a male genius with diabolical plans to destroy their "Lost Empire." If the victor can find the sacred jewels, they can anticipate total power.

Actors : Krzysztof Kolberger, Hanna Bieniuszewicz, Bo F. Munthe, Curt Broberg,
Directors : Mats Helge Olsson,

Swedish scientist named Karl Markov is taken hostage by the KGB. After his daughter Nadia is also kidnapped and brought deep into the heart of Russia, a group of highly trained ninjas, led ...

Actors : Arliss Howard, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Robert Duvall, Tim Phillips,
Directors : Jerzy Skolimowski,

A trio of robbers, two brothers and their twisted genius leader, invade a lightship, but don't reckon on the crew fighting back.

Actors : Martha Byrne, Mark Patton, Donna Mitchell, Dina Merrill,
Directors : Robert Wiemer,

Anna Hart was always an odd child, a genius, a shoplifter, desperately afraid of flickering lights, with strange prophetic dreams. Simultaneously, several strange things begin to happen. A ...

Actors : Martin Mull, Peter Paul, David Paul, Ari Meyers,
Directors : Jon Turteltaub,

Two somewhat retarded truckers hired to transport toxic waste across the country get caught up with a teen genius who stows away on their truck.

Actors : Vijayshanti, Saeed Jaffrey, Anil Kapoor, Asha Sachdev,

Ishwar is a simple-minded and honest young man, devout and religious, he cares for everybody. He meets with a young widow with a son and marries her. This story is about him and his trials and triumphs.

Actors : Kevin Bernhardt, Michaël Jacob, Eva Czemerys, Lydie Denier,
Directors : Gérard Kikoïne,

History loving boys Raphael, who came to visit his friend in America and made sexual confusion into the life of this family, may remind you of external plot outline genius "Theorems" of ...

Actors : Bo Svenson, Lance Henriksen, Stephen Collins, Janet Julian,
Directors : Charles Bail,

A "cowboy"-scientist is fighting a corporation who wants to dump atomic waste on a piece of land he has leased.