Best Genius & Prodigy movies that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Emmy Rossum, Miranda Richardson, Patrick Wilson, Gerard Butler,
Directors : Joel Schumacher,

A young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opéra House. He kidnaps the soprano and forces the owners of the play to keep her as the lead role of the play.

Actors : Freddie Highmore, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Keri Russell, Terrence Howard,
Directors : Kirsten Sheridan,

A drama with fairy tale elements, where an orphaned musical prodigy uses his gift as a clue to finding his birth parents.

Actors : Geraldine Chaplin, Robert Downey Jr., John Thaw, Paul Rhys,
Directors : Richard Attenborough,

A film about the troubled and controversial life of the master comedy filmmaker Charlie Chaplin.

Actors : Woody Allen, Mira Sorvino, Pamela Blair, Rene Ceballos,
Directors : Woody Allen,

When he discovers his adopted son is a genius, a New York sportswriter seeks out the boy's birth mother: a ditzy porn star and prostitute.

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 : Taron Egerton, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden,
Directors : Dexter Fletcher,

A musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton John's breakthrough years.

Actors : Tom Hulce, Helena Bonham Carter, Robert De Niro, Kenneth Branagh,
Directors : Kenneth Branagh,

When the brilliant, but unorthodox scientist, Dr. Victor Frankenstein, rejects the artificial man that he has created, the Creature escapes, and later swears revenge.

Actors : Michael Richards, Maury Chaykin, Andie MacDowell, John Turturro,
Directors : Diane Keaton,

Steven Lidz, unhappy with his home life since his mother got sick, goes and lives with his two crazy Uncles. There he changes and gets closer to his Uncles, but his parents want him home ...

Actors : Max Pomeranc, Ben Kingsley, Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen,
Directors : Steven Zaillian,

A prepubescent chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.

Actors : Donald Pleasence, Raquel Welch, Stephen Boyd, Edmond O'Brien,
Directors : Richard Fleischer,

A scientist is nearly assassinated. In order to save him, a submarine is shrunken to microscopic size and injected into his blood stream with a small crew. Problems arise almost as soon as they enter the bloodstream.

Actors : Richard Benjamin, George Burns, Lee Meredith, Walter Matthau,
Directors : Herbert Ross,

A vaudeville duo agree to reunite for a TV special, but it turns out that they can't stand each other.

Actors : Robert Mitchum, Tony Curtis, Jeanne Moreau, Robert De Niro,
Directors : Elia Kazan,

F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel is brought to life in this story of a movie producer slowly working himself to death.

Actors : Maximilian Schell, Peter Ustinov, Robert Morley, Melina Mercouri,
Directors : Jules Dassin,

A conman gets mixed up with a group of thieves who plan to rob an Istanbul museum to retrieve a jeweled dagger.

Actors : Leon Janney, Claire Bloom, Cliff Robertson, Lilia Skala,
Directors : Ralph Nelson,

An intellectually disabled man undergoes an experiment that gives him the intelligence of a genius.

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 : Edward G. Robinson, Eli Wallach, Joan Collins, Rod Steiger,
Directors : Henry Hathaway,

A motley crew of professional thieves plans the robbery of a Monte Carlo casino vault.