Best Genius & Prodigy movies

Actors : Josh Gad, Tamara Smart, Lara McDonnell, Ferdia Shaw,
Directors : Kenneth Branagh,

Artemis Fowl, a young criminal prodigy, hunts down a secret society of fairies to find his missing father.

Actors : Olivia Colman, Chris O'Dowd, Nick Frost, Rashida Jones,
Directors : James Griffiths,

Beneath Bruce Garrett's under-confident, overweight exterior, the passionate heart of a salsa king lies dormant. Now, one woman is about to reignite his Latin fire.

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 : Sylvia Hoeks, Jim Sturgess, Geoffrey Rush, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Giuseppe Tornatore,

In the world of high-end art auctions and antiques, Virgil Oldman is an elderly and esteemed but eccentric genius art-expert, known and appreciated by the world. Oldman is hired by a ...

Actors : Willem Dafoe, Jude Law, Christopher Abbott, Natalie Portman,
Directors : Brady Corbet,

An unusual set of circumstances brings unexpected success to a pop star.

Actors : Ato Blankson-Wood, Gael García Bernal, Libya Pugh, Maggie Gyllenhaal,
Directors : Sara Colangelo,

A kindergarten teacher in New York becomes obsessed with one of her students whom she believes is a child prodigy.

Actors : Colm Feore, Jackson Robert Scott, Peter Mooney, Taylor Schilling,
Directors : Nicholas McCarthy,

A mother concerned about her young son's disturbing behavior thinks something supernatural may be affecting him.

Actors : Mira Sorvino, Woody Allen, 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 : Lou Jacobi, Tim Robbins, Walter Matthau, Meg Ryan,
Directors : Fred Schepisi,

A mechanic romances the mathematician niece of physicist Albert Einstein, with help from Einstein and his friends.

Actors : Wiley Wiggins, Patrick Riester, Tom Fletcher, Kriss Schludermann,
Directors : Andrew Bujalski,

A 1980s-set story centered around a man vs. machine chess tournament.

Actors : Jacob Tremblay, Jaeden Lieberher, Naomi Watts, Sarah Silverman,
Directors : Colin Trevorrow,

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.

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 : Forest Whitaker, Robert Duvall, Kyra Sedgwick, John Travolta,
Directors : Jon Turteltaub,

An ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky, and discovers he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis.

Actors : Adam Hann-Byrd, Dianne Wiest, Alex Lee, Jodie Foster,
Directors : Jodie Foster,

Dede is a sole parent trying to bring up her son Fred. When it is discovered that Fred is a genius, she is determined to ensure that Fred has all the opportunities that he needs, and that ...

Actors : Jeff Fahey, Jenny Wright, Mark Bringelson, Pierce Brosnan,
Directors : Brett Leonard,

A simple man is turned into a genius through the application of computer science.

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 : Stuart Wilson, John Turturro, Emily Watson, Geraldine James,
Directors : Marleen Gorris,

Two worlds collide when an eccentric genius falls in love with a strong-willed society beauty.

Actors : Asa Butterfield, Rafe Spall, Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan,
Directors : Morgan Matthews,

A socially awkward teenage math prodigy finds new confidence and new friendships when he lands a spot on the British squad at the International Mathematics Olympiad.

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 : Ralph Fiennes, Uma Thurman, Sean Connery, Patrick Macnee,
Directors : Jeremiah S. Chechik,

Two British agents team up to stop Sir August de Wynter from destroying the world with a weather-changing machine.