Top 5 Mathematician Movies 

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Greetings from Nigeria. This list is incomplete without "The Man who knew Infinity". Thank you.

Incomplete without :Ramanujan "The man who know infinity".... A true story of a man without resources....

"The Man Who Knew Infinity" is not given. The best Mathematician movie I've ever watched. The best one of them all.

Its incomplete without "the Man who knew infinity" -Shrinivasa Ramanujan -Indian Mathematician

After reading the comments, I have to check out "The Man Who Knew Infinity" - thank you all for the recommendation.

Before you write down *''The man who knew infinity''* you do realise that 99% of the comments have already done that don't you??

A couple of excellent British films are missing from the list... -- *A Brilliant Young Mind (2014)* about an autistic teenage boy who finds himself on the UK team at the International Maths Olympiad. -- *The Man Who Knew infinity (2015)* true story of Srinivasa Ramanujan, the brilliant Indian mathematician who grew up in poverty in Chennai and had no formal maths education, but earned a scholarship to Cambridge University where he produced groundbreaking new theorems.

Seen all of them and liked them all. My fave has to be “A beautiful mind” the fact that you can overcome a mental disease has to be proof of how strong and smart this individual has to be. Can’t even wrap my head around it.

A MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY IS STILL THE BEST!!

The Man Who Knew Infinity

its my turn to write "The Man who knew Infinite" is missing

I enjoyed these films and appreciated the true life stories behind them I went to see Hidden Figures in a theatre 4 times while it was playing. Fascinated and wondering how many other stories about women geniuses have been kept hidden.. now looking for the film The Man Who Knew Infinity.

Nr 1 is "The man who knew infinity" because it is about a great mathematician, Ramanujan! And it talks about mathematics, not about crying over un unhappy chilhood!

Two of these movies are fiction. Srinivasan Ramanujan is a towering figure in mathematics. A century after his death, people are still finding treasures in his notebooks! Someone should make a movie about Euler, Riemann, Maxwell, or Newton. I'll watch those movies.

For the period of time when it was released 'Hidden Figures' was very moving. Then for the story line, concept of not judging s book or person by their cover 'Good Will Hunting' was incredible. In fact I feel that 'Good Will Hunting' still holds to be true today.

I did A-level Math. Logarithms and Partial Differentiation e.t.c. Most people won't use more than GCSE maths. I used to work for a Large Multinational Software consultancy. Never needed to know more than GCSE maths. They do teach basic Differentiation and Integration at GCSE level. Computer based Math Learning tools really helped me a lot.

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Missing the movie: The Man Who Knew Infinity, biographical drama film about the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan.

#1 McKenna Grace is an unbelievable young actress who is perfect for this role! She's simple, but brilliant in this part. Extremely exceptional acting to make this part very believable. She makes this part work with her acting abilities, almost grown up like an adult in this small body...

Having watched the updated version, with "The Man Who Knew Infinity" as #4 on the list, I have this to say: "Thank you for adding S. Ramanujan's story to the list." Keep it up. PS.: I would wanted it to be among the first Three. Just being frank. Well done all the same.

The true saying is: "People have no idea what they have, until they lose it". Also, the story of Nash and his wife is by far the best, because not only is the real story even weirder than the fiction, but it is indeed real. Much like Alan Turing's story.

This is incomplete without the greatest Mathematician of all time "Srinivasa Ramanujan" and his movie The man who knew Infinity.

The Man Who Knew Infinity is the best masterpiece movie on medieval,modern genius. Sir Yogi Ramanujan 🙏❤️

I agree with the comment Ramanujan "The man who know infinity". It was a nice story about a great mathematician. However, I just saw an even better fictional Korean story "In Our Prime". Honestly, an amazing movie on Mathematicians. It would mike my top five list for sure. Probably right behind "A beautiful mind"

Agree with the comments that 'The Man Who Knew Infinity' should be on the list. I would put 'Hidden Figures' as my #1 followed by TMWKI as #2. I still get emotional whenever I watch the HF scene with the labelled 'Coloured' coffee pot.

The Man Who Knew Infinity. In the mathematical community, this is the best. Faithful to the true biography of one of the top mathematicians of the 20th century. Ramanujan was right up there with John Nash for sure, almost at the level of a Grothendieck or Hilbert. "A Beautiful Mind" was a cringeworthy movie for those who really knew the story of John Nash and his accomplishments. Good Will Hunting shouldn't be on the list at all, mathematics was a marginal theme at best and they didn't write about it with any kind of real understanding.

Liked the list. I had already seen most of these movies, and already had plans to see "Hidden Figures", but I just learned about "Gifted" and I'm looking forward to watching it. Thanks

How come a real inspired story “The man who knew infinity” is not there in the list? Well this list sucks real time

The movie list: 5. Gifted (2017) 4. Hidden Figures (2016) 3. The imitation Games (2014) 2. A Beautiful Mind (2001) 1. Good Will Hunting (1997)

Glad you updated. "Stand and Deliver" is missing from this top 5 - IMO, top 3!

Wow, thank you so much for highlighting these films. Apart from Will I have not seen 5 - 2 but intend to see all of them. Thanks again.

A seven year old who can do advanced calculus is never going to have a "normal" life.

Even in this time and age, S. Ramanujan suffered from racial discrimination as he had in his short lifetime. How can 'The Man Who Knew Infinity' be excluded in this list?

The imitation game is one of if not the most emotional movie in this list. Also it is heavily based on truth. I recommend watching it. I cried the whole time 😢😢😭

The man who know infinity S. Ramanujan ,love from India ❤️

There is a 1951 movie called "No Highway in the Sky" starring James Stewart as a quirky obsessed aeronautical engineer who predicts a new model of airplane will suffer a catastrophic failure after a certain number of operating numbers. Don't recall that it focuses on the math so much, but it's there. The basic theme is the same as the movies shown here: genius has to battle the odds to prove what others are unable or unwilling to understand.

Besides “The man who knew infinity” I also recommend “Pi: faith in chaos” which is a lot less known!

WOW!...not a single comment without recommending "The Man who knew Infinity" Feels so damn proud to be an Indian!! Thank you Ramanujan ❤🙏

Other than switching one and two, this list is spot on. Thank you!

🙄Okay guys we get it, the list is missing “The Man Who Knew Infinity”

Thank you for all the mentions of The Man Who Knew Infinity, I just watched it, truly an excellent film about a remarkable man.

OK, that's a mighty hard list to argue with! Maybe add one about Ramanujan? ("Every positive integer was a personal friend of his.") And is there a movie about Paul Erdös? I also think there's very strong movie potential in the story of Évariste Galois; don't know of any being made about him, though. (I'm a mathematician/physicist who's not much into movies, but I've actually seen two of these five. The Imitation Game, and Hidden Figures.) Fred

"The Man Who Knew Infinity" comes at index 0

Where "The man who knew infinity"...?

After reading 1000 or so comments, I am getting the distinct impression that 'The Man Who Knew Inifinity' should have been included on this list!!!

Proof, with Gwyneth Paltrow is one of the best I have seen and is specifically about mathematics; should definitely replace Imitation Game IMO

Sheldon cooper working at nasa. Makes sense

It is surprising that this channel/show makers either did not know "The Man who knew Infinity" or do not consider it worth mentioning. Even if they put all the five of these on one side of the balance and "The Man who knew Infinity" on the other, the latter would outweigh them hands down.

Saw Paige in the "Gifted" and then Sheldon in "Hidden Figures" -- it's like they only have so many actors to cast that look "smart" lol.

Happy to see that people here know what ramanujan gave really to the world Proud to be indian bcz these people like him born 1 ce in thousand year

The man who knew infinity?

Highly recommended: The Man who knew Infinity 5 Gifted (2017) 4 Hidden Figures (2016) 3 The Imitation Game (2014) 2 A Beautiful Mind (2001) 1 Good Will Hunting (1997)

I was looking for A Beautiful Mind and you didn't disappoint 😄

As much as we don't usually recognize those gifted ones, they literally made us who we're today. Beautiful mind, indeed.

‘The Man Who Knew Infinity’ - a story of genius Ramanujan, should be at the top.

The man who knew infinity is the best movie based on true story.

Thanks for the information 😊

Please add "A man who knew infinity" and "Shakuntala Devi"

Stand and Deliver (I was a mathematics teacher when it first came out, and I can remember my students' saying "Sir, you have to go watch it.") Great story. Great movie.

A guy comments “Where is the man who knew infinity”, literally all the people “OMG U FORGOT THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY SO TERRIBLE WOW THIS IS A BAD LIST” Lmao

"The Man Who Knew Infinity" is best movie on mathematician I have ever seen. The Great Ramanujan.

That machine the Gal is using is a Comptometer, to uses it you had use two hand and it could only add up or count down (addition and division). Two multiply you had to select the required digits with both hands and repeatedly press all the keys at the same time. Later style machine had a rotating handle which wound clockwise and anti clockwise to add, subtract, multiply and divide and a shift key. To cut down on how often you had t0 wind the handle there were short cut you could use. To multiply x 9, you entered the number, would the handle anti clockwise to subtract the number once, then shift left once and wind the number once adding ten times the number to the result. (- 1 times the number, shift and then add 10 tomes the number = 10 -1 = 9). I used one of these in my Cost Accounting Department in the early 1960s When the the space programme started hand held calculator were available, A HP calculator was used in the capsules sent to the moon for navigation and landing, Comptometers were no longer in use, the operators were one of the best paid jobs in a company and there would be dozens of these operators in one room. The noise created was enough to make you deaf. No Health and safety regulations in that age!

My favourite is A BEAUTIFUL MIND ❤️ He managed to control his psychiatric problem without the help of medication. That is just awesome ❤️

These two people Shakuntala Devi and sir ramanujan was also acknowledged by most famous professors and mathematician of that time as well as Guinness books of world record

I nominate 'Gifted' should have been #1. All the others talk about the struggle, but 'Gifted' goes a step beyond. It glimpses into the price that has to be payed by these individuals and window into what they give up to achieve these great discoveries. I believe if you watch this movie you can't but moved by its story.

Well, this is a really good list. But there is something missing, I can't quite put my finger on it. I love that all the Math geeks chimed in! And I agree, movies about Euler, Bernoulli, Gauss, and Tesla would be awesome.

It is always incomplete without the Man who knew infinity.

I was blown away by the mystic brilliance of the man who knew infinity.... missing

Seen all of them and i agree with your list :) Good job. !!!

The first one even wrote Q.E.D to end the question!! What a genius.

Watches video to find new movies to watch... Reads comments, I choose "the man who knew infinity"

They simply MUST make a movie based on the life of Zhang (the Goldbach breaktrhough guy). That might be the greatest maths story ever. The prodigy that never was, who lived amongst the insane and never became insane, who never died of a stupid disease, who lived and worked and loved, who became an old unknown man and who would have died as an unknown man - unless...

“Plans fail when there is no consultation, But there is accomplishment through many advisers”

Alan Turing.. an incredible genius that NOBODY knew about! Shoulda been number one just because of his gift to humanity (he created the first digital, programmable computer via a mechanical monster). "The Imitation Game". I think though that as a movie "A Beautiful Mind" was a helluva movie. I also liked "The Accountant" with Ben Aflack. and finally that woman working at NASA. she put us on the moon... another one that NOBODY knows about. The next step is the brilliant Scientists behind JWST and those that are about to use this awesome instrument.

It is hard to find a mathematics movie better than The Man who knew Infinity. I can't imagine why it is not on this list.

You missed 'Fermat's room'. I always watch it with my students at the end of the year. They love it.

I've only seen the first clip but I know for a fact that this was one of the best ever. That little girl did a great job in this piece. (Gifted) OK - I've seen them all - 5 great picks. Thanks for this offering.

Hey Mate! Ever Heard of Black holes. u surely do. the mysteries of black holes are being solved using miraculous mathematics of Ramanujan. he was a true genius. His mathematics are so advanced that some of the biggest minds are still unable to fathom at that level. Watch that movie and remake the list. I'm pretty sure the movie will make it to the top of ur list

Go watch "The Man who knew Infinity" and update this list prestissimo.

I love your channel and most of the time I agree with you. But I can't believe you didn't include The Man Who Knew Infinity!!!! That guy is prolly the greatest mathematician of 20th century.

Great List!

Came back in here after more than a year.. Glad to have watched all those 5 great movies...

Gifted is the most underrated film here. It is a joy with great performances.

This video was released in 2020, without “The man who knew infinity”. Video is without proper research.

Hidden figures was such a great movie.

I find your list REALLY GOOD .

It was only a TV series, but Numbers was pretty good and, for the first two seasons, introduced new mathematical concepts and how they could be applied, or were being applied, to human society.

Where is, Stand and Deliver, starring Edward James Olmos and Lou Diamond Phillips. 1988, the first math movie that I remember and enjoyed.

Being a maths lover, how the hell did i miss out on all these movies?...damn it! Thank you!

Gifted is something to consider, in a long run... I would also have added "X+Y" and "The man who knew Infinity"

The man who knew infinity is god level mathematics movie

1) The man who knew infinity 2) Shakuntala Devi 2 movies that need to be added to the list

Great Compilation. My favorites are Hidden Figures and Good Will Hunting. I would like to see the WWII movies.....Thank you for introducing these wonderful movies to us. They are very special.

I saw all the movies. Excellent. Thank you.

The man who know infinity Ramanujan the great mathematician of 20th century

The man who knew infinity about the self taught Indian mathematical genius Ramayuan

I think "The man who knew Infinity" is missing in this movies list that's a master piece movie

Saw the first clip no 5 on y tube,bought the dvd . One of the best I’ve ever seen.

The man who knew infinity!!💓💓