Geniuses Rank Movies About Genius

[@TheGiggleMasterP]

Fun fact, they stopped using E in the grading scale because parents kept thinking it meant excellent. 😅

[@I.am.Sarah.]

How long ago was that? Definitely before my lifetime.

[@TheGiggleMasterP]

@I.am.Sarah. like 1897? 😂

[@I.am.Sarah.]

@@TheGiggleMasterP 😅🤣😂

[@odinulveson9101]

Thats so nonsensical. Its like gutting grade A because some doofuses says it stands for amateur...

[@baimun]

So glad “Amadeus” was included in this list! As an artist and musician myself, I’ve often directed people to it who can’t understand how creatives obsessive needs to explore what is forming in their minds. It is not a hobby or a job… it’s like oxygen that is required to live but if suppressed, can be volatile or destructive. The Requiem scene is one of the best depictions of this put to film. ☮️❤️🎶

[@MetalAddict38]

“Sneakers” with Robert Redford, Dan Akaroyd, River Phoenix S - Grade

[@MaxxxMaxMaxx]

Perfect! now i have a list of movies to go through if I ever get some time over :) I think a majority of these were new to me.

[@revengefrommars]

Other movies to consider: π ("Pi" (1998), not "the Life of Pi") Darren Aronofsky's first movie about a math genius obsessed with pi. Weird Science is worth mentioning. I wish more of these movies were available on KZbin TV. They have "Good Will Hunting", "The Imitation Game", and "The Man Who Knew Infinity", and had "Amadeus" at some point (not now and not recently). Been looking for Phenomenon for two years, nothing.

[@dimitri1515]

Revenge of the Nerds was the first movie I saw that showed the V. It is a classic.

[@yohoyoho13]

What about the Kurt Russell, Cesar Romero vehicle, 'The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes' (1969)? And 'Limitless' (2011) starring Bradley Cooper.? Both are similar to 'Lucy' (2014) in that the intellect was enhanced by external events.

[@nasabear]

You were kinder to "The Imitation Game" than it deserved. It's a well made film, I just wish it had actually been about Alan Turing and not whomever that was that Cumberbatch was playing.

[@Moraenil]

Cumberbatch played Alan Turing. It was about him.

[@ianlassitter2397]

Cumberbatch play a facsimile of an imitation of Turing. Turning was a different cat but the story was highly manipulated and changed to fit a narrative vs the truth.

[@Moraenil]

@@ianlassitter2397 Be that as it may, he played the character of Alan Turing, not Joe Shmoe or anyone else like nasabear was saying.

[@TheDraftHorse2025]

Exactly. Again, he was a stereotype of an autistic person rather than an actual character with any resemblance to the person he was based on.

[@Moraenil]

@@TheDraftHorse2025 I don't remember anything about him being autistic, but it's been a while since I've seen the movie. I do know (from what I remember) the movie was about the events, and not a deep dive into who Turing was and his personality. But, again, nasabear was confused about who Cumberbatch was playing, not about how he played him (which was based on the writing and direction rather than the actor himself), so I answered. There was no reason for this whole off-topic discussion reading far more into this than there was.

[@StarlahMutiny]

Amadeus is absolutely one of the best movies of all time.

[@LePageChannel]

True. Great acting. But sadly, fictional. It doesn't tell much about the real Mozart and Salieri.

[@ncs9667]

@@LePageChannel Yeah they did Salieri dirty. Great character, terrible representation of the man.

[@bowtangey6830]

"Good Will Hunting" is MIT, not that other school up the street.

[@shepshape2585]

I know this type of thing is a matter of opinion, but out of all the movies they covered, Imitation Game is the best movie of the bunch. Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing? Best performance of the lot.

[@andywinslow6631]

I'd like to see where they'd put "X+Y" (a.k.a. "A Brilliant Young Mind") with Asa Butterfield. In terms of an actor portraying a very gifted autist, I think Asa did an amazing job.

[@tonyleukering8832]

As well as Gifted

[@dannymartial7997]

The Imitation Game is sooo good. My favorite by far

[@SRS1969]

No mention of 'Little Man Tate' was surprising.

[@SuperDeadparrot]

Wasn’t there a film where Matthew Broderick played Richard Feynman? I forget the name of the film, was it Infinity or The Man Who Knew Infinity?

[@nelsongarcia8959]

No Oppenheimer?

[@bennylloyd-willner9667]

Maybe this is an older interview as Hidden Figures also isn't mentioned.

[@writerseye]

Again, he wasn't hit by lightning, he had a brain tumor that made him think he saw a bright light. It's that very infliction that causes the actual phenomenon.

[@writerseye]

Oh...ven vas da last time you vent Wahoo?

[@Shonsa716]

How about Proof? That was a good one!

[@salionshatterstar]

How did I not know half of these movies exist? I generally watch StarTalk for theoretical stuff; this is the first episode that will have a practical effect in my life since now I have to track down some movies to watch lol

[@MarcoCurrin-qg1fy]

I was still in junior high. I got you I got you.

[@g-mon2369]

If you’ve ever read the Alchemist, Jeremy Irons read an audio book for it. 10/10

[@daveamaral9303]

I really enjoyed the movie Powder. I don’t think it did well in box office.

[@tyh4180]

"The first term of his formula is accurate to PI to one part in 13 million and then it gets better after that." *chuckle chuckle chuckle* You know the level of nerd you have to be to find humor in that. My god.

[@davidbozarth3868]

What about The Accountant?

[@alwayslearning3671]

Not a movie, but the BBC documentary on Andrew Wiles and Fermat's Last Theorem.

[@SisyphusGuitar]

A Beautiful Mind = a beautiful min-d = a beautiful Mindy ~ Mork from Ork

[@roberthutchison8197]

How about Mr Peabody and his boy, Sherman?

[@dosesandmimoses]

There was a chess film from New Zealand I believe as well.. an ex-gang member that was a chess champion

[@drewhenriksen]

How about Silence of the Lambs?

[@chadthomas116]

I want to go to any movie that Neil likes. I almost always feel the same about movies he talks about (not just here). Great discussion!

[@ncs9667]

I know he likes The Martian. He nitpicks it, but I guess that is his job. Overall he was happy to allow some facts to be incorrect or exaggerated for artistic license.

[@ZeroOskul]

Whenever either of them use the word "Genii" [Pron. "Jee-Nee-Eye"] as the plural of "Genius", indicating they are able to operate a dictionary, I will believe they are genii. As long as they use geniuses, let's just say that they are smart people.

[@JolynBowler]

Thanx you two. Great conversation 💙🌻💙

[@yakirfrankoveig8094]

I love richard saying "i saw him walk" in awe

[@northfire4079]

NEIL!!! i would love for you to take a look at Dr.Stone is a animated show about after a world ending event that turned people into stone, a guy tries to rebuild civilization with science!

[@UniMan-y3c]

Man who knew infinity got S, then Neil got uncomfortable and made him put lower

[@joppadoni]

This made me rent The man who knew infinite.. I'll let you know if i liked it.

[@ttwopercent]

y🤔

[@SynVicious]

Have you seen "Ender's Game" its si fi

[@vernonhardapple6983]

Winnebago Man, Though. 🤨

[@jeffs6090]

I'm surprised he didn't mention Gifted, even when he quickly went through some of the kid genius movies.

[@BenjySparky]

Niel and Richard, y'all rock! Peace

[@douglassmith8749]

Maybe you should revisit "phenomenon" where Travolta was inflicted by a Brain tumor that evidenced itself with a flash of light within his perception he mistakes for lightning/aliens/or mabe even as a gift from god. Reviled at the end of the movie to be a tumor.

[@Docfly62]

They totally missed the spirit of this movie

[@BrianPaul1984]

"Little Man Tate" says hello.

[@aacshdahal3107]

Limitless?

[@MarcoCurrin-qg1fy]

Lucy gets an S MAN COME ON SUPERWOMAN

[@abdul65]

Ow about limitless (2011) and also isn't Lucy an S since she is basically omniscient lol

[@OrdenJust]

Where would they rate Ender's Game?

[@OrdenJust]

and how about the Outer Limits episode The Inheritors?

[@toddlong8672]

Tyson still can't figure out things that my 3 year old knows

[@travisthree11]

2:50 Real Genius *1985

[@MarcoCurrin-qg1fy]

OK you got me. I’m still listening I’m on your side holy shit Keep gone.

[@navyboy412]

That is not the plot of Phenomenon

[@AndrewNiccol]

How dare you not mention MacGyver!

[@bowtangey6830]

"I.Q." was hardly a biopic!

[@realityuncovered]

It was a comedy 😅

[@Mando4Dan]

What about Shakespeare in Love?

[@aacshdahal3107]

E=mc^2 ??

[@AlienLeadership]

AVP 👽 Just stopping through /

[@Hallirune1]

Limitless

[@djenkfullplena]

Definetly missed Openheimer

[@ludovitche]

what? Lucy?

[@toniantiporda9024]

Is Baby Geniuses on here

[@TheDraftHorse2025]

None of these films actually explore "genius" in any realistic or deep way. So many dumb stereotypes. And their comments couldn't be more shallow.

[@eduardmanecuta5350]

Can you recomand one?

[@ChosesinWon]

haha calling yourself a genius doesn't make it so. A Genius would know what is a man and woman.

[@MondoLeStraka]

Is it true that Ramanujan never finished college? That he flunked out.

[@toddlong8672]

Neil has lost all credibility, and genius status I'm my book. Thumbs down 👎

[@SpiceAndSauce]

These 2 are not geniuses, they are very good but not geniuses. Genius gets thrown around a lot these days. For example, I am a genius so i know who is a fellow genius.

[@ahuachapan2]

where is dumb and dumber?

[@ericdaniel323]

You guys are easy graders.

[@OneAmongBillions]

I watched Neil and J Richard Gott III rank movies but missed the ranking by geniuses. Anyone also miss that part? :-)

[@purrple.shadows]

@@OneAmongBillions Huge egos, lacking genius.

[@OneAmongBillions]

@@purrple.shadows I'm sure Neil and Gott have elements of genius and at least moments of inappropriate ego. In case it wasn't clear, the intention of my comment was to highlight Neil's unqualified self-reference to genius in the video's title. He's obviously a very, very smart person who has contributed many, many times more good to the world than the average person. So, I'm a big fan.

[@purrple.shadows]

@@OneAmongBillions We wouldn't be here if we weren't big fans.

[@yakirfrankoveig8094]

Gotta say cutting nitrogen for a coin imitation isnt very smart unless hes doing it for the heck of it or just to see if it works

[@9usuck0]

One of these "geniuses" can't distinguish men and women from men playing women.

[@LogoSmith87]

Wouldn't classify you as either, inflict your hate-filled opinions on people that care👎

[@9usuck0]

@@LogoSmith87 Oh, did I hurt your feelings? I never claimed to be a genius. Average man, of average intelligence. But definitely higher level of logic and self reflection than you have. lol

[@MarcoCurrin-qg1fy]

Where is K Pax?

[@Abhinay-eu2xo]

Lucy should be in the S category!!

[@jeffs6090]

I mean, it's a great movie, but for the scale and reasoning they were grading these movies, I wouldn't rate it as such. It really wasn't about actual genius. It was too far on the sci-fi spectrum.

[@Actornenad]

Wow I'm really speechless that the movie Hidden figures wasn't there. Only a single film with a woman. Wow. Next time, please do better research.

[@adampryor4662]

No one cares about that movie tho...

[@anoniaciesluk3273]

I think this interview might have been done before that film came out . I remember watching this quite a long time ago.

[@topspacesource]

There wouldn't be any astronauts in space if it wasn't for the black genius minds of the women from hidden figures, based on a true story, versus the fake movies they rated. 😎👍🏿

[@topspacesource]

​@@adampryor4662 highly disagree with your opinion.

[@adampryor4662]

@@topspacesource the movies they discussed are movies people actually watch is what I mean. No one really cares about that movie or that story, nothing really significant about it

[@purrple.shadows]

Neither is a genius.

[@amd8365]

I'm sure they are closer to genius than you are sir.

[@purrple.shadows]

@amd8365 No.

[@tomking2613]

@@purrple.shadows u really liked ur own reply? Amd8365 must be correct

[@purrple.shadows]

@@tomking2613 No.

[@purrple.shadows]

@@tomking2613 No.

[@marvhollingworth663]

What happened to calling it A+? & how is S the highest rank? It does not come before A in the alphabet.

[@hazbaska1]

Because Japan

[@ramb0lxmb]

welcome to the last 5 years of tier lists on the internet and like 25+ years of gaming in america.

[@cloudrouju526]

First view

[@Elias_Halloran]

view number 59 right here, second post!

[@thisinhumanplace2037]

Whoop

[@eddyer3393]

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