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Best movies that promote the interest for the scientific knowledge
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These movies promote the interest for one branch of science through interesting way. However, the historical and scientific facts are erroneous in some occasions.
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These movies promote the interest for one branch of science through interesting way. However, the historical and scientific facts are erroneous in some occasions.
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- DirectorMorten TyldumStarsBenedict CumberbatchKeira KnightleyMatthew GoodeDuring World War II, the English mathematical genius Alan Turing tries to crack the German Enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians while attempting to come to terms with his troubled private life.Computer science.
During World War II, Alan Turing worked to crack the Nazi codes, particularly those of the Enigma machine, despite the adversities this represented. - DirectorTheodore MelfiStarsTaraji P. HensonOctavia SpencerJanelle MonáeThe story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsSam NeillLaura DernJeff GoldblumA pragmatic paleontologist touring an almost complete theme park on an island in Central America is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose.Genetics, paleontology and evolution.
John Hammond and one team of genetic scientists have created a wildlife park of cloned dinosaurs.
During an evaluation visit by a group of experts (paleontologist Alan Grant, paleobotanist Ellie Sattler and mathematician Ian Malcolm), an employee of the park cuts off electricity to try to steal several embryos and accidentally facilitates the escape of dangerous prehistoric animals. - DirectorRon HowardStarsRussell CroweEd HarrisJennifer ConnellyA mathematical genius, John Nash made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a harrowing journey of self-discovery.Mathematics.
The life of John Nash was hard, however he never gave up. The beauty of abstract thought must motivate us to understand the complexity of the reality, avoiding to lose us in our world.
Nash shared the 1994 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with game theorists Reinhard Selten and John Harsanyi. - DirectorStanley KubrickStarsKeir DulleaGary LockwoodWilliam SylvesterAfter uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft is sent to Jupiter to find its origins: a spacecraft manned by two men and the supercomputer HAL 9000.Astronomy and astronautics.
'2001: A Space Odyssey' tell us the past, the present and the future of human kind oriented by strange (extraterrestrial) forces through black monoliths, with a excellent soundtrack. Some scenes have a scientific advice. - DirectorAndrew NiccolStarsEthan HawkeUma ThurmanJude LawA genetically inferior man assumes the identity of a superior one in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel.Genetics and astronomy.
In a dystopian future, a couple overcomes all adversity, especially genetic discrimination, to achieve their goals. - DirectorAlain ResnaisStarsGérard DepardieuNicole GarciaRoger PierreThe intersecting stories of three people who face difficult choices in life-changing situations are used to illustrate the theories espoused by Henri Laborit about human behavior and the relationship between the self and society.Behavioral neuroscience.
The scientist Henri Laborit tells us the behavior in humans through the examples in animal models, specifically rats, and the lives of three humans.
Laborit explains the brain, the conductism and the three typical conductal features: search, gratification and inhibition. - DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsJodie FosterMatthew McConaugheyTom SkerrittDr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of extraterrestrial intelligence, sending plans for a mysterious machine.Astrobiology.
The optimistic and brilliant scientist Eleanor Arroway work in SETI, when she and her team find proofs of extraterrestrial intelligent will have scientific, religious and politic implications.
This film is a adaptation of Carl Sagan's 1985 novel of the same name. - DirectorAlejandro AmenábarStarsRachel WeiszMax MinghellaOscar IsaacA historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hope of pursuing freedom while falling in love with his mistress, the philosophy and mathematics professor Hypatia of Alexandria.Mathematics and astronomy.
Hypatia of Alexandria, who lived during the Late Antiquity, defends her beliefs and ideas, like the heliocentric theory, against of ignorance and intolerance of religious fanaticism. - DirectorPhilipp StölzlStarsTom PayneStellan SkarsgårdOlivier MartinezIn 11th-century Persia, a surgeon's apprentice disguises himself as a Jew to study at a school that does not admit Christians.Physiology.
The wish to learn for help to the other people is reflected in this story, because one man risks his life only to be a better physician and know the human body. - DirectorJames CameronSteven QualeStarsJames CameronAnatoly M. SagalevitchGenya ChernaievJames Cameron teams up with NASA scientists to explore the Mid-Ocean Ridge, a submerged chain of mountains that band the Earth and are home to some of the planet's most unique life forms.Astrobiology.
James Cameron and one great variety scientific team (biologists, geologists, biochemistries, planetologists, astrobiologists) research the abyssal zone in Atlantic & Pacific Oceans, from its geology to its life.
They consider possibility the existence of life in the Europa moon, near to Jupiter, similar to the abyssal life in the Earth. - DirectorJames BridgesStarsJane FondaJack LemmonMichael DouglasA reporter finds what appears to be a cover-up of safety hazards at a nuclear power plant.Nuclear physics.
This story is so interesting and dramatic because the movie has a excellent combination of nuclear physics (in the most basic), environmental hazard and negligence of companies. - DirectorTom VaughanStarsBrendan FraserKeri RussellHarrison FordA drama centered on the efforts of John and Aileen Crowley to find a researcher who might have a cure for their two children's rare genetic disorder.Glycobiology.
This story, based in true facts, reflects the real situation about the current research (in this case, the cure for Pompe disease), its development and its difficulties. - DirectorShane CarruthStarsShane CarruthDavid SullivanCasey GoodenFour friends/fledgling entrepreneurs, knowing that there's something bigger and more innovative than the different error-checking devices they've built, wrestle over their new invention.Theoretical physics.
Aaron and Abe try to create a device to counter the effects of gravity, however accidentally they create a time machine. The time machine have three important aspects: uses the Meissner effect of superconductors, requires palladium and the principles of time travel are inspired by Feynman diagrams.
In this film, we can watch some parallel lines of time in five days, so we must put attention to all story. - DirectorJaco Van DormaelStarsJared LetoSarah PolleyDiane KrugerA boy stands on a station platform as a train is about to leave. Should he go with his mother or stay with his father? Infinite possibilities arise from this decision. As long as he doesn't choose, anything is possible.Theoretical physics.
- DirectorRichard DaleTim GoodchildMark HedgecoeStarsBill MondyProposes a minute-by-minute chronology of the Chicxulub impact and its effect on the dinosaurs and other animals around the world.Evolution.
In this documentary movie we can watch the extinction of the dinosaurs because of a meteorite. The death of the dinosaurs is very sad, although that is part of the evolution and the life. - DirectorAlastair FothergillMark LinfieldStarsJames Earl JonesPatrick StewartAnggunFeature-length version of the documentary TV series Planet Earth (2006), following the migration paths of four animal families.Ecology.
In this documentary movie we can admire the beauty of the Earth, so the vegetable and animal life must promote us the necessity to care and protect our planet. - DirectorRichard DaleLixin FanPeter WebberStarsRobert RedfordJackie ChanFrom BBC Earth Films, the studio that brought you Earth, comes the sequel - Earth: One Amazing Day, an astonishing journey revealing the awesome power of the natural world. Over the course of one single day, we track the sun from the highest mountains to the remotest islands to exotic jungles. Breakthroughs in filmmaking technology bring you up close with a cast of unforgettable characters. Told with humour, intimacy and a jaw-dropping sense of cinematic splendour, Earth: One Amazing Day highlights how every day is filled with more wonders than you can possibly imagine- until now.Ecology.
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsMatthew McConaugheyAnne HathawayJessica ChastainWhen Earth becomes uninhabitable in the future, a farmer and ex-NASA pilot, Joseph Cooper, is tasked to pilot a spacecraft, along with a team of researchers, to find a new planet for humans.Astrophysics.
The main characters do an amazing journey through the space and time and, based in the last theories, they go to a worm hole, a black hole, the fifth dimention and the future. This movie have influence of '2001: A Space Odyssey' and the scientific advice from Kip Stephen Thorne. - StarsImanol AriasAna DuatoDaniel GuzmánBiochemistry and molecular biology.
Life of Severo Ochoa and his work about discovery of mechanisms in the biological synthesis of RNA and DNA.
He was joint winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Arthur Kornberg. - DirectorAndrew StantonLee UnkrichStarsAlbert BrooksEllen DeGeneresAlexander GouldAfter his son is captured in the Great Barrier Reef and taken to Sydney, a timid clownfish sets out on a journey to bring him home.Marine biology.
This movie shows the life in the ocean and the impact of the man in this ecosystem of ingenious manner. Moreover, it give us a great message about the care of enviroment in spite of it is a movie to children - DirectorMimi LederStarsRobert DuvallTéa LeoniElijah WoodA comet is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. As doomsday nears, the human race prepares for the worst.Astronomy.
The arrival of a comet to the Earth is a interesting fact for the future. In addition, the story and the events, some based on scientific facts, are really good. - DirectorEric BrevigStarsBrendan FraserJosh HutchersonAníta BriemOn a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth.Geology.
This movie presents one adaptation of Verne's book in that Sean, Trevor & Hannah go to one terrarium in the Earth's mantle. They can see, admire, analyze and resolve different problems in several moments of story. However, there is some scientific errors. - DirectorJon AmielStarsAaron EckhartHilary SwankDelroy LindoThe only way to save Earth from catastrophe is to drill down to the core and set it spinning again.Geophysics.
The movie presents a interesting theme: the inner core stops and one group of scientists try to move it again. However, many events of the movies are erroneous. - DirectorPeter HyamsStarsRoy ScheiderJohn LithgowHelen MirrenA joint USA-Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to learn exactly what happened to the "Discovery" and its H.A.L. 9000 computer.Astronomy and astronautics.