Four mathematicians are gathered and meet with a top official of the United States Department of Defense. After some discussion, the group agrees that they must be wary with whom to trust and control their solution. The official offers them a reward of $10 million in exchange for their portion of the algorithm, swaying them by attempting to address their concerns. Only one of the four speaks out against the sale, and in doing so is forced to reveal a dark truth about his portion of the solution. Before they sign a license to the government, however, they wrestle with the ethical consequences of their discovery. -- Wikipedia

The Joy of Data

2016

English

6.7

♡ 8

Catherine Gale Director

Hannah Fry as Self - Presenter

A witty and mind-expanding exploration of data, with mathematician Dr Hannah Fry. This high-tech romp reveals what data is and how it is captured, stored, shared and made sense of. Fry tells the story of the engineers of the data age, people most of us have never heard of despite the fact they brought about a technological and philosophical revolution.

The Joy of Winning

2018

English

7.3

♡ 3

Catherine Gale Director

Liv Boeree as Self

Hannah Fry as Self

How to have a happier life and a better world all thanks to maths, in this witty, mind-expanding guide to the science of success with Hannah Fry. Following in the footsteps of BBC Four's award-winning maths films The Joy of Stats and The Joy of Data, this latest gleefully nerdy adventure sees mathematician Dr Hannah Fry unlock the essential strategies you'll need to get what you want - to win - more of the time. From how to bag a bargain dinner to how best to stop the kids arguing on a long car journey, maths can give you a winning strategy. And the same rules apply to the world's biggest problems - whether it's avoiding nuclear annihilation or tackling climate change.

The Oxford Murders

2008

English

6.0

♡ 41

23%

Álex de la Iglesia Director

John Hurt as Arthur Seldom

Elijah Wood as Martin

Danny Sapani as Scott

Burn Gorman as Yuri Podorov

At Oxford University, a professor and a grad student work together to try and stop a potential series of murders seemingly linked by mathematical symbols.

Pi

1998

English

7.3

♡ 86

88%

Darren Aronofsky Director

Ari Handel as Kaballah Scholar

Ben Shenkman as Lenny Meyer

Pamela Hart as Marcy Dawson

Stephen Pearlman as Rabbi Cohen

A mathematical genius discovers a link between numbers and reality, and thus believes he can predict the future.

Terror by Night

1946

English

6.7

♡ 7

75%

Roy William Neill Director

Colin Kenny as Constable

Nigel Bruce as Dr. John H. Watson

Alan Mowbray as Maj. Duncan-Bleek

Skelton Knaggs as Sands

Holmes and Watson board a passenger train bound from London to Edinburgh, to guard the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond worth a fortune belonging to an elderly woman of wealth; but within the first hour of the trip, the woman's son is murdered and the diamond stolen and any of the passengers in their car could be the killer thief.

In Our Prime

2022

Korean

6.8

♡ 13

60%

Dong-hoon Park Director

Min-sik Choi as

Cha Young-Ju as Bookstore staff

Kim Dong-Hwi as Han Ji-woo

Ji-Hoon Ryu as NIS agent 1

Ji-woo, an outcast at a prestigious private school, meets Hak-sung, the school janitor who is actually a mathematical genius who defected from North Korea.

Tails You Win: The Science of Chance

2012

English

6.8

♡ 1

Documentary

mathematics

Dan Hillman Director

Rachel Burden as Self - 5 Live Radio Presenter

Ed Smith as Self - Former England Cricketer, Author 'Luck'

Stephanie Shirley as Self - Mathematician

Bill Giles as Self - Weather Forecaster

Professor David Spiegelhalter tries to pin down what chance truly is and how it works in the real world. With his unique storytelling method, he applies a blend of wit and wisdom, animation, graphics, and gleeful nerdery to the joys of chance and the mysteries of probability. It is a vital branch of mathematics that tells us what might happen in the future based on the events of the past.

M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity

2018

Dutch

7.3

♡ 5

91%

Robin Lutz Director

Graham Nash as Self

Stephen Fry as Self

Donald Coxeter as Self

George Escher as Self

A portrait of the visionary Dutch artist M. C. Escher (1898-1972), according to his own words, taken from his diary, his correspondence and the texts of his lectures.

Magic Money: The Bitcoin Revolution

2017

English

6.0

♡ 3

Tim Delmastro Director

Trace Mayer as Self

Roger Ver as Self

Jeff Berwick as Self

Tone Vays as Self

What is Bitcoin? With the advent of Bitcoin, the world's first digital currency, for the first time in history money is no longer controlled by banks or governments, but by the people who use it. But where did this currency come from? How does it work? And is it truly the way forward, or just a flash in the pan? Magic Money answers these questions and more as it explores the mysterious origins of Bitcoin, its role in society, and how it could shape the future.

The Man Who Knew Infinity

2015

English

♡ 283

62%

71%

Action

based on novel or book

Matt Brown Director

Alan Bentley as Fellow

Jeremy Irons as G.H. Hardy

Anthony Calf as Howard

Toby Jones as Littlewood

Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.

Cube²: Hypercube

2002

English

5.5

♡ 34

45%

Andrzej Sekula Director

Barbara Gordon as Mrs. Paley

Grace Lynn Kung as Sasha

Geraint Wyn Davies as Simon Grady

Philip Akin as The General

Eight strangers awaken with no memory, in a puzzling cube-shaped room where the laws of physics do not always apply.

A Brilliant Young Mind

2014

English

7.1

♡ 56

Morgan Matthews Director

Alex Lawther as Isaac Cooper

Sally Hawkins as Julie Ellis

Asa Butterfield as Nathan Ellis

Alexa Davies as Rebecca Dunn

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.

My Night at Maud's

1969

French

7.8

♡ 17

96%

Éric Rohmer Director

Marie-Christine Barrault as Françoise

Jean-Louis Trintignant as Jean-Louis

Françoise Fabian as Maud

Marie-Claude Rauzier as Student

The Catholic Jean-Louis runs into an old friend, the Marxist Vidal, in Clermont-Ferrand around Christmas. Vidal introduces Jean-Louis to the modestly libertine, recently divorced Maud and the three engage in conversation on religion, atheism, love, morality and Blaise Pascal's life and writings on philosophy, faith and mathematics. Jean-Louis ends up spending a night at Maud's. Jean-Louis' Catholic views on marriage, fidelity and obligation make his situation a dilemma, as he has already, at the very beginning of the film, proclaimed his love for a young woman whom, however, he has never yet spoken to.

Riders of Justice

2020

Danish

♡ 54

96%

father daughter relationship

Anders Thomas Jensen Director

Gustav Lindh as Bodashka

Nicolas Bro as Emmenthaler

Mads Mikkelsen as Markus

Morten Suurballe as Politimand 2

Markus returns home to care for his daughter when his wife dies in a tragic train accident. However, when a survivor of the wreck surfaces and claims foul play, Markus suspects his wife was murdered and embarks on a mission to find those responsible.

Fermat's Room

2007

Spanish

6.6

♡ 16

70%

Luis Piedrahita Director

Víctor Benjumea as Gas Station Attendant

Ariadna Cabrol as Girl

Alicia Fernández as Girl

Lluís Homar as Hilbert

Four mathematicians are imprisoned in a shrinking room; with the walls closing in, they must try anything to escape this fatal puzzle.

Young Törless

1966

German

7.2

♡ 2

Volker Schlöndorff Director

Barbara Steele as Bozena

Jean Launay as Mathematiklehrer

Mathieu Carrière as Thomas Törless

Herbert Asmodi as Vater Törless

At an Austrian boys' boarding school in the early 1900s, shy, intelligent Törless observes the sadistic behavior of his fellow students, doing nothing to help a victimized classmate—until the torture goes too far. Adapted from Robert Musil's acclaimed novel, Young Törless launched the New German Cinema movement and garnered the 1966 Cannes Film Festival International Critics' Prize for first-time director Volker Schlöndorff.

Stand and Deliver

1988

English

7.3

♡ 23

89%

79%

Action

based on a true story

Ramón Menéndez Director

Irene Olga López as Lupe's Mother

Rif Hutton as Pearson

Andy Garcia as Ramirez

Estelle Harris as Secretary

Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional teaching methods to try and turn gang members and no-hopers into some of the country's top algebra and calculus students.

The Other Me

2016

Greek

7.9

♡ 1

82%

Sotiris Tsafoulias Director

Manos Vakousis as Lieutenant Colonel Apostolos Barasopoulos

Natasa Asiki as Manthos Kozoros' Mother

François Cluzet as Marcel de Chaff

Ioanna Kolliopoulou as Sofia Spanou

A lonely criminology professor attempts to solve the mystery behind five murders by decoding the puzzle of five Pythagorean theorems, in a crime story that features renowned French actor François Cluzet in a key-role.

Primer

2004

English

6.7

♡ 74

72%

Shane Carruth Director

Shane Carruth as Aaron

David Sullivan as Abe

David Joyner as Rachel's Date

Casey Gooden as Robert

A group of fledgling inventors discover a complex method to manipulate reality. At first, they successfully game the stock market with it, but the consequences of the invention start to catch up with them.

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Magic Money: The Bitcoin Revolution

The Man Who Knew Infinity

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