Scientist biography movies list

Christopher Nolan'sdazzling Oppenheimer has opened in theaters to glowing reviews. The sprawling, 3-hour epic tells the scientist's story in non-linear fashion from his early years as a graduate physics student in 1920s Europe, through the Manhattan Project, his subsequent celebrity, controversy, and regret.

In a way, it's a sort of throwback to the kind of sweeping melodramas big-time Hollywood directors used to make, complete with a huge supporting cast of stars includingKenneth Branagh, Robert Downey, Jr., and Rami Malek. Coming in currently with a 9.0/10 IMDb rating, how does it measure with these other highly-rated scientist biopics on IMDb?

10 Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)

IMDb rating: 6.5/10

Back in the '80's director Roland Joffe gave us this first historical epic film about Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project.

The film re-enacts the Manhattan Project with an emphasis on the