Biographical films about scientists

Oppenheimer is a 2023 epic biographical thriller film written, co-produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan. It follows the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist who helped develop the first nuclear weapons during World War II. Based on the 2005 biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, the film dramatizes Oppenheimer's studies, his direction of the Los Alamos Laboratory and his 1954 security hearing. Cillian Murphy stars as Oppenheimer, alongside Robert Downey Jr. as the United States Atomic Energy Commission member Lewis Strauss. The ensemble supporting cast includes Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, Josh Hartnett, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek, and Kenneth Branagh.

2014 film directed by James Marsh

2014 film directed by Morten Tyldum

2016 film directed by Theodore Melfi

1988 film directed by Michael Apted

1999 film by Joe Johnston

2004 film by Bill Condon

1943 American film by Mervyn LeRoy

1936 film by William Dieterle

2019 film directed by Tom Harper

2020 film directed by Francis Lee

2019 film directed by Marjane Satrapi

2009 film directed by Jon Amiel

2010 film directed by Mick Jackson

1983 film directed by Carroll Ballard

2020 film directed by Michael Almereyda

2016 film directed by Jérôme Salle

1939 film by Irving Cummings

1961 Soviet film directed by Agasi Babayan

1949 film by Herbert Rappaport

1928 Soviet-German film directed by Grigori Roshal

1949 film by Grigori Roshal

1973 Polish film by Petelska and Czesław Petelski

2022 film directed by R. Madhavan

1940 film by William Dieterle

1996 film by Matthew Broderick

2016 film by Marie Noëlle

1975 film by Igor Talankin

1940 film by Clarence Brown

1975 film by Joseph Losey

1973 film by Giuliano Montaldo

2012 film by Detlev Buck

2002 British television film directed by Howard Davies

1938 short film by Fred Zinnemann

1939 film by Hans Steinhoff

1989 film by Gianni Amelio

1990 mini series by Aleksandr Proshkin

1997 film