Films about scientists

Interstellar is a 2014 epic science fiction film directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Jonathan Nolan. It features an ensemble cast led by Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Bill Irwin, Ellen Burstyn, and Michael Caine. Set in a dystopian future where Earth is suffering from catastrophic blight and famine, the film follows a group of astronauts who travel through space in search of a new home for humanity.

2015 film directed by Ridley Scott

1996 film directed by Roland Emmerich

2014 film directed by Morten Tyldum

Ghostbusters is a 1984 American supernatural comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. It stars Bill Murray, Aykroyd, and Ramis as Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Egon Spengler, three eccentric parapsychologists who start a ghost-catching business in New York City. It also stars Sigourney Weaver and Rick Moranis, and features Annie Potts, Ernie Hudson, and William Atherton in supporting roles.

1997 film by Robert Zemeckis

2005 film directed by Tim Story

2011 film directed by Rupert Wyatt

2019 animated film by Nick Bruno and Troy Quane

2011 film directed by Steven Soderbergh

2015 film directed by Josh Trank

2007 film by Tim Story

1931 film directed by James Whale

The Fantastic Four: First Steps is a 2025 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Fantastic Four. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the 37th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the second reboot of the Fantastic Four film series. The film was directed by Matt Shakman from a screenplay by Josh Friedman, Eric Pearson, and the team of Jeff Kaplan and Ian Springer. It features an ensemble cast including Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Joseph Quinn as the titular team, alongside Julia Garner, Sarah Niles, Mark Gatiss, Natasha Lyonne, Paul Walter Hauser, and Ralph Ineson. The film is set in the 1960s of a retro-futuristic world which the Fantastic Four must protect from the planet-devouring cosmic being Galactus (Ineson).

1974 film directed by Mel Brooks

2022 film directed by Daniel Espinosa

1989 film directed by Ivan Reitman

2016 film by Paul Feig

2021 film directed by Jason Reitman

2018 film directed by Alex Garland

2014 film directed by Wally Pfister

1996 film directed by Jan de Bont

Project Hail Mary is a 2026 American science fiction film produced and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller and written by Drew Goddard, based on the 2021 novel by Andy Weir. It stars Ryan Gosling, who also produced the film; Sandra Hüller, James Ortiz, and Lionel Boyce appear in supporting roles. The film follows Ryland Grace, a school teacher who awakens aboard an interstellar spacecraft with no memory of how he got there.

1994 American comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman

1935 film directed by James Whale

2000 film directed by Paul Verhoeven

2003 US-UK film directed by Jon Amiel

2000 film by Robert Zemeckis

1996 film directed by Tom Shadyac

Hoppers is a 2026 American animated science fiction comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Daniel Chong and written by Jesse Andrews from a story by Chong and Andrews, the film stars the voices of Piper Curda, Bobby Moynihan, Jon Hamm, Kathy Najimy, and Dave Franco. The film follows animal-loving college student Mabel (Curda), who transfers her mind into a lifelike robotic beaver to communicate with animals and save their habitat from human destruction, inadvertently sparking an uprising in the process.

2024 film directed by Gil Kenan

2009 film by Vincenzo Natali

2024 film directed by Lee Isaac Chung

2020 film directed by George Clooney

1952 film by Howard Hawks

1939 film by Rowland V. Lee

1996 film by Andrew Davis

2018 film directed by Julius Onah

Darkman is a 1990 American superhero horror film directed and co-written by Sam Raimi. The film stars Liam Neeson as scientist Peyton Westlake, who is brutally attacked, disfigured, and left for dead by ruthless mobster Robert Durant (Larry Drake), after his girlfriend, attorney Julie Hastings (Frances McDormand), runs afoul of corrupt developer Louis Strack Jr. (Colin Friels). An experimental treatment gives Westlake super-human strength and resilience, with the unintended side-effect of rendering him mentally unstable and borderline psychotic. Consumed with vengeance, Westlake continues his

2000 film by Peter Segal

1959 film by Mikhail Kalatozov

1982 film by Wes Craven

1988 film by Richard Benjamin

unreleased superhero film completed in 1994 directed by Oley Sassone

2015 film directed by David Gelb

1980 film by Lewis Teague

2017 film by Wim Wenders

2008 television film directed by Don E. Fauntleroy

2015 Tamil film directed by S. Shankar

1965 film by Sergey Mikaelyan

1978 US film directed by George Schaefer

1949 film by Grigori Roshal

1936 film by Michael Curtiz

2014 film directed by Vinil Mathew

1963 film by Georgi Natanson

1958 film by Iosif Kheifits

2007 film directed by Chen Shi-zheng

Hanu-Man (also marketed as HanuMan) is a 2024 Indian Telugu-language superhero film written and directed by Prasanth Varma and produced by K. Niranjan Reddy under Primeshow Entertainment. It stars Teja Sajja in the title role, alongside Amritha Aiyer, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Samuthirakani, Vinay Rai, Vennela Kishore and Raj Deepak Shetty. Set in the fictional village of Anjanadri, Hanu-Man is the first installment of the Prasanth Varma Cinematic Universe. The narrative follows Hanumanthu, who gains the powers of Hanuman to protect the people of Anjanadri, ultimately facing off against Michael a

1968 film by Georgi Natanson

British film directed by Chris Jenkins