Top 10 Best Movie Geniuses

10. The Time Machine, 2002
The Time Machine is a 2002 American science fiction film loosely adapted from the 1895 novel of the same name by H. G. Wells, and the 1960 film screenplay by David Duncan.
Initial release: March 8, 2002 (USA)
Director: Simon Wells
Adapted from: The Time Machine
Screenplay: John Logan
Story by: David Duncan, H. G. Wells

9. Little Man Tate, 1991
Little Man Tate is a 1991 drama film directed by and starring Jodie Foster. The film marked her directorial debut.
Initial release: October 18, 1991
Director: Jodie Foster
Running time: 99 minutes
Initial DVD release: September 4, 2001
Screenplay: Scott Frank

8. Sherlock Holmes, 2009
Sherlock Holmes is a 2009 British–American action mystery film based on the character of the same name created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The film was directed by Guy Ritchie and produced by Joel Silver, Lionel Wigram, Susan Downey and Dan Lin.
Initial release: December 24, 2009
Director: Guy Ritchie
Running time: 128 minutes
Screenplay: Simon Kinberg, Michael Robert Johnson, Anthony Peckham
Story by: Lionel Wigram, Michael Robert Johnson, Arthur Conan Doyle

7. Back to the Future, 1985
With the help of a wacky scientist, a young teen travels back to 1955 in a Delorean turned time-machine. Once there, he meets his parents, still teenagers, but his presence throws things out-of-whack and he must ensure they fall in love and get married or else he'll never come to exist.
Initial release: July 3, 1985 (USA)
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Featured song: The Power of Love
Music composed by: Alan Silvestri
Screenplay: Bob Gale, Robert Zemeckis

6. A Beautiful Mind, 2002
A Beautiful Mind is a 2001 American biographical drama film based on the life of John Nash, a Nobel Laureate in Economics. The film was directed by Ron Howard, from a screenplay written by Akiva Goldsman.
Initial release: January 4, 2002 (USA)
Director: Ron Howard
Featured song: All Love Can Be
Characters: Alicia Nash, Parcher, Dr. Rosen, Becky
Awards: Academy Award for Best Picture

5. Good Will Hunting, 1997
Good Will Hunting is a 1997 American drama film directed by Gus Van Sant and starring Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck, Minnie Driver, and Stellan Skarsgård.
Initial release: December 5, 1997 (USA)
Director: Gus Van Sant
Producer: Lawrence Bender
Screenplay: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon
Awards: Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay

4. Jobs, 2013
In 1976, college dropout Steve Jobs heralded a revolution within the confines of his parents' garage. Jobs, along with friend and technical wizard Steve Wozniak, unleashed the homebrew Apple 1 personal computer kit onto an unsuspecting public, producing 200 units by hand and shipping each one themselves. Apple Inc. was born, and the world would never be the same.
Initial release: August 15, 2013 (Singapore)
Director: Joshua Michael Stern
Language: English
Initial DVD release: November 26, 2013 (USA)
Music composed by: John Debney

3. Limitless, 2011
Limitless is a 2011 American mystery thriller film directed by Neil Burger and starring Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish, and Robert De Niro. It is based on the 2001 novel The Dark Fields by Alan Glynn with the screenplay by Leslie Dixon.
Initial release: March 8, 2011 (USA)
Director: Neil Burger
Screenplay: Leslie Dixon
Music composed by: Paul Leonard-Morgan
Cinematography: Jo Willems

2. Pi, 1998
Pi, also titled p, is a 1998 American surrealist psychological thriller film written and directed by Darren Aronofsky.
Initial release: January 1998
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Running time: 85 minutes
Budget: 60,000 USD
Awards: Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay

1. Iron Man, 2008
Iron Man is a 2008 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
Initial release: April 14, 2008 (Sydney)
Director: Jon Favreau
Budget: 140 million USD
Screenplay: Mark Fergus, Arthur Marcum, Matthew Hollaway, Hawk Ostby
Production companies: Paramount Pictures, Fairview Entertainment, Marvel Studios