Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "physics"

1. Oppenheimer (I) (2023)

R | 180 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.

Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr.

Votes: 729,501 | Gross: $326.11M

2. The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Romance

A woman who moves into an apartment across the hall from two brilliant but socially awkward physicists shows them how little they know about life outside of the laboratory.

Stars: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg

Votes: 868,342

3. The Age of Adaline (2015)

PG-13 | 112 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

A young woman, born at the turn of the 20th century, is rendered ageless after an accident. After many solitary years, she meets a man who complicates the eternal life she has settled into.

Director: Lee Toland Krieger | Stars: Blake Lively, Michiel Huisman, Harrison Ford, Kathy Baker

Votes: 203,284 | Gross: $42.48M

4. Tenet (2020)

PG-13 | 150 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Armed with only the word "Tenet," and fighting for the survival of the entire world, CIA operative, The Protagonist, journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a global mission that unfolds beyond real time.

Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Juhan Ulfsak

Votes: 592,965 | Gross: $58.46M

5. Lucy (I) (2014)

R | 89 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.

Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Choi Min-sik, Amr Waked

Votes: 534,519 | Gross: $126.66M

6. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

PG | 117 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Teen Miles Morales becomes the Spider-Man of his universe and must join with five spider-powered individuals from other dimensions to stop a threat for all realities.

Directors: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman | Stars: Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali

Votes: 671,966 | Gross: $190.24M

7. Sunshine (2007)

R | 107 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller

A team of international astronauts is sent on a dangerous mission to reignite the dying Sun with a nuclear fission bomb in 2057.

Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Chris Evans, Cliff Curtis

Votes: 267,548 | Gross: $3.68M

8. Wonder (I) (2017)

PG | 113 min | Drama, Family

Based on the New York Times bestseller, this movie tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters the fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.

Director: Stephen Chbosky | Stars: Jacob Tremblay, Owen Wilson, Izabela Vidovic, Julia Roberts

Votes: 178,448 | Gross: $132.42M

9. Warrior (2011)

PG-13 | 140 min | Action, Drama, Sport

The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament - a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother.

Director: Gavin O'Connor | Stars: Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Morrison

Votes: 498,038 | Gross: $13.66M

10. Contact (1997)

PG | 150 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Dr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of extraterrestrial intelligence, sending plans for a mysterious machine.

Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt

Votes: 293,186 | Gross: $100.92M

11. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)

PG | 109 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, journeyman Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."

Director: Garth Jennings | Stars: Martin Freeman, Yasiin Bey, Sam Rockwell, Zooey Deschanel

Votes: 208,438 | Gross: $51.09M

12. Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)

PG-13 | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Two decades after the first Independence Day invasion, Earth is faced with a new extra-Solar threat. But will mankind's new space defenses be enough?

Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Maika Monroe

Votes: 188,739 | Gross: $103.14M

13. A Serious Man (2009)

R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama

Larry Gopnik, a Midwestern physics teacher, watches his life unravel over multiple sudden incidents. Though seeking meaning and answers amidst his turmoils, he seems to keep sinking.

Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Stars: Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Sari Lennick, Fred Melamed

Votes: 149,966 | Gross: $9.19M

14. Mona Lisa Smile (2003)

PG-13 | 117 min | Drama

A free-thinking art professor teaches conservative 1950s Wellesley girls to question their traditional social roles.

Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal

Votes: 90,970 | Gross: $63.86M

15. Primer (2004)

PG-13 | 77 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Four friends/fledgling entrepreneurs, knowing that there's something bigger and more innovative than the different error-checking devices they've built, wrestle over their new invention.

Director: Shane Carruth | Stars: Shane Carruth, David Sullivan, Casey Gooden, Anand Upadhyaya

Votes: 114,206 | Gross: $0.42M

16. The Three-Body Problem: I

Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Post-production

Nanomaterials scientist sees countdown, investigated by military. Enters VR game "Three Body" by secret ETO group. Uncovers truth behind scientists' deaths, Cultural Revolution tragedy. Explores connection between events.

Director: Fanfan Zhang | Stars: Shaofeng Feng, Jingchu Zhang, Gang Wu, Yan Tang

17. The Saint (1997)

PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

Simon "The Saint" Templar (Val Kilmer), is a thief for hire, whose latest job to steal the secret process for cold fusion puts him at odds with a traitor bent on toppling the Russian government, as well as the woman who holds its secret.

Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Val Kilmer, Elisabeth Shue, Rade Serbedzija, Valeriy Nikolaev

Votes: 72,271 | Gross: $61.36M

18. The Sword in the Stone (1963)

G | 79 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A poor boy named Arthur learns the power of love, kindness, knowledge and bravery with the help of a wizard called Merlin in the path to become one of the most beloved kings in English history.

Directors: Wolfgang Reitherman, Clyde Geronimi, David Hand | Stars: Rickie Sorensen, Sebastian Cabot, Karl Swenson, Junius Matthews

Votes: 106,510 | Gross: $22.18M

19. Solaris (2002)

PG-13 | 99 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet.

Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Ulrich Tukur, Viola Davis

Votes: 86,284 | Gross: $14.97M

20. Kyle XY (2006–2009)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

A family takes in a formerly institutionalized teen savant who is missing standard human behaviors such as anger, joy, and love.

Stars: Matt Dallas, Marguerite MacIntyre, Bruce Thomas, April Matson

Votes: 30,648

21. A Wrinkle in Time (2018)

PG | 109 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him.

Director: Ava DuVernay | Stars: Storm Reid, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling

Votes: 47,800 | Gross: $100.48M

22. The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021)

PG-13 | 98 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Two teens live the same day repeatedly, enabling them to create a map of things to remember.

Director: Ian Samuels | Stars: Kathryn Newton, Kyle Allen, Jermaine Harris, Anna Mikami

Votes: 27,922

23. Waking Life (2001)

R | 99 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy

A man shuffles through a dream meeting various people and discussing the meanings and purposes of the universe.

Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Trevor Jack Brooks, Lorelei Linklater, Wiley Wiggins

Votes: 66,941 | Gross: $2.89M

24. The Current War (2017)

PG-13 | 102 min | Biography, Drama, History

The dramatic story of the cutthroat race between electricity titans Thomas A. Edison and George Westinghouse to determine whose electrical system would power the modern world.

Director: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Oliver Powell, Sophia Ally, Tuppence Middleton

Votes: 30,967

25. Radioactive (2019)

PG-13 | 109 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

The incredible true story of Marie Sklodowska-Curie and her Nobel Prize-winning work that changed the world.

Director: Marjane Satrapi | Stars: Rosamund Pike, Yvette Feuer, Mirjam Novak, Ralph Berkin

Votes: 21,738

26. Aporia (2023)

R | 104 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

Since losing her husband, Sophie has struggled to manage grief, a full-time job, and parenting her devastated daughter, but when a former physicist reveals a secret time-bending machine, Sophie will be faced with an impossible choice.

Director: Jared Moshe | Stars: Judy Greer, Edi Gathegi, Payman Maadi, Faithe Herman

Votes: 1,579

27. Ice Princess (2005)

G | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

With the help of her coach, her mom, and the boy who drives the Zamboni machine, nothing can stop Casey (Trachtenberg) from realizing her dream to be a champion figure skater.

Director: Tim Fywell | Stars: Michelle Trachtenberg, Kim Cattrall, Trevor Blumas, Joan Cusack

Votes: 28,923 | Gross: $24.38M

28. My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)

PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

A creature from another planet tries to seduce a shy Earth physicist to gain control over his researches. The result of this important mission much exceeded her expectations.

Director: Richard Benjamin | Stars: Dan Aykroyd, Kim Basinger, Jon Lovitz, Alyson Hannigan

Votes: 27,732 | Gross: $13.85M

29. The Dam Busters (1955)

Approved | 105 min | Drama, History, War

Drama based on the attempt by the RAF to destroy six dams in Germany during World War II.

Director: Michael Anderson | Stars: Richard Todd, Michael Redgrave, Ursula Jeans, Basil Sydney

Votes: 11,370

30. Little (I) (2019)

PG-13 | 109 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

A woman is transformed into her younger self at a point in her life when the pressures of adulthood become too much to bear.

Director: Tina Gordon | Stars: Regina Hall, Issa Rae, Marsai Martin, Justin Hartley

Votes: 14,608 | Gross: $40.67M

31. If Only I Could Hibernate (2023)

99 min | Drama

A poor but prideful teenage boy Ulzii determines to win a Physics competition for a scholarship, but his illiterate mother finds a job in the countryside and leaves him with his siblings in the middle of the winter.

Director: Zoljargal Purevdash | Stars: Taivanbat Alexandar, Batmandakh Batchuluun, Tuguldur Batsaikhan, Berkhel

Votes: 351

32. This Island Earth (1955)

Passed | 86 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Aliens come to Earth seeking scientists to help them in their war.

Directors: Joseph M. Newman, Jack Arnold | Stars: Jeff Morrow, Faith Domergue, Rex Reason, Lance Fuller

Votes: 10,681

33. BioShock Infinite (2013 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Drama

A man is sent to the flying city of Columbia to find a missing girl. However, upon arrival he discovers that the city, its people, and his objective are all not what they seem.

Director: Ken Levine | Stars: Troy Baker, Courtnee Draper, Kiff VandenHeuvel, Laura Bailey

Votes: 22,155

34. Kill Switch (I) (2017)

R | 91 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A pilot battles to save his family and the planet after an experiment for unlimited energy goes wrong.

Director: Tim Smit | Stars: Dan Stevens, Bérénice Marlohe, Tygo Gernandt, Charity Wakefield

Votes: 8,552

35. Paranormal (2020)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Set in the 1960s, the series, packed with mystery and suspense, depicts the adventures of Doctor Refaat Ismail, a single hematologist who finds himself faced with a series of supernatural events.

Stars: Razane Jammal, Philip Shahbaz, Karla Maatouk, Ahmed Amin

Votes: 74,348

36. Young Einstein (1988)

PG | 91 min | Comedy

Albert Einstein turns the science community upside down with his discoveries including a formula to put bubbles back in beer and rock n' roll.

Director: Yahoo Serious | Stars: Yahoo Serious, Odile Le Clezio, John Howard, Peewee Wilson

Votes: 9,281 | Gross: $11.54M

37. The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising (2007)

PG | 99 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

A boy's life is turned upside down when he learns that he is the last of a group of immortal warriors who have dedicated their lives to fighting the forces of the dark.

Director: David L. Cunningham | Stars: Alexander Ludwig, Ian McShane, Christopher Eccleston, Frances Conroy

Votes: 15,862 | Gross: $8.79M

38. Oppenheimer (1980)

Not Rated | 420 min | Biography, Drama, History

Biography of the American physicist who led the U.S. effort to develop the atomic bomb during World War II, only to find himself suspected as a security risk in the 1950s.

Stars: Sam Waterston, John Carson, Christopher Muncke, Jana Shelden

Votes: 720

39. Through the Wormhole (2010–2017)

TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary

Hosted by Morgan Freeman, Through the Wormhole will explore the deepest mysteries of existence - the questions that have puzzled mankind for eternity. What are we made of? What was there ... See full summary »

Stars: Morgan Freeman, Sean Carroll, Michio Kaku, Kip Thorne

Votes: 18,433

40. The Universal Theory (2023)

118 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

The year of 1962. A physics congress in the Alps. An Iranian guest. A mysterious pianist. A bizarre cloud formation in the sky and a booming mystery under the mountain. THE THEORY OF ... See full summary »

Director: Timm Kröger | Stars: Jan Bülow, Olivia Ross, Hanns Zischler, Gottfried Breitfuss

Votes: 693

41. I.Q. (1994)

PG | 100 min | Comedy, Romance

A mechanic romances the mathematician niece of physicist Albert Einstein, with help from him and his friends.

Director: Fred Schepisi | Stars: Tim Robbins, Meg Ryan, Walter Matthau, Lou Jacobi

Votes: 26,638 | Gross: $26.37M

42. Illegitimate (2016)

89 min | Drama

Two siblings and an illegitimate love. A father who's a doctor and several accusations. A family in which no one ever drew a line between what's moral and what's legal. Not even when it comes to abortion.

Director: Adrian Sitaru | Stars: Adrian Titieni, Alina Grigore, Robi Urs, Bogdan Albulescu

Votes: 1,601

43. A Trip to Infinity (2022)

TV-PG | 79 min | Documentary

Can we experience the infinite? The world''s most modern scientists and mathematicians embark on a search for the infinite and its amazing effects on the universe.

Directors: Jonathan Halperin, Drew Takahashi | Stars: Alan Lightman, Delilah Gates, Stephon Alexander, Anthony Aguirre

Votes: 4,116

44. Sasaki and Peeps (2024– )

Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Sasaki, an office worker, buys a bird that can actually give him supernatural powers to cross between worlds. Although he wants to use that power to live in peace, there are various characters who may get in the way of his wishes.

Stars: Tomokazu Sugita, Aoi Yûki, Erin Nicole Lundquist, Tyson Rinehart

Votes: 304

45. What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? (2004)

Not Rated | 109 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama

A fictional photographer's quest to spiritually rediscover herself is interspersed with documentary footage of scientists and theologians discussing the philosophical aspects of quantum physics.

Directors: William Arntz, Betsy Chasse, Mark Vicente | Stars: Marlee Matlin, Elaine Hendrix, John Ross Bowie, Robert Bailey Jr.

Votes: 13,848 | Gross: $10.94M

46. Genius (1999 TV Movie)

TV-G | 82 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

Charlie Boyle finds that even his high IQ can't solve all of his problems when he takes on a double life in order to make friends his own age.

Director: Rod Daniel | Stars: Trevor Morgan, Emmy Rossum, Charles Fleischer, Yannick Bisson

Votes: 2,107

47. Infinity (1996)

PG | 119 min | Biography, Drama

Story of the early life of genius and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman.

Director: Matthew Broderick | Stars: Matthew Broderick, Patricia Arquette, Jeffrey Force, Peter Riegert

Votes: 1,997 | Gross: $0.20M

48. A Brief History of Time (1991)

G | 80 min | Documentary, Biography

A film about the life and work of the cosmologist, Stephen Hawking, who despite his near total paralysis, was one of the great minds of all time.

Director: Errol Morris | Stars: Stephen Hawking, Isobel Hawking, Janet Humphrey, Mary Hawking

Votes: 5,916 | Gross: $2.28M

49. Hawking (2004 TV Movie)

TV-G | 90 min | Biography, Drama

Theoretical physicist/cosmologist Stephen Hawking's life and search for the beginning of time (1963-6).

Director: Philip Martin | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Brandon, Tom Hodgkins, Christian Rubeck

Votes: 6,362

50. 13 Conversations About One Thing (2001)

R | 104 min | Drama

In New York City, the lives of a lawyer, an actuary, a house-cleaner, a professor and the people around them intersect as they ponder order and happiness in the face of life's cold unpredictability.

Director: Jill Sprecher | Stars: Alan Arkin, John Turturro, Matthew McConaughey, David Connolly

Votes: 11,497 | Gross: $3.29M