Movies like Proof
If Proof's mix of paranoia, mathematics and mathematician stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Proof's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Pi
1998 · Directed by Darren Aronofsky · 84 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: paranoia, mathematics, mathematician · Also mystery and drama
A mathematical genius discovers a link between numbers and reality, and thus believes he can predict the future.
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A Beautiful Mind
2001 · Directed by Ron Howard · 135 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: paranoia, mathematics, mathematician · From the same decade (2000s)
From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash Jr. experiences it all. As a brilliant but socially awkward mathematician, he made a groundbreaking discovery early in his career and stands on…
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The Father
2020 · Directed by Florian Zeller · 97 min8.1
Why you'll like itWith Anthony Hopkins · Shares: dementia
A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric of his reality.
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The Man Who Knew Infinity
2016 · Directed by Matt Brown · 108 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: mathematics, mathematician
Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.
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Black Swan
2010 · Directed by Darren Aronofsky · 108 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: paranoia, mental illness
A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake."
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Still Alice
2014 · Directed by Wash Westmoreland · 101 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: illness
Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.
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X+Y
2015 · Directed by Morgan Matthews · 111 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: mathematics
Struggling to connect with those around him, a teenage math prodigy trains for the International Mathematical Olympiad, where a budding romance with a fellow contestant breaks through his emotional walls and teaches…
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Rabbit Hole
2010 · Directed by John Cameron Mitchell · 91 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: grief
Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.
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The Prestige
2006 · Directed by Christopher Nolan · 130 min8.2
Why you'll like itAlso drama and mystery · From the same decade (2000s)
A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.