Norbert's Mom
Search results
May 15, 2024 · Curated and ranked by movie buffs, this list reflects the community’s choices for the top movies for nerds. It’s a crowd-sourced celebration of movies like Weird Science and Back to the Future, which have become iconic in their portrayal of the nerd culture.
- The 80 Best Geek Movies And Nerd Films, Ranked
From thrilling sci-fi adventures to imaginative fantasy...
- The 80 Best Geek Movies And Nerd Films, Ranked
- Star Wars Franchise. Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill. 3,874 votes. The Star Wars franchise has become synonymous with geek culture due to its intricate world-building, iconic characters, and influence on the science fiction genre as a whole.
- Back to the Future. Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Crispin Glover. 2,848 votes. Back to the Future, a beloved sci-fi classic, revolutionized the time-travel genre with its portrayal of a high school student thrust into his parents' past, forced to ensure their meeting and falling in love so his own existence remains secure.
- The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Elijah Wood, Ian McKellan, Viggo Mortensen. 2,887 votes. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, based on J.R.R. Tolkien's seminal fantasy novels, provides a rich and immersive world teeming with unique races, languages, and mythologies that have captivated generations of geeks.
- Jurassic Park Franchise. Richard Attenborough, Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum. 1,082 votes. The Jurassic Park Franchise, based on Michael Crichton's novel, taps into the geek's fascination with not only the awe-inspiring world of dinosaurs but also the ethical and moral implications of scientific advancements and human hubris.
- Booksmart (2019) Directed by Olivia Wilde. Starring Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein, Jessica Williams. Comedy (1h 42m) 7.1 on IMDb — 96% on RT. All nerds will see themselves represented in Booksmart, especially when it comes to the friendship between the two lead geeks, Amy and Molly.
- Big Hero 6 (2014) Directed by Don Hall and Chris Williams. Starring Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, Jamie Chung. Animation, Action, Adventure (1h 42m) 7.8 on IMDb — 90% on RT.
- Eighth Grade (2018) Directed by Bo Burnham. Starring Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Emily Robinson. Comedy, Drama (1h 33m) 7.4 on IMDb — 99% on RT. Kayla is thirteen years old.
- Superbad (2007) Directed by Greg Mottola. Starring Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse. Comedy (1h 53m) 7.6 on IMDb — 88% on RT. Superbad is one of the greatest classic nerd movies of all time.
Essential Nerd Movies. by lowe352 • Created 12 years ago • Modified 11 years ago. This List, now a year old and over 120,000 views later has inspired the creation of a website project. nerdmovie.ca will catalog, discuss and critique movies based on their nerdiness.
- 10 Wayne Szalinski - Honey, I Shrunk The Kids
- 9 Professor Julius - The Nutty Professor
- 8 Egon Spengler - Ghostbusters
- 7 Napoleon Dynamite - Napoleon Dynamite
- 6 Dr. Emmet Brown - The Back to The Future Franchise
- 5 Sandy Olsson - Grease
- 4 Andy Stitzer - The 40-Year-Old Virgin
- 3 Mclovin - Superbad
- 2 Hermione Granger - The Harry Potter Franchise
- 1 Peter Parker - Spider-Man Franchise
Played by Rick Moranis, everyone’s favorite go-to nerd actor of the '80s, Wayne Szalinski is the ingenious, albeit rather careless, father of the titular shrunken children in Disney’s 1989 sci-fi comedy Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.The socially awkward scientist has spent years working to perfect a working shrink ray gun, and just as he feels he has ac...
Jerry Lewis, one of the most celebrated comedic actors in history, couldn’t have been a better choice to play the absent-minded, socially awkward Professor Julius, a scientist whose experiment creates his more attractive and charismatic alter ego, Buddy Love. Unfortunately, not everything works out as well as Julius had initially hoped, as he becom...
Blessed with immense intelligence, Egon is definitely the brains of Ghostbusters. Tall, lanky, laconic, and bespectacled, he is responsible for keeping the team together with his scientific knowledge, which he applies to their paranormal investigations and ghost-hunting operation in '80s New York City. Egon was played by Harold Ramis, who also w...
The perfectly cast Josh Heder plays the titular nerdy high school kid with aplomb in the 2004 low-budget comedy Napoleon Dynamite. In the film, Napoleon is a socially awkward teenager who does everything possible to turn into a charming guy. All he does is get the attention of the newest kid in school, and they become best friends. Luckily, it all ...
The rest of society appears to believe that the eccentric nerdy scientist known as Doc Brown (played by character actor Christopher Lloyd, in what is probably his most iconic role to date) is some sort of menace, a dangerous lunatic. But Back to the Future’s lead protagonist Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) sees past the book’s cover, as it were, and d...
Maybe not as nerdy as their walking stereotype classmate Eugene Felsnic, Sandy (Olivia Newton-John) as she is mockingly referred to by her contemporaries, certainly fits the bill as the ultimate square in Grease. A studious girl who played by the books, she was often ridiculed by her fellow students for not being hip enough, but that didn’t stop th...
In The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Andy Stitzer is a lovable character everyone can love. He's genuinely a good soul and has everything we all wished we had in a friend. But Andy is, unfortunately, too innocent, and everyone seems to take advantage of his gullible attitude. He's not an idiot, he's just too good. How this is associated with his virginity is...
In 2000s comedy gem Superbad, a trio of friends in their senior year at school try their best to make one night the night. In other words, they want to get drunk and get laid. Evan, Seth, and Fogell will desperately try anything on the best night of their lives, where nothing will turn out the way they planned. McLovin, the nickname conjured up in ...
Loud, nerdy, and very vocal, Hermione is the young who brings balance to the trio of friends who lead the adventures in the Harry Potter franchise. She will speak her mind no matter what and has a solution for every single issue. She's friendly and fierce and knows every spell in the book. It's hard to find a movie character everyone wishes they ha...
Spider-Man's Peter Parker is an interesting case study as his various depictions show different states of how nerds have been viewed. the character's roots in the comics, and especially the Tobey Maguire depiction in Sam Raimi's Spider-Mantrilogy, are very much rooted in the classic 1960s The Nutty Professor archetype of the nerd. Andrew Garfield's...
1. The Dark Knight. 2008 2h 32m PG-13. 9.0 (2.9M) Rate. 84 Metascore. When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice. Director Christopher Nolan Stars Christian Bale Heath Ledger Aaron Eckhart. 2.
May 21, 2022 · From sci-fi to adventure, these films and franchises are must-sees for any nerd. See the list of IMDb's most popular nerd movies, from Alien to Star Wars, and learn about their origins and influences.
