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fictional characters not based on real
people or comic books that exhibit
prodigious and creative intelligence if
you don’t see a movie genius you thought
would be here be sure to check out our
first video of the top 10 movie geniuses
number 10 Nathan Bateman ex machina here
yeah / mine sometimes superior
intelligence comes with an ego and CEO
Nathan Bateman has both in spades
in his isolated lab he’s created an
artificial brain using information from
his search engine blue book to map how
people think there’s a weird thing about
search engines there’s like striking oil
in the world that had an invented
internal combustion as programmer Caleb
suggests this means that in a sense
nathan has become a god and it shows in
Nathan’s dismissive treatment of Ava and
his Android servant Kyoko and Kyoko Coco
and as Caleb soon learns
Nathan’s genius extends beyond tech he’s
also a master manipulator and a pretty
ballsy dancer number 9 dr. Ryan stone
gravity clear skies
of satellite debris there’s a common
belief that intellect doesn’t translate
into practical skills but this isn’t
always the case after a sudden death of
her daughter biomedical engineer dr.
Ryan stone buries herself in her work
inventing a scanning device for
hospitals that NASA decides could also
be used for the Hubble Space Telescope
visual examination doesn’t reveal any
damaged components the problem must be
originating from the comms panel when
disaster strikes during the installation
stone has to turn her quick thinking
towards survival an experienced and
alone stone is nonetheless able to
improvise creative solutions to
unexpected problems in order to return
to Earth can you tell her that I’m not
quitting
number 8 Frank Walker Tomorrowland it’s
a jetpack Frank Walker first
demonstrates his ingenuity as a young
boy when he builds a jetpack
although the son of a farmer in the
rural American Midwest
he’s been inspired by mail-order science
and science fiction magazines to dream
big sure his first invention had some
kinks but these are soon smoothed out
[Music]
as an adult frank invents a tachyon
machine that shows images from the past
and future which soon proves to be more
of a curse than a blessing that’s enough
kicked out of Tomorrowland he
nonetheless manages to create some
pretty nifty booby traps and the means
for a quick getaway
hey you never know when you might need a
rocket bathtub number seven group
despicable meat franchise geniuses
aren’t always forces for good in the
world at least not at first
supervillain Polonius crew comes from a
long line of baddies and has a
remarkable talent for dastardly plot who
else but a genius would think of
stealing the moon like Frank Walker his
talent manifested at an early age when
he built a working rocket look mom I
made the real rocket based on the
macaroni prototype now dr. Nefario and
the minions take care of most of the
grunt work but GRU is still pretty good
at devising TVs plants while also
raising three adopted daughters boys
dulled the time square jump number six
Murphy Murph Cooper interstellar
accountant spaces
[Music]
in case this ghost is trying to
communicate as a child Murph Cooper is
encouraged to question what she’s taught
even in a world where facts and history
have lost importance after her father’s
departure Murphy comes embittered but
remains driven to unravel the mysteries
of the unknown with the planet running
out of resources she works with
Professor John Brant the father of
another talented scientist Amelia brand
on a gravitational theory of propulsion
that could relocate Earth’s population
with her father’s help her efforts
enable the human race to escape into
space
[Music]
number five Andy Dufresne The Shawshank
Redemption when introverted banker Andy
Dufresne is sentenced to life in prison
for a crime he didn’t commit he sticks
out like a sore thumb becoming the
frequent victim of prison bullies but
patience intelligence and determination
make for a powerful combination you
should know it’s a serious brain injury
causes the victim to bite down hard
using his expertise in finance he soon
makes himself invaluable to the warden
and eventually escapes through a tunnel
dug in secret over nineteen years having
laundered money from the corrupt warden
he’s also able to make off with a small
fortune and win a measure of justice all
at once number four Seth Brundle the fly
I want you to go through and teleport as
soon as possible right now Seth Brundle
might be too smart for his own good an
expert in molecular physics he’s
invented a teleportation machine for
instantaneous travel the only problem is
that it turns living test subjects
inside out but inspiration and progress
can come from unexpected sources the
medicine cabinet snazzy Brundle Museum
of Natural History see what else is said
shy eccentric and socially isolated
Brundle experiences a sexual awakening
after sleeping with journalist Veronica
quake which inspires him to reprogram
the telepods to creatively reproduce
living tissue it works but the telepods
are a little too creative leading to
problematic experimental results number
three dr. Frankenstein Frankenstein the
scientist discovers the secret of life
but in doing so creates a monster as in
Mary Shelley’s gothic novel of the same
name the movie adaptation follows
Frankenstein’s ambitious project to
create human life sure it might seem
crazy to us now sit together some body
parts dug up from a local graveyard and
shoot them full of lightning but it
works until the misunderstood monster
escapes and goes on the run the moral of
the story don’t meddle with forces you
don’t understand Frankenstein
crankenstein number two
Hannibal Lecter The Silence of the Lambs
a census taken once time to test me I
ate his liver Hannibal Lecter
exemplifies genius at its darkest this
cannibalistic serial killer is a former
forensic psychiatrist gifted at
dissecting people’s psyches as well as
the rest of them his ability to
understand and manipulate people around
him is uncanny
and eventually allows him to escape his
cell half the lamb stopped screaming
in the sequel to the Thomas Harris novel
in which the movie is based it’s
detailed that Lecter spends much of his
time wandering through elaborate memory
palaces in his own mind lectures
exceptional intelligence makes him
particularly fascinating and
particularly dangerous what did you see
Clarice what did you see
before we revealed the identity of our
topic here are some honorable mentions
why Atlantis it’s just a myth isn’t it
pure fantasy well that is where you’d be
wrong miss ritchi we meet again would it
kill you to wash the bed you can scream
all you wish miss ritchi I’m afraid no
one can hear you what
why isn’t she screaming what I’m
proposing is
[Music]
we start accelerating immediately to
preserve velocity and gain even more Lee
don’t intercept with earth at all but
we’ve come close enough to get a gravity
assist and adjust course number one dr.
Emmett L Brown the Back to the Future
franchise he came up with the flux
capacitor when he fell off the toilet
and in doing so invented time travel how
many of us have had ideas that began on
the bathroom floor
Emmett dark-brown is dedicated enough to
scientific progress to steal plutonium
from terrorists but also able to
improvise in a pinch like when he used
his lightning to return Marty to the
present
[Music]
with his wild hair offbeat mannerisms
and absent-minded nature he’s the
classic eccentric movie mad scientist
figure we know and love do you agree
with our picks check out these other
great clips from watch mojo and
subscribe for new videos every day
embark on an historic journey these
trailblazing intellectuals lead the way
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for another top
10 movie geniuses I’m designing a
machine that will allow us to break
every message every day instantly before
we begin we publish new videos every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re looking at
fictional characters not based on real
people or comic books that exhibit
prodigious and creative intelligence if
you don’t see a movie genius you thought
would be here be sure to check out our
first video of the top 10 movie geniuses
number 10 Nathan Bateman ex machina here
yeah / mine sometimes superior
intelligence comes with an ego and CEO
Nathan Bateman has both in spades
in his isolated lab he’s created an
artificial brain using information from
his search engine blue book to map how
people think there’s a weird thing about
search engines there’s like striking oil
in the world that had an invented
internal combustion as programmer Caleb
suggests this means that in a sense
nathan has become a god and it shows in
Nathan’s dismissive treatment of Ava and
his Android servant Kyoko and Kyoko Coco
and as Caleb soon learns
Nathan’s genius extends beyond tech he’s
also a master manipulator and a pretty
ballsy dancer number 9 dr. Ryan stone
gravity clear skies
of satellite debris there’s a common
belief that intellect doesn’t translate
into practical skills but this isn’t
always the case after a sudden death of
her daughter biomedical engineer dr.
Ryan stone buries herself in her work
inventing a scanning device for
hospitals that NASA decides could also
be used for the Hubble Space Telescope
visual examination doesn’t reveal any
damaged components the problem must be
originating from the comms panel when
disaster strikes during the installation
stone has to turn her quick thinking
towards survival an experienced and
alone stone is nonetheless able to
improvise creative solutions to
unexpected problems in order to return
to Earth can you tell her that I’m not
quitting
number 8 Frank Walker Tomorrowland it’s
a jetpack Frank Walker first
demonstrates his ingenuity as a young
boy when he builds a jetpack
although the son of a farmer in the
rural American Midwest
he’s been inspired by mail-order science
and science fiction magazines to dream
big sure his first invention had some
kinks but these are soon smoothed out
[Music]
as an adult frank invents a tachyon
machine that shows images from the past
and future which soon proves to be more
of a curse than a blessing that’s enough
kicked out of Tomorrowland he
nonetheless manages to create some
pretty nifty booby traps and the means
for a quick getaway
hey you never know when you might need a
rocket bathtub number seven group
despicable meat franchise geniuses
aren’t always forces for good in the
world at least not at first
supervillain Polonius crew comes from a
long line of baddies and has a
remarkable talent for dastardly plot who
else but a genius would think of
stealing the moon like Frank Walker his
talent manifested at an early age when
he built a working rocket look mom I
made the real rocket based on the
macaroni prototype now dr. Nefario and
the minions take care of most of the
grunt work but GRU is still pretty good
at devising TVs plants while also
raising three adopted daughters boys
dulled the time square jump number six
Murphy Murph Cooper interstellar
accountant spaces
[Music]
in case this ghost is trying to
communicate as a child Murph Cooper is
encouraged to question what she’s taught
even in a world where facts and history
have lost importance after her father’s
departure Murphy comes embittered but
remains driven to unravel the mysteries
of the unknown with the planet running
out of resources she works with
Professor John Brant the father of
another talented scientist Amelia brand
on a gravitational theory of propulsion
that could relocate Earth’s population
with her father’s help her efforts
enable the human race to escape into
space
[Music]
number five Andy Dufresne The Shawshank
Redemption when introverted banker Andy
Dufresne is sentenced to life in prison
for a crime he didn’t commit he sticks
out like a sore thumb becoming the
frequent victim of prison bullies but
patience intelligence and determination
make for a powerful combination you
should know it’s a serious brain injury
causes the victim to bite down hard
using his expertise in finance he soon
makes himself invaluable to the warden
and eventually escapes through a tunnel
dug in secret over nineteen years having
laundered money from the corrupt warden
he’s also able to make off with a small
fortune and win a measure of justice all
at once number four Seth Brundle the fly
I want you to go through and teleport as
soon as possible right now Seth Brundle
might be too smart for his own good an
expert in molecular physics he’s
invented a teleportation machine for
instantaneous travel the only problem is
that it turns living test subjects
inside out but inspiration and progress
can come from unexpected sources the
medicine cabinet snazzy Brundle Museum
of Natural History see what else is said
shy eccentric and socially isolated
Brundle experiences a sexual awakening
after sleeping with journalist Veronica
quake which inspires him to reprogram
the telepods to creatively reproduce
living tissue it works but the telepods
are a little too creative leading to
problematic experimental results number
three dr. Frankenstein Frankenstein the
scientist discovers the secret of life
but in doing so creates a monster as in
Mary Shelley’s gothic novel of the same
name the movie adaptation follows
Frankenstein’s ambitious project to
create human life sure it might seem
crazy to us now sit together some body
parts dug up from a local graveyard and
shoot them full of lightning but it
works until the misunderstood monster
escapes and goes on the run the moral of
the story don’t meddle with forces you
don’t understand Frankenstein
crankenstein number two
Hannibal Lecter The Silence of the Lambs
a census taken once time to test me I
ate his liver Hannibal Lecter
exemplifies genius at its darkest this
cannibalistic serial killer is a former
forensic psychiatrist gifted at
dissecting people’s psyches as well as
the rest of them his ability to
understand and manipulate people around
him is uncanny
and eventually allows him to escape his
cell half the lamb stopped screaming
in the sequel to the Thomas Harris novel
in which the movie is based it’s
detailed that Lecter spends much of his
time wandering through elaborate memory
palaces in his own mind lectures
exceptional intelligence makes him
particularly fascinating and
particularly dangerous what did you see
Clarice what did you see
before we revealed the identity of our
topic here are some honorable mentions
why Atlantis it’s just a myth isn’t it
pure fantasy well that is where you’d be
wrong miss ritchi we meet again would it
kill you to wash the bed you can scream
all you wish miss ritchi I’m afraid no
one can hear you what
why isn’t she screaming what I’m
proposing is
[Music]
we start accelerating immediately to
preserve velocity and gain even more Lee
don’t intercept with earth at all but
we’ve come close enough to get a gravity
assist and adjust course number one dr.
Emmett L Brown the Back to the Future
franchise he came up with the flux
capacitor when he fell off the toilet
and in doing so invented time travel how
many of us have had ideas that began on
the bathroom floor
Emmett dark-brown is dedicated enough to
scientific progress to steal plutonium
from terrorists but also able to
improvise in a pinch like when he used
his lightning to return Marty to the
present
[Music]
with his wild hair offbeat mannerisms
and absent-minded nature he’s the
classic eccentric movie mad scientist
figure we know and love do you agree
with our picks check out these other
great clips from watch mojo and
subscribe for new videos every day
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