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Kanopy
89
8.2
/198435/
79
/3654/
81
/2972/
4.2
/235499/
97
/140/
92
/3876/
98
/14/
cc age 12+

Metropolis (1927)
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
poster
AMC
87
8.5
/1421320/
85
/46488/
83
/21132/
4.2
/2268862/
93
/115/
95
/40104/
88
/27/
cc age 10+

Back to the Future (1985)
Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.
poster
86
8.3
/62917/
80
/1987/
78
/1104/
4.3
/134341/
100
/28/
92
/730/
cc age 7+

The Wrong Trousers (1993)
Wallace rents out Gromit's former bedroom to a penguin, who takes up an interest in the techno pants created by Wallace. However, Gromit later learns that the penguin is a wanted criminal. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
poster
85
8.1
/47349/
79
/1643/
76
/886/
4.2
/76616/
100
/21/
92
/480/
cc age 7+

A Close Shave (1996)
Wallace's whirlwind romance with the proprietor of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin, and Gromit is framed for sheep-rustling in a fiendish criminal plot.
poster
83
7.7
/40939/
77
/1736/
74
/957/
4.1
/90625/
100
/21/
88
/446/
cc age 7+

A Grand Day Out (1990)
Wallace and Gromit have run out of cheese, and this provides an excellent excuse for the duo to take their holiday to the moon, where, as everyone knows, there is ample cheese. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
poster
Netflix
82
7.5
/39153/
76
/2865/
75
/577/
3.8
/421731/
100
/138/
91
/276/
83
/31/
cc age 7+

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024)
Gromit’s concern that Wallace is becoming too dependent on his inventions proves justified, when Wallace invents a “smart” gnome that seems to develop a mind of its own. When it emerges that a vengeful figure from the past might be masterminding things, it falls to Gromit to battle sinister forces and save his master… or Wallace may never be able to invent again!
poster
80
7.8
/8773/
80
/523/
72
/161/
3.8
/7526/
90
/118/
86
/216/
76
/32/

Tim's Vermeer (2013)
Tim Jenison, a Texas based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer manage to paint so photo-realistically 150 years before the invention of photography? Spanning a decade, Jenison's adventure takes him to Holland, on a pilgrimage to the North coast of Yorkshire to meet artista David Hockney, and eventually even to Buckingham Palace. The epic research project Jenison embarques on is as extraordinary as what he discovers.
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Kanopy
79
7.6
/136563/
78
/6123/
72
/1875/
3.7
/55286/
93
/67/
89
/4040/
70
/18/
cc age 12+

Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
The Borg, a relentless race of cyborgs, are on a direct course for Earth. Violating orders to stay away from the battle, Captain Picard and the crew of the newly-commissioned USS Enterprise E pursue the Borg back in time to prevent the invaders from changing Federation history and assimilating the galaxy.
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Criterion Channel
78
7.0
/8183/
71
/210/
71
/198/
3.7
/14367/
95
/22/
76
/123/
84
/11/

Trafic (1971)
Mr. Hulot is the head designer of the Altra Automotive Co. His latest invention is a newfangled camper car loaded with outrageous extra features. Along with the company's manager and publicity model, Hulot sets out from Paris with the intention of debuting the car at the annual auto show in Amsterdam. The going isn't easy, however, and the group encounters an increasingly bizarre series of hurdles and setbacks en route.
poster
Hulu
77
7.1
/1676/
74
/140/
71
/30/
3.6
/3800/
98
/60/
81
/21/
74
/16/
cc age 10+

Becoming Cousteau (2021)
Adventurer, filmmaker, inventor, author, unlikely celebrity and conservationist: For over four decades, Jacques-Yves Cousteau and his explorations under the ocean became synonymous with a love of science and the natural world. As he learned to protect the environment, he brought the whole world with him, sounding alarms more than 50 years ago about the warming seas and our planet’s vulnerability. In BECOMING COUSTEAU, from National Geographic Documentary Films, two-time Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Liz Garbus takes an inside look at Cousteau and his life, his iconic films and inventions, and the experiences that made him the 20th century’s most unique and renowned environmental voice — and the man who inspired generations to protect the Earth.
poster
Hulu
77
7.8
/557519/
77
/17726/
77
/13448/
3.9
/1426360/
91
/70/
91
/45057/
74
/19/
cc age 13+

Edward Scissorhands (1990)
A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
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The Roku Channel
75
6.9
/28480/
72
/808/
69
/490/
3.5
/16786/
87
/46/
70
/1360/
77
/28/
cc age 8+

Fly Away Home (1996)
Amy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed. She goes to Canada to live with her father, an eccentric inventor whom she barely knows. Amy is miserable in her new life... until she discovers a nest of goose eggs that were abandoned when a local forest was torn down. The eggs hatch and Amy becomes "Mama Goose". When winter comes, Amy and her dad must find a way to lead the birds South.
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Kanopy
77
75
7.4
/4568/
74
/350/
69
/111/
3.7
/6275/
95
/97/
86
/43/
70
/20/

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2018)
The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.
poster
74
7.5
/47690/
75
/1458/
73
/876/
3.6
/22894/
76
/38/
80
/797/
67
/9/

The Time Machine (1960)
A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species.
poster
74
7.8
/611226/
81
/28201/
77
/13509/
3.9
/946216/
63
/67/
86
/18725/
57
/17/
cc age 10+

Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Marty and Doc are at it again as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen and a pesky sports almanac. In a last-ditch attempt to set things straight, Marty finds himself bound for 1955 and face to face with his teenage parents -- again.
poster
73
7.2
/21231/
75
/510/
71
/351/
3.6
/10909/
68
/25/
83
/572/
71
/5/
cc age 6+

The Great Race (1965)
Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie's arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate's own invention.
poster
72
7.1
/27565/
70
/757/
70
/583/
3.5
/30402/
95
/43/
71
/519/
62
/11/

The Fly (1958)
Industrialist François Delambre is called late at night by his sister-in-law, Helene, who tells him that she has just killed her husband. Reluctant at first, she eventually explains to the police that he invented a matter transportation apparatus and, while experimenting on himself, a fly entered the chamber.
poster
AMC+
71
7.5
/511417/
78
/22902/
75
/11172/
3.6
/696684/
79
/48/
78
/16725/
55
/19/
cc age 9+

Back to the Future Part III (1990)
The final installment finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time machine breaks down, the travelers are stranded in a land of spurs. More problems arise when Doc falls for pretty schoolteacher Clara Clayton, and Marty tangles with Buford Tannen.
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Netflix
71
6.4
/21761/
68
/1468/
65
/550/
2.9
/25585/
91
/77/
69
/213/
69
/15/
cc age 8+

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020)
An imaginary world comes to life in a holiday tale of an eccentric toymaker, his adventurous granddaughter, and a magical invention that has the power to change their lives forever.
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FXNow
70
6.8
/61649/
72
/5918/
75
/2900/
3.0
/102016/
77
/124/
92
/1366/
54
/22/
cc age 8+

Spies in Disguise (2019)
Super spy Lance Sterling and scientist Walter Beckett are almost exact opposites. Lance is smooth, suave and debonair. Walter is… not. But what Walter lacks in social skills he makes up for in smarts and invention, creating the awesome gadgets Lance uses on his epic missions. But when events take an unexpected turn, Walter and Lance suddenly have to rely on each other in a whole new way.
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Kanopy
70
7.0
/53915/
72
/1856/
68
/711/
3.5
/61323/
70
/30/
71
/7536/
64
/6/
cc age 6+

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself.
poster
Netflix
69
6.9
/279416/
71
/14180/
66
/6274/
3.4
/663846/
85
/141/
72
/10173/
66
/24/
cc age 6+

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
Inventor Flint Lockwood creates a machine that makes clouds rain food, enabling the down-and-out citizens of Chewandswallow to feed themselves. But when the falling food reaches gargantuan proportions, Flint must scramble to avert disaster. Can he regain control of the machine and put an end to the wild weather before the town is destroyed?
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Disney Plus
69
68
6.7
/9919/
70
/332/
64
/190/
3.2
/6207/
83
/23/
63
/190/
75
/5/
cc age 6+

The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
Bumbling professor Ned Brainard accidentally invents flying rubber, or "Flubber", an incredible material that gains energy every time it strikes a hard surface. It allows for the invention of shoes that can allow jumps of amazing heights and enables a modified Model-T to fly. Unfortunately, no one is interested in the material except for Alonzo Hawk, a corrupt businessman who wants to steal the material for himself.
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NBC
67
6.7
/10022/
67
/594/
63
/164/
3.5
/25806/
85
/104/
73
/24/
66
/29/
cc age 10+

Brian and Charles (2022)
An endearing outlier, Brian lives alone in a Welsh valley, inventing oddball contraptions that seldom work. After finding a discarded mannequin head, Brian gets an idea. Three days, a washing machine, and sundry spare parts later, he’s invented Charles, an artificially intelligent robot who learns English from a dictionary and proves a charming, cheeky companion. Before long, however, Charles also develops autonomy. Intrigued by the wider world — or whatever lies beyond the cottage where Brian has hidden him away — Charles craves adventure.
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Amazon Prime Video
67
6.8
/23127/
69
/1053/
69
/487/
3.6
/39449/
68
/157/
70
/89/
63
/36/
cc age 14+

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021)
The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wain, whose playful, sometimes even psychedelic pictures helped to transform the public's perception of cats forever.
poster
75
67
7.2
/6102/
73
/136/
72
/84/
3.6
/5176/
89
/18/
72
/87/

Night Train to Munich (1940)
Czechoslovakia, March 1939, on the eve of World War II. As the German invaders occupy Prague, inventor Axel Bomasch manages to flee and reach England; but those who need to put his knowledge at the service of the Nazi war machine, in order to carry out their evil plans of destruction, will stop at nothing to capture him.
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Kanopy
66
7.2
/89412/
73
/1924/
71
/1130/
3.7
/81448/
64
/53/
79
/2147/
53
/19/
cc age 13+

The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.
poster
Hulu
66
6.4
/172175/
68
/7901/
64
/4790/
3.4
/444658/
64
/181/
54
/5101/
64
/33/
cc age 5+

Robots (2005)
Rodney Copperbottom is a young robot inventor who dreams of making the world a better place, until the evil Ratchet takes over Bigweld Industries. Now, Rodney's dreams – and those of his friends – are in danger of becoming obsolete.
poster
65
6.8
/19528/
71
/833/
69
/466/
3.4
/14742/
61
/92/
68
/899/
66
/26/
7.3
/43040/
cc age 13+

Steamboy (2004)
In 1860s Britain, a boy inventor finds himself caught in the middle of a deadly conflict over a revolutionary advance in steam power.
poster
Starz Apple TV Channel
64
6.6
/151163/
69
/7360/
66
/4210/
3.1
/145106/
61
/270/
57
/1699/
56
/48/
cc age 14+

Joy (2015)
A story based on the life of a struggling Long Island single mom who became one of the country's most successful entrepreneurs.
poster
Netflix
64
6.3
/123247/
70
/8631/
64
/3384/
2.9
/214628/
71
/122/
66
/2317/
59
/31/
cc age 6+

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
After the disastrous food storm in the first film, Flint and his friends are forced to leave the town. Flint accepts the invitation from his idol Chester V to join The Live Corp Company, which has been tasked to clean the island, and where the best inventors in the world create technologies for the betterment of mankind. When Flint discovers that his machine still operates and now creates mutant food beasts like living pickles, hungry tacodiles, shrimpanzees and apple pie-thons, he and his friends must return to save the world.
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Hoopla
63
6.5
/3234/
62
/48/
55
/33/
3.2
/490/
70
/27/
53
/39/
cc age 13+

My Life So Far (1999)
A memoir of the lives of a family growing up on a post World War I British estate headed up by a strong disciplinarian, her daughter, her inventor husband, their ten year old son and his older sister. Through the household comes a number of suitors hoping to impress the young woman, including an aviator. When the elder woman's son shows up at the estate with his French fiancé, everything gets thrown into turmoil. The young boy takes a sudden interest in her sexual allure and his father is disturbed by his own non-Victorian feelings.
poster
63
7.0
/18250/
69
/557/
65
/234/
3.3
/2821/
62
/106/
55
/943/
57
/25/
cc age 13+

Flash of Genius (2008)
In this David vs. Goliath drama based on a true story, college professor Robert Kearns goes up against the giants of the auto industry when they fail to give him credit for inventing intermittent windshield wipers. Kearns doggedly pursues recognition for his invention, as well as the much-deserved financial rewards for the sake of his wife and six kids.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
63
6.9
/14286/
73
/628/
71
/338/
3.4
/13052/
61
/23/
75
/76/
51
/10/
cc age 8+

This Beautiful Fantastic (2016)
Set against the backdrop of a beautiful garden in the heart of London, this contemporary fairy tale revolves around the unlikely friendship between a reclusive young woman and a cantankerous old widower. Bella Brown is a beautifully quirky young woman who dreams of writing and illustrating a successful children’s book. After she is forced by her landlord to deal with her neglected garden or face eviction, she meets her match, nemesis, and unlikely mentor in Alfie Stephenson, a grumpy, loveless, old man who lives next door who happens to be an amazing horticulturalist.
poster
80
62
8.1
/6318/
78
/153/
76
/167/
3.9
/4595/
91
/16/

More (1998)
A factory worker in a dark, gray world assembles devices that promise happiness. In his spare time he tinkers to create something better, and finally succeeds in perfecting his invention, which allows people to see life through rose-colored glasses, but he has to pay a price for his success.
poster
71
62
6.9
/4838/
67
/72/
66
/60/
3.3
/3172/
89
/18/
71
/77/

Alice Adams (1935)
In the lower-middle-class Adams family, father and son are happy to work in a drugstore, but mother and daughter Alice try every possible social-climbing stratagem despite snubs and embarrassment. When Alice finally meets her dream man Arthur, mother nags father into a risky business venture and plans to impress Alice's beau with an "upscale" family dinner. Will the excruciating results drive Arthur away?
poster
Disney Plus
62
6.4
/174882/
68
/6666/
63
/3209/
3.2
/164993/
76
/38/
54
/11117/
63
/11/
cc age 6+

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them.
poster
71
61
7.0
/4173/
68
/58/
66
/57/
3.4
/3356/
100
/7/
59
/71/

Black Legion (1937)
When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.
poster
66
61
6.6
/4932/
65
/218/
66
/379/
3.3
/5707/
69
/946/

The Little Bather (1968)
Louis-Philippe Fourchaume, another typical lead-role for French comedy superstar Louis de Funès, is the dictatorial CEO of a French company which designs and produces sail yachts, and fires in yet another tantrum his designer André Castagnier, not realizing that man is his only chance to land a vital contract with the Italian magnate Marcello Cacciaperotti. So he has to find him at his extremely rural birthplace in 'la France profonde', which proves a torturous odyssey for the spoiled rich man; when he does get there his torment is far from over: the country bumpkin refuses to resume his slavish position now the shoe is on the other foot, so Fourchaume is dragged along in the boorish family life, and at times unable to control his temper, which may cost him more credit then he painstakingly builds up...
poster
Disney Plus
60
6.4
/198030/
68
/15089/
63
/7206/
2.7
/188028/
49
/303/
50
/3411/
60
/48/
cc age 10+

Tomorrowland (2015)
Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory as "Tomorrowland."
poster
Netflix
59
6.8
/26261/
75
/4422/
71
/1951/
3.2
/74976/
52
/90/
63
/361/
48
/18/
cc age 6+

Ballerina (2016)
In 1879 Paris, a young orphan dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house.
poster
Hulu
58
6.3
/222410/
66
/8564/
62
/4743/
2.8
/158363/
51
/229/
49
/8831/
46
/38/
cc age 14+

Knight and Day (2010)
A fugitive couple goes on a glamorous and sometimes deadly adventure where nothing and no one – even themselves – are what they seem. Amid shifting alliances and unexpected betrayals, they race across the globe, with their survival ultimately hinging on the battle of truth vs. trust.
poster
74
58
6.8
/2240/
68
/75/
67
/37/
3.5
/2434/
100

Louis & Luca and the Snow Machine (2013)
The small town of Pinchcliffe is experiencing a great lack of snow, which is why the inventor Reodor Felgen is asked to create a snow machine. However, things do not go as planned.
poster
Kanopy
57
6.0
/10270/
65
/622/
59
/293/
3.0
/5651/
73
/82/
34
/32/
60
/19/
cc age 13+

The Mercy (2018)
In 1968, Donald Crowhurst, an amateur sailor, endangers the fate of his family and business, and his own life, blinded by his ambition to compete in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, attempting to become the first person in history to single-handedly circumnavigate the world without making any stopover.
poster
Kanopy
54
5.1
/11285/
55
/1089/
58
/356/
2.8
/11323/
58
/186/
43
/6/
67
/30/
cc age 13+

Tesla (2020)
The story of the Promethean struggles of Nikola Tesla, as he attempts to transcend entrenched technology—including his own previous work—by pioneering a system of wireless energy that would change the world.
poster
64
53
6.1
/3393/
70
/123/
59
/65/
2.9
/1459/
88
/8/
48
/62/
cc age 6+

Son of Flubber (1963)
Beleaguered professor Ned Brainard has already run into a pile of misfortunes with his discovery of the super-elastic substance "Flubber." Now he hopes to have better luck with a gravity-busting derivative he's dubbed "Flubbergas." Ned's experiments, constantly hampered by government obstruction, earn the consternation of his wife, Betsy. But a game-winning modification to a football uniform may help Ned make the case for his fantastic new invention.
poster
66
52
6.5
/2627/
66
/70/
69
/47/
3.3
/2443/
64
/402/

The Mad Magician (1954)
Don Gallico is an inventor of stage magic effects who aspires to become a star in his own right. Just before his first performance his act is shut down by capricious manager Ross Ormond who wants Gallico's brilliant buzz saw effect for the act of The Great Rinaldi, an established star. With this defeat, and the humiliation of having already lost his wife Claire to Ormond, Gallico decides it is time to take matters into his own hands.
poster
50
5.8
/41464/
62
/1754/
56
/746/
2.6
/22796/
35
/124/
39
/1493/
50
/29/
cc age 13+

The Guilt Trip (2012)
An inventor and his mom hit the road together so he can sell his latest invention.


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