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10 Best Movies Like A Beautiful Mind

If you loved A Beautiful Mind, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Proof

Proof

2005★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Beautiful Mind for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Catherine is a woman in her late twenties who is strongly devoted to her father, Robert, a brilliant and well-known mathematician whose grip on reality is beginning to slip away. A...

#2
Pi

Pi

1998★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Beautiful Mind for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A mathematical genius discovers a link between numbers and reality, and thus believes he can predict the future....

#3
X+Y

X+Y

2014★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Beautiful Mind for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A socially awkward teenage math prodigy finds new confidence and new friendships when he lands a spot on the British squad at the International Mathematics Olympiad....

#4
Good Will Hunting

Good Will Hunting

1997★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Beautiful Mind for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Will Hunting is a headstrong, working-class genius who is failing the lessons of life. After one too many run-ins with the law, Will's last chance is a psychology professor, who mi...

#5
Words on Bathroom Walls

Words on Bathroom Walls

2020★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Beautiful Mind for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Diagnosed with a mental illness halfway through his senior year of high school, a witty, introspective teen struggles to keep it a secret while falling in love with a brilliant cla...

#6
Lolita

Lolita

1997★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Beautiful Mind for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Cha...

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