Boy genius movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant boy genius movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, humorous, entertaining, feel good, serious and exciting films and TV shows about / with boy genius, youth, genius, prodigy, family relations, school, coming of age, boy, teenager and father son relationship plots mostly in Drama, Family and Comedy genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as boy genius: The Book of Henry (2017), Scorpion (2014), Kyle XY (2006), Little Man Tate (1991), The Gifted One (1989), The Pretender (1996), Jeremy (2015), Entrusted (2003), Smart Guy (1997), Be Reborn (2022).
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Naomi Watts stars as Susan, a single mother of two, working as a waitress in a small town. Her son, Henry, is an 11-year-old genius who not only manages the family finances but acts as emotional support for his mother and younger brother. When Henry ...
Style:
touching, emotional, sad, entertaining, tear jerker ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
boy genius, genius, boy, single mother, brother brother relationship, fear, friendship, child prodigy, violence, sick child, child abuse, small town ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017
Place:
new york state
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: France, Australia, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A 12-year-old cartographer secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and travels across the country on board a freight train to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institute.
Style:
touching, road movie, emotional, exciting, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly
Plot:
genius, young heroes, prodigy, children, coming of age, childhood, on the road, child prodigy, train, loneliness, tragedy, unlikely friendships ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
montana, usa, washington d.c., chicago
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63K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on a true story, Scorpion is a high-octane drama about eccentric genius Walter O’Brien and his team of brilliant misfits who comprise the last line of defense against complex, high-tech threats of the modern age. As Homeland Security’s new ...
Style:
intellectual, captivating, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
genius, computer genius, prodigy, hacker, problem solving, science, boy genius, computers and web, national security, friendship, computer hacker, save the world ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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32K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A suburban family that takes in a mysterious teen naive to the world around him. As Kyle begins to show signs of brilliance, solving the mystery of his origin and potential abilities becomes the family's mission.
Style:
entertaining, suspenseful, exciting, atmospheric, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
supernatural ability, foster child, supernatural, experiment, genius, teenage life, mysterious character, secret organization, self discovery, teenage love, supernatural power, fish out of water ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seattle, washington d.c., usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Dede is a sole parent trying to bring up her son Fred. When it is discovered that Fred is a genius, she is determined to ensure that Fred has all the opportunities that he needs, and that he is not taken advantage of by people who forget that his ...
Style:
inspirational, intellectual, realistic, psychological, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
prodigy, child prodigy, coming of age, mathematics, single mother, single parent, genius, child genius, children, friendship, psychology, mentor ...
Time:
year 1991, 20th century, 90s
Place:
ohio, usa
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Genre: Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A young boy can transfer his body energy into ESP and heal sick people. While the subject of scientists' studies, he runs away to try to find out about his past and why he is the way he is.
Style:
road movie
Plot:
boy genius, super powers, ufo, youth, flying saucer, superhuman powers, healing power, gift, car chase, doctor, flashback, scientist ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 60s
Place:
arizona
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Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Pretender is an American television series that aired on NBC from 1996 to 2000. The series starred Michael T. Weiss as Jarod, a genius and former child prodigy with the ability to become anyone he wants to be, i.e., to flawlessly impersonate ...
Style:
atmospheric, exciting, serious, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
goodhearted, secret hideout, righting the wronged, justice, genius, secret place, undercover, hopes, prodigy, good versus evil, self discovery, encounter ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
delaware
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
El Jeremías is a heartwarming comedy film about family love and the hard choices that come with opportunity. Set in Sonora Mexico, the film tells the story of Jeremías an eight year old who finds out he is a gifted child and initiates a journey of ...
Style:
captivating, humorous, disturbing, psychological, entertaining
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
boy genius, little boy, child protagonist, child, self discovery, rise to the top, child's point of view, ambition, introspection, aspiration, coping, direction and purpose ...
Place:
mexico, sonora
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Hoping to entrap Maria von Gall, who runs a courageous underground railroad for Jews in France, the Nazis kidnap her son Thomas, a brilliant 11-year-old chess master. An exchange arrangement goes awry and he sees her die in a hail of bullets; but he ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, suspenseful
Plot:
world war two, survival, prodigy, boy genius, coming of age, young heroes, on the run, heroic mission, danger, against humanity, youth, rivalry ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
switzerland, europe, france, geneva switzerland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
T.J. is a boy genius who gets bumped up from the fourth grade to high school. T.J. tries to adjust to his new life, but he shares some classes with his 14 year-old brother Marcus, the school jock, and his clueless and self-absorbed 16 year-old ...
Style:
sitcom, realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
black, high school, black sitcom, widower, sibling rivalry, child prodigy, african american, urban, teenager, single parent, boy genius, friends ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
TV show
Story:
Retroville becomes ground zero for a meteor engraved with a mysterious alien message, which only the best and brightest(naturally, Jimmy) can translate. When he finally figures the message out, he and his friends are teleported into deep space and ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, clever, not serious, captivating ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
inadvertently, boy genius, alien civilization, alien, fictional game show, inventor, group of friends, young heroes, youth, gadget, experiment gone awry, friends ...
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
While investigating an ancient painting that has been stolen, Luo Jian, who heads the criminal investigation team, crosses paths with genius university student Zhuang Wen Jie who is from a family of thieves. The unlikely pair work together to crack ...
Style:
detective, captivating, disturbing, crime drama, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigation, teamwork, thief, student, crime investigation, uncover truth, crime solving, fighting crime, art theft, college student, criminal, partners against crime ...
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Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
Kindaichi's best friend is involved with the school film club where members are found murdered. Can he protect her before she become the next victim?
Style:
disturbing, tense, psychological, captivating, detective
Plot:
forensics, amateur sleuth, amateur detective, puzzle, teenage life, deduction, private investigation, genius, fighting crime, boy genius, crime investigation, sleuth ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
After an earthquake destroyed Xiang Qin's house, she and her father moved in with the family of her father's college buddy, Uncle Ah Li. To her surprise, the kind and amicable aunt and uncle are the parents of her cold and distant ...
Style:
romantic comedy, romantic, light, captivating, cute ...
Plot:
school, unrequited love, love story, romantic relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, relationships, teen romance, crush, love affair, love and romance, family relations, destiny ...
Place:
taiwan
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1K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 230 min.
TV show
Story:
Lux, an exceptionally-gifted geek, suffers a severe humiliation from the other students as soon as he enters his prestigious engineering school. To take revenge, he will use one of his best skills, “stalking”. He hacks their cell phones and ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
computer hacker, cybercrime, computer genius, computer cracker, hacker, secret relationship, campus, unrequited love, genius, bullying, boy genius, revenge ...
Place:
france
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Merlin Jones, a precocious and intelligent high-school boy, experiments with hypnosis and creates a mind-reading machine. However, his experiments land him in deep trouble with the law.
Style:
not serious, feel good, humorous, psychotronic
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
animal, mind reading, hypnosis, college, boy genius, inventor, partner, disorder, power relations, friends, young heroes, supernatural ability ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
visually stunning, visually appealing, exciting, captivating, teen ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
utopia, youth, time travel, destiny, apocalypse, androids and robots, young heroes, heroes, artificial intelligence, alternate dimension, boy genius, alternate world ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2015, 60s
Place:
florida, new york, houston texas, paris france, africa
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Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Chris is the top brain who just wants to party, Mitch is the 15-year-old college wiz kid. Supposedly hard at work on a lab project with a mysterious deadline, they still find time to use their genius to discover new ways to have fun.
Style:
cult classic, funny, entertaining, independent film, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
computer cracker, college, genius, campus, nerd, high school, geek, technology, hacking, mentor, computer, coming of age ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place:
california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, realistic, witty, funny ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
siblings relations, social satire, eccentric family, teenage life, teenager, suburban life, youth, dysfunctional family, prodigy, family life, sibling relationship, suburbs ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, nova scotia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Nerdy middle schooler Tommy is forced take care of a baby dinosaur after his cloned science fair project hatches early. He quickly begins to think of the creature not only as a pet, but also as a friend. But when the dino escapes on the day of the ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, funny, entertaining, humorous
Plot:
dinosaur, youth, cloning, pets, bully, factory, nerdy boy, children, boy, teacher, genetic engineering, child genius ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Johnny Test is an American /Canadian animated television series. It premiered on Kids' WB, on The WB Television Network, on September 17, 2005. It was introduced to Cartoon Network UK on January 12, 2006 as a sneak preview on Jungle Saturdays ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, stylized, exciting, anime ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
twins, cloning, mischievous children, prodigy, young heroes, genetic engineering, heroes, eccentric family, experiment gone awry, danger, save the day, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: Italy, Poland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Life flows peacefully in Vinci: Leonardo is struggling with his incredible inventions, Lorenzo helps him and Gioconda observes them mockingly. When A mysterious storyteller comes to town and speaks of a hidden treasure, an adventure begins.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, light, humorous
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
friendship, mona lisa, friends, good versus evil, partner, renaissance, leonardo da vinci, octopus, invention, father daughter relationship, astronomy, shark ...
Time:
15th century
Place:
italy, florence
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Based upon the novel by Vladimir Nabokov, a chess grandmaster travels to Italy in the 1920s to play in a tournament and falls in love.
Style:
atmospheric, sincere, melancholic, bad ending, touching ...
Plot:
chess, asperger's syndrome, obsession, love story, relationships, prodigy, genius, eccentricity, loneliness, mentally unstable, contests and competitions, supportive spouse ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
italy
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, War
Country: USA
Duration: 200 min.
Story:
Easter is a five story-arc opera about the coming-of-age of juking. The first of its tales aptly deals with contemporary civil unrest with foci on the interrelationships between law enforcement in communities it serves, and corruption within the ...
Style:
intense, suspense, detective, twisted, allegory ...
Plot:
politics, vengeance, survival, revenge, police, conspiracy, strained relationship, rescue, fight, arrest, easter, prodigy ...
Time:
2010s, 70s, 80s
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, morocco, new jersey, panama ...
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Genre: Family, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Here Come the Double Deckers was a 17-part British children's TV series from 1970-71 revolving around the adventures of seven children whose den was an old red double-decker London bus in an unused works yard.
Style:
lighthearted, feel good, retro, period piece
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
friendship, imagination, urban, junkyard, light comedy, community, youth culture, problem solving, boy girl relationship, tiger, children, little girl ...
Time:
70s
Place:
london, england, britain
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Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A young man and his girlfriend unwittingly come into possession of a bag containing one million dollars belonging to a drug-smuggling ring. The mobsters try to catch the couple and retrieve their money.
Style:
crime thriller, suspense, tension, crime drama, independent film ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mobster, stolen money, chase, organized crime, drug smuggling, paranoia, escape, young couple, pursuit, suspicion, urban, cat and mouse ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Astrophysicist Adam Brake (Gareth Thomas) and his teen son Matthew (Peter Demin) investigate the roots of a mysterious stone circle in the quiet British village of Milbury, where they encounter the sinister Rafael Hendrick (Iain Cuthbertson) and ...
Style:
psychological thriller, surprise ending, ambiguous ending, sinister, weird
Audience:
kids, horror for children
Plot:
folk horror, pagan, countryside, folklore, psychic power, psychic, occult, coming of age, halloween, escape, school, father son relationship ...
Place:
britain
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
One evening the Collins find their maid Mrs. Murdock at the end of their steps: dead, neck broken. Obviously she had an accident. Consequently they need a new babysitter for an upcoming big party. The sensible Helen meets little Susan Collins at the ...
Style:
independent film
Plot:
evil child, babysitter, teenage boy, cat, killer child, dinner party, obsession, children, psycho, creepy child, bad kids, maid ...
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Genre: Family, Comedy
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A young boy develops a passion for archeology and tries to unravel the truth about his ancestry.
Style:
semi serious, humorous
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
youth, missing father, family relations, chaos and mayhem, parents and children, riddles and clues, small town life, curses spells and rituals, small town, obsessive quest, escapades, young heroes ...
Time:
90s, 1950s, 50s
Place:
congo, holland, brussels, belgium
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A group of aliens from another planet head for Earth with the intentions of conquering it. Their first ship is destroyed in transit by the giant flying turtle Gamera. A second ship makes it to Earth and captures two Boy Scouts and holds them captive ...
Style:
daikaiju, classic horror, suspense, grindhouse, natural horror ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
kaiju, giant monster, gamera, monster, turtle, deadly creature, prehistoric creature, reptiles, dinosaur, killer animal, boy scout, alien ...
Time:
prehistory
Place:
tokyo, japan
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