People are very fond of listening to stories or watching movies about children whose abilities sharply exceed their age level. And this is a great field for drama!
That is why filmmakers quite often address the topic of geeks. The heroes of each of these paintings live completely different lives - real and fictional. However, they are all similar in two things: firstly, they are driven by an ardent desire to achieve their goals, and secondly, they are not yet 18 years old.
10. Clever Will Hunting | 1997
Will Hunting is a child prodigy who constantly finds himself in unpleasant situations. And when the police once again detain the guy, the professor of mathematics decides to vouch for him, but on condition that Will agrees to attend a psychoanalyst.
At first, the conversations of a brilliant young man with a mentor are very difficult, but gradually the wall of estrangement between them breaks down and their relationship develops into a strong friendship.
9. Choosing a game | 1993
This is a story about the professional path of the legendary chess player Joshua Weitzkin, based on his biographical facts. The plot was based on the book “Finding Bobby Fischer”, created by the father of the grandmaster.
Joshua grew up an ordinary boy. However, everything changed dramatically after the boy found out what chess is. The father and mother of a gifted child gradually come to the conclusion that their child has tremendous talent, so they begin to develop his outstanding abilities in every way.
It seemed to everyone close that little Joshua would certainly become the second Bobby Fisher, but a brilliant child chose his own path.
8. Gifted | 2017
Frank Adler independently educates his unusually gifted niece Mary. At one point, Frank's plans for their continued measured existence fail, because his mother, an imperious and cruel woman, becomes aware of the phenomenal mathematical abilities of the girl.
She has her own plans for a brilliant child, and in order to implement them, a heartless woman is even ready to separate her son and granddaughter.
7. Billy Eliot | 2000
The plot of the picture takes place in 1984, just when there were mass strikes by the English miners. The film's central character is 11-year-old Billy Elliot.
He loves dance very much and in his heart dreams of someday becoming a professional ballet dancer. Billy's father and brother are miners who take an active part in the strike.
One day, father decides to give Billy to the boxing section. However, the child does not aspire to the ring at all. Instead, his attention is drawn to the ballet circle ...
6. Matilda | 1996
The main character of the film is the gifted girl Matilda. Her mother is a housewife, forever busy with stupid TV shows, lotteries and other nonsense. She does not deal with her daughter at all and practically does not pay attention to her.
Matilda's father is a dealer in old cars, and this business takes all his energy and thoughts. Abandoned by parents, Matilda decides to take up her self-improvement herself.
When the girl turns 7 years old, she asks her parents to send her to school, but they believe that their daughter is still small. But still, her father takes her to an educational institution where his old client works as a director.
From the first day of school, the girl began to amaze the teacher with her knowledge. But, the most important thing is that the girl discovers supernatural abilities in herself - she knows how to move objects with the power of thought ...
5. The Tenenbaum family | 2001
The picture tells about the outstanding Tenenbaum family, in which all members have unique talents. For example, Ches, while still a child, achieved significant financial success, Richie was a tennis player, Margot began to write plays at the age of ten ...
4. City of heroes | 2014
Young Hiro Hamada - has a natural talent for designing robots. Together with his elder brother, Tadashi, they create technically incredible inventions. After some very strange events take place with them, the guys find themselves in the midst of real intrigue. To save the situation, Hiro decides to reprogram the cute and kind robot Beimaks, into a real terminator.
3. Henry's book | 2016
11-year-old Henry Carpenter has an adult capacity for reasoning and analysis. Thanks to his childhood talent, he took responsibility for the life of his family.
Henry leads all financial matters, and also brings up his younger brother. At the same time, his mother is a rather frivolous person who, only thanks to the care of her eldest son, feels very comfortable.
Meanwhile, Henry likes Christine, a girl living in the neighborhood, and he is extremely concerned about the fact that she is offended by her stepfather. This person feels very comfortable since he serves in the police.
Henry tried all legal ways to deal with domestic tyranny: he sent complaints to teachers, called the guardianship authorities, but such measures did not lead to anything, - Christina's stepfather continues to mock the girl. Then Henry decides to implement his own and very risky plan to save Christina ...
2. The teacher | 2018
Lisa works as a teacher in a kindergarten. At one point, she realizes that one of the children in her group has unique ability to write poetry.
Lisa loves poetry, which is why a woman becomes obsessed with the talent of this geek. The boy’s parents do not understand that their child has extraordinary abilities, and Lisa decides to take a desperate step ...
1. August Rush | 2007
A talented Irish guitarist and cellist from the United States fall in love. After a wonderful date in New York, the circumstances are such that the lovers have to leave. A child born as a result of this love falls into one of the city shelters ...