Mathematics in Movies

	Last year in Marienbad [IMBD link] In this rather enigmatic movie, the enigmatic game of NIM with a 7-5-3-1 initial condition is played twice. (Thanks to John Boller for the suggestion.) 1961 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)		The wizard of oz [IMBD link] The scare crow theorem: in an isoscele triangle, the sum of the square roots of two sides is the square root of the third side. (Thanks to Wyley Beatty to suggest this movie). 1939 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)
	The number 23 [IMBD link] Numerology with the number 23 2007 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)		21 [IMBD link] The Newton method 2008 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)
	21 [IMBD link] Cauchy plagiarism? 2008 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)		Collossus: The Forbin Project [IMBD link] The mighty US defense computer "Colossus" develops calculus to communicate with its buddy in the Soviet union. (Thanks to website visitor "Bob" to suggest this.) 1970 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)
	The bank [IMBD link] Predicting the stock market using complex dynamics. 2001 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)		Little Big League [IMBD link] Joe can paint the house in a=5 hours, Sam can paint the house in b=3 hours. How much time do they need if the paint it together? 1994 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)
	Back to the Future Part III [IMBD link] Dok Brown: Clara was one in a million, one in a billion, one in a googolplex. 1990 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)		Once upon a time in the west [IMBD link] Counting horses 1968 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)
	Jane Eyre [IMBD link] Some gimpses of mathematics appear in the BBC drama: Jane Eyre grades Adeles homework (fraction), a short thene of tutoring and a scene in the carriage. 2006 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)		The prophecy [IMBD link] Simon: "See you kids. Study math. Its the key to the universe". (thanks to Bret Benesh for the suggestion). 1995 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)
	Father of the bride [IMBD link] How to get 8 hotdogs and 8 hotdog buns if hotdog buns are bundled in 12. (Thanks to website visitor Renee Pentecost to suggest this). 1991 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)		Mean Girls [IMBD link] A scene showing a Highschool calculus class. (thanks to website visitor Lillian Tubbs to suggest this.) 2004 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)
	Mean Girls [IMBD link] A scene showing a calculus contest in which a system of linear equations as well as a limit problem appears (thanks to website visitor Lillian Tubbs to suggest this.) 2004 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)		The Clan of the Cave Bear [IMBD link] Teaching of mathematics at the time of the Neanderthals maybe 100'000 years ago. 1986 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)
	Bedazzled [IMBD link] The lier's paradox in this Faustian comedy in which Elliot sold his soul to have 7 wishes fulfilled. 2000 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)		The code conspiracy [IMBD link] The ulam prime spiral appears. One could overlook that almost nothing connected with codes, physics or math does make sense in this movie, but that the blue picture of the Ulam spiral is fake is slightly annoying. 2001 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)
	The island [IMBD link] Discovering a deterministic system for the lottery on the island. 2005 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)		Good Neighbors episode 1.1 [IMBD link] Tom Goods remembers to use Algebra to solve things. Introduce x as the unknown. 1975 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)
	Cast Away [IMBD link] First scene: Lecture on search area on a rock. Second scene: the path of the sun on the rock used as a calendar. 2000 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)		Eleventh hour: Kryptos [IMBD link] Ian Hood, the special scientific troubleshooter for the British government has to solve a riddle from a friend. (Thanks to Robin Zaruba for the suggestion) 2006 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)
	Marius [IMBD link] Bartender Cesar lectures Marius on mixing a picon-citron-curacao: one very small third of curacao, one third of citron, then a large third of picon. And to finish, a large third of water. (Movie suggested by Billy Carson) 1931 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)		The Croupier [IMBD link] About the odds in poker. 1998 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)
	Ma and Pa Kettle [IMBD link] Different proofs that 25/5 = 14 1949 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)		Cube [IMBD link] People are trapped in a giant cube puzzle. A permutation riddle has to be solved. 1997 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)
	Hypercube [IMBD link] People are trapped in a hypercube which implodes at the end. Also time is mixed up in this cube. 2002 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)		Its My Turn [IMBD link] A lecture on the Snake lemma in homological algebra in with a student pretends to know things better. 1980 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)
	Simpsons treehouse of horror VI [IMBD link] Homer enters a 3D world with different mathematical topics. 1995 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)		Sneakers [IMBD link] A lecture on computational number theory. A method superior to the number field sieve is announced 1992 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)
	Enigma [IMBD link] About cracking "Shark" a refinement of the Enigma code. 1991 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)		Simpsons First Season dvd2 [IMBD link] Bart Simpson solves a math problem at the learning center. 1989 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)
	Straw Dogs [IMBD link] A blackboard with mathematical astrophysical formulas. 1971 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)		P.S. [IMBD link] A blackboard in Columbia University with mathematical formulas written by astrophysisist Peter, the ex-husband of the main character Louise 2004 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)
	Stand and Deliver [IMBD link] Starting a difficult lecture 1988 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)		Proof [IMBD link] Work on the Riemann hypothesis 2005 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)
	Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy [IMBD link] The number 42 2005 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)		Abbott and Costello: In the navy [IMBD link] Abbott and Costello do a Calculation trick to show that 7*13 = 28 1941 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)
	Pi [IMBD link] Numerology, mathematics is everywhere. 1998 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)		Monty Python's flying circus [IMBD link] Football game, the mathematicians Leibniz on the german team, Archimedes on the greek team. 2005 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)
	Monty Python flying circus 2/29 [IMBD link] Rhetorics and Logic have a lot of common. The art of arguing. What is an argument? 2005 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)		The Saint [IMBD link] Piece of paper with mathematical formulas for cold fusion. 1997 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)
	Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark [IMBD link] Blackboard with some physics formulas 1981 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)		Good Will Hunting [IMBD link] A Blackboard in linear algebra lecture at MIT on Perceval identity in Fourier theory. 1997 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)
	A Beautiful Mind [IMBD link] Multivariable calculus lecture 2001 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)		Dimensions [IMBD link] An educational movie by Jos Leys Etienne Ghys and Aurelien Alvarez (Thanks to Pedram Safari for suggesting this) 2008 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)
	Donald in Mathmagicland [IMBD link] Donald learns the Math of Billiards 1959 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)		The Mirror has two Faces [IMBD link] Calculus lecture but the actors mumble about prime twins. 1996 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)
	Infinity [IMBD link] Abakus scene and explanation how to compute the third roots 1996 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)		Jurassic park [IMBD link] Chaos theory I 1993 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)
	Jurassic park [IMBD link] Chaos theory II 1993 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)		Contact [IMBD link] Information is encoded in a cube 1997 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)
	Big [IMBD link] Josh helps a kid with algebra 1988 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)		Good Night, Mr Bean [IMBD link] Mr Bean watches chess game and counts sheep addition problem to go to sleep 1995 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)
	The Count of Monte Cristo [IMBD link] I offer something priceless. I offer knowledge. Abbe Faria teaches Edmond Dantesphilosophy, mathematics and economics. 2002 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)		Clueless [IMBD link] The math problem 7x7 1995 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)
	The Da Vinci Code [IMBD link] The Fibonnacci sequence 1 1 2 3 5 8 13. 2006 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)		Mr. Hollands Opus [IMBD link] If I'm forced to choose from Mozart or Reading and Writing and Long divisions, I choose long division. - You can cut the arts, but the kids will have nothing anymore to read and write about. 1995 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)
	Numb3rs (intro to pilot) [IMBD link] Mathematics is everywhere. It is also used to solve crimes. 2005 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)		Numb3rs (pilot) [IMBD link] Using statistics to find location of criminal and the odds to win the lottery. 2005 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)
	Yakitate Japan episode 40 [IMBD link] Encoding a message as a number to base 26. (Thanks to visitor Chu-Wee Lim to suggest this). 2004 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)		Die hard III (St Ives) [IMBD link] The classic St Ives riddle 7x7x7x7. (Thanks to Cheryl McDuff for the suggestion) 1995 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)
	Die hard III (bottle) [IMBD link] A classic water bottle riddle. How to produce exactly 4 gallons with a 3 and a 5 gallon pan. (Thanks to Cheryl McDuff for the suggestion) 1995 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)		Fahrenheit 451 [IMBD link] Gray suited students recite multiplication tables. 1966 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)
	The caddyshack [IMBD link] In one physical model, the shortest distance between two points is a straight line - in the opposite direction. 1980 Play the flash version (.swf). or watch the larger quicktime file (.m4v)