Inventor
"inventor" Movies and TV Shows
#1
Rugrats
Synopsis:
Focuses on a group of toddlers, most prominently Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil, and Angelica, and their day-to-day lives, usually involving common life experiences that become adventures in the babies' imaginations. Adults in the series are almost always unaware of what the children are up to; however, this only provides more room for the babies to explore and discover their surroundings.
Starring:
Cree Summer,
Joe Alaskey,
Tress MacNeille
#2
Barbie
Synopsis:
Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.
Starring:
Margot Robbie,
Alexandra Shipp,
Will Ferrell
#3
You Can't Take It with You
Synopsis:
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.
Starring:
James Stewart,
Mischa Auer,
Lionel Barrymore
#4
Witness for the Prosecution
Synopsis:
When Leonard Vole is arrested for the sensational murder of a rich, middle-aged widow, the famous Sir Wilfrid Robarts agrees to appear on his behalf. Sir Wilfrid, recovering from a near-fatal heart attack, is supposed to be on a diet of bland, civil suits—but the lure of the criminal courts is too much for him, especially when the case is so difficult.
Starring:
John Williams,
Elsa Lanchester,
Marlene Dietrich
#5
Wild Wild West
Synopsis:
Legless Southern inventor Dr. Arliss Loveless plans to rekindle the Civil War by assassinating President U.S. Grant. Only two men can stop him: gunfighter James West and master-of-disguise and inventor Artemus Gordon. The two must team up to thwart Loveless' plans.
Starring:
Will Smith,
Kenneth Branagh,
Kevin Kline
#6
The Time Machine
Synopsis:
A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species.
Starring:
Rod Taylor,
Sebastian Cabot,
Whit Bissell
Plot:
post apocalypse,
dystopia,
future,
distant future,
morlock,
london england,
time travel,
based on novel,
time machine,
utopia
...
#7
The Thin Man
Synopsis:
A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
Starring:
Porter Hall,
Cesar Romero,
Minna Gombell
#8
The Scorpion King
Synopsis:
In ancient Egypt, peasant Mathayus is hired to exact revenge on the powerful Memnon and the sorceress Cassandra, who are ready to overtake Balthazar's village. Amid betrayals, thieves, abductions and more, Mathayus strives to bring justice to his complicated world.
Starring:
Kelly Hu,
Michael Clarke Duncan,
Dwayne Johnson
Plot:
sorceress,
desert,
king,
showdown,
shared universe,
bow and arrow,
projectile weapon,
animal,
night,
quadruped
...
#9
The Magnificent Ambersons
Synopsis:
The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.
Starring:
Anne Baxter,
Ray Collins,
Agnes Moorehead
#10
The Little Bather
Synopsis:
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 …
Starring:
Michel Galabru,
Franco Fabrizi,
Louis de Funès
#11
The Great Race
Synopsis:
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.
Starring:
Keenan Wynn,
Peter Falk,
Arthur O'Connell
#12
The Fly
Synopsis:
Industrialist François Delambre is called late at night by his sister-in-law, Helene Delambre, who tells him that she has just killed her husband, André. Reluctant at first, she eventually explains to the police that André invented a matter transportation apparatus and, while experimenting on himself, a fly entered the chamber during the matter transference.
Starring:
Vincent Price,
Betty Lou Gerson,
Herbert Marshall
#13
The Fly
Synopsis:
When Seth Brundle makes a huge scientific and technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.
Starring:
Geena Davis,
Jeff Goldblum,
David Cronenberg
#14
Tango & Cash
Synopsis:
Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are narcotics detectives who, while both being extremely successful, can't stand each other. Crime Lord Yves Perret, furious at the loss of income that Tango and Cash have caused him, frames the two for murder. Caught with the murder weapon on the scene of the crime, the two have no alibi. Thrown into prison with most of the criminals they helped convict, it appears tha…
Starring:
James Hong,
Sylvester Stallone,
Jack Palance
#15
Star Trek: First Contact
Synopsis:
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.
Starring:
Alfre Woodard,
James Cromwell,
Patrick Stewart
#16
Primer
Synopsis:
Friends and fledgling entrepreneurs invent a device in their garage which reduces the apparent mass of any object placed inside it, but they discover that it has some highly unexpected capabilities - ones that could enable them to do and to have seemingly anything they want. Taking advantage of this unique opportunity is the first challenge they face. Dealing with the consequences is the next.
Starring:
Shane Carruth,
David Sullivan,
Casey Gooden
#17
Metropolis
Synopsis:
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.
Starring:
Gustav Fröhlich,
Brigitte Helm,
Alfred Abel
#18
Kate & Leopold
Synopsis:
When her scientist ex-boyfriend discovers a portal to travel through time -- and brings back a 19th-century nobleman named Leopold to prove it -- a skeptical Kate reluctantly takes responsibility for showing Leopold the 21st century. The more time Kate spends with Leopold, the harder she falls for him. But if he doesn't return to his own time, his absence will forever alter history.
Starring:
Natasha Lyonne,
Meg Ryan,
Hugh Jackman
#19
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
Synopsis:
A scientist builds a time machine and accidentally sends his apartment complex manager and a petty burglar to 16th century Moscow, while Tsar Ivan the Terrible travels to 1973.
Starring:
Aleksandr Demyanenko,
Yuriy Yakovlev,
Leonid Kuravlyov
#20
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Synopsis:
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.
Starring:
Rick Moranis,
Matt Frewer,
Robert Oliveri