Humor: Science and Technology
I love comedies. Enjoy these movies about science and technology which are infused with humor. Science projects gone amuck, robotics and time travel.
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- DirectorJohn HughesStarsAnthony Michael HallIlan Mitchell-SmithKelly LeBrockTwo high-school nerds use a computer program to literally create the perfect woman, who promptly turns their lives upside-down.Two nerds create their ultimate date.
- DirectorJonathan R. BetuelStarsJohn StockwellDanielle von ZerneckFisher StevensA high school student and his friend find a strange, orb-like piece of equipment to use as a science project, but must stop it when it begins to threaten mankind.Beware of using something you find in the Air Force junk pile.
- DirectorJohn BadhamStarsAlly SheedySteve GuttenbergFisher StevensNumber 5 of a group of experimental robots in a lab is electrocuted, suddenly becomes intelligent, and escapes.Such a loveable robot!!!
- DirectorKenneth JohnsonStarsFisher StevensMichael McKeanTim BlaneyRobot Johnny Five comes to the city and gets manipulated by criminals who want him for their own purposes.Same loveable robot exploring New York City!
- DirectorSusan SeidelmanStarsJohn MalkovichAnn MagnusonGlenne HeadlyA reclusive scientist, Jeff Peters (Malkovich), builds a robot, Ulysses, which looks exactly like himself and is set to go on a long-term space mission. Since the (real) scientist seems to lack all emotions, he is unable to program his (lack of) emotion into his automaton, and an eccentric woman is hired to "educate" the robot on human behavior. In the end, she falls in love--but is it with the robot or with Mr. Right?We have this one only on VHS; looking for a DVD copy.
- DirectorHoward HawksStarsCary GrantGinger RogersMarilyn MonroeA chemist finds his personal and professional life turned upside down when one of his chimpanzees finds the fountain of youth.Cary Grant and Ginger Rogers test out a "fountain of youth" serum.
- DirectorFrank LongoStarsAli Landry MonteverdeJames Roday RodriguezDesmond AskewA scientist and his sidekick accidentally clone a journalist and decide to turn the mistake into Repli-Kate, their idea of the perfect woman, who loves beer, football, and frat parties.A nerd accidently replicates an intelligent young lady but then teaches her guy habits.
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsMichael J. FoxChristopher LloydLea ThompsonMarty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.First of a decent trilogy.
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsMichael J. FoxChristopher LloydLea ThompsonAfter visiting 2015, Marty McFly must repeat his visit to 1955 to prevent disastrous changes to 1985...without interfering with his first trip.Second of a decent trilogy.
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsMichael J. FoxChristopher LloydMary SteenburgenStranded in 1955, Marty McFly learns about the death of Doc Brown in 1885 and must travel back in time to save him. With no fuel readily available for the DeLorean, the two must figure how to escape the Old West before Emmett is murdered.Third of a decent trilogy.
- DirectorCarl ReinerStarsSteve MartinKathleen TurnerDavid WarnerA brain surgeon marries a femme fatale whose life he saved, causing his life to turn upside down. Things go even more awry when he falls in love with a telepathic brain.OH my - Steve Martin as a brain surgeon!!!
- DirectorRobert ButlerStarsKurt RussellCesar RomeroJoe FlynnAt Medfield College, an accident with a donated computer gives Dexter Riley the ability to remember any knowledge learned instantly and perfectly.First of Kurt Russell in College trilogy!
- DirectorRobert ButlerStarsKurt RussellCesar RomeroJoe FlynnA chemistry student invents a spray that makes its wearer invisible. A crook finds out about it, and plans to steal it for himself.Second of Kurt Russell in College trilogy!
- DirectorVincent McEveetyStarsKurt RussellJoe FlynnEve ArdenDexter Riley and his friends accidently discover a new chemical mixed with a cereal seems to give anyone temporary superhuman strengthThird of Kurt Russell in College trilogy!
- DirectorRobert StevensonStarsFred MacMurrayNancy OlsonKeenan WynnA college professor invents an anti-gravity substance which a corrupt businessman wants for himself.MacMurray is the professor
- DirectorRobert StevensonStarsFred MacMurrayNancy OlsonKeenan WynnWhen Professor Brainard experiments further on Flubber derivatives, he gets in trouble and only his students can help.MacMurray is back as the absent minded professor.
- DirectorJerry LewisStarsJerry LewisStella StevensDel MooreA timid chemistry teacher discovers a magical potion that can transform him into a suave and handsome womanizer.Jerry Lewis as the professor.
- DirectorLes MayfieldStarsRobin WilliamsMarcia Gay HardenChristopher McDonaldAn absent-minded professor discovers "flubber," a rubber-like super-bouncy substance.Robin Williams is the professor.
- DirectorHarold RamisStarsMichael KeatonAndie MacDowellZack DuhameA man who never has enough time for the things he wants to do is offered the opportunity to have himself duplicated.The pros and cons of cloning!
- DirectorChris WedgeCarlos SaldanhaStarsEwan McGregorHalle BerryMel BrooksIn a robot world, a young idealistic inventor travels to the big city to join his inspiration's company, only to find himself opposing its sinister new management.Hubby had me add. I watched it but don't remember the whole story.
- DirectorStephen J. AndersonStarsDaniel HansenWesley SingermanAngela BassettLewis is a brilliant inventor who meets mysterious stranger named Wilbur Robinson, whisking Lewis away in a time machine and together they team up to track down Bowler Hat Guy in a showdown that ends with an unexpected twist of fate.Hubby had me add. I watched it but don't remember the whole story.
- DirectorSteven Hilliard SternStarsJay UnderwoodAlan ThickeRobyn LivelyDr. Jonas Carson, a scientist, invents Chip, an android teenager. Dr. Carson sends Chip to school with his daughter Becky to see whether an android could interact with others. But his former employer decides to try and make a profit by stealing the mechanical boy.This is the first in the trilogy. We have all three but only on VHS.
The android boy is named Chip. He reminds me of DARYL (the movie) and VICI of Small Wonder (tv series). - DirectorSimon WincerStarsMary Beth HurtMichael McKeanKathryn WalkerA seemingly normal young boy is found abandoned on a mountain road and adopted by a family who are increasingly amazed by his abilities before discovering the secret behind his real identity.D.A.R.Y.L. stands for Data Analyzing Robot Youth Lifeform.
Reminds me of Small Wonder with Vicki aka VICI (Voice Input Child Identicant). - DirectorNick HurranStarsLaura FraserRupert Penry-JonesLuke de LaceyA frustrated teenage girl creates her perfect man in a virtual reality machine and in a freak accident, gives him life.Pretty cool! Not bad as title might suggest.
- DirectorMarshall BrickmanStarsJohn LithgowChristopher ColletRichard CouncilA high school prodigy builds an atomic bomb with stolen plutonium to win the 45th National Science Fair and expose a nuclear weapons lab posing as a nuclear medical research facility in Ithaca, NY.Even a teenager can make a nuclear bomb with stolen plutonium.