Vizontele (2001), The Right Stuff (1983), Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff (2010), The Dam Busters (1955), The Man in the White Suit (1951), Jour de Fete (1948), Hollywood Cavalcade (1939), Mission Mangal (2019) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Technological Innovation movies.
Storyline: The residents of a Turkish village have never seen TV. That changes when a transmitter is installed and the mayor, Nazmi (Altan Erkekli), gets a set. Everyone is curious, but because the transmission is bad they lose interest. A theater owner, Latif (Cezmi Baskin), spreads rumors about the dangers of TV, hoping to keep people interested in seeing his overplayed movies. Nazmi and the town eccentric, Deli Emin (Yilmaz Erdogan), search for a better signal to win everyone over to their side.
Plot Keywords: comedy, drama, nostalgia, small-town life, social change, humor, family ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Tom Wolfe's book on the history of the U.S. Space program reads like a novel, and the film has that same fictional quality. It covers the breaking of the sound barrier by Chuck Yeager to the Mercury 7 astronauts, showing that no one had a clue how to run a space program or how to select people to be in it. Thrilling, funny, charming and electrifying all at once.
Plot Keywords: space race, nasa, cold war, courage, adventure, history, biography ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first time he clasped the famous statuette in his hand was a half-century earlier when his Technicolor camerawork was awarded for Powell and Pressburger's Black Narcissus. Beyond John Huston's The African Queen and King Vidor's War and Peace, the films of the British-Hungarian creative duo (The Red Shoes and A Matter of Life and Death too) guaranteed immortality for the renowned cameraman whose career spanned seventy years.—Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Plot Keywords: biography, documentary, film history, hollywood, filmmaking, art, visual arts ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The British are desperate to shorten the length of World War II and propose a daring raid to smash Germany's industrial heart. At first, the objective looks impossible until a British scientist invents an ingenious weapon capable of destroying the planned target.—Dave Jenkins <david.jenkins@smallworld.co.uk>
Plot Keywords: war, history, world war ii, british, true story, military operation, bombing ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Sidney Stratton, a humble inventor, develops a fabric which never gets dirty or wears out. This would seem to be a boon for mankind, but the established garment manufacturers don't see it that way; they try to suppress it.—John Oswalt <jao@jao.com>
Plot Keywords: comedy, science fiction, satire, british film, social commentary, black comedy, working class ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Once a year the fair comes for one day to the little town 'Sainte-Severe-sur-Indre.' All inhabitants are scoffing at François, the postman, what he seems not to recognize. The rising of the flagstaff under his direction nearly leads into a catastrophe - but everybody tells him how important his work is. Sneering up François continues in the evening of the festive day. Made drunk, some 'friends' persuade him to watch a short-movie in a tent. This film is a stunt-show, covered as 'The modern delivery-techniques of the US-post. François takes it serious, not recognizing being teased. Next day, after getting sober in a goods wagon, he reorganizes his own delivery-methods. He has not the equipment, as his ideals in the short-movie have, but using only his bicycle, he makes good, funny progresses.—Christian Wenger <wenger@ls7.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
Plot Keywords: comedy, french cinema, classic, black and white, rural life, humor, satire ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Michael Linnett Connors takes Molly Adair from Broadway understudy to 1913 Hollywood star. Although she is in love with him, she marries her co-star reckoning wrongly Connors thinks of her only in terms of movies. He fires her in pique, apparently terminally damaging his career.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Plot Keywords: classic film, hollywood, black and white, comedy, musical, historical drama, nostalgia ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Based on true events of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launching the Mars Orbiter Mission (Mangalyaan), making it the least expensive mission to Mars.
Plot Keywords: space exploration, based on true events, teamwork, inspirational, social prejudice, national pride, technological innovation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Story of the beginnings of the steam-powered engine and its use in the first steamship voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.
Plot Keywords: adventure, historical, drama, sea, 19th century, biographical, romance ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Hank owns horses, stables horses and races horses. He favorite horse always wins and he is prosperous and will known. His son (Bob), however dreams only of the future of the horseless carriage and not of the horse. This causes problems between Hank and Bob. As the people in the town convert from horses to autos, Hank detests those who switch - so he looses his friends, his son Bob and finally his livery business. Bob leaves his flame Rose and goes to Detroit, gets involved with the auto industry and does very well. He does not forget Hank and promises to see him again, but Hank's hatred of the auto may cause the death of Bob.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
Plot Keywords: silent film, historical drama, american film, black and white film, 1920s, warner bros, early cinema ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: To detonate the huge asteroid which is 7days away from earth with the help of nuclear missile set in space station, team of 6 members travel to space. The hurdles and consequences they faced in this operation will lead them to succeed in their mission is the rest of the story....—prem-koolalwayz
Plot Keywords: sci-fi, action, adventure, disaster, space, indian cinema, heroism ...
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