A Beautiful Mind (2001)

Based On the Life of: John Nash

Starring: Russell Crowe

Movie Budget: $60 million

Star Salary: $5 million

A Beautiful Mind is based on a biography by Sylvia Nasar about John Forbes Nash, a mathematical genius and child prodigy. The screenplay was adapted and written by Akiva Goldsman, and Russell Crowe starred as Nash. The director was Ron Howard, and the movie won an Oscar for Best Picture.

Nash’s life story was, truly, something out of a book. He made an astonishing discovery when he was young and he was poised to become internationally recognized for his mathematical genius. But his career torpedoed after he began to struggle with schizophrenia. The movie depicts his painful journey of self-discovery as a young man.