“Prime Target” is a math thriller in the vein of “A Beautiful Mind,” Ron Howard’s Oscar best picture winner about the mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. and his work in Cold War-era ...

As Hollywood icon Ron Howard continues to craft great stories, now's an ideal time to look at the ten best movies in his filmography.

This dazzling and layered film adapts the true story of John Nash (Russell Crowe), the Nobel Prize-winning mathematician who becomes a cryptographer for the U.S. government, only to begin ...

Much like Emilia Pérez’s titular heroine, a reformed cartel capo who keeps her identity hidden after undergoing gender ...

A straight drama that’s a little less standard than I had anticipated, “A Beautiful Mind” is the story of mathematician John Nash and his battles with mental illness, specifically schizophrenia.

Why it’s Oscarbait: Based on the life of mathematician John Nash, it portrays an individual overcoming personal hardship (mental illness). It has all the elements that often appeal to the ...