Top movies every engineer should watch (and why)

3 idiots.

Not only engineer but also every student should watch this movie: I think every student must watch it once in their lifetime because, every parent wants their child to be an engineer or a doctor or a lawyer etc. Many of the students are not allowed to choose their career and it results in failure. In 3 idiots, same situation is shown where Farhan Qureshi wanted to be a wildlife photographer but forced to be an engineer which results in his failure. Another person in this movie is Raju Rastogi who chooses engineering with hopes of improving his family's financial situation, but his lack of self-confidence results in poor grades. Their friend Rancho has an immense interest in engineering. This film teaches to choose what you love and you will achieve whatever you want. While watching this movie Raju's personality will teach to trust yourself and do not fear. When Rancho answers his professor in first lecture it indicates that Engineering is to focus on concepts and not get lost in technical details. Farhan’s story shows always listen to your heart when it comes to pursue a carrier. Studying is not about ranking, it’s more about who you will become when you finish your studies. Lastly, never ever give up on your true friends.

Movie - 3 IDIOTS..
This is the movie i prefer every engineer as well as every individual should watch. It not only depicts the life of an engineer but also the circumstances he/she faces.. The real 4 yrs. of an engineer from ragging to farewell all is very well described in the movie.. the mood swings, ups and downs, the late night preparation, pressure before results, all can be felt.. so i would suggest if not in the past but in present or in future one should surely watch this movie..

Movie - 3 IDIOTS..
This is the movie i prefer every engineer as well as every individual should watch. It not only depicts the life of an engineer but also the circumstances he/she faces.. The real 4 yrs. of an engineer from ragging to farewell all is very well described in the movie.. the mood swings, ups and downs, the late night preparation, pressure before results, all can be felt.. so i would suggest if not in the past but in present or in future one should surely watch this movie..

Movie-THE MATRIX TRILOGY

Though I am an electronics student, that movie has fascinated me beyond words, because to be living in a world ruled by machines where we are harvested like plants for food(energy) is really amazing. It shows that through coding anything is nearly possible. The concept where humans have to enter the machine world for survival and a hacker who can break the rules of that world and a prophecy that gives hope to humans, something that seems so close in the distant future. Sometimes I doubt maybe i really am living in a matrix world.. cuz after seeing that movie..you really tend to think so..

😀- should surely watch the movie to know what m speaking about.. 😀

The Pursuit of Happyness 😀
The story is based on entrepreneur Chris Gardner , which replicates how to achieve dreams despite tons of barriers and adverse conditions . The endless fighting with life and never giving up attitude . its just inspirational 👍 . We always give up to situations without doing at-least 10% efforts , the movie teaches us fight endlessly with whatever you have and have little faith 😀

I know many of movies but my favourite movie is "Phir Hera Pheri".it is very comedy and mind freshing movie.I always watches comedy movies to be happy,stressless and refresh.
I think every engineer should watch this movie for happiness,refreshment and engineer having stress in this any field.to get mind with full fresh and enthutiastic,I always prefer to watch any comedy movie.
So,try to watch a comedy movie!!!

Pacific rim this is the one movie you should watch it like a kid it makes you want to be an engineer. This is a movie about human being with the help of Jaegers which they built to fight kaiju an alien monster, a Jaeger has two brains and it is taller than any building in China what more could you ask for look at the design of Jaeger it is not an alien which can shape shifts into a car it is a giant machine with human brain and this is the only movie where engineers become the last hope for the survival of human kind.

Movie : "The Pursuit of Happyness".

Initially I was surprised with the "happyness" spelling, but later when I watched this movie I got to know the reason behind it.
The movie is based on the true story of Chris Gardner, who rises above all the obstacles to become a wall street legend. I think one of the most important thing we engineer's lack is determination towards our goal... This movie shows if you are determined to achieve the goals you have set for you, nothing In this world will stop you to accomplish them.
This movie is a real motivation for me, I will recommend this movie.

3 idiots

(Do I have to say? I mean my attitude proves, it’s without a second thought : ) "IRON MAN"

Reason for choosing (not biased, but had to name it) -

An alcoholic play boy, a maniac mechanic, a MIT alumnus and the current owner of the STARK industry is an engineer, still it is a movie about how “engineering” should portray a lifestyle, not a discipline. He would take you inside the film and shows that engineering is living the life with brain and heart and stomach together, with adventures. It’s where Tony Stark, the hero of this film, the Iron Man is built (not born) and said he wanted to protect the people. Being one of the richest icons, he deliberately went into the terrorists’ trap and later saved many innocent families from getting butchered. Portraying a strong sense of justice, he went against his seniors (became a whistleblower), the govt. and finally saved the world. One and only super hero, whom I could ever understand. And the film!

The Pursuit of Happyness : One must watch this amazing movie, the way a person fight with all the life hardships is shown very well, the movie teaches us "Never Quit in life" which is very essential for an engineer to learn in order to achieve anything.
Doesn't matter How hard life hit you hard, one must not quit and just continue fighting 😀

"ek deewana tha"
yes , in the whole movie there is nothing about engg. except that the guy was an mechanical engg.
why you should watch it ? love ? naah !
view it from different perspective , you can still choose other career aspects also being a engg graduate.
many people just roam around engg exams and and they get nothing , because there mind is somewhere else.
so get the courage to step towards your interest and dont think why i did engg ?

Spare Parts ..... this movie is based on real incident ......a high school team beat MIT three times in a row in an under water robotics competition by NASA . This is the one of the best engineering movie based on real event i have seen so far .... why i like this movie because If you think you are unbeatable at that time someone from some where is preparing to defeat you.... we can't underestimate some one by looking in his educational qualification

Whenever one say a movie about engineers,the only movie comes to every ones mind is "3 Idiots",bt my all time favourite movie dedicated to all engineers out there is "Zindagi na milegi dobara".The friendship trios of hrithik,farhaan and abhay just gives us a perfect example of how friendship should be.,the best part of the movie is the beautiful dialogues and poems written by zoya akhtar.,I would like 2 share my best dialogue which i remember everytime i face some trouble in my life..:Yeh jo gehre sannate hain
Waqt ne sabko hi baante hain
Thoda ghum hai sabka qissa
Thodi dhoop hai sabka hissa
Aankh teri bekaar hi nam hai
Har pal ek naya mausam hai
Kyun tu aise pal khota hai
Dil aakhir tu kyun rota hai

MOVIE: October Sky
The movie is based on the true story of Homer. H. Hicknam. He was the son of a coal miner and he got inspired by the launch of sputnik. During his schooling he was discouraged and everyone thought that he was mad. The only support he had was his science teacher. With her support he works hard and build his rocket with his equally nerdy friends and wins the national science fair to get college scholarship. None of this was easy especially for Homer. They were even arrested for causing a forest fire accidently. This movie was a true inspiration for me. It made me understand that greater things cannot be achieved easily.

One movie that every engineer should watch : "3 idiots"
In that film, it was shown that we need to discover our interest and focus on strengths so that we can achieve the position we want to achieve. It gives you confidence to be self-dependent.
The movie encourages us to be self-learner and we need to understand the concepts that is being taught to us and don't have to mug up everything.

i suggest "RAGHUVARAN B.TECH"
As an engineer we must watch the movie . It shows the attitude of a engineer and we never want to go another field other than your wish. Be a Engineer Live like a King

OCTOBER SKY
This movie based on a small town of Coalwood in West Virginia will send your engineer spirits soaring up in the sky.October sky is the story of Homer Hickman, his friends, and his teacher who against the wishes of his practical-minded father dreams of building a Rocket of his own and lighting up the night sky.The story is a reminder to all Engineers that in a project of any kind resources are never a concern.
If you are currently working on a project or have left one midway then this is a much needed boost for you to get up and working.

Movie: Inidhu Inidhu
Why: Everyone may think that the story is full of love and friendship. But on the other side it expresses the peer pressure of a village student and how it is over comed by the help of his friends. The college becomes a place were friendship arises between the strangers.

Being an engineer I would say it is Raghuvaran Btech. It is not only about a civil engineer it is all about engineering graduates. This film is just an inspiring play that every engineer at once thought about their strengths. It is also a sentimental film about mother and I loved it.
It is not just an reel life, it is no more less than real life. It also shows that for any project all the engineering streams come together for its successful completion. No one has a power to stop an engineer from showing his hidden talents what may comes in between.

Mission impossible series.

It's a great movie which overcast the most practically possible technologies which aren't exist now. But could be dwfowd on our colourful future .

Movie- STAR TREK
Set in future this movie shows the world defined by technology and not by religion, politics, etc. Any engineer who watches this movie is gonna be inspired and feel proud by seeing where engineering can and will take us (in future), Into the world where mankind has conquered the final frontier (space), where every aspect of the world depends heavily on the really cool gadgets and machines built by us. Every scene in the movie makes you feel "Jesus! I wanna build that" for every space ship or machine you see ;almost makes you feel writing those long and dull college submission journals tolerable.

<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2234155/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Internship (2013) - IMDb</a>
This is the story of two salespersons, who eventually lose their jobs due to digitization. But by some luck they end up their way into a coveted internship at Google, where they have to compete with a group of young, tech-savvy geniuses for a shot at employment.

Ultimately these experienced creative minds leaves us stunned with their innovative ideas and marketing skills.
This movie really inspires us and gives us the most important message that never give up, work hard and put your blood and sweat to achieve what are you thriving for.

My suggestion is to watch Tamil movie Valiyavan ...
cast: Jai, Andrea Jeremiah

It has the story of a common manager of a mall who fights against an international boxer!
I know that this film has not received many good reviews! but I want to share personally
what I have learned as an engineering student ?
1. Have faith in yourself.
2. Practice! Practice- the more you do the more you learn.
3. Learn from Everything and Everyone.
4. Never underestimate the one below you.
5. Always focus on your goal.

thankyou

Finally Writing on CE after a long time.
October Sky(1999).
Being an Aerospace Engineer, this is more than a movie for me. The Movie is based on the True story of Homer Hickam, a normal guy who gets inspired in Rocketry after watching a flypast of the US spacecraft Sputnik. Fighting discouragement by his own father, a coal miner, to multiple failures, the Rocket Boys endure all to go on to Win the National Science Fair and then get college scholarships.
What makes the movie bitter-sweet is the the way he overcame the difficulties with his father to make his dream come true and how in the end his father sets his aspirations for his son, to make way for his sons dream to come true.

A Must Watch!!

I suggest every engineer to watch the movie " AA NALUGURU" - Telugu movie.

Because now a days every engineers main aim is to earn more money and they are losing the ethics and morals and also stepping into illegal paths for earning more money

In the movie "Aa Naluguru" the director shows good ethical values and morals and shows money is not everything and maintaining a healthy relationship till the end of life is great.

There is a famous dialogue in the movie - "when a person asked about the greatness of a rupee then rupee replied that i can make even harischandra to lie, brothers, father and son, brother and sisters quarrel among them and even i can break a friendship. That is the greatness of me".

This movie made me a complete engineer with full of ethics and morals and i wont make any illegal actions for money.

Ankita KatdareMost engineers among us are also huge movie buffs. We have a great community here and we would love to read recommendations from fellow engineers. It'd be awesome to have our own dedicated collection of movies that is a must-watch for every engineer.

Tell us any ONE movie that's a must-watch for every engineer and write ‘why you think so’ part in about approx. 50-100 words.

GRAND GIVEAWAY - Day 2
Announcement: #-Link-Snipped-#​
Prize:
One best entry will be chosen from the replies in this thread and they will win a -
Rs. 500 Amazon Gift Card!​
​
Deadline: Midnight, 12:00 AM (IST)
Rules:

1. Your entry must be 100% original. Any entry having copied content from other websites will be disqualified.
2. Entries made after 12:00 AM tonight will not be considered for the giveaway.
3. Winner will be declared tomorrow i.e. on 28th October via announcements.

Fifty odd years ago a film titked Satyakam by Hrishikesh Mukerji was released. It starred Dharmendra, as a honest-to thr bones Engineer, with Sharmila Tagore as his wife, and Ashok Kumar and Sanjeev Kumar in supporting Cast.
Even after Dharmendra acted in so many films of so many hues later, this film is considered his carreer-best film. Fresh after independence a honest rational thinking engineer , Satya, tries to lead a straight life without any compromise; he is forced by circumstances to marry a girl who is sexually exploited by a rogue prince; and grow up a girl chld of uncertaun parenthood; His adamant refusal to sign and certify poor quality construction and refuse monetory temptations make him change jobs; frequent quarrels with his wife, and ultimately fall sick ; even at this stage of ensuring a safe future for his family after his impending death he refuses any help; when he relents at one stage, his wife is courageous enough to refuse such help as she knows that it is against his principle; he dies a poor man, but happy that his wife understood him;
The film is serious throughout, and the dialogues and characters wrench ones conscience. AshokKumar 's role as Satya's ascetic grandfather with high ideals but refusal to accept Satya's wife Ranjana as Bahu due to her past , gets humbled by the daughter of Ranjana from the past, who is able to accept her uncertain paternity without shame or reservation.
I remember it was a black and white film and won some Filmfare awards, but it was not a commercial Success. and it was not meant to be though it had all the top actors.
Even today I get emotional remembering the character of Satya, and his struggles. It is a lesson for today's youngsters on the level of aspiration a young India of 1947 had which are in Shambles today.
I recommend every Indian to see thos film once, not for entertainment but for the search for truth. Just see if you can get it in youtube.

<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2172071/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Student of the Year (2012) - IMDb</a>
Because every college student want to this type of life in college,
Fun enjoyment and everything,
every engineering student thinking i have beautiful girlfriend,
and one big friebd group and last thing i would be topper in class😀
everything in this movie so Engineer almost watch this movie....

movie-NEW YEAR ERA
I think the person who is in engineering profession is always busy with machines and his profession.he even not getting time for enjoyment.he spent his whole life for sacrifices and adjustment.the movie i liked most is NEW YEAR ERA.which i think should watched by each engineer.the reason is that we all celebrate new year in a grand way by wishing people happy new year.in that movie also at last one engineer repaired faulty time setting machine where lot of people puting their hopes for their new year happiness.thus engineer role in that movie is bringing happiness in peoples life.and serve all mankind in the world.

I want to mention about the movie "VELLAI ILLA PATADHARI" which is a famous Tamil movie.In this movie,the director has shown the real pain that an engineer undergoes when he does not get a job.For that he (the actor) does not give up his hope but one fine day,he wins.So from this we can take two positive things- do not get fed up when you are not recognized in the first attempt and the second thing is that there is a chance for everyone to play in this world.

Movie:- Lakshya

Who does not want to be an officer in the Indian Army? There are many engineers who have watched Lakshya at-least twice in one of those ‘movie-marathon nights’ in their hostel and decided that they would go for the Indian Army after their graduation. Lakshya does has the power to inspire you to the core.
This is the movie shows the real enjoyment and struggle in the life. If we compare Engineering with the life of Hritik in the movie then we understand that in 4 years of college we dont know that how we are and after passout from the college we understand the real situation and struggle of life and in that situation we need so much passions and ready to do the hard work.....

Movie:- The Wolf Of the Wall Street

Why?- Engineering's student having, one dream:- Own Campany (because they are there own boss, no one can rule them) and this movie shows, how from scratch you can built an empire with minimum investment and least exprience. Its shows some of the best markting technique like selling evrything and anything and gives an insight of business, people, market, and techniqes too.

Now a days there are various events in college fest, which deals on this movie concept, so if you want to win these events and thinking of doing MBA or starting your own business anytime and at any age from anywhere, watch this movie and get your self motivated mean while enjoy and learn.

The Tomorrow land movie.
This movie urges us to be innovative as we practice our engineering profession. It calls for commitment and hard work to see to it that our artifacts are a success regardless of any challenges like limited resources, criticism etc. This movie goes ahead to address the beauty of engineering as it is even possible to enter into some one's mind using certain engineering artifacts. For me i learn t that one may come up with a machine for example and it fails to do what it was intended for so this must not be a reason for the Engineer to surrender/give up on it always keep trying you may find that you are only missing some thing small for your machine to work not forgetting that Engineers work as a team.

The Giveaway #2 officially has ended at 11:59:59 PM (IST). The winner will be declared in the next few hours. Keep an eye on: <a href="https://www.crazyengineers.com/threads/crazyengineers-grand-giveaway-do-not-miss-it.91972">CrazyEngineers Grand Giveaway - DO NOT MISS IT!</a> for all the updates.

I suggest the film "The Bridge on the River Kwai".
There is a human element, there is national pride, and even with the poor conditions they had they managed to build a proper bridge. Then the main actor realizes that by building a good bridge they were helping the enemy, and with his last action he destroys the same bridge.

Good Will Hunting

• Education can come from anywhere (Matt Damon solving math problem which no one could solve in MIT )
• We spend so much time thinking what others perceive us as that we eventually lose track of who we really are.
  
• We all need a true genuine friend to help us find our journey.
• Education is overrated a self-taught janitor can beat MIT/Harvard students
• Matt Damon,Ben Affleck,Robin Williams are the stars.
• Some people are better than you and you have to live with it.

If engineers have never seen Good Will Hunting, they are insane. This movie is about a young adult by the name of Will Hunting, who has an amazing talent in Mathematics, but his main fault is his inability to commit himself in any kind of relationship. When Will is almost sent to jail, a professor at MIT decides to bail him out under the condition that he works with him for math every week and that he visits a therapist. Little does he know that the therapist, Sean, will change his life in so many ways. I think this movie could satisfy every engineers' movie desire. The reasons are as follows:
1) Education can come from anywhere: The movie shows that there are smart people even in slums. All they need is an opportunity and help from the people who recognize their needs.
2)

If engineers have never seen Good Will Hunting, they are insane. This movie is about a young adult by the name of Will Hunting, who has an amazing talent in Mathematics, but his main fault is his inability to commit himself in any kind of relationship. When Will is almost sent to jail, a professor at MIT decides to bail him out under the condition that he works with him for math every week and that he visits a therapist. Little does he know that the therapist, Sean, will change his life in so many ways. I think this movie could satisfy every engineers' movie desire. The reasons are as follows:
1) Education can come from anywhere: The movie shows that there are smart people even in slums. All they need is an opportunity and help from the people who recognize their needs.
2) It teaches us how friendship should look like: Once you believe that someone is your true friend, you stand on your friend's side.
3) It explains what Soul Mate means: It persuades engineers who don’t have a human connection in their life, they should better get their heads out of the books and meet someone.
Please watch this movie and I hope every engineer will love it.

Hollywood: Interstellar

-> Interstellar is the story of an engineer, of mankind and of the impending future. It is a story about the fabric of human nature and incidentally, also about the fabric of space-time. The way the movie unfolds is ruthless - it literally challenges you to keep pace with the science involved. The biggest reason why every engineer (and even those who are not) should watch this movie is to see the confidence the protagonists have in the theory of science, the "faith" they put in the advances made by mere humans, while fighting the grand and careless universe. It is a story of survival. And personally, the movie emphasizes to me that nothing is impossible. If you have the knowledge, if you are rational, if you can think, even a Black Hole shall not stop you.

Most importantly, I recommend Interstellar for the genius of Mr. Nolan. To repeatedly raise the bar higher is easily said than done. With Interstellar, he told us a story which literally transcends dimensions. I imagine how impossible it might have appeared to put across a story this complex, this ambitious and this scientifically accurate - and yet not bore the audience (both scientifically oriented and those not) and keep them gripped. In the artistic world, Mr. Nolan undertook the same journey that Cooper did. He had to cross millions of light years worth of cinematic challenges to make Interstellar. This is something no filmmaker (I have seen) has been capable of - yet. In a way, every filmmaker is an engineer and Mr. Nolan represents the best of them. Interstellar is a visionary and inspirational project, a must watch for any engineer.

If it helps, during the course of making Interstellar, two scientific papers were published - this was the level of dedication and originality involved.

Bollywood: Swades
-> Swades, on the other hand has nothing to do with engineering, yet everything. It is a personal favourite because it simply hit me hard. To make a movie on the social issues of our country is not difficult, many do. But to make a movie which provides tangible solutions to these problems, without becoming preachy, is something very few movies are capable of (OMG is another such). Swades is a movie about an engineer, who decides to move back to India, because he cares and believes he can bring about a change. The reason why every engineer should watch Swades is because this movie teaches you how to be a part of the solution. Everybody just re-iterates the problem, but engineers have the gift of providing a solution. This is a movie with its heart in the right place and execution is absolutely perfect. It is indeed a perfect movie to watch for anyone (not just engineers), but a great movie to learn from especially if you are an engineer. Swades inspired a lot of Indians to move back, talk about the power of good cinema!

IRON MAN

In Iron Man, Tony Stark, an industrialist and master engineer, builds an armor and becomes the technologically advanced superpowered Iron Man.Its an ideal way of how an engineer must live his life .Both enjoying and innovating something new at same time
One of the few things you can learn by watching this movie are
1.You can do what people expect you to do, or you can do what’s right.
2.Technology is great, but know how to survive without it.
3.Always keep people who you can trust your life with.
4.Care for others but proving it is only a waste of time
5.You can always escape from even worst of situations if you use your knowledge correctly.

In Iron Man, Tony Stark, an industrialist and master engineer, builds an armor and becomes the technologically advanced superpowered Iron Man.Its an ideal way of how an engineer must live his life .Both enjoying and innovating something new at same time.Few things you can learn by watching this movie are
1.You can do what people expect you to do, or you can do what’s right.
2.Technology is great, but know how to survive without it.
3.Always keep people who you can trust your life with.
4.Care for others but proving it is only a waste of time
5.You can always escape from even worst of situations if you use your knowledge correctly