Invention Movies

Exploring the business of inventing stuff

Parfenov's documentary is about a brilliant scientist and engineer, born in Russia, but only known on the other side of the ocean. The invention of...

Jobless inventor Justus begins to help people to become happy together with a homeless girl named Bella.

Marvin Willert and Josie McCale work together at Sellex, an electronics company. When Marvin finally asks Josie on a date, she discovers that Marvin...

A young filmmaker explores how being stuck indoors doesn't have to be the death sentence that we sometimes make it out to be.

The alarm clock. The personal computer. The smartphone. The radio. You know the greatest gadgets of all time (and you’ve probably owned most of...

This short film celebrates the hard work, tenacity, and ingenuity of inventors. Highlighted are some seemingly small inventions that have become part...

This MGM Passing Parade series short recounts how English chemist John Walker invented the wooden friction match during the 1820s.

This puppet film recreates some of Danish humorist Storm P.'s popular cartoons - the so-called "inventions". A "Storm P. Invention" is how Danes...