The Professor and the Madman

2019 · Directed by Farhad Safinia

Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.

Cast: Mel Gibson, Natalie Dormer, Jennifer Ehle, Eddie Marsan, Steve Coogan, David O'Hara, Stephen Dillane, Ioan Gruffudd, Sean Penn, Jeremy Irvine

Rating: 7.202/10 from 925 votes