If you loved Pirates of Silicon Valley, try Hawking

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Hawking has roughly 3.8× fewer votes than Pirates of Silicon Valley — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Theyboth carry the cerebral mood tag, and they sit in Drama / TV Movie territory. If that's the register that drew you to Pirates of Silicon Valley, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Hawking is

The Theory of Everything if it were a BBC telefilm. Cambridge in the early 1960s: Stephen Hawking is diagnosed with a motor neuron disease shortly after meeting a literature student named Jane Wilde. Benedict Cumberbatch's performance makes this biopic worth seeking out.

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