# The 14 Smartest Fictional Characters in Movies

> Code-breakers, detectives, inventors and quiet prodigies — the movie minds that outthink everyone in the room. Who is the smartest of them all? Cast your vote!

*By YPB Team · Published July 23, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-14-smartest-fictional-characters-in-movies*

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## Current results (3 votes)

1. **Hannibal Lecter** — 66.67% (2 votes · score 1000/1000)
   The brilliant, cannibalistic psychiatrist of The Silence of the Lambs.
2. **Professor Moriarty** — 33.33% (1 votes · score 689/1000)
   Sherlock Holmes's criminal-mastermind nemesis.
3. **Sherlock Holmes** — 0% (0 votes · score 665/1000)
   The peerless deductive detective adapted across countless films.
4. **Will Hunting** — 0% (0 votes · score 596/1000)
   The self-taught janitor math genius of Good Will Hunting, played by Matt Damon.
5. **Hermione Granger** — 0% (0 votes · score 596/1000)
   The brightest witch of her age in the Harry Potter films.
6. **Doc Brown** — 0% (0 votes · score 596/1000)
   The eccentric time-machine inventor of Back to the Future.
7. **Bruce Wayne** — 0% (0 votes · score 517/1000)
   The genius detective-industrialist behind Batman.
8. **Ellie Arroway** — 0% (0 votes · score 517/1000)
   The brilliant SETI astronomer of Contact.
9. **John Nash** — 0% (0 votes · score 423/1000)
   The Nobel-winning mathematician of A Beautiful Mind.
10. **Katherine Johnson** — 0% (0 votes · score 310/1000)
   The NASA mathematician of Hidden Figures.
11. **Neo** — 0% (0 votes · score 310/1000)
   The reality-bending hacker chosen one of The Matrix.
12. **Tony Stark** — 0% (0 votes · score 172/1000)
   The genius inventor-industrialist behind Iron Man.
13. **Alan Turing** — 0% (0 votes · score 172/1000)
   The codebreaking pioneer of The Imitation Game.
14. **Lisbeth Salander** — 0% (0 votes · score 172/1000)
   The genius hacker of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

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