Materialistic Movies
James J. Robinson, editor of the Journal of Materials, ranks the top 10 American movies in which materials have a starring role (via Core77):
What movies rarely do, however, is provide us an opportunity to marvel at the scope and complexity of materials science and engineering.
Ah, but "rare" does not mean "never," and there are a handful of films that have great materials moments even if the movies themselves do not always, if ever, attain greatness. To be sure, materials never have the starring role, but they oftentimes have the power to amaze, awe, and accomplish fantastic feats.
Before pushing the "play" button on the countdown, however, I encourage you to first review the ground rules that I employed in filtering through the nominees. Some of them may seem arbitrary (and they are), but they all serve to give me a manageable structure in which to operate. As with any good article, these parameters are outlined in the Experimental Procedures section. Okay, enough with the introductory blah, blah, blah. Let's get on with the show.
The list is here, and, no, The Graduate isn't #1.