The Imitation Game

In The Imitation Game, Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Alan Turing, the genius British mathematician, logician, cryptologist and computer scientist who led the charge to crack the German Enigma Code that helped the Allies win WWII. Turing went on to assist with the development of computers at the University of Manchester after the war, but was prosecuted by the UK government in 1952 for homosexual acts which the country deemed illegal.

I've said it a million times before.  I'm not really a history buff so movies like this one have to be really good to keep my attention and what not.  This movie was really good because I was totally into it throughout.  The performances were great.  The story and character development was great and they did a good job of mixing the two major plot points together that you were equally intrigued about the creation/use of the machine and the lingering punishment of the lead due to the absurd prosecution of homosexuality in that time period.  I am pretty sure that this movie will be up for several awards when the 2014 announcements are made.

I would absolutely recommend people checking this movie out.  It is a well done and very enjoyable telling of historical events.