The 12 Best Movies About Nerds That Break Classic Nerd Stereotypes
We’ve seen these nerd stereotypes play out in dozens of movies and TV shows, and it has given nerds a bad reputation. While public perception of nerds has changed over the years, it’s still often loaded with negative connotations—of cowardice, of poor social skills, of sexual frustration, of contempt from the people around them. Sometimes these traits are true for nerds, but rarely to the exaggerated degree we see in Hollywood and on television....