Real Genius (1985)

An uptight teenage prodigy enters a top engineering college, but feels awkward among the freewheeling students. When a professor aims to turn their laser project into a military weapon, he and his offbeat roommate plot to ruin the plan.

Director: Martha Coolidge

Cast: Val Kilmer, Stacy Peralta, Daniel Ades, Andres Aybar, Louis Giambalvo, Ed Lauter, Charles Shull, Beau Billingslea, Charles Parks, William Atherton, Sean Frye, JoAnn Willette, Ina Gould, Nadine Vix, Gabriel Jarret, Paul Tulley, Joanne Baron, Harry Johnson