The Imitation Game is a 2014 historical thriller film directed by Morten Tyldum, with a screenplay by Graham Moore loosely based on the biography Alan Turing: The Enigma byAndrew Hodges. It stars Benedict Cumberbatch as the British cryptanalyst Alan Turing, who helped solve the Enigma code during the Second World War and was later prosecuted for homosexuality.
The film was multi-award nominated, but only came away with Best Adapted Screenplay at the 2015 Oscars. It also stars Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Charles Dance and Mark Strong.
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