Newton: The Dark Heretic(2003)

Newton: The Dark Heretic is a BBC documentary that reveals Isaac Newton's obsessive quest to decode biblical prophecy and predict the end of the world. While celebrated as the father of modern mathematics and physics, Newton spent over fifty years studying the Bible, convinced it held God's secret laws of the universe. He was consumed by a fanatical search for the date of the Second Coming of Christ, meticulously analyzing the Book of Revelation in hopes of uncovering when the apocalypse would arrive. The film unearths Newton's original manuscript forecasting the world's end for the first time, shedding light on a hidden chapter of his life that scholars have long struggled to interpret. It explores the tension between Newton's rational scientific mind and his deeply religious convictions, revealing a man driven by faith as much as reason.