Movies For Hackers

A curated list of movies every hacker & cyberpunk must watch.

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1. Movies For Hackers
   • Thrillers/Drama
   • Science Fiction/Fantasy
   • Action
   • Documentaries
2. TV Shows For Hackers
3. Other Cool Lists
4. Contributing

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Thrillers / Drama

MOVIE	GENRE	YEAR	RATING
21	Crime/Drama/Thriller	2008	6.8/10
23	Thriller/Drama	1998	7.3/10
Algorithm	Crime/Drama/Thriller	2014	4.8/10
Anonymous	Crime/Drama/Thriller	2016	6.4/10
Antitrust	Thriller/Drama	2001	6.1/10
Blackhat	Drama/Thriller	2015	5.4/10
Enemy of the State	Thriller/Drama	1998	7.3/10
Hacker's Game	Drama/Thriller	2015	3.8/10
Hackers	Crime/Drama	1995	6.2/10
I.T.	Thriller/Drama/Crime	2016	5.4/10
Listening	Thriller/Drama	2014	5.6/10
Live Free or Die Hard	Thriller/Action	2007	7.2/10
Office Space	Romance/Comedy	1999	7.8/10
Pi	Drama/Mystery	1998	7.5/10
Primer	Drama/Thriller	2004	7.0/10
Reboot	Thriller/Drama	2012	4.1/10
Snowden	Drama/Thriller	2016	7.3/10
Swordfish	Caper Story/Thriller	2001	6.5/10
Takedown	Thriller/Drama	2000	6.3/10
The Fifth Estate	Thriller/Drama	2013	6.2/10
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Thriller/Drama	2011	7.8/10
The Imitation Game	Drama/Thriller	2014	8.2/10
The Net 2.0	Thriller/Drama	2006	4.7/10
The Net	Thriller/Drama	1995	5.8/10
The Signal	Thriller	2014	6.1/10
The Social Network	Drama/History	2010	7.7/10
The Thirteenth Floor	Thriller/Mystery	1999	7.0/10
Underground: The Julian Assange Story	Drama/Biography	2012	6.8/10
Untraceable	Slasher/Thriller	2008	6.2/10
WarGames	Thriller/Drama	1983	7.1/10
WarGames: The Dead Code	Thriller/Drama	2008	4.5/10
Who Am I	Crime/Drama	2014	7.6/10
The Circle	Drama/Thriller	2017	5.3/10

Science Fiction / Fantasy

MOVIE	GENRE	YEAR	RATING
2001: A Space Odyssey	Fantasy/Science fiction	1968	8.3/10
Anon	Science fiction/Thriller	2018	6/10
Avalon	Fantasy/Science fiction	2001	6.6/10
Blade Runner	Science Fiction/Thriller	1982	8.2/10
Blade Runner 2049	Science Fiction/Drama	2017	8.3/10
Ex Machina	Fantasy/Mystery	2015	7.7/10
eXistenZ	Science Fiction/Thriller	1999	6.8/10
Ghost in the Shell	Fantasy/Animation	1995	8.0/10
Ghost in the Shell	Science fiction/Action	2017	6.9/10
Her	Science Fiction/Romance	2013	8.0/10
Inception	Mystery/Science fiction	2010	8.8/10
Johnny Mnemonic	Science fiction/Action	1995	5.6/10
Morgan	Science Fiction/Thriller	2016	5.8/10
One Point O	Mystery/Science fiction	2004	6.2/10
Open Windows	Fantasy/Crime	2014	5.2/10
The Lawnmower Man	Fantasy/Action	1992	5.4/10
The Matrix	Fantasy/Action	1999	8.7/10
The Matrix Reloaded	Science Fiction/Action	2003	7.2/10
Transcendence	Science Fiction/Drama	2014	6.3/10
World on a Wire	Science Fiction/Thriller	1973	7.9/10

Action

MOVIE	GENRE	YEAR	RATING
Eagle Eye	Thriller/Action	2008	6.6/10
Echelon Conspiracy	Action/Crime/Mystery	2009	5.8/10
Firewall	Thriller/Action	2006	5.8/10
Gamer	Thriller/Action	2009	5.8/10
Kung Fury	Action/Comedy	2015	8.1/10
Sneakers	Thriller/Action	1992	7.1/10
The Italian Job	Thriller/Action	2003	7.0/10
Tron	Action/Adventure	1982	6.8/10
Tron: Legacy	Action/Adventure	2010	6.8/10
Virtuosity	Thriller/Action	1995	5.5/10
The Island	Action/Adventure	2005	6.9/10

Documentaries

MOVIE	GENRE	YEAR	RATING
BBS: The Documentary	Documentary	2005	8.7/10
Citizenfour	Biography/Documentary	2014	8.1/10
Code 2600	Documentary	2012	7.4/10
Deep Web	Documentary	2015	7.1/10
DEFCON: The Documentary	Documentary	2013	5.7/10
DSKNECTD	Documentary	2013	7.4/10
Downloaded	Documentary	2013	6.8/10
Freedom Downtime	Documentary	2001	7.6/10
Good Copy Bad Copy	Documentary	2007	7.2/10
Hackers Are People Too	Short Film/Documentary	2008	6.1/10
Hacking Democracy	Documentary	2006	7.9/10
Hackers Wanted	Indie Film/Documentary	2009	6.5/10
In the Realm of the Hackers	Documentary	2003	7.4/10
Indie Game: The Movie	Documentary	2012	7.7/10
Pirates of Silicon Valley	Television Film/Docudrama	1999	7.3/10
Plug and Pray	Documentary	2010	7.2/10
Revolution OS	Indie Film/Documentary	2001	7.3/10
Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web	Documentary	2017	7.4/10
Softwaring Hard	Documentary	2014	8.2/10
Steal This Film	Short Film/Documentary	2006	7.1/10
TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away from Keyboard	Documentary	2013	7.6/10
Terms and Conditions May Apply	Documentary	2013	7.4/10
The Code	Documentary	2001	7.5/10
The Hacker Wars	Documentary	2014	6.6/10
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz	Documentary	2014	8.1/10
The KGB, the Computer and Me	Documentary	1990	8.3/10
The Secret History Of Hacking	Documentary	2001	7.6/10
The Singularity	Drama/Science Fiction	2012	7.3/10
War for the Web	Documentary	2015	7.4/10
We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists	Documentary	2012	7.3/10
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks	Documentary	2013	6.9/10
Zero Days	Documentary	2016	7.8/10

TV Shows

TITLE	GENRE	YEAR	RATING
Black Mirror	Drama/Science Fiction	2011	8.9/10
CSI: Cyber	Crime/Drama/Mystery	2015	5.4/10
Dark Net	Documentary Series	2016	7.3/10
Halt and Catch Fire	Drama	2014	8.3/10
Mr. Robot	Thriller/Drama	2015	8.7/10
Person of Interest	Action/Crime/Drama	2011	8.5/10
Scorpion	Action/Drama	2014	7.2/10
Serial Experiments Lain	Cyberpunk/Animation	1998	8.2/10
Silicon Valley	Comedy	2014	8.5/10
StartUp	Crime/Thriller	2016	8.1/10
The Code	Drama	2014	7.6/10
The IT Crowd	Comedy	2006	8.6/10
Westworld	Drama/Mystery	2016	9.0/10
You Are Wanted	Drama/Thriller	2017	6.1/10
Travelers	Science Fiction	2016	8.0/10

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• Misc
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