A curated list of movies every hacker & cyberpunk must watch. Ratings are from IMDb.
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MOVIE | GENRE | YEAR | RATING |
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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 |
Brazil | Drama/Science Fiction | 1985 | 7.9/10 |
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 Circle | Drama/Thriller | 2017 | 5.3/10 |
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 |
MOVIE | GENRE | YEAR | RATING |
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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 |
Colossus: The Forbin Project | Science Fiction/Thriller | 1970 | 7.1/10 |
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 |
MOVIE | GENRE | YEAR | RATING |
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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 Island | Action/Adventure | 2005 | 6.9/10 |
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 |
MOVIE | GENRE | YEAR | RATING |
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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 |
TITLE | GENRE | YEAR | RATING |
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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 |
Travelers | Science Fiction | 2016 | 8.0/10 |
Westworld | Drama/Mystery | 2016 | 9.0/10 |
You Are Wanted | Drama/Thriller | 2017 | 6.1/10 |
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