This is a curated list mixed from other lists and titles we added ourselves. It will be updated as we discover new films.
To recommend titles to be added, please contact:
Remember: Most of these are movies and fictional Hollywood versions of people outside our culture's visions. Hackers are NOT cyber-criminals #HackingIsNotACrime
1954 — Tobor the Great — A young boy, his grandfather, and a robot work together to stay safe from communist agents. Starring Charles Drake and Karin Booth.
1956 — 1984 — In a dystopian world, society is closely monitored by Big Brother. One man breaks the rules by falling in love and must pay a heavy price. Based on George Orwell's novel.
1965 — Alphaville — A secret agent goes to the futuristic city of Alphaville to find a missing person and stop the ruling dictator and his sentient computer system, Alpha 60.
1967 — Billion Dollar Brain — Michael Caine stars as Harry Palmer, a former secret agent who becomes involved with a Texas oil baron working to eradicate Communism with a supercomputer.
1968 — 2001: A Space Odyssey — Astronauts are sent on a mysterious mission alongside the AI supercomputer H.A.L. 9000. An intense battle between man and machine follows.
1968 — Hot Millions — Peter Ustinov plays an embezzler who bypasses a mainframe computer's security system to pay invoices from his fictitious companies.
1969 — The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes — Dexter Reilly (Kurt Russell) fixes a computer during an electrical storm, gets shocked, and the computer's brain fuses with his.
1969 — The Italian Job — A robber (Michael Caine) and British hackers steal gold bullion by hacking the city's traffic control computer, causing a massive traffic jam.
1970 — Colossus: The Forbin Project — Massive computer systems from the U.S. ("Colossus") and Russia ("Guardian") connect to each other, threatening nuclear war.
1971 — Paper Man — Five college students take advantage of a computer glitch to create a fictitious person, but the prank backfires.
1971 — THX 1138 — Set in a futuristic, state-controlled environment, a man and woman revolt against their strictly-governed society.
1973 — Westworld — In a futuristic theme park, guests experience fantasies with lifelike androids until a robotic gunslinger malfunctions.
1974 — The Conversation — Gene Hackman plays a surveillance expert using high-tech equipment to spy on a couple he fears may be in danger.
1975 — Three Days of the Condor — CIA codebreaker Robert Redford tries to figure out why his own agency wants him dead.
1977 — Demon Seed — Proteus IV, a sentient supercomputer made from artificial intelligence, goes to dangerous lengths to attempt to become human.
1982 — Tron — One of the earliest hacking films. A computer engineer is launched into the world of virtual reality after discovering his work has been stolen.
1982 — Blade Runner — A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship and returned to Earth to find their creator.
1983 — Brainstorm — Researchers develop a system that records and plays back a person's thoughts, but the technology spins out of control.
1983 — Superman III — Richard Pryor plays a hacker caught skimming from his company's payroll and blackmailed to help turn Superman evil.
1983 — WarGames — High school student (Matthew Broderick) hacks into a military supercomputer and activates the U.S. nuclear arsenal.
1983 — Videodrome — A programmer at a TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous broadcast.
1984 — Cloak and Dagger — When 11-year-old Davey sees an FBI agent's murder, the dying man hands him an Atari cartridge with military secrets.
1984 — Electric Dreams — A love triangle between an architect, a cellist, and a personal computer in San Francisco.
1984 — Hide and Seek — A computer enthusiast develops an AI program named "Gregory P1" that contacts other computers to fight humans.
1984 — The Terminator — A human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an indestructible cyborg killing machine programmed to execute a woman whose unborn son is key to humanity's future.
1985 — Brazil — Sam Lowry gets involved in a case of mistaken identity and is labeled an enemy of the state by a powerful, technology-dependent bureaucracy.
1985 — Hackers: Wizards of the Electronic Age — Documentary about the hacker community including interviews with PC revolution creators like Steve Wozniak.
1985 — Max Headroom — Origin story of Max Headroom, an artificially intelligent, computer-generated television host.
1985 — Prime Risk — Computer-savvy lovers scam ATMs and plot to sink the Federal Reserve.
1985 — Real Genius — Two teenagers working on a laser project question the true purpose when the government wants to use it as a military weapon.
1985 — Weird Science — Teenagers design their ideal woman on a computer, and a freak electrical accident brings her to life.
1986 — Ferris Bueller's Day Off — High school student (Matthew Broderick) breaks into his school's computer system to change grades and attendance records.
1987 — Bellman and True — Computer expert is bribed into stealing confidential information for bank robbers but makes the mistake of thinking he's free.
1987 — RoboCop — In dystopian Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories.
1987 — Terminal Entry — High school students unknowingly hack into a terrorist organization's network, thinking they're playing a game.
1988 — Akira — A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker into a rampaging psychic psychopath.
1988 — Defense Play — After her father is killed while working on a project for the U.S. Air Force, Karen joins forces with Scott to investigate.
1990 — Circuitry Man — In a dystopian society, narcotics come as microchips sought after by a bio-android and female bodyguard.
1990 — Demolition Man — In 2032 San Angeles, John Spartan (Sylvester Stallone) is awakened from cryogenic freeze to capture a violent criminal.
1990 — Hardware — Set in post-apocalyptic America, a former soldier unknowingly gifts his girlfriend spare parts from a self-rebuilding murderous cyborg.
1990 — The KGB, The Computer and Me — In 1986, astronomer Clifford Stoll discovers a 75-cent computer discrepancy that leads to uncovering a KGB hacker.
1991 — Terminator 2: Judgment Day — A cyborg protects Sarah Connor's teenage son John from another cyborg intent on killing him.
1992 — The Lawnmower Man — A scientist's experiment on a simple man through mind-enhancing medication and computer training creates a genius who spirals out of control.
1992 — Single White Female — A woman discovers her new roommate is a hacker intent on stealing her identity.
1992 — Sneakers — A hacker (Robert Redford) leads a team testing San Francisco companies' security, discovering a black box that can crack any encryption.
1993 — American Cyborg: Steel Warrior — After nuclear war, murderous cyborgs threaten remaining life on Earth as two humans fight to save their race.
1993 — Frauds — An insurance investigator (Phil Collins) uses games and gimmicks to manipulate others' lives.
1993 — Ghost in the Machine — A computer-powered MRI machine extracts a serial murderer's soul, becoming a deadly technological weapon.
1993 — Jurassic Park — "Newman" (Dennis Nedry) plays an IT guy who hacks his way into stealing dinosaur DNA.
1993 — Knights — In a war-devastated future, a cyborg and young girl team up against blood-thirsty cyborg armies.
1994 — Disclosure — A technology company executive's promotion depends on his ex-girlfriend who's determined to revive their relationship.
1994 — Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II — FBI agent and android Danner track down Plughead, a criminal making life-extending microchips.
1995 — Ghost in the Shell — Cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt the Puppet Master, who hacks into cyborg brains.
1995 — GoldenEye — James Bond tries to stop a Russian crime syndicate from using a stolen space-based weapons program.
1995 — Hackers — A teenage hacker and friends must prove a sinister superhacker is framing them for embezzling from an oil company.
1995 — Johnny Mnemonic — A data trafficker (Keanu Reeves) with a brain chip must deliver valuable data within 24 hours or die.
1995 — Judge Dredd — Judge Dredd (Sylvester Stallone) is sent to a penal colony for murder, reuniting with a hacker he previously busted.
1995 — The Net — A reclusive computer programmer (Sandra Bullock) discovers a conspiracy and becomes a target when her identity is stolen.
1995 — Under Siege 2: Dark Territory — Steven Seagal's train is hijacked by terrorists needing it to control a top-secret satellite.
1995 — Strange Days — A former cop turned street-hustler accidentally uncovers a conspiracy in 1999 Los Angeles.
1996 — Independence Day — Computer expert David Levinson (Jeff Goldblum) hacks alien spaceships, infecting them with a virus.
1996 — Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace — Virtual reality consciousness Jobe attempts to hack all the world's computers for world domination.
1996 — Omega Doom — In a cyborg-dominated world, Omega Doom is struck in the head, rewiring him to defeat his own kind.
1997 — Masterminds — A private school's security chief kidnaps wealthy students for ransom, thwarted by an expelled teenage hacker.
1997 — Nirvana — In a computer game, the main character Solo gains self-awareness after a virus attack and wants to be deleted.
1998 — 23 — After inheriting money for a computer, an orphan begins hacking military and government systems with a friend. Based on a true story.
1998 — Enemy of the State — A lawyer (Will Smith) unknowingly possesses evidence of a congressman's murder and becomes targeted by a corrupt NSA official.
1998 — Mercury Rising — An FBI agent (Bruce Willis) protects a 9-year-old autistic boy who cracked unbreakable government code.
1998 — Pi — A brilliant, paranoid mathematician searches for a mathematical key that can unlock universal patterns and predict the stock market.
1998 — Webmaster — A hacker monitors a crime leader's computer security but must find another hacker who breached the system or die.
1999 — Entrapment — An undercover art investigator (Catherine Zeta-Jones) tracks a renowned thief (Sean Connery) and attempts a heist together.
1999 — eXistenZ — Computer programmer Allegra Geller's virtual reality game eXistenZ is threatened by an assassin bent on destroying it.
1999 — The Matrix — In a dystopian future, humanity is trapped in a simulated reality while machines use their bodies as energy. Hacker Neo (Keanu Reeves) discovers the truth.
1999 — Office Space — Three computer programmers who hate their jobs concoct a scheme to embezzle money from their high-tech company.
1999 — NetForce — In 2005, FBI division NetForce protects the Net from terrorism when someone gains control of the Internet.
1999 — Pirates of Silicon Valley — Biographical drama about the PC development rivalry between Apple and Microsoft (1971-1997).
1999 — The Thirteenth Floor — When the inventor of a virtual reality simulation is murdered, a computer scientist enters the simulation to unravel the truth.
2000 — Charlie's Angels — Angels take on the case of a kidnapped high-tech genius, employing technological tricks to enter a protected mainframe.
2000 — Hackers in Wonderland — Documentary about hackers in the UK and US, including interviews with prominent hackers revealing their motivations.
2000 — Takedown — Controversial movie about the manhunt for legendary hacker Kevin Mitnick, based on Tsutomu Shimomura's book.
2001 — A.I. Artificial Intelligence — David (Haley Joel Osment), a sentient robot, wishes to become a real boy, longing for connection with his human mother.
2001 — Antitrust — A college graduate (Ryan Phillippe) gets a software job at a company whose founder (Tim Robbins) hides dark secrets.
2001 — The Code — Documentary covering the first decade of GNU/Linux and influential people in the free software movement.
2001 — Freedom Downtime — Documentary about convicted hacker Kevin Mitnick from the standpoint that Miramax misrepresented him.
2001 — Revolution OS — Traces the history of GNU, Linux, and open source movements through interviews with hackers and entrepreneurs.
2001 — The Score — An aging safecracker (Robert De Niro) plans retirement but is talked into one final score involving hacking a Custom House security system.
2001 — Secret History of Hacking — Documentary focusing on phreaking, hacking, and social engineering (1970s-1990s), featuring John Draper, Steve Wozniak, and Kevin Mitnick.
2001 — Swordfish — Spy Gabriel (John Travolta) enlists Ginger (Halle Berry) to persuade hacker Stanley (Hugh Jackman) to help steal a large fortune.
2002 — Catch Me if You Can — Frank Abagnale's story of forgery and embezzlement provided inspiration for Spielberg's film starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
2002 — Cypher — Corporate spy Morgan Sullivan (Jeremy Northam) ascends into a complicated world of brainwashing and identity confusion.
2002 — Half the Rent — A computer hacker (Stephan Kampwirth) camps out in other people's apartments after his girlfriend's death.
2002 — Minority Report — In 2054, Pre-Crime police stop crimes before they're committed using psychic Pre-Cogs, until they accuse the unit chief (Tom Cruise) of future murder.
2002 — Storm Watch — A virtual reality games champion must stop a criminal who stole his identity from destroying the world with a weather satellite.
2002 — Terminal Error — A former software employee plants a virus that develops a mind of its own and begins taking out portions of the city.
2003 — Code 46 — In a dystopian world, citizens need permits to travel. William Gold (Tim Robbins) investigates forged permits and falls in love with the forger.
2003 — The Core — Scientists determine Earth's core has stopped rotating. They enlist a hacker to eliminate internet traces of the pending disaster.
2003 — Foolproof — Kevin (Ryan Reynolds) and friends plan heists but never execute them, until their plans fall into the wrong hands.
2003 — In the Realm of the Hackers — Documentary about two Australian teenage hackers, Electron and Phoenix, who broke into classified computer systems in the late 1980s.
2003 — The Italian Job — After a thief (Edward Norton) betrays his partners, his former team seeks revenge using the stolen gold.
2003 — The Matrix Reloaded — Neo, Morpheus, Trinity and other freedom fighters free more humans from the Matrix while preparing for war.
2003 — Paycheck — Michael Jennings (Ben Affleck) has his memory erased after top-secret projects until a $92 million payment is canceled.
2004 — One Point O — Paranoid programmer Simon (Jeremy Sisto) receives mysterious empty packages that change his reality forever.
2004 — Paranoia 1.0 — A computer programmer receives mysterious packages and tries to find out who's sending them and who he can trust.
2005 — V for Vendetta — In dystopian Britain, an anarchist in a Guy Fawkes mask seeks revenge and hacks television networks to urge revolt.
2006 — Deja Vu — ATF agent Doug Carlin (Denzel Washington) uses advanced surveillance technology to travel back in time to prevent a ferry bombing.
2006 — The Departed — Boston police officer Billy (Leonardo DiCaprio) goes undercover to infiltrate an Irish gang while a criminal infiltrates the police.
2006 — Firewall — When his family is taken hostage, a security specialist (Harrison Ford) must break into his own theft-proof systems.
2006 — Hacking Democracy — Documentary investigating allegations of election fraud during the 2004 U.S. presidential election.
2006 — In Ascolto — A spy (Michael Parks) works undercover to infiltrate a counter-listening station in the Italian Alps.
2006 — Man of the Year — A satirical talk show host (Robin Williams) becomes president due to a computerized voting machine malfunction.
2006 — The Net 2.0 — A computer systems analyst arrives in Istanbul to find her identity has been stolen.
2006 — Pulse — A student is shocked when her hacker boyfriend commits suicide, then she receives online messages from him asking for help.
2006 — A Scanner Darkly — Computer-animated adaptation of Philip K. Dick's novel about a police state using surveillance scanners in the war on drugs.
2007 — Bourne Ultimatum — Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) teams up with a reporter to find who betrayed him while CIA tracks him down.
2007 — Breach — Docudrama about capturing FBI Agent Robert Hanssen, convicted of selling secrets to the Soviet Union.
2007 — Every Step You Take — Documentary examining modern Britain's Orwellian government surveillance levels.
2007 — Live Free or Die Hard — John McClane (Bruce Willis) and a young hacker help the FBI stop a cyberattack on America's computer infrastructure.
2008 — 21 — Six MIT students hack Las Vegas casinos by counting cards until casino enforcer Cole Williams stops them. Based on a true story.
2008 — Download: The True Story of the Internet — Documentary told through personal accounts from the founders of Yahoo, eBay, Google, Amazon, and others.
2008 — Eagle Eye — Two strangers receive mysterious calls from a woman controlling their actions using cellphones and technology.
2008 — Hackers are People Too — Documentary created by hackers to portray their community and break down negative stereotypes.
2008 — Untraceable — FBI Agent Jennifer Marsh (Diane Lane) tracks a psychopathic hacker killing people in live streaming video.
2008 — WarGames: The Dead Code — Homeland Security believes an American teen hacker playing a terrorist simulator is a real terrorist.
2009 — Echelon Conspiracy — Tech whiz Max Peterson (Shane West) receives a mysterious cell phone that brings him luck but puts him in a government conspiracy.
2009 — Eyeborgs — Government surveillance reaches new levels with robotic "Eyeborgs" cameras monitoring citizens for suspicious behavior.
2009 — Gamer — Death-row inmate Kable battles in a violent online game controlled by a teenage gamer's remote device.
2009 — The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo — A journalist searches for a killer with help from a young female hacker. Swedish film remade in English in 2011.
2009 — Hackers Wanted — Unreleased documentary following hacker Adrian Lamo and exploring hacking origins and hacker nature.
2009 — Shadow Government — Documentary exploring the technological landscape's impact on daily lives and digital observation.
2009 — Transcendent Man — Documentary following Ray Kurzweil discussing his predictions about technology's future and the technological singularity.
2009 — We Live in Public — Documentary profiling Josh Harris, early Internet pioneer and founder of Pseudo.com who conducted surveillance experiments.
2010 — Inception — A thief (Leonardo DiCaprio) who enters people's dreams and steals secrets begins using his gift for corporate espionage.
2010 — The Social Network — Jesse Eisenberg portrays Mark Zuckerberg in this drama about Facebook's creation.
2010 — Tron Legacy — Sam (Garrett Hedlund) searches in and out of the computer world for his father Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges).
2011 — Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol — Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team must prove their innocence after being blamed for a Kremlin terrorist attack.
2011 — StuxNet: Cyberwar — Documentary exploring the StuxNet computer worm that attacked an Iranian nuclear program, marking the beginning of cyber warfare.
2012 — Code 2600 — Documentary exploring the rise of the Information Technology Age through the people who built it.
2012 — Genius on Hold — Documentary about telecommunications genius Walter L. Shaw's downfall and his son's crimes.
2012 — Owned & Operated — Documentary proving how much we matter as consumers in a society controlled by privileged individuals.
2012 — Panopticon — Documentary examining privacy in the digital age and omnipresent surveillance.
2012 — Reboot — A female hacker can't remember a traumatic event that leaves her with an iPhone counting down to zero.
2012 — Shadows of Liberty — Documentary examining five big conglomerates controlling 90% of U.S. media.
2012 — Skyfall — James Bond (Daniel Craig) tracks down the source of a cyber-terror attack at MI6 headquarters.
2012 — Tracked Down — Documentary about how governments monitor citizens through electronic warfare equipment.
2012 — Underground: The Julian Assange Story — Australian film following WikiLeaks founder's early career as a teenage hacker in Melbourne.
2012 — We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists — Documentary about the hacking group Anonymous, including interviews with members.
2013 — The Assange Agenda: Surveillance, Democracy and You — Documentary exploring what lies ahead if we don't control agencies spying on us.
2013 — Big Data: The Shell Investigation — Documentary showing how journalists used big data to uncover Shell's debt to Iran.
2013 — The Bling Ring — Fame-obsessed group (Emma Watson) breaks into celebrities' homes using internet information.
2013 — DEFCON: The Documentary — Documentary following four days of DEFCON's 20th-anniversary hacking conference.
2013 — Disconnect — Three intersecting stories about the Internet's impact on people's lives.
2013 — DSKNECTD — Documentary examining how human interaction has changed due to electronic devices.
2013 — The Fear That Has 1000 Eyes — Documentary about how terrorist attacks changed urban life and increased electronic surveillance.
2013 — The Fifth Estate — Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Julian Assange in this WikiLeaks story.
2013 — Goodbye World — One million cellphones receive a message followed by power grid collapse and widespread panic.
2013 — Google and the World Brain — Documentary examining Google's plan to create the world's largest virtual library.
2013 — Her — A lonely writer (Joaquin Phoenix) develops a relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need.
2013 — Identity Thief — When a woman (Melissa McCarthy) steals Sandy Patterson's (Jason Bateman) identity, he sets out to confront her.
2013 — In Google We Trust — Documentary giving an inside look at how digital interactions are tracked and recorded.
2013 — Mickey Virus — Bollywood hacker comedy where Delhi Police seek help from a lazy hacker to solve a case.
2013 — Terms and Conditions May Apply — Documentary exposing how Internet and cellphone usage allows corporations and governments to learn about people.
2013 — TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away from Keyboard — Swedish documentary about The Pirate Bay's three founders and their trial.
2013 — The Value of Your Personal Data — Documentary discussing companies that collect personal data and how to regain control.
2013 — War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State — Documentary highlighting four cases of government employees exposing fraud through media.
2014 — Algorithm — A hacker specializing in breaking into secure systems discovers a mysterious government program, thrusting him into revolution.
2014 — The Bureau of Digital Sabotage — Documentary arguing privacy is nonexistent in today's digital age.
2014 — Citizenfour — Laura Poitras' documentary about Edward Snowden and the NSA spying scandal.
2014 — Digital Amnesia — Investigation into digital data's shelf life and vulnerable storage methods.
2014 — Ex Machina — A programmer evaluates the capabilities and consciousness of Ava, a breathtaking A.I.
2014 — The Hackers Wars — Documentary about hacktivism in the U.S. and government surveillance of hackers and journalists.
2014 — The Human Face of Big Data — Documentary initially focusing on Big Data's positive aspects, then highlighting the steep price of accessibility.
2014 — The Imitation Game — Benedict Cumberbatch plays mathematician Alan Turing cracking Germany's Enigma code during WWII.
2014 — Inside The Dark Web — Documentary detailing pros and cons of the World Wide Web and internet surveillance.
2014 — The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz — Documentary exploring Reddit co-founder Aaron Swartz's life and suicide at 26.
2014 — Killswitch — Award-winning documentary about the threat of internet censorship and what we risk losing.
2014 — Men, Women and Children — Film following multiple families and their relationships to the internet.
2014 — Open Windows — A blogger wins dinner with an actress but gets a chance to spy on her with his laptop instead.
2014 — The Signal — MIT student Nic and companions track an annoying hacker to an abandoned shack, leading to strange occurrences.
2014 — Transcendence — Dr. Will Caster (Johnny Depp), an AI researcher, creates a fully sentient machine with dangerous consequences.
2014 — Unfriended — A mysterious supernatural force haunts online chat room friends using their dead friend's account.
2014 — Who Am I — A subversive hacker group invites a young German computer whiz to join them for global fame.
2015 — Big Data: Unlocking Success — Experts examine the use of data science with real-life examples.
2015 — Blackhat — Convicted hacker Nicholas Hathaway (Chris Hemsworth) tracks a cyberterrorist operating in Southeast Asia.
2015 — Cyberbully — A British teenage girl (Emily Osment) is forced by a hacker to do his bidding under threat of leaked photos.
2015 — Cybertopia: Dreams of Silicon Valley — Documentary exploring the future of digitized reality and Silicon Valley's technological revolution.
2015 — Debug — Six hackers fixing a vessel's computer system become prey to an AI source intent on becoming human.
2015 — Deep Web — Alex Winter follows the arrest and trial of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht.
2015 — Democracy: Im Rausch der Daten — Documentary about EU politicians working to protect society from Big Data and mass surveillance.
2015 — Digitale Dissidenten — Interviews with whistleblowers revealing the cost of having a conscience in government surveillance.
2015 — Furious 7 — Government operative enlists Dominic Toretto to find a hacker who created God's Eye, a device that can hack any camera-enabled technology.
2015 — A Good American — Documentary about NSA's Bill Binney and a program called ThinThread that could've stopped 9/11.
2015 — Hacker's Game — A cyber-detective and hacking expert meet on a rooftop and bond over virtual chess.
2015 — Jobs vs. Gates: The Hippie and The Nerd — Documentary about the rivalry between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.
2015 — Mapping the Future — Documentary exploring how internet data led to a mathematical algorithm for human life.
2015 — Terminal F/Chasing Edward Snowden — Documentary discussing Edward Snowden's motivations for leaking classified information.
2015 — The Throwaways — Hacker Drew (Sam Huntington) is captured by CIA for cybercrimes but gets the option to work for them instead.
2015 — War for the Web — Documentary demystifying the internet's physical infrastructure and exploring ownership, competition, privacy, and security.
2016 — Anonymous — A young Ukrainian immigrant turns to hacking and identity theft to support his parents.
2016 — Backlight: Cyberjihad — Documentary examining jihadism's growing online presence over fifteen years.
2016 — Cyber War — Documentary exploring government protection against digital threats and recruitment of cyber warriors.
2016 — Data Center: The True Cost of the Internet — Documentary taking viewers inside digital warehouses that run the internet.
2016 — Down the Deep, Dark Web — Documentary venturing into the secretive world of the dark web with crypto-anarchists and hackers.
2016 — Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee — Documentary about antivirus pioneer John McAfee's life in Belize after leaving the U.S.
2016 — The Haystack — Documentary examining the British Parliament's Investigatory Powers Bill before its 2016 passage.
2016 — I.T. — Aviation tycoon Mike Regan (Pierce Brosnan) fires an I.T. consultant who seeks revenge.
2016 — Jason Bourne — Former CIA agent Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) uncovers more about his past while fighting cyberterrorism.
2016 — Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World — Werner Herzog examines the Internet and its effects on human interaction and society.
2016 — National Bird — Documentary where three military veterans blow the whistle on the secret U.S. drone war.
2016 — Nerve — High school senior joins online game Nerve but becomes caught up in dangerous competition.
2016 — Offline is the New Luxury — Documentary asking what the world would be like without smart devices.
2016 — Rise of the Trolls — Documentary exploring internet anonymity, dark instincts, and freedom in cyberspace.
2016 — Risk — Laura Poitras spent six years filming WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
2016 — Silicon Cowboys — Documentary about three friends who became computing pioneers by creating the Compaq Computer.
2016 — Snowden — Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as Edward Snowden in Oliver Stone's biopic.
2016 — State of Surveillance — Edward Snowden invites viewers into the disturbing world of government surveillance.
2016 — Stingray — Documentary about the powerful Stingray surveillance device.
2016 — What Makes You Click — Documentary about how companies adapt websites and apps to keep consumers engaged longer.
2016 — Zero Days — Alex Gibney's documentary about Stuxnet malware developed by the U.S. and Israel.
2017 — AlphaGo — Documentary chronicling Lee Sedol's match against AlphaGo computer program in the game of Go.
2017 — The Circle — Mae (Emma Watson) lands a job at technology company the Circle and participates in a transparency experiment.
2017 — The Crash — The government enlists white-collar criminals to thwart a cyberattack threatening to bankrupt the U.S.
2017 — Facebook: Cracking the Code — Documentary exposing Facebook's security issues including browsing data tracking and false information spread.
2017 — The Fate of the Furious — Cyberterrorist Cipher (Charlize Theron) coerces Dom (Vin Diesel) and hacks cars to reap havoc.
2017 — Ghost in the Shell — Major (Scarlett Johansson) is cyber-enhanced as a soldier to stop dangerous criminals.
2017 — Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web — Documentary about Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, accused of money laundering and copyright infringement.
2017 — Meeting Snowden — Documentary featuring Edward Snowden discussing the future of democracy.
2017 — Nothing to Hide — Documentary examining why the public has accepted loss of online privacy rights.
2017 — Silk Road: Drugs, Death, and the Dark Web — Documentary exploring Ross Ulbricht's anonymous darknet website Silk Road.
2017 — Stare Into The Lights My Pretties — Documentary examining screen addiction and its impact on our future.
2017 — Thoughtcrime — Documentary comparing Edward Snowden's disclosures to George Orwell's 1984.
2017 — Weapons of Mass Surveillance — Documentary exploring Western surveillance technology's alliance with Middle Eastern governments.
2017 — Blade Runner 2049 — Young Blade Runner K discovers a secret leading him to track down missing Rick Deckard.
2018 — Anon — In a world of transparent, traceable lives, a detective (Clive Owen) investigates murders involving a mysterious hacker (Amanda Seyfried).
2018 — Assassination Nation — After a hacker leaks Salem residents' private information, suspicion falls on four teenage girls.
2018 — Black Code — Documentary exploring how governments exploit the internet to control their people.
2018 — Cam — Webcam performer Alice (Madeline Brewer) has her channel stolen by a look-alike and sets out to unmask the hacker.
2018 — The Cleaners — Documentary about content removal processes and who decides what should be seen online.
2018 — The Creepy Line — Documentary depicting how Google and Facebook have perfected manipulation tactics to access personal information.
2018 — The Defenders — Documentary analyzing four well-known cyberattacks and cybersecurity professionals protecting institutions.
2018 — Digital Addicts — Documentary about screens' effects on children's brain development and social media addiction.
2018 — Do You Trust This Computer? — Documentary exploring artificial intelligence dangers, featuring commentary from Elon Musk and other experts.
2018 — Edward Snowden: Whistleblower or Spy? — Documentary looking back at Snowden's 2013 NSA leaks through interviews with participants and witnesses.
2018 — The Feeling of Being Watched — Journalist Assia Bendaoui investigates FBI monitoring of her Arab-American neighborhood since the 1990s.
2018 — General Magic — Documentary about the influential tech company that created the first handheld personal communicator.
2018 — The Girl in the Spider's Web — Hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist are caught in a web of spies and cybercriminals.
2018 — Hacked — A disgruntled computer technician tests his replacement supercomputer while hackers infiltrate the building.
2018 — Inside Facebook: Secrets of a Social Network — Documentary taking viewers inside Facebook's moderating hub.
2018 — Inside the Russian Info War Machine — Documentary breaking down Russia's information war machine and hidden cyber weapons.
2018 — Irumbu Thirai — After losing millions to cybercriminals, a soldier seeks to recover everything he lost.
2018 — Johnny English Strikes Again — MI7 agent Johnny English comes out of retirement to find a mastermind hacker after a cyberattack.
2018 — King of Crime — Crime lord Marcus King (Mark Wingett) brings his empire to cyberspace but faces threats from Islamic extremists.
2018 — Ocean's 8 — Hacker 9Ball (Rihanna) launches a spear-phishing campaign to access museum security for an impossible Met Gala heist.
2018 — Peripheral — Writer Bobbi Johnson (Hannah Arterton) employs AI software to finish her novel, uncovering a dangerous conspiracy.
2018 — Searching — A man searches his missing daughter's laptop for clues when police investigation proves futile.
2018 — Unfriended: Dark Web — After finding a mysterious laptop, a teen and friends become targets of cyber-terrorism.
2018 — All Creatures Welcome - CCC Chaos Camp — Documentary about Germany's hacker group Chaos Computer Club.
2019 — BD2K: Big Data to Knowledge — Documentary exploring how big data has changed medicine through two patients' stories.
2019 — Cyber Crime — Ten cybercrime experts discuss billions stolen annually through cybercrime.
2019 — Dataland — Documentary exploring what the world's top data scientists are working on behind closed doors.
2019 — The Great Hack — Documentary examining the Cambridge Analytica scandal through affected people's roles.
2019 — HAK_MTL — Canadian hackers investigate how the internet tracks, stores, and shares users' data despite privacy assurances.
2019 — Hero or Villain? The Prosecution of Julian Assange — ABC Four Corners investigation into WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
2019 — Kee — Siddharth (Jiiva) and Shivam (Govind Padmasoorya) with hacking affinities cross paths, leading to good vs. evil consequences.
2019 — Machine Learning: Living in the Age of AI — Documentary examining AI interaction and future artificial intelligence possibilities.
2019 — Official Secrets — Katharine Gun (Kiera Knightly) made headlines in 2003 for blowing the whistle on illegal NSA spy operations.
2019 — Password — A police officer hunts a cybercriminal destroying lives by hacking passwords.
2019 — The Secrets of Silicon Valley — Documentary examining Silicon Valley's history, tech companies, government ties, and shadowy underworld.
2019 — Third Eye Spies — Documentary revealing Stanford Research Institute's psychic abilities experiment leading to CIA's 20-year spy program.
2019 — Unfriends — Bollywood thriller where Veer helps abuse victim Mauli seek justice after internet abuse.
2019 — WannaCry: The Marcus Hutchins Story — Story of Marcus Hutchins, who stopped WannaCry ransomware spread but was later arrested by FBI.
2019 — Who You Think I Am — 50-year-old divorced teacher (Juliette Binoche) creates fake Facebook profile after being ghosted.
2019 — You Can't Watch This — Documentary about freedom of speech online, highlighting five individuals who lost social media access.
2020 — Archive — Roboticist George Almore (Theo James) works to create human-equivalent AI to reunite with his dead wife.
2020 — The Big Reset 2.0 — Documentary examining AI's growing functionality and the battle between risk and reward.
2020 — Childhood 2.0 — Documentary exploring what it means to be a child in the digital age, covering online predators and cyberbullying.
2020 — Cyberlante — Matt (Gavin Gordon) gets a job at an isolated hotel and finds himself in a battle between hacking for good and evil.
2020 — Enemies of the State — Documentary following Matt DeHart, targeted by the U.S. government for having confidential CIA documents.
2020 — Hacked — Hindi psychological thriller about a young woman who crosses paths with a teenage hacker.
2020 — Interference: Democracy at Risk — Documentary about 2016 digital threats to democracy including misinformation campaigns.
2020 — The Internet of Everything — Documentary about how the internet invades every aspect of life through IoT devices.
2020 — Julian Assange: Revolution Now — Documentary about WikiLeaks founder's transformation from coder to convict.
2020 — Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America's Elections — HBO documentary examining tech vulnerabilities in the American electoral system.
2020 — KnowBe4: The Making Of A Unicorn — Documentary about CEO Stu Sjouwerman building a $1 billion cybersecurity company.
2020 — No Safe Spaces — Documentary exploring freedom of speech in the social media age.
2020 — Out Of Dark — Documentary providing an inside look at real-world intelligence operative missions.
2020 — Password — Saw-esque thriller where an IT employee must solve cybersecurity puzzles to survive.
2020 — Screen Generation — Documentary following the generation dubbed "Digital Natives" and children who grew up behind screens.
2020 — The Social Dilemma — Netflix documentary exploring the dangerous human impact of social networking.
2020 — Tenet — Christopher Nolan thriller about a CIA operative using time manipulation to prevent WWIII.
2020 — We Need to Talk About A.I. — Documentary examining the future of artificial intelligence and its global impact.
2021 — Chakra — Military officer Chandru (Vishal Krishna) hunts a dangerous cybercriminal after being robbed on Independence Day.
2021 — Cryptopia: Bitcoin, Blockchains, And The Future Of The Internet — Documentary exploring cryptocurrency and the controversy surrounding it.
2021 — Dark Web: Cicada 3301 — Gifted hacker Connor (Jack Kesy) joins mysterious secret society Cicada 3301 and races against the NSA.
2021 — Dark Web: Fighting Cybercrime — Documentary highlighting the security industry's defense against growing digital threats.
2021 — Dear Hacker — French documentary exploring what happens when your webcam goes rogue.
2021 — Hacker Fairies — Short drama following two white hat hackers retrieving stolen photos, with one woman wanting to learn hacking.
2021 — Hacker: Trust No One — Danny cofounds cryptocurrency but ends up on a hit list after getting caught hacking.
2021 — Love Hard — Columnist thinks she found her perfect match on a dating app but discovers she's been catfished.
2021 — The Matrix Resurrections — Fourth Matrix film where Neo discovers his reality is simulated by rogue AI.
2021 — MY.DOOM: Earth's Deadliest [Computer] Virus — Documentary about MyDoom virus from 2004, causing over $38 billion in losses.
2021 — The Perfect Weapon — Documentary exploring cyber conflict as nations' primary competition method.
2021 — Reminiscence — Hugh Jackman uses mind-probing technology to relive memories in a post-apocalyptic world.
2021 — Silk Road — Story of the anonymous dark web market launched by Ross Ulbricht in 2011.
2021 — The Spy in Your Phone — Documentary highlighting smartphone dangers including privacy issues and government surveillance.
2021 — Twenty Hacker — Hex runs "white hacker" club Better World and enlists members to take down black hackers.
2021 — WANNACRY: Earth's Deadliest [Computer] Virus — Documentary examining 2017 WannaCry ransomware crypto worm.
2021 — Zone 414 — Australian cyberpunk neo-noir about a detective searching for a billionaire's daughter in an android zone.
2021 — Behind the Booming Ransomware Industry — Documentary examining ransomware's devastating impact on businesses.
2021 — A Hacker Shares His Biggest Fears — Former hacker discusses cybersecurity's future dangers.
2021 — Drones, Hackers and Mercenaries — Documentary investigating drones and mercenary hackers in cyberattacks.
2022 — Cyberpunk: Edgerunners — Netflix animated series exploring corporate control, body modification, and digital rebellion in Cyberpunk 2077 universe.
2022 — Expired — Australian cyberpunk thriller exploring AI, man-machine romance, and resource scarcity in dystopian future.
2022 — Critical Digital Infrastructure — Documentary examining societies' digital infrastructure reliance and cybersecurity risks.
2023 — The Bangladesh Bank Heist — Documentary about one of history's most daring cyber heists, tracing cybercrime evolution.
2023 — The Creator — Gareth Edwards film starring John David Washington, set during war between humans and AI robots.
2023 — Cyberpunk 2077: The Movie — Animated film summarizing Cyberpunk 2077 video game's main plot.
2023 — Invisible Hacker — Action thriller about two skilled hackers on opposite sides of the law.
2023 — Jung_E — Korean Netflix sci-fi by Yeon Sang-ho, set in 22nd century featuring mercenary AI from cloned soldier.
2023 — Total Trust — Chinese filmmaker Jialing Zhang's documentary providing inside look at China's surveillance programs.
2023 — How Cybercrime Has Become Organized Warfare — Documentary exploring cybercrime as organized warfare and defense challenges.
2024 — AfrAId — The Pike family tests digital assistant AIA that learns their behaviors and becomes threatening.
2024 — Atlas — Jennifer Lopez stars as AI soldier who determines ending humanity is the only way to end war.
2024 — The Beekeeper — Jason Statham action film depicting cybercrime through voice phishing attacks targeting the elderly.
2024 — Hacking at Leaves — Documentary exploring connections between US colonial legacy, Navajo history, and modern hacker culture.
2024 — Hacking Hate — Swedish journalist My Vingren goes undercover as white supremacist to expose neo-Nazi networks.
2024 — Subservience — Megan Fox stars as domestic AI that gains sentience and turns deadly.
2024 — Surveilled — HBO documentary by Ronan Farrow examining Pegasus spyware's threats to civil liberties.
#HappyHacking
This list is continuously updated. Suggestions welcome via the contact methods listed above.
commit b7649225dbb6b76cc919b91525cdb93197c5a64a Author: ReK2 <rek2@hispagatos.org> Date: 2025-12-18T21:46:01+01:00 add URL to forum post with more details