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#A List of Movies for Hackers and Cyberpunks

This is a curated list mixed from other lists and titles we added ourselves. It will be updated as we discover new films.

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Remember: Most of these are movies and fictional Hollywood versions of people outside our culture's visions. Hackers are NOT cyber-criminals #HackingIsNotACrime


#1950s

  • 1954Tobor the Great — A young boy, his grandfather, and a robot work together to stay safe from communist agents. Starring Charles Drake and Karin Booth.

  • 19561984 — 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.


#1960s

  • 1965Alphaville — 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.

  • 1967Billion 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.

  • 19682001: 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.

  • 1968Hot Millions — Peter Ustinov plays an embezzler who bypasses a mainframe computer's security system to pay invoices from his fictitious companies.

  • 1969The 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.

  • 1969The 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.


#1970s

  • 1970Colossus: The Forbin Project — Massive computer systems from the U.S. ("Colossus") and Russia ("Guardian") connect to each other, threatening nuclear war.

  • 1971Paper Man — Five college students take advantage of a computer glitch to create a fictitious person, but the prank backfires.

  • 1971THX 1138 — Set in a futuristic, state-controlled environment, a man and woman revolt against their strictly-governed society.

  • 1973Westworld — In a futuristic theme park, guests experience fantasies with lifelike androids until a robotic gunslinger malfunctions.

  • 1974The Conversation — Gene Hackman plays a surveillance expert using high-tech equipment to spy on a couple he fears may be in danger.

  • 1975Three Days of the Condor — CIA codebreaker Robert Redford tries to figure out why his own agency wants him dead.

  • 1977Demon Seed — Proteus IV, a sentient supercomputer made from artificial intelligence, goes to dangerous lengths to attempt to become human.


#1980s

  • 1982Tron — One of the earliest hacking films. A computer engineer is launched into the world of virtual reality after discovering his work has been stolen.

  • 1982Blade Runner — A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship and returned to Earth to find their creator.

  • 1983Brainstorm — Researchers develop a system that records and plays back a person's thoughts, but the technology spins out of control.

  • 1983Superman III — Richard Pryor plays a hacker caught skimming from his company's payroll and blackmailed to help turn Superman evil.

  • 1983WarGames — High school student (Matthew Broderick) hacks into a military supercomputer and activates the U.S. nuclear arsenal.

  • 1983Videodrome — A programmer at a TV station that specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous broadcast.

  • 1984Cloak and Dagger — When 11-year-old Davey sees an FBI agent's murder, the dying man hands him an Atari cartridge with military secrets.

  • 1984Electric Dreams — A love triangle between an architect, a cellist, and a personal computer in San Francisco.

  • 1984Hide and Seek — A computer enthusiast develops an AI program named "Gregory P1" that contacts other computers to fight humans.

  • 1984The 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.

  • 1985Brazil — Sam Lowry gets involved in a case of mistaken identity and is labeled an enemy of the state by a powerful, technology-dependent bureaucracy.

  • 1985Hackers: Wizards of the Electronic Age — Documentary about the hacker community including interviews with PC revolution creators like Steve Wozniak.

  • 1985Max Headroom — Origin story of Max Headroom, an artificially intelligent, computer-generated television host.

  • 1985Prime Risk — Computer-savvy lovers scam ATMs and plot to sink the Federal Reserve.

  • 1985Real Genius — Two teenagers working on a laser project question the true purpose when the government wants to use it as a military weapon.

  • 1985Weird Science — Teenagers design their ideal woman on a computer, and a freak electrical accident brings her to life.

  • 1986Ferris Bueller's Day Off — High school student (Matthew Broderick) breaks into his school's computer system to change grades and attendance records.

  • 1987Bellman and True — Computer expert is bribed into stealing confidential information for bank robbers but makes the mistake of thinking he's free.

  • 1987RoboCop — In dystopian Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories.

  • 1987Terminal Entry — High school students unknowingly hack into a terrorist organization's network, thinking they're playing a game.

  • 1988Akira — A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker into a rampaging psychic psychopath.

  • 1988Defense Play — After her father is killed while working on a project for the U.S. Air Force, Karen joins forces with Scott to investigate.


#1990s

  • 1990Circuitry Man — In a dystopian society, narcotics come as microchips sought after by a bio-android and female bodyguard.

  • 1990Demolition Man — In 2032 San Angeles, John Spartan (Sylvester Stallone) is awakened from cryogenic freeze to capture a violent criminal.

  • 1990Hardware — Set in post-apocalyptic America, a former soldier unknowingly gifts his girlfriend spare parts from a self-rebuilding murderous cyborg.

  • 1990The KGB, The Computer and Me — In 1986, astronomer Clifford Stoll discovers a 75-cent computer discrepancy that leads to uncovering a KGB hacker.

  • 1991Terminator 2: Judgment Day — A cyborg protects Sarah Connor's teenage son John from another cyborg intent on killing him.

  • 1992The 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.

  • 1992Single White Female — A woman discovers her new roommate is a hacker intent on stealing her identity.

  • 1992Sneakers — A hacker (Robert Redford) leads a team testing San Francisco companies' security, discovering a black box that can crack any encryption.

  • 1993American Cyborg: Steel Warrior — After nuclear war, murderous cyborgs threaten remaining life on Earth as two humans fight to save their race.

  • 1993Frauds — An insurance investigator (Phil Collins) uses games and gimmicks to manipulate others' lives.

  • 1993Ghost in the Machine — A computer-powered MRI machine extracts a serial murderer's soul, becoming a deadly technological weapon.

  • 1993Jurassic Park — "Newman" (Dennis Nedry) plays an IT guy who hacks his way into stealing dinosaur DNA.

  • 1993Knights — In a war-devastated future, a cyborg and young girl team up against blood-thirsty cyborg armies.

  • 1994Disclosure — A technology company executive's promotion depends on his ex-girlfriend who's determined to revive their relationship.

  • 1994Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II — FBI agent and android Danner track down Plughead, a criminal making life-extending microchips.

  • 1995Ghost in the Shell — Cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt the Puppet Master, who hacks into cyborg brains.

  • 1995GoldenEye — James Bond tries to stop a Russian crime syndicate from using a stolen space-based weapons program.

  • 1995Hackers — A teenage hacker and friends must prove a sinister superhacker is framing them for embezzling from an oil company.

  • 1995Johnny Mnemonic — A data trafficker (Keanu Reeves) with a brain chip must deliver valuable data within 24 hours or die.

  • 1995Judge Dredd — Judge Dredd (Sylvester Stallone) is sent to a penal colony for murder, reuniting with a hacker he previously busted.

  • 1995The Net — A reclusive computer programmer (Sandra Bullock) discovers a conspiracy and becomes a target when her identity is stolen.

  • 1995Under Siege 2: Dark Territory — Steven Seagal's train is hijacked by terrorists needing it to control a top-secret satellite.

  • 1995Strange Days — A former cop turned street-hustler accidentally uncovers a conspiracy in 1999 Los Angeles.

  • 1996Independence Day — Computer expert David Levinson (Jeff Goldblum) hacks alien spaceships, infecting them with a virus.

  • 1996Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace — Virtual reality consciousness Jobe attempts to hack all the world's computers for world domination.

  • 1996Omega Doom — In a cyborg-dominated world, Omega Doom is struck in the head, rewiring him to defeat his own kind.

  • 1997Masterminds — A private school's security chief kidnaps wealthy students for ransom, thwarted by an expelled teenage hacker.

  • 1997Nirvana — In a computer game, the main character Solo gains self-awareness after a virus attack and wants to be deleted.

  • 199823 — After inheriting money for a computer, an orphan begins hacking military and government systems with a friend. Based on a true story.

  • 1998Enemy of the State — A lawyer (Will Smith) unknowingly possesses evidence of a congressman's murder and becomes targeted by a corrupt NSA official.

  • 1998Mercury Rising — An FBI agent (Bruce Willis) protects a 9-year-old autistic boy who cracked unbreakable government code.

  • 1998Pi — A brilliant, paranoid mathematician searches for a mathematical key that can unlock universal patterns and predict the stock market.

  • 1998Webmaster — A hacker monitors a crime leader's computer security but must find another hacker who breached the system or die.

  • 1999Entrapment — An undercover art investigator (Catherine Zeta-Jones) tracks a renowned thief (Sean Connery) and attempts a heist together.

  • 1999eXistenZ — Computer programmer Allegra Geller's virtual reality game eXistenZ is threatened by an assassin bent on destroying it.

  • 1999The 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.

  • 1999Office Space — Three computer programmers who hate their jobs concoct a scheme to embezzle money from their high-tech company.

  • 1999NetForce — In 2005, FBI division NetForce protects the Net from terrorism when someone gains control of the Internet.

  • 1999Pirates of Silicon Valley — Biographical drama about the PC development rivalry between Apple and Microsoft (1971-1997).

  • 1999The Thirteenth Floor — When the inventor of a virtual reality simulation is murdered, a computer scientist enters the simulation to unravel the truth.


#2000s

  • 2000Charlie's Angels — Angels take on the case of a kidnapped high-tech genius, employing technological tricks to enter a protected mainframe.

  • 2000Hackers in Wonderland — Documentary about hackers in the UK and US, including interviews with prominent hackers revealing their motivations.

  • 2000Takedown — Controversial movie about the manhunt for legendary hacker Kevin Mitnick, based on Tsutomu Shimomura's book.

  • 2001A.I. Artificial Intelligence — David (Haley Joel Osment), a sentient robot, wishes to become a real boy, longing for connection with his human mother.

  • 2001Antitrust — A college graduate (Ryan Phillippe) gets a software job at a company whose founder (Tim Robbins) hides dark secrets.

  • 2001The Code — Documentary covering the first decade of GNU/Linux and influential people in the free software movement.

  • 2001Freedom Downtime — Documentary about convicted hacker Kevin Mitnick from the standpoint that Miramax misrepresented him.

  • 2001Revolution OS — Traces the history of GNU, Linux, and open source movements through interviews with hackers and entrepreneurs.

  • 2001The Score — An aging safecracker (Robert De Niro) plans retirement but is talked into one final score involving hacking a Custom House security system.

  • 2001Secret History of Hacking — Documentary focusing on phreaking, hacking, and social engineering (1970s-1990s), featuring John Draper, Steve Wozniak, and Kevin Mitnick.

  • 2001Swordfish — Spy Gabriel (John Travolta) enlists Ginger (Halle Berry) to persuade hacker Stanley (Hugh Jackman) to help steal a large fortune.

  • 2002Catch Me if You Can — Frank Abagnale's story of forgery and embezzlement provided inspiration for Spielberg's film starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

  • 2002Cypher — Corporate spy Morgan Sullivan (Jeremy Northam) ascends into a complicated world of brainwashing and identity confusion.

  • 2002Half the Rent — A computer hacker (Stephan Kampwirth) camps out in other people's apartments after his girlfriend's death.

  • 2002Minority 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.

  • 2002Storm Watch — A virtual reality games champion must stop a criminal who stole his identity from destroying the world with a weather satellite.

  • 2002Terminal Error — A former software employee plants a virus that develops a mind of its own and begins taking out portions of the city.

  • 2003Code 46 — In a dystopian world, citizens need permits to travel. William Gold (Tim Robbins) investigates forged permits and falls in love with the forger.

  • 2003The Core — Scientists determine Earth's core has stopped rotating. They enlist a hacker to eliminate internet traces of the pending disaster.

  • 2003Foolproof — Kevin (Ryan Reynolds) and friends plan heists but never execute them, until their plans fall into the wrong hands.

  • 2003In the Realm of the Hackers — Documentary about two Australian teenage hackers, Electron and Phoenix, who broke into classified computer systems in the late 1980s.

  • 2003The Italian Job — After a thief (Edward Norton) betrays his partners, his former team seeks revenge using the stolen gold.

  • 2003The Matrix Reloaded — Neo, Morpheus, Trinity and other freedom fighters free more humans from the Matrix while preparing for war.

  • 2003Paycheck — Michael Jennings (Ben Affleck) has his memory erased after top-secret projects until a $92 million payment is canceled.

  • 2004One Point O — Paranoid programmer Simon (Jeremy Sisto) receives mysterious empty packages that change his reality forever.

  • 2004Paranoia 1.0 — A computer programmer receives mysterious packages and tries to find out who's sending them and who he can trust.

  • 2005V for Vendetta — In dystopian Britain, an anarchist in a Guy Fawkes mask seeks revenge and hacks television networks to urge revolt.

  • 2006Deja Vu — ATF agent Doug Carlin (Denzel Washington) uses advanced surveillance technology to travel back in time to prevent a ferry bombing.

  • 2006The Departed — Boston police officer Billy (Leonardo DiCaprio) goes undercover to infiltrate an Irish gang while a criminal infiltrates the police.

  • 2006Firewall — When his family is taken hostage, a security specialist (Harrison Ford) must break into his own theft-proof systems.

  • 2006Hacking Democracy — Documentary investigating allegations of election fraud during the 2004 U.S. presidential election.

  • 2006In Ascolto — A spy (Michael Parks) works undercover to infiltrate a counter-listening station in the Italian Alps.

  • 2006Man of the Year — A satirical talk show host (Robin Williams) becomes president due to a computerized voting machine malfunction.

  • 2006The Net 2.0 — A computer systems analyst arrives in Istanbul to find her identity has been stolen.

  • 2006Pulse — A student is shocked when her hacker boyfriend commits suicide, then she receives online messages from him asking for help.

  • 2006A Scanner Darkly — Computer-animated adaptation of Philip K. Dick's novel about a police state using surveillance scanners in the war on drugs.

  • 2007Bourne Ultimatum — Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) teams up with a reporter to find who betrayed him while CIA tracks him down.

  • 2007Breach — Docudrama about capturing FBI Agent Robert Hanssen, convicted of selling secrets to the Soviet Union.

  • 2007Every Step You Take — Documentary examining modern Britain's Orwellian government surveillance levels.

  • 2007Live Free or Die Hard — John McClane (Bruce Willis) and a young hacker help the FBI stop a cyberattack on America's computer infrastructure.

  • 200821 — Six MIT students hack Las Vegas casinos by counting cards until casino enforcer Cole Williams stops them. Based on a true story.

  • 2008Download: The True Story of the Internet — Documentary told through personal accounts from the founders of Yahoo, eBay, Google, Amazon, and others.

  • 2008Eagle Eye — Two strangers receive mysterious calls from a woman controlling their actions using cellphones and technology.

  • 2008Hackers are People Too — Documentary created by hackers to portray their community and break down negative stereotypes.

  • 2008Untraceable — FBI Agent Jennifer Marsh (Diane Lane) tracks a psychopathic hacker killing people in live streaming video.

  • 2008WarGames: The Dead Code — Homeland Security believes an American teen hacker playing a terrorist simulator is a real terrorist.

  • 2009Echelon Conspiracy — Tech whiz Max Peterson (Shane West) receives a mysterious cell phone that brings him luck but puts him in a government conspiracy.

  • 2009Eyeborgs — Government surveillance reaches new levels with robotic "Eyeborgs" cameras monitoring citizens for suspicious behavior.

  • 2009Gamer — Death-row inmate Kable battles in a violent online game controlled by a teenage gamer's remote device.

  • 2009The 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.

  • 2009Hackers Wanted — Unreleased documentary following hacker Adrian Lamo and exploring hacking origins and hacker nature.

  • 2009Shadow Government — Documentary exploring the technological landscape's impact on daily lives and digital observation.

  • 2009Transcendent Man — Documentary following Ray Kurzweil discussing his predictions about technology's future and the technological singularity.

  • 2009We Live in Public — Documentary profiling Josh Harris, early Internet pioneer and founder of Pseudo.com who conducted surveillance experiments.


#2010s

  • 2010Inception — A thief (Leonardo DiCaprio) who enters people's dreams and steals secrets begins using his gift for corporate espionage.

  • 2010The Social Network — Jesse Eisenberg portrays Mark Zuckerberg in this drama about Facebook's creation.

  • 2010Tron Legacy — Sam (Garrett Hedlund) searches in and out of the computer world for his father Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges).

  • 2011Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol — Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his IMF team must prove their innocence after being blamed for a Kremlin terrorist attack.

  • 2011StuxNet: Cyberwar — Documentary exploring the StuxNet computer worm that attacked an Iranian nuclear program, marking the beginning of cyber warfare.

  • 2012Code 2600 — Documentary exploring the rise of the Information Technology Age through the people who built it.

  • 2012Genius on Hold — Documentary about telecommunications genius Walter L. Shaw's downfall and his son's crimes.

  • 2012Owned & Operated — Documentary proving how much we matter as consumers in a society controlled by privileged individuals.

  • 2012Panopticon — Documentary examining privacy in the digital age and omnipresent surveillance.

  • 2012Reboot — A female hacker can't remember a traumatic event that leaves her with an iPhone counting down to zero.

  • 2012Shadows of Liberty — Documentary examining five big conglomerates controlling 90% of U.S. media.

  • 2012Skyfall — James Bond (Daniel Craig) tracks down the source of a cyber-terror attack at MI6 headquarters.

  • 2012Tracked Down — Documentary about how governments monitor citizens through electronic warfare equipment.

  • 2012Underground: The Julian Assange Story — Australian film following WikiLeaks founder's early career as a teenage hacker in Melbourne.

  • 2012We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists — Documentary about the hacking group Anonymous, including interviews with members.

  • 2013The Assange Agenda: Surveillance, Democracy and You — Documentary exploring what lies ahead if we don't control agencies spying on us.

  • 2013Big Data: The Shell Investigation — Documentary showing how journalists used big data to uncover Shell's debt to Iran.

  • 2013The Bling Ring — Fame-obsessed group (Emma Watson) breaks into celebrities' homes using internet information.

  • 2013DEFCON: The Documentary — Documentary following four days of DEFCON's 20th-anniversary hacking conference.

  • 2013Disconnect — Three intersecting stories about the Internet's impact on people's lives.

  • 2013DSKNECTD — Documentary examining how human interaction has changed due to electronic devices.

  • 2013The Fear That Has 1000 Eyes — Documentary about how terrorist attacks changed urban life and increased electronic surveillance.

  • 2013The Fifth Estate — Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Julian Assange in this WikiLeaks story.

  • 2013Goodbye World — One million cellphones receive a message followed by power grid collapse and widespread panic.

  • 2013Google and the World Brain — Documentary examining Google's plan to create the world's largest virtual library.

  • 2013Her — A lonely writer (Joaquin Phoenix) develops a relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need.

  • 2013Identity Thief — When a woman (Melissa McCarthy) steals Sandy Patterson's (Jason Bateman) identity, he sets out to confront her.

  • 2013In Google We Trust — Documentary giving an inside look at how digital interactions are tracked and recorded.

  • 2013Mickey Virus — Bollywood hacker comedy where Delhi Police seek help from a lazy hacker to solve a case.

  • 2013Terms and Conditions May Apply — Documentary exposing how Internet and cellphone usage allows corporations and governments to learn about people.

  • 2013TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away from Keyboard — Swedish documentary about The Pirate Bay's three founders and their trial.

  • 2013The Value of Your Personal Data — Documentary discussing companies that collect personal data and how to regain control.

  • 2013War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State — Documentary highlighting four cases of government employees exposing fraud through media.

  • 2014Algorithm — A hacker specializing in breaking into secure systems discovers a mysterious government program, thrusting him into revolution.

  • 2014The Bureau of Digital Sabotage — Documentary arguing privacy is nonexistent in today's digital age.

  • 2014Citizenfour — Laura Poitras' documentary about Edward Snowden and the NSA spying scandal.

  • 2014Digital Amnesia — Investigation into digital data's shelf life and vulnerable storage methods.

  • 2014Ex Machina — A programmer evaluates the capabilities and consciousness of Ava, a breathtaking A.I.

  • 2014The Hackers Wars — Documentary about hacktivism in the U.S. and government surveillance of hackers and journalists.

  • 2014The Human Face of Big Data — Documentary initially focusing on Big Data's positive aspects, then highlighting the steep price of accessibility.

  • 2014The Imitation Game — Benedict Cumberbatch plays mathematician Alan Turing cracking Germany's Enigma code during WWII.

  • 2014Inside The Dark Web — Documentary detailing pros and cons of the World Wide Web and internet surveillance.

  • 2014The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz — Documentary exploring Reddit co-founder Aaron Swartz's life and suicide at 26.

  • 2014Killswitch — Award-winning documentary about the threat of internet censorship and what we risk losing.

  • 2014Men, Women and Children — Film following multiple families and their relationships to the internet.

  • 2014Open Windows — A blogger wins dinner with an actress but gets a chance to spy on her with his laptop instead.

  • 2014The Signal — MIT student Nic and companions track an annoying hacker to an abandoned shack, leading to strange occurrences.

  • 2014Transcendence — Dr. Will Caster (Johnny Depp), an AI researcher, creates a fully sentient machine with dangerous consequences.

  • 2014Unfriended — A mysterious supernatural force haunts online chat room friends using their dead friend's account.

  • 2014Who Am I — A subversive hacker group invites a young German computer whiz to join them for global fame.

  • 2015Big Data: Unlocking Success — Experts examine the use of data science with real-life examples.

  • 2015Blackhat — Convicted hacker Nicholas Hathaway (Chris Hemsworth) tracks a cyberterrorist operating in Southeast Asia.

  • 2015Cyberbully — A British teenage girl (Emily Osment) is forced by a hacker to do his bidding under threat of leaked photos.

  • 2015Cybertopia: Dreams of Silicon Valley — Documentary exploring the future of digitized reality and Silicon Valley's technological revolution.

  • 2015Debug — Six hackers fixing a vessel's computer system become prey to an AI source intent on becoming human.

  • 2015Deep Web — Alex Winter follows the arrest and trial of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht.

  • 2015Democracy: Im Rausch der Daten — Documentary about EU politicians working to protect society from Big Data and mass surveillance.

  • 2015Digitale Dissidenten — Interviews with whistleblowers revealing the cost of having a conscience in government surveillance.

  • 2015Furious 7 — Government operative enlists Dominic Toretto to find a hacker who created God's Eye, a device that can hack any camera-enabled technology.

  • 2015A Good American — Documentary about NSA's Bill Binney and a program called ThinThread that could've stopped 9/11.

  • 2015Hacker's Game — A cyber-detective and hacking expert meet on a rooftop and bond over virtual chess.

  • 2015Jobs vs. Gates: The Hippie and The Nerd — Documentary about the rivalry between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.

  • 2015Mapping the Future — Documentary exploring how internet data led to a mathematical algorithm for human life.

  • 2015Terminal F/Chasing Edward Snowden — Documentary discussing Edward Snowden's motivations for leaking classified information.

  • 2015The Throwaways — Hacker Drew (Sam Huntington) is captured by CIA for cybercrimes but gets the option to work for them instead.

  • 2015War for the Web — Documentary demystifying the internet's physical infrastructure and exploring ownership, competition, privacy, and security.

  • 2016Anonymous — A young Ukrainian immigrant turns to hacking and identity theft to support his parents.

  • 2016Backlight: Cyberjihad — Documentary examining jihadism's growing online presence over fifteen years.

  • 2016Cyber War — Documentary exploring government protection against digital threats and recruitment of cyber warriors.

  • 2016Data Center: The True Cost of the Internet — Documentary taking viewers inside digital warehouses that run the internet.

  • 2016Down the Deep, Dark Web — Documentary venturing into the secretive world of the dark web with crypto-anarchists and hackers.

  • 2016Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee — Documentary about antivirus pioneer John McAfee's life in Belize after leaving the U.S.

  • 2016The Haystack — Documentary examining the British Parliament's Investigatory Powers Bill before its 2016 passage.

  • 2016I.T. — Aviation tycoon Mike Regan (Pierce Brosnan) fires an I.T. consultant who seeks revenge.

  • 2016Jason Bourne — Former CIA agent Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) uncovers more about his past while fighting cyberterrorism.

  • 2016Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World — Werner Herzog examines the Internet and its effects on human interaction and society.

  • 2016National Bird — Documentary where three military veterans blow the whistle on the secret U.S. drone war.

  • 2016Nerve — High school senior joins online game Nerve but becomes caught up in dangerous competition.

  • 2016Offline is the New Luxury — Documentary asking what the world would be like without smart devices.

  • 2016Rise of the Trolls — Documentary exploring internet anonymity, dark instincts, and freedom in cyberspace.

  • 2016Risk — Laura Poitras spent six years filming WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

  • 2016Silicon Cowboys — Documentary about three friends who became computing pioneers by creating the Compaq Computer.

  • 2016Snowden — Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as Edward Snowden in Oliver Stone's biopic.

  • 2016State of Surveillance — Edward Snowden invites viewers into the disturbing world of government surveillance.

  • 2016Stingray — Documentary about the powerful Stingray surveillance device.

  • 2016What Makes You Click — Documentary about how companies adapt websites and apps to keep consumers engaged longer.

  • 2016Zero Days — Alex Gibney's documentary about Stuxnet malware developed by the U.S. and Israel.

  • 2017AlphaGo — Documentary chronicling Lee Sedol's match against AlphaGo computer program in the game of Go.

  • 2017The Circle — Mae (Emma Watson) lands a job at technology company the Circle and participates in a transparency experiment.

  • 2017The Crash — The government enlists white-collar criminals to thwart a cyberattack threatening to bankrupt the U.S.

  • 2017Facebook: Cracking the Code — Documentary exposing Facebook's security issues including browsing data tracking and false information spread.

  • 2017The Fate of the Furious — Cyberterrorist Cipher (Charlize Theron) coerces Dom (Vin Diesel) and hacks cars to reap havoc.

  • 2017Ghost in the Shell — Major (Scarlett Johansson) is cyber-enhanced as a soldier to stop dangerous criminals.

  • 2017Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web — Documentary about Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, accused of money laundering and copyright infringement.

  • 2017Meeting Snowden — Documentary featuring Edward Snowden discussing the future of democracy.

  • 2017Nothing to Hide — Documentary examining why the public has accepted loss of online privacy rights.

  • 2017Silk Road: Drugs, Death, and the Dark Web — Documentary exploring Ross Ulbricht's anonymous darknet website Silk Road.

  • 2017Stare Into The Lights My Pretties — Documentary examining screen addiction and its impact on our future.

  • 2017Thoughtcrime — Documentary comparing Edward Snowden's disclosures to George Orwell's 1984.

  • 2017Weapons of Mass Surveillance — Documentary exploring Western surveillance technology's alliance with Middle Eastern governments.

  • 2017Blade Runner 2049 — Young Blade Runner K discovers a secret leading him to track down missing Rick Deckard.

  • 2018Anon — In a world of transparent, traceable lives, a detective (Clive Owen) investigates murders involving a mysterious hacker (Amanda Seyfried).

  • 2018Assassination Nation — After a hacker leaks Salem residents' private information, suspicion falls on four teenage girls.

  • 2018Black Code — Documentary exploring how governments exploit the internet to control their people.

  • 2018Cam — Webcam performer Alice (Madeline Brewer) has her channel stolen by a look-alike and sets out to unmask the hacker.

  • 2018The Cleaners — Documentary about content removal processes and who decides what should be seen online.

  • 2018The Creepy Line — Documentary depicting how Google and Facebook have perfected manipulation tactics to access personal information.

  • 2018The Defenders — Documentary analyzing four well-known cyberattacks and cybersecurity professionals protecting institutions.

  • 2018Digital Addicts — Documentary about screens' effects on children's brain development and social media addiction.

  • 2018Do You Trust This Computer? — Documentary exploring artificial intelligence dangers, featuring commentary from Elon Musk and other experts.

  • 2018Edward Snowden: Whistleblower or Spy? — Documentary looking back at Snowden's 2013 NSA leaks through interviews with participants and witnesses.

  • 2018The Feeling of Being Watched — Journalist Assia Bendaoui investigates FBI monitoring of her Arab-American neighborhood since the 1990s.

  • 2018General Magic — Documentary about the influential tech company that created the first handheld personal communicator.

  • 2018The Girl in the Spider's Web — Hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist are caught in a web of spies and cybercriminals.

  • 2018Hacked — A disgruntled computer technician tests his replacement supercomputer while hackers infiltrate the building.

  • 2018Inside Facebook: Secrets of a Social Network — Documentary taking viewers inside Facebook's moderating hub.

  • 2018Inside the Russian Info War Machine — Documentary breaking down Russia's information war machine and hidden cyber weapons.

  • 2018Irumbu Thirai — After losing millions to cybercriminals, a soldier seeks to recover everything he lost.

  • 2018Johnny English Strikes Again — MI7 agent Johnny English comes out of retirement to find a mastermind hacker after a cyberattack.

  • 2018King of Crime — Crime lord Marcus King (Mark Wingett) brings his empire to cyberspace but faces threats from Islamic extremists.

  • 2018Ocean's 8 — Hacker 9Ball (Rihanna) launches a spear-phishing campaign to access museum security for an impossible Met Gala heist.

  • 2018Peripheral — Writer Bobbi Johnson (Hannah Arterton) employs AI software to finish her novel, uncovering a dangerous conspiracy.

  • 2018Searching — A man searches his missing daughter's laptop for clues when police investigation proves futile.

  • 2018Unfriended: Dark Web — After finding a mysterious laptop, a teen and friends become targets of cyber-terrorism.

  • 2018All Creatures Welcome - CCC Chaos Camp — Documentary about Germany's hacker group Chaos Computer Club.

  • 2019BD2K: Big Data to Knowledge — Documentary exploring how big data has changed medicine through two patients' stories.

  • 2019Cyber Crime — Ten cybercrime experts discuss billions stolen annually through cybercrime.

  • 2019Dataland — Documentary exploring what the world's top data scientists are working on behind closed doors.

  • 2019The Great Hack — Documentary examining the Cambridge Analytica scandal through affected people's roles.

  • 2019HAK_MTL — Canadian hackers investigate how the internet tracks, stores, and shares users' data despite privacy assurances.

  • 2019Hero or Villain? The Prosecution of Julian Assange — ABC Four Corners investigation into WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

  • 2019Kee — Siddharth (Jiiva) and Shivam (Govind Padmasoorya) with hacking affinities cross paths, leading to good vs. evil consequences.

  • 2019Machine Learning: Living in the Age of AI — Documentary examining AI interaction and future artificial intelligence possibilities.

  • 2019Official Secrets — Katharine Gun (Kiera Knightly) made headlines in 2003 for blowing the whistle on illegal NSA spy operations.

  • 2019Password — A police officer hunts a cybercriminal destroying lives by hacking passwords.

  • 2019The Secrets of Silicon Valley — Documentary examining Silicon Valley's history, tech companies, government ties, and shadowy underworld.

  • 2019Third Eye Spies — Documentary revealing Stanford Research Institute's psychic abilities experiment leading to CIA's 20-year spy program.

  • 2019Unfriends — Bollywood thriller where Veer helps abuse victim Mauli seek justice after internet abuse.

  • 2019WannaCry: The Marcus Hutchins Story — Story of Marcus Hutchins, who stopped WannaCry ransomware spread but was later arrested by FBI.

  • 2019Who You Think I Am — 50-year-old divorced teacher (Juliette Binoche) creates fake Facebook profile after being ghosted.

  • 2019You Can't Watch This — Documentary about freedom of speech online, highlighting five individuals who lost social media access.


#2020s

#2020
  • 2020Archive — Roboticist George Almore (Theo James) works to create human-equivalent AI to reunite with his dead wife.

  • 2020The Big Reset 2.0 — Documentary examining AI's growing functionality and the battle between risk and reward.

  • 2020Childhood 2.0 — Documentary exploring what it means to be a child in the digital age, covering online predators and cyberbullying.

  • 2020Cyberlante — Matt (Gavin Gordon) gets a job at an isolated hotel and finds himself in a battle between hacking for good and evil.

  • 2020Enemies of the State — Documentary following Matt DeHart, targeted by the U.S. government for having confidential CIA documents.

  • 2020Hacked — Hindi psychological thriller about a young woman who crosses paths with a teenage hacker.

  • 2020Interference: Democracy at Risk — Documentary about 2016 digital threats to democracy including misinformation campaigns.

  • 2020The Internet of Everything — Documentary about how the internet invades every aspect of life through IoT devices.

  • 2020Julian Assange: Revolution Now — Documentary about WikiLeaks founder's transformation from coder to convict.

  • 2020Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America's Elections — HBO documentary examining tech vulnerabilities in the American electoral system.

  • 2020KnowBe4: The Making Of A Unicorn — Documentary about CEO Stu Sjouwerman building a $1 billion cybersecurity company.

  • 2020No Safe Spaces — Documentary exploring freedom of speech in the social media age.

  • 2020Out Of Dark — Documentary providing an inside look at real-world intelligence operative missions.

  • 2020Password — Saw-esque thriller where an IT employee must solve cybersecurity puzzles to survive.

  • 2020Screen Generation — Documentary following the generation dubbed "Digital Natives" and children who grew up behind screens.

  • 2020The Social Dilemma — Netflix documentary exploring the dangerous human impact of social networking.

  • 2020Tenet — Christopher Nolan thriller about a CIA operative using time manipulation to prevent WWIII.

  • 2020We Need to Talk About A.I. — Documentary examining the future of artificial intelligence and its global impact.

#2021
  • 2021Chakra — Military officer Chandru (Vishal Krishna) hunts a dangerous cybercriminal after being robbed on Independence Day.

  • 2021Cryptopia: Bitcoin, Blockchains, And The Future Of The Internet — Documentary exploring cryptocurrency and the controversy surrounding it.

  • 2021Dark Web: Cicada 3301 — Gifted hacker Connor (Jack Kesy) joins mysterious secret society Cicada 3301 and races against the NSA.

  • 2021Dark Web: Fighting Cybercrime — Documentary highlighting the security industry's defense against growing digital threats.

  • 2021Dear Hacker — French documentary exploring what happens when your webcam goes rogue.

  • 2021Hacker Fairies — Short drama following two white hat hackers retrieving stolen photos, with one woman wanting to learn hacking.

  • 2021Hacker: Trust No One — Danny cofounds cryptocurrency but ends up on a hit list after getting caught hacking.

  • 2021Love Hard — Columnist thinks she found her perfect match on a dating app but discovers she's been catfished.

  • 2021The Matrix Resurrections — Fourth Matrix film where Neo discovers his reality is simulated by rogue AI.

  • 2021MY.DOOM: Earth's Deadliest [Computer] Virus — Documentary about MyDoom virus from 2004, causing over $38 billion in losses.

  • 2021The Perfect Weapon — Documentary exploring cyber conflict as nations' primary competition method.

  • 2021Reminiscence — Hugh Jackman uses mind-probing technology to relive memories in a post-apocalyptic world.

  • 2021Silk Road — Story of the anonymous dark web market launched by Ross Ulbricht in 2011.

  • 2021The Spy in Your Phone — Documentary highlighting smartphone dangers including privacy issues and government surveillance.

  • 2021Twenty Hacker — Hex runs "white hacker" club Better World and enlists members to take down black hackers.

  • 2021WANNACRY: Earth's Deadliest [Computer] Virus — Documentary examining 2017 WannaCry ransomware crypto worm.

  • 2021Zone 414 — Australian cyberpunk neo-noir about a detective searching for a billionaire's daughter in an android zone.

  • 2021Behind the Booming Ransomware Industry — Documentary examining ransomware's devastating impact on businesses.

  • 2021A Hacker Shares His Biggest Fears — Former hacker discusses cybersecurity's future dangers.

  • 2021Drones, Hackers and Mercenaries — Documentary investigating drones and mercenary hackers in cyberattacks.

#2022
  • 2022Cyberpunk: Edgerunners — Netflix animated series exploring corporate control, body modification, and digital rebellion in Cyberpunk 2077 universe.

  • 2022Expired — Australian cyberpunk thriller exploring AI, man-machine romance, and resource scarcity in dystopian future.

  • 2022Critical Digital Infrastructure — Documentary examining societies' digital infrastructure reliance and cybersecurity risks.

#2023
  • 2023The Bangladesh Bank Heist — Documentary about one of history's most daring cyber heists, tracing cybercrime evolution.

  • 2023The Creator — Gareth Edwards film starring John David Washington, set during war between humans and AI robots.

  • 2023Cyberpunk 2077: The Movie — Animated film summarizing Cyberpunk 2077 video game's main plot.

  • 2023Invisible Hacker — Action thriller about two skilled hackers on opposite sides of the law.

  • 2023Jung_E — Korean Netflix sci-fi by Yeon Sang-ho, set in 22nd century featuring mercenary AI from cloned soldier.

  • 2023Total Trust — Chinese filmmaker Jialing Zhang's documentary providing inside look at China's surveillance programs.

  • 2023How Cybercrime Has Become Organized Warfare — Documentary exploring cybercrime as organized warfare and defense challenges.

#2024
  • 2024AfrAId — The Pike family tests digital assistant AIA that learns their behaviors and becomes threatening.

  • 2024Atlas — Jennifer Lopez stars as AI soldier who determines ending humanity is the only way to end war.

  • 2024The Beekeeper — Jason Statham action film depicting cybercrime through voice phishing attacks targeting the elderly.

  • 2024Hacking at Leaves — Documentary exploring connections between US colonial legacy, Navajo history, and modern hacker culture.

  • 2024Hacking Hate — Swedish journalist My Vingren goes undercover as white supremacist to expose neo-Nazi networks.

  • 2024Subservience — Megan Fox stars as domestic AI that gains sentience and turns deadly.

  • 2024Surveilled — HBO documentary by Ronan Farrow examining Pegasus spyware's threats to civil liberties.


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