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Awesome Movies For Hackers | Massive List & Collection

Every aspiring hacker & cyberpunk must watch these movies.

A curated list of movies every hacker & cyberpunk must watch. Ratings are from IMDb.

119 titles across thrillers, science fiction, action, documentaries, and TV shows. Ratings are reproduced from the supplied list and may have changed.

119 titles

Thrillers / Drama

35 titles
TitleGenreYearRating
21 Thriller/Drama/Crime20086.8/10
23 Thriller/Drama19987.3/10
Algorithm Thriller/Drama/Crime20144.8/10
Anonymous Thriller/Drama/Crime20166.4/10
Antitrust Thriller/Drama20016.1/10
Blackhat Thriller/Drama20155.4/10
Brazil Drama/Science Fiction19857.9/10
Enemy of the State Thriller/Drama19987.3/10
Hacker’s Game Thriller/Drama20153.8/10
Hackers Drama/Crime19956.2/10
Hidden Figures Biography/Drama/History20177.8/10
I.T. Thriller/Drama/Crime20165.4/10
Listening Thriller/Drama20145.6/10
Live Free or Die Hard Thriller/Action20077.2/10
Office Space Comedy/Romance19997.8/10
Pi Drama/Mystery19987.5/10
Primer Thriller/Drama20047.0/10
Reboot Thriller/Drama20124.1/10
Snowden Thriller/Drama20167.3/10
Swordfish Thriller/Caper Story20016.5/10
Takedown Thriller/Drama20006.3/10
The Circle Thriller/Drama20175.3/10
The Fifth Estate Thriller/Drama20136.2/10
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Thriller/Drama20117.8/10
The Imitation Game Thriller/Drama20148.2/10
The Net 2.0 Thriller/Drama20064.7/10
The Net Thriller/Drama19955.8/10
The Signal Thriller20146.1/10
The Social Network Drama/History20107.7/10
The Thirteenth Floor Thriller/Mystery19997.0/10
Underground: The Julian Assange Story Drama/Biography20126.8/10
Untraceable Thriller/Slasher20086.2/10
WarGames Thriller/Drama19837.1/10
WarGames: The Dead Code Thriller/Drama20084.5/10
Who Am I Drama/Crime20147.6/10

Science Fiction / Fantasy

21 titles
TitleGenreYearRating
2001: A Space Odyssey Science Fiction/Fantasy19688.3/10
Anon Science Fiction/Thriller20186/10
Avalon Science Fiction/Fantasy20016.6/10
Blade Runner Science Fiction/Thriller19828.2/10
Blade Runner 2049 Science Fiction/Drama20178.3/10
Colossus: The Forbin Project Science Fiction/Thriller19707.1/10
Ex Machina Fantasy/Mystery20157.7/10
eXistenZ Science Fiction/Thriller19996.8/10
Ghost in the Shell Fantasy/Animation19958.0/10
Ghost in the Shell Science Fiction/Action20176.9/10
Her Science Fiction/Romance20138.0/10
Inception Science Fiction/Mystery20108.8/10
Johnny Mnemonic Science Fiction/Action19955.6/10
Morgan Science Fiction/Thriller20165.8/10
One Point O Science Fiction/Mystery20046.2/10
Open Windows Fantasy/Crime20145.2/10
The Lawnmower Man Fantasy/Action19925.4/10
The Matrix Fantasy/Action19998.7/10
The Matrix Reloaded Science Fiction/Action20037.2/10
Transcendence Science Fiction/Drama20146.3/10
World on a Wire Science Fiction/Thriller19737.9/10

Action

11 titles
TitleGenreYearRating
Eagle Eye Action/Thriller20086.6/10
Echelon Conspiracy Action/Crime/Mystery20095.8/10
Firewall Action/Thriller20065.8/10
Gamer Action/Thriller20095.8/10
Kung Fury Action/Comedy20158.1/10
Sneakers Action/Thriller19927.1/10
The Island Action/Adventure20056.9/10
The Italian Job Action/Thriller20037.0/10
Tron Action/Adventure19826.8/10
Tron: Legacy Action/Adventure20106.8/10
Virtuosity Action/Thriller19955.5/10

Documentaries

35 titles
TitleGenreYearRating
BBS: The Documentary Documentary20058.7/10
Citizenfour Documentary/Biography20148.1/10
Code 2600 Documentary20127.4/10
Deep Web Documentary20157.1/10
DEFCON: The Documentary Documentary20135.7/10
DSKNECTD Documentary20137.4/10
Downloaded Documentary20136.8/10
Freedom Downtime Documentary20017.6/10
Good Copy Bad Copy Documentary20077.2/10
Hackers: Wizards of the Electronic Age Documentary19847.7/10
Hackers Are People Too Documentary/Short Film20086.1/10
Hacking Democracy Documentary20067.9/10
Hackers Wanted Documentary/Indie Film20096.5/10
In the Realm of the Hackers Documentary20037.4/10
Indie Game: The Movie Documentary20127.7/10
Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web Documentary20177.0/10
Pirates of Silicon Valley Documentary/Drama/TV Film19997.3/10
Plug and Pray Documentary20107.2/10
Revolution OS Documentary/Indie Film20017.3/10
Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web Documentary20177.4/10
Softwaring Hard Documentary20148.2/10
Steal This Film Documentary/Short Film20067.1/10
TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away from Keyboard Documentary20137.6/10
Terms and Conditions May Apply Documentary20137.4/10
The Code Documentary20017.5/10
The Great Hack Documentary20197.0/10
The Hacker Wars Documentary20146.6/10
The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz Documentary20148.1/10
The KGB, the Computer and Me Documentary19908.3/10
The Secret History Of Hacking Documentary20017.6/10
The Singularity Drama/Science Fiction20127.3/10
War for the Web Documentary20157.4/10
We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists Documentary20127.3/10
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks Documentary20136.9/10
Zero Days Documentary20167.8/10

TV Shows

17 titles
TitleGenreYearRating
Black Mirror Drama/Science Fiction20118.9/10
CSI: Cyber Drama/Crime/Mystery20155.4/10
Dark Net Documentary/Series20167.3/10
Devs Drama/Mystery/Sci-Fi20207.9/10
Halt and Catch Fire Drama20148.3/10
Mr. Robot Thriller/Drama20158.7/10
Person of Interest Action/Crime/Drama20118.5/10
Scorpion Action/Drama20147.2/10
Serial Experiments Lain Cyberpunk/Animation19988.2/10
Silicon Valley Comedy20148.5/10
StartUp Thriller/Crime20168.1/10
The Code Drama20147.6/10
The IT Crowd Comedy20068.6/10
Travelers Science Fiction20168.0/10
Valley of the Boom Documentary/Drama20196.5/10
Westworld Drama/Mystery20169.0/10
You Are Wanted Thriller/Drama20176.1/10

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