“What are the best movies about Hacking And Hackers?” We looked at 198 of the top Hacking films, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!
The top 50 films, all appearing on 5 or more “Best Hacker” movie lists, are ranked below by how many times they appear. The remaining 125+ movies, as well as the sources we used, are in alphabetical order on the bottom of the page.
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Top Hacker Movies
50 .) Code 2600 (2011)
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Github
- IMDB
- Xeus Hack
- ZD Net
CODE 2600 documents the rise of the Information Technology Age as told through the events and people who helped build and manipulate it.
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49 .) Freedom Downtime (2001)
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Github
- IMDB
- Xeus Hack
- ZD Net
A feature length documentary about the Free Kevin movement and the hacker world.
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48 .) Gamer (2009)
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Github
- IMDB
- Life Wire
- Wikibon
Mind-control technology has taken society by a storm, a multiplayer on-line game called “Slayers” allows players to control human prisoners in mass-scale. Simon controls Kable, the online champion of the game. Kable’s ultimate challenge becomes regaining his identity and independence by defeating the game’s mastermind.
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47 .) I. T. (2016)
- Blog Rope
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Github
- Protobytes
- Tech Notification
Mike Regan is a successful, self-made man who has it all: a gorgeous wife, a beautiful teenage daughter and a sleek, state-of-the-art “smart home”. But he soon finds himself in a deadly, high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse when his I.T. consultant, Ed, starts using his skills to stalk Mike’s daughter and endanger his family, his business, and his life. In a world where there is no privacy, and personal secrets can go viral by the click of a mouse, Mike needs to rely on his old connections to defeat a new kind of nemesis.
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46 .) Jurassic Park (1993)
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Fandango
- Fandango
- Life Wire
- Ranker
A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of experts and his two eager grandchildren to experience the park and help calm anxious investors. However, the park is anything but amusing as the security systems go off-line and the dinosaurs escape.
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45 .) Terms and Conditions May Apply (2013)
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Cybereason
- Github
- IMDB
- Xeus Hack
Have you ever read the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policies connected to every website you visit, phone call you make, or app you use? Of course you haven’t. But those agreements allow corporations to do things with your personal information you could never even imagine. This film explores the intent hidden within these ridiculous agreements, and reveals what corporations and governments are legally taking from you and the outrageous consequences that result from clicking “I accept.”
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44 .) The Conversation (1974)
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Life Wire
- Movies Drop
- QD Trick
- Ranker
Surveillance expert Harry Caul is hired by a mysterious client’s brusque aide to tail a young couple. Tracking the pair through San Francisco’s Union Square, Caul and his associate Stan manage to record a cryptic conversation between them. Tormented by memories of a previous case that ended badly, Caul becomes obsessed with the resulting tape, trying to determine if the couple are in danger.
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43 .) Tron: Legacy (2010)
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- Gizmodo
- IMDB
- Life Wire
Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy and daring son of Kevin Flynn, investigates his father’s disappearance and is pulled into The Grid. With the help of a mysterious program named Quorra, Sam quests to stop evil dictator Clu from crossing into the real world.
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42 .) Virtuosity (1995)
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- IMDB
- Life Wire
- Movies Drop
- QD Trick
The Law Enforcement Technology Advancement Centre (LETAC) has developed SID version 6.7: a Sadistic, Intelligent, and Dangerous virtual reality entity which is synthesized from the personalities of more than 150 serial killers, and only one man can stop him.
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41 .) We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists (2012)
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Cymmetria
- Github
- IMDB
- Xeus Hack
“WE ARE LEGION: The Story of the Hacktivists” takes us inside the world of Anonymous, the radical “hacktivist” collective that has redefined civil disobedience for the digital age. The film explores early hacktivist groups like Cult of the Dead Cow and Electronic Disturbance Theater, then moves to Anonymous’ raucous beginnings on the website 4chan. Through interviews with current members, people recently returned from prison or facing trial, writers, academics, activists and major players in various “raids,” the documentary traces Anonymous’ evolution from merry pranksters to a full-blown movement with a global reach, the most transformative civil disobedience of our time.
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40 .) Weird Science (1985)
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Fandango
- IMDB
- Ranker
- Wikibon
Two unpopular teenagers, Gary and Wyatt, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Their desperation to be liked leads them to “create” a woman via their computer. Their living and breathing creation is a gorgeous woman, Lisa, whose purpose is to boost their confidence level by putting them into situations which require Gary and Wyatt to act like men.
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39 .) Citizenfour (2014)
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Github
- IMDB
- Slash Bug
- Xeus Hack
- ZD Net
In June 2013, Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden. She brought her camera with her. The film that resulted from this series of tense encounters is absolutely sui generis in the history of cinema: a 100% real-life thriller unfolding minute by minute before our eyes. Poitras is a great and brave filmmaker, but she is also a masterful storyteller: she compresses the many days of questioning, waiting, confirming, watching the world’s reaction and agonizing over the next move, into both a great character study of Snowden and a narrative that will leave you on the edge of your seat as it inexorably moves toward its conclusion.
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38 .) GoldenEye (1995)
- Fandango
- IMDB
- Life Wire
- Ranker
- The Cinemaholic
- Wikibon
James Bond must unmask the mysterious head of the Janus Syndicate and prevent the leader from utilizing the GoldenEye weapons system to inflict devastating revenge on Britain.
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37 .) Reboot (2012)
- Blog Rope
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Github
- IMDB
- Protobytes
- Tech Notification
Set within a dystopian world that is a collision between technology and humanity, “Reboot” touches upon many of the current social and political concerns that arise from becoming more and more intertwined with the virtual. In contemporary Los Angeles, a young female hacker (Stat) awakens from unconsciousness to find an iPhone glued to her hand and a mysterious countdown ticking away on the display. Suffering from head trauma, and with little recollection of who she is or what is happening, Stat races against time to figure out what the code means, and what unknown event the pending zero-hour will bring.
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36 .) Revolution OS (2001)
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Github
- IMDB
- Life Wire
- Xeus Hack
- ZP Alexander
REVOLUTION OS tells the inside story of the hackers who rebelled against the proprietary software model and Microsoft to create GNU/Linux and the Open Source movement.
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35 .) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
- Bit Rebels
- Cheat Sheet
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Life Wire
- Tech Viral
- The Cinemaholic
Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson’s novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the magazine Millennium, loses a libel case brought by corrupt Swedish industrialist Hans-Erik Wennerström. Nevertheless, he is hired by Henrik Vanger in order to solve a cold case, the disappearance of Vanger’s niece
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34 .) The Score (2001)
- App Knox
- Cyber Security Ventures
- IMDB
- Life Wire
- Protobytes
- Ranker
An aging thief hopes to retire and live off his ill-gotten wealth when a young kid convinces him into doing one last heist.
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33 .) Zero Days (2016)
- Box Cryptor
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Cybereason
- Cymmetria
- Github
- Xeus Hack
Alex Gibney explores the phenomenon of Stuxnet, a self-replicating computer virus discovered in 2010 by international IT experts. Evidently commissioned by the US and Israeli governments, this malware was designed to specifically sabotage Iran’s nuclear programme. However, the complex computer worm ended up not only infecting its intended target but also spreading uncontrollably.
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32 .) The Lawnmower Man (1992)
- Github
- Havok Journal
- IMDB
- Life Wire
- Movies Drop
- QD Trick
- Ranker
A simple man is turned into a genius through the application of computer science.
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31 .) The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
- Github
- IMDB
- Life Wire
- Movies Drop
- QD Trick
- Ranker
- ZD Net
Computer scientist Hannon Fuller has discovered something extremely important. He’s about to tell the discovery to his colleague, Douglas Hall, but knowing someone is after him, the old man leaves a letter in his computer generated parallel world that’s just like the 30’s with seemingly real people with real emotions.
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30 .) Underground: The Julian Assange Story (2012)
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Github
- IMDB
- Slash Bug
- SSL
- Tech Viral
- ZD Net
Julian Assange is one of the most significant figures of the twenty first century. But before he was famous, before WikiLeaks, before the internet even existed, he was a teenage computer hacker in Melbourne. This is his story. In 1989, known as ‘Mendax’, Assange and two friends formed a group called the ‘International Subversives’. Using early home computers and defining themselves as ‘white hat hackers’ – those who look but don’t steal – they broke into some of the world’s most powerful and secretive organisations. They were young, brilliant, and in the eyes of the US Government, a major threat to national security.
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29 .) Enemy of the State (1998)
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Cybereason
- Github
- IMDB
- Movies Drop
- QD Trick
- Ranker
- Wikibon
Hotshot Washington lawyer, Robert Dean becomes a victim of high-tech identity theft when a hacker slips an incriminating video into his pocket. Soon, a rogue National Security agent sets out to recover the tape – and destroy Dean.
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28 .) eXistenZ (1999)
- Github
- IMDB
- Life Wire
- Movies Drop
- QD Trick
- Ranker
- Stuff
- ZD Net
A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.
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27 .) Firewall (2006)
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Filmy Keeday
- Github
- IMDB
- Protobytes
- Ranker
- Tech 10ment
- Wikibon
State-of-the-art security system creator, Jack Stanfield has cemented his reputation as a man who’s thought of everything. But when a criminal finds a way into Jack’s personal life, everything Jack holds dear is suddenly at stake.
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26 .) Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999)
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Github
- IMDB
- Life Wire
- Ranker
- Shout Me Loud
- Wikibon
- Xeus Hack
This film is the semi-humorous documentary about the men who made the world of technology what it is today, their struggles during college, the founding of their companies, and the ingenious actions they took to build up the global corporate empires of Apple Computer Inc. and Microsoft Corporation.
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25 .) Snowden (2016)
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Github
- Protobytes
- Tech 10ment
- Tech Notification
- Tech Worm
- The Cinemaholic
- Wired
CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.
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24 .) Eagle Eye (2008)
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Gadget Say
- Github
- IMDB
- iTech Hacks
- QD Trick
- Tech Notification
- Tech Viral
- Tech Worm
Jerry Shaw and Rachel Holloman are two strangers whose lives are suddenly thrown into turmoil by a mysterious woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, the unseen caller uses everyday technology to control their actions and push them into increasing danger. As events escalate, Jerry and Rachel become the country’s most-wanted fugitives and must figure out what is happening to them.
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23 .) Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Github
- IMDB
- Movies Drop
- Nerdist
- QD Trick
- Ranker
- SSL
- Stuff
A data courier, literally carrying a data package inside his head, must deliver it before he dies from the burden or is killed by the Yakuza. In a dystopian 2021, Johnny (Keanu Reeves) is a data trafficker who has an implant that allows him to securely store data too sensitive for regular computer networks. On one delivery run, he accepts a package that not only exceeds the implant’s safety limits – and will kill him if the data is not removed in time – but also contains information far more important and valuable than he had ever imagined. On a race against time, he must avoid the assassins sent to kill him and remove the data before it, too, ends his life.
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22 .) Mr. Robot (2015)
- Blog Rope
- Github
- Gizmodo
- IMDB
- Life Wire
- Protobytes
- Tech 10ment
- Tech Notification
- Wired
“Mr. Robot” follows Elliot (Rami Malek), a young programmer who works as a cyber-security engineer by day and a vigilante hacker by night. Elliot finds himself at a crossroads when the mysterious leader (Christian Slater) of an underground hacker group recruits him to destroy the corporation he is paid to protect.
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21 .) The Fifth Estate (2013)
- Alpine Security
- Bit Rebels
- Blog Rope
- Github
- IMDB
- Slash Bug
- Tech Notification
- Wonder How To
- ZD Net
A look at the relationship between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his early supporter and eventual colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and how the website’s growth and influence led to an irreparable rift between the two friends.
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20 .) The Social Network (2010)
- Blog Rope
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Fandango
- Github
- Make Use Of
- Shout Me Loud
- Slash Bug
- Tech 10ment
- ZP Alexander
On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room as a small site among friends soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history… but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications.
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19 .) Who Am I (2014)
- Blog Rope
- Box Cryptor
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Cymmetria
- Foss Bytes
- Github
- Protobytes
- Tech Viral
- ZD Net
Benjamin, a young German computer whiz, is invited to join a subversive hacker group that wants to be noticed on the world’s stage.
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18 .) 23 (1998)
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Github
- IMDB
- Movies Drop
- Movies On Hacking
- QD Trick
- Slash Bug
- SSL
- Trip Wire
- ZD Net
The movie’s plot is based on the true story of a group of young computer hackers from Hannover, Germany. In the late 1980s the orphaned Karl Koch invests his heritage in a flat and a home computer. At first he dials up to bulletin boards to discuss conspiracy theories inspired by his favorite novel, R.A. Wilson’s “Illuminatus”, but soon he and his friend David start breaking into government and military computers. Pepe, one of Karl’s rather criminal acquaintances senses that there is money in computer cracking – he travels to east Berlin and tries to contact the KGB.
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17 .) Antitrust (2001)
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Github
- IMDB
- Life Wire
- Protobytes
- Ranker
- Shout Me Loud
- SSL
- Wikibon
- ZD Net
A computer programmer’s dream job at a hot Portland-based firm turns nightmarish when he discovers his boss has a secret and ruthless means of dispatching anti-trust problems.
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16 .) Algorithm (2014)
- Blog Rope
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Github
- IMDB
- iTech Hacks
- Protobytes
- QD Trick
- Tech 10ment
- Tech Notification
- Tech Viral
- Tech Worm
A freelance computer hacker discovers a mysterious government computer program. He breaks into the program and is thrust into a revolution.
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15 .) Office Space (1999)
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Foss Bytes
- Github
- IMDB
- Make Use Of
- Movies Drop
- Protobytes
- QD Trick
- Ranker
- Trip Wire
- Wikibon
- ZD Net
Three office workers strike back at their evil employers by hatching a hapless attempt to embezzle money.
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14 .) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
- Blog Rope
- Fandango
- Foss Bytes
- Github
- IMDB
- Nerdist
- Protobytes
- SSL
- Watch Mojo
- Wonder How To
- ZD Net
- ZP Alexander
This English-language adaptation of the Swedish novel by Stieg Larsson follows a disgraced journalist, Mikael Blomkvist, as he investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch’s niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.
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13 .) The Net (1995)
- App Knox
- Cheat Sheet
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Github
- IMDB
- Life Wire
- Movies Drop
- Nerdist
- QD Trick
- Ranker
- Shout Me Loud
- USA Today
- Wikibon
Angela Bennett is a freelance software engineer who lives in a world of computer technology. When a cyber friend asks Bennett to debug a new game, she inadvertently becomes involved in a conspiracy that will soon turn her life upside down. While on vacation in Mexico, her purse is stolen. She soon finds that people and events may not be what they seem as she becomes the target of an assassination. Her vacation is ruined. She gets a new passport at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico but it has the wrong name, Ruth Marx. When she returns to the U.S. to sort things out, she discovers that Ruth Marx has an unsavory past and a lengthy police record. To make matters worse, another person has assumed her real identity …
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12 .) Ghost in the Shell (1995)
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Cymmetria
- Foss Bytes
- Github
- Gizmodo
- IMDB
- Movies Drop
- Protobytes
- QD Trick
- SSL
- Stuff
- Tech Viral
- Wonder How To
- ZD Net
In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as ‘The Puppetmaster’ begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.
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11 .) Takedown (2000)
- Alpine Security
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Gadget Say
- Github
- IMDB
- iTech Hacks
- Life Wire
- Protobytes
- QD Trick
- Shout Me Loud
- SSL
- Tech Worm
- Trip Wire
- Wonder How To
Kevin Mitnick is quite possibly the best hacker in the world. Hunting for more and more information, seeking more and more cyber-trophies every day, he constantly looks for bigger challenges. When he breaks into the computer of a security expert and an ex-hacker, he finds one – and much more than that…
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10 .) Blackhat (2015)
- Alpine Security
- Bit Rebels
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Cymmetria
- Foss Bytes
- Gadget Say
- Github
- iTech Hacks
- Life Wire
- QD Trick
- SSL
- Tech Notification
- Tech Viral
- Tech Worm
- The Cinemaholic
A man is released from prison to help American and Chinese authorities pursue a mysterious cyber criminal. The dangerous search leads them from Chicago to Hong Kong.
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9 .) The Italian Job (2003)
- Cheat Sheet
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Fandango
- Gadget Say
- Github
- iTech Hacks
- Life Wire
- Protobytes
- QD Trick
- Ranker
- Tech 10ment
- Tech Worm
- Watch Mojo
- Wikibon
- Wonder How To
Charlie Croker pulled off the crime of a lifetime. The one thing that he didn’t plan on was being double-crossed. Along with a drop-dead gorgeous safecracker, Croker and his team take off to re-steal the loot and end up in a pulse-pounding, pedal-to-the-metal chase that careens up, down, above and below the streets of Los Angeles.
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8 .) Tron (1982)
- Alpine Security
- Box Cryptor
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Fandango
- Github
- Gizmodo
- IMDB
- Life Wire
- Movies Drop
- Movies On Hacking
- QD Trick
- Ranker
- Watch Mojo
- Wikibon
- ZD Net
As Kevin Flynn searches for proof that he invented a hit video game, he is “digitalized” by a laser and finds himself inside The Grid, where programs suffer under the tyrannical rule of the Master Control Program. With the help of TRON, a security program, Flynn seeks to free The Grid from the MCP.
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7 .) Untraceable(2008)
- Alpine Security
- App Knox
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Gadget Say
- Github
- IMDB
- iTech Hacks
- Life Wire
- Protobytes
- QD Trick
- Ranker
- Shout Me Loud
- Tech Viral
- Tech Worm
- Trip Wire
- ZD Net
Special Agent Jennifer Marsh (Diane Lane) works in an elite division of the FBI dedicated to fighting cybercrime. She thinks she has seen it all, until a particularly sadistic criminal arises on the Internet. This tech-savvy killer posts live feeds of his crimes on his website; the more hits the site gets, the faster the victim dies. Marsh and her team must find the elusive killer before time runs out.
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6 .) Swordfish (2001)
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Cymmetria
- eHacking
- Fandango
- Github
- Gizmodo
- Havok Journal
- IMDB
- Life Wire
- Make Use Of
- Nerdist
- Protobytes
- Ranker
- Shout Me Loud
- Trip Wire
- USA Today
- Watch Mojo
- Wikibon
- Wonder How To
- ZD Net
Rogue agent Gabriel Shear is determined to get his mitts on $9 billion stashed in a secret Drug Enforcement Administration account. He wants the cash to fight terrorism, but lacks the computer skills necessary to hack into the government mainframe. Enter Stanley Jobson, a n’er-do-well encryption expert who can log into anything.
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5 .) The Matrix (1999)
- Alpine Security
- App Knox
- Cheat Sheet
- Fandango
- Foss Bytes
- Gadget Say
- Github
- Gizmodo
- IMDB
- iTech Hacks
- Life Wire
- Movies Drop
- Movies On Hacking
- Nerdist
- Protobytes
- QD Trick
- Ranker
- Shout Me Loud
- Stuff
- Tech Viral
- Tech Worm
- The Cinemaholic
- Trip Wire
- USA Today
- Wikibon
- ZD Net
- ZP Alexander
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
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4 .) Sneakers (1992)
- Alpine Security
- Bit Rebels
- Box Cryptor
- Cheat Sheet
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Cybereason
- Cymmetria
- eHacking
- Fandango
- Foss Bytes
- Github
- IMDB
- Life Wire
- Movies Drop
- Nerdist
- Protobytes
- QD Trick
- Ranker
- Shout Me Loud
- SSL
- Tech Viral
- The Cinemaholic
- Trip Wire
- USA Today
- Watch Mojo
- Wikibon
- Wonder How To
- ZD Net
When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his eccentric team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking ‘black box’ from a Soviet-funded genius, they uncover a bigger conspiracy. Now, he and his ‘sneakers’ must save themselves and the world economy by retrieving the box from their blackmailers.
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3 .) Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
- Alpine Security
- Blog Rope
- Cheat Sheet
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Cybereason
- eHacking
- Fandango
- Filmy Keeday
- Foss Bytes
- Gadget Say
- Github
- Havok Journal
- IMDB
- iTech Hacks
- Life Wire
- Make Use Of
- Movies On Hacking
- Protobytes
- QD Trick
- Ranker
- Shout Me Loud
- Tech 10ment
- Tech Notification
- Tech Viral
- Tech Worm
- The Cinemaholic
- USA Today
- Watch Mojo
- Wikibon
- Wonder How To
- ZD Net
John McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time he’s working for Homeland Security. He calls on the services of a young hacker in his bid to stop a ring of Internet terrorists intent on taking control of America’s computer infrastructure.
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2 .) Hackers (1995)
- Alpine Security
- App Knox
- Cheat Sheet
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Cymmetria
- eHacking
- Fandango
- Filmy Keeday
- Foss Bytes
- Gadget Say
- Github
- Gizmodo
- Havok Journal
- IMDB
- iTech Hacks
- Life Wire
- Make Use Of
- Movies Drop
- Nerdist
- QD Trick
- Ranker
- Shout Me Loud
- SSL
- Tech 10ment
- Tech Worm
- The Cinemaholic
- Trip Wire
- USA Today
- Watch Mojo
- Wikibon
- Wonder How To
- ZD Net
Along with his new friends, a teenager who was arrested by the US Secret Service and banned from using a computer for writing a computer virus discovers a plot by a nefarious hacker, but they must use their computer skills to find the evidence while being pursued by the Secret Service and the evil computer genius behind the virus.
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1 .) WarGames (1983)
- Alpine Security
- Box Cryptor
- Cheat Sheet
- Cyber Security Ventures
- Cymmetria
- eHacking
- Fandango
- Filmy Keeday
- Foss Bytes
- Gadget Say
- Github
- Gizmodo
- Havok Journal
- iTech Hacks
- Life Wire
- Movies Drop
- Movies On Hacking
- Nerdist
- Protobytes
- QD Trick
- Ranker
- Shout Me Loud
- SSL
- Tech 10ment
- Tech Viral
- Tech Worm
- The Cinemaholic
- Trip Wire
- USA Today
- Watch Mojo
- Wikibon
- Wonder How To
- ZD Net
- ZP Alexander
High School student David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Defense Department’s war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions! Together with his girlfriend (Ally Sheedy) and a wizardly computer genius (John Wood), David must race against time to outwit his opponent…and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.
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The 125+ Additional Best Hacking Movies
| # | Movies | Lists |
| (Films Appear On 4 Lists Each) | ||
| 51 | Cybergeddon (2012) | iTech Hacks |
| Protobytes | ||
| QD Trick | ||
| Tech Viral | ||
| 52 | Deep Web (2015) | Cyber Security Ventures |
| Github | ||
| IMDB | ||
| Xeus Hack | ||
| 53 | Disclosure (1994) | Cyber Security Ventures |
| IMDB | ||
| Life Wire | ||
| Ranker | ||
| 54 | Downloaded (2013) | Github |
| IMDB | ||
| SSL | ||
| Xeus Hack | ||
| 55 | Foolproof (2003) | IMDB |
| Life Wire | ||
| Ranker | ||
| Wikibon | ||
| 56 | Hackers Are People Too (2008) | Cyber Security Ventures |
| Github | ||
| IMDB | ||
| Xeus Hack | ||
| 57 | Hackers Wanted (2009) | Cyber Security Ventures |
| Github | ||
| IMDB | ||
| Xeus Hack | ||
| 58 | Hacking Democracy (2006) | Cyber Security Ventures |
| Github | ||
| IMDB | ||
| Xeus Hack | ||
| 59 | Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011) | Cheat Sheet |
| Ranker | ||
| The Cinemaholic | ||
| Watch Mojo | ||
| 60 | One Point O (2004) | Github |
| IMDB | ||
| Life Wire | ||
| Protobytes | ||
| 61 | Prime Risk (1985) | Cyber Security Ventures |
| Movies Drop | ||
| Protobytes | ||
| QD Trick | ||
| 62 | The Code (2001) | Github |
| Github | ||
| IMDB | ||
| Xeus Hack | ||
| 63 | The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969) | Cyber Security Ventures |
| IMDB | ||
| Movies Drop | ||
| QD Trick | ||
| 64 | The Hacker Wars (2014) | Cyber Security Ventures |
| Github | ||
| IMDB | ||
| Xeus Hack | ||
| 65 | The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014) | Github |
| IMDB | ||
| Xeus Hack | ||
| ZD Net | ||
| 66 | TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away from Keyboard (2013) | Github |
| IMDB | ||
| Xeus Hack | ||
| ZP Alexander | ||
| 67 | We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (2013) | Github |
| IMDB | ||
| Xeus Hack | ||
| ZD Net | ||
| 68 | Webmaster (1998) | Cyber Security Ventures |
| Movies Drop | ||
| Protobytes | ||
| QD Trick | ||
| (Films Appear On 3 Lists Each) | ||
| 69 | Cloak and Dagger (1984) | Cyber Security Ventures |
| Movies Drop | ||
| QD Trick | ||
| 70 | DEFCON: The Documentary (2013) | Github |
| IMDB | ||
| Xeus Hack | ||
| 71 | DSKNECTD (2013) | Github |
| IMDB | ||
| Xeus Hack | ||
| 72 | Good Copy Bad Copy (2007) | Github |
| IMDB | ||
| Xeus Hack | ||
| 73 | In the Realm of the Hackers | Cyber Security Ventures |
| Github | ||
| IMDB | ||
| 74 | Inception (2010) | Cyber Security Ventures |
| Github | ||
| ZD Net | ||
| 75 | Minority Report | Cyber Security Ventures |
| Gizmodo | ||
| IMDB | ||
| 76 | Open Windows | Cyber Security Ventures |
| Github | ||
| IMDB | ||
| 77 | Paranoia 1.0 (2004) | Cyber Security Ventures |
| The Cinemaholic | ||
| ZD Net | ||
| 78 | Pi | Cyber Security Ventures |
| Fandango | ||
| Github | ||
| 79 | Real Genius (1985) | IMDB |
| Ranker | ||
| Wikibon | ||
| 80 | Skyfall (2012) | Cyber Security Ventures |
| Make Use Of | ||
| Watch Mojo | ||
| 81 | Steal This Film (2006) | Github |
| IMDB | ||
| Xeus Hack | ||
| 82 | The Core (2003) | IMDB |
| Life Wire | ||
| Ranker | ||
| 83 | The Italian Job (1969) | Stuff |
| The Cinemaholic | ||
| USA Today | ||
| 84 | The KGB, the Computer and Me (1990) | Github |
| IMDB | ||
| Xeus Hack | ||
| 85 | The Secret History Of Hacking (2001) | Github |
| Xeus Hack | ||
| ZD Net | ||
| 86 | The Singularity (2012) | Github |
| IMDB | ||
| Xeus Hack | ||
| 87 | War for the Web (2015) | Github |
| IMDB | ||
| Xeus Hack | ||
| 88 | WarGames: The Dead Code | Cyber Security Ventures |
| Github | ||
| SSL | ||
| (Films Appear On 2 Lists Each) | ||
| 89 | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | Github |
| Movies Drop | ||
| 90 | Anonymous | Cyber Security Ventures |
| Github | ||
| 91 | BBS: The Documentary (2005) | Github |
| Xeus Hack | ||
| 92 | Blade Runner (1982) | Github |
| Wikibon | ||
| 93 | Cyberbully (2011) | Blog Rope |
| IMDB | ||
| 94 | Deja Vu (2006) | Life Wire |
| Ranker | ||
| 95 | Disconnect | Cyber Security Ventures |
| IMDB | ||
| 96 | Ex Machina | Github |
| ZP Alexander | ||
| 97 | Genius on Hold (2012) | Cyber Security Ventures |
| SSL | ||
| 98 | Ghost in the Machine | Cyber Security Ventures |
| Ranker | ||
| 99 | Goodbye World (2013) | Cyber Security Ventures |
| SSL | ||
| 100 | Hacker (2016) | Blog Rope |
| IMDB | ||
| 101 | Hacker’s Game | Cyber Security Ventures |
| Github | ||
| 102 | Hackers: Wizards of the Electronic Age | Cyber Security Ventures |
| IMDB | ||
| 103 | Halt and Catch Fire | Github |
| Wired | ||
| 104 | Her | Github |
| ZP Alexander | ||
| 105 | Indie Game: The Movie | Github |
| IMDB | ||
| 106 | Nerve | Protobytes |
| Tech Notification | ||
| 107 | NetForce | Cyber Security Ventures |
| Ranker | ||
| 108 | Person of Interest | Github |
| Wired | ||
| 109 | Primer | Github |
| ZP Alexander | ||
| 110 | Pulse | Cyber Security Ventures |
| Protobytes | ||
| 111 | Scorpion | Github |
| Wired | ||
| 112 | Secret History of Hacking | Cyber Security Ventures |
| IMDB | ||
| 113 | StartUp | Github |
| IMDB | ||
| 114 | Storm Watch | Cyber Security Ventures |
| Ranker | ||
| 115 | The Circle | Cyber Security Ventures |
| Github | ||
| 116 | The Imitation Game | Cyber Security Ventures |
| Github | ||
| 117 | The Net 2.0 | Cyber Security Ventures |
| Github | ||
| 118 | The Signal | Cyber Security Ventures |
| Github | ||
| 119 | Three Days of the Condor | Cyber Security Ventures |
| Ranker | ||
| 120 | Track Down (2000) | Bit Rebels |
| Filmy Keeday | ||
| (Films Appear On 1 Lists Each) | ||
| 121 | 21 | Github |
| 122 | .hack//Roots | IMDB |
| 123 | 23 (2012) | Cymmetria |
| 124 | Anon | Github |
| 125 | Assassination Nation | Ranker |
| 126 | Avalon | Github |
| 127 | Black Hat | Protobytes |
| 128 | Black Mirror | Github |
| 129 | Blade Runner 2049 | Github |
| 130 | Bourne Ultimatum | Cyber Security Ventures |
| 131 | Breach | Cyber Security Ventures |
| 132 | Code Hunter | Protobytes |
| 133 | Code Rush | IMDB |
| 134 | Colossus: The Forbin Project | Cyber Security Ventures |
| 135 | CSI: Cyber | Github |
| 136 | Cyberbully (2015) | ZD Net |
| 137 | Dark Net | Github |
| 138 | Debug | Cyber Security Ventures |
| 139 | Delete (2012) | SSL |
| 140 | Download: The True Story of the Internet | IMDB |
| 141 | Echelon Conspiracy | Github |
| 142 | Ender’s Game | Gizmodo |
| 143 | Google and the World Brain | IMDB |
| 144 | Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee | Cyber Security Ventures |
| 145 | Hackers in Wonderland | Cyber Security Ventures |
| 146 | Hackers: Outlaws and Angels | IMDB |
| 147 | Hacks | IMDB |
| 148 | Half the Rent | IMDB |
| 149 | Home Page | IMDB |
| 150 | I, Robot | Gizmodo |
| 151 | Independence Day | Ranker |
| 152 | Iron Man 3 | Tech Viral |
| 153 | Jumpin’ Jack Flash | Ranker |
| 154 | Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web | Cyber Security Ventures |
| 155 | Kung Fury | Github |
| 156 | Listening | Github |
| 157 | Masterminds | Cyber Security Ventures |
| 158 | Matrix (Part 1, 1999) | Box Cryptor |
| 159 | MI4: Ghost Protocol (2011) | Life Wire |
| 160 | Mickey Virus | Cyber Security Ventures |
| 161 | Morgan | Github |
| 162 | Nirvana | Ranker |
| 163 | Noah | ZP Alexander |
| 164 | Paycheck | Cyber Security Ventures |
| 165 | Plug and Pray | Github |
| 166 | Psycho-Pass | Gizmodo |
| 167 | Risk | Cyber Security Ventures |
| 168 | RoboCop (2014) | Gizmodo |
| 169 | Serenity | Ranker |
| 170 | Serial Experiments Lain | Github |
| 171 | Silicon Valley | Github |
| 172 | Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web | Github |
| 173 | Softwaring Hard | Github |
| 174 | Source Code | Github |
| 175 | Steal This Film II | IMDB |
| 176 | Superman III | Ranker |
| 177 | Talhotblond: | IMDB |
| 178 | Terminal Error | Cyber Security Ventures |
| 179 | The Defenders (2018) | Cybereason |
| 180 | The I.T. Crowd | Gizmodo |
| 181 | The Island | Github |
| 182 | The IT Crowd | Github |
| 183 | The Jolson Story | Ranker |
| 184 | The Lone Gunmen | IMDB |
| 185 | The Matrix Reloaded | Cyber Security Ventures |
| 186 | The State of Security | Trip Wire |
| 187 | The Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires | IMDB |
| 188 | Tomorrow Never Dies’ (1997) | Fandango |
| 189 | Transcendence | Github |
| 190 | Transformers Series | Tech Viral |
| 191 | Travelers | Github |
| 192 | Trust (2010) | Blog Rope |
| 193 | Twenty Three | Protobytes |
| 194 | WALL-E | Gizmodo |
| 195 | We Live in Public | IMDB |
| 196 | Westworld | Github |
| 197 | World on a Wire | Github |
| 198 | You Are Wanted | Github |
45 Best Hacking Film Sources/Lists
| Source | Article |
| Alpine Security | 10 Hacker Movies You Should Watch: What Hollywood Gets Right and … |
| App Knox | 5 Must Watch Movies on Hacking – Appknox | Mobile App Security … |
| Bit Rebels | The Top 5 Most Realistic Hacker Movies Ever Made | Bit Rebels |
| Blog Rope | 12 Best Hacking Movies for Geek – Blogrope |
| Box Cryptor | The 5 Best Hacker Movies – Boxcryptor |
| Cheat Sheet | 10 of the Greatest Hacker Movies of All Time – The Cheat Sheet |
| Cyber Security Ventures | The Complete List of Hacker And Cybersecurity Movies, Version 1.0 |
| Cybereason | 7 Best Movies About Cybersecurity and Hacking – Cybereason |
| Cymmetria | Weekend break: the 10 best hacking movies – Cymmetria | Cyber … |
| eHacking | Greatest Hacking Movies of All Time – The World of IT & Cyber Security … |
| Fandango | Hack This: 16 Best Computer Whizzes in Movies | Fandango |
| Filmy Keeday | Best Hollywood Movies on Computer Hacking and Cyber Crime |
| Foss Bytes | 10 Best Hacking Movies You Need To Watch In 2018 – Fossbytes |
| Gadget Say | 2017 Top 10 Best Hacker Movies To Watch Updated List – Gadgetsay |
| Github | GitHub – k4m4/movies-for-hackers: A curated list of movies every … |
| Gizmodo | Gizmodo Movie Night: The Best Hacking And Computer Movies And … |
| Havok Journal | Top 5 Hacker Movies – Because This List Should Never Be Made • The … |
| IMDB | ThE BeSt HaCkiNg & CoMpUTeR GeeK MoViEs – IMDb |
| iTech Hacks | [Must-Watch] 12 Best Hacking Movies For Hackers in 2018 – iTech Hacks |
| Life Wire | Hacker Movies We Know and Love – Lifewire |
| Make Use Of | Hollywood Hacks: The Best and Worst Hacking in Movies – MakeUseOf |
| Movies Drop | 40+ Movies Based On Hacking & Computer Technology – MoviesDrop |
| Movies On Hacking | 5 Best Hacking Movies Hollywood Has Ever Made – Movies On Hacking |
| Nerdist | See Colon Backslash: The 8 Best Hacking Movies of All Time | Nerdist |
| Protobytes | Searching For Hacking Related Movies? Check These 30 Movies Out |
| QD Trick | 30 Best Hacker Movies 2018 Of All Time (Hacking Movies 2018) |
| Ranker | All Hacker Movies | List of Hacker Movies – Ranker |
| Shout Me Loud | Top Hollywood Movies on Hacking – Hackers Paradise – ShoutMeLoud |
| Slash Bug | Best Hacker Movies “Based on a True Story” – SlashBug |
| SSL | Best Hacker and Computer Security Movies of All Time? – SSL.com |
| Stuff | 25 best hacking movies ever | Stuff |
| Tech 10ment | Hacking movies list – {Top and best} movies list for hacking enthusiasts |
| Tech Notification | Top 10 Best Hacking Movies That You Should Watch – Technotification |
| Tech Viral | Top 15 Best Hacking Movies of All Time 2018 – Tech Viral |
| Tech Worm | 12 Best Hacking Movies That You Should Watch Right Now (2018) |
| The Cinemaholic | 12 Best Hacker Movies of All Time – The Cinemaholic |
| Trip Wire | Forget Blackhat – The Best Hacking Movies of All Time – Tripwire |
| USA Today | Eight all-time great hacking movies – USA Today |
| Watch Mojo | Top 10 Movie Hackers | WatchMojo.com |
| Wikibon | 20 Movies Every Hacker Should See « Wikibon Blog |
| Wired | Binge-Watch the Year’s Best Hacker TV and Films This Weekend – Wired |
| Wonder How To | Advice from a Real Hacker: The Top 10 Best Hacker Movies – Null Byte |
| Xeus Hack | The Best Documentaries For Hackers | Hacking Tutorials by Xeus |
| ZD Net | 27 best movies about hacking, ranked | ZDNet |
| ZP Alexander | 10 Tech Movies to Get You Coding Again – Dev.to |