HackerFlicks

Documentaries

All Creatures Welcome (2018)

written and directed by Sandra Trostel ("A documentary about Germany's hacker group Chaos Computer Club.", [1])

Time Bomb Y2K (2023)

directed by Brian Becker and Marley McDonald ("Explores the hysteria and preparations surrounding the Y2K bug at the turn of the millennium.", [2])

DEFCON: The Documentary (2013)

directed by Jason Scott ("A behind-the-scenes look at the DEFCON hacking conference, showcasing the community and culture of hackers.", [3])

Hackers in Wonderland (2000)

directed by Russell Barnes ("Interviews with hackers in the UK, discussing their experiences and the hacker ethos.", [4])

Code 2600 (2011)

directed by Jeremy Zerechak ("Chronicles the rise of the Information Technology Age and its implications on privacy and security.", [5])

The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014)

written and directed by Brian Knappenberger ("A documentary chronicling the life and activism of programming prodigy Aaron Swartz, highlighting his contributions to internet freedom and the circumstances leading to his tragic death.", [6])

The Great Hack (2019)

written by Karim Amer, Erin Barnett, and Pedro Kos; directed by Karim Amer and Jehane Noujaim ("A documentary examining the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal, focusing on how personal data was harvested and used to influence elections like Brexit and the 2016 U.S. presidential race.", [7])

The Social Dilemma (2020)

directed by Jeff Orlowski-Yang; written by Jeff Orlowski-Yang, Vickie Curtis, and Davis Coombe ("A documentary exploring the dangerous human impact of social networking, featuring tech experts sounding the alarm on their own creations.", [8])

Movies

23 (1998)

directed by Hans-Christian Schmid ("the true story of a group of young computer hackers from Hannover, Germany", watch now)

Algorithm (2014)

A freelance computer hacker discovers a mysterious government computer program. He breaks into the program and is thrust into a revolution. watch now

Antitrust (2001)

directed by Peter Howitt

Avatar (2009)

An ex-marine merges with an avatar to join an extraordinary natural world. For amazing dreams of a future world. watch trailer

Blade Runner (1982)

Cyberdystopia manifested. Be enlightened.

Breakfast Club (1985)

How geeks, freaks, and jocks get along.

Chronicles of Riddick (2004)

When one nerd wins. He plays D&D.

Fight Club (1999)

How it could of happened.

Ghost in the Shell (1995)

directed by Mamoru Oshii ("A female cyborg cop and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the 'Puppet Master'.")

Ghost in the Shell: Innocence (2004)

directed by Mamoru Oshii ("Bato, a cyborg detective for Section 9, investigates the case of a female robot who slaughtered her owner.")

Ghost in the Shell: The Laughing Man (2005)

directed by Kenji Kamiyama ("After 6 years underground infamous hacker 'The Laughing Man' forewarns about his next crime.")

Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society (2006)

directed by Kenji Kamiyama ("Two years after the first GITS, hacker nicknamed the 'Puppet Master' is behind a series of complicated incidents.")

Technotise: Edit & I (2009)

directed by Aleksa Gajić ("Female psychology student visits a dealer on the black market who installs a stolen military chip in her body.")

Hackers (1995)

directed by Iain Softley (watch now)

Highlander (1986)

token nerd fantasy flick

Insecurity (2007)

directed by Rohan Harris ("Insecurity is a hacker film, but rather unlike any you're likely to have seen before." CC-BY-ND watch now)

Interstellar (2014)

directed by Christopher Nolan. [9]

Johnny Mneumonic

Another post-apocalyptic future to avoid.

The Matrix (1999)

directed by the Wachowski brothers ("A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers.")

Network (1976)

Activism against TV networks

Oblivion (2013)

despite Tom Cruise, a tale of a possible future when science without religion is victorious.

Pi (1998)

directed by Darren Aronofsky ("A paranoid mathematician searches for a key number that will unlock the universal patterns found in nature.")

Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999)

directed by Martyn Burke ("History of Apple and Microsoft.")

Real Genius (1985)

directed by Martha Coolidge

Revenge of the Nerds (1984) The title says it all. Tri-Lambda members find Nerd Corps on this site.

The Road (2009)

post-apocalypse scenario after growth economics and naive ideas about love went wrong.

Short Circuit (1986)

directed by John Badham ("Robot in a group of experimental bots in a lab is electrocuted, becomes intelligent, and escapes")

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)

robots.

Sneakers (1992)

directed by Phil Alden Robinson ("Complex but lighthearted thriller about computers and cryptography, government and espionage, secrets and deception and betrayal.")

Takedown (2000)

directed by Joe Chappelle (watch now)

This is Spinal Tap 1984

Just because. It hacks you.

TRACEROUTE (2016)

directed by Johannes Grenzfurthner ([[10]Project Page])

TRON (1982)

directed by Steven Lisberger

TRON Legacy (2010?)

The future

V for Vendetta (2005)

Remember, remember.

Waking Life (2001)

Thinking about the meaning of life in the universe

Wargames (1983)

directed by John Badham

Welt am Draht (1973)

directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder ("Somewhere in the future there is a computer project called Simulacron one of which is able to simulate a full featured reality…")

World War Z (2013)

Another bad future to avoid: where animals hate humans for their failure to care for the Earth.

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Others (not formatted):

• Altered States (1980)
• Enemy of the State: giving ideas of tracking abilities of the powers above
• The Conversation: ideas of how to add recordings to get greater fidelity
• various Batman and Mission Impossible films.