Movies For Hackers

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Movies For Hackers

- Thrillers/Drama - Science Fiction/Fantasy - Action - Documentaries

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Thrillers / Drama

| MOVIE | GENRE | YEAR | RATING | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|------|--------| | 21 | Thriller/Drama/Crime | 2008 | 6.8/10 | | 23 | Thriller/Drama | 1998 | 7.3/10 | | Algorithm | Thriller/Drama/Crime | 2014 | 4.8/10 | | Anonymous | Thriller/Drama/Crime | 2016 | 6.4/10 | | Antitrust | Thriller/Drama | 2001 | 6.1/10 | | Blackhat | Thriller/Drama | 2015 | 5.4/10 | | Brazil | Drama/Science Fiction | 1985 | 7.9/10 | | Enemy of the State | Thriller/Drama | 1998 | 7.3/10 | | Hacker's Game | Thriller/Drama | 2015 | 3.8/10 | | Hackers | Drama/Crime | 1995 | 6.2/10 | | Hidden Figures | Biography/Drama/History | 2017 | 7.8/10 | | I.T. | Thriller/Drama/Crime | 2016 | 5.4/10 | | Listening | Thriller/Drama | 2014 | 5.6/10 | | Live Free or Die Hard | Thriller/Action | 2007 | 7.2/10 | | Office Space | Comedy/Romance | 1999 | 7.8/10 | | Pi | Drama/Mystery | 1998 | 7.5/10 | | Primer | Thriller/Drama | 2004 | 7.0/10 | | Reboot | Thriller/Drama | 2012 | 4.1/10 | | Snowden | Thriller/Drama | 2016 | 7.3/10 | | Swordfish | Thriller/Caper Story | 2001 | 6.5/10 | | Takedown | Thriller/Drama | 2000 | 6.3/10 | | The Circle | Thriller/Drama | 2017 | 5.3/10 | | The Fifth Estate | Thriller/Drama | 2013 | 6.2/10 | | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Thriller/Drama | 2011 | 7.8/10 | | The Imitation Game | Thriller/Drama | 2014 | 8.2/10 | | The Net 2.0 | Thriller/Drama | 2006 | 4.7/10 | | The Net | Thriller/Drama | 1995 | 5.8/10 | | The Signal | Thriller | 2014 | 6.1/10 | | The Social Network | Drama/History | 2010 | 7.7/10 | | The Thirteenth Floor | Thriller/Mystery | 1999 | 7.0/10 | | Underground: The Julian Assange Story | Drama/Biography | 2012 | 6.8/10 | | Untraceable | Thriller/Slasher | 2008 | 6.2/10 | | WarGames | Thriller/Drama | 1983 | 7.1/10 | | WarGames: The Dead Code | Thriller/Drama | 2008 | 4.5/10 | | Who Am I | Drama/Crime | 2014 | 7.6/10 |

Science Fiction / Fantasy

| MOVIE | GENRE | YEAR | RATING | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|------|--------| | 2001: A Space Odyssey | Science Fiction/Fantasy | 1968 | 8.3/10 | | Anon | Science Fiction/Thriller | 2018 | 6/10 | | Avalon | Science Fiction/Fantasy | 2001 | 6.6/10 | | Blade Runner | Science Fiction/Thriller | 1982 | 8.2/10 | | Blade Runner 2049 | Science Fiction/Drama | 2017 | 8.3/10 | | Colossus: The Forbin Project | Science Fiction/Thriller | 1970 | 7.1/10 | | Ex Machina | Fantasy/Mystery | 2015 | 7.7/10 | | eXistenZ | Science Fiction/Thriller | 1999 | 6.8/10 | | Ghost in the Shell | Fantasy/Animation | 1995 | 8.0/10 | | Ghost in the Shell | Science Fiction/Action | 2017 | 6.9/10 | | Her | Science Fiction/Romance | 2013 | 8.0/10 | | Inception | Science Fiction/Mystery | 2010 | 8.8/10 | | Johnny Mnemonic | Science Fiction/Action | 1995 | 5.6/10 | | Morgan | Science Fiction/Thriller | 2016 | 5.8/10 | | One Point O | Science Fiction/Mystery | 2004 | 6.2/10 | | Open Windows | Fantasy/Crime | 2014 | 5.2/10 | | The Lawnmower Man | Fantasy/Action | 1992 | 5.4/10 | | The Matrix | Fantasy/Action | 1999 | 8.7/10 | | The Matrix Reloaded | Science Fiction/Action | 2003 | 7.2/10 | | Transcendence | Science Fiction/Drama | 2014 | 6.3/10 | | World on a Wire | Science Fiction/Thriller | 1973 | 7.9/10 |

Action

| MOVIE | GENRE | YEAR | RATING | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|------|--------| | Eagle Eye | Action/Thriller | 2008 | 6.6/10 | | Echelon Conspiracy | Action/Crime/Mystery | 2009 | 5.8/10 | | Firewall | Action/Thriller | 2006 | 5.8/10 | | Gamer | Action/Thriller | 2009 | 5.8/10 | | Kung Fury | Action/Comedy | 2015 | 8.1/10 | | Sneakers | Action/Thriller | 1992 | 7.1/10 | | The Island | Action/Adventure | 2005 | 6.9/10 | | The Italian Job | Action/Thriller | 2003 | 7.0/10 | | Tron | Action/Adventure | 1982 | 6.8/10 | | Tron: Legacy | Action/Adventure | 2010 | 6.8/10 | | Virtuosity | Action/Thriller | 1995 | 5.5/10 |

Documentaries

| MOVIE | GENRE | YEAR | RATING | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|------|--------| | BBS: The Documentary | Documentary | 2005 | 8.7/10 | | Citizenfour | Documentary/Biography | 2014 | 8.1/10 | | Code 2600 | Documentary | 2012 | 7.4/10 | | Deep Web | Documentary | 2015 | 7.1/10 | | DEFCON: The Documentary | Documentary | 2013 | 5.7/10 | | DSKNECTD | Documentary | 2013 | 7.4/10 | | Downloaded | Documentary | 2013 | 6.8/10 | | Freedom Downtime | Documentary | 2001 | 7.6/10 | | Good Copy Bad Copy | Documentary | 2007 | 7.2/10 | | Hackers: Wizards of the Electronic Age | Documentary | 1984 | 7.7/10 | | Hackers Are People Too | Documentary/Short Film | 2008 | 6.1/10 | | Hacking Democracy | Documentary | 2006 | 7.9/10 | | Hackers Wanted | Documentary/Indie Film | 2009 | 6.5/10 | | In the Realm of the Hackers | Documentary | 2003 | 7.4/10 | | Indie Game: The Movie | Documentary | 2012 | 7.7/10 | | Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web | Documentary | 2017 | 7.0/10 | | Pirates of Silicon Valley | Documentary/Drama/TV Film | 1999 | 7.3/10 | | Plug and Pray | Documentary | 2010 | 7.2/10 | | Revolution OS | Documentary/Indie Film | 2001 | 7.3/10 | | Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web | Documentary | 2017 | 7.4/10 | | Softwaring Hard | Documentary | 2014 | 8.2/10 | | Steal This Film | Documentary/Short Film | 2006 | 7.1/10 | | TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away from Keyboard | Documentary | 2013 | 7.6/10 | | Terms and Conditions May Apply | Documentary | 2013 | 7.4/10 | | The Code | Documentary | 2001 | 7.5/10 | | The Great Hack | Documentary | 2019 | 7.0/10 | | The Hacker Wars | Documentary | 2014 | 6.6/10 | | The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz | Documentary | 2014 | 8.1/10 | | The KGB, the Computer and Me | Documentary | 1990 | 8.3/10 | | The Secret History Of Hacking | Documentary | 2001 | 7.6/10 | | The Singularity | Drama/Science Fiction | 2012 | 7.3/10 | | War for the Web | Documentary | 2015 | 7.4/10 | | We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists | Documentary | 2012 | 7.3/10 | | We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks | Documentary | 2013 | 6.9/10 | | Zero Days | Documentary | 2016 | 7.8/10 |

TV Shows

| TITLE | GENRE | YEAR | RATING | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|------|--------| | Black Mirror | Drama/Science Fiction | 2011 | 8.9/10 | | CSI: Cyber | Drama/Crime/Mystery | 2015 | 5.4/10 | | Dark Net | Documentary/Series | 2016 | 7.3/10 | | Devs | Drama/Mystery/Sci-Fi | 2020 | 7.9/10 | | Halt and Catch Fire | Drama | 2014 | 8.3/10 | | Mr. Robot | Thriller/Drama | 2015 | 8.7/10 | | Person of Interest | Action/Crime/Drama | 2011 | 8.5/10 | | Scorpion | Action/Drama | 2014 | 7.2/10 | | Serial Experiments Lain | Cyberpunk/Animation | 1998 | 8.2/10 | | Silicon Valley | Comedy | 2014 | 8.5/10 | | StartUp | Thriller/Crime | 2016 | 8.1/10 | | The Code | Drama | 2014 | 7.6/10 | | The IT Crowd | Comedy | 2006 | 8.6/10 | | Travelers | Science Fiction | 2016 | 8.0/10 | | Valley of the Boom | Documentary/Drama | 2019 | 6.5/10 | | Westworld | Drama/Mystery | 2016 | 9.0/10 | | You Are Wanted | Thriller/Drama | 2017 | 6.1/10 |

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