Movies

This page provides a list of tech, sci-fi, and Cyberpunk-related movies worth watching.

Fiction

Anime

• Summer Wars (2009)

Biography

• Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999)

Probably the best movie about the Microsoft vs. Apple war and the tech boom in the 80s-90s. Plus it's pretty fucking entertaining.

• The Social Network (2010)

• Jobs (2013)

Crime/Drama/Thriller

• Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)

America creates a massive computer network AI to control the nuclear arsenal. Russia creates the same AI with stolen plans. The two computers connect, gain sentience, share a mind, and take over the world.

• WarGames (1983)

This movie convinced Ronald Reagan to make law against this movie happening. The movie is a work of fiction, however, and sadly the law still applies. It makes little sense.

• Sneakers (1992)

• Hackers (1995)

• The Net (1995)

If you're an FSFfag, this movie shows the dangers of non-free software :^)

• 23 (1998)

• Track Down aka Takedown (2000)

• Swordfish (2001)

John Travolta plays a wonderful crime boss who forces this computer hacker to hack into bank accounts and stuff. P great.

• Untraceable (2008)

Comedy

• iSteve (2013)

The first biopic that came out after Steve Job's death, this movie is a hilarious production from the website Funny or Die. This is also their first Feature-Length production!

Romance

• Her (2013)

Sci-Fi + Action/Adventure/Drama

• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

This is a Kubrick movie, so you know it'll be good.

• Blade Runner (1982)

One of the earliest Cyberpunk movies.

• TRON (1982)

This movie is almost a romanticized view of the connection between programmer and program.

• 2010: The Year we Made Contact (1984)

The sequel to 2001: A Space Oddesy, but not a Kubrick production. "My God. It's full of Stars!"

• The Terminator (1984)

The Governator at his best.

• Weird Science (1985)

Two young men attempt to make a beautiful, sex crazed woman out of their computer, a doll, a modem, illegal government software, and electricity. It goes horribly right!

• Short Circuit (1986)

"Number 5 is... Alive!"

• Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future (1986)

Excellent cyberpunk movie. TV show version was bad though.

• The Lawnmower Man (1992)

• eXistenZ (1999)

• The Matrix (1999)

First one was pretty good. Second one was... less good. Third one was...

• The Thirteenth Floor (1999)

• Primer (2004)

• I Robot (2004)

Will Smith in the year 2030, robots become commonplace and slaves to humans.

• Iron Man (2008)

"I am Iron Man! Has he lost his mind? Can he see or is he blind? Who the fuck care's he's Iron Man!"

• TRON: Legacy (2010)

Remake of the other TRON.

• Transcendence (2014)

Non-fiction

Documentary

Can be found on DEFCON site: https://www.defcon.org/html/links/dc-torrent.html

• The KGB, the Computer and Me (1990)

• The Triumph of the Nerds (1996)

• Code Rush (2000)

• Freedom Downtime (2001)

• The Code (2001)

• Revolution OS (2001)

Stallman, Linus, etc.

• Once Upon Atari (2003)

• BBS: The Documentary (2005)

• Tilt, The Battle to Save Pinball (2006)

• The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)

• Good Copy Bad Copy (2007)

• RiP!: A Remix Manifesto (2008)

• Hackers Wanted (2009)

• Ecstacy of Order: The Tetris Masters (2011)

• Demoscene - The Art Of The Algorithms (2011)

• The Space Invaders - In Search of Lost Time (2012)

• Terms and Conditions May Apply (2013)

• TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away from Keyboard (2013)

• The Fifth Estate (2013)

• We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (2013)

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

All about Aaron Schwartz's long fight with Copyright law, and his suicide before trial

• Citizenfour (2014)

• Digital Amnesia (2014)

• Atari Game Over (2014)

See Also

• /g/ related Music
• /g/ related Video Games