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The Very Best Movies About Hackers
All hacker films ever made are listed here in one place. This is a complete list of all hacker movies ever made for your viewing pleasure. Hacking films are listed in and can be sorted by different kinds of categories. The complete hacker movies list can also be imported to create a personalized list. Wonder if any of these movie scenarios shocked the characters as much as the jenny internet hoax shocks the internet.
What are hacker movies? This list will give you a comprehensive look at films based on our favorite (or least favorite) people to take control of computers. You'll recognize a few famliar names on this list, like Antitrust, Live Free or Die Hard, Enemy of the State and well, Hackers to name a few.- 1
Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, Ally Sheedy- Released: 1983
- Directed by: John Badham
High school student David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) unwittingly hacks into a military supercomputer while searching for new video games. After starting a game of Global Thermonuclear War, Lightman ...more 
2Keanu Reeves, Dolph Lundgren, Takeshi Kitano- Released: 1995
- Directed by: Robert Longo
In this film based on the William Gibson story, Johnny (Keanu Reeves) is a data courier who has a secret stash of information implanted into his mind. However, the data will kill Johnny if he cannot ...more![Hackers]()
3Jonny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie, Jesse Bradford- Released: 1995
- Directed by: Iain Softley
A teenage hacker finds himself framed for the theft of millions of dollars from a major corporation. Master hacker Dade Murphy, aka Zero Cool, aka Crash Override, has been banned from touching a ...more![Tron]()
4Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner- Released: 1982
- Directed by: Steven Lisberger
When talented computer engineer Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) finds out that Ed Dillinger (David Warner), an executive at his company, has been stealing his work, he tries to hack into the system. ...more![Real Genius]()
5Val Kilmer, Gabriel Jarret, William Atherton- Released: 1985
- Directed by: Martha Coolidge
When science whiz Mitch Taylor (Gabe Jarret) arrives at Pacific Tech as a freshman, he's paired up with genius senior Chris Knight (Val Kilmer) to work on a laser project. Mitch initially doesn't ...more![Sneakers]()
6Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd, Ben Kingsley- Released: 1992
- Directed by: Phil Alden Robinson
Computer hacker Martin (Robert Redford) heads a group of specialists who test the security of various San Francisco companies. Martin is approached by two National Security Agency officers who ask ...more![Enemy of the State]()
7Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight- Released: 1998
- Directed by: Tony Scott
Corrupt National Security Agency official Thomas Reynolds (Jon Voight) has a congressman assassinated to assure the passage of expansive new surveillance legislation. When a videotape of the murder ...more![Weird Science]()
8Kelly LeBrock, Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith- Released: 1985
- Directed by: John Hughes
Teen misfits Gary (Anthony Michael Hall) and Wyatt (Ilan Mitchell-Smith) design their ideal woman on a computer, and a freak electrical accident brings her to life in the form of the lovely, ...more![Office Space]()
9Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, David Herman- Released: 1999
- Directed by: Mike Judge
Corporate drone Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston) hates his soul-killing job at software company Initech. While undergoing hypnotherapy, Peter is left in a blissful state when his therapist dies in the ...more![Existenz]()
10Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Willem Dafoe- Released: 1999
- Directed by: David Cronenberg
Video game designer Allegra Geller (Jennifer Jason Leigh) has created a virtual reality game called eXistenZ. After a crazed fan attempts to kill her, Allegra goes on the run with Ted (Jude Law), a ...more- 11Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishbourne, Carrie Moss
- Released: 1999 - 2021
- Directed by: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
The Matrix is a science fiction action media franchise created by The Wachowskis and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The series began with the feature film The Matrix (1999), and continued with ...more ![Ghost in the Machine]()
12Karen Allen, Chris Mulkey, Ted Marcoux- Released: 1993
- Directed by: Rachel Talalay
After Terry (Karen Allen) tells a computer store clerk where she lives, the information falls into the hands of the clerk's co-worker Karl (Ted Marcoux), the serial murderer known as the "Address ...more![Swordfish]()
13John Travolta, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry- Released: 2001
- Directed by: Dominic Sena
There exists a world within our world. A world beneath what we call cyberspace. A world protected by firewalls, passwords and the most advanced security systems. In this world we hide our deepest ...more![The Net]()
14Sandra Bullock, Jeremy Northam, Dennis Miller- Released: 1995
- Directed by: Irwin Winkler
Computer programmer Angela Bennett (Sandra Bullock) starts a new freelance gig and, strangely, all her colleagues start dying. Does it have something to do with the mysterious disc she was given? Her ...more![GoldenEye]()
15Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco- Released: 1995
- Directed by: Martin Campbell
When a powerful satellite system falls into the hands of Alec Trevelyan, AKA Agent 006 (Sean Bean), a former ally-turned-enemy, only James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) can save the world from an awesome ...more![Deja Vu]()
16Denzel Washington, Val Kilmer, Jim Caviezel- Released: 2006
- Directed by: Tony Scott
The team of top-secret program brings ATF agent Doug Carlin (Denzel Washington) into its midst to capture the terrorist (Jim Caviezel) responsible for a ferry bombing that left hundreds dead. Its ...more![Independence Day]()
17Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum- Released: 1996
- Directed by: Roland Emmerich
In the epic adventure film "Independence Day," strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it ...more![Firewall]()
18Harrison Ford, Paul Bettany, Virginia Madsen- Released: 2006
- Directed by: Richard Loncraine
Bank security expert Jack Stanfield (Harrison Ford) builds a career on his expertise in designing theft-proof computer systems for financial institutions. However, a criminal mastermind (Paul ...more![Ghost in the Shell 2.0]()
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20Claire Foy, Beau Gadsdon, Sverrir Gudnason- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Fede Alvarez
Fired from the National Security Agency, Frans Balder recruits hacker Lisbeth Salander to steal FireWall, a computer program that can access codes for nuclear weapons worldwide. The download soon ...more![The Thirteenth Floor]()
21Craig Bierko, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Gretchen Mol- Released: 1999
- Directed by: Josef Rusnak
A man awakens to discover a bloody shirt in his house and his boss murdered the night before. Did he do it? Why can't he remember? "The Thirteenth Floor" is a sci-fi thriller that explores the ...more![Untraceable]()
22Diane Lane, Billy Burke, Colin Hanks- Released: 2008
- Directed by: Gregory Hoblit
Special Agent Jennifer Marsh 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. ...more![Antitrust]()
23Ryan Phillippe, Rachael Leigh Cook, Claire Forlani- Released: 2001
- Directed by: Peter Howitt
When Milo (Ryan Phillippe) graduates from college and lands his dream job writing software at a multi-billion dollar computer company, he couldn't be more thrilled. The company's magnetic founder ...more![Three Days of the Condor]()
24Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson- Released: 1975
- Directed by: Sydney Pollack
On a seemingly ordinary day, Joe Turner (Robert Redford), a quiet CIA codebreaker, walks into his workplace and finds that all of his coworkers have been murdered. Horrified, Joe flees the scene and ...more![Nirvana]()
25Emmanuelle Seigner, Christopher Lambert, Amanda Sandrelli- Released: 1997
- Directed by: Gabriele Salvatores
Nirvana is a 1997 Italian cyberpunk science fiction film directed by Gabriele Salvatores. The film stars Christopher Lambert, Diego Abatantuono, Sergio Rubini, and Stefania Rocca. It was screened out ...more
