Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Favorite Movies about Hacking or Computers

My favorite movies about computers and hacking are: 

Hackers (1995) with Jonny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie, Jesse Bradford, Matthew Lillard
Plot: Movie about hackers and their culture 


Hackers 2 - Takedown (2000) with Skeet Ulrich and Russell Wong
Plot: Film based on the story of the capture of computer hacker "Kevin Mitnick" 


Hackers 3 - Antitrust (2001) with Ryan Phillippe, Rachael Leigh Cook, Claire Forlani and Tim Robbins
Plot: A story about a programmer working for a big company. 


The Net (1995) with Sandra Bullock
Plot: Angela Bennett's a software engineer type who works from home and see her identity stolen. 


The Net 2.0 (2006) with Nikki Deloach
Plot: The life of a young computer systems analyst that after arriving in Istanbul to start a new job, see her identity stolen. 


War Games (1983) with Matthew Broderick
Plot: A young man finds a back door into a military central computer and almost starts World War 3. 


War Games 2 - The Dead Code (2008) with Matt Lanter
Plot: The movie stars Matt Lanter as a computer expert named Will Farmer who engages a government super-computer named R.I.P.L.E.Y. in an online simulation game. 


Pulse 1, 2 and 3
Plot: About a computer virus that affects all communication hardware and kill's humans. 


Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999) with Noah Wyle, Joey Slotnick, Anthony Michael Hall
Plot: The History of Apple and Microsoft, Macintosh versus Windows.

Untraceable (2008) with Diane Lane
Plot: FBI agent Jennifer Marsh is hunting down a serial killer who posts live videos of his victims on the Internet.