The best hacker movies
The top 3 according to 77 votes from people: Sneakers (1992) · The Matrix (1999) · Hackers (1995). (Updated Jun 15, 2023.)
Green text on black screens, phone phreaks and codebreakers: the best films about hacking, according to Cobalt, Hackers-Arise and Techworm.
Top 10
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1
Sneakers (1992)
A team of penetration testers and a code-breaking box.
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2
The Matrix (1999)
Neo, the hacker who learns reality is a simulation.
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3
Hackers (1995)
Teenage hackers framed for a corporate crime; a cult classic.
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4
WarGames (1983)
A teenager hacks into a military supercomputer.
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5
Who Am I – Kein System ist sicher (2014)
A Berlin hacker collective and Europol.
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6
Zero Days (2016)
A documentary on the Stuxnet cyberweapon.
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7
Citizenfour (2014)
Edward Snowden's revelations, as they happened.
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8
The Social Network (2010)
A Harvard hacker builds Facebook.
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9
Tron (1982)
A programmer trapped inside a computer.
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10
23 (1998)
The true story of the hacker Karl Koch.
Candidates
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11
The Imitation Game (2014)
Alan Turing and the Enigma codebreakers.
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12
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Hacker Lisbeth Salander and a journalist, by Fincher.
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13
Blackhat (2015)
A convicted hacker freed to chase cybercriminals, by Michael Mann.
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Comments (1)
Sneakers over WarGames is a bold take but I agree, it aged better