Hacker Movies
Quite a few cyberpunk movies deal with the hacker counterculture. Rebellion against the mega-corporations by the punk-hacker anti-heroes have been celebrated Since Neuromancer. This category lists all the movies where hacking is a central theme. Included are movies like Ghost in the Shell, where hacking (ghost hacks, for instance) is pretty much standard operating procedure for the main characters, even though the punk counter-culture is almost non-existent. Like all of my themes categories, I don’t distinguish here between movies and animes (which are very influential in cyberpunk) - you will see both listed.
And yes, I realize I don’t have all cyberpunk hacker movies listed - in fact I have relatively few so far. This will change, as I’m still in the process of uploading my reviews. If you have one in mind that you don’t see here, let me know, and I’ll bump it up in priority.
Comments
July 19, 2006
Kenho said:
you have missed the German film 23 ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0126765/ )
and Takedown ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159784/ )
/K
July 20, 2006
SFAM said:
Hi Kenho, cool! I’ll check these out.
October 12, 2006
XXXXXX said:
if you have ‘Hackers’ and ‘Takedown’ you must include ‘Antitrust’
October 13, 2006
NekOtaku said:
23 is a must, though it’s quite far from cyber punk it’s probably the most interesting hacker film I ever saw.
October 17, 2006
Sniper said:
Im downloading 23 right now
October 31, 2006
Uplink64 said:
I can’t find this movie for on the torrent as 23, what name are you using to find this movie?
December 23, 2006
Wino said:
I’m looking for 23 as well. I found it a long time ago and have since lost the file. It really is an awesome movie.
Mr. Roboto said:
I know I mentioned Sneakers before, because I believe it to be a good hacker movie.
It’s about a radical 60’s hacker who escaped and works with a group of “white hats” who test security systems to make sure nobody can defeat them.
I’ve often felt Sneakers qualifies as cyberpunk, possibly post-cyberpunk… just watch it and see what I mean. Really. It’s a great film.
January 16, 2007
SFAM said:
Hi Mr. Roboto, I know Sneakers rather well. I am still torn on whether its cyberpunk or not. The visuals certainly aren’t. But I suppose a case can be made based on the ending.
January 21, 2007
Hackerlou said:
23 - Die Geschichte Des Hackers Karl Koch
February 28, 2008
Translator said:
I am looking for someone that knows very basic hacking. Nothing real illegal. Not trying to break into the defense dept. I am just someone that is dying of cancer and I need some basic info on the guy that ripped me off on ebay. Although it would be kind of fun to buy him some stuff with his own ebay account for him. Really I am not the revenge type but I bent over backwards trying to not screw him because my paypal account got messed up. I ended up wiring him the money by way of moneygram so I asked for it. But I just wanted to get a DirecTV system because I just wanted to have something to watch if it gets down to being a prisoner of my bed with no distractions from the pain. I am living on next to nothing and so it was like stealing my life savings. And like I said I asked for it because I told him as much and so he knew that he could rip me off and maybe I wouldn’t be around that long to try and get my money back.
aj said:
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aj said:
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March 25, 2008
dictatochips said:
how about Broken Flowers?
March 29, 2008
Mustafa said:
have u movies to learn hack
April 13, 2008
zey said:
Antitrust should mos def be one on the list. As for 23, I’d love to see it but I’m sure that it won’t have english sub or dubbed. I hate it when I can’t watch a movie because I can’t understand what they’re saying.
June 2, 2008
fisk0 said:
23 is an fantastic movie. It has nothing to do with cyberpunk though, it’s based on the true story about the hacker Karl Koch (alias Hagbard Celine, a name he took from the Illuminatus trilogy). It’s a german movie, so in case you don’t know german you’ll need to get it subtitled. The complete title is “23 – Nichts ist so wie es scheint” (”Nothing is the way it seems”). The DVD is pretty hard to come by, I’ve been looking for it a lot, hopefully I’ll find it when I go to germany this summer, but you can find it on some bittorrent sites. I know there used to be a copy at the Pirate Bay, and you should be able to find it on IsoHunt.
June 4, 2008
Anonymous said:
where can i get sneakers to buy or download ????if you can help me on how to download it get back to me da_last2@yahoo.com
July 28, 2008
Anonymous said:
Come on, Live Free or Die Hard
Anom said:
eXistenZ is a non-hacker cyberpunk type movie…
October 13, 2008
chicano said:
and wut about johnny menemonic? sreenplay by master willian gibson and shit, won´t get much more cyberpunk…
October 18, 2008
ap said:
Also missed “Pirates of Silicon Valley”:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_Silicon_Valley
October 26, 2008
mik said:
de.hack
December 12, 2008
the chosen one said:
i liked the movie untasble
December 22, 2008
Boko said:
Kevin Mitnick ftw. hackers2: takedown rox
February 21, 2009
larsrohdin said:
Boko:
If you know anything about Kevin Mitnick, you know that Takedown is bullshit.
Watch Freedom downtime. A documentary on the subject, made by Emmanuel Goldstein, founder of 2600 Magazine, and friend of Kevin Mitnick.
November 1, 2009
SM177Y said:
wow there is so many missing movies from this list. but yes, Live Free or Die Hard is thee best hacker movie, hands down.
SM177Y said:
war games (the original and Dead code), code hunters, swordfish, the net, sneakers, breach, lawnmower man, twelve monkeys, weird science, back to the future, firewall. come on guys theres so many great cyberpunk/hacker movies out there.