The Best Hacker Movies

This is such an entertaining movie! Even years later, the reptiles can make people jump out of their seats.  And Wayne Knight portrays the loathsome hacker who steals the DNA secrets of the Jurassic project... and gets paid for his deceit in blood.  Definitely rent this movie for the 5 minutes of hacker scenes, and the 110 minutes of action-adventure fun!

Disclosure is an excellent film, both for computer hacking and for the thrill of corporate espionage.  A brilliant computer scientist gets passed over for a promotion, which goes to a love interest from his past.  Michael Douglas and Demi Moore are splendid as this twisted plot of deceit and betrayal keeps audiences riveted for 90 minutes.

Also known as 'Paranoia: 1.0', this film requires you to bring your brain. One Point O is a magnificent art film, and very different from Hollywood movies.  An isolated young computer programmer receives mysterious packages, which leads him into a strange world of corporate conspiracy, mind control, and the bizarre lives of his neighbors.  Not for impatient viewers, this film is slow, haunting, visually mesmerizing, and intensely meditative... every scene is staged to have its own special flavor.  Many viewers recommend watching this film twice to catch all the clever details.  If you're in that rare mood for something thought-provoking and deliberate, then definitely rent One Point O.

While not exactly a 'hacking' movie, Deja Vu involves sophisticated computer intervention in time travel.  Val Kilmer's team of FBI computer geeks adds technical believability to this fantastical story, the terrorism plot is harrowing, and Denzel Washington is always exciting to watch as he rushes to save the explosion victims and the pretty girls.  

Untraceable is a suspenseful B-grade thriller.  FBI Agent Marsh needs to stop a serial killer from slaughtering more victims, brutal acts which he broadcasts live on the Internet. Be warned: graphical violence.  You'll want to watch a happy Disney movie after this disturbing cat-and-mouse thriller. 

Pierce Brosnan's 007 entry here revolves around stopping a 'Goldeneye' hacker program and weaponized satellite.  Complete with beautiful female computer scientists and expensive stunt scenes, 007 takes on the digital threat using his Walther pistol and slick style.

Leave it to Bruce Willis to save the world from uber hackers.  Macintosh advertising personality, Justin Long, plays the reluctant programmer caught up in an digital terrorism scheme. Like Swordfish, this movie has over-the-top violence and outrageous action sequences, but if you liked the Die Hard series, definitely see this.

While dated, this movie was groundbreaking at the time, and is still charming to this day. The story revolves around two college buddies who take different paths in life. One becomes an ethical hacker, and the other...well, he is not quite so noble. Some great plot twists and comic scenes make this a good way to spend a Saturday afternoon at home.

Yes, this movie is very old, but it is still a pivotal film in many viewers' minds. A young man finds a back door into a military computer that is linked to the nuclear defense grid of the United States. A preposterous plot, but a compelling commentary on nuclear war and the destruction of the human race. You have to see this movie just to say you have seen it.

A classic! A hacker is transported into the digital universe of "The Grid", and must survive combat as a cyber gladiator in order to stop the villanous Master Control. The imagination behind this movie made big ripples in the science fiction world, and today, Tron is a cult classic that every computer user should see at least once.