The Top 10 Hacking Movies

The 10 Hacking Movies

HACKING

As we know that we are living in the age of science and many of us want great technology.

Our technological powers increase, but the side effects and potential hazards also escalate.

-Elvin Toffler 

Yeah it is so true that wherever you get a technology then you also need a protection because there is no face of HACKER.

If you are geeky for tech and you want to become a coder, ethical hacker then you should see these movies for motivation purpose or just for ENTERTAINMENT!!.

1) Hackers(1995)

Play Time:- 1hr 47 min
IMDb Rating:- 6.2/10

Initial Release:  September 15, 1995

Director: lain softley

Box Office: 7.5 million USD

Screenplay: Rafael Moreu

Music Director: Guy Pratt, Simon Boswell

Cast: Angelina Jolie, Jonny Lee Miller, etc.


SUMMARY

A young boy is arrested by the U.S. Secret Service for writing a computer virus and is banned from using a computer until his 18th birthday. Years later, he and his new-found friends discover a plot to unleash a dangerous computer virus, but they must use their computer skills to find the evidence while being pursued by the Secret Service and the evil computer genius behind the virus. (Source-IMDb)

2) WarGames(1983)

Play Time:- 1hr 54 min

IMDb Rating:- 7.1/10

Initial release: June 3, 1983 (USA)

Director: John Badham

Film series: WarGames

Box office: 79.6 million USD

Screenplay: Lawrence Lasker, Walter Parkes, Walon Green

SUMMARY

  A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III. (Source-IMDb)

3) Swordfish(2001)

Play Time:- 1hr 39 min

IMDb Rating:- 6.5/10

Initial release: June 8, 2001 (USA)

Director: Dominic Sena

Box office: 147 million USD

Budget: 102 million USD

Music director: Paul Oakenfold, Christopher Young

SUMMARY

  A covert counter-terrorist unit called Black Cell led by Gabriel Shear wants the money to help finance their war against international terrorism, but it's all locked away. Gabriel brings in convicted hacker Stanley Jobson to help him. (Source-IMDb)

4) The Matrix(1999)

Play Time:- 2hr 16min

IMDb Rating:- 8.7/10

Initial release: March 31, 1999 (USA)
Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Budget: 63 million USD
Screenplay: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski


Music director: Don Davis, Graeme Revell

SUMMARY
The Matrix is a 1999 American-Australian science fiction action film written and directed by The Wachowskis, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, and Joe Pantoliano. It depicts a dystopian future in which reality as perceived by most humans is actually a simulated reality called "the Matrix", created by sentient machines to subdue the human population, while their bodies' heat and electrical activity are used as an energy source. Computer programmer "Neo" learns this truth and is drawn into a rebellion against the machines, which involves other people who have been freed from the "dream world". (Source-Wikipedia)

5) Live Free Or Die Hard(2007)

Play Time:- 2hr 10 min

IMDb Rating:- 7.2

Initial release: June 22, 2007 (USA)
Director: Len Wiseman
Box office: 383.5 million USD
Cinematography: Simon Duggan


Music director: Marco Beltrami, Michael Kamen

The Director of FBI's Cyber Crime Division assigns John McClane the task of tracking down a hacker. John ends up working with Thomas, an ethical hacker who helps him deal with the cyber criminals. (Source-IMDb)

6) Sneakers(1992)

Play Time:- 2hr 6 min

IMDb Rating:- 7.1/10

Initial release: September 9, 1992 (USA)
Director: Phil Alden Robinson

Box office: 105.2 million USD
Budget: 35 million USD


Screenplay: Phil Alden Robinson, Lawrence Lasker, Walter Parkes

SUMMARY
Martin Bishop heads a group of experts who specialise in testing security systems. When government agents blackmail him into stealing a top secret black box, his team is embroiled in a dangerous game.

7) The Net(1995)

Play Time:- 1hr 55 min

IMDb Rating:- 5.8/10

Initial release: July 28, 1995
Director: Irwin Winkler
Film series: The Net Film Series
Adaptations: The Net (1998)


Screenplay: John Brancato, Michael Ferris

SUMMARY
Angela Bennett, a computer programmer, after stumbling upon government secrets finds herself on the run from an unknown enemy hell-bent on destroying her completely.

8) Track Down(2000)

Play Time:- 1hr 36 min

IMDb Rating:- 6.3/10

Initial release: 2000
Director: Joe Chappelle
Initial DVD release: September 28, 2004 (USA)
Screenplay: David Newman, Leslie Newman, Howard A. Rodman, John Danza

Music director: Chris Holmes, James Kole

SUMMARY
Based on the story of the capture of computer hacker 'Kevin Mitnick'. However, when breaks into the computer of a security expert and an ex-hacker, he's in for a shock and has more than he can handle.

9) Who Am I(2014)

Play Time:- 1hr 46 min

IMDb Rating:- 7.6/10

Initial release: September 25, 2014 (Germany)
Director: Baran Odar
Music director: Michael Kamm
Screenplay: Baran Odar, Jantje Friese


Producers: Max Wiedemann, Quirin Berg

SUMMARY
Who Am I is a 2014 German techno-thriller film directed by Baran bo Odar. It is centered on a computer hacker group in Berlin that gears towards global fame. (Source-Wikipedia)

10) Blackhat(2015)

Play Time:- 2hr 15 min

IMDb Rating:- 5.4/10

Initial release: January 15, 2015 (Netherlands)
Director: Michael Mann
Box office: 19.7 million USD

Budget: 70 million USD


Production company: Legendary Entertainment
SUMMARY
After a Hong Kong nuclear plant and the Mercantile Trade Exchange in Chicago are hacked by unknown perpetrators, a federal agent (Viola Davis) proposes that the FBI work with China to find the cyber-criminals. The leader of the Chinese team, Chen Dawai, insists that convicted hacker Nick Hathaway (Chris Hemsworth) be released from prison to help with the investigation. As Nick and his comrades chase their quarry, it becomes evident that the hackers have a sinister motive for their actions.