What are hackers? These are people who, through random “fluttering” fingers on the keyboard, can crack any password in a few seconds. Hollywood films have taught us this stereotype. Introducing you best hacker moviesselected by criteria such as rating on Kinopoisk. Maybe they are far from reality, but they are spectacular, full of action and famous actors are shot in them. The selection includes films produced in 2000-2017. Therefore, the extremely popular, but slightly outdated "Matrix" (1999 release) did not fall into it. But it went on to continue.
10. Coder (2002)
Rating - 6.9
A film with already outdated special effects, but a hypnotic-mysterious, albeit gloomy atmosphere. The plot of Coder is simple: Morgan Sullivan, deciding that his life is too boring, agrees to spy on the powerful Digicorp corporation. Using a secret device disguised as a pen, he transmits corporations rival messages at various presentations. But once a mysterious woman by the name of Rita tells Sullivan that the Digicorp makes meek puppets out of their spies, the pen is not a transmitter, and the corporation does not need information at all.
9. Password "Swordfish" (2001)
Rating - 7.2
One of the best films about hackers. John Travolta, Hugh Jackman and Holly Berry appear in the list of actors who starred in it. With such stars, the picture was simply doomed to success. Travolta plays Gabriel Shear, an ex-spy, and now the most dangerous criminal, who is going to steal $ 9 billion from the secret funds of the government. To steal, he needs the help of a hacker who can crack any security system. Such a virtuoso of the hacker world is Stanley Jobson, who served a FBI base hack. Stanley has a daughter, and Shire offers the future accomplice custody of his daughter and a chance for a new life if the operation is successful. But Jobson soon realizes that much more is at stake than money.
8. Die Hard 4.0 (2007)
Rating - 7.3
Let Bruce Willis grow old, his Die Hard are still loved by the audience. This time, John McClain and his young assistant hacker Matt Farrell save the world from an unusual terrorist threat. The villains decided to return humanity to the "prehistoric world", bringing down all computer systems.
7. Who am I? (2014)
Rating - 7.4
If you decide that we are talking about a movie with Jackie Chan, then you were mistaken. In this picture, the main character is a spy who has not lost his memory, but the young ingenious hacker Benjamin. He dreamed of being like a superhero, but in real life - a bore and a loner. One day, Benjamin meets a charismatic guy named Max. Together they go against the system, committing several high-profile cyber robberies. Now Max and Benjamin are the idols of advanced youth, and at the same time the most wanted criminals in the virtual space. But can this space give Benjamin an answer to the question of who he is: a king or an empty place?
6. The game of imitation (2014)
Rating - 7.5
In the center of events is the English genius Alan Turing, who during the Second World War helps the military to crack the code of the German encryption machine Enigma. It will appeal to those who love films with Benedict Cumberbatch, as well as those who prefer exciting, yet easy to understand stories. But for those who do not accept the topic of homosexuality from the word “in general” “The game of imitation” is unlikely to cause delight.
5. The Matrix: Revolution (2003)
Rating - 7.6
A decisive battle is coming between the machines and the inhabitants of Zion. And the Chosen must end the war. But is Neo strong enough to stop the cars, and at the same time countlessly bred agents Smith? The epic end of the magnificent trilogy will not leave indifferent even the spectator, who is saturated with special effects and fantastic paintings.
4. Matrix: Reboot (2003)
Rating - 7.7
The continuation of the truly iconic "Matrix" is a real gift for those who believe in conspiracy theory. Only here the world is governed not by a secret government, but by the machines and computer version of God - the Architect. In the second part of the Neo trilogy, you have to find a way to the Architect in order to find out what the Matrix is and where the source of great human strength and great human weakness is.
3. Social network (2010)
Rating - 7.7
The film is about how one of the “mastodons” of social networks was created - Facebook. Episodes of the fantastic success story of programmer Mark Zuckerberg are intertwined with court hearings, and once the best friends become strangers.
Youth, parties, computers, envy, ambition, love - all this is in the "Social Network", and from all this it was born.
2. Girl with a dragon tattoo (2011)
Rating - 7.7
Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara - a magnificent duet, on whose shoulders - the lion's share of the success of this picture. “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” tells the story of a journalist and tattooed hacker girl who are investigating the mysterious disappearance of Harriet Wanger, one of the representatives of the powerful and wealthy Vanger clan.
1. The Beginning (2010)
Rating - 8.7
The first place in our top 10 is occupied by a film directed by Christopher Nolan. A whole galaxy of celebrities starred in it, from Leonardo diCaprio and Joseph Gordon-Levitt to Ellen Page and Marion Cotillard. The plot of "Beginning" is complex and interesting. Here is an attractive area of lucid dreams, and industrial espionage and fatherly love. Nolan mixed the thriller, science fiction and the detective so masterfully and in the right proportions that it is almost impossible to tear yourself away from the screen.
