<h2><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers_(film)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Hackers</a></h2>

<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers_(film)" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/67/Hackersposter.jpg/220px-Hackersposter.jpg" alt="Hackers"></a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>The film follows a group of high school <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_hacker" rel="nofollow noreferrer">hackers</a> and their involvement in a corporate extortion conspiracy. Made in the 1990s when the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Internet</a> was unfamiliar to the general public, it reflects the ideals laid out in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_Manifesto" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Hacker Manifesto</a> quoted in the film: <em>"This is our world now... the world of the electron and the switch [...] We exist without skin color, without nationality, without religious bias... and you call us criminals. [...] Yes, I am a criminal. My crime is that of curiosity."</em> Despite receiving mixed-to-negative reviews and failing at the box office upon release, Hackers has since achieved <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_classic" rel="nofollow noreferrer">cult classic</a> status.</p>
</blockquote>

<h2><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicentennial_Man_(film)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Bicentennial Man</a></h2>

<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicentennial_Man_(film)" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fc/Bicentennial_man_film_poster.jpg/215px-Bicentennial_man_film_poster.jpg" alt="Bicentennial Man"></a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p><em><strong>Bicentennial Man</strong></em> is a 1999 American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction_film" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Science fiction film">science fiction</a>  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy-drama_film" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Comedy-drama film">comedy-drama film</a> starring <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Williams" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Robin Williams">Robin Williams</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Neill" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Sam Neill">Sam Neill</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embeth_Davidtz" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Embeth Davidtz">Embeth Davidtz</a> (in a dual role), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Crewson" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Wendy Crewson">Wendy Crewson</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Platt" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Oliver Platt">Oliver Platt</a>. Based on the novel <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Positronic_Man" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="The Positronic Man">The Positronic Man</a></em> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Isaac Asimov">Isaac Asimov</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Silverberg" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Robert Silverberg">Robert Silverberg</a> (which is itself based on Asimov's original novella <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bicentennial_Man" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="The Bicentennial Man">The Bicentennial Man</a></em>), the plot explores issues of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_condition" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Human condition">humanity</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Slavery">slavery</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prejudice" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Prejudice">prejudice</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maturity_(psychological)" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Maturity (psychological)">maturity</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_freedom" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Intellectual freedom">intellectual freedom</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conformity" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Conformity">conformity</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Sex">sex</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Love">love</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Death">mortality</a>.</p>
</blockquote>

<h2><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indie_Game:_The_Movie" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Indie Game: The Movie</a></h2>

<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indie_Game:_The_Movie" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fc/Indie_Game_The_Movie_poster.png/220px-Indie_Game_The_Movie_poster.png" alt="Indie Game: The Movie"></a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p><em><strong>Indie Game: The Movie</strong></em> is a 2012 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Documentary_film" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Documentary film">documentary film</a> made by Canadian filmmakers James Swirsky and Lisanne Pajot. The film is about the struggles of independent game developers <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_McMillen" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Edmund McMillen">Edmund McMillen</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Refenes" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Tommy Refenes">Tommy Refenes</a> during the development of <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Meat_Boy" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Super Meat Boy">Super Meat Boy</a></em>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Fish" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Phil Fish">Phil Fish</a> during the development of <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fez_(video_game)" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Fez (video game)">Fez</a></em>, and also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Blow" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Jonathan Blow">Jonathan Blow</a>, who reflects on the success of <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braid_(video_game)" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Braid (video game)">Braid</a></em>.</p>
</blockquote>

<h2><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappie_(film)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Chappie</a></h2>

<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappie_(film)" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/71/Chappie_poster.jpg/220px-Chappie_poster.jpg" alt="Chappie"></a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>The film, set and shot in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannesburg" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Johannesburg">Johannesburg</a>, is about an artificially intelligent law enforcement robot captured and taught by gangsters, who nickname it Chappie.</p>
</blockquote>

<h2><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Circuit_(1986_film)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Short Circuit</a></h2>

<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Circuit_(1986_film)" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b8/Short_Circuit_%281986_film_poster%29.jpg/220px-Short_Circuit_%281986_film_poster%29.jpg" alt="Short Circuit"></a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>The film's plot centers upon an experimental military robot that is struck by lightning and gains a more humanlike intelligence, with which it embarks to explore its new state. </p>
</blockquote>

<h2><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WALL-E" rel="nofollow noreferrer">WALL-E</a></h2>

<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WALL-E" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c2/WALL-Eposter.jpg/220px-WALL-Eposter.jpg" alt="WALL-E"></a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>It follows a solitary  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trash_compactor" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Trash compactor">trash compactor</a>  robot on a future,  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_habitability" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Planetary habitability">uninhabitable</a>, deserted Earth, left to clean up garbage. However, he is visited by a probe sent by the starship  <em>Axiom</em>, whom he falls in love with and pursues across the galaxy.</p>
</blockquote>

<h2><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The Matrix</a></h2>

<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c1/The_Matrix_Poster.jpg/220px-The_Matrix_Poster.jpg" alt="The Matrix"></a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>It depicts a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dystopia" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Dystopia">dystopian</a> future in which humanity is unknowingly trapped inside a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulated_reality" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Simulated reality">simulated reality</a>, the Matrix, created by thought-capable machines (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_being" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Artificial being">artificial beings</a>) to distract humans while using their bodies as an energy source. When computer programmer Thomas Anderson, under the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_hacker" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Security hacker">hacker</a> alias "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_(The_Matrix)" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Neo (The Matrix)">Neo</a>", uncovers this truth, he "is drawn into a rebellion against the machines" along with other people who have been freed from the Matrix.</p>
</blockquote>

<h2><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Robot_(film)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">I, Robot</a></h2>

<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Robot_(film)" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3b/Movie_poster_i_robot.jpg/220px-Movie_poster_i_robot.jpg" alt="I, Robot"></a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p>In the year <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2035" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="2035">2035</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanoid" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Humanoid">humanoid</a>  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Robot">robots</a> serve humanity, which is protected by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Three Laws of Robotics">Three Laws of Robotics</a>.</p>
</blockquote>

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2019-06-19T01:27:00.457Z
2019-06-19T01:36:42.317Z
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Kevin Workman
<ul>
<li>The Imitation Game: Alan Turing's life through the lens of his work on breaking the Enigma code at Bletchley Park during WWII and his later prosecution as a homosexual during the 1950s. It touches on computer science, World War 2, equality, women's role is CS and society, etc. The movie also casts Turing, inaccurately, as socially awkward and a loner. This provides an opening to explore the "lone programmer" stereotype and the role of teams in real projects.</li>
<li>The Social Network: Interesting look into silicon valley culture, and has a bit of CS content towards the beginning when Zuckerberg is hacking into the various Harvard photo troves. It can be fun to freeze frame at those moments and discuss what is going on. (Much of it isn't really that complicated!)</li>
<li>Inception: a total scifi fantasy, but it does illustrate recursion. — for more info on recursion see <a href="https://cseducators.stackexchange.com/a/5756/204">https://cseducators.stackexchange.com/a/5756/204</a></li>
</ul>

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2019-06-11T11:05:31.433Z
2019-06-17T22:18:15.593Z
2019-06-17T22:18:15.593Z
ctrl-alt-delor
<p>In no particular order:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacking_Democracy" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Hacking Democracy</a> (Documentary) - An investigation into the risks of online and electronic voting.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Code_(2001_film)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The Code</a> (Documentary) - About Linux and the free software movement, with many well known figures in Linux and free software.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_Silicon_Valley" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Pirates of Silicon Valley</a> - About the Apple / Microsoft rivalry in the early days of the PC.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The Social Network</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_Machina_(film)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Ex Machina</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_(film)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">2001: A Space Odyssey</a></li>
</ul>

<p>Also, a website from one of our students:
<a href="https://hackermovie.club/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://hackermovie.club/</a></p>

<p>Enjoy!</p>

CC BY-SA 4.0
2019-06-16T13:35:33.243Z
Can we say something about each movie.
ctrl-alt-delor
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2019-06-17T19:02:57.957Z
@RudolfOlah fwiw, community wiki is kind of mostly deprecated. (Yes, I know that was an ungrammatical level of qualifiers.)
auden
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2019-06-17T19:24:06.750Z
@RudolfOlah no problem =)
auden
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2019-06-17T20:22:41.313Z
If not the community wiki, could we have one "canonical" post that accumulates the movies?
dlu
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2019-06-25T14:49:52.977Z
It is OK to have lots of answers. I would expect a few for this type of question, unfortunately it is incompatible with the ✓interface, but still the question is good, and so the the answers. I will upvote good answers (not based on what films, but based on explanations). I make my answer a wiki, so as to encourage more suggestions.
ctrl-alt-delor
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2019-06-26T10:03:42.080Z
Thanks for creating the links @dlu!
Stefanos
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2019-06-13T12:42:06.757Z
2019-06-18T09:33:03.160Z
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Stefanos
<p>The last day of school is a half day for us and it isn't one where my students are too engaged...</p>

<p>Last year I showed <strong>Hidden Figures</strong> and it went over pretty well. Many students were stunned by the lack of respect afforded to people of color in the '60s (and to this day).</p>

<p>Looking for suggestions for other school appropriate CS related movies (my classes are at high school level - US ages 14-18 more or less, but movies for any age range would be welcome).</p>

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2019-06-11T06:47:07.723Z
I like the idea, and I'm sure that there are lots of good choices coming from Hollywood. Unfortunately, it's more of a poll, or listing, question, and has no "right" answer. Therefore, I'm suggesting that the question be closed. It's possible there may be some good discussion to be had in [The Classroom](https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/59174/the-classroom), the sites dedicated chat room.
Gypsy Spellweaver
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2019-06-11T10:26:38.950Z
What age level? What educational level?
Buffy
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2019-06-17T20:04:53.917Z
@GypsySpellweaver - I'd like to make a counter argument. Ideas for teaching strategies can often be seen as a poll or listing - but that is the nature of teaching, different classes and teachers will need different strategies to communicate the lesson. I think a collection of movies that address CS content along with commentary on what the content is and how to approach it seems appropriate and useful.
dlu
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End of Year Movies For CS Classes
# End of Year Movies For CS Classes

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-06-11)

The last day of school is a half day for us and it isn't one where my students are too engaged...

Last year I showed **Hidden Figures** and it went over pretty well. Many students were stunned by the lack of respect afforded to people of color in the '60s (and to this day).

Looking for suggestions for other school appropriate CS related movies (my classes are at high school level - US ages 14-18 more or less, but movies for any age range would be welcome).

**Tags:** resource-request, computer-history

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I like the idea, and I'm sure that there are lots of good choices coming from Hollywood. Unfortunately, it's more of a poll, or listing, question, and has no "right" answer. Therefore, I'm suggesting that the question be closed. It's possible there may be some good discussion to be had in [The Classroom](https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/59174/the-classroom), the sites dedicated chat room.  
> **username_2**: What age level? What educational level?  
> **username_0**: @GypsySpellweaver - I'd like to make a counter argument. Ideas for teaching strategies can often be seen as a poll or listing - but that is the nature of teaching, different classes and teachers will need different strategies to communicate the lesson. I think a collection of movies that address CS content along with commentary on what the content is and how to approach it seems appropriate and useful.  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2019-06-11. Score: 7

* The Imitation Game: Alan Turing's life through the lens of his work on breaking the Enigma code at Bletchley Park during WWII and his later prosecution as a homosexual during the 1950s. It touches on computer science, World War 2, equality, women's role is CS and society, etc. The movie also casts Turing, inaccurately, as socially awkward and a loner. This provides an opening to explore the "lone programmer" stereotype and the role of teams in real projects.
* The Social Network: Interesting look into silicon valley culture, and has a bit of CS content towards the beginning when Zuckerberg is hacking into the various Harvard photo troves. It can be fun to freeze frame at those moments and discuss what is going on. (Much of it isn't really that complicated!)
* Inception: a total scifi fantasy, but it does illustrate recursion. — for more info on recursion see <https://cseducators.stackexchange.com/a/5756/204>


---

### Answer by username_3 on 2019-06-19. Score: 5

## [Hackers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers_(film))

[![Hackers](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/67/Hackersposter.jpg/220px-Hackersposter.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers_(film))

> The film follows a group of high school [hackers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_hacker) and their involvement in a corporate extortion conspiracy. Made in the 1990s when the [Internet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet) was unfamiliar to the general public, it reflects the ideals laid out in the [Hacker Manifesto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_Manifesto) quoted in the film: *"This is our world now... the world of the electron and the switch [...] We exist without skin color, without nationality, without religious bias... and you call us criminals. [...] Yes, I am a criminal. My crime is that of curiosity."* Despite receiving mixed-to-negative reviews and failing at the box office upon release, Hackers has since achieved [cult classic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_classic) status.

## [Bicentennial Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicentennial_Man_(film))

[![Bicentennial Man](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fc/Bicentennial_man_film_poster.jpg/215px-Bicentennial_man_film_poster.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicentennial_Man_(film))

> ***Bicentennial Man*** is a 1999 American [science fiction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_fiction_film "Science fiction film") [comedy-drama film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy-drama_film "Comedy-drama film") starring [Robin Williams](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Williams "Robin Williams"), [Sam Neill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Neill "Sam Neill"), [Embeth Davidtz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embeth_Davidtz "Embeth Davidtz") (in a dual role), [Wendy Crewson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Crewson "Wendy Crewson"), and [Oliver Platt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Platt "Oliver Platt"). Based on the novel *[The Positronic Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Positronic_Man "The Positronic Man")* by [Isaac Asimov](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov "Isaac Asimov") and [Robert Silverberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Silverberg "Robert Silverberg") (which is itself based on Asimov's original novella *[The Bicentennial Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bicentennial_Man "The Bicentennial Man")*), the plot explores issues of [humanity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_condition "Human condition"), [slavery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery "Slavery"), [prejudice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prejudice "Prejudice"), [maturity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maturity_(psychological) "Maturity (psychological)"), [intellectual freedom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_freedom "Intellectual freedom"), [conformity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conformity "Conformity"), [sex](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex "Sex"), [love](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love "Love"), and [mortality](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death "Death").

## [Indie Game: The Movie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indie_Game:_The_Movie)

[![Indie Game: The Movie](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fc/Indie_Game_The_Movie_poster.png/220px-Indie_Game_The_Movie_poster.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indie_Game:_The_Movie)

> ***Indie Game: The Movie*** is a 2012 [documentary film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Documentary_film "Documentary film") made by Canadian filmmakers James Swirsky and Lisanne Pajot. The film is about the struggles of independent game developers [Edmund McMillen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_McMillen "Edmund McMillen") and [Tommy Refenes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Refenes "Tommy Refenes") during the development of *[Super Meat Boy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Meat_Boy "Super Meat Boy")*, [Phil Fish](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Fish "Phil Fish") during the development of *[Fez](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fez_(video_game) "Fez (video game)")*, and also [Jonathan Blow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Blow "Jonathan Blow"), who reflects on the success of *[Braid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braid_(video_game) "Braid (video game)")*.

## [Chappie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappie_(film))

[![Chappie](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/71/Chappie_poster.jpg/220px-Chappie_poster.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappie_(film))

> The film, set and shot in [Johannesburg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannesburg "Johannesburg"), is about an artificially intelligent law enforcement robot captured and taught by gangsters, who nickname it Chappie.

## [Short Circuit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Circuit_(1986_film))

[![Short Circuit](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b8/Short_Circuit_%281986_film_poster%29.jpg/220px-Short_Circuit_%281986_film_poster%29.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Circuit_(1986_film))

> The film's plot centers upon an experimental military robot that is struck by lightning and gains a more humanlike intelligence, with which it embarks to explore its new state.

## [WALL-E](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WALL-E)

[![WALL-E](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c2/WALL-Eposter.jpg/220px-WALL-Eposter.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WALL-E)

> It follows a solitary [trash compactor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trash_compactor "Trash compactor") robot on a future, [uninhabitable](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_habitability "Planetary habitability"), deserted Earth, left to clean up garbage. However, he is visited by a probe sent by the starship *Axiom*, whom he falls in love with and pursues across the galaxy.

## [The Matrix](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix)

[![The Matrix](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c1/The_Matrix_Poster.jpg/220px-The_Matrix_Poster.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix)

> It depicts a [dystopian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dystopia "Dystopia") future in which humanity is unknowingly trapped inside a [simulated reality](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulated_reality "Simulated reality"), the Matrix, created by thought-capable machines ([artificial beings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_being "Artificial being")) to distract humans while using their bodies as an energy source. When computer programmer Thomas Anderson, under the [hacker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_hacker "Security hacker") alias "[Neo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_(The_Matrix) "Neo (The Matrix)")", uncovers this truth, he "is drawn into a rebellion against the machines" along with other people who have been freed from the Matrix.

## [I, Robot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Robot_(film))

[![I, Robot](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/3b/Movie_poster_i_robot.jpg/220px-Movie_poster_i_robot.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Robot_(film))

> In the year [2035](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2035 "2035"), [humanoid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanoid "Humanoid") [robots](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot "Robot") serve humanity, which is protected by the [Three Laws of Robotics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics "Three Laws of Robotics").


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### Answer by username_5 on 2019-06-13. Score: 4

In no particular order:

* [Hacking Democracy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacking_Democracy) (Documentary) - An investigation into the risks of online and electronic voting.
* [The Code](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Code_(2001_film)) (Documentary) - About Linux and the free software movement, with many well known figures in Linux and free software.
* [Pirates of Silicon Valley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_Silicon_Valley) - About the Apple / Microsoft rivalry in the early days of the PC.
* [The Social Network](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Network)
* [Ex Machina](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_Machina_(film))
* [2001: A Space Odyssey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_(film))

Also, a website from one of our students:
<https://hackermovie.club/>

Enjoy!

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: Can we say something about each movie.  
> **username_6**: @RudolfOlah fwiw, community wiki is kind of mostly deprecated. (Yes, I know that was an ungrammatical level of qualifiers.)  
> **username_6**: @RudolfOlah no problem =)  
> **username_0**: If not the community wiki, could we have one "canonical" post that accumulates the movies?  
> **username_4**: It is OK to have lots of answers. I would expect a few for this type of question, unfortunately it is incompatible with the ✓interface, but still the question is good, and so the the answers. I will upvote good answers (not based on what films, but based on explanations). I make my answer a wiki, so as to encourage more suggestions.  
> **username_5**: Thanks for creating the links @username_0!  

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