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by linuxids | created - 12 Nov 2017 | updated - 13 Sep 2019 | Publiccomputer security/hacking related media
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1. Code 2600 (2011)
PG | 82 min | Documentary
CODE 2600 documents the Info-Tech Age, told by the events and people who helped build and manipulate it. It explores the impact this new connectivity has on our ability to remain human while maintaining our personal privacy and security.
Director: Jeremy Zerechak | Stars: Julia Concolino, Lorrie Cranor, Jennifer Granick, Phil Lapsley
Votes: 218
2. DEFCON: The Documentary (2013)
110 min | Documentary
DEFCON is the world's largest hacking conference, held in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 2012 it was held for the 20th time. The conference has strict no-filming policies, but for DEFCON 20, a ... See full summary »
Director: Jason Scott Sadofsky | Stars: Dead Addict, Brian Baskin, Ryan Clarke, Matthew M. Conley
Votes: 511
3. Freedom Downtime (2001)
Unrated | 121 min | Documentary, Adventure
A feature length documentary about the Free Kevin movement and the hacker world.
Director: Emmanuel Goldstein | Stars: Mark Abene, Ed Cummings, Robert Darlington, Emmanuel Goldstein
Votes: 946
6. Hackers Are People Too (2008 Video)
Unrated | 43 min | Documentary, Short
A portrait of the hacking community. In an effort to challenge preconceived notions and media-driven stereotypes HACKERS ARE PEOPLE TOO lets hackers speak for themselves and introduce their community to the public.
Director: Ashley Schwartau | Stars: Chris Darbro, Scott Davidson, Flea, Grey Frequency
Votes: 331
7. Hackers: Outlaws and Angels (2002 TV Movie)
51 min | Documentary
Director: Ralph Lee | Stars: Ian Murphy, Steve Wozniak
Votes: 41
8. Hackers Wanted (2009)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Crime
This film both follows the hacking adventures of famous hacker Adrian Lamo, and uses them as a microcosm for the macrocosm of struggles faced by emerging trends of thought - from the criminal to the philosophical.
Director: Samuel Vartek | Stars: John Arquilla, Craig Calef, John Draper, Frank Harrel
Votes: 195
10. In the Realm of the Hackers (2003)
55 min | Documentary
In the late 1980s two Melbourne teenage computer hackers known as Electron and Phoenix stole a restricted computer security list called 'Zardoz' and used it to break into some of the ... See full summary »
Director: Kevin Anderson | Stars: Ben Anderson, Suzanne Barr, Kathy Bowlen, John Campbell
Votes: 147
11. Revolution OS (2001)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Comedy
While Microsoft may be the biggest software company in the world, not every computer user is a fan of their products, or their way of doing business. While Microsoft's Windows became the ... See full summary »
Director: J.T.S. Moore | Stars: Linus Torvalds, Richard Stallman, Eric Raymond, Bruce Perens
Votes: 2,622 | Gross: $0.00M
12. The Hacker Wars (2014)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary, Crime
Ripped from international headlines, The Hacker Wars takes you to the front lines of the high-stakes battle over the fate of the Internet, freedom and privacy.
Directors: Vivien Lesnik Weisman, Vivien Lesnik Weisman | Stars: Andrew 'weev' Auernheimer, Andrew Blake, Barrett Brown, Jaime 'asshurtmacfags' Cochran
Votes: 1,640 | Gross: $0.00M
13. The Secret History of Hacking (2001 TV Movie)
Documentary
A history of hacking focusing on Captain Crunch, Steve Wozniak and Kevin Mitnick.
Director: Ralph Lee | Stars: John Draper, Kevin Mitnick, Denny Teresi, Steve Wozniak
Votes: 91
14. The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014)
Not Rated | 105 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
The story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz, who took his own life at the age of 26.
Director: Brian Knappenberger | Stars: Aaron Swartz, Tim Berners-Lee, Cindy Cohn, Gabriella Coleman
Votes: 18,042 | Gross: $0.05M
15. TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away from Keyboard (2013)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary
An intellectual freedoms documentary based around the interpersonal triumphs, and defeats of the three main characters against the largest industry in the known universe. The media industry.
Director: Simon Klose | Stars: Gottfrid Svartholm, Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neij, Peter Althin
Votes: 13,928
16. Unauthorized Access (1994)
37 min | Documentary, Short
Documentary about the early to mid 90s computer underground.
Director: Annaliza Savage | Stars: Cris Thomas, Drunkfux, Dan Farmer, Emmanuel Goldstein
Votes: 39
17. We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists (2012)
Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary
A documentary on the workings and beliefs of the self-described "hacktivist" collective, Anonymous.
Director: Brian Knappenberger | Stars: Anon2World, Anonyops, Julian Assange, Aaron Barr
Votes: 10,422
18. Web Warriors (2008 TV Movie)
43 min | Documentary
Web Warriors is a documentary that defines the conflict, establishes the stakes, and reveals the combatants in the escalating global battle taking place in cyber space. The film features ... See full summary »
Director: Jay Dahl | Stars: Mark Day, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Dax Ravina, Donnie Werner
Votes: 36
19. We Steal Secrets (2013)
R | 130 min | Documentary
A documentary that details the creation of Julian Assange's controversial website, which facilitated the largest security breach in U.S. history.
Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Julian Assange, Adrian Lamo, John 'FuzzFace' McMahon, Alex Gibney
Votes: 8,179 | Gross: $0.16M
20. Hackers: Wizards of the Electronic Age (1985 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 26 min | Documentary
All interviews in this documentary were shot over a long weekend at a 1984 hacker conference by the Whole Earth Catalog editors Stewart Brand and Kevin Kelley in Sausalito, California. The ... See full summary »
Director: Fabrice Florin | Stars: Bill Atkinson, Bruce Baumgart, Stewart Brand, Bill Budge
Votes: 62
21. The KGB, the Computer and Me (1990 TV Movie)
58 min | Documentary
In 1986, astronomer turned computer scientist Clifford Stoll had just started working on a computer system at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory when he noticed a 75-cent discrepancy between ... See full summary »
Director: Robin Bates | Star: Clifford Stoll
Votes: 174
22. Hackers in Wonderland (2000)
60 min | Documentary
Hackers in Wonderland is a 2000 documentary film, produced and directed by Russell Barnes, about hackers in the United Kingdom.
Director: Russell Barnes | Stars: Coldfire, Marc Rogers
23. Hackers Computer Outlaws (1997)
Stars: John Draper, Josef Carl Engressia, Lee Felsenstein, Mike Gorman
Votes: 9
24. Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016)
PG-13 | 98 min | Documentary
Werner Herzog's exploration of the Internet and the connected world.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Elon Musk, Lawrence Krauss, Lucianne Walkowicz, Kevin Mitnick
Votes: 13,418 | Gross: $0.59M
25. BBS: The Documentary (2005– )
Not Rated | 296 min | Documentary
Through eight episodes, director Jason Scott covers the 25 year history of the Dial-Up Bulletin Board System, a modem-connected computer system that let others connect to a computer over a ... See full synopsis »
Stars: Vint Cerf, Loyd Blankenship, Christian Wirth, Jack Rickard
Votes: 348
26. Terminal F/Chasing Edward Snowden (2015 TV Movie)
58 min | Documentary
The movie briefly covers NSA analyst-turned whistleblower Edward Snowden and his escape from American authorities to Hong Kong and later to Russia, after leaking classified information ... See full summary »
Directors: John Goetz, Poul-Erik Heilbuth | Stars: Glenn Greenwald, Edward Snowden, Michael Hayden, Ewen MacAskill
Votes: 360
27. Hackers of CypherCon (2018– )
Documentary
CypherCon is an annual hacker conference that provides hackers with an outlet to openly demonstrate and experience creativity and ingenuity.
Stars: Michael Goetzman, J. Wolfgang Goerlich, Lesley Carhart, John Platais
Votes: 12
28. Downloaded (2013)
Not Rated | 106 min | Documentary
A documentary that explores the downloading revolution; the kids that created it, the bands and the businesses that were affected by it, and its impact on the world at large.
Director: Alex Winter | Stars: Mike D, Henry Rollins, Noel Gallagher, Cindy Margolis
Votes: 2,823 | Gross: $0.01M
29.
Horizon (1964– )
Episode:
Defeating the Hackers
(2013)
50 min | Documentary
Horizon meets the two men who uncovered Stuxnet, the pioneers of ultra-paranoid computing, a white-hat hacker who showed out how to hack into stand alone cash machines, and explains how companies test resilience.
Director: Kate Dart | Stars: Rupert Penry-Jones, Eric Chien, Mat Honan, Barnaby Jack
Votes: 35
30. StuxNet: Cyberwar (2011 TV Movie)
R | 33 min | Documentary
In July 2010 a computer virus attacked a nuclear facility in Iran. This virus, known as the most intelligent piece of software to date, is the beginning of a new era in cyber crimes.
Director: Hesam Dehghani | Stars: Mehdi Aroom, Alireza Salehi, Ali Abbasnejad, Ismael Zabihi
Votes: 85
31. Citizenfour (2014)
R | 114 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden.
Director: Laura Poitras | Stars: Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, William Binney, Jacob Appelbaum
Votes: 58,002 | Gross: $2.80M
32. Deep Web (2015)
TV-MA | 90 min | Documentary
A feature documentary that explores the rise of a new Internet; decentralized, encrypted, dangerous and beyond the law; with particular focus on the FBI capture of the Tor hidden service Silk Road, and the judicial aftermath.
Director: Alex Winter | Stars: Ross Ulbricht, James Chaparro, Nicolas Christin, Cindy Cohn
Votes: 9,640
33. Good Copy Bad Copy (2007)
59 min | Documentary
Directors: Ralf Christensen, Andreas Johnsen, Henrik Moltke | Stars: Lawrence Ferrara, Lawrence Lessig
Votes: 191
34. DSKNECTD (2013)
Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary
A groundbreaking exploration into how mobile devices, virtual worlds, social media and the Internet are reshaping face-to face human interactions - for the good and the bad.
Director: Dominic H. White | Stars: Daniel Chouinard, Christopher Cacciacarne, Adam Gazzaley, Jonathan Gratch
Votes: 113
35. Hacking Democracy (2006)
82 min | Documentary
The film the voting machine corporations don't want you to see. HACKING DEMOCRACY follows investigator/grandmother, Bev Harris, and her citizen-activists as they set out to uncover how ... See full summary »
Directors: Simon Ardizzone, Russell Michaels | Stars: James Naughton, Bev Harris, Deanie Lowe, Harri Hursti
Votes: 1,353
36. Indie Game: The Movie (2012)
Not Rated | 103 min | Documentary, Drama
A documentary that follows the journeys of indie game developers as they create games and release those works, and themselves, to the world.
Directors: Lisanne Pajot, James Swirsky | Stars: Jonathan Blow, Brandon Boyer, Renaud Bédard, Anthony Carboni
Votes: 21,443
37. Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 95 min | Biography, Drama, History
History of Apple and Microsoft.
Director: Martyn Burke | Stars: Anthony Michael Hall, Noah Wyle, Joey Slotnick, J.G. Hertzler
Votes: 25,249
38. Plug & Pray (2010)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Sci-Fi
Will man go beyond biology? It's an age-old dream to create intelligent machines that equal their human creators. Computer experts around the world, like Raymond Kurzweil and Hiroshi ... See full summary »
Director: Jens Schanze | Stars: Joseph Weizenbaum, Raymond Kurzweil, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Minoru Asada
Votes: 152
39. Silk Road: Drugs, Death and the Dark Web (2017)
88 min | Documentary
The Silk Road, described as the Amazon of illegal drugs, appeared on the Dark Web in 2011. The brainchild of a mysterious, libertarian intellectual who evaded all attempts to track him down until a young IRS inspector cracked the case.
Directors: Emily James, Mark Lewis | Stars: Gary Alford, Alex Ryan Bauer, Austin Berglas, Andy Greenberg
Votes: 372
40. Softwaring Hard (2014)
G | 79 min | Documentary, News
A documentary about the world of software and the software makers. How do people from outside the industry see it and what do people from inside the industry think about regular computer users?
Director: Alex Sebastian Laibach | Stars: Vanda Ciuban Serban, Sebastian Deery, Antonia Iulia Pop, Marie Goursolas
Votes: 62
41. Steal This Film (2006)
Not Rated | 32 min | Documentary, Short
Steal This Film is part one of a series, documenting the movement against intellectual property produced by The League of Noble Peers and released via the BitTorrent peer-to-peer protocol.
Stars: Peter Sunde, Gottfrid Svartholm, Aaron Swartz
Votes: 486
42. Terms and Conditions May Apply (2013)
Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary, News
A documentary that exposes what corporations and governments learn about people through Internet and cell phone usage, and what can be done about it ... if anything.
Director: Cullen Hoback | Stars: Max Schrems, Moby, Mark Zuckerberg, Orson Scott Card
Votes: 6,543 | Gross: $0.06M
43. The Code (2001)
58 min | Documentary
Finnish-made documentary about GNU/Linux, featuring some of the most influential people of the free software (FOSS) movement.
Director: Hannu Puttonen | Stars: Eric Allman, Alan Cox, Miguel de Icaza, Jon Hall
Votes: 469
44. The Singularity (2012)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary, Drama, News
Within the coming decades we will be able to create computers with greater than human intelligence, bio-engineer our species, and redesign matter through nanotechnology. How will these technologies change what it means to be human?
Director: Doug Wolens | Stars: David Chalmers, Richard Clarke, Aubrey de Grey, Alison Gopnik
Votes: 52
45. War for the Web (2015)
81 min | Documentary, History, News
War for the Web demystifies the physical infrastructure of the Internet and uses that as a basis to explore the issues of ownership and competition in the broadband marketplace, privacy, and security.
Director: J.C. Cameron Brueckner | Stars: Alanna Fox, Marsha Blackburn, Aaron Swartz, Vint Cerf
Votes: 15
46. Dark Net (2016–2017)
TV-MA | 30 min | Documentary
Explores the furthest reaches of the internet and the people who frequently use it, providing a revealing and cautionary look inside a vast cyber netherworld.
Stars: Lauren Terp, Kristie, Drew, Anisha Vora
Votes: 1,542
47. War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State (2013)
Not Rated | 67 min | Documentary
War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State highlights four cases where whistleblowers noticed government wrong-doing and took to the media to expose the fraud and abuse.
Director: Robert Greenwald | Stars: Daniel Ellsberg, Franz Gayl, Seymour Hersh, David Carr
Votes: 216
48.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Rise of the Hackers
(2014)
TV-G | 56 min | Documentary
The experts battling to protect data from hackers are spotlighted. Included: the men who discovered an advanced cyber weapon; the computer expert who figured out how to hack ATMs.
Director: Kate Dart | Stars: Jay O. Sanders, Mat Honan, Eric Chien, Liam O'Murchu
Votes: 166
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