Top 10 Technology/Hacking Movies You Should Watch

Literally there are almost every type of movies, like comedy, romantic, horror, thriller, sci-fi to name a few types. And today, according to the name of this blog "Technology With Entertainment, we are going to see some technology/hacking movies that entertained us.

This list contains old and new technology/hacking movies till now. So here we go:

1. The Matrix:
   
   
   I think everyone reading this have watched this movie at least once. The Matrix released in 1999, was the best technology/hacking movie I have ever seen. This movie won't teach you how to actually hack into a system or server. Full entertainment and thriller movie. I think you should watch all the parts in sequence to get clear understanding of what's going on in this movie.
   
   Here is the short storyline from IMDb:
   Thomas A. Anderson is a man living two lives. By day he is an average computer programmer and by night a hacker known as Neo. Neo has always questioned his reality, but the truth is far beyond his imagination.(source : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/)
   
2. Live Free Or Die Hard:
   
   The famous Die Hard series, released in 2007.
   
   Here is the short storyline from IMDb:
   When someone hacks into the computers at the FBI's Cyber Crime Division; the Director decides to round up all the hackers who could have done this. When he's told that because it's the 4th of July most of their agents are not around so they might have trouble getting people to get the hackers. So he instructs them to get local PD'S to take care of it. And one of the cops they ask is John McClane who is tasked with bringing a hacker named Farrell to the FBI. But as soon as he gets there someone starts shooting at them. McClane manages to get them out but they're still being pursued. And it's just when McClane arrives in Washington that the whole system breaks down and chaos ensues.
   Source(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337978/)
   You should watch all other parts of Die Hard.
   
   
3. The Social Network:
   
   This movie is about how Mark Zuckerberg struggled for making Facebook what it is today. Mark Zuckerberg was the Harvard University student.
   
   Here is the short storyline from IMDb:
   On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history... but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications.
   Source(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1285016/)
   
   
4. Gamer:
   
   If you are a gamer you will definitely like this movie.
   
   Here is the short storyline from IMDb:
   In a future mind-controlling game, death row convicts are forced to battle in a 'doom'-type environment. Convict Kable, controlled by Simon, a skilled teenage gamer, must survive 30 sessions in order to be set free. Or won't he?
   Set in a future-world where humans can control other humans in mass-scale, multi-player online gaming environments, a star player from a game called "Slayers" looks to regain his independence while taking down the game's mastermind.
   Source(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034032/)
   
   
5. Source Code:
   
   A virtual-real world in the past. An action thriller centered on a soldier who wakes up in the body of an unknown man and discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train.
   
   
   Here is the short storyline from IMDb:
   Colter Stevens, a US Army helicopter pilot whose last memory is flying in Afghanistan, wakes up on a commuter train. However, he discovers that he has assumed the identity of another man. 8 minutes later, the train explodes and Stevens finds himself in some kind of pod. He then talks to someone named Goodwin, who tells him he has to go back and find out who the bomber is.
   Source(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0945513/)
   
   
6. Paycheck:
   
   Released back in 2003. What seemed like a breezy idea for an engineer to net him millions of dollars, leaves him on the run for his life and piecing together why he's being chased.
   
   Here is the short storyline from IMDb:
   Michael Jennings is a reverse engineer and what he does is technical jobs for certain companies and as soon as he is done, his memory of the work he has done is wiped out. Now the longest he has been contracted is 2 months. But now billionaire, James Rethrick offers him a job that would last 2 years, maybe 3, and he promises that he will probably earn 8 figures. Michael agrees. Before beginning he turns in all of his personal effects. And when the job is done, his memory is erased and he learns he made over 90 million dollars over the three years.
   Source(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338337/)
   
   
7. Deja Vu:
   
   An A.T.F. agent travels back in time to save a woman from being murdered, falling in love with her in the process.
   
   Here is the short storyline from IMDb:
   A ferry filled with crewmen from the USS Nimitz and their families was blown up in New Orleans on Mardi Gras. BATF Doug Carlin is brought in to assist in the massive investigation, and gets attached to an experimental FBI surveillance unit, one that uses spacefolding technology to directly look back a little over four days into the past. While tracking down the bomber, Carlin gets an idea in his head: could they use the device to actually travel back in time and not only prevent the bombing but also the murder of a local woman whose truck was used in the bombing?
   Source(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0453467/)
   
   
8. Tron Legacy:
   
   The son of a virtual world designer goes looking for his father and ends up inside the digital world that his father designed. He meets his father's creation turned bad and a unique ally who was born inside the digital domain of The Grid.
   
   Here is the short storyline from IMDb:
   Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn, looks into his father's disappearance and finds himself pulled into the same world of fierce programs and gladiatorial games where his father has been living for 20 years. Along with Kevin's loyal confidant, father and son embark on a life-and-death journey across a visually-stunning cyber universe that has become far more advanced and exceedingly dangerous.
   Source(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1104001/)
   Tron(not Legacy) was released in 1982 and this one was released in 2010.
   
   
9. The Italian Job:
   
   After being betrayed and left for dead in Italy, Charlie Croker and his team plan an elaborate gold heist against their former ally.
   
   Here is the short storyline from IMDb:
   Led by John Bridger and Charlie Croker a team is assembled for one last heist to steal $35 million in gold bars from a heavily guarded safe in Venice, Italy. After successfully pulling off the heist, a team member, Steve, driven by greed and jealousy, arranges to take the gold for himself and eliminate the remaining members of the group. Thinking the team dead, he returns to L.A. with the gold. Charlie and the survivors of this betrayal follow Steve L.A. to exact revenge against the traitor.
   Source(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317740/)
   
   
10. Repo Men:
    
    
    Set in the near future when artificial organs can be bought on credit, it revolves around a man who struggles to make the payments on a heart he has purchased. He must therefore go on the run before said ticker is repossessed.

    
    

    Here is the short storyline from IMDb:

    In the future humans have extended and improved our lives through highly sophisticated and expensive mechanical organs created by a company called "The Union". The dark side of these medical breakthroughs is that if you don't pay your bill, "The Union" sends its highly skilled repo men to take back its property... with no concern for your comfort or survival.
    Source(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1053424/)

So this is it. Actually I compiled this list with the help of internet and the short storyline is taken from IMDb as it is. And this list is not in a proper order. I listed these movies in order they came in my mind.

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