Here is a list of my top 5 hacker movies of all time.

by Jo Escotal on March 3rd, 2010

5. Swordfish (2001)
One of the most outrageous plot in hacker movie. John Travolta is awesome as the villain, Hugh Jackman as the hero hacker, and Halle Berry (well just watch the movie and you will see what I mean). I love the part in the beginning where the Hugh Jackman’s character cracks the defense system in less than 60 seconds. This movie is over the top, plenty of computer gibberish(lots of command line, firewall terms etc.) that will never work in real life  lots of techno music and plenty of hot women to make this a must movie to watch.

4. Sneakers (1992)
This movie chronicles’ the life of two college friends who take different paths in life. One becomes an ethical hacker, and the other...well, let's just say he is doing plenty of black hat activities. A lot of twists and turns and pretty much came at a time when the World Wide Web was starting to become popular.

3. Hackers (1995)
I think I love this movie more because it was one of the first roles that Angelina Jolie starred in. The film follows the exploits of a group of gifted high school hackers and their involvement in a corporate extortion conspiracy. I love the scene where they check out the laptop with the 28.8 modem "Sweet"

2 Wargames (1983)
“Would you like to play a game” A young innocent kid (Matthew Broderick) finds a way to war dial and infiltrate the nuclear defense system and almost start world war 3. One of the best hacker’s movies of all time.

1. Tron (1982)
A true masterpiece! A hacker (Jeff Bridges) is sent into the digital realm inside a computer, and must become a cyber gladiator in order to stop the villainous Master Evil. This has truly become a cult classic

Honorable mention (Matrix, Live Free or Die Hard, Anti-trust and Transformers)

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