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Plot Summary:
While siphoning bank funds, computer-wise lovers spot a plot to sink the Federal Reserve.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 336
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1977)
Plot Summary:
The bizarre story behind the man accused of assassinating John F. Kennedy and what might have happened had he been brought to trial.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 151
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 210 min
Plot tags: political
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Terminal Entry (1987)
Plot Summary:
The USA is attacked by a large group of well organized terrorists who communicate through a computer network via satellite. A bunch of highschool kids has hacked the password and gained access. Believing it's a game they unknowingly cause terror acts all over the country. An anti-terror force fights against the terrorists.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 147
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: Norway, USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Thrillkill (1984)
Plot Summary:
Karlie Kendall's job is to write computer games - but in her spare time she hacks bank accounts. With 5 million dollars gathered, she wants to retire to Brazil - unaware that her secret partner Adrienne intends to keep all the money. Moreover, Karlie's boss Julien has got to know of her doing and has hired villains to get hold of the treasure. Only after Karlie's death they realize that she has hidden the money well inside the computer game "Thrillkill" - leaving the single clue to her sister, stewardess Bobbie.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 135
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film
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Hacker (2017)
Plot Summary:
A hacker has adventures.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 868
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Crash (2017)
Plot Summary:
In the not so distant future, a team of white collar criminals are enlisted by the Federal government to thwart a cyber-attack that threatens to bankrupt the United States of America.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, independent film
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Crypto (2019)
Plot Summary:
A young agent is tasked with investigating a tangled web of corruption and fraud in New York.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Hacker's Game (2015)
Plot Summary:
A love story between two hackers, Soyan and Loise. Like many other hackers, Soyan works for a company he previously hacked.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 591
Genere: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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WarGames: The Dead Code (2008)
Plot Summary:
Computer hacker Will Farmer engages a government super-computer named Ripley in an online terrorist-attack simulation game. Little does Farmer know that Ripley has been designed to appeal to potential terrorists, and certain software glitches have in turn made him become paranoid.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, cyber, fast, ridiculous
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I.T. (2016)
Plot Summary:
Mike Regan is a successful, self-made man who has it all: a gorgeous wife, a beautiful teenage daughter and a sleek, state-of-the-art “smart home”. But he soon finds himself in a deadly, high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse when his I.T. consultant, Ed, starts using his skills to stalk Mike’s daughter and endanger his family, his business, and his life. In a world where there is no privacy, and personal secrets can go viral by the click of a mouse, Mike needs to rely on his old connections to defeat a new kind of nemesis.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, USA, France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, suspenseful, tense, intense, slasher, smart, crime thriller, erotic, sexy
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The Net 2.0 (2006)
Plot Summary:
The life of a young computer systems analyst is thrown into turmoil after arriving in Istanbul to start a new job. She soon finds her passport missing, her credit cards useless, her bank account empty and her identity stolen. As the story progresses we find people and events may not be what they seem.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Turkey
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, exciting, cyber, action packed, ridiculous
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Firewall (2006)
Plot Summary:
State-of-the-art security system creator, Jack Stanfield has cemented his reputation as a man who's thought of everything. But when a criminal finds a way into Jack's personal life, everything Jack holds dear is suddenly at stake.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Canada
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, suspense, exciting, serious, intense, suspense thriller, mysterious, splatter, freeze frame
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Dot.Kill (2005)
Plot Summary:
The morphine-addicted detective Charlie Daines is on the trail of a sophisticated psychopath who is setting up murders and broadcasting them live on the internet. As he closes in on the killer, he realizes that it has become personal and that he is to be the final victim. Will he catch the killer before it's too late or will his old-school methods mean his death?.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 851
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, suspenseful, tense, detective, independent film
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Jackrabbit (2015)
Plot Summary:
Following a worldwide event known as The Reset, humanity rebuilds a society with aging mechanics where gleaming technology once stood. Surveillance now the status quo, society is slowly putting its shattered pieces back together under a watchful eye. After a friend’s suicide leaves behind a mysterious computer drive, a young computer prodigy and a shadowy hacker join together to decipher the clues that he’s left behind. The youthful creators of Jackrabbit have successfully constructed a world, which we haven’t previously seen on film. Mixing retro production design with slick storytelling, they deliver a cinematic dissonance that will result in a shock to the senses.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 488
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing, retro, independent film, bizarre
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Blackhat (2015)
Plot Summary:
A man is released from prison to help American and Chinese authorities pursue a mysterious cyber criminal. The dangerous search leads them from Chicago to Hong Kong.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, serious, suspenseful, tense, intense, stylized, realistic, neo noir, political
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Antitrust (2001)
Plot Summary:
A computer programmer's dream job at a hot Portland-based firm turns nightmarish when he discovers his boss has a secret and ruthless means of dispatching anti-trust problems.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, captivating, realistic, suspense, entertaining, clever, surprise ending, tense, cyber
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Sneakers (1992)
Plot Summary:
When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his eccentric team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking 'black box' from a Soviet-funded genius, they uncover a bigger conspiracy. Now, he and his 'sneakers' must save themselves and the world economy by retrieving the box from their blackmailers.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, exciting, entertaining, light, humorous, suspense, cult classic, offbeat, political thriller, tech noir
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23 (1998)
Plot Summary:
The movie's plot is based on the true story of a group of young computer hackers from Hannover, Germany. In the late 1980s the orphaned Karl Koch invests his heritage in a flat and a home computer. At first he dials up to bulletin boards to discuss conspiracy theories inspired by his favorite novel, R.A. Wilson's "Illuminatus", but soon he and his friend David start breaking into government and military computers. Pepe, one of Karl's rather criminal acquaintances senses that there is money in computer cracking - he travels to east Berlin and tries to contact the KGB.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Thriller, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: mind bending, psychological, political, surreal, cyber, cult classic, mindfuck, offbeat, serious, realistic
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Takedown (2000)
Plot Summary:
Kevin Mitnick is quite possibly the best hacker in the world. Hunting for more and more information, seeking more and more cyber-trophies every day, he constantly looks for bigger challenges. When he breaks into the computer of a security expert and an ex-hacker, he finds one - and much more than that.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: ironic, talky, realistic, suspenseful, cyber, entertaining, mindfuck, informative, clever, serious
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Who Am I (2014)
Plot Summary:
Benjamin, a young German computer whiz, is invited to join a subversive hacker group that wants to be noticed on the world's stage.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, suspenseful, suspense, clever, stylized, exciting, psychological, entertaining, talky, intense
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Hacker (2016)
Plot Summary:
Alex, an immigrant from Ukraine comes to Canada and becomes involved with an online criminal organization called Darkweb. What starts off as a way to help his parents financially, soon becomes a personal vendetta against the entire banking system, when his mother is fired from her job at the bank.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Hong Kong, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: captivating, thought provoking, realistic, entertaining
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Swordfish (2001)
Plot Summary:
Rogue agent Gabriel Shear is determined to get his mitts on $9 billion stashed in a secret Drug Enforcement Administration account. He wants the cash to fight terrorism, but lacks the computer skills necessary to hack into the government mainframe. Enter Stanley Jobson, a n'er-do-well encryption expert who can log into anything.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 194000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: suspense, surprise ending, exciting, sexy, entertaining, neo noir, suspenseful, action packed, cyber, action thriller
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One Point O (2004)
Plot Summary:
Paranoid computer programmer Simon wakes up to find a package in his room one day. Despite attempts at securing his apartment, the packages keep arriving. While cameras watch Simon's every move, he struggles to find the answers to the mysterious forces taking over his life.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania, Iceland
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: surreal, psychological, enigmatic, cerebral, confusing, mindfuck, tricky, mind bending, suspenseful, cyber
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Hackers (1995)
Plot Summary:
Along with his new friends, a teenager who was arrested by the US Secret Service and banned from using a computer for writing a computer virus discovers a plot by a nefarious hacker, but they must use their computer skills to find the evidence while being pursued by the Secret Service and the evil computer genius behind the virus.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 73000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, cyber, realistic, suspenseful, entertaining, cult classic, teen, funny, psychedelic
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The Net (1995)
Plot Summary:
Angela Bennett is a freelance software engineer who lives in a world of computer technology. When a cyber friend asks Bennett to debug a new game, she inadvertently becomes involved in a conspiracy that will soon turn her life upside down. While on vacation in Mexico, her purse is stolen. She soon finds that people and events may not be what they seem as she becomes the target of an assassination. Her vacation is ruined. She gets a new passport at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico but it has the wrong name, Ruth Marx. When she returns to the U.S. to sort things out, she discovers that Ruth Marx has an unsavory past and a lengthy police record. To make matters worse, another person has assumed her real identity.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 73000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, entertaining, tense, psychological, serious, cyber, clever, breathtaking
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Disconnect (2012)
Plot Summary:
Disconnect interweaves multiple storylines about people searching for human connection in today’s wired world. Through poignant turns that are both harrowing and touching, the stories intersect with surprising twists that expose a shocking reality into our daily use of technology that mediates and defines our relationships and ultimately our lives.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 78000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, depressing, suspenseful, independent film, intense, emotional, atmospheric, sincere, psychological, touching
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Disclosure (1994)
Plot Summary:
A computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated the act forcefully, which threatens both his career and his personal life.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, sexy, tense, psychosexual thriller, intense, sensual, serious, realistic, stylized, psychological
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Traitor (2008)
Plot Summary:
When straight arrow FBI agent Roy Clayton heads up the investigation into a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to lead back to former U.S. Special Operations officer, Samir Horn.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, suspenseful, tense, entertaining, intense, political, realistic, twisted, psychological thriller
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The Fifth Estate (2013)
Plot Summary:
A look at the relationship between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his early supporter and eventual colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and how the website's growth and influence led to an irreparable rift between the two friends.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, India, Belgium
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: political, tense, stylized, thought provoking, realistic, serious, suspenseful, entertaining, inspirational, social
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Snowden (2016)
Plot Summary:
CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 160000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, France
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: realistic, factual, political thriller, thought provoking, serious, political, intense, clever, tense, informative
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Mr. Robot (2015)
Plot Summary:
A contemporary and culturally resonant drama about a young programmer, Elliot, who suffers from a debilitating anti-social disorder and decides that he can only connect to people by hacking them. He wields his skills as a weapon to protect the people that he cares about. Elliot will find himself in the intersection between a cybersecurity firm he works for and the underworld organizations that are recruiting him to bring down corporate America.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 410000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, psychological thriller, realistic, melancholic, bleak, inspirational, philosophical, thought provoking, intellectual