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Ask HN: Movies for Hackers?

40 points by pknerd ↗ HN
I will be interested to know what kind of movies will you recommend to hackers.

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flixic
Primer.

Wonderful movie, the script is smart and complex, budget is tiny, ideas are huge. Watched it 5 times, still don't get parts of it, but it's brilliant.

trafficlight
The best thing about Primer is that I come away with the feeling that I can go out to my garage and do something amazing.
bmelton
I know it's poor HN etiquette to pile on 'Me too' responses, and I'm ordinarily very good at refraining, but in this particular case, Primer can't be recommended enough.

I've watched it about 8 times now, and I'm only 'mostly' sure that I understand all of it. It's brilliant beginning to end, and is sometimes on Netflix.

eterps
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
eterps
The man from earth (2007)
eterps
Dragon: The Bruce Lee story (1993)
eterps
Castaway on the moon (2009)
xd
If you've had enough of thinking for one day, grab a cold one and put on: The Core(2003).
waterlesscloud
The Core has perhaps the highest degree of (ridiculousness times budget) of any film ever released.

I love it.

mattsears
Hackers (1995) WarGames (1983)
kevinSuttle
Can't believe I had to scroll down the entire page to see this. It's so obvious!
dllthomas
And so awful... (Hackers - not War Games)
teeray
That's an interesting way of spelling amazing
Dejital
Flatland (2007) - Hacker Jr. friendly!
eterps
Death Note (Anime series)
tomh
Sneakers (1992). Too many secrets.
eterps
Sherlock (TV series) very modern and high paced, love the way they put SMS messages in view http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1475582/
medecau
First time I saw it the thought on my mind was: "What did just happen? That was very cool. I like that. Why haven't this been done before"?

Has it been done before?

luxpir
You see it a lot in Korean movies and TV from the last decade. Very cool effect. I appreciated it in the excellent Sherlock series too, although in general season one was much more enjoyable/original/faithful than the second.
[dead] bkvirendra
Die Hard 4.0 (What hackers are cabable of doing) !!
ojbyrne
The Conversation(1974): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071360/
waterlesscloud
A great hardware hacker movie, and one of the greatest movies of all time. Excellent character study of the withdrawn hacker personality type. It's even set in San Franciso. Coppola's best work, bar none. And that's saying something.

At times this has been my very favorite movie.

trimbo
Donnie Darko
medecau
It took me a couple of times to understand that it was a SciFi movie.
pknerd
have watched it, really movies like Donie Darko and Memento can't be grasped in a go.
fumar
1. Ghost in the Shell 2. Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex - series not a movie 3. Primer 4. Zizek The Movie 5. Pi 6. Gattaca 7. Waydowntown
apgwoz 

    * Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999)
    * Revolution OS (2001)
    * Code Rush (2000)
    * The KGB, the Computer and Me (1990)
    * Infinity (1996)
    * Antitrust (2001) -- mildly entertaining and fun