Sci-Fi movies gaining popularity with advent of ultra-sophisticated technology now a days. New movies are couple story with modern technology. Such a new movies getting more viewership and enchanting more and more technologically equipped youth. Misuse of technology by intelligent means of hacking is common villain trait to compel hero fight against such people. The real world of cyber security may not be as action-packed as the Hollywood version, but you may be surprised at the number of similarities between hacker movies and what goes on in the real world. New animation techniques and intelligent direction makes possible to give amazing experience to viewers. In recent decade many movies able to attract attention of audience and earned accolades and acclaims for fantastic visualization of the technological advances.
Here we are presenting the list of top 7 hacking movies which grabbed public attention.
1. Ghost In The Shell
Based on the manga of the same name, Ghost In The Shell is popular, animated science fiction film. It shows how a cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a powerful hacker named Puppet Master. Considered one of the best anime movies of all time, this story shows an interesting take on the hackers in movies and comes loaded with dense philosophical themes.
2. Office Space
This is a classic comedy movie that has a small aspect of hacking. In the movie, company employees plant a virus in the accounting system with the goal of stealing some money. This movie became much popular and earned accolades and acclaims widely.
3. The Matrix
The Matrix is a hacker movie at heart. It features gifted Neo searching for answers, hacking further and further until he realizes the world is the computer program. Like any hacker, he seeks to learn the truth about reality, finding that the world, as he knows it, is no longer and that machines are in charge.
4. Hackers
Before the days of smartphones and Wi-Fi, the movie Hackers introduced many to the internet. Its plot reflects the ideals of the Hacker Manifesto, which is quoted in the film, “This is our world now…You call us criminals… Yes, I am a criminal. My crime is that of curiosity.”
5. Blackhat
In this story, there are multiple sides to the hacker experience: the villain is the blackhat, the officer has the moral compass, and the red hat has a past of previous crimes but considers himself neither good nor bad. Blackhat opens with a hacker breaching a nuclear plant’s infrastructure, making it explode. The blackhat in this story is like any blackhatter, he’s hacking into systems as a means for monetary gain and attacking others.
6. Mr. Robot
Mr. Robot been widely praised for its accurate technical portrayal of information security and data privacy as we know them today. Mr. Robot reveals not only the real implications of data protection and cybersecurity, but also what may be the most technically accurate representation of that community’s everyday life.
7. Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol
This movie is great fun for all the action lovers out there. And its decidedly high-tech hacking scenes make it a highly entertaining hacker movie to watch. The story focuses on Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt and the IMF, an organization wrongly accused of an explosion. In the mix is Hendricks, whose access to Russian nuclear launch codes fuels his plans to launch an attack on the US. Promptly, Ghost Protocol is invoked, which means a stop to the IMF.