Computer themes can be found in a wide range of films, TV shows, and documentaries. Here is a collection of our favourite documentaries and movies about computers, sorted by year of release, along with links to each movie's IMDb (Internet Movie Database) page.

List of Computer-related Movies, Documentaries, and Shows

We have described a list of feature shows to only those that are mostly about computers or related topics. One scene in Jurassic Park, for example, makes reference to hacking, even though it has nothing to do with computers. Moreover, programmes that have an IMDb rating of five stars or less are excluded.

List of Documentaries Related to Computers

Bitcoin: Digital Gold (2022): Torsten Hoffmann's documentary, "Bitcoin: Digital Gold (2022)," updates his first two bitcoin installments.
COIN (2022): This documentary tells the Coinbase creator Brian Armstrong's story.
YouTube Effect (2022): A YouTube documentary titled The YouTube Effect.
Feels Good Man (2020): This documentary follows Matt Furie's efforts to take back command of Pepe the Frog.
AlphaGo (2017): A documentary about training Google's DeepMind to take on world go champion Lee Sedol in the 3,000-year-old game.
The Commodore Wars (2016): Jack Tramiel and the creation of the Commodore are the subject of the 2016 documentary 8 Bit Generation.
Dark Net (2016): This documentary TV series delves into the farthest corners of the Internet and the people who use it regularly, taking an in-depth look at the huge cyber netherworld.
Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee (2016) is a documentary on the multimillionaire software developer and scandal-prone lifestyle of John McAfee.
Johannes Grenzfurthner's (2016): documentary Traceroute explores the history, politics, effect, and geek culture.
Zero Days (2016): The 2016 documentary Zero Days, which focuses on Stuxnet.
Bitcoin (2015): The End of Money as We Know It, in which Torsten Hoffmann gains additional knowledge about cryptocurrencies, money, and Bitcoin.
The Rise of the Centaur (2015): Centaur Technologies is the subject of a documentary.
Hidden Rules of Modern Living (2015): Marcus du Sautoy's 2015 documentary, The Hidden Rules of Modern Living: Algorithms, demystifies the mysterious world of algorithms.
Citizenfour (2014): The 2014 documentary Citizenfour tells the story of the first of several meetings that Edward Snowden had with reporters.
The 2014 documentary From Bedrooms to Billions explores the British video gaming business from 1979 to 2014.
The Hacker Wars (2014): This documentary transports viewers to the front lines of the fierce conflict over the future of privacy, freedom, and the Internet.
Print the Legend (2014): This documentary tracks those striving to make 3D printing accessible to everyone.
Software Hard (2014): A documentary centered on the software development industry.
Downloaded delves (2013): The 2013 documentary Downloaded delves into the downloading movement.
DSKNECTD (2013): This documentary explores how social media, virtual worlds, mobile devices, and the Internet are changing in-person relationships.
Terms & Conditions May Apply (2013): This documentary explores the information that governments and businesses obtain about individuals via their use of cell phones and the Internet.
We Steal Secrets (2013): The 2013 documentary We Steal Secrets explores the development of Julian Assange's contentious website and how it led to the biggest security breach in US history.
The Web (2013): This documentary follows families in Peru who were first exposed to the Internet as a result of the One Laptop per Child initiative.
Codebreaker (2011): This documentary biography chronicles Alan Turing's life's highs and lows.
Catfish (2010): This documentary follows a group of young filmmakers as they follow their colleague's developing online acquaintance with a young lady, which results in an unexpected revelation.
Get Lamp (2010): A computer adventure game documentary directed by Jason Scott.
Veracity in Data (2010): The documentary, Everything, According to Wikipedia (2010), is about Wikipedia.
Decoding Alan Turing (2009): A documentary on Alan Turing's life.
The 2009 documentary Hackers Wanted chronicles the exploits of well-known hacker Adrian Lamo.
RiP (2009): A Remix Manifesto, a documentary featuring Cory Doctorow that explores copyright concerns in the digital age.
We Live in Public (2009): The 2009 documentary We Live in Public centers on the story of Josh Harris, a dot-com entrepreneur

The 2008 documentary Hackers Are People Too paints a picture of the hacker community.
Welcome to Macintosh (2008): This engaging documentary explores the background and current state of Apple.
Hacking Democracy (2006): The 2006 documentary Hacking Democracy explores the possibility of hacking voting machines in the United States.
Technocalyps (2006): This documentary explores the idea of transhumanism and explores the possibility of improving human bodies and minds through advancements in genetics, robotics, nanotechnology, and artificial intelligence.
BBS (2005): The Documentary (2005)—Jason Scott's documentary covers the 25-year history of the dial-up BBS (Bulletin Board System).
The 2003 documentary In the Realm of the Hackers tells the story of two adolescent hackers from Melbourne who, in the 1980s, gained access to classified networks by stealing the "Zardoz" restricted computer security list.
E-Dreams (2001): This documentary tracks the Kozmo.com founders as they seek capital and prepare for an initial public offering (IPO), but they were unprepared for the April 2000 market meltdown.
HAL's Legacy (2001): This documentary explores the progress made towards creating a true HAL 9000 computer.
Startup.com (2001): This documentary chronicles the inception and demise of govworks.com, a new media company.
The Code (2001): This GNU/Linux documentary, produced in Finland, features notable figures from the FOSS (Free and Open-Source Software) movement.
The Hidden History of Hacking (2001): Captain Crunch, Steve Wozniak, and Kevin Mitnick are interviewed for this history-focused documentary.
Hackers in Wonderland (2000): An English-language documentary on hackers.
The 1985 documentary Hackers: Wizards of the Electronic Age was filmed over a long weekend at a hacker conference in 1984.

List of Movies Related to Computers

The Artifice Girl (2022): A film about artificial intelligence (AI) program that goes beyond its intended use, trapping cyber predators.
The Silk Road (2021): A film chronicling Ross Ulbricht's life and the establishment of the Silk Road.
Ready Player One (2018): A film about the founder of the OASIS, a virtual reality environment, and his postmortem challenge to locate his Easter eggs in his universe. The first person to discover every Easter egg wins both their money and their whole planet.
Kim Dotcom, the creator of Megaupload and the most sought guy on the internet, is the subject of the 2017 film Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web.
Hacker (2016): A film about a hacker on the computer who turns to identity theft and criminality.
Hidden Figures (2016): A film based on the true account of a group of African-American women who worked as human computers, or mathematicians and who provided early support to NASA.
Snowden (2016): A film based on Edward Snowden's revelations regarding the unlawful monitoring practices used by the National Security Agency.
Blackhat (2015): A hacker who tracks down a cybercrime network is the subject of this film.
Chappie (2015): The 2015 film Chappie tells the story of a police robot that is hijacked, gets fresh programming and becomes the first robot capable of independent thought.

Automata (2014): The 2014 film Automata tells the story of the human race nearing extinction as the robot race is only getting started.
RoboCop (2014): A contemporary retelling of the 1987 RoboCop, in which a cop from 2028 gets hurt while on duty and is rebuilt into a hybrid police officer consisting of parts robot and human.
The Imitation Game (2014): This biographical film tells the story of Alan Turing and his battles to decipher the German Enigma Code.
Transcendence (2014): The 2014 film Transcendence tells the story of a computer scientist who, in the process of developing an artificial intelligence system, uploads his consciousness into the system.
Who Am I (2014): The 2014 film Who Am I tells the story of a computer whiz from Germany who joins a rebellious hacker gang in an attempt to become well-known worldwide.
Computer Chess (2013): In the 2013 film Computer Chess, a man and a machine compete in a chess tournament from the 1980s.
The Fifth Estate (2013): Julian Assange biography film.
The Internship (2013): A humorous film about two salespeople who manage to land a Google internship.
The Machine (2013): A film about the UK's efforts to build weapons against China that ultimately resulted in the creation of a sentient robot.
Her (2013): An operating system and a lonely writer form a bond in this film.
Jobs (2013): Steve Jobs biopic film.
Disconnect (2012): A film about a group of individuals trying to find human connection in the wired world of today.
Panopticon (2012): This film explores how our right to privacy is vanishing and how it impacts every aspect of our existence.
We Are Legion (2012): The Story of the Hacktivists (2012) - An in-depth look at the principles and methods of Anonymous, a self-described "hacktivist" group.
Code 2600 (2011): This film features multiple interviews with individuals involved in the development and upkeep of information technology.
The Social Network (2010): Mark Zuckerberg's 2010 biographical film The Social Network tells the story of how he founded Facebook.
Middle Men (2009): A comedy film based on the life stories of Internet commerce pioneer Jack Harris.
Steal This Film (2006): BitTorrent's documentary about the anti-intellectual property campaign.
S1m0ne (2002): A film in which the producer chooses to replace the film's star with a digitally generated actress. Overnight, everyone starts to believe that the digital replacement is real.
Antitrust (2001): A film about the ideal employment that turns into a nightmare for a computer programmer.
Freedom Downtime (2001): A film about Kevin Mitnick and the hacker community, including the Free Kevin movement.
Revolution OS (2001): A film on Richard Stallman, who aided in the development of Linux through his open-source movement.
Swordfish (2001): A film about the Black Cell, a covert counterterrorism unit that enlists the assistance of Stanley Jobson, a former hacker, to help them steal money to support their war effort.
Takedown (2000): A biographical film that tells the tale of Kevin Mitnick's capture as a computer hacker.
Office Space (1999): A comedy film about three employees who choose to rebel against their greedy employer because they detest their employment.
Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999): The 1999 biographical film Pirates of Silicon Valley tells the narrative of Apple and Microsoft's founding.
The Matrix (1999): A film about Neo, a hacker who ventures into a terrifying underworld and learns the startling truth about a malevolent cyberintelligence.
Enemy of the State (1998): The 1998 film Enemy of the State tells the story of a lawyer who is pursued by a dishonest politician and his National Security Agency goons.
RoboCop (1987): A police officer who is injured while performing his duties is rebuilt into a hybrid man-robot police officer.
The Terminator (1984): This film tells the story of a human soldier who is sent from 2029 to 1984 in order to stop a nearly unstoppable cyborg killing machine that was dispatched from that year.
War Games (1983): A fictitious high school student uses a wardialer to break into a military supercomputer.
Blade Runner (1982): The 1982 film Blade Runner tells the story of a blade runner who has to track down and destroy four replicants that hijacked a spacecraft and are returning to Earth to find their creator.
Tron (1982): A film about a computer hacker kidnapped and made to play gladiatorial games in a virtual world.
In 1970, the US government built an impenetrable supercomputer called Colossus: The Forbin Project, which attempts to take over humankind.
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)—This film introduces the HAL 9000 computer and tells the story of discovering a mystery artefact hidden beneath the lunar surface.

List of Shows Related to Computers

The Matrix Revolutions (2003): This is the last installment in the Matrix series, in which Zion, the human metropolis, fights the robots.

BlackBerry (2023): An account of the BlackBerry brand and its products.

Tetris (2023): Information on the most played video game worldwide.

Land of the Giants: Titans of Tech (2022): An original television series on CNN that explores the history of the ascent of major corporations such as Apple, Netflix, Amazon, Meta (previously Facebook), and Google.

We Crashed (2022): An Apple TV miniseries about WeWork's ascent and collapse.

Crash Course: Computer Science (2017): This TV show covers technology and computer science topics.

Werner Herzog's (2016) investigation of the Internet and the connected world is presented in Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World.

The 2015–2019 television series Mr. Robot centers on a smart but erratic hacker and cyber-security engineer.

Ex Machina (2014): A programmer is chosen to take part in assessing the human characteristics of a highly developed humanoid artificial intelligence (AI).

Halt and Catch Fire (2014–2017): This television series follows characters throughout the technology revolution of the 1980s, which paved the way for the development of our modern information society.

Silicon Valley (2014–2019): This comedic television series chronicles the hardships faced by Richard Hendricks, a Silicon Valley engineer who attempts to find Pied Piper.

The True Story of the Internet (2008): The 2008 television series The True Story of the Internet, which tells the tale of the Internet.

The IT Crowd (2006–2013): A comedic television show that followed the adventures of a motley crew of IT support employees led by Roy, Moss, and Jen.

The Matrix Reloaded (2003): In this continuation of the Matrix film series, Neo, Trinity, and Morpheus, the freedom fighters, mount an uprising against the machine army.