13 films and TV series for those who like "Mr. Robot"

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

On October 11, a new season of the acclaimed TV series "Mister Robot" about a genius hacker who revolutionized society starts. The life hacker recalls films and series of different genres dedicated to programmers and hackers.

Films

Hackers

• Thriller.
• USA, 1995.
• Duration: 107 minutes
• IMDb: 6, 2.

An aspiring hacker accidentally breaks into the protection of the main computer of a large corporation and discovers that a program is embedded in the code to steal funds from the company's account. Upon noticing the invasion, the thief creates a virus that can cause a global environmental disaster around the world. Now the team of hackers has to bring the criminal to the surface and prevent the tragedy. The situation is complicated by the fact that the FBI is hunting them.

Throne

• Action, adventure, fantasy.
• USA, 1982.
• Duration: 96 minutes
• IMDb: 6, 8.

The main character, Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), is fired from his job as a game developer. Determined to hack into the system of his former employers, he suddenly finds himself digitized and gets inside a computer. There he discovers a totalitarian society where characters must fight each other in gladiatorial battles.

Johnny Mnemonic

• Science fiction, cyberpunk.
• USA, Canada, 1995.
• Duration: 98 minutes
• IMDb: 5, 6.

A mnemonic is a courier who transports important information in a special chip implanted in the brain. The memory for the chip is allocated from the carrier's own memory, so the main character Johnny does not remember his childhood. But one day more information is loaded into his head than is allowed, and now he is facing death. In addition, the yakuza are hunting for him, wanting to get the chip.

Open windows

• Thriller, drama.
• USA, Spain, 2014.
• Duration: 100 minutes
• IMDb: 5, 2.

Almost all the action of the film is shown in windows on the computer desktop. Nick (Elijah Wood) wins a competition dinner with his idol actress Jill Goddard (Sasha Gray). But then his computer gets hacked. It turns out that everything was rigged with only one goal - to kill Jill.

Social network

• Biography, drama.
• USA, 2010.
• Duration: 116 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 7.

The history of the creation of the most famous social network in the world - Facebook. And in fact, the story of young student friends who once decided to create a funny network with photos, and after a few years already became multimillionaires.

Silencers

• Detective.
• USA, 1992.
• Duration: 126 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 1.

In the center of the plot is a team that is testing various security systems. They move from city to city and do their best to hack various security algorithms, often doing it illegally. But the government begins to persecute them, forcing them to participate in covert operations.

War games

• Thriller, drama.
• USA, 1983.
• Duration: 114 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 1.

A young hacker accidentally breaks into the network of the US computer department. Having found the item "Global thermonuclear war" among the list of games, he launches this program. It turns out that this is not a game, but a full-fledged simulation of a nuclear war between the United States and the USSR, and now the artificial intelligence is preparing to repel the blow. The boy, together with the creator of the computer, will have to prevent a global catastrophe.

Network

• Thriller.
• USA, 1995.
• Duration: 114 minutes
• IMDb: 5, 9.

Beta tester Angela Bennett (Sandra Bullock) receives a disc with a strange Trojan horse. It soon turns out that her identity on the Web was completely destroyed, and she was credited with a criminal past. Angela discovers that she has become a victim of a group of cyber terrorists who call themselves Praetorians. The problem is that Angela leads a very withdrawn lifestyle, so almost no one can confirm her true identity.

Serials

Silicon Valley

• Comedy.
• USA, 2014.
• Duration: 4 seasons.
• IMDb: 8, 6.

A comedy series about a team of young but very talented programmers who come up with a fundamentally new compression algorithm that can revolutionize technology. But in the modern world, an invention must not only be invented, but also sold profitably. And here they are faced with the brutal world of commerce and competition.

Geeks

• Comedy.
• USA, 2006.
• Duration: 4 seasons.
• IMDb: 8, 6.

In a British corporation, in the darkest and dirtiest basement, there is a technical support department - two opposite in character, but very friendly specialists. But one day a girl is appointed their boss, who does not understand computer science at all. Now they have to somehow find a common language.

Stop and burn

• Drama.
• USA, 2014.
• Duration: 4 seasons.
• IMDb: 8, 2.

After the release of the IBM PC, one of the company's former employees is trying to develop his own innovative idea - to create a portable personal computer. To do this, he takes as a basis an already created computer and an open architecture and assembles a team of a talented engineer and a brilliant young programmer.

C. S. I.: Cyberspace

• Thriller, drama, crime.
• USA, 2015.
• Duration: 2 seasons.
• IMDb: 5, 4.

Spin-off of the famous TV series "C. S. I.: Crime Scene Investigation." In contrast to the original plot, the main character heads the department that deals with the fight against crimes in the virtual space, where theft, blackmail and even murder take place in front of a monitor screen.

Best security

• Comedy.
• USA, 2011.
• Duration: 2 seasons.
• IMDb: 7, 2.

A team of former thieves and computer geniuses creates the Contra Security agency. At the request of customers, they hack their security systems to test reliability, find vulnerabilities, and then fix flaws.