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hmm... those are all good. Sneakers is probably my favorite as well for many reasons. I love the line "no more secrets Marty". And even though I'm probably not too thrilled about the actually of having no secure communications it would definitely change our world, hopefully for the better but it make take time.

Tron nor Matrix really hits me as realistic enough to be on my list. Although Stargate (the movie) is my favorite movie to date with the Star Wars and LOR following.

Don't forget "Anti-Trust". THAT was a real winner....

I'll vote for Wargames.

I kind of enjoyed Anti-Trust. I really enjoyed Claire Forlani.

I gotta throw in Independence Day. Okay, not a great movie, and not one of my favorites, but it was kinda cool to see a guy using a PowerBook to hack into the baddies' mothership to introduce a virus. Talk about product placement in movies!

So the aliens in ID4 must have been running... Windows?

Well, a custom variant. Windows XP for desktops, Windows CE for embedded equipment, and Windows UFO for alien assault fleets.

I'm here all week folks! Tip your waitresses!

I was going to say Windows ET, but I held back.

What has Independence Day to do with hacking? Any school kid with access to the web can send a virus to your system nowadays (as long as your mothership runs on Windows).

My #1 choice is Johnny Mnemonic. Sneakers is a close second.

You forgot (the very forgettable) Jumpin' Jack Flash starring Whoopi Goldeberg http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091306/plotsummary

and of course the classic

Office Space http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151804/plotsummary

My fave's are War Games and Office Space.

with 2 seconds worth of thought...

1) wargames 2) sneakers 3) matrix (better movie than above two, just not as much about hacking...) 4) johnny mnemonic 5) swordfish (just for you deane) :)

I'll defend Hackers a bit by saying it's the only movie listed here that mentions actual hacker tools (the scene where they're sitting in the arcade discussing their street cred, and several books of various colors come out of a backpack). It's also got a bit of a nod toward the hacker/phreaker lifestyle, just enough so that I think they knew they were doing it. Unfortunately, it devolves from there in terms of actual tools shown. Though, I've always wanted Lord Nikon's desktop wallpaper. And Angelina Jolie.

Another movie not to bust on too much is Anti-Trust. Of all of the movies mentioned, this one probably had the most realistic/usable computer interfaces. Ahem.

On one hand, I would love the kitsch of giant "ACCESS GRANTED" messages after I guessed my own password. On the other hand, I think accessing anything worthwhile inside the computer might be difficult with the fancy but ignorant GUIs that the movie industry uses.

The problem I had with Johnny Mnemonic was that it had way too much gore. Guys getting cut in half, chicks taking arrows down the throat (no symbolism there...), and people getting their hands pinned to the wall with surgical scalpels was just too much. It detracted from the hacker-ish-ness of the whole thing.

why dont we face it....there is no good haxin movie!!??? eh? or are we nerds in denial about how little the world even cares about us and our status?

how about: what's the most realistic [set in 'present' day] hacker movie of all time.

i remeber seeing a 'ls -la /dev ' or two in swordfish.

those 'hackers' kids musta been running os x 42 or sometime, cause it was elite.

wargames makes me nostalgic of bbs days and old login: prompts, but the whole 'global thermo nuclear war' thing being overlooked by the NSA when implementing the system seems a little far fetched.

humm...

My favorite all-time hacker film would have to be 'War Games.' 'Sneakers' would be next on the list. However, I didn't see anyone mention the film 'Ghost In the Machine.' I liked that one as well.

Matrix.

When trinity hacks into the power grid,she uses nmap !! and a known vulnerablity in ssh.

Nice thread and replies :) Some excellent movies.. but if I could just change the topic slightly from films, to books.. or at least non-plural - book! Has anyone read "The Blue Nowhere"? Jeff Deaver is the author, and the book is the only one I have read in-full for years! What an amazing book - and if there was a film made, I'm sure it would be my favourite hacking film of all time.

Back to the topic of this thread..

Sneakers is probably my favourite hacking film, followed up by The Net.

all good movies listed execpt swordfish, but the best one is hackers 2 based on the life of one of or best kevin mitnick

AntiTrust and Pirates of Silicon Valley is the best..... :p

Well i've seen most of the ones mentioned about, Matrix is a hell of a film but not much on the Hacking scene soooo:

1) Sneakers 2) Wargames 3) The Net 4) Hackers (Only because of Angelina)