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AI, Cyberspace, Gaming, Hacking, Retro Computers, Silicon Valley, VR, WWW movies or series.
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The Terminal Man (1974)
Horror Sci-Fi Thriller
"Hoping to cure his blackout seizures which turn him temporarily extremely violent, a computer scientist agrees to an experimental brain computer chip implant surgery."
Starring George Segal, Joan Hackett, Richard Dysart.
Evilspeak (1981)
Ghosts Horror
"An outcast military cadet taps into a way to summon demons and cast spells on his tormentors through his computer."
Starring Clint Howard, R.G. Armstrong, Joe Cortese.
Looker (1981)
Drama Sci-Fi Thriller
"Three of four models, who had plastic surgery done by Larry after a computed list, are dead. Neither the cops nor Larry believe they're suicides. Larry investigates and stays with the fourth model. Who's behind the lists and murders?"
Starring Albert Finney, James Coburn, Susan Dey.
Tron (1982)
Cyberspace VR Ghosts Action Adventure Sci-Fi
"A computer hacker is abducted into the digital world and forced to participate in gladiatorial games where his only chance of escape is with the help of a heroic security program."
Starring Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner.
Joysticks (1983)
Gaming Comedy
"When a top local businessman and his two bumbling nephews try to shut down the town's only video arcade, arcade employees and patrons fight back."
1980s boner comedy about a video game arcade.
Starring Joe Don Baker, Leif Green, Jim Greenleaf.
Brainstorm (1983)
VR Sci-Fi Thriller
"Researchers develop a system where they can jump into people's minds. But when people involved bring their personal problems into the equation, it becomes dangerous - perhaps deadly."
Similar themes to Strange Days (1995).
Starring Christopher Walken, Natalie Wood, Louise Fletcher.
WarGames (1983)
Hacking Action Drama Sci-Fi
"A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III."
Wardialing.
Starring Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, John Wood.
Digital Dreams (1983)
Retro Computers Biography Fantasy Music
"This fanciful film playfully documents Wyman's celebrated life. From his impoverished childhood of England. through the early years of the Stones, to his relationship with longtime girlfriend Astrid and his current obsession with ..."
Large scale pseudo-computer hardware is creative.
Starring Bill Wyman, Astrid Lundstrom, James Coburn.
Interface (1984)
Hacking Comedy Horror Sci-Fi
"A group of strange beings at a master computer control room use their equipment to kill people by remote control."
Starring John S. Davies, Lauren Lane, Matthew Sacks.
Hide and Seek (1984)
Drama
"Before WAR GAMES there was Canada's HIDE & SEEK. Watch this and you will see how close the movies are. High school computer wiz kid's program accidently hooks into the main frame computer of a nuclear power plant and nearly causes..."
Starring Bob Martin, Ingrid Veninger, Dave Patrick.
The Last Starfighter (1984)
Gaming Action Adventure Sci-Fi
"High schooler Alex Rogan conquers the Starfighter video game, only to find out it was just a test, and is transported to another planet. He has been recruited to join a team of the best starfighters to defend their world from the ..."
Starring Lance Guest, Robert Preston, Kay E. Kuter.
Decoder (1984)
Horror Mystery Sci-Fi
"A noise enthusiast discovers that by changing the background music from pleasantly calming to industrial "noise" music, he can incite riots and a revolution against the looming power of the government."
Starring FM Einheit, William Rice, Christiane Felscherinow.
D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)
Family Sci-Fi
"A seemingly normal young boy is found abandoned on a mountain road and adopted by a family who are increasingly amazed by his abilities before discovering the secret behind his real identity."
Starring Mary Beth Hurt, Michael McKean, Kathryn Walker.
Deadly Friend (1986)
Drama Horror Sci-Fi
"After his friend is killed by her abusive father, the new kid in town attempts to save her by implanting a robotic microchip into her brain."
Starring Matthew Labyorteaux, Kristy Swanson, Michael Sharrett.
Not Quite Human (1987)
Family Sci-Fi Comedy
"Dr. Jonas Carson, a scientist, invents Chip, an android teenager. Dr. Carson sends Chip to school with his daughter Becky to see whether an android could interact with others. But his former employer decides to try and make a prof..."
Starring Jay Underwood, Alan Thicke, Robyn Lively.
Not Quite Human II (1989)
Comedy Family Sci-Fi
"Chip, the android boy is back. This time, he is off to college, suffering from a computer virus and in love with Roberta, another android. Will there be a happy ending?"
Starring Jay Underwood, Alan Thicke, Robyn Lively.
Circuitry Man (1990)
Post Apocalypse Action Comedy Sci-Fi
"In a future where most humans have moved underground to escape the pollution, one of the few pleasures left is a kind of narcotic in the form of chips which can be plugged directly into the brain. Lori, a female body guard steals ..."
Cheap film noir with neuromancer vibes.
Starring Jim Metzler, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Lu Leonard.
Youkai tengoku: Ghost Hero (1990)
Ghosts N/A
"N/A"
Starring Masao Kusakari, Kaori Mizushima, Hideyo Amamoto.
Mindwarp (1991)
Post Apocalypse VR Cyberspace Horror Sci-Fi Thriller
"In post-apocalyptic 2037, Judy rebels against the AI-ruled utopia where people live in a happy VR simulation. She's exiled to a post-nuclear wasteland where she meets drifter Stover. Mutated cannibals capture them for their leader..."
Starring Bruce Campbell, Angus Scrimm, Marta Martin.
Until the End of the World (1991)
VR Action Drama Sci-Fi
"In 1999, Claire Tourneur's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash. She rescues Sam and travels the world with him. Writer Eugene Fitzpatrick follows and writes their story as a method of recording dreams is being d..."
VR helmets.
Starring William Hurt, Solveig Dommartin, Pietro Falcone.
Brain Twisters (1991)
Gaming Drama Horror Sci-Fi
"Employees of a software company discover a conspiracy to use the games made by the company to control the thoughts of its customers."
Starring Farrah Forke, Terry Londeree, Joe Lombardo.
The Lawnmower Man (1992)
VR Cyberspace Horror Sci-Fi
"A simple man is turned into a genius through the application of computer science."
Be sure to watch the Directors Cut.
Starring Jeff Fahey, Pierce Brosnan, Jenny Wright.
Sneakers (1992)
Hacking Comedy Crime Drama
"A security pro finds his past returning to haunt him when he and his unique team are tasked with retrieving a particularly important item."
A classic.
Starring Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd, Sidney Poitier.
Freejack (1992)
Cyberspace Action Crime Sci-Fi
"Bounty hunters from the future transport a doomed race car driver to New York City in 2009, where his mind will be replaced with that of a dead billionaire."
Big concept cheesy movie.
Starring Emilio Estevez, Mick Jagger, Rene Russo.
Still Not Quite Human (1992)
Comedy Family Sci-Fi
"Chip and his "father" attend a robotics convention. Here, Dr. Carson is kidnapped and replaced with an android. Can Chip and his newfound friends save Dr. Carson from a dangerous competitor?"
Not Quite Human 3.
Starring Alan Thicke, Christopher Neame, Betsy Palmer.
Arcade (1993)
Gaming Cyberspace VR Sci-Fi
"A virtual reality game begins taking over the minds of teenagers."
Early low-budget CGI.
Starring Megan Ward, Peter Billingsley, John de Lancie, Sharon Farrell.
Mandroid (1993)
VR Action Sci-Fi
"In his hidden laboratory deep in Russia, Dr. Karl Zimmer has invented the Mandroid, a humanoid robot which follows the motions of a man in a special control suit. He has offered the invention to the USA, who have sent Smith and Wa..."
Sorta VR but more like remote control video camera.
Starring Brian Cousins, Jane Caldwell, Michael Della Femina.
Alien Intruder (1993)
VR Sci-Fi
"Space traveling convicts become the victims of their own fantasies when virtual reality is made to go wrong."
"Computer Jock".
Starring Maxwell Caulfield, Tracy Scoggins, Billy Dee Williams, Gary Roberts.
Puppet Master 4 (1993)
AI Fantasy Horror Sci-Fi
"A young scientist and his friends, upon being attacked by demons, are protected by a gang of animated puppets."
Starring Gordon Currie, Chandra West, Ash Adams, Teresa Hill.
Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II (1994)
Post Apocalypse Sci-Fi
"In the backdrop of Earths polluted future a female FBI agent removes Danner, a pleasure android from an asylum in order to coerce him into helping her hunt down the criminal psychopath Plughead. But Plughead who has tangled with D..."
Starring Vernon Wells, Deborah Shelton, Jim Metzler.
Disclosure (1994)
VR Drama Thriller
"A computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated the act forcefully, which threatens both his career and his personal life."
Incidental absurd use of VR in a major hollywood movie. Gorgeous.
Starring Michael Douglas, Demi Moore, Donald Sutherland.
The Companion (1994)
VR Romance Sci-Fi Thriller
"Writer catches her boyfriend cheating on her. Infuriated, she buys an android companion and takes him with her to a remote cabin in the woods to keep her company as she writes. She starts a romance with him, which turns into a nig..."
Minor use of AR/VR helmets for a visual artist by Brion James.
Starring Kathryn Harrold, Bruce Greenwood, Talia Balsam.
VR.5 (1995–1997)
VR Adventure Drama Sci-Fi
"Young woman Sidney works in a telephone company and she is sure that her father, doctor Bloom, and sister died after an accident. Sidney's hobby is to play with virtual reality. She has found an ability in herself to enter into th..."
Note: series not movie.
Starring Lori Singer, Michael Easton, Anthony Head.
Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1995)
VR Cyberspace Hacking Action Sci-Fi Thriller
"They thought they had destroyed him, but the simple gardener-turned-superkiller has found a way to reboot himself in Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace."
Matt Frewer (Max Headroom) takes over the role of Jobe. No one else returns for the sequel except for Austin O'Brien, the kid.
Starring Patrick Bergin, Matt Frewer, Austin O'Brien.
Hackers (1995)
Hacking Crime Drama Romance
"Teenage hackers discover a criminal conspiracy with plans to use a computer virus that will capsize five oil tankers."
a classic.
Starring Jonny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie, Jesse Bradford.
Cyber Bandits (1995)
Post Apocalypse VR Adventure Crime Sci-Fi
"Jack boldly makes a play for the girlfriend of his mogul boss. He succeeds, but when she steals the VR device that the mogul has developed to become the world's most powerful man, the pair go fugitive with the data tattooed on Jac..."
Grace Jones, Adam Ant. Features unusual music technology clubs.
Starring Martin Kemp, Alexandra Paul, Adam Ant.
The Net (1995)
WWW Hacking Action Crime Drama
"When Angela Bennett, a computer programmer, stumbles upon government secrets, she finds herself on the run from an unknown enemy hell-bent on destroying her completely."
pizza.com.
Starring Sandra Bullock, Jeremy Northam, Dennis Miller.
Strange Days (1995)
VR Crime Drama Sci-Fi
"A former cop turned street-hustler accidentally uncovers a conspiracy in Los Angeles in 1999."
Playback recorded memories as a drug.
Starring Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis.
Cyber Vengeance (1995)
VR Action Sci-Fi Thriller
"A high-tech entrepreneur allows wealthy sportsmen to hunt inmates in a virtual-reality prison."
Starring Robert Davi, Matthias Hues, J. Gregory Smith.
Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
VR Cyberspace Hacking Action Drama Sci-Fi
"A data courier, literally carrying a data package inside his head, must deliver it before he dies from the burden or is killed by the Yakuza."
Starring Keanu Reeves, Dolph Lundgren, Dina Meyer.
Virtuosity (1995)
VR Cyberspace Action Crime Sci-Fi
"When a virtual reality simulation created using the personalities of multiple serial killers manages to escape into the real world, an ex-cop is tasked with stopping its reign of terror."
Starring Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Kelly Lynch.
Subliminal Seduction (1996)
Gaming Drama Sci-Fi Thriller
"Darrin Danver is married to Deb. He is a videogames programmer and works for Z-Games when he receives an offer for a job from CTC. He accepts the offer and moves with his wife Deb near Las Vegas. There he discovers that he is paid..."
AKA The Corporation AKA Mind Storm.
Starring Ian Ziering, Katherine Kelly Lang, Dee Wallace.
Absolute Aggression (1996)
VR Action Sci-Fi Thriller
"In the year 2011, the prison system is run by the private sector. Business tycoon R.D. Crowley (Robert Davi) has created a Virtual Reality prison. The prisoner's bodies are locked in suspended animation while their mind traverses ..."
Starring Robert Davi, Kayle Watson, Terry Anderson.
Virtual Weapon (1997)
Cyberspace VR Comedy Crime Sci-Fi
"A detective duo hunts a criminal organization, which is using an unknown liquid explosive material."
Starring Terence Hill, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Giselle Blondet.
Menno's Mind (1997)
VR Cyberspace Sci-Fi Thriller
"Menno is a computer programmer at The Resort, an enormous funhouse where people can live out their fantasies in virtual reality. Feeding their personal data into a software program called The System, head of security Felix Medina ..."
Starring Billy Campbell, Stephanie Romanov, Corbin Bernsen.
Nirvana (1997)
VR Hacking Action Drama Sci-Fi
"The main character Solo in Nirvana, a computer game developed by Jimi for release in 3 days, has gained self-awareness after a virus attack. Solo wants to be deleted. Jimi wants to find his ex."
Starring Christopher Lambert, Diego Abatantuono, Sergio Rubini.
Level Five (1997)
Gaming Documentary Romance War
"The French computer programmer Laura inherits the task of making a computer game of the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. She searches the internet for information on the battle, and interviews Japanese experts and witnesses...."
Get 2014 rerelease.
Starring Catherine Belkhodja, Kenji Tokitsu, Nagisa Ôshima.
Webmaster (1998)
VR Hacking Cyberspace WWW Thriller Sci-Fi
"JB is the city's best attacker, who lives a carefully organized life in and outside the network. After hacking into the most powerful of all domains the Stoiser domain, JB thought that the cruel Stoiser would kill him. But instead..."
Webmaster also known as Skyggen.
Starring Lars Bom, Puk Scharbau, Jørgen Kiil.
Host (1998)
Cyberspace Ghosts Sci-Fi Thriller
"If you were a brilliant young scientist given only months to live, what choices would you make? To have faith that you were taken early for a reason and go quietly, or to use cryogenics to hope you could be cured someday in the fu..."
Quote: "she made a virtual clone of herself including the aneurysm". Also known as Virtual Obsession.
Starring Peter Gallagher, Mimi Rogers, Jake Lloyd.
Shepherd (1998)
Post Apocalypse VR Action Sci-Fi
"In a post-apocalyptic underground society ruled by rival religious cults, Dakota is working as an assassin, or "Shepherd" for The Church of Miles. He has been given an assignment to take out a female Shepherd from a rival cult, bu..."
Also known as Cyber City.
Starring C. Thomas Howell, Roddy Piper, David Carradine.
Ivory Tower (1998)
Silicon Valley Drama
"In the cutthroat environment of the computer industry, a young executive's passion, determination and integrity are put to the test."
Unusual Silicon Valley drama with an absurd twist.
Starring Jack Janda, Patrick Van Horn, James Wilder.
New Rose Hotel (1998)
Drama Mystery Sci-Fi
"Two businessmen are hired to steal secrets from a rival, and decide to use a beautiful call girl to do so."
Starring Christopher Walken, Willem Dafoe, Asia Argento.
V-World Matrix (1999)
VR Cyberspace Fantasy Horror Sci-Fi
"Two men enter a virtual reality simulator."
The cyberspace of their dreams is a dingy bar. Featured on Best Of The Worst.
Starring Mikul Robins, Stephanie Beaton, James Servais, Sydnee Steele.
The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
Cyberspace Mystery Sci-Fi Thriller
"Computer scientist Douglas Hall unknowingly gets involved in the murder of his colleague, Hannon Fuller, a computer genius, who is killed just before the testing of his newly launched virtual reality simulation programme."
Starring Craig Bierko, Gretchen Mol, Armin Mueller-Stahl.
Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999)
Silicon Valley Biography Drama History
"History of Apple and Microsoft."
Starring Anthony Michael Hall, Noah Wyle, Joey Slotnick.
The Matrix (1999)
Action Sci-Fi
"When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence."
Starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss.
Takedown (2000)
Hacking Biography Crime Drama
"This film is based on the story of the capture of computer hacker Kevin Mitnick."
AKA 'Hackers 2: Takedown'. No relation to Hackers 1, they just used the name. It's a docu-drama claiming to be 'adapted from a true story' (cite: movie's intro text). See also documentary Freedom Downtime (2001).
Starring Skeet Ulrich, Russell Wong, Angela Featherstone.
Horrorvision (2001)
WWW Hacking Cyberspace Horror Sci-Fi Thriller
"The website "horrorvision.com" has a mysterious secret...anyone who logs onto it winds up dead. After Dez, a web programmer, logs in his girlfriend and others are attacked. Only Dez and a ..."
Starring Brinke Stevens, Len Cordova, Maggie Rose Fleck, Chelsea the Cat.
Freedom Downtime (2001)
Hacking Documentary Adventure
"A feature length documentary about the Free Kevin movement and the hacker world."
Essential viewing. See also movie 'Hackers 2: Takedown (2000)'.
Starring Mark Abene, Ed Cummings, Robert Darlington.
The Mangler 2 (2002)
Ghosts Hacking Horror Sci-Fi
"A teenager girl mistakenly downloads the Mangler 2.0 computer virus into her highschool's new state of the art computer system and all hell breaks loose."
The first movie was a haunted laundry-folding machine. The second has a haunted computer virus. Stephen King doesn't endorse this take on his writing.
Starring Lance Henriksen, Chelse Swain, Philippe Bergeron, Dexter Bell.
Feardotcom (2002)
WWW Crime Horror Thriller
"A New York City detective investigates mysterious deaths occurring 48 hours after users log onto a site named feardotcom."
Se7en-style website serial killer.
Starring Stephen Dorff, Natascha McElhone, Stephen Rea.
The Vector File (2002)
Hacking Action Mystery Sci-Fi
"Gerry Anderson finds that sometimes, everybody really is out to get you. Gerry's daughter, Mattie, accidentally prints out a DNA code that in the wrong hands can end the human race."
Filmed in NZ.
Starring Casper Van Dien, Catherine Oxenberg, India Oxenberg.
I Downloaded a Ghost (2002)
WWW Gaming Ghosts Comedy Family Horror
"Young Halloween buff accidentally downloads recently deceased stand-up comic, who ends up helping her foil two bumbling crooks, as well as finishing her haunted house."
fast forward to the movie ui.
Starring Carlos Alazraqui, Elliot Page, Vince Corazza.
My Little Eye (2002)
WWW Horror Mystery Thriller
"Five people are offered one million dollars to spend six months together in an isolated mansion, with cameras watching their every move."
One of the few interactive DVD movies to use DVD live interaction really well. Switch webcams for more clues of the unfolding plot.
Starring Sean Cw Johnson, Kris Lemche, Stephen O'Reilly.
Teknolust (2002)
AI Comedy Drama Romance
"Tilda Swinton plays four roles in this award-winning film about Rosetta Stone and her three Self-Replicating Automatons, which she cloned from her own D.N.A."
Starring Tilda Swinton, Jeremy Davies, James Urbaniak.
Encrypt (2003)
Hacking Computer Jargon But Not Computers Sci-Fi
"By the year 2068, the Earth's ozone is gone, violent and uncontrollable storms are razing it's surface as a result. A small group of military survivors are the defenders of the last of human kind and when Captain John Garth is app..."
Starring Grant Show, Vivian Wu, Steve Bacic.
Firewall (2006)
Hacking Action Crime Thriller
"A security specialist is forced into robbing the bank that he's protecting, as a bid to pay off his family's ransom."
Minimal hacking. Mostly a heist movie.
Starring Harrison Ford, Virginia Madsen, Paul Bettany.
The Net 2.0 (2006)
Hacking Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
"The life of a young computer systems analyst is thrown into turmoil when, after arriving in Istanbul to start a new job, she finds her credit cards useless, her bank account empty, and her identity stolen."
Starring Nikki Deloach, Cengiz Bozkurt, Demet Akbag, Neil Hopkins.
Gamer (2009)
Gaming Action Sci-Fi Thriller
"In a future mind-controlling game, death row convicts are forced to battle in a 'Doom'-type environment. Convict Kable, controlled by Simon, a skilled teenage gamer, must survive thirty sessions in order to be set free."
Starring Gerard Butler, Michael C. Hall, Ludacris.
Tron: Legacy (2010)
Cyberspace VR Ghosts Action Adventure Sci-Fi
"The son of a virtual world designer goes looking for his father and ends up inside the digital world that his father designed. He meets his father's corrupted creation and a unique ally who was born inside the digital world."
Starring Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde.
Debug (2014)
Hacking Horror Sci-Fi
"Six young computer hackers, sent to work on a derelict spaceship, are forced to match wits with a vengeful artificial intelligence that would kill to be human."
Starring Tenika Davis, Jason Momoa, Adrian Holmes.
Silicon Valley (2014–2019)
Silicon Valley WWW Comedy
"Follows the struggle of Richard Hendricks, a Silicon Valley engineer trying to build his own company called Pied Piper."
Starring Thomas Middleditch, T.J. Miller, Josh Brener.
Unfriended (2014)
WWW Ghosts Horror Mystery Thriller
"A group of online chatroom friends find themselves haunted by a mysterious, supernatural force using the account of their dead friend."
Starring Heather Sossaman, Matthew Bohrer, Courtney Halverson.
Blackhat (2015)
Hacking Action Crime Thriller
"A furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta."
Barely anything to do with cyber.
Starring Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, Tang Wei.
OtherLife (2017)
VR Crime Drama Mystery
"After inventing a drug that induces time-compressed virtual realities, young Ren grapples with partner Sam over how to use their powerful creation."
Starring Jessica De Gouw, Liam Graham, Fiona Press.
Ready Player One (2018)
VR Cyberspace Gaming Hacking Action Adventure Sci-Fi
"When the creator of a virtual reality called the OASIS dies, he makes a posthumous challenge to all OASIS users to find his Easter Egg, which will give the finder his fortune and control of his world."
Starring Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn.
Unfriended: Dark Web (2018)
WWW Horror Mystery Thriller
"A teen comes into possession of a new laptop and soon discovers that the previous owner is not only watching him but will also do anything to get it back."
Starring Colin Woodell, Stephanie Nogueras, Betty Gabriel.
Empathy, Inc. (2018)
VR Drama Horror Sci-Fi
"An investor in a VR startup discovers that the reality the company provides isn't virtual."
Starring Zack Robidas, Kathy Searle, Jay Klaitz.
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