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Computer Threat Thriller movies

Modern tech suspense: hacking, surveillance, data blackmail, identity compromise, and digital cat-and-mouse.

Winchester

1. Winchester

Horror Thriller Haunting Horror Computer Threat Thriller
5.5
20181h 40min

Overview

San Jose, California, 1906. Isolated in her labyrinthine mansion, eccentric firearm heiress Sarah Winchester believes that she is being haunted by the souls of those killed by the guns manufactured by her company.

Themes

Power and control, Grief and loss, Trauma and addiction, Perception and misdiagnosis, Ancestral guilt, Haunted space and memory

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Overview

A young tech worker takes a job at a powerful Internet corporation, quickly rises up the company's ranks, and soon finds herself in a perilous situation concerning privacy, surveillance and freedom. She comes to learn that her decisions and actions will determine the future of humanity.

Themes

Surveillance culture, Social validation pressure, Public accountability pressures, Privacy vs transparency, Tech power dynamics, Digital reputation risk

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Infinity Chamber

3. Infinity Chamber

Science Fiction Mystery Thriller AI Sci-Fi Computer Threat Thriller
6.2
20161h 43min

Overview

A man trapped in an automated prison must outsmart a computer in order to escape and try and find his way back to the outside world that may already be wiped out.

Themes

Repetitive cycles of captivity, Memory manipulation tension, Confinement by automation, Resilience under isolation, Hopelessness in detention, Distrust of synthetic overseers

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Hacker

4. Hacker

Crime Drama Thriller Organized Crime Computer Threat Thriller
6.1
20161h 35min

Overview

Alex, an immigrant from Ukraine comes to Canada and becomes involved with an online criminal organization called Darkweb. What starts off as a way to help his parents financially, soon becomes a personal vendetta against the entire banking system, when his mother is fired from her job at the bank

Themes

Trust and betrayal, Economic precarity under pressure, Immigrant family aspiration, Crime economy dynamics, Digital crime networks, Technological illicit tools

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Friend Request

5. Friend Request

Horror Thriller Supernatural Horror Computer Threat Thriller
5.2
20161h 32min

Overview

Enjoying college life as a popular student, Laura shares everything with her more than 800 friends on Facebook. But one day, after accepting a friend request from a social outcast named Marina, Laura’s life is cursed...

Themes

Peer isolation, Online reputation pressure, Cyber harassment consequences, Digital torment and violence, Obsessive behavior, Social network obsession

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Overview

A chilling real-time thriller featuring a teenager, Casey, battling with an anonymous cyber-stalker.

Themes

Privacy versus exposure, Anonymous accountability tension, Online reputation vulnerability, Vigilantism risks, Cyberbullying ethics, Digital harm escalation

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Rakuten TV
Plex
Plex Channel
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Blackhat

7. Blackhat

Crime Thriller Action Organized Crime Computer Threat Thriller
5.5
20152h 13min

Overview

Nicholas Hathaway, 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. As Hathaway closes in, the stakes become personal as he discovers that the attack on a Chinese nuclear power plant was just the beginning.

Themes

Technology as weapon, Betrayal under pressure, Race against time, Cross border pursuit, Rogue networks, Conspiracy and deception

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Who Am I

8. Who Am I

Thriller Computer Threat Thriller
7.4
20141h 45min

Overview

Benjamin, a young German computer whiz, is invited to join a subversive hacker group that wants to be noticed on the world's stage.

Themes

Deception and masks, Group loyalty under pressure, Law enforcement pressure, Anonymity vs exposure, Social engineering as leverage

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Transcendence

9. Transcendence

Thriller Science Fiction Drama Mystery Psychological Drama
6.2
20141h 59min

Overview

Two leading computer scientists work toward their goal of Technological Singularity, as a radical anti-technology organization fights to prevent them from creating a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human brain.

Themes

Scientific responsibility, Mind uploading consequences, Mind control risks, Technological singularity ethics, Human versus machine, Anti-technology extremism

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Overview

A young woman studying the habits of webcam chat users from the apparent safety of her apartment witnesses a brutal murder online and is quickly immersed in a nightmare in which she and her loved ones are targeted for the same grisly fate as the first victim.

Themes

Found footage anxiety, Invasion of privacy dynamics, Online chat deception, Proxy server vulnerability, Snuff films commodification, Kidnapping fear and control

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