Blackhat (2015)īefore Chris Hemsworth played the legendary god Thor, he acted as Nicholas Hathaway, a convicted computer hacker in Blackhat. While Lyle’s character portrays hackers as grubby computer-loving nerds, the example of an exploit on infrastructure is certainly possible. The movie follows the three getaway cars, cutting back and forth between this Fast-and-Furious style shot to Lyle typing away on his computer with flashes of the traffic controller’s office that slowly devolves into chaos. Through this, he’s able to control all traffic and clear the path for the getaway cars during the movie’s famous heist scene. *spoiler alert* - In the movie, one of the main characters, Lyle, breaks into the city’s traffic control systems. While hacking is only a small portion of The Italian Job, it offered the 21st century one of the first accurate depictions of how hacking works. While this subjective list of the top all-time hacking movies is a great start, we’d love to hear what you think is the best all-time hacker movie! Join us on Twitter and add to the conversation here. Ranging from cult classics such as The Matrix to OG hacker movies such as Sneakers or WarGames, these movies provided audiences with an inside look at the mysterious world of hacking.
Movies about hackers boomed in popularity towards the end of the 21st century.
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