What is one of your favorite computer-related movies?

[MindThreat]

There are so many movies that touch the retro feelgood vibe but what is one of your favorites?

One of my favorites is Sneakers with Robert Redford. So many great aspects to this movie and set in a time where technology was really taking an interesting turn.

 

[lyonadmiral]

There isn't a favorite, although I second your sentiment over "Sneakers", recent favorites include "Anti-Trust" and "The Net".

 

[roberttx]

Dang! Sneakers was going to be my first pick, too!

 

[commodorejohn]

Yeah, I was surprised by how good Sneakers was, considering how laughable Hollywood "hacker" movies usually are. But reading up on it, it looks like it was conceived by two of the people behind Wargames, which was similarly excellent, so there you go.

Of course, having Robert Redford in the lead doesn't hurt either.

 

[Doug G]

I don't know about favorite, but I enjoy WarGames.

 

[Dwight Elvey]

2001 a space odyssey
Dwight

 

[Chuck(G)]

"Billion Dollar Brain" was pretty good for computer shots.
"The Forbin Project" for lots of old gear put together in interesting ways.
One of my favorite oddities is the movie "Gog" from 1954:

Shows a "NOVAC" computer and, in the lower right "Bendix Computer" before Bendix made computers! Also note the Honeywell chart recorders on the left. Those were standard industrial process control fixtures during the 1950s and 60s.

 

[Rick Ethridge]

The computer wore tennis shoes.

 

[Corey986]

Hackers.... It's really a funny movie if you know about computers... Not sure they intended it as a satire... but it is to me...

and it has Angelia Jolie....

 

[MindThreat]

Hackers.... It's really a funny movie if you know about computers... Not sure they intended it as a satire... but it is to me...

and it has Angelia Jolie....

I actually watched this again recently and it's rough to watch at times. "Mess with the best, die like the rest." lol, right.

You can't help but laugh though! Yeah, my how Jolie has changed over the years...

I had no idea that Fisher Stevens was also the guy who played Ben in Short Circuit.

 

[cthulhu]

I don't know about favorite, but I enjoy WarGames.

That's my favourite. Long overdue for a sequel too. There have been rumours about one over the years...

 

[gary2000]

That's my favourite. Long overdue for a sequel too. There have been rumours about one over the years...

wargames 2 the dead code

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0865957/

 

[MindThreat]

wargames 2 the dead code

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0865957/

Yeah, this one is pure rubbish. At least, I didn't like it but one of you may. It just feels completely disconnected from being any sort of real sequel, which is a shame.

 

[roberttx]

wargames 2 the dead code

Please tell me it's not another friggin' zombie movie.

 

[MindThreat]

Please tell me it's not another friggin' zombie movie.

lol no but I'm surprised it got a 4.5 out of 10.

 

[Doug G]

I was just watching an episode of the Mannix TV series, which had lots mid-60's computer stuff in the detective agency office. I googled for any info on what was shown, and found this really interesting looking site about computer in movies/tv shows:

http://www.starringthecomputer.com/features.html

 

[cthulhu]

That's my favourite. Long overdue for a sequel too. There have been rumours about one over the years...

Just to clarify, I'm talking about rumours of a true sequel with Matthew Broderick reprising his role as David Lightman.