10 tech movies everyone should watch

If you are looking for great cinema and digital inspiration, here is our selection of the top tech movies everyone should watch to explore cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and the evolution of modern technology.

Cinema has been ahead of the debates that currently occupy front pages, boardrooms, and team conversations for decades. Artificial intelligence, privacy, the power of digital platforms, the birth of the internet... everything has passed through the big screen before reaching our everyday lives.

At evelb, we have made our selection: 10 films that not only entertain but also make you think. You don't have to be in the sector to enjoy them. But if you are, you will see them with different eyes.

1. The Social Network (2010)

Money, betrayal, and an algorithm that changed the world. The true story behind Facebook. David Fincher turns the founding of a social network into a thriller about power and broken relationships. Beyond entertainment, it is a brutal lesson on product vision, quick decisions, and legal consequences that no one anticipated. What happens when technology meets ego and money.

2. Ex Machina (2014)

He created the perfect AI. He didn't calculate the consequences. A software engineer is invited to evaluate Ava, an artificial intelligence with a human appearance. What seems like a scientific experiment becomes something much more unsettling. A film that raises the ethical limits of AI development with more precision than any academic paper—and is impossible to forget.

3. The Matrix (1999)

Humans vs. machines. A hacker discovers that reality is a lie designed to control us. More than twenty years later, the question remains just as valid—and more relevant than ever in the context of generative AI. A film that reminds us that understanding the systems around us is the only way not to get trapped in them.

4. The Imitation Game (2014)

Alan Turing and the Bletchley Park team crack the Nazi Enigma code during World War II. The film reconstructs the birth of modern computing through one of its most brilliant and tragic fathers—and reminds us that computing was born of necessity, that the best problems are solved by thinking differently, and that the history of technology is full of invisible geniuses.

5. Hackers (1995)

Yes, it's from the 90s. Hackers captured the spirit of a generation that saw computers as a tool for freedom and subversion before anyone else. Curiosity, community, breaking boundaries—the original hacker culture in its purest form. An essential document to understand where we come from.

6. Citizenfour (2014)

The documentary that followed Edward Snowden in real time as he revealed the NSA's mass surveillance program to the world. Uncomfortable, necessary, and shot with the tension of a thriller. It makes you think twice about what happens to the data we generate every day, who has access to it, and why cybersecurity is not just a technical problem but a political one. More relevant today than when it was released.

7. Steve Jobs (2015)

Not your typical biopic. Aaron Sorkin structures the film in three acts, each set just before a product launch. The result is a fierce portrait of leadership, obsession, and the price of perfectionism—and a reflection on how design and communication decisions define a brand as much as the technology behind it.

8. Her (2013)

In the near future, a man falls in love with his operating system. A story about loneliness, connection, and the limits of artificial intelligence that demonstrates that AI is not just an engineering problem but a human design one. How we interact with the systems we create says a lot about what we are looking for—and what we are missing.

9. The Great Hack (2019)

The documentary about the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the massive use of Facebook data to influence elections. Difficult to watch. Impossible to ignore. A real-time demonstration of the true value of personal data and why any organization that handles information has an enormous responsibility.

10. Indie Game: The Movie (2012)

A documentary about independent developers creating video games solo or in small teams. Beyond gaming, it is a story about creativity, pressure, and the personal cost of building something of your own. Perfect for anyone who has launched a project and knows what it costs—and what it's worth.

The technology sector moves fast, but its foundations—people, decisions, and consequences—have been told on screen for decades. What movie would you add to the list?