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  • 26 titles
  • Aaron Swartz in The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014)

    1. The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz

    20141h 45mNot Rated72Metascore
    8.0 (18K)
    The story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz, who took his own life at the age of 26.
    DirectorBrian KnappenbergerStarsAaron SwartzTim Berners-LeeCindy Cohn
  • TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away from Keyboard (2013)

    2. TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away from Keyboard

    20131h 25mNot Rated
    7.4 (14K)
    An intellectual freedoms documentary based around the interpersonal triumphs, and defeats of the three main characters against the largest industry in the known universe. The media industry.
    DirectorSimon KloseStarsGottfrid SvartholmPeter SundeFredrik Neij
  • We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists (2012)

    3. We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists

    20121h 33mNot Rated66Metascore
    7.2 (10K)
    A documentary on the workings and beliefs of the self-described "hacktivist" collective, Anonymous.
    DirectorBrian KnappenbergerStarsAnon2WorldAnonyopsJulian Assange
  • Citizenfour (2014)

    4. Citizenfour

    20141h 54mR88Metascore
    8.0 (59K)
    A documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden.
    DirectorLaura PoitrasStarsEdward SnowdenGlenn GreenwaldWilliam Binney
  • We Steal Secrets (2013)

    5. We Steal Secrets

    20132h 10mR76Metascore
    6.9 (8.3K)
    A documentary that details the creation of Julian Assange's controversial website, which facilitated the largest security breach in U.S. history.
    DirectorAlex GibneyStarsJulian AssangeAdrian LamoJohn 'FuzzFace' McMahon
  • Mediastan (2013)

    6. Mediastan

    20131h 34mNot Rated
    7.5 (450)
    On the road with Wikileaks.
    DirectorJohannes WahlströmStarsJulian AssangeVladimir GubanovSultanbek Joumagulov
  • Informant (2012)

    7. Informant

    20121h 21mUnrated70Metascore
    6.2 (364)
    A documentary on radical left-wing activist turned FBI informant, Brandon Darby.
    DirectorJamie MeltzerStarsBrandon DarbyScott CrowLisa Fithian
  • The Yes Men Fix the World (2009)

    8. The Yes Men Fix the World

    20091h 27m71Metascore
    7.5 (5.2K)
    Troublemaking duo Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, posing as their industrious alter-egos, expose the people profiting from Hurricane Katrina, the faces behind the environmental disaster in Bhopal, and other shocking events.
    DirectorsAndy BichlbaumMike BonannoKurt EngfehrStarsReggie WattsMike BonannoAndy Bichlbaum
  • The Hacker Wars (2014)

    9. The Hacker Wars

    20141h 31mNot Rated
    6.4 (2K)
    Ripped from international headlines, The Hacker Wars takes you to the front lines of the high-stakes battle over the fate of the Internet, freedom and privacy.
    DirectorsVivien Lesnik WeismanVivien Lesnik WeismanStarsAndrew 'weev' AuernheimerAndrew BlakeBarrett Brown
  • Deep Web (2015)

    10. Deep Web

    20151h 30mTV-MA
    6.9 (9.8K)
    A feature documentary that explores the rise of a new Internet; decentralized, encrypted, dangerous and beyond the law; with particular focus on the FBI capture of the Tor hidden service Silk Road, and the judicial aftermath.
    DirectorAlex WinterStarsRoss UlbrichtJames ChaparroNicolas Christin
  • Terms and Conditions May Apply (2013)

    11. Terms and Conditions May Apply

    20131h 19mNot Rated68Metascore
    7.3 (6.6K)
    A documentary that exposes what corporations and governments learn about people through Internet and cell phone usage, and what can be done about it ... if anything.
    DirectorCullen HobackStarsMax SchremsMobyMark Zuckerberg
  • Zero Days (2016)

    12. Zero Days

    20161h 56mPG-1377Metascore
    7.7 (11K)
    A documentary focused on Stuxnet, a piece of self-replicating computer malware that the U.S. and Israel unleashed to destroy a key part of an Iranian nuclear facility, and which ultimately spread beyond its intended target.
    DirectorAlex GibneyStarsDavid SangerEmad KiyaeiEric Chien
  • Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016)

    13. Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World

    20161h 38mPG-1376Metascore
    7.0 (14K)
    Werner Herzog's exploration of the Internet and the connected world.
    DirectorWerner HerzogStarsElon MuskLawrence KraussLucianne Walkowicz
  • A Good American (2015)

    14. A Good American

    20151h 40mTV-1463Metascore
    7.3 (1.4K)
    How a group of NSA code-breakers had a chance of preventing 9/11.
    DirectorFriedrich MoserStarsWilliam BinneyJesselyn RadackKirk Wiebe
  • Killswitch (2014)

    15. Killswitch

    20141h 12mNot Rated
    7.7 (674)
    The Internet is under attack. This award-winning documentary explores the threat Internet censorship imposes on free speech, innovation, and democracy.
    DirectorAli AkbarzadehStarsLawrence LessigTim WuPeter Ludlow
  • Tales from the Crypto - Listener Response: Crypto in the Gaming World (2022)

    16. Bitcoin: The End of Money as We Know It

    20151hNot Rated
    6.9 (1.4K)
    For anyone who has not fully understood the controversial Bitcoin yet, this is a concise and informative crash course about Money and Crypto Currencies.
    DirectorsTorsten HoffmannMichael WatchulonisStarsJohn BarrettAndreas M. AntonopoulosJeffrey A. Tucker
  • Risk (2016)

    17. Risk

    20161h 26mTV-MA72Metascore
    6.3 (2.4K)
    The story of WikiLeak's editor-in-chief Julian Assange as seen by documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras.
    DirectorLaura PoitrasStarsJulian AssangeSarah HarrisonJacob Appelbaum
  • Black Code (2016)

    18. Black Code

    20161h 30m
    6.0 (217)
    A look at the global impact the internet has on free speech, privacy and activism.
    DirectorNicholas de PencierStarsRon DeibertFelipe AltenfeldorWjd Dhnie
  • Trust Machine: The Story of Blockchain (2018)

    19. Trust Machine: The Story of Blockchain

    20181h 24mNot Rated62Metascore
    6.7 (232)
    TRUST MACHINE is the first blockchain-funded, blockchain-distributed, and blockchain-focused documentary, from entertainment tech company SingularDTV and Futurism Studios. The feature documentary explores the evolution of cryptocurrency, blockchain and decentralization, including the technology's role in addressing important real-world problems, such as world hunger and income inequality.
    DirectorAlex WinterStarsRosario DawsonVinay GuptaImogen Heap
  • Dark Net (2016)

    20. Dark Net

    2016–201716 epsTV-MATV Series
    7.0 (1.6K)
    Explores the furthest reaches of the internet and the people who frequently use it, providing a revealing and cautionary look inside a vast cyber netherworld.
    CreatorMati KochaviStarsLauren TerpKristieDrew
  • War for the Web (2015)

    21. War for the Web

    20151h 21m
    7.0 (15)
    War for the Web demystifies the physical infrastructure of the Internet and uses that as a basis to explore the issues of ownership and competition in the broadband marketplace, privacy, and security.
    DirectorJ.C. Cameron BruecknerStarsAkiko FujiwaraAlanna FoxAaron Swartz
  • The Great Hack (2019)

    22. The Great Hack

    20191h 54mTV-MA67Metascore
    7.0 (26K)
    The Cambridge Analytica scandal is examined through the roles of several affected persons.
    DirectorsKarim AmerJehane NoujaimStarsBrittany KaiserDavid CarrollPaul-Olivier Dehaye
  • Unnatural Selection (2019)

    23. Unnatural Selection

    20194 epsTV-MATV Series
    7.8 (2.3K)
    DNA, the very essence of life, can now be altered. Not only by Harvard geneticists and multi-billion dollar corporations, but also by renegade biohackers working out of their garages.
    StarsDavid IsheeJeffrey KahnJackson Kennedy
  • Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project (2019)

    24. Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project

    20191h 27mUnrated75Metascore
    7.0 (632)
    For over 30 years, Marion Stokes obsessively and privately recorded American television news 24 hours a day filling 70,000 VHS tapes, capturing wars, talk shows and commercials that show us how television shaped the world of today.
    DirectorMatt WolfStarsAnne Stokes HochbergFrank HollmanTom Keenan
  • Diamond Hands: The Legend of WallStreetBets (2022)

    25. Diamond Hands: The Legend of WallStreetBets

    20221h 29m67Metascore
    4.7 (106)
    When the smart money was betting GameStop would go under, an army of irreverent traders tried to take Wall Street down instead. Diamond Hands is their story. This is the legend of the subreddit/WallStreetBets.
    DirectorsZackary CanepariDrea CooperStarsAlvan ChowMatt KellyAlisha B. Woods

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