Movies like Nirvana
If Nirvana's mix of future, hacker and computer virus stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Nirvana's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Upgrade
2018 · Directed by Leigh Whannell · 100 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: future, hacker, dystopia · Also action and thriller
A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called STEM that will enhance his body.
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The Thirteenth Floor
1999 · Directed by Josef Rusnak · 100 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: virtual reality, dystopia, alternative reality · Also thriller and science fiction · From the same decade (1990s)
In Los Angeles, a wealthy man, known as Mr. Fuller, discovers a shocking secret about the world he lives in. Fearing for his life, he leaves a desperate message for a friend of his in the most unexpected place.
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eXistenZ
1999 · Directed by David Cronenberg · 97 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: hacker, video game, virtual reality · Also action and thriller · From the same decade (1990s)
A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.
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Hackers
1995 · Directed by Iain Softley · 105 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: hacker, computer virus, virtual reality · Also action and thriller · From the same decade (1990s)
Along with his new friends, a teenager who was arrested by the US Secret Service and banned from using a computer for writing a computer virus discovers a plot by a nefarious hacker, but they must use their computer…
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The Matrix Resurrections
2021 · Directed by Lana Wachowski · 148 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: future, virtual reality, dystopia · Also science fiction and action
Plagued by strange memories, Neo's life takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself back inside the Matrix.
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The Matrix
1999 · Directed by Lana Wachowski · 136 min8.3
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia, cyberpunk · Also action and science fiction · From the same decade (1990s)
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
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Alita: Battle Angel
2019 · Directed by Robert Rodriguez · 122 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia, cyberpunk · Also action and science fiction
When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul…
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The Assessment
2025 · Directed by Fleur Fortuné · 114 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: virtual reality, dystopia · Also science fiction and drama
In a climate change-ravaged world, a utopian society optimizes life, including parenthood assessments. A successful couple faces scrutiny by an evaluator over seven days to determine their fitness for childbearing.
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Logan
2017 · Directed by James Mangold · 137 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: future, dystopia · Also action and drama
In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are upended when a young mutant arrives, pursued by dark…
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Interstellar
2014 · Directed by Christopher Nolan · 169 min8.5
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also drama and science fiction
The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991 · Directed by James Cameron · 137 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also action and thriller · From the same decade (1990s)
Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000.
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Frequency
2000 · Directed by Gregory Hoblit · 118 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: future · Also science fiction and thriller
When a rare phenomenon gives police officer John Sullivan the chance to speak to his father, 30 years in the past, he takes the opportunity to prevent his dad's tragic death.