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List Of Films About Computers
This is a list of films about computers, featuring fictional films in which activities involving computers play a central role in the development of the plot. Artificial intelligence plots Motion picture *'' 2001: A Space Odyssey'' (1968) ** HAL 9000 *'' The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes'' (1969) *'' Colossus: The Forbin Project'' (1970) *'' The Questor Tapes'' (1974) *'' Demon Seed'' (1977) *''Blade Runner'' (1982) *''Tron'' (1982) *''WarGames'' (1983) *'' Brainstorm'' (1983) *''2010'' (1984) ** HAL 9000 ** SAL 9000 *''Hide and Seek'' (1984, TV movie) *'' Electric Dreams'' (1984) *''The Terminator'' (1984) ** Terminator ** Skynet *''D.A.R.Y.L.'' (1985) *''Flight of the Navigator'' (1986) *''Short Circuit'' (1986) *'' Not Quite Human'' (1987) *'' Short Circuit 2'' (1988) *''Not Quite Human II'' (1989) *'' Still Not Quite Human'' (1992) * ''Arcade'' (1993) *''Star Trek Generations'' (1994) *'' Hackers'' (1995) *''Johnny Mnemonic'' (1995) *'' The Net'' (1995) *'' Star Trek: First Con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Computers
A computer is a machine that can be programmed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (computation) automatically. Modern digital electronic computers can perform generic sets of operations known as programs. These programs enable computers to perform a wide range of tasks. A computer system is a nominally complete computer that includes the hardware, operating system (main software), and peripheral equipment needed and used for full operation. This term may also refer to a group of computers that are linked and function together, such as a computer network or computer cluster. A broad range of industrial and consumer products use computers as control systems. Simple special-purpose devices like microwave ovens and remote controls are included, as are factory devices like industrial robots and computer-aided design, as well as general-purpose devices like personal computers and mobile devices like smartphones. Computers power the Internet, which lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flight Of The Navigator
''Flight of the Navigator'' is a 1986 American science fiction adventure film directed by Randal Kleiser and written by Mark H. Baker, Michael Burton, and Matt MacManus. It stars Joey Cramer as David Freeman, a 12-year-old boy who is abducted by an alien spaceship and transported from 1978 to 1986. It features an early film appearance by Sarah Jessica Parker as Carolyn McAdams, a key character who befriends David in a time of need. The film's producers initially sent the project to Walt Disney Pictures in 1984, but the studio was unable to approve it and it was sent to Producers Sales Organization, which made a deal with Disney to distribute it in the United States. It was partially shot in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Norway, being a coproduction with Norwegian company ''Viking Film''. The film is notable for being one of the first Hollywood films to use extensive CGI effects. Specifically, it was the first use of image-based lighting, and an early use of morphing in a motio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lost In Space (film)
''Lost in Space'' is a 1998 American science-fiction adventure film directed by Stephen Hopkins, and starring William Hurt, Matt LeBlanc, Gary Oldman, and Heather Graham. The plot is adapted from the 1965–1968 CBS television series of the same name (itself inspired by the 1812 novel ''The Swiss Family Robinson'' by Johann David Wyss). Several actors from the TV show make cameo appearances. The film focuses on the Robinson family, who undertake a voyage to a nearby star system to begin large-scale emigration from a soon-to-be uninhabitable Earth, but are thrown off course by a saboteur and must try to find their way home. ''Lost in Space'' received negative reviews from critics and grossed $136.2 million worldwide with an $80 million budget. Plot In 2058, Earth will soon be uninhabitable due to the irreversible effects of pollution and ozone depletion. In an effort to save humanity, the United Global Space Force sends Professor John Robinson, his wife Maureen, daughters J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enemy Of The State (film)
''Enemy of the State'' is a 1998 American political action thriller film directed by Tony Scott, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and written by David Marconi. The film stars Will Smith and Gene Hackman and features an ensemble supporting cast consisting of Jon Voight, Lisa Bonet, Gabriel Byrne, Dan Butler, Loren Dean, Jack Black, Jake Busey, Barry Pepper, and Regina King. The film tells the story of a group of corrupt National Security Agency (NSA) agents conspiring to kill a congressman and the cover-up that ensues after a tape of the murder ends up in the possession of an unsuspecting lawyer. ''Enemy of the State'' was released on November 20, 1998 by Buena Vista Pictures through its Touchstone Pictures label. The film grossed $250.8 million worldwide, and garnered positive reviews from film critics and audiences, with many praising the writing and direction as well as the chemistry between Smith and Hackman. Plot NSA official Thomas Brian Reynolds meets with Congressma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Contact
First contact may refer to: *First contact (astronomy), the moment in astronomical transit when the apparent positions of the two bodies first touch *First contact (anthropology), the first meeting of two cultures previously unaware of one another *First contact (science fiction), a common science fiction theme about the first meeting between humans and extraterrestrial life Media Film *'' Star Trek: First Contact'', a 1996 film in the ''Star Trek'' science fiction franchise * ''First Contact'' (1983 film), a 1983 documentary by Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson *'' Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact'', a 2001 theatrical film adaptation of the ''Ultraman Cosmos'' TV series Television * ''First Contact'' (Australian TV series), a 2014 Australian television documentary * First Contact (Canadian TV series), a 2018 Canadian documentary television series TV episodes * "First Contact" (''Star Trek: The Next Generation''), a 1991 episode of the science fiction television series ''Star Trek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Net (1995 Film)
''The Net'' is a 1995 American action thriller film directed by Irwin Winkler and starring Sandra Bullock, Jeremy Northam, and Dennis Miller. The film was released on July 28, 1995. Plot United States Under Secretary of Defense Michael Bergstrom commits suicide after being informed that he has tested positive for HIV. Angela Bennett is a systems analyst and remote worker in Venice, California for Cathedral Software in San Francisco. Her interpersonal relationships are almost completely online and on the phone, with the exception of forgettable interactions with her neighbors and visits to her mother, who is institutionalized with Alzheimer's disease and often forgets who Bennett is. Bennett's co-worker, Dale, sends her a floppy disk of the game "Mozart's Ghost" with a backdoor labeled " π" that permits access to a commonly used computer security system called "Gatekeeper" sold by Gregg Microsystems, a software company led by CEO Jeff Gregg. Dale and Bennett agree to meet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Mnemonic (film)
''Johnny Mnemonic'' is a 1995 cyberpunk film directed by Robert Longo in his directorial debut. Based on the 1981 story of the same name by William Gibson, it stars Keanu Reeves and Dolph Lundgren. Reeves plays the title character, a man with an overloaded, cybernetic brain implant designed to store information. The film portrays Gibson's dystopian, prophetic view of 2021 with the world wracked by a tech-induced plague, awash with conspiracies, and dominated by megacorporations, with strong East Asian influences. Shot on location in Canada, with Toronto and Montreal filling in for the Newark and Beijing settings, a number of local sites, including Toronto's Union Station and Montreal's skyline and Jacques Cartier Bridge, are prominently featured. A longer version (103 mins) of the film that is closer to the director's cut premiered in Japan on April 15, 1995, featuring a score by Mychael Danna and different editing. The film was released in the United States on May 26, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hackers (film)
''Hackers'' is a 1995 American crime thriller film directed by Iain Softley and starring Jonny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie, Jesse Bradford, Matthew Lillard, Laurence Mason, Renoly Santiago, Lorraine Bracco, and Fisher Stevens. The film follows a group of high school hackers and their involvement in a corporate extortion conspiracy. Made in the mid-1990s when the Internet was just starting to become popular among the general public, it reflects the ideals laid out in the Hacker Manifesto quoted in the film: "This is our world now... the world of the electron and the switch ..We exist without skin color, without nationality, without religious bias... and you call us criminals. ..Yes, I am a criminal. My crime is that of curiosity." The film received mixed reviews from critics, and underperformed at the box office upon release, but has gone on to achieve cult classic status. Plot On August 10, 1988, 11-year-old Dade "Zero Cool" Murphy's family is fined $45,000 for his crashing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Trek Generations
''Star Trek Generations'' is a 1994 American science fiction film and the seventh film in the Star Trek (film series), ''Star Trek'' film series. Malcolm McDowell joins cast members from the 1960s television show ''Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek'' and the 1987 sequel series ''Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Next Generation'', including William Shatner and Patrick Stewart. In the film, Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D), USS ''Enterprise''-D joins forces with Captain James T. Kirk to stop the villain Tolian Soran from destroying a planetary system in his attempt to return to an extra-dimensional realm known as the Nexus. ''Generations'' was conceived as a handoff from the original cast of the ''Star Trek'' films to the cast of ''The Next Generation''. After developing several film ideas concurrently, the producers chose a script written by Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga. Production began while the final season of the television series w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arcade (film)
''Arcade'' is a 1993 B-movie science fiction film directed by Albert Pyun, written by David S. Goyer and produced by Full Moon Entertainment. It stars Megan Ward, Peter Billingsley, John de Lancie, Sharon Farrell, Seth Green, A. J. Langer, and Bryan Dattilo. Plot Alex Manning (Megan Ward) is a troubled suburban teenager. Her mother committed suicide and the school counselor feels that she has not dealt with her feelings properly. Manning and her friends decide to visit the local video arcade known as "Dante's Inferno" where a new virtual reality arcade game called ''Arcade'' is being test marketed by a computer company CEO, Difford, who is more than willing to hand out free samples of the home console version and hype up the game as if his job is depending on it, and it is. However, it soon becomes clear that the teenagers who play the game and lose are being imprisoned inside the virtual reality world by the central villain: Arcade. It would seem that Arcade was once a l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Still Not Quite Human
''Still Not Quite Human'' is a 1992 television film written and directed by Eric Luke and starring Jay Underwood and Alan Thicke. It is the third and final film in a series based on the '' Not Quite Human'' novels by Seth McEvoy. The story, which has a darker tone than the previous films, features the human-looking android, Chip, embarking on a mission to rescue his father, who has been kidnapped by a ruthless tycoon in order to acquire his knowledge of android technology. Robyn Lively does not return to reprise her role as Becky, but she is mentioned to have taken a job in another state. Plot Dr. Jonas Carson (Alan Thicke) goes to a robotics convention with Chip and an inferior model to test whether or not the world is ready for the idea of living with androids as he does with Chip. When his other android fails, Jonas becomes the subject of ridicule and is ready to reveal Chip's status in order to save face, but stops himself, choosing to accept the loss of credibility over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Not Quite Human II
''Not Quite Human 2'' is a 1989 television film written and directed by Eric Luke and starring Jay Underwood, Alan Thicke, and Robyn Lively. As the second of three films in a series based on the '' Not Quite Human'' novels by Seth McEvoy, it follows the social development of an android that is designed to appear human, this time as he enrolls in college and is on his own for the first time. The filming locations were Arizona State University, Scottsdale, and Phoenix. Plot The film begins with Chip (Jay Underwood), the android, installing specially-ordered software designed to enhance his facial expressions; it is later discovered that he also inadvertently intakes a computer virus that causes him to malfunction very gradually, diminishing control over his own system's functions. Initially, the virus simply causes Chip to have momentary memory lapses resulting in poor judgment, but within five days it will completely destroy his internal systems, wiping his memory. That same ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
