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1. SeaQuest 2032 (1993–1996)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Family
In the early 21st century, mankind has colonized the oceans. The United Earth Oceans Organization enlists Captain Nathan Bridger and the submarine seaQuest DSV to keep the peace and explore the last frontier on Earth.
Stars: Jonathan Brandis, Don Franklin, Ted Raimi, Darwin
Votes: 7,795
2. Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
M | 100 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
Thinking this will prevent war, the US government gives an impenetrable supercomputer total control over launching nuclear missiles. But what the computer does with the power is unimaginable to its creators.
Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent, William Schallert
Votes: 10,175
3. The Terminal Man (1974)
PG | 104 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Hoping to cure his violent seizures, a man agrees to a series of experimental microcomputers inserted into his brain but inadvertently discovers that violence now triggers a pleasurable response to his brain.
Director: Mike Hodges | Stars: George Segal, Joan Hackett, Richard Dysart, Donald Moffat
Votes: 2,569 | Gross: $0.22M
4. HyperNormalisation (2016)
166 min | Documentary
Adam Curtis explains how, at a time of confusing and inexplicable world events, politicians and the people they represent have retreated in to a damaging over-simplified version of what is happening.
Director: Adam Curtis | Stars: Adam Curtis, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Victor Gotbaum
Votes: 7,389
5. Coded Bias (2020)
TV-MA | 86 min | Documentary
When MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini discovers that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces accurately, she embarks on a journey to push for the first-ever U.S. legislation against bias in algorithms that impact us all.
Director: Shalini Kantayya | Stars: Joy Buolamwini, Meredith Broussard, Cathy O'Neil, Silkie Carlo
Votes: 2,759
6. Virtuality (2009 TV Movie)
87 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Spaceship crew members start dying because of an unknown defect in a virtual-reality device.
Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Kerry Bishé, Joy Bryant, Jose Pablo Cantillo
Votes: 4,220
7. Codebreaker (2011 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 62 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
The highs and lows of Alan Turing's life, tracking his extraordinary accomplishments, his government persecution through to his tragic death in 1954. In the last 18 months of his short life... See full summary »
Directors: Clare Beavan, Nic Stacey | Stars: Ed Stoppard, Henry Goodman, Paul McGann, Asa Briggs
Votes: 1,133
8. Sci-Fighter (2004)
PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Sci-Fi
A computer virus has invaded a virtual reality fighting game leaving a rebellious teen trapped within. Now the boy's father must enter the tainted program and battle his way through a deadly maze of martial arts fighters to save his son.
Director: Art Camacho | Stars: Don Wilson, Cynthia Rothrock, Lorenzo Lamas, Aki Aleong
Votes: 697
9. Alchemy (I) (2005)
PG-13 | 86 min | Comedy, Romance
Absent-minded professor Malcolm Downey has just invented the sure thing that will lead to the academic easy street of tenure: a computer that can register human emotions.
Director: Evan Oppenheimer | Stars: Michael Ian Black, Tom Cavanagh, Sarah Chalke, James Barbour
Votes: 591
10. The Jensen Project (2010 TV Movie)
G | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Family
After a 16-year absence, Claire and Matt Thompson are reintroduced to The Jensen Project - a secret community of geniuses conducting advanced underground research to solve the world's most difficult problems.
Director: Douglas Barr | Stars: Justin Kelly, Kellie Martin, Brady Smith, LeVar Burton
Votes: 442
11. Rz-9 (2015)
92 min | Action, Sci-Fi
A computer scientist and drone pilot is put on a hit list due to his religious beliefs. He and his sister are pursued by super soldiers, called Erasers, to capture them dead or alive.
Director: Iain Carson | Stars: Ethan McDowell, Morgan Obenreder, Josh Marble, Charlie Gillette
Votes: 774
12. The Image Threads (2011)
Not Rated | 102 min | Fantasy, Romance
A computer teacher, his black-magician grandfather and a female cyber-creature -- a series of pre-destined rendezvous, both on line and offline, over the shreds of mnemonic time and space, ... See full summary »
Director: Vipin Vijay | Star: Sandeep Chattopadhyay
Votes: 39
13. The UNIX Operating System: Making Computers More Productive (1982 Video)
Not Rated | 27 min | Documentary, Short
An introduction to UNIX system's significance, impact and usability.
Stars: Victor A. Vyssotsky, John Mashey, Brian W. Kernighan, Alfred V. Aho
14.
Probe (1988)
Episode:
Computer Logic
(1988)
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A misanthropic scientist and his quirky new secretary attempt to shut down an artificially intelligent computer that has decided to start killing people.
Director: Sandor Stern | Stars: Parker Stevenson, Ashley Crow, Jon Cypher, William Phipps
Votes: 108
15.
Centurions (1986)
Episode:
The Incredible Shrinking Centurions
(1986)
TV-Y7-FV | 30 min | Animation, Action, Family
Crystal and the Centurions visit the INTERTECH computer which controls everything on Earth and recently causes heavy malfunctions. The Centurions get shrunk and send inside the computer to eliminate the virus.
Stars: Pat Fraley, Neil Ross, Vince Edwards, Ron Feinberg
Votes: 18
16.
The Andrew Klavan Show (2015– )
Trump and Republicans Must Seize the Day
(2020 Podcast Episode)
Talk-Show
Stars: Andrew Klavan, Heather Mac Donald
17.
Un certain regard (1964–1975)
Episode:
Ordinateurs, première
(1969)
44 min | Talk-Show
Director: Michel Tréguer | Stars: Jacques Arsac, Michel Tréguer
18.
Nova ScienceNow (2005– )
Episode:
Can We Live Forever?
(2011)
TV-G | 52 min | Documentary
Nova ScienceNow examines the question of whether we can live forever. It looks scientists who are exploring hibernation and building organ replacements and profiles computer scientist Jason Leigh.
Directors: Elizabeth Arledge, David Chmura, Sarah Holt, Joshua Seftel | Stars: Matt Andrews, Nir Barzilai, Claudia Castillo, Timothy Donlon
Votes: 50
19.
The Americans (2013–2018)
Episode:
Divestment
(2015)
TV-MA | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Martha and Clark's marriage meets its most challenging test yet; pressure on Philip intensifies.
Director: Daniel Attias | Stars: Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Lev Gorn, Annet Mahendru
Votes: 1,455
20.
The Andrew Klavan Show (2015– )
No Tears, Freedom
(2018 Podcast Episode)
Talk-Show