10 great films about life in the digital age
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Remember when it took ages to dial up and go online in the early days of the digital age? Hollywood’s relationship with the internet evolved at a similar pace, with stories that struggled to connect our everyday experiences online with narratives that actually made sense.
Because of this lag, there have been plenty of films that failed to represent the internet accurately without already feeling dated by the time that they hit our screens. Even as far back as 1999, our online experiences were already about so much more than just the sprawling green code seen in The Matrix, and since then countless techno-thrillers have shown hackers somehow infiltrating top-tier government systems in the blink of an eye.
However, there are some directors out there who have managed to cut through the clichés to better represent what life is really like now we live so much of it online. With the internet now 30 years old, here are 10 powerful time capsules charting our digital evolution.
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WarGames
1983, in 2 top lists Check -
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Pâfekuto burû
1997 — a.k.a. Perfect Blue, in 14 top lists Check -
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Kairo
2001 — a.k.a. Pulse, in 5 top lists Check -
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Me and You and Everyone We Know
2005, in 5 top lists Check -
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Samâ uôzu
2009 — a.k.a. Summer Wars, in 2 top lists Check -
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Life in a Day
2011, in 0 top lists Check -
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Her
2013, in 10 top lists Check -
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Citizenfour
2014, in 3 top lists Check -
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Team Hurricane
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2018, in 0 top lists
Last updated on Jul 10, 2019; source