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Unravel the Dark Side of Tech: Exploring the Best Movies and TV Shows in Tech Noir

Step into a world of high-tech gadgetry, cybercrime, and existential crises with the captivating genre of tech noir. This fusion of technology and film noir elements has given birth to a unique and thought-provoking style of storytelling. From dystopian futures to gripping thrillers, we've curated a list of the best movies and TV shows that delve into the dark side of tech.

Blade Runner
Cast
Harrison Ford Harrison Ford
Rutger Hauer Rutger Hauer
Sean Young Sean Young
Edward James Olmos Edward James Olmos
7.9 15.1K votes
Genre: Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
Country: United States of America, Hong Kong
Duration: 118 min.
Audience: R
Story:  In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
Style:  suspenseful
Plot:  android, flying car, bounty hunter, artificial intelligence (a.i.), genetics, based on novel or book, dystopia, futuristic, ...
Time:  2010s
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Ghost in the Shell
Cast
Atsuko Tanaka Atsuko Tanaka
Akio Otsuka Akio Otsuka
Iemasa Kayumi Iemasa Kayumi
Koichi Yamadera Koichi Yamadera
7.9 3.9K votes
Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction
Country: Japan, United Kingdom
Duration: 83 min.
Audience: NR
Story:  In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.
Style:  philosophical, intense
Plot:  android, man vs machine, artificial intelligence (a.i.), computer virus, cyborg, dystopia, implantat, fugitive, ...
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The Terminator
Cast
Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Schwarzenegger
Michael Biehn Michael Biehn
Linda Hamilton Linda Hamilton
Paul Winfield Paul Winfield
7.7 14.8K votes
Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Duration: 108 min.
Audience: R
Story:  In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?
Plot:  man vs machine, artificial intelligence (a.i.), saving the world, laser gun, cyborg, killer robot, shotgun, rebel, ...
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Blade Runner 2049
Cast
Ryan Gosling Ryan Gosling
Harrison Ford Harrison Ford
Ana de Armas Ana de Armas
Dave Bautista Dave Bautista
7.6 15.3K votes
Genre: Drama, Science Fiction
Country: Canada, United Kingdom
Duration: 164 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.
Style:  slow burn
Plot:  android, bounty hunter, artificial intelligence (a.i.), dystopia, sequel, cyberpunk, transhumanism, los angeles, ...
Time:  future, 2040s
Place:  las vegas
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Minority Report
Cast
Tom Cruise Tom Cruise
Colin Farrell Colin Farrell
Samantha Morton Samantha Morton
Max von Sydow Max von Sydow
7.4 9.7K votes
Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
Country: United States of America
Duration: 145 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.
Style:  suspenseful, intense
Plot:  washington dc, usa, dystopia, police chief, precognition, hologram, futuristic, murder, ...
Time:  2050s
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Dark City
Cast
Rufus Sewell Rufus Sewell
William Hurt William Hurt
Kiefer Sutherland Kiefer Sutherland
Jennifer Connelly Jennifer Connelly
7.3 3.2K votes
Genre: Mystery, Science Fiction
Country: Australia, United States of America
Duration: 101 min.
Audience: R
Story:  A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.
Style:  suspenseful
Plot:  beach, amnesia, experiment, paranoia, dystopia, sleep, manipulation, mad scientist, ...
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Strange Days
Cast
Ralph Fiennes Ralph Fiennes Angela Bassett Angela Bassett
Juliette Lewis Juliette Lewis
Tom Sizemore Tom Sizemore
7.0 1.6K votes
Genre: Crime, Drama, Science Fiction
Country: United States of America
Duration: 145 min.
Audience: R
Story:  In the last days of 1999, ex-cop turned street hustler Lenny Nero receives a disc which contains the memories of the murder of a prostitute. With the help of bodyguard Mace, he starts to investigate and is pulled deeper and deeper in a whirl of murder, blackmail and intrigue.
Plot:  new year's eve, pornography, prostitute, police brutality, dreams, rape, police, virtual reality, ...
Time:  future
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Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
Cast
Fionn Whitehead Fionn Whitehead
Craig Parkinson Craig Parkinson
Alice Lowe Alice Lowe
Asim Chaudhry Asim Chaudhry
6.8 4.2K votes
Genre: Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
Country: United Kingdom
Duration: 90 min.
Audience: R
Story:  In 1984, a young programmer begins to question reality as he adapts a dark fantasy novel into a video game. A mind-bending tale with multiple endings.
Plot:  video game, technology, choice, time loop, free will, british noir, tech noir, programmer, ...
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Reminiscence
Cast
Hugh Jackman Hugh Jackman Rebecca Ferguson Rebecca Ferguson
Thandiwe Newton Thandiwe Newton
Cliff Curtis Cliff Curtis
6.5 2.0K votes
Genre: Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
Country: United States of America
Duration: 116 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  Nicolas Bannister, a rugged and solitary veteran living in a near-future Miami flooded by rising seas, is an expert in a dangerous occupation: he offers clients the chance to relive any memory they desire. His life changes when he meets a mysterious young woman named Mae. What begins as a simple matter of lost and found becomes a passionate love affair. But when a different client's memories implicate Mae in a series of violent crimes, Bannister must delve through the dark world of the past to uncover the truth about the woman he fell for.
Plot:  miami, florida, drug addiction, new orleans, louisiana, flashback, murder, memory, ...
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Paycheck
6.2 2.1K votes
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery
Country: Canada, United States of America
Duration: 119 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  Michael Jennings is a genius who's hired – and paid handsomely – by high-tech firms to work on highly sensitive projects, after which his short-term memory is erased so he's incapable of breaching security. But at the end of a three-year job, he's told he isn't getting a paycheck and instead receives a mysterious envelope. In it are clues he must piece together to find out why he wasn't paid – and why he's now in hot water.
Plot:  amnesia, prophecy, technology, engineer, time, evil corporation, cyberpunk, scientist, ...
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