I’m not one to “drink the Kool-Aid” and think working in tech is something special. It’s just a job to pay the bills. But there is a lot of movies out there that can make me a bit proud working in the same field that others find inspiring. So when ever I’m feeling a bit jaded these are my go to’s to get energized.

Movies

Big Hero Six: Fun animation and a heart warming tale about near future tech in the bay
Ghost in the Shell: When androids and cyberpunk meets anime
Hackers: Hack the Planet!
Interstellar: A bit heavy on relativity and hard sciences, but still inspiring about a what-could-be NASA
Johnny Mnemonic: A loose but fun adaptation of the William Gibson novel
Minority Report: A former police officer’s attempt at exposing the dystopian surveillance state
Pirates of Silicon Valley: The dramatized story of a an early Bill Gates and Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs: The life and times of an icon
Ex Machina: An eccentric technologist invites an employee on a retreat to see his latest android
Hidden Figures: The story behind the black women who put men on the moon
The Martian: A peak at a near-future NASA and it’s inter-solar manned mission capabilities
The Matrix: What happens when humans try to destroy their creations, but end up enslaved themselves
The Social Network: Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook’s rise to prominence
Summer Wars: A Japanese summer time romance based around an MMO RPGs
War Games: The movie that made “Hacking Nuclear Silos” a commonplace topic