ABSTRACT

In digital world, movies and media have a large influence on the population, in both informing and misinforming people. With the spread of mobile computers, one observes the increasing role of media in influencing younger populations. The chapter aims to provide a list of and commentary on some fictional movies and documentaries among the many cybersecurity-related films. The commentary provided is not a film critique, but information about the content from a cybersecurity point of view. The chapter presents few classic movies that are interesting to watch given their historical perspective on security. The movies include nineteen eighty-four, three days of the condor, sebastian, stolen identity, and the great impersonation. Several Hollywood-style movies and TV series were released with plots focused on cybersecurity, although many of these are entertainment films, not necessarily cinematically valuable. There are many documentary films on cybersecurity: citizenfour, "state of surveillance", and america's surveillance state.