What Movies Got Computers Right?

boxturtleme asks: "There have been several posts recently about how movies have gotten computers, hackers, and other geeky stuff entirely wrong. A while back there was an article on Servers, Hackers, and Code In the Movies and another on Usability [of a GUI] in the Movies. Now we all know that most movies out there that have anything to do with technology get some part of it wildly inaccurate, though it often makes for a fun movie. This brings me to my question: What movies got technology right? This could range from movies about the past that represent it correctly to modern day movies or movies about the future that slashdot readers think present something within the realm of possibility. With all the complaining about bad movies, what movies do Slashdot readers think of as the good ones?"

Comments

Antitrust

[golgotha007]

The movie Antitrust had many things right.

If I remember correctly, it had real gnome desktops, actual C and HTML code and showed *nix command line operation that made sense.

the only one i can think of that i've seen

[no reason to be here]

the only movie i can think of where computers played an important role that got them really close to right is you've got mail.

maybe it's not a "computer movie," per se, but computers were an important plot element, and the use that was made of them was very close to real life.

also, i second someone's earlier mention of office space.

Pirates of Silicon Valley

[KlaymenDK]

I can't believe nobody's mentioned "Pirates of Silicon Valley" (1999) yet ... it's most certainly about computers/computing, and most certainly portrays them accurately. It's not (all) fiction, but then again the original Q doesn't state it has to be.

http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0168122/

That movie, along with the folklore.org site, gives the younger audience as much of a history lesson as can probably be conveyed, about the early history of the current mainstream OSes.