84Digital society
2020 · Documentary
The Social Dilemma
A documentary-drama examines persuasive design and social-media business models.
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85Digital society
2019 · Documentary
The Great Hack
A documentary investigates personal-data use and political influence around Cambridge Analytica.
86Digital society
2014 · Documentary
Citizenfour
A documentary records encounters surrounding Edward Snowden's disclosures.
87Digital society
2016 · Documentary
Zero Days
A documentary examines Stuxnet and the implications of state-linked cyber conflict.
88Digital society
2014 · Documentary
The Internet's Own Boy
A documentary traces Aaron Swartz's work and the events surrounding his prosecution.
89Digital society
2016 · Documentary
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
Werner Herzog explores different promises and anxieties of networked life.
90Digital society
2012 · Documentary
We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists
A documentary examines Anonymous and the growth of online collective action.
91Digital society
2013 · Documentary
Terms and Conditions May Apply
A documentary investigates the personal information people surrender through online agreements.
92Digital society
2014 · Documentary
The Human Face of Big Data
A documentary explores how large-scale data collection affects everyday life.
93Digital society
2020 · Documentary
Coded Bias
A documentary examines bias in automated systems and challenges to their use.
94Digital society
2017 · Documentary
AlphaGo
A documentary follows the AI program's match against Go champion Lee Sedol.
95Digital society
2018 · Documentary
Do You Trust This Computer?
A documentary considers the promises and risks of increasingly capable AI.
96Digital society
2018 · Documentary
The Cleaners
A documentary examines the people and decisions behind online content moderation.
97Digital society
2017 · Feature film
The Circle
A new employee joins a technology company with sweeping ambitions for transparency.
98Digital society
2018 · Feature film
Searching
A father searches digital traces after his daughter disappears.
99Digital society
2023 · Feature film
Missing
A young woman uses online tools to investigate her mother's disappearance.
100Digital society
2012 · Feature film
Disconnect
Interconnected stories explore the harms that can emerge through digital communication.
A simple way to learn from movies
Pick a topic you enjoy. Read the spoiler-light introduction, watch the trailer, and explore the study sections. The practical examples are learning exercises, not claims about scenes in the film. Fiction can start a useful conversation, but it cannot replace a technical course or a reliable historical source.