The 25 Best Tech Documentaries

38 documentaries

The people and ideas behind the technology we live with.

Technology documentaries date fast, so these are the ones that still hold up. AlphaGo is the moment a machine beat the best human at Go, and Citizenfour puts you in the hotel room with Edward Snowden. Grand Theft Hamlet is the surprise - Shakespeare staged inside a video game, and it works.

AlphaGo poster

1

AlphaGo

2017 · 1h 30m

7.8100%

Grand Theft Hamlet poster

2

Grand Theft Hamlet

2024 · 1h 31m

94%

Citizenfour poster

3

Citizenfour

2014 · 1h 53m

8.096%

The Internet's Own Boy poster

4

The Internet's Own Boy

2014 · 1h 45m

8.093%

Indie Game: The Movie poster

5

Indie Game: The Movie

2012 · 1h 43m

7.694%

Feels Good Man poster

6

Feels Good Man

2020 · 1h 34m

7.595%

All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace poster

7

All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace

2011 · 3 eps

8.3

Zero Days poster

8

Zero Days

2016 · 1h 56m

7.790%

Silicon Cowboys poster

9

Silicon Cowboys

2016 · 1h 17m

6.9100%

Who Killed the Electric Car? poster

10

Who Killed the Electric Car?

2006 · 1h 32m

7.689%

Coded Bias poster

11

Coded Bias

2020 · 1h 26m

6.7100%

The Cleaners poster

12

The Cleaners

2018 · 1h 25m

7.193%

Startup.com poster

13

Startup.com

2001 · 1h 47m

7.193%

The Social Dilemma poster

14

The Social Dilemma

2020 · 1h 35m

7.684%

Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World poster

15

Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World

2016 · 1h 39m

7.092%

We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks poster

16

We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks

2013 · 2h 7m

6.991%

The Thinking Game poster

17

The Thinking Game

2024 · 1h 24m

7.6

The Great Hack poster

18

The Great Hack

2019 · 1h 54m

7.085%

Q: Into the Storm poster

19

Q: Into the Storm

2021 · 6 eps

7.5

Catfish poster

20

Catfish

2010 · 1h 27m

7.180%

We Live in Public poster

21

We Live in Public

2009 · 1h 29m

7.180%

General Magic poster

22

General Magic

2018 · 1h 32m

7.4

TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away from Keyboard poster

23

TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away from Keyboard

2013 · 1h 22m

7.4

APEX: The Story of the Hypercar poster

24

APEX: The Story of the Hypercar

2016 · 1h 25m

7.3

Deep Web poster

25

Deep Web

2015 · 1h 29m

6.979%

More tech documentaries

Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine poster

Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine

2015 · 2h 9m

6.975%

Revenge of the Electric Car poster

Revenge of the Electric Car

2011 · 1h 30m

7.169%

Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web poster

Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web

2017 · 1h 48m

7.0

Print the Legend poster

Print the Legend

2014 · 1h 40m

7.0

Downloaded poster

Downloaded

2013 · 1h 46m

6.871%

Fake Famous poster

Fake Famous

2021 · 1h 26m

6.673%

Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery poster

Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery

2024 · 1h 44m

6.8

The Most Hated Man on the Internet poster

The Most Hated Man on the Internet

2022 · 3 eps

6.8

Web Junkie poster

Web Junkie

2013 · 1h 19m

6.474%

Atari: Game Over poster

Atari: Game Over

2014 · 1h 6m

6.7

Triumph of the Nerds poster

Triumph of the Nerds

1996 · 2h 45m

7.4

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