Geek movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant geek movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, humorous, entertaining, clever, cult classic and feel good films and TV shows about / with geek, nerd, computer, computer hacker, hacker, hacking, teenager, youth, friends and computers and web plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Action genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as geek: Chuck (2007), Weird Science (1985), Ready Player One (2018), The Social Network (2010), Silicon Valley (2014), Community (2009), The Big Bang Theory (2007), 21 Jump Street (2012), Grandma's Boy (2006), Clerks II (2006).

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 8.2
 146K
Chuck (2007)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Chuck is an American action-comedy/spy-drama television series created by Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak. The series is about an "average computer-whiz-next-door" named Chuck, played by Zachary Levi, who receives an encoded e-mail from an ...
Style: light, semi serious, humorous, captivating, sweet ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: geek, double life, cia, secret agent, espionage, enemy, peril, spy, lifestyle change, misfit, dishonesty, undercover ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
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 6.6
 97K
Weird Science (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Two unpopular teenagers, Gary and Wyatt, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Their desperation to be liked leads them to "create" a woman via their computer. Their living and breathing creation is a gorgeous woman, Lisa, ...
Style: feel good, teen, light, cult classic, funny ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: geek, dream girl, high school, nerd, teenager, coming of age, friendship, bullying, childhood, wish come true, nudity, playboy magazine ...
Time: 80s, year 1985, future, 20th century
Place: chicago, illinois, usa
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Ready Player One (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, India
Duration: 140 min.
Story: When the creator of a popular video game system dies, a virtual contest is created to compete for his fortune.
Style: exciting, captivating, atmospheric, stylized, cyber ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, family outing
Plot: virtual reality, cyberpunk, video game, virtuality, geek, love, teenage boy, dystopia, computer, teamwork, evil corporation, friendship ...
Time: future, 2040s, 2010s, jurassic, near future ...
Place: ohio, empire state building manhattan new york city, columbus ohio, new york, manhattan new york city
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The Social Network (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room as a small site among ...
Style: clever, intellectual, realistic, witty, inspirational ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: entrepreneur, programmer, business, geek, facebook, computers and web, hacker, inventions and discoveries, rise to the top, computer genius, success, college ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, year 2003, 2000s ...
Place: harvard university, california, boston, usa, san francisco ...
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 8.5
 165K
Silicon Valley (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 28 min.
TV show
Story: In the high-tech gold rush of modern Silicon Valley, the people most qualified to succeed are the least capable of handling success. Partially inspired by Mike Judge’s own experiences as a Silicon Valley engineer in the late ‘80s, Silicon Valley ...
Style: realistic, humorous, entertaining, clever, witty ...
Audience: teens
Plot: computer, geek, programmer, startup, computers and web, computer genius, workplace situations, ambition, computer system, workplace, businessman, ambitious ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: california, usa, san francisco, bay area, palo alto california
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 8.5
 291K
Community (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Follow the lives of a group of students at what is possibly the world’s worst community college in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado.
Style: sitcom, not serious, witty, funny, humorous ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot: hardcase students, college life, geek, friendship, social relations, friends, comedian, lifestyle change, immature, student life, college, silly humor ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, colorado
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The Big Bang Theory (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: The Big Bang Theory is centered on five characters living in Pasadena, California: roommates Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper; Penny, a waitress and aspiring actress who lives across the hall; and Leonard and Sheldon's equally geeky and ...
Style: sitcom, feel good, humorous, witty, intellectual ...
Audience: teens, kids, teen drama
Plot: nerd, scientist, friends, science, genius, geek, sarcasm, group of friends, neighbor, friendship, roommate, intelligence ...
Time: y2k, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: pasadena california, california, hawaii, usa
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 7.2
 595K
21 Jump Street (2012)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: In high school, Schmidt was a dork and Jenko was the popular jock. After graduation, both of them joined the police force and ended up as partners riding bicycles in the city park. Since they are young and look like high school students, they are ...
Style: parody, funny, buddy comedy, humorous, not serious ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, boys' night, teen drama
Plot: high school, undercover cop, buddy, drug, police, partners against crime, youth, buddy cop, working undercover, high school student, friendship, popularity ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.9
 88K
Grandma's Boy (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Even though he's 35, Alex acts more like he's 13, spending his days as the world's oldest video game tester and his evenings developing the next big Xbox game. But he gets kicked out of his apartment and is forced to move in with his ...
Style: funny, humorous, hilarious, not serious, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: stoner, weed, marijuana, geek, stupidity, adolescence, roommate, workplace, drug, older woman younger man relationship, party, eviction ...
Time: y2k, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
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 7.3
 140K
Clerks II (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A calamity at Dante and Randall's shops sends them looking for new horizons - but they ultimately settle at Mooby's, a fictional Disney-McDonald's-style fast-food empire.
Style: humorous, funny, witty, cult classic, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: friendship, workplace, jay and silent bob, masturbation, geek, bromance, voyeur, fast food restaurant, slacker, everyday life, human relationship, weed ...
Time: 2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place: new jersey, usa
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 5.5
 64K
Blackhat (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: A man is released from prison to help American and Chinese authorities pursue a mysterious cyber criminal. The dangerous search leads them from Chicago to Hong Kong.
Style: suspense, serious, suspenseful, exciting, intense ...
Audience: family friendly, boys' night
Plot: hacker, computer, terrorist, terrorism, computer hacker, terrorist plot, cybercrime, hacking, geek, espionage, chase, fbi ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place: hong kong, china, malaysia, chicago, asia ...
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The Angry Video Game Nerd (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story: The Angry Video Game Nerd is an adult web television series of comedic retrogaming video reviews created by and starring James Rolfe. The show's format revolves around his commentary and review of older, but unsuccessful video games which are ...
Style: humorous, not serious, talky, sitcom, fast ...
Plot: nerd, geek, obsession, video game, toilet humor, computers and web, frustration, anger, superhero, subculture, youth, profanity ...
Time: 20th century, 2010s, 2000s, 80s, 90s ...
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Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: This film is the semi-humorous documentary about the men who made the world of technology what it is today, their struggles during college, the founding of their companies, and the ingenious actions they took to build up the global corporate empires ...
Style: entertaining, talky, tense, clever, inspirational ...
Plot: entrepreneur, programmer, geek, business, computer, hacking, entrepreneurship, hacker, internet, startup, computer hacker, marketing ...
Time: 80s, 70s, 20th century
Place: usa
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 5.6
 158K
Pixels (2015)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience: pre-teens, family outing, kids, girls' night
Plot: video game, alien, geek, alien invasion, humanity in peril, chase, transformation, video arcade, escapades, danger, alien attack, imaginary ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, 80s, future, 20th century ...
Place: new york, usa, washington d.c., india, taj mahal ...
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 8.5
 163K
The IT Crowd (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: UK Comedy series about two I.T. nerds and their clueless female manager, who work in the basement of a very successful company. When they are called on for help, they are never treated with any respect at all.
Style: sitcom, humorous, witty, not serious, realistic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: nerd, geek, workplace, computer genius, workplace situations, computer, lifestyle, teamwork, popularity, career, information technology, misfit ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, london
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Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story: John McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time he's working for Homeland Security. He calls on the services of a young hacker in his bid to stop a ring of Internet terrorists intent on taking control of America's computer ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, realistic, suspenseful, humorous ...
Audience: manly, chick flick, boys' night, teens
Plot: gunfight, hacking, one man army, terrorism, hacker, computer hacker, tough cop, conspiracy, car chase, fbi, lone hero, surveillance ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa, maryland, baltimore, los angeles ...
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 7.3
 126K
Ghost World (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Two quirky, cynical teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives after high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle aged record collector, one of them befriends him, which causes a rift in the girls' ...
Style: black comedy, thought provoking, independent film, melancholic, teen ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, age difference, friendship, adolescence, graduation, older man younger woman relationship, teenage girl, teenage life, blues, teen angst, best friend, youth ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, indiana, los angeles
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The Breakfast Club (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Five high school students, all different stereotypes, meet in detention, where they pour their hearts out to each other, and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.
Style: teen, talky, feel good, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, girls' night, date night ...
Plot: coming of age, high school, teenager, friendship, teenage angst, youth, adolescence, high school life, teen angst, teenage girl, adolescence vs adulthood, brat pack ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place: chicago
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 7.2
 89K
Dope (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A chance invitation to an underground party leads him into an adventure that could allow him to go from ...
Style: funny, independent film, realistic, suspense, teen ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: teenager, coming of age, hip hop, african american, adolescence, friendship, social relations, drug, party, gang, gangster, high school ...
Time: 2010s, year 2015, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, indiana, harvard university, usa
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 7.1
 110K
WarGames (1983)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: High School student David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Defense Department's war computer and initiates a ...
Style: clever, futuristic, tense, cyber, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: cold war, hacker, computer, computer hacker, teenager, nuclear threat, hacking, computer cracker, computer genius, chess, artificial intelligence, nuclear war ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1983
Place: seattle, oregon, washington state, usa, ussr ...
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 6.1
 30K
Antitrust (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A computer programmer's dream job at a hot Portland-based firm turns nightmarish when he discovers his boss has a secret and ruthless means of dispatching anti-trust problems.
Style: suspenseful, captivating, serious, realistic, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: programmer, hacker, computer, business, murder, computer hacker, hacking, conspiracy, betrayal, geek, dishonesty, uncover truth ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 20th century
Place: california, usa, portland oregon
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 6.7
 129K
TRON (1982)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: As Kevin Flynn searches for proof that he invented a hit video game, he is "digitalized" by a laser and finds himself inside The Grid, where programs suffer under the tyrannical rule of the Master Control Program. With the help of TRON, a ...
Style: stylized, surreal, cyber, visually stunning, suspenseful ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, family outing
Plot: virtual reality, cyberpunk, computer, artificial intelligence, cyberspace, distopia, computer game, video game, hacking, dystopia, computer hacker, programmer ...
Time: 80s, future, year 1982, 20th century
Place: pentagon, los angeles
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 6.0
 73K
The Net (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Angela Bennett is a freelance software engineer who lives in a world of computer technology. When a cyber friend asks Bennett to debug a new game, she inadvertently becomes involved in a conspiracy that will soon turn her life upside down. While on ...
Style: suspense, exciting, entertaining, tense, psychological ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: hacker, computer, programmer, espionage, computer cracker, hacking, conspiracy, identity theft, geek, spy, stolen identity, computer hacker ...
Time: 90s, year 1995, 20th century
Place: san francisco, washington d.c., los angeles, california, usa ...
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 6.2
 74K
Hackers (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Along with his new friends, a teenager who was arrested by the US Secret Service and banned from using a computer for writing a computer virus discovers a plot by a nefarious hacker, but they must use their computer skills to find the evidence while ...
Style: exciting, serious, cyber, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, date night
Plot: hacker, internet, cyberpunk, computer cracker, hacking, virtual reality, computer, computer hacker, high school, programmer, secret service, geek ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1995, year 1988
Place: new york, grand central station manhattan new york city, usa, seattle
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 6.2
 7K
Takedown (2000)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Kevin Mitnick is quite possibly the best hacker in the world. Hunting for more and more information, seeking more and more cyber-trophies every day, he constantly looks for bigger challenges. When he breaks into the computer of a security expert and ...
Style: talky, ironic, realistic, suspenseful, cyber ...
Plot: hacker, computer hacker, hacking, computer, conspiracy, internet, secrets, geek, greed, mentor, cyberpunk, rivalry ...
Time: 90s
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 7.5
 2K
The Gamers (2002)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min.
Story: Sent on a quest to rescue a princess, four clueless players must guide their players through dangerous forests, ancient ruins, and past the girl next door.
Style: humorous, stylized, semi serious, exciting, parody ...
Plot: geek, youth, rescue, danger, real world, rivalry, game, sword and sorcery, college life, dungeons and dragons, role playing, rpg
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 6.9
 37K
Real Genius (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Chris is the top brain who just wants to party, Mitch is the 15-year-old college wiz kid. Supposedly hard at work on a lab project with a mysterious deadline, they still find time to use their genius to discover new ways to have fun.
Style: cult classic, funny, entertaining, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: computer cracker, college, genius, nerd, teenager, high school, geek, technology, hacking, mentor, computer, coming of age ...
Time: 80s, year 1985, 20th century
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 5.5
 2K
All the Rage (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A rich cross-section of urban USA find their lives changed when their fates collide at gunpoint.
Style: clever, intense, melancholic, satirical, realistic ...
Plot: obsession, geek, prejudice, crimes of passion, mental illness, family problems, society, crumbling marriage, satire, family drama, loneliness, lgbt ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
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The Hard Times of RJ Berger (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Hard Times of RJ Berger was an American television comedy series created by David Katzenberg and Seth Grahame-Smith for MTV. The show's central character is RJ Berger an unpopular sophomore at the fictional Pinkerton High School in Ohio who ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, cheerleader, loser, friendship, popularity, high school life, teenage love, socially awkward, crush, social relations, self esteem, shyness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.7
 204K
The Flash (2023)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand
Duration: 144 min.
Story: The Flash travels back in time to prevent the murder of his mother, an act which disrupts time significantly.
Style: epic, saga, tense, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience: toddlers
Plot: multiverse, superhero, superpower, secret identity, batman, struck by lightning, justice league, villain, loss of mother, avenger, geek, superhuman ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, year 2004, year 2013
Place: russia, siberia
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