There's an interesting article on how the movie Wargames[1] influenced the public consciousness surrounding hacking. Another movie similar to Mr Robot is Algor

There's an interesting article on how the movie Wargames[1] influenced the public consciousness surrounding hacking. Another movie similar to Mr Robot is Algorithm which I'm surprised nobody has mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qpudAhYhpc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qpudAhYhpc [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/21/movies/wargames-and-cybersecuritys-debt-to-a-hollywood-hack.html http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/21/movies/wargames-and-cybers... What annoyed me about Mr Robot is the stereotype / trope of a hoodied punk teen wielding their talent with a computer which has been done to death already in other movies (I class Mr Robot as an extended movie with episodes). Hackers can be anybody infact, and it doesn't help that the hoodied punk stereotype is perpetuated. Think Stallman, Zimmermann, & Eric Raymond, not Zero Cool or Neo.