Movies Like The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014)

The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz is a 2014 crime, documentary film from Brian Knappenberger with a MovieMagicScore of 7.9/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Revolution OS and Cyberbunker: The Criminal Underworld.

Crime Documentary

Revolution OS

2001

REVOLUTION OS tells the inside story of the hackers who rebelled against the proprietary software model and Microsoft to create GNU/Linux and the Open Source movement.

6.9

MagicScore

Cyberbunker: The Criminal Underworld

2023

This documentary reveals how a group of hackers powered the darkest corners of the internet from a Cold War-era bunker in a quiet German tourist town.

6.7

MagicScore

Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World

2016

Werner Herzog's exploration of the Internet and the connected world.

6.6

MagicScore

Hackers

1995

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 being pursued by the Secret Service and the evil computer genius behind the virus.

6.4

MagicScore

Dot.Kill

2005

Charlie Daines is a morphine-addicted detective on the trail of a psychopath who is setting up murders and broadcasting them live on the internet. As he closes in on the killer, Charlie realises that he is to be the final victim.

4.2

MagicScore

71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance

1995

71 scenes revolving around multiple Viennese residents who are by chance involved with a senseless gun slaughter on Christmas Eve.

7.0

MagicScore

Takedown

2000

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 an ex-hacker, he finds one - and much more than that...

6.1

MagicScore

Big Boys Gone Bananas!*

2011

The conflict between Dole Food Company and Swedish filmmaker Fredrik Gertten unfolds dramatically in the documentary "BIG BOYS GONE BANANAS!" as the corporation attempts to suppress Gertten's earlier film, "BANANAS!"—chronicling Nicaraguan workers' lawsuit against Dole. Initially selected for the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival, "BANANAS!" was abruptly removed from competition, followed by a negative article in the Los Angeles Business Journal and legal threats from Dole's attorneys. Gertten captures this saga of corporate intimidation, media manipulation, and legal challenges in his documentary, showcasing the struggles documentary filmmakers face and highlighting the threat to freedom of speech posed by powerful corporations protecting their reputations.

6.8

MagicScore

Untraceable

2008

Special Agent Jennifer Marsh works in an elite division of the FBI dedicated to fighting cybercrime. She thinks she has seen it all, until a particularly sadistic criminal arises on the Internet. This tech-savvy killer posts live feeds of his crimes on his website; the more hits the site gets, the faster the victim dies. Marsh and her team must find the elusive killer before time runs out.

6.2

MagicScore

#10

Suicide Room

2011

Moody, dark and handsome Dominik is tormented by his classmates after video footage of his drunken kiss with bully Alex is spread across the Internet. Grappling with the public humiliation Dominik seeks solace in an avatar based “suicide room” where the pink-haired rebel Sylvia consoles him.

7.3

MagicScore

#11

Disconnect

2013

A hard-working lawyer, attached to his cell phone, can't find the time to communicate with his family. An estranged couple uses the internet as a means to escape from their lifeless marriage. A widowed ex-cop struggles to raise a mischievous son who cyber-bullies a classmate. An ambitious journalist sees a career-making story in a teen that performs on an adult-only site. They are strangers, neighbors and colleagues and their stories collide as ordinary people struggling to connect in today's wired world.

7.1

MagicScore

#12

Broadcast Signal Intrusion

2021

In the late 90s, a video archivist unearths a series of sinister pirate broadcasts and becomes obsessed with uncovering the dark conspiracy behind them.

5.6

MagicScore

#13

Noriko's Dinner Table

2005

A teenager named Noriko Shimabara runs away from her family in Toyokawa, to meet Kumiko, the leader of an Internet BBS, Haikyo.com. She becomes involved with Kumiko's family circle, which grows darker after the mass suicide of 54 high school girls.

6.9

MagicScore

#14

Pulse

2001

In the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lures some of its inhabitants desperately trying to escape the sadness and isolation of the modern world.

6.7

MagicScore

#15

Pulse

2006

When the dead discover a means to contact the living through electronic devices, cellphones and computers become open gateways to monstrosities and destruction.

5.1

MagicScore

#16

Unfriended

2014

While video chatting one night, six high school friends receive a Skype message from a classmate who killed herself exactly one year ago. At first they think it's a prank, but when the girl starts revealing the friends' darkest secrets, they realize they are dealing with something out of this world, something that wants them dead.

5.5

MagicScore

#17

Downloading Nancy

2008

When Albert Stockwell comes home from work one day he finds a note from his wife of 15 years, Nancy, saying she has gone to see friends. After waiting several days, Albert realizes that his wife is missing. Nancy has met her salvation on the Internet in the form of Louis Farley. Nancy and Louis, both wounded souls, take comfort in one another through e-mail, pictures, and promises of perverse sexual encounters.

5.3

MagicScore

#18

Underground: The Julian Assange Story

2012

In 1989, known as Mendax, Julian Assange and two friends formed a group called the International Subversives. Using early home computers and defining themselves as white hat hackers - those who look but don’t steal – they broke into some of the world’s most powerful and secretive organisations. In the eyes of the US Government, they were a major threat to national security.

6.2

MagicScore

#19

The Fifth Estate

2013

A look at the relationship between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his early supporter and eventual colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and how the website's growth and influence led to an irreparable rift between the two friends.

6.0

MagicScore

#20

The Code

2001

The Code is a Finnish-made documentary about Linux, featuring some of the most influential people of the free software movement.

7.2

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz?

The top films similar to The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz by MovieMagicScore are Revolution OS (6.9), Cyberbunker: The Criminal Underworld (6.7), Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (6.6). Each shares crime/documentary themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz worth watching?

The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.9/10 from 450 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz?

The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014) is a crime, documentary film directed by Brian Knappenberger, starring Aaron Swartz, Tim Berners-Lee, Cory Doctorow.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more crime recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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This ranked list pairs The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014), a crime and documentary film from Brian Knappenberger, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Aaron Swartz take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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