Inception
Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elliot Page
A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a CEO, but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.
Why you'll love it
The film explores the concept of a dream world within a dream world, a form of virtual reality, where one's mind can shape the world around them.
The Matrix
Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss
When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.
Why you'll love it
The film explores a dystopian future in which reality as perceived by most humans is actually a simulated reality called 'the Matrix'.
Ready Player One
Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn
When the creator of a virtual reality called the OASIS dies, he makes a posthumous challenge to all OASIS users to find his Easter Egg, which will give the finder his fortune and control of his world.
Why you'll love it
The story takes place in a dystopian 2045, where people escape the desolation of the real world for the virtual reality world of the OASIS.
eXistenZ
Jude Law, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ian Holm
A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.
Why you'll love it
The film explores themes of virtual reality and game reality becoming indistinguishable from the reality of existence.
Tron
Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner
A computer hacker is abducted into a digital world and forced to participate in gladiatorial games where his only chance of escape is with the help of a heroic security program.
Why you'll love it
The film follows a computer programmer who is transported inside the software world of a mainframe computer where he interacts with programs in his attempt to escape.