Movies like The Social Dilemma
The Social Dilemma (2020) is a documentary movie directed by Jeff Orlowski. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. The Great Hack (2019)
★ 6.9 · 608 votes · Documentary
Data—arguably the world’s most valuable asset—is being weaponized to wage cultural and political wars. The dark world of data exploitation is uncovered through the unpredictable, personal journeys of players on different sides of the explosive Cambridge Analytica/Facebook data story.
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2. The Tinder Swindler (2022)
★ 7.0 · 1,163 votes · Documentary, Crime
Posing as a wealthy, jet-setting diamond mogul, an Israeli conman wooed women online then conned them out of millions of dollars. Now, some victims plan for payback.
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3. Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015)
★ 7.6 · 891 votes · Documentary
The film profiles eight former members of the Church of Scientology, shining a light on how they attract true believers and the things they do in the name of religion.
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4. The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley (2019)
★ 7.0 · 319 votes · Documentary
With a magical new invention that promised to revolutionize blood testing, Elizabeth Holmes became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire, heralded as the next Steve Jobs. Then, overnight, her 10-billion-dollar company dissolved. The rise and fall of Theranos is a window into the psychology of fraud.
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5. We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists (2012)
★ 7.1 · 361 votes · Documentary
Takes us inside the world of Anonymous, the radical "hacktivist" collective that has redefined civil disobedience for the digital age. The film explores early hacktivist groups like Cult of the Dead Cow and Electronic Disturbance Theater, then moves to Anonymous' raucous beginnings on the website 4chan. Through interviews with current members, people recently returned from prison or facing trial, writers, academics, activists and major players in various "raids," the documentary traces Anonymous’ evolution from merry pranksters to a full-blown movement with a global reach, the most transformative civil disobedience of our time.
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6. Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016)
★ 6.6 · 337 votes · Documentary
Werner Herzog's exploration of the Internet and the connected world.
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