The Matrix

Name: The Matrix
Director: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Genre: Action, Science Fiction
Released: 1999
Duration: 2 h 16 min
Rating: 8.239

Believe the unbelievable.

1999·Directed by Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski·4.1·2h 16m

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Action Science Fiction United States of America

Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.

Recommended by 7 People

“The original Matrix is influential, to me, on a philosophical level, but also influential on a filmmaking level. That's a movie that I can watch over and over again and still not get all of the psychological and philosophical underpinnings of the movie.”

Keegan-Michael Key

Actor, Comedian

“I'd never seen anything like it, and I think that's the best thing about cinema — when somebody puts their imagination out there and you've not seen anything like that before.”