Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 136 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Mild
Why tonight?
- One of the best-reviewed films Cue holds.
The story
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.
- man vs machine
- martial arts
- fortune teller
- artificial intelligence (a.i.)
- saving the world
- prophecy
- philosophy
- dystopia
- allegory
- insurgence
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Gloria Foster — Oracle
- Joe Pantoliano — Cypher
- Marcus Chong — Tank
- Julian Arahanga — Apoc
- Matt Doran — Mouse
- Belinda McClory — Switch
- Anthony Ray Parker — Dozer
- Paul Goddard — Agent Brown
- Robert Taylor — Agent Jones
- David Aston — Rhineheart
- Marc Aden Gray — Choi
- Directed
- Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
- Written
- Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski
Production
- Rating
- 8.3 / 10 · 28,655 ratings
- Studio
- Village Roadshow Pictures, Groucho II Film Partnership, Silver Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1999 · You’re hereThe Matrix
Where it starts.

The Matrix Reloaded
2003
The Matrix Revolutions
2003
The Matrix Resurrections
2021
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.











