Today is "The Day We Fight Back" against NSA surveillance, and what better way to do that than to host a party and watch your favorite conspiracy theory movies?

The event – which is backed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the ACLU, Reddit, Fight for the Future, Mozilla, and Amnesty International, among others – is calling on supporters to reach out to lawmakers, adorn their websites with banners that protest NSA spying, change their Twitter avatars to say #StoptheNSA, and march at various global events.

But once the activism is complete, why not kick back and discuss the day’s events with a few surveillance-themed movies?

Of course, if you're streaming these movies you might be watching along with the NSA, which might explain why some films, like Enemy of the State, are not available to download. But nevermind that spy in the corner; just immerse yourself in the dystopia. Check out the list for some of our favorites, and where you can find them.

Oh, and since you might not need to convince the crowd to turn their cell phones off during the movie, you can forego the singing concession snacks and instead put on the "Stop Watching Us" PSA before the film.

Sit down and pass the paranoia, we mean, popcorn.


1. The Conversation (1974) The Conversation, Gene Hackman plays a privacy-obsessed surveillance expert who agonizes over a murder he might have overheard through a wiretap. Streaming on Netflix and available for digital rental on In, Gene Hackman plays a privacy-obsessed surveillance expert who agonizes over a murder he might have overheard through a wiretap. Streaming on Netflix and available for digital rental on iTunes Google Play , and Vudu

3. Brazil (1985) Brazil is as light-hearted a take on a Kafkaesque bureaucracy as there is. Available to rent on The trippy Terry Gilliam-directedis as light-hearted a take on a Kafkaesque bureaucracy as there is. Available to rent on Amazon iTunes , and Vudu

4. Demolition Man (1993) Demolition Man he played a cop put into suspended animation who was brought back to fight crime. Available to rent on Sylvester Stallone might now look like he's being artificially preserved, and maybe that's because in 1993'she played a cop put into suspended animation who was brought back to fight crime. Available to rent on Google Play Vudu , and Redbox Instant

5. Minority Report (2002) Minority Report, where a police unit can predict crime, is one that gets realer every day. Find it on There are parallels in today's society to pretty much any Philip K. Dick story., where a police unit can predict crime, is one that gets realer every day. Find it on Vudu and iTunes

6. The Lives of Others (2006) The Lives of Others, which won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in 2006, tells the story of an East German couple who has their every move monitored by the Secret Police. Available to download on Image) , which won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in 2006, tells the story of an East German couple who has their every move monitored by the Secret Police. Available to download on Amazon Instant Video Vudu , and iTunes . (

7. The Dark Knight The Dark Knight presents Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman) with a dilemma: hack all the cell phones in Gotham to find the Joker (Heath Ledger) or take the chance that he and his hostages will be found unharmed. Sound familiar? Watch it on Image) The climax ofpresents Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman) with a dilemma: hack all the cell phones in Gotham to find the Joker (Heath Ledger) or take the chance that he and his hostages will be found unharmed. Sound familiar? Watch it on iTunes or Amazon . (

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