1- V for Vendetta
The Wachowskis may not have directed 2005's V for Vendetta, but they did write the screenplay. Set in an alternative facist future in the UK, the movie stars Hugo Weaving as V, a masked anarchist terrorist. Natalie Portman plays Evey, a woman who gets caught up in his mission to start a revolution. It's based on the graphic novel written by Alan Moore and has a healthy dose of the Wahcowskis political dystopian plotlines.
2-Inception
Directed by Christopher Nolan, Inception stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a professional thief who steals information by infiltrating his victims' dreams. He's offered a chance to have his criminal history erased – in exchange for implanting another person's idea into a target's subconscious. The ensemble cast includes Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Elliot Page, Tom Hardy, and Michael Caine. The movie was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won four of them. Plus, it's not as confusing as people say it is. We promise.
3- Speed Racer
Directed by the Wachowskis and released in 2008, Speed Racer is based on the manga originally published in the '60s (and its subsequent anime adaptation). Unlike their other Japanese-inspired work, however, this movie is an action-comedy and strikes a much lighter tone than much of the sisters' other movies. The live-action adaptation stars Emile Hirsch as the title character, a young and talented car racer, while Christina Ricci plays his girlfriend Trixie and John Goodman and Susan Sarandon star as his parents.
4-Jupiter Ascending
Another Wachowski-helmed movie – Jupiter Ascending was released in 2015 and stars Mila Kunis as an ordinary woman who discovers that she's the heiress of intergalactic nobility. Channing Tatum plays a genetically engineered soldier who informs of her fate, and Eddie Redmayne, Sean Bean, and Douglas Booth also star. In fact, Booth described the movie as a cross between The Matrix and Star Wars, which is more than enough of a selling point for us.
5-Hard Boiled
Hong Kong director John Woo's Hard Boiled stars Tony Leung as an undercover agent and Chow Yun-fat as a cop and sees the pair team up to take down a notorious mobster. Released in 1992, it was Woo's last Hong Kong movie before his transition to Hollywood. The impact of kung-fu movies on The Matrix is undeniable when you take a look at the choreography of any of the fight scenes, and where better to start watching the genre than a legendary filmmaker like Woo?
6-Minority Report
Loosely based on the short story of the same name, Steven Spielberg's Minority Report stars Tom Cruise as the head of the "precrime" police department. In this version of the future, psychics provide foreknowledge of criminal activity and perpetrators are apprehended before they have actually done anything – and if there's anyone who can do a sci-fi blockbuster (aside from the Wachowskis), it's Spielberg. Colin Farrell and Samantha Morton also star.
7- Brazil
Terry Gilliam's 1985 movie