"The Matrix" is an Academy Award-winning futuristic cyberpunk thriller directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski and released in March 1999. The film follows a hacker named Neo as he searches for an answer to the question that has haunted him for years: What is the Matrix?.

A rather famous quotation from the film reads "No one can be told what the Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself." (Morpheus). This captures the film's very unique characteristic - that it is much less enjoyable if one watches it knowing what the story is about.

The film stars Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, and Gloria Foster. Its engaging storyline and dazzling visual effects have captured audiences around the globe; the film has sparked a fan following that rivals that of the Star Wars saga.

This category is for sites pertaining to the first film in the Matrix series.