Movies & biometrics / Le cinéma et la biométrie

Hollywood is using biometrics for years, but not that much. I'm collecting these movies, updating this page from time to time, and some are still to be checked!

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  1. Fingerprints don't lie (1951): fake fingerprints
  2. The Mad Magician (1954): fingerprint identification (?)
  3. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968): voice recognition
  4. Diamonds Are Forever (1971): fake fingerprint
  5. Blade Runner (1982): reading the eye to detect replicant
  6. Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan (1982): retinal recognition to open the Genesis project file.
  7. Never say never again (James Bond, 1983): Eyeball replacement to access nuclear weapon.
  8. Star Trek III The Search for Spock (1984): Kirk voice identification to engage the Enterprise auto-destruction.
  9. Les Spécialistes (1985): safe fingerprint protected
  10. F/X (1986): fingerprint evidence of man + woman
  11. Beverly Hills Cop II (1987): superglue fumes for latent print
  12. Licence To Kill (1989): gun with palm recognition
  13. Back to the Future II (1989): fingerprint reader to enter McFly house, Biff paying the taxi.
  14. (La Femme) Nikita (1990): fingerprint match.
  15. Presumed Innocent (1990): fingerprint on a glass as evidence.
  16. Island on Fire aka The prisoner (1990): fingerprint match.
  17. Body Parts (1991): graft arm identified using fingerprint
  18. Sneakers (1992)": "My voice is my passport" spoof (voice is recorded).
  19. Demolition man (1993): guardian eyeball removal to escape.
  20. Interview with a serial killer (1993) aka White Angel: fingerprint identification computer
  21. The Specialist (1994): palm protected computer.
  22. True Lies (1994): retinal-thumbprint-voice scanners.
  23. Clear and present danger (1994) Voice recognition of phone conversations at the CIA.
  24. Outbreak (1994): P4 lab hand check access.
  25. GoldenEye (1995): voice, hand, retina.
  26. Judge Dredd (1995): biometrically protected gun.
  27. Seven (1995): fingerprints.
  28. Barb Wire (1996): retinal scan.
  29. Mission Impossible (1996): fingerprint, voiceprint, retinal scan.
  30. Critical decision (1996): terrorist recognized using voiceprint.
  31. Air Force One (1997)
  32. Alien 4 Resurrection (1997): breath recognition, which is further spoofed with spray.
  33. Face/Off (1997): voice recognition, fingerprint protected jail.
  34. Gattaca (1997): DNA analysis.
  35. Men in Black (1997): removing fingerprints to become anonymous.
  36. Tomorrow never dies (1997): face recognition, fingerprint protected safes.
  37. The Creeps (1997): latent fingerprint.
  38. Double Team (1997): slice off a thin layer of fingerprint.
  39. Total Reality (1997): iris recognition on Ganymede jailhouse.
  40. Le Cinquième Element (The Fifth Element) (1997): face recognition.
  41. Enemy of the State (1998): fingerprint, facial recognition.
  42. The Siege (1998): latent fingerprint identification.
  43. Webmaster (1998)
  44. Quasimodo d'El Paris (1998): voice recognition to access Frollo's lab
  45. Entrapment (1999): retina scanning spoofed with fake eye.
  46. The Bone Collector (1999): Fingerprint left on a matchbox.
  47. Traffic d'influence (1999): Handprint recognition access control.
  48. Interceptors (1999): Hand recognition access control.
  49. The 6th day (2000): fingerprint scan, cut finger.
  50. Along Came a Spider (2000): fingerprint eraser machine.
  51. Antitrust (2000): dust for fingerprints on the daycare computer keyboard.
  52. Charlie’s Angels (2000): iris, fingerprint protected safe, voice-identification software.
  53. Dracula 2000 (2000): handprint, voice & eye scan spoofed
  54. Hollow Man (2000): fingerprint + voiceprint.
  55. Mission Impossible 2 (2000): retinal, facial & voice recognition.
  56. Mission to Mars (2000): voiceprint authentication system.
  57. X-Men (2000): eye scanned access control.
  58. Frequency (2000): fingerprint.
  59. Planet of the Apes (2001) hand recognition to access the Oberon control room.
  60. Ocean's Eleven (2001): fingerprint access control of the Bellagio safe.
  61. Wasabi (2001): handwritten signature.
  62. Hannibal (2001): fingerprint match.
  63. Replicant (2001): face recognition access control.
  64. Bad Company (2002): laptop retina protected.
  65. Die Another Day (2002): handprint, hand cut off.
  66. Minority report (2002): iris recognition, eyeball replacement.
  67. The Bourne Identity (2002): palm-print identification to access safe.
  68. Cypher (2002): safe with eye recognition and helicopter fingeprint protected.
  69. Nightstalker (2002): fingerprint lifted from car.
  70. Crazy as Hell (2002): same fingerprints than infamous butchers.
  71. Half Past Dead (2002): hand recognition access control.
  72. X-Men 2 (2003): eye scan, hand access, voice check.
  73. Hulk (2003) fingerprint recognition to access labs.
  74. Paycheck (2004): face recognition to select the closest candidate.
  75. The Bourne Supremacy (2004): HP iPAQ h5000 series / fingerprint.
  76. I, Robot (2004): voice id, side palm access control.
  77. Looser takes all! (2004): latent fingerprint matching.
  78. Benjamin Gates... (2004): spoof fingerprint access control.
  79. Catwoman (2004): lips matching.
  80. Mr & Ms Smith (2005): Voice recognition to access Mr Smith's computer.
  81. The Island (2005): face & fingerprint recognition of a clone.
  82. xXx: State of the Union (2005): hand recognition of the president.
  83. Les chevaliers du ciel (2005): fingerprint recognition.
  84. Doom (2005): DNA access with a cut hand.
  85. Déjà Vu (2006): face recognition.
  86. Ocean's Thirteen (2007) Fingerprint recognition (FingerChip) to access the Greco computer room.
  87. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) hand and fingerprint recognition to access labs.
  88. G.I.Joe: the rise of the cobra (2009): eye recognition of general Hawk.
  89. Star Trek (2009): voice recognition, Spock & Tchekov.

Alphabetical order.

  1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968): voice recognition
  2. Air Force One (1997)
  3. Alien 4 Resurrection (1997): breath recognition, which is further spoofed with spray.
  4. Along Came a Spider (2000): fingerprint eraser machine.
  5. Antitrust (2000): dust for fingerprints on the daycare computer keyboard.
  6. Back to the Future II (1989): fingerprint reader to enter McFly house, Biff paying the taxi.
  7. Bad Company (2002): laptop retina protected.
  8. Barb Wire (1996): retinal scan.
  9. Benjamin Gates... (2004): spoof fingerprint access control.
  10. Beverly Hills Cop II (1987): superglue fumes for latent print
  11. Blade Runner (1982): reading the eye to detect replicant
  12. Body Parts (1991): graft arm identified using fingerprint
  13. Catwoman (2004): lips matching.
  14. Charlie’s Angels (2000): iris, fingerprint protected safe, voice-identification software.
  15. Clear and present danger (1994) Voice recognition of phone conversations at the CIA.
  16. Crazy as Hell (2002): same fingerprints than infamous butchers.
  17. Critical decision (1996): terrorist recognized using voiceprint.
  18. Cypher (2002): safe with eye recognition and helicopter fingeprint protected.
  19. Déjà Vu (2006): face recognition.
  20. Demolition man (1993): guardian eyeball removal to escape.
  21. Diamonds Are Forever (1971): fake fingerprint
  22. Die Another Day (2002): handprint, hand cut off.
  23. Doom (2005): DNA access with a cut hand.
  24. Double Team (1997): slice off a thin layer of fingerprint.
  25. Dracula 2000 (2000): handprint, voice & eye scan spoofed
  26. Enemy of the State (1998): fingerprint, facial recognition.
  27. Entrapment (1999): retina scanning spoofed with fake eye.
  28. Face/Off (1997): voice recognition, fingerprint protected jail.
  29. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) hand and fingerprint recognition to access labs.
  30. Fingerprints don't lie (1951): fake fingerprints
  31. F/X (1986): fingerprint evidence of man + woman
  32. Frequency (2000): fingerprint.
  33. Gattaca (1997): DNA analysis.
  34. G.I.Joe: the rise of the cobra (2009): eye recognition of general Hawk.
  35. GoldenEye (1995): voice, hand, retina.
  36. Hannibal (2001): fingerprint match.
  37. Half Past Dead (2002): hand recognition access control.
  38. Hollow Man (2000): fingerprint + voiceprint.
  39. Hulk (2003) fingerprint recognition to access labs.
  40. I, Robot (2004): voice id, side palm access control.
  41. Interceptors (1999): Hand recognition access control.
  42. Interview with a serial killer (1993) aka White Angel: fingerprint identification computer
  43. Island on Fire aka The prisoner (1990): fingerprint match.
  44. Judge Dredd (1995): biometrically protected gun.
  45. Les chevaliers du ciel (2005): fingerprint recognition.
  46. Le Cinquième Element (The Fifth Element) (1997): face recognition.
  47. Les Spécialistes (1985): safe fingerprint protected
  48. Licence To Kill (1989): gun with palm recognition
  49. Looser takes all! (2004): latent fingerprint matching.
  50. Men in Black (1997): removing fingerprints to become anonymous.
  51. Minority report (2002): iris recognition, eyeball replacement.
  52. Mission Impossible (1996): fingerprint, voiceprint, retinal scan.
  53. Mission Impossible 2 (2000): retinal, facial & voice recognition.
  54. Mission to Mars (2000): voiceprint authentication system.
  55. Mr & Ms Smith (2005): Voice recognition to access Mr Smith's computer.
  56. Never say never again (James Bond, 1983): Eyeball replacement to access nuclear weapon.
  57. Nightstalker (2002): fingerprint lifted from car.
  58. (La Femme) Nikita (1990): fingerprint match.
  59. Ocean's Eleven (2001): fingerprint access control of the Bellagio safe.
  60. Ocean's Thirteen (2007) Fingerprint recognition (FingerChip) to access the Greco computer room.
  61. Outbreak (1994): P4 lab hand check access.
  62. Paycheck (2004): face recognition to select the closest candidate.
  63. Planet of the Apes (2001) hand recognition to access the Oberon control room.
  64. Presumed Innocent (1990): fingerprint on a glass as evidence.
  65. Quasimodo d'El Paris (1998): voice recognition to access Frollo's lab
  66. Replicant (2001): face recognition access control.
  67. The Creeps (1997): latent fingerprint.
  68. The 6th day (2000): fingerprint scan, cut finger.
  69. The Bone Collector (1999): Fingerprint left on a matchbox.
  70. The Bourne Identity (2002): palm-print identification to access safe.
  71. The Bourne Supremacy (2004): HP iPAQ h5000 series / fingerprint.
  72. The Island (2005): face & fingerprint recognition of a clone.
  73. The Mad Magician (1954): fingerprint identification (?)
  74. The Siege (1998): latent fingerprint identification.
  75. The Specialist (1994): palm protected computer.
  76. Tomorrow never dies (1997): face recognition, fingerprint protected safes.
  77. Traffic d'influence (1999): Handprint recognition access control.
  78. Total Reality (1997): iris recognition on Ganymede jailhouse.
  79. True Lies (1994): retinal-thumbprint-voice scanners.
  80. Seven (1995): fingerprints.
  81. Sneakers (1992)": "My voice is my passport" spoof (voice is recorded).
  82. Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan (1982): retinal recognition to open the Genesis project file.
  83. Star Trek III The Search for Spock (1984): Kirk voice identification to engage the Enterprise auto-destruction.
  84. Star Trek (2009): voice recognition, Spock & Tchekov.
  85. Wasabi (2001): handwritten signature.
  86. Webmaster (1998)
  87. X-Men (2000): eye scanned access control.
  88. X-Men 2 (2003): eye scan, hand access, voice check.
  89. xXx: State of the Union (2005): hand recognition of the president.


To check:

  • Stealth
  • Regenesis
  • Fantomas I & II
  • Drop Zone (1994)
  • The Incredibles (2004)
  • Johnny English (2003)
  • Gen-Y Cops (2000): DNA clone?
  • Mercury Rising (1997)
  • Shiri (1999)
  • Die Hard 2. Bruce Willis inks the deceased suspect
  • Sea of Love. they bag the glasses used by all of Pacino's 'dates' while trying to track down a serial killer.
  • Batman. the Penguin has scrubbed his fingerprints off with acid.
  • Murder by Numbers. Latent print.
  • Les rivières pourpres 2: DNA identification, fingerprint identification
  • Le projet Shadow Chaser 2: voice identification to enter a piece in the lab
  • Bandidas (2006): Quentin is using fingerprint as investigation tool
  • Highlander II : hand recognition
  • Code Mercury: fingerprint to access cyphering computer

    • I do not collect all the episodes from serials with biometrics, that's too much :)
    Nevertheless, here are some interesting external links to some of them:

  • Alias, season 1, episode 9 "Mea Culpa": a camera able to manufacture a fake fingerprint directly from a photo. Sure, this does not exist.

    • See also the CCCB Videoschnipsel page.

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