| The Righteous Gemstones (2019) | 8.1 | |
| In the Valley of Elah (2007) | 7.1 | |
| THEM (2021) | 7.5 | |
| V (1983) | 7.8 | |
| Veep (2012) | 8.4 |
Cover-up movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant cover-up movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, captivating, tense, suspenseful, psychological and intense films and TV shows about / with cover-up, murder, investigation, conspiracy, revenge, secret, small town, death, paranoia and danger plots mostly in Thriller, Drama and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as cover-up: Zebra Girl (2021), Sins of Our Youth (2014), Blow the Man Down (2019), THEM (2021), V (1983), 51 (2011), Wally Got Wasted (2018), Scar Tissue (2013), Midnighters (2017), One of Us (2016).
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List of cover-up movies
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Catherine's seemingly perfect rural life is turned upside down after she discovers her husband is hiding a dark secret that leads her to the unthinkable: murder.
Style:
suspenseful, neurotic, suspense, disturbing
Plot:
mental disorder, female psychopath, secret, husband wife relationship, female protagonist, revenge, family relations, cover-up, impulsiveness, hallucination, death, murder ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Sins of Our Youth is the story of four teenagers who accidentally murder a younger boy while shooting off assault weapons recreationally and the perilous decisions they make in the wake of the murder.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, suspense, intense, tense
Plot:
cover-up, accidental killing, murder, manslaughter, crime and punishment, twists and turns, nobody believes, secret, disposing of a dead body, unlikely friendships, blackmail, runaway ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
While grieving for the loss of their mother, the Connolly sisters suddenly find they have a crime to cover up, leading them deep into the underbelly of their salty Maine fishing village.
Style:
dark comedy, disturbing, humorous, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
sister sister conflict, small town, sister sister relationship, disposing of a dead body, murder, cover-up, bag of money, pimp, conflict, small village, social problems, bandit ...
Place:
maine, new england
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33K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A limited anthology series that explores terror in America.
Style:
anthology, suspense, twisted, social, spooky ...
Plot:
spell, propaganda, bullying, black, supernatural, cover-up, sex crime, occult, student, clergy, home invasion, mental illness ...
Time:
1950s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
TV show
Story:
Aliens pretending to be friendly come to Earth and are received openly. The aliens have masqueraded themselves to look just like humans. When it is discovered that the aliens' planet is dying and that they have come to rape the Earth of its ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, stylized, saga ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids
Plot:
evil alien, alien invasion, battles, cover-up, escapades, journalism, danger, heroic mission, extraterrestrial, ufo, television reporter, alien technology ...
Time:
future, 80s
Place:
usa, los angeles
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3K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Due to political pressure from the American public, the Air Force has decided to allow two well-known reporters limited access to the most secretive base on the planet. But when one of the base’s “long-term visitors” exploits this ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, dark, suspense, exciting ...
Plot:
alien, military, cover-up, danger, confined, government facility, survival, laboratory, rebellion, female fighter, alien invasion, evil alien ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Three friends accidentally kill a scum bag, then have to pretend he is still alive to cover up their crime.
Style:
dark comedy, buddy comedy, satirical, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
satire, fatal accident, cover-up, murder, gangster, corpse, cover up, three friends, problem, hung over, con trick, escapades ...
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When Luke wakes up and finds a mutilated corpse in his bathroom, his life changes for ever. Stalked by a terrifying psychopathic serial killer, he has to place his trust in the hands of a smart but volatile female cop, Sam Cross. The secret they ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, cover-up, murder, stalking, killing, serial murder, murder mystery, pursuit, secret, murderer, killing spree, cat and mouse ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Midnight, New Year’s Eve: when all the hopes of new beginnings come to life – except for Lindsey and Jeff Pittman, whose strained marriage faces the ultimate test after they cover up a terrible crime and find themselves entangled in a ...
Style:
bleak, disturbing, suspense, psychotronic, tense ...
Plot:
backwoods, captive, dead man, supernatural, new year, new year's eve, desert, cover-up, dysfunctional marriage, murder, troubled marriage, marital problem ...
Place:
new england
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story:
A horrific double murder rocks the lives of two families living side-by-side in isolated rural Scotland. But instead of focusing on the investigation, One Of Us explores the fallout for the grieving relatives, and the dark consequences that threaten ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, suspense, detective, psychological thriller
Plot:
murder mystery, criminal, family tragedy, cover-up, double murder, murder, killing, murderer, village life, villager, countryside, revenge ...
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57K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Poland
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A troubled hedge fund magnate, desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire, makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help.
Style:
suspenseful, intense, psychological, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
twists and turns, infidelity, money, business, adultery, wall street, moral dilemma, finance, morality, character study, moral ambiguity, manipulation ...
Time:
year 2012, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, california
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two co-dependent sisters, a recovering sex addict and a lonely lesbian who work as hotel maids in Fresno, go to ludicrous lengths to cover up an accidental crime.
Style:
dark comedy, humorous, captivating, tense, light ...
Plot:
sex scene, lesbian, sister sister relationship, sibling relationship, sister sister conflict, bar mitzvah, accidental death, sex addict, cover-up, murder, stealing money, woman woman relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Personal injury attorney Stuart Pepper faces the challenge of his young career when he takes on a controversial case of wrongful death in small town Iowa. Kevin Thacker's body was found in the alley outside the Marshalltown Police Department ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mysterious death, corruption, investigation, legal, rivalry, law enforcement, legal action, dishonesty, life is a bitch, small town life, truth, suspicion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iowa
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137K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Four friends find themselves trapped in their small hometown after they discover their friends and neighbors going quickly and horrifically insane.
Style:
scary, suspense, creepy, splatter, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
infected, insanity, chaos and mayhem, plague, deadly virus, epidemic, gory, survival, quarantine, survival horror, transformation, virus ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s
Place:
usa, iowa, kansas
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspenseful, sincere, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen fantasy, teen drama, adult
Plot:
supernatural, monster, small town, telekinesis, parallel universe, friendship, parallel world, super powers, supernatural power, government conspiracy, group of friends, fear ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, future, 20th century, year 1985 ...
Place:
indiana, chicago, usa, soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of a world-famous televangelist family with a history of deviance, greed and, yes, charitable work, all in the name of Jesus.
Style:
dark comedy, sitcom, funny, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
greed, religion, gay, wealth, family relations, religious fanaticism, cover-up, patriarch, parents and children, society, secrets, religious ...
Time:
20th century, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Geeky-looking Sebas is a surprisingly good classical musician. He’s also a complete unknown in the criminal underworld, and as a new newbie on the police force, that makes him the perfect man for a dangerous mission: to go undercover as a keyboard ...
Style:
humorous, light, funny, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
working undercover, cover-up, police, organized crime, musician, criminal, music band, fighting crime, humour, piano, accident, wedding ...
Place:
andalusia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The story of Mark Felt, who under the name "Deep Throat" helped journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the Watergate scandal in 1974.
Style:
political, tense, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
usa president, whistleblower, fbi, scandal, cover-up, nixon, politics, journalism, husband wife relationship, secret, white house, lie ...
Time:
year 1974, 70s
Place:
washington d.c.
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Pretty and popular, seventeen-year-old Brooke Emerson is the envy of her classmates--and even some of her closest friends. But while she seems to have it all, Brooke has never felt so lost. Ever since she sustained a head injury during a ...
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological thriller, suspenseful
Plot:
manipulation, psychological manipulation, deception, murder mystery, toxic relationship, hidden truth, secret, crime and punishment, murder, runaway, teenage girl, youth ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
When a mysterious black goop reaches his idyllic undersea town, a brave and selfless parrot fish must cross the ocean to find its source and fix it before his coral reef is destroyed.
Style:
3d animation, sweet, light, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
children, ecology, fish, talking animal, heroes, teamwork, escapades, friend, friends, heroic mission, friendship, self doubt ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min.
TV show
Story:
From Kim Won Seok, the writer of Descendants of the Sun, a drama about a special bodyguard with a background in special investigations and the Hallyu star he is supposed to protect.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating
Plot:
secret agent, agent, undercover agent, secret, working undercover, secret mission, rescue mission, government agent, protector, fighting crime, cover-up, government coverup ...
Place:
south korea, korea
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Sexy secret agents go undercover (and under the covers) at an erotic magazine to catch a saboteur.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, light, captivating, raunchy comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female nudity, sexy woman, spy, undercover agent, secret agent, magazine, undercover, lust, sex scene, sexuality, sex, working undercover ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Sixteen years ago, Undercover Brother and his younger brother were hot on the heels of the leader of a racist, worldwide syndicate, but accidentally got caught in an avalanche of white snow. After they were discovered and thawed out, Undercover ...
Style:
parody, funny, light, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
espionage, black history, secret agent, fighting crime, undercover agent, working undercover, humour, special agent, brothers, battles, fight, showdown ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
NRI corporate Sundar Ramasamy comes to India to vote, only to learn that his vote has already been cast. While he reclaims his right legally, it also sets in motion a chain of events that eventually lead to him entering the political fray, trying to ...
Style:
intense, suspense, thought provoking, realistic, telegu ...
Plot:
voting, political scandal, ceo, businessman, political activist, civil rights, cover-up, civil liberties, protest, expose, politics, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
india
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448
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The mysterious death of a cop becomes complex as investigation progresses because of fabricated evidences and indirect involvement of a few other cops in the case.
Style:
tense, crime drama, thrilling, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
police, police corruption, corruption, police procedural, investigation, police station, murder mystery, law enforcement, problem, teamwork, criminal, police officer ...
Place:
india
Is relevant?
214
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Yugoslavia, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In Norway a military plane crashes under mysterious circumstances: in his last message the pilot reported many lights falling from the sky. NATO wants to play down the incident, but the famous TV moderator George Abbot and the no less persistent ...
Style:
suspense, tense, dark, psychotronic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
alien, ufo, investigation, alien invasion, extraterrestrial, reporter, conspiracy, investigative journalism, cover-up, plane crash, paranoia, paranormal ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When a young couple makes a surprise visit to Mom, they get an even bigger surprise themselves from an old family friend who plans to steal Mom’s valuable jewelry while she is out of town. But when the “easy peasy” robbery goes wrong, ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, suspense ...
Plot:
heist, junkie, problem, robbery, murder, burglar, heist gone wrong, desperation, cover-up, regret, tragedy, panic ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
TV show
Story:
Undercover follows Maya, the first black Director Of Public Prosecutions. Just as she is about to take up the post and her life comes under intense public scrutiny, she learns that that her husband Nick has been lying to her for years. Twenty years ...
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, psychological, detective
Plot:
undercover, undercover cop, conspiracy, cover-up, courtroom, uncover truth, suspicion, danger, strong female lead, rivalry, investigation, father son relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
louisiana, cornwall, london
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34K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Belgium, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A former agent of the CIA and his estranged daughter go on the run after his employers target them for assassination.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, suspense, rough, political thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
espionage, cia, father daughter relationship, spy, secret agent, undercover, hitman, secret service, conspiracy, on the run, lone hero, brutality ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
belgium, usa, antwerp, new jersey, brussels ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Sweden
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
During a break in school 13 year-old Lykke, the daughter of a prominent Labour Party member, seriously injures her classmate Jamie, the son of a high profile right-wing politician.
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, tension, intense ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
teenager, fatal accident, school, accident, trauma, grief, tragedy, guilt, social problems, political unrest, politics, relationship problems ...
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