Code breaking movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant code breaking movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, captivating, serious, realistic, suspense and tense films and TV shows about / with code breaking, code, investigation, espionage, hacker, danger, cryptography, spy, conspiracy and computer plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as code breaking: Enigma (2001), The Imitation Game (2014), The Bletchley Circle (2012), Alien Code (2018), A Beautiful Mind (2001), Rubicon (2010), Breaking the Code (1996), Midway (2019), Decoded (2024), Snowden (2016).
Best films
List of code breaking movies
23K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK, USA, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A romantic thriller based around the World War 2 project to crack the codes behind the Enigma machine, used by the Germans to encrypt messages sent to their submarines.
Style:
clever, factual, tricky, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
world war two, wartime, nazi, code breaking, espionage, war, cryptography, spy, mathematics, submarine, conspiracy, secret service ...
Time:
1940s, year 2001, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
poland, scotland, europe, london, big ben london ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley ...
Style:
inspirational, clever, intellectual, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot:
world war two, mathematics, genius, inventor, inventions and discoveries, code, prodigy, code breaking, invention, mathematician, gay interest, computer ...
Time:
1940s, year 2014, 20th century, 1950s, year 1939 ...
Place:
england, london, britain, idaho, los angeles ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The Bletchley Circle follows the journey of four ordinary women with extraordinary skills that helped to end World War II. Set in 1952, Susan, Millie, Lucy and Jean have returned to their normal lives, modestly setting aside the part they played in ...
Style:
tense, crime drama, detective, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
crime investigation, amateur detective, world war two, investigation, code breaking, riddles and clues, danger, serial killer, murder, trial, innocence, cover up ...
Time:
1950s, post world war two, 50s, 20th century
Place:
england, london
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Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After deciphering a message found in a satellite, genius cryptographer Alex Jacobs finds himself being stalked by government agents and otherworldly beings.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, futuristic, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
space and aliens, paranormal investigation, paranormal activity, conspiracy, government, escapades, secret, supernatural, danger, code breaking, investigation, government agency ...
Time:
2010s, future
Place:
usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
At Princeton University, John Nash struggles to make a worthwhile contribution to serve as his legacy to the world of mathematics. He finally makes a revolutionary breakthrough that will eventually earn him the Nobel Prize. After graduate school he ...
Style:
psychological, touching, cerebral, dramatic, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, family friendly
Plot:
mathematics, mental illness, schizophrenia, genius, paranoia, insanity, imagination, scientist, prodigy, nobel prize, imaginary friend, mathematician ...
Time:
year 2001, 60s, 1940s, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place:
harvard university, boston, new jersey, detroit, persia ...
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12K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Rubicon is an American television series that centers on an intelligence analyst at a national think tank in New York City called the American Policy Institute, who discovers that he may be working with members of a secret society that manipulates ...
Style:
atmospheric, realistic, suspenseful, serious, political ...
Plot:
uncover truth, espionage, analyst, conspiracy, twists and turns, undercover, surveillance, paranoia, boss, prodigy, government facility, workplace ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Benjamin Franklin Gates and Dr. Abigail Chase re-team with Riley Poole and, now armed with a stack of long-lost pages from John Wilkes Booth's diary, Ben must follow a clue left there to prove his ancestor's innocence in the assassination ...
Style:
entertaining, serious, suspenseful, action packed, action drama ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, chick flick, boys' night ...
Plot:
treasure hunt, treasure, archaeologist, archaeology, ancient mystery, adventurer, riddles and clues, treasure hunter, artifact, escapades, treasure map, president ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, year 1865, 19th century, 1860s ...
Place:
south dakota, washington d.c., virginia, buckingham palace, paris france ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A biography of the English mathematician Alan Turing, who was one of the inventors of the digital computer and one of the key figures in the breaking of the Enigma code, used by the Germans to send secret orders to their U-boats in World War II. ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, sincere, contemplative
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
mathematics, world war two, gay, lgbt, computer, programmer, cryptography, mathematician, scientist, programming, world war, computer program ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
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104K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, Canada, China, Hong Kong
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
The story of the soldiers and aviators who helped turn the tide of the Second World War during the iconic Battle of Midway in June 1942.
Style:
historical drama, bleak, exciting, scary, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
naval battle, war, world war two, warship, aerial combat, sea battle, air battle, fighter plane, aircraft carrier, fighter pilot, navy, u.s. military ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942, year 2019, 1930s, year 1941 ...
Place:
pearl harbor, pacific ocean, tokyo, washington d.c., honolulu hawaii ...
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544
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: China
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
In the 1940s, the world was in turmoil, and it was crucial to decipher the enemy's communication codes in a timely and accurate manner. Rong Jinzhen has shown amazing mathematical talent since her childhood, and because she solved the problems ...
Style:
historical drama, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mathematics, world war two, secret code, espionage, code breaking, cryptography, code, wartime, spy thriller, mind game, genius, anti war ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
china
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Genre: History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Gordon Welchman was one of the original elite codebreakers crucial to the allies defeating the Nazis in World War II. He is the forgotten genius of Bletchley Park.
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, disturbing, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
world war two, code breaking, historical character, historical figure, cryptography, intelligence, biopic, puzzle, wartime, wartime life, historical event, technology ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
england
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172K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, France
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.
Style:
realistic, political thriller, thought provoking, factual, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly
Plot:
espionage, journalism, whistleblower, hacking, fighting the system, moral dilemma, internet, spying, cia, technology, cryptography, ethics ...
Time:
year 2016, 20th century, year 2015, year 2009, year 2011 ...
Place:
japan, russia, hawaii, america, pakistan ...
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After a construction project begins digging in their neighborhood, best friends Tuck, Munch and Alex inexplicably begin to receive strange, encoded messages on their cell phones. Convinced something bigger is going on, they go to their parents and ...
Style:
exciting, sentimental, suspenseful, stylized, enigmatic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
ufo, alien, friendship, buddies, children, found footage, youth, benign alien, friends, investigation, child, friendly alien ...
Time:
2010s, future, 80s
Place:
usa, las vegas
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Kenji is your typical teenage misfit. He’s good at math, bad with girls, and spends most of his time out hanging out in the all-powerful online community known as OZ. His second life is the only life he has – until the girl of his dreams, ...
Style:
anime, humorous, stylized, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
artificial intelligence, virtual reality, code breaking, chaos, satellite, relationships, technology gone awry, teenage life, high school student, virtual world, save the world, family relations ...
Time:
year 2009, future, 21st century
Place:
japan, east asia, asia, california, tokyo
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A young CIA operative, Annie Walker, is mysteriously summoned to headquarters for duty as a field operative. While Annie believes she's been promoted for her exceptional linguistic skills, there may be something or someone from her past that ...
Style:
serious, exciting, captivating, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spy, blind man, blindness, double life, cia, female spy, female protagonist, secret agent, blind character, state affairs, undercover, workplace ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, langley virginia, virginia
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Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Unfair was the first full-fledged mystery drama in a long time. It was aired in January 2006 and enjoyed support from a wide spectrum of fans and high viewer ratings. Support was especially high among viewers in the same age group as Ryoko ...
Style:
tense, suspense, crime drama, captivating, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, forensics, code breaking, code, killing, who done it, murder mystery, sleuth, murder investigation, crime investigation, crime solving, uncover truth ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
japan, tokyo
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Genre: Adventure
Country: Russia
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Igor, Max and Zhenya are members of Network Keepers - a secret organization of hackers...
Style:
entertaining, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
fighting crime, hacker, internet, teamwork, computer cracker, protector, computer hacker, code breaking, social network, escapades, computers and web, secret organization ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An ex-hacker is forced to break into high-level banking institutions, another man must try to penetrate the booby-trapped building to get the young man off the hot seat.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, action thriller ...
Plot:
hacker, terrorist, computer cracker, race against time, computer hacker, investigation, suspect, protagonist as suspect, code breaking, breaking and entering, terrorism, explosions ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A love story between two hackers, Soyan and Loise. Like many other hackers, Soyan works for a company he previously hacked.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense
Plot:
hacker, computer hacker, female detective, computer cracker, cybercrime, love affair, computer expert, love and romance, relationships, investigation, forensics, crime investigation ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
A hacker has adventures.
Style:
captivating, suspense, disturbing, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
hacker, assassination, computer hacker, female protagonist, computer cracker, uncover truth, political conspiracy, computer genius, murder, code breaking, murder investigation, secret mission ...
Time:
near future
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3K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 27 min.
TV show
Story:
In Silicon Valley, the right algorithm can make you a king. And these four friends think they've finally cracked the code.
Style:
funny, captivating, feel good, satirical, entertaining ...
Plot:
computer program, code, social network, hacker, startup, computer, programmer, investor, friends, financial problem, needing money, social media ...
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Following a worldwide event known as The Reset, humanity rebuilds a society with aging mechanics where gleaming technology once stood. Surveillance now the status quo, society is slowly putting its shattered pieces back together under a watchful ...
Style:
tense, independent film, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, computer, hacker, dystopia, secret, investigation, puzzle, computer hacker, post apocalyptic, conspiracy, code breaking, claustrophobia ...
Time:
near future, 2010s, 80s
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Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A code that foretells the greatest prophecies of all time...Protected by the faith of one man.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, suspense, action drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
espionage, undercover, secret agent, heroic mission, on the run, race against time, danger, conspiracy, dishonesty, computers and web, faith, secret code ...
Time:
21st century
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68K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his eccentric team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking 'black box' from a Soviet-funded genius, they uncover a bigger conspiracy. Now, he and his ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, entertaining, light, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hacker, conspiracy, computer, spy, mathematics, computer hacker, hacking, cryptography, caper, betrayal, mathematician, twists and turns ...
Time:
20th century, year 1992, 90s, year 1969, 60s
Place:
san francisco, russia, palo alto california, bay area, canada
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23K
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, factual, intense, suspense ...
Plot:
world war two, military, sea battle, naval battle, pacific war, u.s. navy, navy, war, aviation, world war, fighter plane, white man asian woman relationship ...
Time:
year 1942, year 1976, 20th century, 1940s, 70s
Place:
america, pacific ocean, japan, hawaii, germany ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A guy who moves back to Portland, Oregon becomes involved in the mystery of his ex-girlfriend's disappearance.
Style:
mumblecore, tense, realistic, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
missing person, amateur detective, brother sister relationship, investigation, partner, who done it, homecoming, buddies, private detective, missing girl, code breaking, self discovery ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oregon, usa, portland oregon
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
1985 serves as the backdrop to the final showdown of the Cold War when Sandy and her partner Jeanne Vertefeuille vowed to find the mole that would turn out to be the most notorious traitor in US History, Aldrich Ames. Sandy is in a race against time ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, political
Plot:
spy, cold war, espionage, cold war era, cia, secret agent, communism, double agent, investigation, state affairs, government agency, dishonesty ...
Time:
80s, 1880s
Place:
usa, soviet union, russia, ussr
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A secret organization gains control over the American nuclear weapons. A journalist ventures out to stop them.
Style:
independent film, suspenseful, serious
Plot:
evil computer, reporter, spy, special agent, law enforcement, chases and races, government agency, code breaking, save the day, danger, terrorism, chaos and mayhem ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In a rundown apartment complex in San Francisco's Tenderloin, a septuagenarian seer is waiting for his final message. For decades the eccentric recluse has chronicled the phrases of the Wheel of Fortune and deciphered their hidden meaning - the ...
Style:
serious, emotional, touching, sincere, independent film ...
Plot:
elderly, follow your dream, lifestyle, friendship, family problems, danger, life is a bitch, hopes, buddies, love and romance, poverty, single parent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Lieutenant Fergie Howard, Ensign Beau Gilliam and navy scientist Jason Elderidge use their ships computer, designed to calculate missile trajectories, to calculate a roulette ball's trajectory and hit the Venice Casino. Things get complex when ...
Style:
retro, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot:
casino, gambling, roulette, admiral, computer, farce, scheme, scientist, hotel, naval officer, father daughter relationship, drunkenness ...
Time:
year 1961, 60s, 20th century
Place:
venice, italy
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