Privacy movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant privacy movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, intense and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with privacy, surveillance, urban, technology, investigation, betrayal, identity, hacker, cybersecurity and social media plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres shot in USA, India, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as privacy: The Circle (2017), Enemy of the State (1998), Anon (2018), The Conversation (1974), Top Secret: The Revelation (2008), Black Mirror (2011), Safe (2017), Gultoo (2018), Land of Dreams (2021), Perfect Strangers (2021).

List of privacy movies

 5.4
 105K
The Circle (2017)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: United Arab Emirates, USA, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A young tech worker takes a job at a powerful Internet corporation, quickly rises up the company's ranks, and soon finds herself in a perilous situation concerning privacy, surveillance and freedom. She comes to learn that her decisions and ...
Style: futuristic, suspense, grindhouse, thought provoking, tense ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: technology, privacy, video surveillance, fighting the system, twists and turns, internet, hacker, media manipulation, microchip, new job, father daughter relationship, company ...
Time: future, 2010s, year 2017, distant future
Place: bay area, scotland
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Enemy of the State (1998)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Hotshot Washington lawyer, Robert Dean becomes a victim of high-tech identity theft when a hacker slips an incriminating video into his pocket. Soon, a rogue National Security agent sets out to recover the tape – and destroy Dean.
Style: suspense, clever, tense, political thriller, sexy ...
Audience: boys' night, date night, manly, kids
Plot: surveillance, conspiracy, cia, on the run, espionage, political conspiracy, intelligence, violence, murder, manhunt, fighting the system, uncover truth ...
Time: year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place: washington d.c., baltimore, iraq, maryland, afghanistan ...
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 6.1
 52K
Anon (2018)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Set in a near-future world where there is no privacy, ignorance or anonymity, our private memories are recorded and crime almost ceases to exist. In trying to solve a series of unsolved murders, Sal Frieland stumbles onto a young woman who appears ...
Style: tech noir, detective, apocalyptic, exciting, mystic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: hacker, technology, murder investigation, dystopia, distopia, mind control, surveillance, police, female assassin, serial killer, secret identity, investigation ...
Time: future, near future
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The Conversation (1974)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Surveillance expert Harry Caul is hired by a mysterious client's brusque aide to tail a young couple. Tracking the pair through San Francisco's Union Square, Caul and his associate Stan manage to record a cryptic conversation between them. ...
Style: neo noir, psychological thriller, psychological, cerebral, political thriller ...
Plot: surveillance, paranoia, character study, spy, conspiracy, loner, losing-it hero, loneliness, obsession, wiretap, murder, hotel ...
Time: 20th century, year 1974, 70s
Place: bay area, usa, san francisco
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Top Secret: The Revelation (2008)
Genre: Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: The story takes place five decades from now, when brain scanners have been perfected to the point that the government can retrieve up to five years' worth of memories from people's minds — even if they are dead. The investigators of the ...
Style: anime, exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: police, secret service, top secret, investigation, subconscious, moral dilemma, privacy, bio weapon, corruption, revenge, secret, conspiracy ...
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 8.7
 728K
Black Mirror (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A contemporary British re-working of The Twilight Zone with stories that tap into the collective unease about our modern world.  Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to ...
Style: anthology, thought provoking, philosophical, serious, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, family friendly
Plot: technology, dystopian future, dystopia, twists and turns, satire, human nature, social decay, computers and web, alternate reality, society, social satire, media ...
Time: future, 2010s, near future
Place: england, london, united kingdom
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 4.2
 83
Safe (2017)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A thriller with a surprise twist about the NSA Deputy Director, who needs a genius plan to save his child from a kidnapper, who wants him to betray the privacy of all US citizens and make him the next Snowden with a devious marketing plan.
Style: suspenseful, tense, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot: kidnapping, spy, surveillance, privacy, risk, agent, secret agent, spying, special agent, abduction, race against time, kidnapped woman ...
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 7.8
 2K
Gultoo (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Struggling to find a foot in the start-up scene, two aspiring entrepreneurs are entangled in a vicious loop of investigative trials following an unprecedented crime.
Style: suspense, thought provoking, intense, realistic, political thriller ...
Plot: cybercrime, privacy, cybersecurity, surveillance, hacker, ethical dilemma, investigation, identity theft, conspiracy, suspicion, entrepreneurship, investigative journalism ...
Time: 2010s
Place: india, kannada
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 4.9
 447
Land of Dreams (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Simin is an Iranian woman on a journey to discover what it means to be a free American. She works for the Census Bureau which, in an effort to control its citizens, has begun a program to record their dreams. Unaware of this devious plot, Simin is ...
Style: thought provoking, semi serious, captivating, satirical, psychological ...
Plot: dream, satire, female protagonist, privacy, american dream, social commentary, immigration, freedom, political satire, identity, social problems, social satire ...
Time: future, near future
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Perfect Strangers (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 94 min.
Story: One evening, a glass of wine, 7 friends enter a dangerous game: they put their phones on the table and decide that everything they receive that evening, calls, messages, emails, will be answered by a speaker or read aloud.
Style: tension, twisted, suspense, intense, unpredictable ...
Plot: confrontation, communication, privacy, secrets, trust, lie, revelation, mature, moral dilemma, intimate, infidelity, betrayal ...
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 7.0
 2K
Cell Phone (2003)
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: China
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Follows the story of a television host who's hidden so much personal and secret information on his phone, that when it gets out, catastrophe strikes.
Style: cynical, semi serious, humorous, tense, suspense ...
Plot: infidelity, womanizer, lifestyle, life turned upside down, nothing goes right, dark humor, couples, couple relations, dishonesty, cell phone, scandal, privacy invasion ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: china, beijing china, asia
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Intimate Strangers (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A group of people meet for the first time in a long time and play a game that reveals each other's secrets.
Style: disturbing, sincere, captivating, humorous, tension ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: group of friends, friendship, dinner party, privacy, best friend, old friend, lifestyle, gambling, everyday life, friend, buddies, girlfriend ...
Time: 2010s
Place: south korea
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 7.8
 44
Hacked (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
TV show
Story: Nilou, Malick and Adanne are best friends and seem to share everything, yet they have more faith in their smartphone - the carrier of all their personal information - than in their friendship. When they discover that their phones have been hacked, ...
Style: thrilling, psychological, captivating, suspense
Audience: teen drama
Plot: social media, stalker, best friend, teenager, cybersecurity, secrets, hacking, privacy invasion, privacy, problem, teenage life, social problems ...
Place: belgium
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 6.0
 79K
The Net (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Angela Bennett is a freelance software engineer who lives in a world of computer technology. When a cyber friend asks Bennett to debug a new game, she inadvertently becomes involved in a conspiracy that will soon turn her life upside down. While on ...
Style: suspense, exciting, breathtaking, entertaining, tense ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot: programmer, hacker, computer, espionage, hacking, conspiracy, computer cracker, chase, stolen identity, hitman, kick-butt women, geek ...
Time: 90s, year 1995, 20th century
Place: san francisco, california, los angeles, usa, washington d.c. ...
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 7.6
 617K
Minority Report (2002)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.
Style: futuristic, neo noir, cerebral, suspense, tech noir ...
Audience: boys' night, date night, chick flick
Plot: cyberpunk, distopia, dystopian future, dystopia, murder, foreknowledge, precognition, frame up, psychic, murder mystery, time loop, police investigation ...
Time: future, near future, distant future, 20th century, year 2002 ...
Place: washington d.c., virginia, usa
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 6.6
 10
1Life (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
TV show
Story: The struggles and political back stabbing among four friends vying for control over the app they created, '1Life'.
Style: tense, captivating, thought provoking, intense, suspense
Plot: social media, betrayal, hacker, technology, security, relationship problems, society, life is a bitch, social problems, social relations, friends, friendship ...
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Take Me to Tarzana (2021)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: After learning their company has been illicitly spying, collecting and selling data on them, three millennial friends band together to fight back against a lecherous boss and the company's maniacal, Tarzan-obsessed CEO.
Style: satirical, buddy comedy, dark comedy, semi serious, feel good ...
Plot: satire, surveillance, friends, escapades, group of friends, workplace, workplace situations, teamwork, friendship, social commentary, privacy, empowerment ...
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Glossary of Broken Dreams (2018)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, History, Music
Country: Austria, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Puppets! Pixels! Anime! Live action! Stock footage! Lumpennerd Johannes Grenzfurthner gives an ideotaining cinematic revue about important political concepts. Everyone is talking about freedom! Privacy! Identity! Resistance! The Market! The Left! ...
Style: philosophical, humorous, thought provoking, realistic, psychological ...
Plot: resistance, propaganda, society, rivalry, internet culture, capitalism, internet, critique of capitalism, surrealism, disorder, privacy invasion, culture clash ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, austria
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 6.3
 720
Followers (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: When an aspiring actress hits it big thanks to a candid Instagram post, the lives of several Tokyo women cross as they struggle to define happiness IRL.
Style: realistic, captivating, disturbing, light, psychological ...
Plot: narcissism, social media, internet, celebrity, photographer, female voyeur, social commentary, women, modern life, fame, instagram, addiction ...
Place: japan, tokyo, east asia
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 7.3
 502
dele (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Freelance programmer Sakagami is paralyzed in the lower half of his body and confined to a wheelchair. He sets up a company called dele.LIFE in partnership with a law firm established by his late father. At the request of clients, Sakagami works ...
Style: tense, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, melancholic ...
Plot: business, wheelchair bound, handicapped, teamwork, illness, physical disability, programmer, disability, problem, coworker, fighting illness, moral ambiguity ...
Time: 2010s
Place: tokyo, japan
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Thiruttu Payale 2 (2017)
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 147 min.
Story: The life of a surveillance specialist turns topsy-turvy when a womanizer starts blackmailing his wife. The former tries to nab him using his power and expertise in technology
Style: crime thriller, psychological, thrilling, captivating, tense ...
Plot: investigation, police inspector, cybercrime, surveillance, blackmail, problem, relationships, police investigation, sleuth, detective inspector, crime investigation, uncover truth ...
Time: 2010s
Place: india
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 5.7
 347
Guidance (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 6 min.
TV show
Story: The truth behind a series of scandalous photos of Miriam, the most popular girl in school, unfolds through weekly sessions with the school’s guidance counselor, Anna.
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, tense, dark drama
Audience: teen drama
Plot: high school, bullying, teenager, cybercrime, scandal, young adult, cyberbullying, teenage life, secret identity, high school life, uncover truth, schoolgirl ...
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 4.6
 2K
Hacker (2017)
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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Without Secrets (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: About a psychotherapist and his relationships with his patients and his family.
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, realistic, tense ...
Plot: psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, patient, psychotherapist, doctors and patients, secrets, therapist, mental health, relationships, psychoanalyst, family relations, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 2010s
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 5.6
 80
YUREI DECO (2022)
Genre: Animation, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: The story begins when Berry, an average girl from an average home, meets Hack, a girl who looks like a boy. Charmed by Hack, Berry meets up with the team Hack leads, the Ghost Detectives Club. Members of this club are “socially dead,” working ...
Style: anime, tense, detective, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: virtual reality, technology, dystopia, cyberpunk, female protagonist, escape from reality, relationship problems, con trick, uncover truth, couple relations, relationships, cyberspace ...
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 8.7
 2.2M
The Matrix (1999)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
Style: philosophical, thought provoking, cerebral, mind bending, surreal ...
Audience: date night, manly, kids, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot: artificial intelligence, philosophy, dystopia, virtual reality, existentialism, distopia, cyberpunk, alternate reality, martial arts, gunfight, hacker, simulated reality ...
Time: future, 20th century, year 1999, near future, 22nd century ...
Place: persia, los angeles
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 7.5
 5K
Escaype Live (2022)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story: The different journeys of six regular people as they struggle to win, fame and fortune on a social media app called Escaype Live which promises big money to the winning contestant. Will the lines between the real and virtual begin to blur as they ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspense, tense
Plot: social media, money, fame, reality competition, competitor, social problems, social network, professional rivalry, rivalry, social issues, escape from reality, ambition ...
Place: india
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The Male Gaze: Shadows on Skin (2023)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story: ​From a swimming pool in Brazil to the back seat of a car in Germany via an apartment in the early hours of the morning where three men dance to the beat of wild passions, here are four stories about the marks that can be left when skin touches ...
Style: touching, anthology, thrilling, art house, reflective ...
Plot: gay, homosexuality, gay interest, skin, intimate, intimacy, multiple storylines, gay couple, problem, relationships, homosexual, couple relations ...
Place: brazil, germany
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The Heart Machine (2014)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A man begins to suspect that his long-distance girlfriend, whom he met online but has never met in person, has been living in the same city the whole time and sets out to find her.
Style: psychological, tense, suspense, melancholic, ambiguous ending
Plot: online dating, relationships, true love, dating, privacy invasion, cyberspace, long distance relationship, male female relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, young love, friends, love affair ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles
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 7.6
 7K
C U Soon (2020)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Jimmy meets Anu on an online dating website and decides to marry her. Jimmy's mother entrusts his cousin Kevin to get details about Anu. Now it's Kevin's turn to search for his cousin's fiancee who vanished without a trace, only ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, realistic, serious, suspense ...
Plot: online dating, found footage, dating, deception, dangerous attraction, computer, secret identity, secret, secret revealed, investigation, missing person, identity ...
Time: 2020s
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