Surveillance movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant surveillance movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, serious, tense, exciting, realistic and clever films and TV shows about / with surveillance, suspense, corruption, dialogue, twists and turns, murder, mentor, runaway, secrets and storytelling plots mostly in Thriller, Crime and Drama genres shot in USA, Germany, UK and other countries.
surveillance
TOP 10 movies tagged as surveillance: Enemy of the State (1998), Person of Interest (2011), The Lives of Others (2006), Eagle Eye (2008), I.T. (2016), The Americans (2013), Echelon Conspiracy (2009), 11.22.63 (2016), Executive Decision (1996), Exam (2009).
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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:
clever, tense, suspenseful, political, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
conspiracy, surveillance, suspense, espionage, political conspiracy, cia, uncover truth, investigation, politics, on the run, twists and turns, intelligence ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
washington d.c., baltimore, maryland, usa, north america
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Person of Interest follows former CIA paramilitary operative, John Reese, who is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York City by initiating their own type of justice. With the special ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, serious, clever, heroic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
artificial intelligence, surveillance, computer system, hi-tech, partners against crime, mysterious character, privacy invasion, hacker, characters in danger, fighting crime, computer genius, secret ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A tragic love story set in East Berlin with the backdrop of an undercover Stasi controlled culture. Stasi captain Wieler is ordered to follow author Dreyman and plunges deeper and deeper into his life until he reaches the threshold of doubting the ...
Style:
gloomy, tense, reflective, atmospheric, sincere ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
cold war, surveillance, spy, communism, berlin wall, stasi, iron curtain, espionage, voyeurism, loneliness, interrogation, politics ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 20th century, 90s
Place:
east germany, germany, berlin germany, europe, central europe ...
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190K
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Jerry Shaw and Rachel Holloman are two strangers whose lives are suddenly thrown into turmoil by a mysterious woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, the unseen caller uses everyday technology to control their actions and push ...
Style:
exciting, serious, intense, futuristic, bad ending ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
surveillance, twists and turns, chase, artificial intelligence, technology gone awry, mysterious character, investigation, law enforcement, computers and web, life turned upside down, intelligence, suspense ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, pentagon
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, USA, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Mike Regan is a successful, self-made man who has it all: a gorgeous wife, a beautiful teenage daughter and a sleek, state-of-the-art “smart home”. But he soon finds himself in a deadly, high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse when his I.T. ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, intense, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
surveillance, internet, suspense, hacker, twists and turns, home invasion, revenge, hacking, technology, spy, business, manipulation ...
Place:
ireland, new york
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102K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple in the suburbs of Washington D.C. and their neighbor, Stan Beeman, an FBI ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, realistic, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cold war, spy, espionage, undercover, double life, kgb, mole, government agency, surveillance, secret agents, working undercover, mission ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, ussr
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Mysterious cell phone messages promise a young American engineer untold wealth - then make him the target of a deadly international plot. Dangerous security operatives chase the engineer across the globe, while a powerful government official pursues ...
Style:
clever, tense, captivating, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
surveillance, chase, twists and turns, spy, computer, a.i., computer system, technology gone awry, computers and web, government agency, on the run, conspiracy ...
Time:
future
Place:
usa, russia, las vegas, washington d.c., czech republic ...
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90K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
An English teacher travels back in time to prevent the Kennedy assassination, but discovers he is attached to the life he has made in a bygone era.
Style:
exciting, stylized, thought provoking, light, tense ...
Plot:
time travel, assassination, time traveler, time, kennedy assassination, changing the past or future, altering history, murder, surveillance, conspiracy theory, conspiracy, love ...
Time:
60s, future, 20th century, year 1963, 2010s ...
Place:
usa, dallas texas
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant (Kurt Russell) suspects another reason and he is soon the reluctant member of a special assault team that is ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, terrorism, hostage, rescue, suspense, surveillance, hijacking, bomb, twists and turns, terrorist, ransom, pilot ...
Time:
20th century, year 1995, 90s
Place:
pentagon, washington d.c., athens greece, london, los angeles
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119K
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The final candidates for a highly desirable corporate job are locked together in an exam room and given a test so simple and confusing that tension begins to unravel.
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, mind bending, twist ending, tricky ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
psychology, twists and turns, plot twist, mind game, survival, confinement indoors, surveillance, rivalry, psychologist, suspense, pandemic, ambition ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, intense, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
cia, espionage, terrorism, conspiracy, secret agents, spy, terrorist, race against time, undercover agent, surveillance, murder, political conspiracy ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 2001, year 2003, 2010s, 2000s ...
Place:
russia, london, new york, manhattan new york city, moscow russia ...
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155K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.
Style:
realistic, thought provoking, factual, serious, political ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
espionage, fighting the system, journalism, hacking, internet, whistleblower, moral dilemma, surveillance, hacker, spy, idealism, media ...
Time:
year 2015, year 2009, year 2011, year 2004, year 2012 ...
Place:
geneva switzerland, hong kong, japan, russia, hawaii ...
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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:
tense, exciting, mind bending, futuristic, twisted ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
distopia, hacker, technology, murder investigation, female assassin, investigation, mind control, surveillance, serial killer, police, police officer, mysterious woman ...
Time:
future
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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:
psychological, cerebral, neo noir, disturbing, meditative ...
Plot:
paranoia, surveillance, spy, conspiracy, suspense, loneliness, obsession, investigation, murder, character study, wiretap, dream ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, san francisco
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284K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul ...
Style:
tense, neo noir, suspenseful, dark, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night
Plot:
suspense, home invasion, trapped, thief, surveillance, confinement indoors, cat and mouse, hostage, disorder, millionaire, security system, claustrophobia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, manhattan new york city, new york
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: South Africa, UK, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A military officer in command of a drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya sees her mission escalate from “capture” to “kill” just as a nine-year old girl enters the kill zone.
Style:
political, suspenseful, intense, tense, disturbing ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
terrorism, military, terrorist, suspense, drone, terrorist plot, spy, surveillance, survival, war, islamic terrorism, espionage ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
africa, iraq, kenya, london, england ...
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379K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
In The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays McCall, a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when McCall meets Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young girl under the control of ...
Style:
serious, exciting, brutal, tense, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
vigilantism, vigilante, corruption, hitman, gunfight, loner, assassin, violence, lone hero, one man army, organized crime, tough heroes ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
boston, russia, moscow russia, usa, massachusetts
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104K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An accomplished headhunter risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary..
Style:
stylized, captivating, suspenseful, tense, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night, pre-teens
Plot:
twists and turns, art thief, surveillance, chase, art theft, suspense, mercenary, dishonesty, revenge, reputation, deception, mind game ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
norway, scandinavia, europe, oslo norway
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Leverage follows a five-person team: a thief, a grifter, a hacker, and a retrieval specialist, led by former insurance investigator Nathan Ford, who use their skills to fight corporate and governmental injustices inflicted on ordinary citizens.
Style:
exciting, realistic, anime, stylized, serious ...
Plot:
team, hacker, thief, outsmarting, unconventional method, society, mastermind, escapades, teamwork, hidden identity, investigator, partners in crime ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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232K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Spain, Japan, Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The most dangerous former operative of the CIA is drawn out of hiding to uncover hidden truths about his past.
Style:
exciting, captivating, intense, suspenseful, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick
Plot:
spy, chase, assassin, espionage, rogue agent, black ops, cia, revenge, betrayal, assassination, cia agent, rescue ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, london, washington d.c., berlin germany, rome italy ...
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, psychological, bleak, atmospheric ...
Plot:
distopia, brainwashing, politics, totalitarianism, future dystopia, torture, fascism, surveillance, female nudity, alternate reality, political corruption, society ...
Time:
future, year 1984, 80s, 20th century, 18th century
Place:
london, england, europe, united kingdom, britain
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10K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
La Femme Nikita was a Canadian action/drama television series based on the French film Nikita by Luc Besson. The series was co-produced by Jay Firestone of Fireworks Entertainment and Warner Bros.. It was adapted for television by Joel Surnow. The ...
Style:
exciting, serious, stylized, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
secret life, secret agents, double agent, surveillance, female killer, female assassin, love, femme fatale, spy, government agency, cover up, working undercover ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An FBI agent tracks a serial killer with the help of three of his would-be victims - all of whom have wildly different stories to tell.
Style:
disturbing, rough, suspenseful, twist ending, stylized ...
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, surveillance, twists and turns, murder, police station, police corruption, sadism, hidden identity, mass murder, dishonesty, suspense ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nebraska, new mexico, usa
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Two cops are given the 'dirty' job of staking out the home of an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend. Chris and the beautiful girlfriend accidentally meet and fall in love. Just as Chris' confesses, the convict appears, but will she ...
Style:
funny, buddy movie, suspenseful, humorous, sexy ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
surveillance, police, undercover, buddy cop, voyeurism, buddy, voyeur, deception, love, hostage, criminal, presumed dead ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
seattle, washington state, usa, wyoming
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138K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Switzerland
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A brilliant CIA trainee must prove his worth at the Farm, the agency's secret training grounds, where he learns to watch his back and trust no one.
Style:
surprise ending, clever, serious, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
spy, cia, twists and turns, espionage, double agent, suspense, basic training, secret service, surveillance, plot twist, hotshot hero, rookie ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington d.c., boston, usa, miami, peru ...
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Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, France, Spain
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne ...
Style:
exciting, intense, suspenseful, rough, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, cia, espionage, spy, corruption, secret service, escapades, secret agents, fighting the system, memory, tough guy, surveillance ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
langley virginia, new york, london, paris france, moscow russia ...
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255K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dangerous criminals and terrorists. In ...
Style:
exciting, tense, serious, captivating, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
fbi, investigation, unlikely partners, master criminal, law enforcement, intrigue, partners, special agents, secret, mind game, killings, twists and turns ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
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405K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a coldhearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad -- a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nearly a nanosecond, ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, suspenseful, intellectual ...
Plot:
twists and turns, psychology, manipulation, suspense, mind game, game, uncover truth, scheme, life turned upside down, life philosophy, existentialism, disorder ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
san francisco, usa, california, mexico, seattle
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24K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Five close friends, all of them married, share a loft to meet their mistresses. One day they find the body of a young woman in the loft. Since there are only five keys to the loft, the five men begin to suspect each other of murder.
Style:
psychological, cynical, realistic, suspenseful, twist ending ...
Plot:
uncover truth, twists and turns, mistress, investigation, betrayal, adultery, surveillance, infidelity, murder, architect, friendship, multiple suspects ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe, belgium
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A thief (Duke Anderson) just released from ten years in jail, takes up with his old girlfriend (Ingrid) in her posh apartment. He makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn't know is that his every move is recorded on audio and video ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, neo noir, witty ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
surveillance, heist, home invasion, police, surveillance camera, safe, gang, robbery, released from prison, wiretap, jewel theft, mafia ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, usa
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