Wiretap movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant wiretap movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, serious and tense films and TV shows about / with wiretap, surveillance, corruption, investigation, murder, spy, conspiracy, urban, espionage and violence plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres shot in USA, Hong Kong, China and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as wiretap: The Conversation (1974), Soundtrack of Passion (2009), The Wire (2002), Enemy of the State (1998), Scribe (2016), Black Book (2006), The Anderson Tapes (1971), All the President's Men (1976), Intelligence (2005), The Big Take (2018).
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| Gaslit (2022) | 7.3 | |
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| Mama Weed (2020) | 6.3 | |
| The Apprentice (2024) | 7.1 |
List of wiretap movies
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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Genre: Action, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Vita, an employee of a private spy agency, is handed a case of tapping into and listening to the mysterious life of a new "client". By day, her work on the case seems all the more routine; by night she's involved in a steamy and ...
Style:
romantic, semi serious, suspense, exciting, surprise ending
Plot:
boyfriend girlfriend relationship, wiretap, paranoia, gossip, top secret, strong female character, suspicion, love and romance, assassination attempt, couple relations, secret life, job ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between ...
Style:
clever, tense, detective, cynical, dramatic ...
Plot:
corruption, organized crime, police detective, working undercover, urban ghetto life, gang, drug dealing, police, fighting crime, police investigation, urban decay, shooting ...
Time:
2000s, future, year 2002, 20th century, 1950s ...
Place:
baltimore, maryland, usa
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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:
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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Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Two years after a burn-out, Duval is still unemployed. Contacted by an enigmatic businessman, he is offered a simple and well-paid job: transcribing telephone tapping. Duval accepts financially without questioning the purpose of the organization ...
Style:
political thriller, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
espionage, wiretap, murder, unemployed, alcoholic, election campaign, politics, new job, torture, election, covert operation, chase ...
Time:
year 2016, 21st century
Place:
france
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Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Netherlands, Germany, UK, Belgium
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.
Style:
erotic, psychological, tense, sexy, dramatic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
holocaust, world war two, espionage, nazi, spy, nazism, resistance, female spy, occupation, gestapo, german soldier, war ...
Time:
1940s, year 1956, 1950s, year 2006, 20th century ...
Place:
netherlands, israel, holland, germany, 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:
neo noir, serious, realistic, suspense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
surveillance, caper, safe, voyeur, home invasion, robbery, surveillance camera, police, gang, heist, ex convict, wiretap ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s, 20th century, labor day
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
In the run-up to the 1972 elections, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward covers what seems to be a minor break-in at the Democratic Party National headquarters. He is surprised to find top lawyers already on the defense case, and the discovery of ...
Style:
political thriller, political, cerebral, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
journalism, newspaper, political conspiracy, politics, conspiracy, political corruption, investigation, american politics, white house, investigative journalism, whistleblower, president ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973, year 1972, year 1976
Place:
washington d.c., usa, north america, miami, florida
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Intelligence is a Vancouver-based television crime drama starring Ian Tracey and Klea Scott that aired on the CBC. With its pilot first airing on November 28, 2005, the series began regular broadcasting on October 10, 2006. CBC reaired the pilot on ...
Style:
exciting, realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
cia, organized crime, boss, gangster, partner, workplace situations, investigation, smuggling, working undercover, unlikely partners, criminal heroes, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family is an American television series which ran from March 5, 2000 to March 24, 2001 on the USA Network.
Style:
disturbing, realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
undercover, family relations, secret agent, family in danger, working undercover, relationship vs career, family life, wiretap, fbi, undercover agent, fbi agent, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A reclusive movie star hires a private detective after he's anonymously blackmailed. Things turn violent when an aspiring writer is fingered for the crime in a dangerous case of mistaken identity.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
blackmail, actor, murder, hostage, screenwriter, extortion, private investigator, film producer, wiretap, hollywood, learning the truth, intrigue ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Manson Law, a celebrated stockbroker in Hong Kong, is injured in a car accident. The police, led by Inspector Jack Ho, discovers a military surveillance device in the car wreck. Meanwhile, the wiretapper Joe Szema is unveiling his extensive plan ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
insider trading, vendetta, wiretap, criminal, intrigue, conspiracy, criminal syndicate, investigation, cat versus mouse, organized crime, evil plot, stock broker ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
TV show
Story:
Blessed with exceptional hearing, blind Roman Mertens lands his dream job in the local police wiretapping unit — a job more dangerous than he expected.
Style:
tension, detective, suspense, intense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
surveillance, wiretap, police procedural, law enforcement, investigation, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, urban, conspiracy, corruption, identity, isolation ...
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Law was a chauffeur for the rural tycoon Luk, and he was jailed for killing a major land owner in a car accident. It was rumored that Luk was behind the land owner’s death, which gave Luk a competitive edge in the native apartment development ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, dark, neo noir ...
Plot:
political intrigue, organized crime, wiretap, corruption, surveillance, village chief, social problems, intrigue, manipulation, conspiracy, betrayal, power struggle ...
Place:
hong kong
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Martial arts expert Wing Chun battles bandits in this magical film that provides as many laughs as it does wallops. Besides horse thieves, Wing Chun must deal with the men around her who simply can't handle a strong, independent woman. ...
Style:
cult classic, semi serious, humorous, stylized, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
wing chun, female martial artist, martial arts, female warrior, kung fu, wuxia, fight, kickass women, kung fu master, feminist, wiretap, martial artist ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The war on terror exploded, literally, the day Sarajevo was destroyed by a homemade nuclear device. The leading democracies transformed into total surveillance states, and the developing world has drowned under a wave of genocides. The mysterious ...
Style:
anime, adult animation, brutal, exciting, confusing ...
Plot:
conspiracy, genocide, special agent, psychological manipulation, military, swat, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, spy mission, political conspiracy, fictional war, wiretap, philosophy ...
Time:
near future
Place:
prague, japan
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Pulp novelist Eric lives in a bad neighborhood, and the guy upstairs annoys him with his noise. Gradually this escalates to pranksters phone calls and wire tapping which ticks off Eric's already unstable, nervous and paranoid personality.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspense, indie film, crime thriller ...
Plot:
paranoia, obsession, escalation, privacy invasion, paranoid, wiretap, surveillance, isolation, unsettling, claustrophobia, urban, cat and mouse ...
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark comedy, twisted
Plot:
police, ambush, surveillance, nightshift, investigation, buddy cop, wiretap, eavesdropping, covert operation, urban, surprise twist, bartender ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
With telecom fraud cases going increasingly rampant, it’s a war in the air against invisible enemy in digital network era. The Ministry of Public Security has established a special center focusing on telecom fraud crimes, criminal mastermind ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, intense, confusing, crime thriller ...
Plot:
law enforcement, investigation, teamwork, scam, covert operation, mind game, cons and scams, twists and turns, outsmarting, secret plan, justice, police investigation ...
Place:
beijing china, thailand
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Daekwon is the team leader of the surveillance team on the verge of getting a demotion. His mission is to be as an unemployed head of a household and monitor the politician's family who's been house arrested right after arrival from abroad ...
Style:
semi serious, captivating, satirical, thrilling, suspense ...
Plot:
house arrest, corruption, surveillance, privacy invasion, political intrigue, satire, secret, political unrest, spy, neighbor, roommate, problem ...
Time:
80s
Place:
korea
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Hungary
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
During the Cold War, the secret service of Kádár began a more dangerous state security game than ever before.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, political thriller ...
Plot:
espionage, cold war, secret, secret service, special agent, undercover agent, spy, spy mission, agent, top secret, war, secret mission ...
Time:
70s
Place:
budapest
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521
Genre: Action
Country: Egypt
TV show
Story:
Omar Salah, a surveillance camera technician at General Jalal’s company, is recruited by Egyptian intelligence through officer Khaled Sabry in order to infiltrate Europe to uncover the Mossad cells present there and in Egypt and learn the tasks ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, tension ...
Plot:
espionage, undercover agent, intelligence agency, special agent, secret agent, surveillance, spy thriller, spy, fight, recruitment, agent, spy hero ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
egypt, europe, cairo egypt, alexandria egypt
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.
Style:
atmospheric, tense, neo noir, breathtaking, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, heroin, drug smuggling, chase, car chase, violence, gangster, drug dealer, smuggling, drug lord, organized crime, police detective ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, washington d.c., manhattan new york city, new jersey ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Canada, Denmark, Ireland, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A young Donald Trump, eager to make his name as a hungry scion of a wealthy family in 1970s New York, comes under the spell of Roy Cohn, the cutthroat attorney who would help create the Donald Trump we know today. Cohn sees in Trump the perfect ...
Style:
independent film, absurd, controversial, f word, period drama ...
Plot:
lawyer, aids, corruption, marriage, crooked lawyer, father son relationship, politics, mentor protege relationship, based on real people, female nudity, sex scene, real estate ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s, 70s, year 1986, year 1983 ...
Place:
atlantic city, atlantic city new jersey, manhattan new york city, florida, north america ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
After a brief flash-forward to Frank Sinatra as an old man, saying "I miss my guys," the movie's main narrative begins during high points in the solo careers of the Rat Pack: Dean Martin has become a big success despite the breakup of ...
Style:
realistic, serious, talky, sentimental, entertaining
Plot:
mafia, racism, biopic, presidential candidate, nightclub, music, organized crime, president, performer, music industry, kennedy family, wiretap ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 1950s, 60s
Place:
las vegas
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Whilst on a short weekend getaway, Louise shoots a man who had tried to rape Thelma. Due to the incriminating circumstances, they make a run for it and thus a cross country chase ensues for the two fugitives. Along the way, both women rediscover the ...
Style:
road movie, sexy, erotic, touching, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
road trip, friendship, feminism, female friendship, escapades, fugitives, sexualized violence, attempted rape, revenge, on the road, rape, feminist ...
Time:
20th century, year 1991, 90s
Place:
arizona, southern usa, bolivia, oklahoma, usa ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department's Gun Trace Task Force — and the corruption and moral collapse that befell an American city in which the policies of drug prohibition and mass arrest were championed at the ...
Style:
detective, suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
criminal, police corruption, organized crime, police, crime investigation, fighting crime, crime solving, conspiracy, breaking the law, gun control, uncover truth, arms dealing ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
baltimore
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A comedy about two men who meet in a detached house in the Stockholm archipelago to write a play, hunt roe dear, hava a sauna and relax. But a tabloid got a news story about the authors and sends a journalist to take photographs and bug their ...
Style:
situational comedy, sitcom, buddy comedy, dark comedy, indie film ...
Plot:
writers, tabloid journalism, privacy invasion, paparazzi, eavesdropping, isolation, creative process, intimate, male friendship, media satire, hunting, surveillance ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice help eliminate corruption in the police department, as long as he will not have to turn in any close friends. In doing so, Ciello uncovers a conspiracy ...
Style:
tense, neo noir, realistic, bleak, political ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
police, corruption, drug addiction, drug, lawyer, addiction, police corruption, whistleblower, police investigation, betrayal, redemption, fighting the system ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
new york, america, usa, washington d.c., virginia ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Set in Milan, where people's lives are invisibly lead by money in its different shapes: too much, too little, stolen, earned, visible and even impalpable. The money flows from one story to the next, from one person to the other, becoming the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, bleak, rough
Plot:
embezzlement, investigation, law enforcement, fighting crime, stock broker, misfit, couple relations, life is a bitch, dishonesty, male female relationship, money, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, europe, milan italy
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