Secret message movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant secret message movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, suspense, serious, exciting, realistic and cult classic films and TV shows about / with secret message, danger, death, murder, escape, betrayal, spy, blood, police officer and police plots mostly in Thriller, Drama and Action genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as secret message: Under the Silver Lake (2018), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), The Promised Neverland (2020), Capital (2015), Old (2021), Snowpiercer (2013), Bridge of Spies (2015), Trick or Treat (1986), Anamorphosis (2019), The Net (2016).

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Under the Silver Lake (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story: Young and disenchanted Sam meets a mysterious and beautiful woman who's swimming in his building's pool one night. When she suddenly vanishes the next morning, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to decode the secret behind ...
Style: neo noir, black comedy, atmospheric, surreal, dark comedy ...
Audience: adult
Plot: obsession, surrealism, swimming pool, conspiracy theory, conspiracy, secret society, dog, parrot, disappearance, missing person, party, secret message ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.
Style: futuristic, exciting, scenic, tense, suspense ...
Audience: teens, kids, family friendly, family outing, adult
Plot: star wars, space opera, female protagonist, rebellion, robot, space travel, rebel, tough girl, jedi, self sacrifice, spacecraft, strong female lead ...
Time: future, year 2016, 2010s
Place: space western, london
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The Promised Neverland (2020)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A group of the smartest kids at a seemingly perfect orphanage uncover its dark secret, and set in motion a dangerous and desperate escape plan.
Style: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, anime ...
Plot: friendship, survival, creature, orphanage, betrayal, escapades, distopia, dark secret, secret message, family relations, society, danger ...
Time: distant future, future
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 6.9
 1K
Capital (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 177 min.
TV show
Story: Set on a single street in South London, Capital is a portrait of a road transformed by soaring property prices: what was once the home of modest lower-middle class families, Pepys Road has been continuously gentrified into a street of multimillion ...
Style: dramatic, suspenseful, witty, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: neighborhood, management, rich man, anonymous letter, wealth, secret message, letter, rich and poor, rich, money, resistance
Place: london
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 5.8
 159K
Old (2021)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, China
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A group of families on a tropical holiday discover that the secluded beach where they are staying is somehow causing them to age rapidly – reducing their entire lives into a single day.
Style: suspense, mysterious, tense, psychological, psychedelic ...
Plot: island, vacation, rapid aging, time, aging, medical experiment, island prison, ocean, race against time, family vacation, held captive, trap ...
Time: 2020s
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 7.1
 387K
Snowpiercer (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Czech Republic
Duration: 126 min.
Story: In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
Style: suspenseful, futuristic, thought provoking, allegory, philosophical ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, family friendly, adult
Plot: post apocalypse, train, survival, distopia, dystopia, revolution, rebellion, end of the world, social differences, winter, capitalism, snow ...
Time: future, near future, 2010s, year 2013, year 2014 ...
Place: britain, south korea, east asia
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 7.6
 326K
Bridge of Spies (2015)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: USA, India, Germany
Duration: 142 min.
Story: During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate ...
Style: suspense, realistic, dramatic, intense, historical drama ...
Audience: teens
Plot: cold war, lawyer, espionage, spy, cia, justice, courtroom, court, trial, berlin wall, soviet spy, negotiation ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, year 2016, 50s, 60s ...
Place: east germany, berlin germany, soviet union, new york, persia ...
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Trick or Treat (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Eddie is your average 80's metal head teen. Now he's obsessed with his heavy-metal superstar idol, Sammi Curr who is killed in a hotel fire. Eddie becomes the recipient of the only copy of Curr's unreleased album, which when played ...
Style: slasher, scary, cult classic, splatter, horror musical ...
Audience: teens
Plot: heavy metal, halloween, demon, hard rock, bullying, rock and roll, radio, monster, bully, satanic ritual, rock, punk ...
Time: 80s
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Anamorphosis (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A college professor and maverick exorcist recruits a bunch of gifted college misfits to help him on his most dangerous quest yet.
Style: vintage
Plot: falling from height, spirit, cursed object, blood, conspiracy, nazi, horse, christianity, snake, american abroad, trap, faith ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: united kingdom, jerusalem, portugal
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: When gigantic robots attack New York City, "Sky Captain" uses his private air force to fight them off. His ex-girlfriend, reporter Polly Perkins, has been investigating the recent disappearance of prominent scientists. Suspecting a link ...
Style: futuristic, dieselpunk, stylized, surreal, exciting ...
Audience: teens
Plot: steampunk, robot, heroic mission, alternate reality, mad scientist, airplane, transformation, alternate history, danger, save the world, aviation, kidnapping ...
Time: future, 1930s, year 2004, 2000s, year 1939 ...
Place: new york, himalaya, manhattan new york city, nepal, new york state ...
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 7.3
 5K
The Net (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A poor North Korean fisherman finds himself an accidental defector, and is groomed to be a spy by an ambitious South Korean military officer.
Style: bleak, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot: politics, human rights, poverty, spy, military, capitalism, corruption, money, husband wife relationship, breakdown, murder, prostitute ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: north korea, east asia, korea, seoul, south korea
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Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Fortune hunter Holly Golightly finds herself captivated by aspiring writer Paul Varjak, who's moved into her building on a wealthy woman's dime. As romance blooms between Paul and Holly, Doc Golightly shows up on the scene, revealing ...
Style: sentimental, sweet, feel good, touching, stylized ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night, kids, teens
Plot: fashion, love story, woman, cat, love of one's life, writers, love, love and romance, broken engagement, shopping, adultery, social climber ...
Time: 60s, year 1961, 20th century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa, brazil, los angeles
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 7.8
 774K
The Batman (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 176 min.
Story: In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as the Riddler.
Style: neo noir, detective, tense, gothic, epic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: superhero, corruption, psychopath, vigilante, masked superhero, batman, organized crime, vengeance, gotham city, serial killer, dark hero, villain ...
Time: 2020s
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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Director Billy Wilder adds a new and intriguing twist to the personality of intrepid detective Sherlock Holmes. One thing hasn't changed however: Holmes' crime-solving talents. Holmes and Dr. Watson take on the case of a beautiful woman ...
Style: detective, satirical, atmospheric, clever, humorous ...
Plot: sherlock holmes, private detective, loch ness monster, investigation, homosexual subtext, spy, lgbtq, regret, time travel, royalty, gangster, monk ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1800s, year 1970, 1880s
Place: scotland, britain, england, europe, germany ...
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The Promised Neverland (2019)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: The one adored as the mother is not the real parent. The people living here together are not actual siblings. The Gracefield House is where orphaned children live. An irreplaceable home where 38 siblings and Mom live happy lives, even with no blood ...
Style: anime, tense, touching, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: friendship, murder, hopes, death, betrayal, survival, scheming, danger, dishonesty, livestock, broken leg, vengeance ...
Time: future, 2040s, 21st century
Place: japan
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Is Paris Burning? (1966)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France, USA
Duration: 175 min.
Story: The title is Adolf Hitler's question to his chief of staff Alfred Jodl on the eve of the liberation of Paris (August 25): the military governor of Paris, General Dietrich von Choltitz, had been ordered to destroy Paris rather than let it fall ...
Style: harsh, factual, tense, suspense, emotional ...
Plot: world war two, french resistance, resistance, holocaust, nazi, moral ambiguity, moral dilemma, totalitarianism, rescue, wartime life, against the odds, danger ...
Time: 1940s, year 1966, year 1944
Place: france, paris france, europe, warsaw poland
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Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Terry works for a bank, and uses computers to communicate with clients all over the world. One day she gets a strange message from an unknown source. The message is coded. After decoding the message, Terry becomes embroiled in an espionage ring. ...
Style: humorous, black comedy, laugh out loud, cult classic, spy comedy ...
Plot: spy, women, cold war, spying, espionage, agent, kgb, computer, hacking, women of color, caper, conspiracy ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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History Is Made at Night (1999)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Finland, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A romantic suspense-comedy about CIA agent Harry (Bill Pullman) and SVR agent Natasha (Irene Jacob) fighting to save the world, their lives and secret love in the post cold war Helsinki
Style: independent film, exciting, realistic, semi serious, clever ...
Plot: spy, nude women, 007, satellite, secret agent, working undercover, kgb, farce, heroes, chases and races, undercover, government agency ...
Time: 90s
Place: europe, finland, helsinki finland, new york
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The Secret of Steel City (1979)
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The film is a metaphor for the Cold War. It depicts two neighbouring nations: peace loving Fortuna and the not so peaceful land of the Steel City.
Style: classic horror, gothic horror, crying, psychotronic
Plot: distopia, town, voice over narration, inn, cannon, dead body, secret message, rivals, wanted, weapons, factory owner, dog ...
Time: 1910s
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Escape from East Berlin (1962)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Director Robert Siodmak's 1962 film, inspired by true events, is about an East Berlin resident who attempts to escape to West Berlin with his family and girlfriend through a secret underground tunnel.
Style: political
Plot: berlin wall, cold war, iron curtain, stasi, communism, family relations, tunnel, cold war era, group, house, family reunited, secret passageway ...
Time: 60s, year 1961
Place: berlin germany, west berlin west germany, east berlin, germany, german democratic republic ...
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The Man from Button Willow (1965)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Musical, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: In 1869, Justin Eagle lives on his ranch called "The Eagle's Nest" near the town of Button Willow, California. In addition to being a rancher, Juston is a trouble-shooter for the U. S. Government which calls for him to act as an ...
Style: anime, exciting, stylized, realistic, serious ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: bar fight, missing person, kidnapping, secret identity, undercover, heroic mission, working undercover, small town, old west, couples, daring rescue, escapades ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s
Place: san francisco, california, usa, pacific ocean, utah
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 6.2
 189K
Inferno (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 121 min.
Story: After waking up in a hospital with amnesia, professor Robert Langdon and a doctor must race against time to foil a deadly global plot.
Style: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, realistic, crime thriller ...
Audience: chick flick, family friendly, boys' night, adult
Plot: conspiracy, twists and turns, ancient mystery, treasure hunt, danger, memory loss, religions or cults, riddles and clues, church, conspiracy theory, biohazard, chase ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016, 21st century
Place: italy, florence, europe, istanbul turkey, venice ...
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Vanishing Point (1971)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Kowalski works for a car delivery service. He takes delivery of a 1970 Dodge Challenger to take from Colorado to San Francisco, California. Shortly after pickup, he takes a bet to get the car there in less than 15 hours.
Style: road movie, grindhouse, independent film, cult classic, exciting ...
Audience: manly
Plot: car chase, car, on the road, hitchhiker, hippie, driver, desert, road trip, chase, radio station, on the run, truck ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place: san francisco, utah, california, colorado, nevada ...
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 7.7
 6K
The Tunnel (2001)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Inspired by true events, Olympic swimmer Harry Melchior defects from East Germany in the 1960s and hatches a daring plot to help his sister and others flee East Berlin through a 145-yard underground tunnel.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, political, compassionate ...
Plot: berlin wall, tunnel, politics, communism, betrayal, cold war, breast feeding, political unrest, wartime, freedom, brutality, heroes ...
Time: 60s, ancient times, year 2001
Place: east germany, germany, berlin germany, west berlin west germany, german democratic republic ...
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Mission: Impossible III (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, China, Italy
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Retired from active duty to train new IMF agents, Ethan Hunt is called back into action to confront sadistic arms dealer, Owen Davian. Hunt must try to protect his girlfriend while working with his new team to complete the mission.
Style: suspense, action packed, action thriller, tense, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, manly, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot: espionage, spy, mission, cia, double agent, gunfight, disguise, terrorism, mission impossible, agent, heroes, heroic mission ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: china, italy, berlin germany, shanghai, washington d.c. ...
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 4.0
 1K
Mata Hari (1985)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Based loosely on the real-life story of the World War I spy. The exotic dancer uses her contacts in European high society, along with her seductive charm, to collect military secrets during the war. She successfully plays both sides against each ...
Style: grindhouse, independent film, beautiful
Plot: world war one, spy, erotica, watching sex, fencing, great war, espionage, women, sex, wartime, biopic, political intrigue ...
Time: 1910s, year 1916, 1920s
Place: berlin germany, france, paris france, madrid
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The Da Vinci Code (2006)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Malta, France, UK
Duration: 149 min.
Story: When the curator of the Louvre is found murdered in the famed museum's hallowed halls, Harvard professor, Robert Langdon and cryptographer, Sophie Neve must untangle a deadly web of deceit involving the works of Leonardo da Vinci.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, clever, suspense, mind bending ...
Audience: chick flick, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot: conspiracy, holy grail, treasure hunt, religion, twists and turns, christianity, investigation, ancient mystery, conspiracy theory, riddles and clues, secrets, secret society ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 1st century, 21st century
Place: london, italy, paris france, europe, england ...
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Alien Abduction (2005)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: After being abducted by extra terrestrials, Jean and her friends are committed to a top secret government run mental institution to undergo tests and be brainwashed.
Style: serious, suspenseful, psychological, independent film, scary
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: alien abduction, mutant, danger, ufo, mental institution, haunted by the past, spacecraft, on the run, life is a bitch, supernatural, race against time, military hospital ...
Time: 21st century
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For a Few Extra Dollars (1966)
Genre: Drama, War, Western
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Near the end of the Civil War, imprisoned Confederate raider Giuliano Gemma is sent under guard to warn both his men and the Army at Fort Yuma that an impending rebel raid is really nothing but a ruse by scoundrels from both sides, in cahoots to ...
Style: spaghetti western, perverse, euro western, exciting, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: civil war, american civil war, cowboy, corrupt officer, military base, captivity, old west, confined, save the day, rivalry, military, betrayal ...
Time: 19th century
Place: yuma arizona, arizona
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 7.9
 277K
The Blacklist (2013)
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: family friendly, boys' night, adult
Plot: fbi, investigation, unlikely partners, master criminal, law enforcement, danger, intrigue, secret, mind game, killings, murder investigation, criminal ...
Time: future, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, washington d.c.
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