Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "government-secret"

1. The Blacklist (2013–2023)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A new FBI profiler, Elizabeth Keen, has her entire life uprooted when a mysterious criminal, Raymond Reddington, who has eluded capture for decades, turns himself in and insists on speaking only to her.

Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Ryan Eggold

Votes: 279,705

2. The Hills Have Eyes (2006)

R | 107 min | Horror, Thriller

A traveling family falls victim to a group of mutated cannibals in a desert far away from civilization.

Director: Alexandre Aja | Stars: Ted Levine, Kathleen Quinlan, Dan Byrd, Emilie de Ravin

Votes: 183,304 | Gross: $41.78M

3. Soylent Green (1973)

PG | 97 min | Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A nightmarish futuristic fantasy about the controlling power of big corporations and an innocent cop who stumbles on the truth.

Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors

Votes: 70,586 | Gross: $7.92M

4. SAS: Red Notice (2021)

R | 124 min | Action, Thriller

A small army of well trained criminals led by Grace Lewis have hijacked a train deep beneath the English Channel.

Director: Magnus Martens | Stars: Sam Heughan, Ruby Rose, Andy Serkis, Hannah John-Kamen

Votes: 21,310 | Gross: $0.15M

5. Them! (1954)

Not Rated | 94 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

The earliest atomic tests in New Mexico cause common ants to mutate into giant man-eating monsters that threaten civilization.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, James Arness

Votes: 24,196

6. Troll Hunter (2010)

PG-13 | 103 min | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller

A group of students investigates a series of mysterious bear killings, but learns that there are much more dangerous things going on. They start to follow a mysterious hunter, learning that he is actually a troll hunter.

Director: André Øvredal | Stars: Otto Jespersen, Robert Stoltenberg, Knut Nærum, Glenn Erland Tosterud

Votes: 79,569 | Gross: $0.25M

7. The Package (1989)

R | 108 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Experienced Green Beret sergeant Johnny Gallagher is escorting a prisoner, Airborne Ranger Thomas Boyette, back to the US, but Boyette escapes and Gallagher must risk life and limb to catch him.

Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Gene Hackman, Tommy Lee Jones, Joanna Cassidy, John Heard

Votes: 11,455 | Gross: $10.65M

8. Hanky Panky (1982)

PG | 110 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Completely innocent man, Michael Jordon, is drawn into a web of government secrets when a girl carrying a mysterious package gets into a taxi with him. When she's later murdered, Michael becomes the chief suspect and goes on the run.

Director: Sidney Poitier | Stars: Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Kathleen Quinlan, Richard Widmark

Votes: 3,109 | Gross: $9.82M

9. Despite the Falling Snow (2016)

PG-13 | 93 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

In Cold War Moscow, a female spy steals secrets from an idealistic politician - and falls in love with him.

Director: Shamim Sarif | Stars: Rebecca Ferguson, Charles Dance, Anthony Head, Amy Nuttall

Votes: 3,540

10. Pickup on South Street (1953)

Passed | 80 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery

A pickpocket unwittingly lifts a message destined for enemy agents and becomes a target for a Communist spy ring.

Director: Samuel Fuller | Stars: Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Murvyn Vye

Votes: 16,156

11. Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)

Not Rated | 105 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

Japan creates an artificial black hole device to trap Godzilla forever, but a test of the device creates new foes for Godzilla, car-sized dragonflies called meganula and their queen, Megaguirus.

Directors: Masaaki Tezuka, Ishirô Honda | Stars: Misato Tanaka, Shôsuke Tanihara, Masatô Ibu, Yuriko Hoshi

Votes: 4,618

12. Artists and Models (1955)

Approved | 109 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

Rick Todd uses the dreams of his roommate Eugene as the basis for a successful comic book.

Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Shirley MacLaine, Dorothy Malone

Votes: 4,384 | Gross: $9.35M

13. Churchill's Secret (2016 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 100 min | Biography, Drama, History

British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill (Sir Michael Gambon) suffers from a stroke in the summer of 1953, which is consequently kept a secret from the rest of the world.

Director: Charles Sturridge | Stars: Michael Gambon, Romola Garai, Lindsay Duncan, Daisy Lewis

Votes: 1,556

14. The Merry Widow (1934)

Passed | 99 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

When a small kingdom's main taxpayer leaves for Paris, its king dispatches a dashing count to win back her allegiance.

Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Edward Everett Horton, Marcel Vallée

Votes: 3,260

15. Asteroid: Final Impact (2015 TV Movie)

Unrated | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

As the Earth is on a collision course with a deadly asteroid after a small-scale meteor shower, a discredited astrophysicist and his team race against time to hack into a state-of-the-art meteor-tracking satellite. Can he save the world?

Director: Jason Bourque | Stars: Mark Lutz, Robin Dunne, Anna Van Hooft, Emilie Ullerup

Votes: 733

16. Crazy Lake (2016)

Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy, Horror

A group of coeds goes looking for fun at a cabin on the lake, but find out that the cabin wasn't always used for rest and relaxation.

Directors: Jason Henne, Christopher Leto | Stars: Ashley Nicole Allen, Libby Blake, Michael Ray Davis, Will Dehaan

Votes: 482

17. Walk a Crooked Mile (1948)

Approved | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

During the Cold War, at a California atomic research plant, an FBI agent and a Scotland Yard inspector join forces to eliminate a foreign atomic spy ring operating in the USA and the UK.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Louis Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe, Louise Allbritton, Carl Esmond

Votes: 1,136

18. Ship Ahoy (1942)

Passed | 95 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery

Miss Winters is a dancer with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and is asked to secretly transport a prototype magnetic mine to Puerto Rico. She thinks that she is working for the US Government, but fails to see why she would be involved.

Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Eleanor Powell, Red Skelton, Bert Lahr, Virginia O'Brien

Votes: 717

19. We Steal Secrets (2013)

R | 130 min | Documentary

A documentary that details the creation of Julian Assange's controversial website, which facilitated the largest security breach in U.S. history.

Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Julian Assange, Adrian Lamo, John 'FuzzFace' McMahon, Alex Gibney

Votes: 8,178 | Gross: $0.16M

20. Sex Machine (2005 Video)

Horror

A man with his face wrapped in gauze comes out of a trance: he's holding a gun, pointed at a pleading man; several dead bodies and a valise of $100 bills are at his feet. He takes the money... See full summary »

Director: Christopher Sharpe | Stars: John Howell, Jessica Alfrey, Erika O'Bar, Joshua Winch

Votes: 84

21. Ground Zero (1987)

PG-13 | 109 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

A second generation cameraman in Australia finds evidence that his father had filmed a nuclear test that allowed aboriginies to be exposed to and killed by radiation. He begins a search for... See full summary »

Directors: Bruce Myles, Michael Pattinson | Stars: Colin Friels, Jack Thompson, Donald Pleasence, Natalie Bate

Votes: 551 | Gross: $0.20M

22. Unnatural Causes (1986 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 120 min | Drama

Frank Coleman is a Vietnam veteran dying from cancer brought on by exposure to the defoliant chemical Agent Orange which he turns to Maude DeVictor, a Veterans Administration benefits ... See full summary »

Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: John Ritter, Alfre Woodard, Patti LaBelle, John Vargas

Votes: 177

23. Bermuda City (2013– )

MA-13 | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Based on the comic book series - a detective must clear his name after being linked to multiple murders.

Stars: Julian Jay Burton, Michael Garth, Bernadette Chapman, Patrick Purser

Votes: 38

24. 300 000 Kilomètres/Seconde (2013)

PG | 19 min | Short, Adventure, Mystery

Paris, 1956. Lucien Lacroix, inventor, has resumed the researches of his late father and created a watch that permits the wearer to travel in time. Deciding to go to Geneva to patent his ... See full summary »

Director: Stéphane Réthoré | Stars: Jean-Marc Cozic, Jérôme Boyer, Thomas Cousseau, Dominique Daguier

Votes: 32

25. Barney Miller (1975–1982)
Episode: Strip Joint (1979)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

A bookstore owner is angry when a strip club opens near his store. A man is convinced that he is on the verge of spontaneous combustion.

Director: Noam Pitlik | Stars: Hal Linden, Max Gail, Ron Glass, Steve Landesberg

Votes: 116

26. Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2003–2010)
Episode: Big Brother (2005)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Documentary

Penn and Teller look at how the Patriot Act was rushed into law following 9/11 and what power this gave to the government. It also looks at how we are increasingly being monitored in our day to day life.

Directors: Star Price, Scott Firestone, Tim Rogan, Ted Saad, Chip Selby | Stars: Penn Jillette, Teller, Mark Ciglar, Michael Goudeau

Votes: 121

27. Plastic Man (1979– )
Episode: Dr. Duplicator Strikes Again/The Malevolent Marble Man/The Mysterious Warnings of Doom/The Defiant Casablanca Giant/Thunderman/Evil Notions With Evila's Potions (1979)

TV-G | Animation, Adventure, Family

Dr. Duplicator is replacing government officials with evil duplicate clones in order to steal government secrets. Thunderman steals New York City and plans to sell it to the highest bidder.

Directors: Rudy Larriva, Charles Nichols, Manuel Perez | Stars: Jack Baker, Joe Baker, Michael Bell, Susan Blu

28. Kreml-9 (2001–2006)
Episode: Dvortsovye tayny vremen Leonida Brezhneva (2002)

Documentary

Documentary about the secrets during the time of Leonid Brezhnev.

Stars: Pavel Konyshev, Aleksey Pimanov

29. Part of the Problem (2018– )
Pentagon Leak Arrest (2023 Podcast Episode)

News, Talk-Show

Add a Plot

Star: Dave Smith

30. Enquête sur les OVNIs (2004)
Episode: Secret d'état (2004)

Documentary

Add a Plot

Director: Jean Leclerc | Stars: Vlasta Vrana, Ian Finlay, Benoît Rousseau, Christian Page

31. Love, Death & Robots (2019– )
Episode: The Secret War (2019)

TV-MA | 16 min | Animation, Short, Action

Elite units of the Red Army fight an unholy evil deep in the ancient forests of Siberia.

Directors: Gabriele Pennacchioli, István Zorkóczy | Stars: Stefan Kapicic, Bruce Thomas, Jeff Berg, Antonio Alvarez

Votes: 18,346