Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "mass-surveillance"

1. Person of Interest (2011–2016)

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

An ex-CIA agent and a wealthy programmer save lives via a surveillance AI that sends them the identities of civilians involved in impending crimes. However, the details of the crimes, including the civilians' roles, are left a mystery.

Stars: Jim Caviezel, Taraji P. Henson, Kevin Chapman, Michael Emerson

Votes: 188,918

2. Minority Report (2002)

PG-13 | 145 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

John works with the PreCrime police which stop crimes before they take place, with the help of three 'PreCogs' who can foresee crimes. Events ensue when John finds himself framed for a future murder.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, Max von Sydow

Votes: 584,153 | Gross: $132.07M

3. 1984 (1984)

R | 113 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

In a totalitarian future society, a man, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.

Director: Michael Radford | Stars: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack

Votes: 78,959 | Gross: $8.40M

4. Official Secrets (2019)

R | 112 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The true story of a British whistleblower who leaked information to the press about an illegal NSA spy operation designed to push the UN Security Council into sanctioning the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Director: Gavin Hood | Stars: Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode, Rhys Ifans

Votes: 54,550 | Gross: $0.40M

5. The Fate of the Furious (2017)

PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

When a mysterious woman seduces Dominic Toretto into the world of terrorism and a betrayal of those closest to him, the crew face trials that will test them as never before.

Director: F. Gary Gray | Stars: Vin Diesel, Jason Statham, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez

Votes: 253,797 | Gross: $226.01M

6. Vice (I) (2018)

R | 132 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

The story of Dick Cheney, an unassuming bureaucratic Washington insider, who quietly wielded immense power as Vice President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that are still felt today.

Director: Adam McKay | Stars: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell

Votes: 162,360 | Gross: $47.84M

7. Snowden (2016)

R | 134 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The NSA's illegal surveillance techniques are leaked to the public by one of the agency's employees, Edward Snowden, in the form of thousands of classified documents distributed to the press.

Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto

Votes: 162,921 | Gross: $21.59M

8. Brave New World (2020)

TV-MA | 418 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

In a utopia whose perfection hinges upon control of monogamy and privacy, members of the collective begin to question the rules, putting their regimented society on a collision course with forbidden love and revolution.

Stars: Alden Ehrenreich, Jessica Brown Findlay, Harry Lloyd, Nina Sosanya

Votes: 17,028

9. A Scanner Darkly (2006)

R | 100 min | Animation, Comedy, Crime

An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.

Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr., Rory Cochrane

Votes: 117,101 | Gross: $5.50M

10. Captive State (2019)

PG-13 | 109 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

Set in a Chicago neighborhood nearly a decade after an occupation by an extraterrestrial force, 'Captive State' explores the lives on both sides of the conflict - the collaborators and dissidents.

Director: Rupert Wyatt | Stars: John Goodman, Ashton Sanders, Jonathan Majors, Vera Farmiga

Votes: 57,876 | Gross: $5.96M

11. Anon (I) (2018)

TV-MA | 100 min | Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi

In a world without anonymity or crime, a detective meets a woman who threatens their security.

Director: Andrew Niccol | Stars: Clive Owen, Afiya Bennett, Morgan Allen, Jeffrey Men

Votes: 48,735

12. 13th (2016)

TV-MA | 100 min | Documentary, Crime, History

An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

Director: Ava DuVernay | Stars: Melina Abdullah, Michelle Alexander, Cory Booker, Dolores Canales

Votes: 37,666

13. Citizenfour (2014)

R | 114 min | Documentary, Biography

A documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden.

Director: Laura Poitras | Stars: Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, William Binney, Jacob Appelbaum

Votes: 57,968 | Gross: $2.80M

14. Injustice (2021)

R | 78 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

On an alternate Earth, the Joker tricks Superman into killing Lois Lane, which causes a rampage in the hero. Superman decides to take control of Earth; Batman and his allies will have to attempt to stop him.

Director: Matt Peters | Stars: Justin Hartley, Anson Mount, Laura Bailey, Zach Callison

Votes: 16,048

15. Paranoia (I) (2013)

PG-13 | 106 min | Drama, Thriller

An entry-level employee at a powerful corporation finds himself occupying a corner office, but at a dangerous price: he must spy on his boss's old mentor to secure for him a multi-billion dollar advantage.

Director: Robert Luketic | Stars: Liam Hemsworth, Gary Oldman, Harrison Ford, Amber Heard

Votes: 39,289 | Gross: $7.38M

16. The Unlisted (2019)

22 min | Crime, Family, Sci-Fi

Twelve-year-old identical twins Dru and Kal discover that the government is secretly tracking and manipulating Australia's youth via electronic tracking devices.

Stars: Vrund Rao, Ved Rao, Abigail Adriano, Miah Madden

Votes: 1,371

17. The Great Hack (2019)

TV-MA | 114 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The Cambridge Analytica scandal is examined through the roles of several affected persons.

Directors: Karim Amer, Jehane Noujaim | Stars: Brittany Kaiser, David Carroll, Paul-Olivier Dehaye, Ravi Naik

Votes: 25,016

18. The Perfect Weapon (2016)

Not Rated | 88 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

In the not so distant future, society is controlled by the powerful State and a dictator known as the Director. Condor works as a hitman for the State, but a reunion with someone he thought... See full summary »

Director: Titus Paar | Stars: Steven Seagal, Richard Tyson, Johnny Messner, Vernon Wells

Votes: 2,320

19. Coded Bias (2020)

TV-MA | 86 min | Documentary

When MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini discovers that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces accurately, she embarks on a journey to push for the first-ever U.S. legislation against bias in algorithms that impact us all.

Director: Shalini Kantayya | Stars: Joy Buolamwini, Meredith Broussard, Cathy O'Neil, Silkie Carlo

Votes: 2,755

20. The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014)

Not Rated | 105 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

The story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz, who took his own life at the age of 26.

Director: Brian Knappenberger | Stars: Aaron Swartz, Tim Berners-Lee, Cindy Cohn, Gabriella Coleman

Votes: 18,038 | Gross: $0.05M

21. iHuman (2019)

99 min | Documentary

The documentary follows the booming artificial intelligence industry, what opportunities and challenges it brings and its impact on the global community.

Director: Tonje Hessen Schei | Stars: Max Tegmark, Zeynep Tüfekçi, Elenore Pauwels, Ben Goertzel

Votes: 713

22. All Light, Everywhere (2021)

Unrated | 105 min | Documentary

A far-ranging look at the biases in how we see things, focusing on the use of police body cameras.

Director: Theo Anthony | Stars: Theo Anthony, Keaver Brenai, Robert Cunniff, Ross McNutt

Votes: 879

23. Push, Nevada (2002)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A Federal agent travels to a small town in search of a missing $1 million (while the audience gets a chance to find - and win - the money first).

Stars: Derek Cecil, Scarlett Chorvat, Melora Walters, Josh Todd

Votes: 249

24. A Good American (2015)

TV-14 | 100 min | Documentary, Biography, History

How a group of NSA code-breakers had a chance of preventing 9/11.

Director: Friedrich Moser | Stars: William Binney, Jesselyn Radack, Kirk Wiebe, Diane Roark

Votes: 1,334

25. My

120 min | Drama, Sci-Fi | Completed

200 years have passed after The Great War. The remnants of humanity live in the perfect One State. Despite an authoritarian system of serial numbers, uniforms, glass houses, and scheduled sex, happiness and harmony reign in the society.

Director: Hamlet Dulyan | Stars: Egor Koreshkov, Elena Podkaminskaya, Yuri Kolokolnikov, Dmitriy Chebotaryov

26. Terms and Conditions May Apply (2013)

Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary, News

A documentary that exposes what corporations and governments learn about people through Internet and cell phone usage, and what can be done about it ... if anything.

Director: Cullen Hoback | Stars: Max Schrems, Moby, Mark Zuckerberg, Orson Scott Card

Votes: 6,541 | Gross: $0.06M

27. Utopía 7 (1995 Video)

115 min | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

In a post-apocalyptic world, a gang of young rebels fights against the high-tech mechanisms of an ultimate computer system that had been commissioned by an elite group to restore order and balance.

Director: Leopoldo Laborde | Stars: Roberto Trujillo, Francisco Rey, Mónica Gómez, Claudio Brook

Votes: 16

28. Do Not Resist (2016)

Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary

An account of the increasing use of military weapons and tactics by local law enforcement in the United States, counterpointed with civil unrest in Ferguson, Missouri following the shooting of Michael Brown in 2014.

Director: Craig Atkinson | Stars: Richard Berk, James Comey, Dave Grossman, Rand Paul

Votes: 1,164 | Gross: $0.07M

29. Access Code (1984)

Not Rated | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery

A secret organisation gains control over the American nuclear weapons. A journalist ventures out to stop them.

Director: Mark Sobel | Stars: Martin Landau, Michael Ansara, Macdonald Carey, Michael Durrell

Votes: 158

30. Stingray (2016 TV Movie)

27 min | Documentary, News

They're used by police, federal officials and hackers. They can read your text messages, see where you are and more. They go by many names but some know them as Stingrays. But what is a ... See full summary »

Directors: Jerod MacDonald-Evoy, Rashinda Bankhead | Stars: Jason Hernandez, Jerod MacDonald-Evoy, Sam Richards, Scott Schober

31. Digital Surveillance (2023)

30 min | Documentary, Short

Two decades ago, the internet and all the free services started disrupting our lives. We accepted them with happiness and relief. But, in the last years, we realized that those services came with a hidden cost: our data.

Director: Aldo Montesano | Stars: Joanna Bryson, Tristan Harris, Jaron Lanier, Noel Sharkey

32. Aloof Drifter (2018– )

Fantasy

A surreal series of a loner in the subterranean world that takes a mission and fights off villains.

Stars: Nicholas M. Garofolo, Dave Sweeney, Robert House, Lauren Collier

33. Have You Seen This Man or: I Think Someone Is Watching Us (2022)

5 min | Short, Horror, Mystery

Browsing memes turned out to be an unexpected encounter with a mysterious man.

Director: Alexander Ignatiev | Stars: Ivan Butenko, Alexey Rabtsevich

34. The Styxhexenhammer666 Channel (2010– )
Episode: Evildoer George HW Bush Confirms He Voted for Clinton, Dislikes Trump (2017)

14 min | News

George H.W. Bush reveals that he voted for Hillary Clinton; Styx is not surprised.

Star: Styxhexenhammer666

35. The Styxhexenhammer666 Channel (2010– )
Episode: Liberals Praise George W Bush; I Denounce Genocidal George and His Warmonger Buddies (2017)

12 min | News

Styx is annoyed by the liberals who are now praising George W. Bush, someone he still considers to be a warmonger and an enemy of free speech.

Star: Styxhexenhammer666

36. The Empire Files (2015– )
Episode: NSA Whistleblower: Government Collecting Everything You Do (2019)

27 min | Documentary, News, Talk-Show

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Stars: William Binney, Abby Martin

Votes: 11

37. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: In the Age of AI (2019)

TV-14 | 113 min | Documentary, News

FRONTLINE explores the promise and perils of AI. The documentary traces a new industrial revolution that will reshape and disrupt our lives, our jobs and our world, and allow the emergence of the surveillance society.

Directors: Neil Docherty, David Fanning | Stars: Will Lyman, Lee Sedol, Pedro Domingos, Fu-Kai Lee

Votes: 126

38. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: China Undercover (2020)

TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, News

An investigation from China's Xinjiang region on the Communist regime's mass imprisonment of Muslims and its testing of surveillance technology against the population.

Directors: Robin Barnwell, Brent E. Huffman, Katerina Monemvassitis | Stars: Priyanka Boghani, Sarah Childress, Will Lyman, Katie Worth

Votes: 69

39. Can't Get You Out of My Head (2021)
Episode: Shooting and F**king Are the Same Thing (2021)

Documentary, History

The story of what tore the revolutions in the 1960s apart. Jiang Qing in China, Michael X in London, Afeni Shakur in New York believed that millions of people's minds were haunted by the ... See full summary »

Stars: H. Rap Brown, Stokely Carmichael, Adam Curtis, Michael de Freitas

Votes: 121

40. Can't Get You Out of My Head (2021)
Episode: Are We Pigeon? Or are We Dancer (2021)

Documentary, History

The final episode tells how the strange paralysis that grips us today was created. How all the different forces of our age - that started out as separate have come together to create what ... See full summary »

Star: Adam Curtis

Votes: 97

41. Coffee with Scott Adams (2018– )
It's a Newsy Day. Come Get Some. Bring Coffee (2023 Podcast Episode)

News

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Star: Scott Adams

42. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: United States of Secrets (Part Two): Privacy Lost (2014)

TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary, News

From PBS and Frontline: In Part Two of United States of Secrets, FRONTLINE explores the role of Silicon Valley in the National Security Agency's dragnet. As big technology companies ... See full summary »

Stars: Will Lyman, Glenn Greenwald, Ewen MacAskill, Ron Wyden

Votes: 212

43. Horizon (1964– )
Episode: Inside the Dark Web (2014)

Documentary

Twenty-five years after the world wide web was created, it is now caught in the greatest controversy of its existence - surveillance. With many concerned that governments and corporations ... See full summary »

Director: Mike Radford | Stars: Amanda Drew, Reem Al Assil, Julia Angwin, Jacob Appelbaum

Votes: 128

44. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014– )
Episode: Government Surveillance (2015)

TV-MA | 45 min | Comedy, News, Talk-Show

John heads to Russia to interview Edward Snowden as part of a segment on government surveillance.

Director: Jim Hoskinson | Stars: John Oliver, Edward Snowden, Becky Ann Baker, David Kaye

Votes: 725

45. House of Cards (2013–2018)
Episode: Chapter 46 (2016)

TV-MA | 52 min | Drama

Frank and Claire adjust to their new reality. The search for Frank's running mate begins. Frank starts a campaign to weaken Conway's strong support.

Director: Tom Shankland | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright, Constance Zimmer, Michael Kelly

Votes: 3,543

46. The Empire Files (2015– )
Episode: Enter the Biggest Prison System in History (2015)

Documentary, News, Talk-Show

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Stars: Eddie Conway, Abby Martin, Eugene Puryear

Votes: 17

47. The Empire Files (2015– )
Episode: The Real House of Saud - Saudi Arabia's Oil-for-Tyranny (2015)

Documentary, News, Talk-Show

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Stars: Ali Al Ahmed, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger

Votes: 20

48. Black Mirror (2011– )
Episode: Hated in the Nation (2016)

TV-MA | 89 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

In near-future London, police detective Karin Parke, and her tech-savvy sidekick Blue, investigate a string of mysterious deaths with a sinister link to social media.

Director: James Hawes | Stars: Kelly Macdonald, Faye Marsay, Benedict Wong, Jonas Karlsson

Votes: 48,045

49. On Contact (2016– )
Episode: Israel's Secret Weapons (2016)

Documentary, News, Talk-Show

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Stars: Chris Hedges, Rania Khalek, Anya Parampil

50. House of Saud: A Family at War (2018)
Episode: Episode #1.3 (2018)

TV-PG | 59 min | Documentary

The series concludes by looking at how the House of Saud stays in power. Enormous wealth and a very generous social contract has protected them but a demographic time-bomb, social media and low oil prices have forced reform.

Director: John O'Kane | Stars: Saskia Reeves, David Weinberg, Joao Ferreira, Saad Al-Fagih

Votes: 16