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

1. A Beautiful Mind (2001)

PG-13 | 135 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery

A mathematical genius, John Nash made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a harrowing journey of self-discovery.

Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer

Votes: 988,146 | Gross: $170.74M

2. Zodiac (2007)

R | 157 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Between 1968 and 1983, a San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac Killer, an unidentified individual who terrorizes Northern California with a killing spree.

Director: David Fincher | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards

Votes: 599,158 | Gross: $33.08M

3. The Imitation Game (2014)

PG-13 | 114 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller

During World War II, the English mathematical genius Alan Turing tries to crack the German Enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians while attempting to come to terms with his troubled private life.

Director: Morten Tyldum | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Allen Leech

Votes: 825,850 | Gross: $91.13M

4. Midway (2019)

PG-13 | 138 min | Action, Drama, History

The story of the Battle of Midway, told by the leaders and the sailors who fought it.

Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Ed Skrein, Patrick Wilson, Woody Harrelson, Luke Evans

Votes: 94,568 | Gross: $56.85M

5. The Da Vinci Code (2006)

PG-13 | 149 min | Mystery, Thriller

A murder inside the Louvre, and clues in Da Vinci paintings, lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for two thousand years, which could shake the foundations of Christianity.

Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Jean Reno, Ian McKellen

Votes: 459,249 | Gross: $217.54M

6. From Russia with Love (1963)

PG | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

James Bond willingly falls into an assassination plot involving a naive Russian beauty in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen by S.P.E.C.T.R.E.

Director: Terence Young | Stars: Sean Connery, Robert Shaw, Lotte Lenya, Daniela Bianchi

Votes: 145,494 | Gross: $24.80M

7. For Your Eyes Only (1981)

PG | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

Secret service agent James Bond is assigned to find a missing British vessel equipped with a weapons encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands.

Director: John Glen | Stars: Roger Moore, Carole Bouquet, Topol, Lynn-Holly Johnson

Votes: 108,387 | Gross: $62.30M

8. 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: 163,127 | Gross: $21.59M

9. U-571 (2000)

PG-13 | 116 min | Action, War

A German submarine is boarded by disguised American submariners trying to capture their Enigma cipher machine.

Director: Jonathan Mostow | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, Jon Bon Jovi

Votes: 87,449 | Gross: $77.09M

10. Sneakers (1992)

PG-13 | 126 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A security pro finds his past returning to haunt him when he and his unique team are tasked with retrieving a particularly important item.

Director: Phil Alden Robinson | Stars: Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd, Sidney Poitier, Jo Marr

Votes: 62,585 | Gross: $51.43M

11. Spies Like Us (1985)

PG | 102 min | Adventure, Comedy

Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for Nuclear War.

Director: John Landis | Stars: Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Mark Stewart, Sean Daniel

Votes: 53,013 | Gross: $60.09M

12. Midway (1976)

PG | 132 min | Action, Drama, History

A dramatization of the battle that was widely heralded as a turning point of the Pacific Theatre of World War II.

Director: Jack Smight | Stars: Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn, Glenn Ford

Votes: 21,506

13. Windtalkers (2002)

R | 134 min | Action, Drama, War

Two U.S. Marines in World War II are assigned to protect Navajo Marines, who use their native language as an unbreakable radio cypher.

Director: John Woo | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Peter Stormare, Noah Emmerich

Votes: 73,702 | Gross: $40.91M

14. Mercury Rising (1998)

R | 111 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Shadowy elements in the NSA target a nine-year old autistic savant for death when he is able to decipher a top secret code.

Director: Harold Becker | Stars: Bruce Willis, Miko Hughes, Alec Baldwin, Chi McBride

Votes: 77,670 | Gross: $32.94M

15. The Amateur (2025)

Action, Thriller | Filming

Follows a CIA cryptographer, who manages to blackmail his agency into training him to let him go after a group of terrorist who killed his wife in London.

Director: James Hawes | Stars: Caitríona Balfe, Rachel Brosnahan, Rami Malek, Takehiro Hira

16. The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)

R | 131 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.

Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Timothy Hutton, Sean Penn, Pat Hingle, Joyce Van Patten

Votes: 12,723 | Gross: $17.10M

17. Paper Empire (2024– )

Action, Drama | Post-production

Laurence Fintch wants to be the planet's financial savior. His digital technology has been unleashed. His attempt to corner the world banks spirals out of control, bringing forth a global Financial Armageddon.

Stars: Robert Davi, Denise Richards, Helena Mattsson, Kelsey Grammer

18. The Slasher ...is the Sex Maniac! (1972)

X | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A serial killer is on the loose. His victims are unfaithful wives and he always leaves compromising photographs at the crime scene.

Director: Roberto Bianchi Montero | Stars: Farley Granger, Sylva Koscina, Silvano Tranquilli, Annabella Incontrera

Votes: 1,096

19. Les vampires (1915)

Not Rated | 421 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

An intrepid reporter and his loyal friend battle a bizarre secret society of criminals known as The Vampires.

Director: Louis Feuillade | Stars: Musidora, Édouard Mathé, Marcel Lévesque, Jean Aymé

Votes: 5,436

20. The Numbers Station (2013)

R | 89 min | Action, Thriller

A disgraced black ops agent is dispatched to a remote CIA broadcast station to protect a code operator. Soon, they find themselves in a life-or-death struggle to stop a deadly plot before it's too late.

Director: Kasper Barfoed | Stars: John Cusack, Malin Akerman, Liam Cunningham, Richard Brake

Votes: 20,865

21. Jane Doe: Vanishing Act (2005 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 92 min | Mystery

When a lone passenger with vital software disappears from an airplane midair, a mom, who quit Central Security Agency years ago, is secretly called in as consultant to solve the mystery.

Director: James A. Contner | Stars: Lea Thompson, Joe Penny, William R. Moses, Jessy Schram

Votes: 499

22. UUelcome (1997– )

Game-Show

Lnq battles to become Stewperman.

Stars: Lnq, Joey Koala, Puwun, Honne Bay

23. Aelita, the Queen of Mars (1924)

Not Rated | 111 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Engineer Mstislav Sergeyevich Los travels to Mars where he leads a popular uprising against the ruling group of Elders with the support of Queen Aelita who has fallen in love with him after watching him through a telescope.

Director: Yakov Protazanov | Stars: Yuliya Solntseva, Igor Ilyinsky, Nikolai Tsereteli, Nikolay Batalov

Votes: 2,892

24. The Nine Tailors (1974)

209 min | Mystery

The title refers to the nine strokes of a church bell to announce the death of a man. In this adaptation of Dorothy L. Sayers's intricate, nostalgic, and atmospheric novel of the same name,... See full summary »

Stars: Ian Carmichael, Glyn Houston, Elizabeth Proud, Patrick Jordan

Votes: 388

25. Revelation (2001)

R | 111 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Dating back to the time of Jesus Christ, an ancient relic known as the Loculus has been fought over by the forces of light and darkness down the centuries. Created in 50 A.D., the wood ... See full summary »

Director: Stuart Urban | Stars: Natasha Wightman, Udo Kier, Diran Meghreblian, David Urban

Votes: 1,667

26. Travelling Salesman (2012)

80 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Four mathematicians are hired by the US government to solve the most powerful problem in computer science history.

Director: Timothy Lanzone | Stars: Danny Barclay, Eric Bloom, David John Cole, Malek Houlihan

Votes: 1,371

27. Breaking the Code (1996 TV Movie)

75 min | Biography, Drama

A biography of the English mathematician Alan Turing, who was one of the inventors of the digital computer and one of the key figures in the breaking of the Enigma code, used by the Germans... See full summary »

Director: Herbert Wise | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Alun Armstrong, Blake Ritson, William Mannering

Votes: 670

28. Sebastian (1968)

Approved | 100 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

During the Cold War, the chief of a British intelligence code-breaking section falls in love with a new employee and shields an old co-worker accused of Communist affiliations from the wrath of the security branch.

Director: David Greene | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Susannah York, Lilli Palmer, John Gielgud

Votes: 702

29. Rendezvous (1935)

Approved | 94 min | Comedy, War

Powell plays an American cryptologist who tangles with German spies while falling in love.

Directors: William K. Howard, Sam Wood | Stars: William Powell, Rosalind Russell, Binnie Barnes, Lionel Atwill

Votes: 1,012

30. Cold Weather (2010)

Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

A guy who moves back to Portland, Oregon becomes involved in the mystery of his ex-girlfriend's disappearance.

Director: Aaron Katz | Stars: Cris Lankenau, Raúl Castillo, Robyn Rikoon, Trieste Kelly Dunn

Votes: 2,372 | Gross: $0.14M

31. Sekret Enigmy (1979)

158 min | Biography, Drama, History

Three Polish mathematicians are the first to crack the sophisticated Enigma code used by the Germans just before the Second World War. They build replicas of the Enigma machines and manage ... See full summary »

Director: Roman Wionczek | Stars: Tadeusz Borowski, Piotr Fronczewski, Piotr Garlicki, Tadeusz Plucinski

Votes: 77

32. Imagination (2007)

Not Rated | 70 min | Animation, Fantasy

Dr. Reineger is a child neuro-psychologist who has become confident that the twin Anna has a form of autism called Asperger's Syndrome, rendering her unable to cope with reality. As for her... See full summary »

Director: Eric Leiser | Stars: Ed K. Gildersleeve, Nikki Haddad, Jessi Haddad, Courtney Sanford

Votes: 218

33. Battle of the Atlantic (2002– )

146 min | Documentary, History, War

The story of the World War II effort by Nazi Germany to disrupt Allied shipping with U-boat attacks and the Allied efforts to prevent it.

Stars: Chris Broyles, Bill Paterson

Votes: 138

34. The Red Machine (2009)

Not Rated | 84 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

Washington, DC, 1935: At the height of the Great Depression, a charming and irrepressible young thief is forced to help an icy and mysterious United States Navy spy steal a brand new device... See full summary »

Directors: Stephanie Argy, Alec Boehm | Stars: Lee Perkins, Donal Thoms-Cappello, Meg Brogan, Maureen Byrnes

Votes: 273

35. The Code Talkers: A Secret Code of Honor (2003 Video)

23 min | Documentary, Short

The cast and crew of Windtalkers (2002) and a select few of the actual Navajo code talkers share their feelings on the situation of their being involved in WWII, and the film. We also see ... See full summary »

Director: Richard Mortillaro | Stars: Adam Beach, Thomas A. Begay, Sam Billison, Jeff Bingaman

Votes: 55

36. Shinkuronishiti (2004)

133 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A Tokyo detective investigates after a fashion model witnesses a brutal slaying by a serial killer.

Director: Macoto Tezuka | Stars: Reika Hashimoto, Kaori Kawamura, Shunsuke Matsuoka, Masanobu Andô

Votes: 341

37. Hakeri rata (2021 TV Movie)

52 min | Documentary, War

During the siege of Vukovar, the defenders improvised a secret channel of communication using radio stations and Commodore 64 computers that thwarted attempts by the enemy to completely cut off the city from the outside world.

Directors: Tomislav Brdjanovic, Nikola Kupresanin | Stars: Ivica Azenic, Darko Lalic, Miroslav Oljaca, Davor Perkovic

Votes: 11

38. Asalto informático (2002 TV Movie)

105 min | Thriller

Each of the members of a group of hackers is willing to fight against system. Their messages and attacks are political, socially demmanding but also playful. Each of them have reasons to ... See full summary »

Director: Miguel Ángel Carrasco | Stars: Antonio Dechent, Lucina Gil, Paco Luna, Manolo Solo

Votes: 26

39. Noir (1996 Video Game)

T | Adventure, Crime, Mystery

This Windows CD-ROM game takes players back to 1940 Los Angeles through computer graphics composed entirely of black and white photographs and video. Players assume the role of a detective ... See full summary »

Director: Jeff Blyth | Stars: John Boyle, Lesley Tesh, Karen Teliha, Richard Morrison

Votes: 32

40. Jaws of Justice (1933)

Passed | 58 min | Action, Mystery, Romance

Seeker Dean has found the gold he has been looking for for 15 years. Heading for the Government office, Boone Jackson kills him. Kickabout finds a cryptogram as to the gold's location and ... See full summary »

Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: Kazan the Wonder Dog, Jack Perrin, Robert Walker, Ruth Sullivan

Votes: 74

41. Crix

Thriller | Announced

Development of new technologies leads to decentralized encrypted currencies, like bitcoin. By 2020, over 500 encrypted currencies emerge. Distrust and greed drive centralized banking and ... See full summary »

42. Gateway (IV)

10 min | Short, Mystery, Thriller | Completed

A no-nonsense interrogator is hired to extract information from a cryptologist hiding U.S. secrets, and quickly realizes the mysterious man has more to hide than anyone thought.

Director: Matt Williams | Stars: Matt Williams, Alex Bowling, David Edwin Williams, Jim Adams IV

43. The Man from Downing Street (1922)

50 min | Adventure

Capt. Robert Kent is assigned by British Secret Service in India to discover the identity of a traitor responsible for a leakage in British code messages. Disguising himself as a rajah, he ... See full summary »

Director: Edward José | Stars: Earle Williams, Charles Hill Mailes, Boris Karloff, Betty Ross Clarke

Votes: 18

44. Inside Q's Lab (2000 Video)

10 min | Documentary, Short

The gadgets of 007.

Director: John Cork | Stars: Marie Clairu, Desmond Llewelyn, Charles Juroe, Lewis Gilbert

Votes: 118

45. The Making of the Numbers Station (2013 Video)

15 min | Documentary, Short

Add a Plot

Stars: Malin Akerman, John Cusack, Sean Furst

46. ABC Weekend Specials (1977–1995)
Episode: The Gold Bug (1980)

Not Rated | 45 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Shortly after the Civil War, while exploring the long deserted and reputedly haunted Sullivan's Island off Charleston S.C., a boy encounters two obsessed eccentrics living there. These men ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Fuest | Stars: Roberts Blossom, Geoffrey Holder, Anthony Michael Hall, Robert Moberly

Votes: 92

47. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984–1985)
Episode: The Dancing Men (1984)

TV-PG | 54 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A gentleman is baffled when the childish drawings of little dancing men terrify his American wife. Sherlock Holmes soon discovers why.

Director: John Bruce | Stars: Jeremy Brett, David Burke, Tenniel Evans, Betsy Brantley

Votes: 1,359

48. Foreign Intrigue (1951–1955)
Episode: The Boy in the Park (1955)

Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A cryptographer finally breaks an important code while resting in a quaint Viennese park. When he suffers a heart attack, a small boy picks up the paper he was working on and uses it is ... See full summary »

Director: Eugène Lourié | Star: Gerald Mohr

49. Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode: Rommel's Enigma (1998)

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

The Desert Fox outfoxed by the Ultra secret.

Stars: Charlton Heston, Anthony Cave Brown, Harry Hinsley, M.R.D. Foot

Votes: 15

50. Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed the World (2019)
Episode: The Smartphone (2019)

TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary, History

The history leading to the smartphone is a journey through Roman fire signals, Morse code, Marconi's wireless, Bell's telephone, Lamarr's spread-spectrum signaling, to Apple's 2007 iPhone and forward to brainwave-controlled smartphones.

Directors: Sean Smith, Ben Harding | Stars: Jim Al-Khalili, Saul David, Nadya Mason, James Meigs

Votes: 33