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

1. Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)

R | 141 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

1969. Four strangers check in at the El Royale Hotel. The hotel is deserted, staffed by a single desk clerk. Some of the new guests' reasons for being there are less than innocent and some are not who they appear to be.

Director: Drew Goddard | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo, Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm

Votes: 164,619 | Gross: $17.84M

2. Condor (2018–2020)

TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A brilliant, young, idealistic CIA analyst finds himself in the middle of a conspiracy that kills everyone else at his office. Can he, with no field experience, stay alive long enough to get to the bottom of it?

Stars: Max Irons, Kristen Hager, Bob Balaban, Sam McCarthy

Votes: 17,775

3. The Pelican Brief (1993)

PG-13 | 141 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A law student uncovers a conspiracy, putting herself and others in danger.

Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Sam Shepard, John Heard

Votes: 95,971 | Gross: $100.77M

4. Miss Sloane (2016)

R | 132 min | Drama

In the high-stakes world of political power-brokers, Elizabeth Sloane is the most sought after and formidable lobbyist in D.C. But when taking on the most powerful opponent of her career, she finds winning may come at too high a price.

Director: John Madden | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michael Stuhlbarg

Votes: 82,504 | Gross: $3.50M

5. Animal Instincts II (1994 Video)

R | 95 min | Drama, Thriller

A divorcee has flashbacks of her life while, unknown to her, her next-door neighbor--a security expert--plants video cameras all through her house so he can spy on her.

Director: Gregory Dark | Stars: Shannon Whirry, Woody Brown, Al Sapienza, Elizabeth Sandifer

Votes: 758

6. Outlaw (2007)

R | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A group of people who feel betrayed by their government and let down by their Police force form a modern-day outlaw posse in order to right what they see as the wrongs of society.

Director: Nick Love | Stars: Sean Bean, Danny Dyer, Rupert Friend, Sean Harris

Votes: 12,809

7. Alone with a Stranger (2000)

R | 90 min | Drama, Thriller

A jealous man tries to take his twin brothers wife, job and family.

Director: Peter Liapis | Stars: William R. Moses, Barbara Niven, Nia Peeples, Priscilla Barnes

Votes: 403

8. Pursued (2004)

R | 95 min | Drama, Thriller

A fast rising hi tech executive must protect his career and family from the ruthless tactics of a homicidal corporate headhunter.

Director: Kristoffer Tabori | Stars: Christian Slater, Gil Bellows, Estella Warren, Michael Clarke Duncan

Votes: 1,792

9. Extreme Close-Up (1973)

R | 80 min | Drama

While doing a story on the intrusion of surreptitious surveillance in peoples' private lives, a television reporter rents some surveillance equipment to get a feel for what it's like to spy... See full summary »

Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Jim McMullan, Katherine Woodville, James A. Watson Jr., Bara Byrnes

Votes: 155 | Gross: $0.04M

10. Cheap Shots (1988)

PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy

The owner of a sleazy hotel, along with his friend, decides to videotape a room that is rented by a sexually active couple. Inadvertently recording their murders, the men are soon faced ... See full summary »

Directors: Jerry Stoeffhaas, Jeff Ureles | Stars: Judson Camp, John Galateo, Clarke Gordon, David Patrick Kelly

Votes: 33 | Gross: $0.00M

11. Chokepoint (2014)

6 min | Documentary, Short

Journalist Marcel Rosenbach visits the German satellite communications company Stellar PCS and presents shocking classified documents.

Director: Katy Scoggin | Stars: Marcel Rosenbach, Ali Fares, Stefan Schedletzki, Christoph Sommer

12. Barney Miller (1975–1982)
Episode: Bugs (1977)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

Recording devices discovered in the precinct may have come from Internal Affairs or the White House.

Director: David Swift | Stars: Hal Linden, Max Gail, Ron Glass, Jack Soo

Votes: 136

13. America's Book of Secrets (2012–2021)
Episode: FBI vs. MLK (2021)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary

In 1962, J. Edgar Hoover ordered "his bureau" to investigate Martin Luther King Jr. and soon discovered that King was associated with something he considered far more dangerous than peaceful protests: Communism.

Stars: Lance Reddick, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Keith Rice, Ben Kamin

Votes: 15

14. Majo saiban (2009– )
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2009)

Crime

The court is interviewing civilians for jury duty. The case revolves around a murder allegedly committed by a gold digger being called a witch. The woman has a daughter from a previous ... See full summary »

Stars: Akira Hamada, Manami Higa, Genki Hirakata, Yûki Hiyori

15. Panorama (1953– )
Episode: Dirty Secrets of the Cigarette Business (2021)

29 min | Documentary, News

Panorama unveils new revelations about the corrupt practices deployed by one of Britain's biggest companies.

Directors: Richard Cookson, Hannah O'Grady | Star: Richard Bilton

Votes: 5

16. The New York Times Presents (2020– )
Episode: Sin Eater: The Crimes of Anthony Pellicano - Part 1 (2023)

TV-MA | 55 min | Documentary

Part 2 reveals ex-PI Anthony Pellicano, out of prison and talking. Unseen evidence raises questions about the lack of consequences for Hollywood stars exposed during his reign.

Stars: Anthony Pellicano, Ned Zeman, Rachel Abrams, Diane Dimond

Votes: 62

17. Billions (2016–2023)
Episode: Naming Rights (2016)

TV-MA | 54 min | Drama

Chuck's probe is temporarily derailed when he has to divert resources to a case against an Axe rival, billionaire Steven Birch. Axe makes an aggressive move under the guise of a charitable contribution to settle an old score.

Director: Neil Burger | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Damian Lewis, Maggie Siff, Malin Akerman

Votes: 1,830

18. Vegas: The City the Mob Made (2009)
Episode: Las Vegas Becomes a Modern City (2009)

Documentary, Crime, History

Spectacle invades the city that never sleeps and a technological revolution takes place.

Director: Ron Meyer | Stars: Eugene Moehring, Mike Weatherford, Anthony Curtis, Bob Faiss

19. Mike Tyson Mysteries (2014–2020)
Episode: Mike Tysonland (2018)

TV-14 | 11 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

After wrapping up his subplot with Carol, Mike and the gang visit a piece of worthless desert land he plans to put in good use. A local clan of paranoid rednecks mistakes them for the Feds who came for their guns and decides to kill them.

Stars: Mike Tyson, Norm MacDonald, Rachel Ramras, Jim Rash

Votes: 70

20. Corporate (2018–2020)
Episode: Mattchiavelli and the Piss Detective (2019)

TV-MA | 21 min | Comedy

Things get out of hand fast when Hampton DeVille starts tracking when people leave their desks.

Director: Pat Bishop | Stars: Matt Ingebretson, Jake Weisman, Anne Dudek, Adam Lustick

Votes: 107