Movies thrillers about codes

List of the best thriller films about codes according to the audience: Panic Room, Wild Things, Wild Tales, F.I.S.T., A Hard Day, Cape Fear, The Bank Job, Freeway, Dark Harbor, Three Days of the Condor.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:47

    Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul and Junior - during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:48

    When teen-socialite Kelly Van Ryan and troubled bad girl Suzie Toller accuse guidance counselor Sam Lombardo of rape, he's suspended by the school, rejected by the town, and fighting to get his life back. One cop suspects conspiracy, but nothing is what it seems...

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genrethriller, comedy, drama
    CountryArgentina, Spain, France, United Kingdom
    Duration02:02

    Six short stories that explore the extremities of human behavior involving people in distress.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:25

    Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts a campaign to find the truth about the alleged connections with the Mob.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:51

    On the way to his mother’s funeral, a detective accidentally hits a person with his car. He takes the body with him and puts it into his mother’s coffin. The moment he feels relieved, he receives a call. This caller insists that he saw the detective’s hit-and-run, but instead of asking for money, he wants to know about the body’s whereabouts, leading to a do-or-die showdown of the witness and detective.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrethriller, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:08

    Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? Fourteen years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey, bibliophile Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Australia
    Duration01:51

    Terry is a small-time car dealer trying to leave his shady past behind and start a family. Martine is a beautiful model from Terry's old neighbourhood who knows that Terry is no angel. When Martine proposes a foolproof plan to rob a bank, Terry recognises the danger but realises this may be the opportunity of a lifetime. As the resourceful band of thieves burrows its way into a safe-deposit vault at a Lloyds Bank, they quickly realise that, besides millions in riches, the boxes also contain secrets that implicate everyone from London's most notorious underworld gangsters to powerful government figures, and even the Royal Family. Although the heist makes headlines throughout Britain for several days, a government gag order eventually brings all reporting of the case to an immediate halt.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, Mexico, France

    Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride by school counselor Bob Wolverton. During the journey, Lutz begins to realize that Bob is the notorious I-5 Killer and manages to escape by shooting him several times. Wounded but still very much alive, Bob pursues Lutz across the state in this modern retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:24

    A bickering couple drive fast through a downpour to catch the last ferry to their island retreat. In a flash, they recognize a crumpled body laying at the side of the road and after much argument they stop, only to find a young man battered and bruised. An offer of summoning the police firmly rejected, the two help the man as best they can although it certainly means missing the ferry... and so starts this thriller: a tale of twisted sexual attraction and ulterior motives.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrethriller, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:57

    A bookish CIA researcher finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, France
    Duration02:01

    Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:35

    When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialise in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money and runs. During his getaway, things go wrong, and soon get worse when he runs into the real hitman, Lyle.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:54

    An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is asked to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial. But if he doesn't do it, the judge will have him disbarred.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrethriller, melodrama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:49

    A very rich and successful playboy amuses himself by stealing artwork, but may have met his match in a seductive detective.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:22

    In Cheonan, a serial murder case takes place, but the case becomes more and more of a mystery. Only Tae-suk, a cop, immediately senses that all the cases are by the same killer and starts investigation. One day, Dong-soo, a gang boss, got attacked by a suspicious man, and Tae-suk realizes that this man is the serial killer, K. Now, Dong-soo becomes the only witness and a survived victim from K.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrethriller, drama, military, history
    CountryUSA, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Japan, United Kingdom
    Duration02:01

      Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a central player, he finds himself tasked with both leading the coup and personally killing the Führer.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:00

      The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of criminals who have kidnapped her child.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:51

      Lewis, Sheriff and Tony are three friends vacationing in Malaysia. Sheriff and Tony eventually leave to pursue careers in New York, but Lewis stays behind to work with orangutans. Two years later, Sheriff and Tony learn that, because of their past actions, Lewis has been arrested for drug possession. With Lewis facing a death sentence, the friends are left with a difficult decision: return to Malaysia and split Lewis' sentence, or let him die.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:52

      A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, USA
      Duration01:37

      A woman takes the law into her own hands after police ignore her pleas to arrest the man responsible for her husband's death, and finds herself not only under arrest for murder but falling in love with an officer.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:10

      An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not have been a 3rd person in the room. The intensity builds when a surprise twist alters everyone's perception of the crime.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrethriller, crime, detective
      CountryUSA, Germany
      Duration02:03

      A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town PI.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountrySouth Korea
      Duration01:54

      A woman subject to mental, physical, and sexual abuse on a remote island seeks a way out.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrethriller, drama, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:20

      Dramatisation of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missle bases established on the Soviet allied island of Cuba. Shown from the perspective of the US President, John F Kennedy, his staff and advisors.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:36

      While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrethriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:34

      Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan...

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genrethriller, drama, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:37

      Tells the true story of a 60 Minutes television series exposé of the tobacco industry, as seen through the eyes of a real tobacco executive, Jeffrey Wigand

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genrethriller, drama, detective
      CountryColombia, Spain
      Duration01:32

      A Spanish orchestra conductor deals with the mysterious disappearance of his girlfriend.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genrethriller, drama, western
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:25

      Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is determined to stand his ground, so he attempts to gather a posse from among the local townspeople.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryItaly
      Duration02:11

      Virgil Oldman is a world renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a solitary life, going to extreme lengths to keep his distance from the messiness of human relationships. When appointed by the beautiful but emotionally damaged Claire to oversee the valuation and sale of her family’s priceless art collection, Virgil allows himself to form an attachment to her – and soon he is engulfed by a passion which will rock his bland existence to the core.

      Markimdb: 7.9
      Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:53

      After Regina Lampert falls for the dashing Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she and Peter are giving chase to three of her late husband's World War II cronies, Tex, Scobie and Gideon, who are after a quarter of a million dollars the quartet stole while behind enemy lines. But why does Peter keep changing his name?

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountrySouth Korea

      After a terror incident occurs mid-flight, a passenger jet declares an emergency.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrethriller, crime, detective
      CountrySouth Korea
      Duration01:48

      While investigating the kidnapping and murder of a little girl, a detective spots a piece of graffiti that depicts the crime scene perfectly—but the graffiti was drawn a month before the crime took place, and that the artist knows more than he is telling.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:09

      Bank robber Dalton Russell enters a Manhattan bank, locks the doors and takes hostages, working methodically and without haste. Detective Frazier is assigned to negotiate, but his mind is occupied with the corruption charges he is facing. With an army of police surrounding the bank, the thief, the cop and a high-profile 'fixer' enter high-stakes negotiations.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrethriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:38

      A claustrophobic, Hitchcockian thriller. A bereaved woman and her daughter are flying home from Berlin to America. At 30,000 feet the child vanishes and nobody admits she was ever on that plane.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA, France, Canada
      Duration01:51

      One day in 1984, Todd Bowden, a brilliant high school boy fascinated by the history of Nazism, stumbles across an old man whose appearance resembles that of Kurt Dussander, a wanted Nazi war criminal. A month later, Todd decides to knock on his door.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genrethriller, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration02:18

      A mystery novelist devises an insurance scam with his wife’s lover – but things aren’t exactly as they seem.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrethriller, adventure, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:51

      While on a family vacation, rafting expert Gail takes on a pair of armed killers while navigating a spectacularly violent river.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrethriller, drama, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:52

        After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genrethriller, drama, biography, history
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, India

        What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.

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