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Uncover the Truth: Top Movies and TV Shows about Cover-ups

Get ready to dive into the world of conspiracy and deception with our curated list of the best movies and TV shows about cover-ups. From government scandals to corporate conspiracies, we've got you covered with the most thrilling and thought-provoking stories that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Explore the darker side of human nature and uncover the truth behind the most shocking cover-ups in history.

Cast

Joseph Cotten

Alida Valli

Trevor Howard

Orson Welles

The Third Man (1949)

7.9 2.1K votes

Genre: Mystery, Thriller

Country: United Kingdom

Duration: 105 min.

Audience: NR

Story: In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.

Style: suspenseful

Plot: staged death, black market, cemetery, investigation, soviet military, prater, british army, cover-up, ...

Place: austria

Cast

Nicole Kidman

Reese Witherspoon

Shailene Woodley

Laura Dern

Big Little Lies (2017) TV Show

7.9 1.7K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 14

Audience: TV-MA

Story: The tale of three mothers of first graders whose apparently perfect lives unravel to the point of murder.

Plot: mother, rape, based on novel or book, infidelity, violent husband, feminism, therapist, custody battle, ...

Cast

Mark Ruffalo

Michael Keaton

Rachel McAdams

Liev Schreiber

Spotlight (2015)

7.8 8.8K votes

Genre: Drama, History

Country: United States of America

Duration: 129 min.

Audience: R

Story: The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.

Style: tense

Plot: pedophilia, newspaper, journalist, child abuse, court, judge, boston, massachusetts, ...

Place: florida

Cast

Christian Bale

Gary Oldman

Tom Hardy

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

7.8 24.5K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 165 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.

Plot: airplane, fight, burglar, hostage, secret identity, crime fighter, superhero, villainess, ...

Cast

Yves Montand

Irene Papas

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Jacques Perrin

Z (1969)

7.8 633 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: Algeria, France

Duration: 122 min.

Audience: NR

Story: A prominent politician is murdered during a demonstration. The government and army are trying to suppress the truth, but a tenacious magistrate is determined to not to let them get away with it.

Plot: central intelligence agency (cia), assassination, government, corruption, police, politics, fascism, investigation, ...

Place: greece

V (1983) TV Show

7.8 989 votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America, Canada

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 2

Audience: TV-14

Story: Fifty spaceships, each three miles across, hover ominously above Earth's major cities. The Visitors that emerge are humanlike in appearance and extend the hand of friendship. Our planet's resources are just what these aliens need to survive. And for its future survival, unsuspecting humankind will need... a miracle!

Style: tense

Plot: resistance, spacecraft, cover-up, extraterrestrial, alien, miniseries, alien invasion, mother ship, ...

Cast

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Abbie Schaub

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Gemma Hoskins

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Jean Hargadon Wehner

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Tom Nugent

The Keepers (2017) TV Show

7.5 199 votes

Genre: Crime, Documentary, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 7

Audience: TV-MA

Story: This docuseries examines the decades-old murder of Sister Catherine Cesnik and its suspected link to a priest accused of abuse.

Plot: corruption, nun, cover-up, murder, miniseries, baltimore, maryland

Seven Seconds (2018) TV Show

7.3 162 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 10

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Tensions run high between African American citizens and Caucasian cops in Jersey City when a teenage African American boy is critically injured by a cop.

Style: dark, gritty

Plot: corruption, new jersey, hit-and-run, cover-up, miniseries, rogue cop, racial tension, social issues

Cast

Franu00e7ois Cluzet

Marie-Josu00e9e Croze

Andru00e9 Dussollier

Kristin Scott Thomas

Tell No One (2006)

7.2 1.5K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: France

Duration: 131 min.

Audience: NR

Story: A man receives a mysterious email appearing to be from his wife, who was murdered years earlier. As he frantically tries to find out whether she's alive, he finds himself being implicated in her death.

Plot: dying and death, drug abuse, based on novel or book, loss of loved one, falsely accused, sadness, e-mail, cover-up, ...

Cast

Keiju Kobayashi

Ken Tanaka

Yasuko Sawaguchi

Shin Takuma

The Return of Godzilla (1984)

7.2 337 votes

Genre: Action, Horror, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Duration: 103 min.

Audience: PG

Story: After a fishing boat is attacked, the sole surviving crew member realizes it is none other than a resurrected Godzilla. However, efforts to bring the story to light are suppressed by the Japanese government amid growing political tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, who are both willing to bomb Japan to stop the monster.

Plot: brother, soviet union, giant monster, cover-up, reporter, pop music, parasite, creature feature, ...

Time: cold war

Cast

Dana Andrews

Gene Tierney

Bert Freed

Gary Merrill

Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)

7.2 206 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 95 min.

Audience: NR

Story: A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.

Plot: new york city, taxi, taxi driver, man woman relationship, cover-up, film noir, bad cop, framed, ...

Cast

Matt Damon

Ben Affleck

Teyana Taylor

Steven Yeun

The Rip (2026)

7.1 1.7K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 113 min.

Audience: R

Story: Trust frays when a team of Miami cops discovers millions in cash inside a run-down stash house, calling everyone — and everything — into question.

Plot: drug crime, miami, florida, police, investigation, cover-up, betrayal, shootout, ...

Cast

Riz Ahmed

Lily James

Sam Worthington

Willa Fitzgerald

Relay (2025)

7.0 465 votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America, United Kingdom

Duration: 112 min.

Audience: R

Story: A broker of lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten them breaks his own rules when a new client seeks his protection to stay alive.

Plot: manipulation, cover-up, conspiracy, surveillance, political corruption, fixer, spy thriller, hidden agenda, ...

Winter's Bone (2010)

6.8 2.0K votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Duration: 101 min.

Audience: R

Story: After discovering her father put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared, 17-year-old Ree Dolly must confront the local criminal underworld and the harsh Ozark wilderness in order to to track down her father and save her family.

Style: slow burn

Plot: sheriff, based on novel or book, missouri, suspicion, cover-up, teenage girl, poverty, struggle for survival, ...

Cast

Anton Yelchin

Imogen Poots

Patrick Stewart

Alia Shawkat

Green Room (2016)

6.7 3.0K votes

Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 95 min.

Audience: R

Story: A punk rock band is forced to fight for survival after witnessing an act of violence at a skinhead bar.

Plot: neo-nazism, swastika, escape, killing, heroin, self-defense, machete, gore, ...

Conspiracy Theory (1997)

6.6 1.7K votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Duration: 135 min.

Audience: R

Story: A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, in order to save himself, he has to figure out which theory it is.

Plot: new york city, assassin, central intelligence agency (cia), helicopter, government, chase, politics, obsession, ...

Cast

Rooney Mara

Jude Law

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Channing Tatum

Side Effects (2013)

6.6 3.3K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 106 min.

Audience: R

Story: A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.

Plot: depression, new york city, fraud, insomnia, deception, cover-up, murder, lawyer, ...

Cast

Daisy Ridley

Taz Skylar

Matthew Tuck

Flavia Watson

Cleaner (2025)

6.6 613 votes

Genre: Action, Thriller

Country: United Kingdom

Duration: 97 min.

Audience: R

Story: When a group of radical activists take over an energy company's annual gala, seizing 300 hostages, an ex-soldier turned window cleaner suspended 50 storeys up on the outside of the building must save those trapped inside, including her older brother.

Plot: cover-up, survival, betrayal, window cleaner, dangerous mission, moral dilemma, autistic brother, high‑risk operation, ...

Edge of Darkness (2010)

6.4 1.8K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 117 min.

Audience: R

Story: As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his life: the search for his only daughter Emma's killer. Now, he is on a personal mission to uncover the disturbing secrets surrounding her murder, including corporate corruption, government collusion and Emma's own mysterious life.

Plot: assassination, senator, conspiracy theory, cover-up, murder, police officer, death of daughter, homicide detective, ...

Cast

John Travolta

Madeleine Stowe

James Cromwell

Timothy Hutton

The General's Daughter (1999)

6.4 1.0K votes

Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 116 min.

Audience: R

Story: When the body of Army Capt. Elisabeth Campbell is found on a Georgia military base, two investigators, Warrant Officers Paul Brenner and Sara Sunhill, are ordered to solve her murder. What they uncover is anything but clear-cut. Unseemly details emerge about Campbell's life, leading to allegations of a possible military coverup of her death and the involvement of her father, Lt. Gen. Joseph Campbell.

Plot: rape, post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), based on novel or book, politics, homicide, police chief, georgia, cover-up, ...

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