Cryptography

by deejaykaye-804-843530 | created - 04 Apr 2023 | updated - 10 months ago | Public

Films and documentaries about codes and ciphers

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1. Cracking the Code (2022– )

TV-14 | Documentary

How, from bizarre ancient markings to random numbers and letters, codes and ciphers have been used for millennia to send secret messages, hide identities.

Star: Demetri Goritsas

Votes: 30

2. The Imitation Game (2014)

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

71 Metascore

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: 824,972 | Gross: $91.13M

3. Enigma (1982)

PG | 101 min | Drama, Thriller

A C.I.A. Agent tries to infiltrate Soviet intelligence to stop a murderous diabolical plot.

Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Martin Sheen, Sam Neill, Brigitte Fossey, Derek Jacobi

Votes: 1,627

4. The Codebreaker Who Hacked Hitler (2015 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 60 min | History, War

Thanks to the movie "The Imitation Game" many people know that Alan Turing was one of the men behind breaking the german coding machine Enigma during World War II. But an equally important ... See full summary »

Directors: Russell England, John Smithson | Stars: Steven Mackintosh, Brian Deacon, Rosamund Welchman, W. Gordon Welchman

Votes: 119

5. Decoding Alan Turing (2009)

17 min | Documentary, Short

A brilliant Cambridge Mathematician whose work "On Computable Numbers" forms the basis of today's programable computers. Perhaps affecting modern society more than any other individual to ... See full summary »

Director: Christopher Racster

Votes: 20

6. The Man Who Cracked the Nazi Code (2015 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary, History

During the Second World War, the allies' key objective was to crack the German army's encrypted communications code. Without a doubt, the key player in this game was Alan Turing, an interdisciplinary scientist and a long-forgotten hero.

Director: Denis van Waerebeke | Stars: Rachel Williams, Paul Bandey, Ken Starcevic, Jack Copeland

Votes: 82

8. Enigma (2001)

R | 119 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

64 Metascore

A young genius frantically races against time to crack an enemy code and solve the mystery surrounding the woman he loves.

Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Dougray Scott, Kate Winslet, Saffron Burrows, Jeremy Northam

Votes: 21,919 | Gross: $4.30M

9. Code-Breakers: Bletchley Park's Lost Heroes (2011 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary, War

This is a documentary about unsung heroes of World War II. In 1943, a 24-year-old maths student and a GPO engineer combined to hack into Hitler's personal super-code machine - not Enigma ... See full summary »

Director: Julian Carey | Stars: Keeley Hawes, Jerry Roberts, Jack Copeland, Paul Gannon

Votes: 101

10. Codebreaker (2011 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 62 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

The highs and lows of Alan Turing's life, tracking his extraordinary accomplishments, his government persecution through to his tragic death in 1954. In the last 18 months of his short life... See full summary »

Directors: Clare Beavan, Nic Stacey | Stars: Ed Stoppard, Henry Goodman, Paul McGann, Asa Briggs

Votes: 1,132

11. Secrets of the Spies (2022)

Documentary

Secrets of the Spies delves deep into a world of secrets and lies; from James Bond to Ian Fleming, Kim Philby to Sergei Skripal... the world of espionage is one of blurred lines where fact ... See full summary »

Star: Dan Botterill

Votes: 22

12. Secrets of the Spies (2022)
Episode: Episode #1.3 (2022)

Documentary

From false papers to fake news, how the art of disinformation is used to deceive an enemy.

Director: Daniel Smith | Star: Dan Botterill

Votes: 7

13. Official Secrets (2019)

R | 112 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

63 Metascore

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: 54,589 | Gross: $0.40M

14. The Science of Secrecy (2000)

TV-G | 25 min | Documentary

Host Simon Singh examines the secretive history behind the development and evolution of ciphers and code breaking. Thestories in the series range from the cipher that sealed the fate of ... See full summary »

Stars: Simon Singh, Mitchell Leimon, Mohammed Mrayati, Jenny Wormald

Votes: 17



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