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

1. Prison Break (2005–2017)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama

8.3

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A structural engineer installs himself in a prison he helped design, in order to save his falsely accused brother from a death sentence by breaking themselves out from the inside.

Stars: Dominic Purcell, Wentworth Miller, Amaury Nolasco, Robert Knepper

Votes: 579,629

2. JFK (1991)

R | 189 min | Drama, History, Thriller

8.0

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72 Metascore

New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.

Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau

Votes: 169,971 | Gross: $70.41M

3. Inside Job (2021–2022)

TV-MA | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

7.7

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For employees of the Deep State, conspiracies aren't just theories, they're fact. And keeping them a secret is a full-time job.

Stars: Lizzy Caplan, Christian Slater, Clark Duke, Tisha Campbell

Votes: 30,511

4. Utopia (2020)

TV-MA | 55 min | Action, Drama, Mystery

6.7

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A group of young adults, who meet online, get a hold of a cult underground graphic novel, which not only pins them as a target of a shadowy deep state organization, but also burdens them with the dangerous task of saving the world.

Stars: John Cusack, Ashleigh LaThrop, Dan Byrd, Desmin Borges

Votes: 15,718

5. The X Files (1998)

PG-13 | 121 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

7.0

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60 Metascore

Mulder and Scully must fight the government in a conspiracy and find the truth about an alien colonization of Earth.

Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, John Neville, William B. Davis

Votes: 110,195 | Gross: $83.90M

6. Z (1969)

M/PG | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

8.2

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86 Metascore

The public murder of a prominent politician and doctor amid a violent demonstration is covered up by military and government officials. A tenacious magistrate is determined not to let them get away with it.

Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, François Périer

Votes: 31,358 | Gross: $0.08M

7. Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999)

R | 102 min | Animation, Action, Drama

7.3

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59 Metascore

A traumatized member of an elite para-military police force falls for the sister of a female terrorist courier who died in front of him on duty.

Directors: Kenji Kamiyama, Hiroyuki Okiura | Stars: Michael Dobson, Yoshikazu Fujiki, Sumi Mutoh, Moneca Stori

Votes: 18,761 | Gross: $0.09M

8. The Parallax View (1974)

R | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

7.1

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65 Metascore

An ambitious reporter gets in way-over-his-head trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.

Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Warren Beatty, Paula Prentiss, William Daniels, Walter McGinn

Votes: 21,789 | Gross: $2.15M

9. Wormwood (2017)

40 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

7.0

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In 1953, Army scientist Frank Olson takes a fatal plunge from a hotel window. In 1975, a bombshell report ties his death to a top-secret experiment.

Stars: Peter Sarsgaard, Molly Parker, Christian Camargo, Scott Shepherd

Votes: 4,711

10. State of Siege (1972)

Not Rated | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

7.7

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Using the interrogation of a US counterinsurgency agent as a backdrop, the film explores the consequences of the struggle between Uruguay's government and the leftist Tupamaro guerrillas.

Director: Costa-Gavras | Stars: Yves Montand, Renato Salvatori, O.E. Hasse, Jacques Weber

Votes: 6,065 | Gross: $1.13M

11. Police State (2023)

110 min | Documentary, Crime

5.9

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Conservative film made by Dinesh D'Souza, which alleges the US Government is weaponized against all Christians and republicans, and that the FBI, CIA, DOJ, and Secret Service all are corrupt, and that Trump is the only man who can stop it.

Directors: Debbie D'Souza, Dinesh D'Souza, Bruce Schooley | Stars: Dinesh D'Souza, Dan Bongino, Nick Searcy, Julie Kelly

Votes: 773

12. I, the Jury (1982)

R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

5.9

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A PI investigates the murder of his one-armed friend, a PI working on a case. Clues lead to a sex clinic. Bodies pile up.

Director: Richard T. Heffron | Stars: Armand Assante, Barbara Carrera, Laurene Landon, Alan King

Votes: 1,821 | Gross: $1.52M

13. The Last Narc (2020)

TV-MA | 46 min | Documentary, Crime

8.5

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Former cartel insiders divulge the bone-chilling details behind the notorious murder and kidnapping of DEA Agent "Kiki" Camarena.

Stars: Hector Berrellez, Geneva Camarena, Ramón Lira, Jorge Godoy

Votes: 2,872

14. The Domino Principle (1977)

R | 100 min | Drama, Thriller

5.7

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A Vietnam War veteran who's been imprisoned for murder is offered freedom if he agrees to commit a contract killing for a shady organization.

Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, Richard Widmark, Mickey Rooney

Votes: 2,966

15. Romanzo Criminale (2005)

152 min | Crime, Drama

7.2

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Set in the 1970s, it's the story of three lifelong friends who take control of organized crime in Rome.

Director: Michele Placido | Stars: Kim Rossi Stuart, Anna Mouglalis, Pierfrancesco Favino, Claudio Santamaria

Votes: 9,664

16. Illustrious Corpses (1976)

PG | 120 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

7.3

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An investigation of the judges' assassinations reveals a political background.

Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Lino Ventura, Tino Carraro, Marcel Bozzuffi, Paolo Bonacelli

Votes: 2,797

17. Valley of the Wolves: Gladio (2009)

97 min | Action, Crime, Drama

6.2

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Iskender Büyük is accused of treachery and coup, and standing trial at constitutional court. This story about "GLADIO Organization" is being told from point of view of a deceived insider, and an ex-Special Forces Lt. Iskender Büyük.

Director: Sadullah Sentürk | Stars: Musa Uzunlar, Tugrul Çetiner, Ayfer Dönmez, Sinan Pekinton

Votes: 5,449

18. Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993)

TV-14 | 113 min | Animation, Action, Drama

7.5

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When a terrorist attack is blamed on the Air Force, Special Vehicle Unit 2 gets caught in the middle of a growing political conflict.

Directors: Mamoru Oshii, Mizuho Nishikubo | Stars: Mîna Tominaga, Briony Glassco, Julie Ann Taylor, Toshio Furukawa

Votes: 4,597

19. The Plot Against the President (2020)

91 min | Documentary

5.4

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Follows the story of the biggest political scandal in U.S. history. Based on Lee Smith's book.

Director: Amanda Milius | Stars: Michael Anton, John O. Brennan, George Bush, George W. Bush

Votes: 4,378

20. Belly of the Beast (2018 Video)

131 min | Documentary

8.3

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A look at how ancient non-Christian religious symbolism and ritual are incorporated into the founding, secret societies, and architecture of the United States of America and its capital ... See full summary »

Directors: Justen Faull, Wes Faull | Stars: Justen Faull, Wes Faull, Thomas Horn, Russ Dizdar

Votes: 40

21. Dip (2018)

60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

7.0

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Sahir, who is in charge of discouraging people from committing suicide for Istanbul Police Department, meets a mysterious scientist woman called Bilge, when he receives a notice by phone.

Stars: Ilker Kaleli, Neslihan Atagül, Berrak Tüzünataç, Bülent Emin Yarar

Votes: 2,255

22. Silent Action (1975)

98 min | Action, Crime, Drama

6.4

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Starting the investigation of a murder mystery, a police man is to investigate dangerously top politicians and military. A chain of suicides takes its toll among the current and past ... See full summary »

Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: Luc Merenda, Mel Ferrer, Delia Boccardo, Michele Gammino

Votes: 555

23. A Perfect Crime (2020)

40 min | Documentary, Crime

7.3

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In April 1991, Detlev Rohwedder, the head of Treuhand, the East German Privatization and Restructuring Agency, was assassinated in Dusseldorf. This documentary details the strange evidence recovered.

Stars: Sam Booth, Theo Waigel, Rainer Hofmeyer, Klaus-Dieter Matschke

Votes: 1,695

24. The River (2017)

TV-MA | 43 min | Crime, Drama

5.6

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A little girl disappears after finding a severed hand in the river behind their house not far from the Finnish-Russian border of Norway. Unexpectedly the military refuses to hep in the search.

Stars: Espen Reboli Bjerke, Ingeborg Raustøl, Dennis Storhøi, Ánne Mággá Wigelius

Votes: 598

25. American Deep State (2020)

PG-13 | 139 min | Documentary

7.8

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For the first time, American people see the possibility that elected governments have to follow rules set by Washington D.C.'s bureaucratic institutions. From 1963 JFK's assassination to 2016 Russia Collusion Conspiracy.

Director: Bernie Olaf | Stars: Betty Adams, William Barr, Hunter Biden, Joe Biden

Votes: 586

26. The Secret (1974)

Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

6.7

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A stranger enters into and forever alters the life of a couple. He claims to be pursued by certain authorities who intend to prevent him from disclosing a secret that only he holds, whence ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Enrico | Stars: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Marlène Jobert, Philippe Noiret, Jean-François Adam

Votes: 927

27. The Fox (II) (2017)

93 min | Drama, Thriller

5.2

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The Hague-based Europol agent Simon Fox (Morgan C. Jones) leads a troubled life after he accidentally shot and killed a child. Struggling with this trauma Simon is confronted with a secret ... See full summary »

Director: Klaas van Eijkeren | Stars: Morgan C. Jones, Maarten Dannenberg, Eric Corton, Anita Donk

Votes: 310

28. Cover Up: Behind the Iran Contra Affair (1988)

72 min | Documentary, History

7.5

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Directors: David Kasper, Barbara Trent | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Jack Brooks, Barbara Honegger, David MacMichael

Votes: 233

29. Peace, War and 9/11 (2023)

TV-14 | 93 min | Documentary, History

9.2

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In a wide-ranging interview filmed six months before his passing, eminent scholar and lifelong peace activist Graeme MacQueen shares his final words on 9/11 and the 2001 anthrax attacks.

Directors: Richard Heap, Ted Walter | Stars: George W. Bush, Wesley Clark, John Gross, Richard Hamburger

Votes: 34

30. The Panama Deception (1992)

91 min | Documentary, History, War

7.5

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A film about the true reasons for the 1989 US invasion of Panama and big media complicity in these activities.

Director: Barbara Trent | Stars: Elizabeth Montgomery, Carlos Cantú, Diviana Ingravallo, Abraham Alvarez

Votes: 1,167 | Gross: $0.31M

31. I banchieri di Dio (2002)

Not Rated | 125 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

6.3

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This movie attempts to reconstruct the bankruptcy of the Banco Ambrosiano and its liaisons with the Vatican and the Masonry through the story of its President Roberto Calvi (Omero Antonutti... See full summary »

Director: Giuseppe Ferrara | Stars: Omero Antonutti, Pamela Villoresi, Giancarlo Giannini, Rutger Hauer

Votes: 494

32. Dark Legacy II (2014)

Not Rated | 106 min | Documentary

5.6

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This follow-up to 2009's 'Dark Legacy' asserts that the Bush family engineered the deaths of not only John F. Kennedy, but also his son John Jr. who died in a 1999 plane crash.

Director: John Hankey | Stars: Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, George Bush, George W. Bush, John Kennedy Jr.

Votes: 133

33. Five Moons Plaza (2003)

90 min | Drama, Thriller

6.0

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One of the main players in Italian politics, Aldo Moro, gets kidnapped and murdered by terrorists. One judge finds evidence that sheds dangerous new light on the case.

Director: Renzo Martinelli | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Giancarlo Giannini, Stefania Rocca, Aisha Cerami

Votes: 825

34. Dark State (2021)

93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

3.0

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An investigative reporter must choose between helping expose the truth or accepting that the world is ruled by a global network of ruthless insiders determined to wield power over all of mankind in a coming Dark State.

Director: Tracy Lucca | Stars: K. O'Rourke, Constantine Maroulis, Nicholas Baroudi, Antoni Corone

Votes: 155

35. 12 dicembre (1972)

104 min | Documentary

6.7

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On December 12th, 1969, a bomb went off at the Piazza Fontana in Milan that killed 16 people and injured 84. Railway worker and anarchist activist Giuseppe Pinelli was picked up, with other... See full summary »

Directors: Giovanni Bonfanti, Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Edoardo Di Giovanni, Marcello Gentili, Augusto Ludovichetti, Rosa Malacarne

Votes: 97

36. Cheap 'n' Easy Meditative Efficiency (2022)

16 min | Short, Mystery, Sci-Fi

7.4

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In a world where people are kept updated with biological implants that make going to work pleasurable. One man is fined for being late to work, and begins to question the perfect nature of his existence.

Director: Joshua Morrison | Stars: John Henry Westhead, Marquez Gonzalo Dellamore, Malin Frank, Gezim Gojnovci

Votes: 350

37. Raiders of the Hidden Donald Trump Fetish Doll (2018)

Not Rated | 9 min | Short, Comedy, Thriller

9.2

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An independent movie director in the middle of a crowdfunding campaign fends off a variety of malevolent individuals who seek to steal his ultimate crowdfunding perk - a Donald Trump fetish doll.

Director: Angel Connell | Stars: Angel Connell, Paul Taft, Kermens Atwood, Corey Wells

Votes: 27

38. Battlefield Washington: Trump Vs. Justice - The Mueller Investigation (2019)

55 min | Documentary

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Directors: Jacques Charmelot, Pascal Vasselin | Stars: Michael T Flynn, Robert Mueller, Donald Trump

39. We Were Gladio (2014 TV Movie)

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At the end of WW2, Nato's Gladio recruited and trained civilians all over Europe. Their mission: to halt an eventual communist invasion from the East. While the winds of a new Cold War seem... See full summary »

Director: Lucio Mollica

40. NATO's Secret Armies (2010)

52 min | Documentary

7.1

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Director: Andreas Pichler

Votes: 14

41. Gladio - Geheimarmeen in Europa (2011 TV Movie)

85 min | Documentary

7.3

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In Italy and Germany, numerous people die in bomb attacks in the 1960s to 1980s. Clues prove certain connections, the traces lead to a secret structure called "Gladio".

Directors: Frank Gutermuth, Wolfgang Schoen | Stars: Giulio Andreotti, Gerhart Baum, Ulrich Chaussy, Gert Heidenreich

Votes: 14