Movies and TvShows featuring "cryptic-message" theme.

Bruce Cogburn, a reclusive and controversial author, receives endless letters from an obsessive fan. He is forced to confront his past and find the person behind the cryptic messages, leading to a dangerous search full of fear and danger.

A stoner named Mike is actually a highly-trained government agent with suppressed memories. When his past catches up with him, he becomes the target of a government operation to eliminate him, forcing him to use his skills to survive.

In 'Await Further Instructions,' a family gathers for Christmas but finds themselves trapped in their house and cut off from the outside world. They start receiving mysterious instructions through their television, which creates paranoia and tension within the family. As the instructions become increasingly sinister, they must find a way to survive and uncover the truth behind their predicament.

Faces Places is a heartwarming documentary that follows the journey of a photographer named JR and an artist named Agnès Varda as they travel through rural France. They capture the beauty of the countryside and the people they meet along the way, creating stunning art and forming unlikely friendships.

Out 1 is a long-take avant-garde movie from the 1970s that follows a theater troupe as they navigate artistic creation, secret organizations, and conspiracy. The story unfolds through improvisational theater rehearsals and explores themes of unrequited love, stolen letters, coded messages, and the pursuit of a mysterious number 13.

Spring break becomes trouble in paradise for a group of best friends when one of their own goes missing and they are the prime suspects.

Private Number follows a struggling writer who begins receiving cryptic messages and experiencing terrifying visions. As he tries to uncover the truth behind these disturbing events, he is pushed to the brink of insanity. Gaslighting and a mysterious middle eastern man add to the tension. Set against a backdrop of a strained husband-wife relationship and a low-budget production, the protagonist's grip on reality becomes increasingly fragile.

Cassie Temple accepts a job as a babysitter back home after her internship falls through, however she begins suspecting her employer is up to something sinister after overhearing a murder plot.

Private detective is framed for murder and must uncover the truth behind a web of treachery and deception.

Seven college students are forced to compete in children's games for survival. With their futures unclear, the secrets of their pasts are revealed.

In 2005, two 7th grade high school students discover an urban legend called the “Duval Dare” that has been passed down to many year groups of students who attended Pitchford High. Thinking it's a refreshing way to spend their school break, the boys accept the dare, but they begin to receive cryptic text messages from a mysterious person named, Ben Duval.