There aren’t many movie genres more enthralling, attention-grabbing, or nail-biting than the thriller.
What’s the key to a good conspiracy thriller?
A complex and layered plot?
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Characters whose desperation is highly relatable?
An invisible power pulling the strings in an intimidating enough way?
Whatever the secret may be, these movies have it in spades.
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One of those filmmakers isAlfred Hitchcock, widely praised as the Master of Suspense.
This draws them into a plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.
Its story follows Dr. Richard Kimble, a man unjustly accused of murdering his wife.
He has to find the real killer while being the subject of a nationwide manhunt led by seasoned U.S.
Fast-paced and intense, it’sa fantastic action thriller full of pure tension.
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Confidential, a story about three policemen in corruption-filled 1950s Los Angeles.
L.A. Confidentialisone of the highest-rated conspiracy thrillers on bothRotten TomatoesandIMDb, and for good reason.
His problem leads to a conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world’s headlines.
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Consequently, he finds his life in grave danger.
Guilt, obsession, paranoia (Cold War-era themes again!
Travolta is phenomenal, and, needless to say, so is the masterful sound design.
Step aside, Winter Soldier: this isthe best conspiracy thriller about a brainwashed American assassin.
Effectively satirical and thrilling through and through, its narrative feels eerily timely over sixty years later.
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