{"id":291191,"date":"2024-02-21T03:32:40","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T08:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/the-best-conspiracy-movies-to-make-you-feel-paranoid"},"modified":"2024-02-21T03:33:02","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T08:33:02","slug":"the-best-conspiracy-movies-to-make-you-feel-paranoid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/the-best-conspiracy-movies-to-make-you-feel-paranoid","title":{"rendered":"The Greatest Conspiracy Films to Make You Really feel Paranoid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div readability=\"376.557673075\">\n<p>Don\u2019t trust anybody.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, that\u2019s a bad way to start an article recommending some movies, but it\u2019s the only acceptable mindset for someone in a paranoid thriller. Films about paranoia and conspiracy trade in a special type of horror, one that challenges viewers\u2019 fundamental assumptions about story structure and character types.<\/p>\n<p>Although most associate conspiracy movies with the 1970s, when the Watergate scandal and other revelations of government misdoings eroded faith in the country\u2019s structures, paranoid thrillers existed before and continue to exist today, including these twenty-four classics.<\/p>\n<h2>1. Rosemary\u2019s Baby (1968)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1152031\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1152031\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><picture decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1152031 size-full\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 2\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rosemarys-Baby.jpg.webp 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rosemarys-Baby-300x169.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rosemarys-Baby-1024x576.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rosemarys-Baby-768x432.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rosemarys-Baby-50x28.jpg.webp 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rosemarys-Baby-180x100.jpg.webp 180w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rosemarys-Baby-150x84.jpg.webp 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Rosemary's Baby\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rosemarys-Baby.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rosemarys-Baby.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rosemarys-Baby-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rosemarys-Baby-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rosemarys-Baby-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rosemarys-Baby-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rosemarys-Baby-180x100.jpg 180w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rosemarys-Baby-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rosemarys-Baby.jpg\" alt=\"Rosemary's Baby\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rosemarys-Baby.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rosemarys-Baby-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rosemarys-Baby-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rosemarys-Baby-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rosemarys-Baby-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rosemarys-Baby-180x100.jpg 180w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Rosemarys-Baby-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript>\n<\/picture><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1152031\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Paramount Pictures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>No one did paranoia like author Ira Levin, whose novels <em>Rosemary\u2019s Baby<\/em> and <em>The Stepford<\/em> <em>Wives<\/em> inspired two mainstays of the film genre. Of the two, the former work remains the most influential, thanks to its outstanding performances and application of gothic horror tropes to the (then) modern urban lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>Writer and director Roman Polanski uses multiple techniques to isolate frail, vulnerable housewife Rosemary (Mia Farrow), who comes to New York City with her actor husband Guy (John Cassavetes). Despite befriending eccentric neighbor Minnie (Ruth Gordon), Rosemary suspects that not all is as it seems in her social circle. <em>Rosemary\u2019s Baby<\/em> builds to one of the most memorable climaxes in cinema history, notable for both the revelation of the conspiracy around Rosemary and the new mother\u2019s desperate choice.<\/p>\n<h2>2. Get Out (2017)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1141844\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1141844\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><picture decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1141844 size-full\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 3\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Get-Out-2017.jpg.webp 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Get-Out-2017-300x169.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Get-Out-2017-1024x576.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Get-Out-2017-768x432.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Get-Out-2017-50x28.jpg.webp 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Get-Out-2017-180x100.jpg.webp 180w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Get-Out-2017-150x84.jpg.webp 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Get Out (2017) Daniel Kaluuya\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Get-Out-2017.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Get-Out-2017.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Get-Out-2017-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Get-Out-2017-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Get-Out-2017-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Get-Out-2017-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Get-Out-2017-180x100.jpg 180w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Get-Out-2017-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Get-Out-2017.jpg\" alt=\"Get Out (2017) Daniel Kaluuya\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Get-Out-2017.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Get-Out-2017-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Get-Out-2017-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Get-Out-2017-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Get-Out-2017-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Get-Out-2017-180x100.jpg 180w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Get-Out-2017-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript>\n<\/picture><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1141844\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Universal Pictures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sketch comedian turned auteurist director <a href=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/movies-that-inspired-jordan-peele\/\">Jordan Peele<\/a> drew inspiration from <em>Rosemary\u2019s Baby<\/em> for his debut film, <em>Get Out<\/em>. <em>Get Out<\/em> stars Daniel Kaluuya as Chris Washington, a Black American who comes with his white girlfriend Rose Armitage (Allison Williams) to her parent\u2019s country estate. Although Mr. and Mrs. Armitage (Bradley Whitford and Catherine Keener) extend a welcome to Chris, something seems off, a feeling accentuated by his best friend Rod (Lil Rel Howard).<\/p>\n<p>Both a masterclass in tension and a comedic exercise, <em>Get Out<\/em> uses the tropes of paranoid thrillers as a statement on race and appropriation in the United States.<\/p>\n<h2>3. The Conversation (1974)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1077770\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1077770\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><picture decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1077770 size-full\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 4\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/conversation-resize.jpg.webp 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/conversation-resize-300x169.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/conversation-resize-1024x576.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/conversation-resize-768x432.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/conversation-resize-50x28.jpg.webp 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/conversation-resize-180x100.jpg.webp 180w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/conversation-resize-150x84.jpg.webp 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Gene Hackman in The Conversation\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/conversation-resize.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/conversation-resize.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/conversation-resize-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/conversation-resize-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/conversation-resize-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/conversation-resize-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/conversation-resize-180x100.jpg 180w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/conversation-resize-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/conversation-resize.jpg\" alt=\"Gene Hackman in The Conversation\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/conversation-resize.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/conversation-resize-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/conversation-resize-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/conversation-resize-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/conversation-resize-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/conversation-resize-180x100.jpg 180w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/conversation-resize-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript>\n<\/picture><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1077770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Paramount Pictures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Between the masterpieces <em>The Godfather<\/em> and <em>The Godfather Part II<\/em>, writer\/director <a href=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/francis-ford-coppola-movies-ranked-from-worst-to-best\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Francis Ford Coppola<\/a> made a passion project that proved just as outstanding as his most famous works. <em>The Conversation<\/em> follows Harry Caul (Gene Hackman), a surveillance expert who prizes and defends his own privacy.<\/p>\n<p>When he records what sounds like a murder, Harry must leave his hermetic lifestyle and expose himself in search of the truth. Between Hackman\u2019s understated performance and Coppola\u2019s claustrophobic filmmaking, <em>The Conversation<\/em> proves that no one can escape their responsibility to others.<\/p>\n<h2>4. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1060322\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1060322\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1060322 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"the man who knew too much\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 5\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/the-man-who-knew-too-much-e1692799108374.jpg\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1060322 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/the-man-who-knew-too-much-e1692799108374.jpg\" alt=\"the man who knew too much\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 5\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1060322\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Paramount Pictures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Of course, the <a href=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/the-hitchcock-influence-in-modern-cinema\/\">Master of Suspense<\/a> must appear on this list, first with his mistaken identity masterpiece, <em>The Man Who Knew Too Much<\/em>. Hitchcock\u2019s mid-period muse Jimmy Stewart makes for the ideal everyman in over his head when his character Dr. Ben McKenna has his vacation with his wife Jo (Doris Day) interrupted when a man they befriended in a chance meeting whispers a dying warning in his ear.<\/p>\n<p>From that point on, the McKennas find themselves on the run, carrying secrets that they don\u2019t understand from people who can use that information to do further harm.<\/p>\n<h2>5. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1130983\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1130983\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><picture decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1130983 size-full\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 6\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Invasion-of-the-Body-Snatchers-1978-Image-Credit_-United-Artists.jpg.webp 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Invasion-of-the-Body-Snatchers-1978-Image-Credit_-United-Artists-300x169.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Invasion-of-the-Body-Snatchers-1978-Image-Credit_-United-Artists-1024x576.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Invasion-of-the-Body-Snatchers-1978-Image-Credit_-United-Artists-768x432.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Invasion-of-the-Body-Snatchers-1978-Image-Credit_-United-Artists-50x28.jpg.webp 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Invasion-of-the-Body-Snatchers-1978-Image-Credit_-United-Artists-180x100.jpg.webp 180w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Invasion-of-the-Body-Snatchers-1978-Image-Credit_-United-Artists-150x84.jpg.webp 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Invasion-of-the-Body-Snatchers-1978-Image-Credit_-United-Artists.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Invasion-of-the-Body-Snatchers-1978-Image-Credit_-United-Artists.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Invasion-of-the-Body-Snatchers-1978-Image-Credit_-United-Artists-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Invasion-of-the-Body-Snatchers-1978-Image-Credit_-United-Artists-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Invasion-of-the-Body-Snatchers-1978-Image-Credit_-United-Artists-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Invasion-of-the-Body-Snatchers-1978-Image-Credit_-United-Artists-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Invasion-of-the-Body-Snatchers-1978-Image-Credit_-United-Artists-180x100.jpg 180w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Invasion-of-the-Body-Snatchers-1978-Image-Credit_-United-Artists-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Invasion-of-the-Body-Snatchers-1978-Image-Credit_-United-Artists.jpg\" alt=\"Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Invasion-of-the-Body-Snatchers-1978-Image-Credit_-United-Artists.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Invasion-of-the-Body-Snatchers-1978-Image-Credit_-United-Artists-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Invasion-of-the-Body-Snatchers-1978-Image-Credit_-United-Artists-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Invasion-of-the-Body-Snatchers-1978-Image-Credit_-United-Artists-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Invasion-of-the-Body-Snatchers-1978-Image-Credit_-United-Artists-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Invasion-of-the-Body-Snatchers-1978-Image-Credit_-United-Artists-180x100.jpg 180w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Invasion-of-the-Body-Snatchers-1978-Image-Credit_-United-Artists-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript>\n<\/picture><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1130983\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: United Artists.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Based on the 1954 novel by Jack Finney, director Don Seigel\u2019s first adaption of <a href=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/web-stories\/the-best-and-worst-movie-remakes\/\"><em>Invasion of the Body Snatchers<\/em><\/a> captured the fear of conformity and imposters that permeated the Red Scare. For the 1978 version, director Philip Kaufman and screenwriter W. D. Richter moved the action to San Fransisco, the heart of the self-improvement craze.<\/p>\n<p>As health inspector Matthew (Donald Sutherland) and his friend Elizabeth (Brooke Adams) investigate the strange loss of affect around them, they find themselves stymied by the feel-good pop psychology of the time, as espoused by Dr. David Kibner (a wonderful Leonard Nimoy). The update both makes the story more applicable to viewers of the 1970s and proves that the themes remain applicable outside of 1950s suburbia.<\/p>\n<h2>6. Chinatown (1974)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1199117\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1199117\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1199117 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Chinatown\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Chinatown.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Chinatown.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Chinatown-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Chinatown-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Chinatown-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Chinatown-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Chinatown-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1199117 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Chinatown.jpg\" alt=\"Chinatown\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 7\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Chinatown.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Chinatown-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Chinatown-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Chinatown-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Chinatown-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Chinatown-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1199117\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Paramount Pictures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cForget it, Jake. It\u2019s Chinatown.\u201d There\u2019s a reason this last line stands among the best in cinema history. Written by Robert Towne and directed by Roman Polanski, <em>Chinatown<\/em> updates the film noir for the 1970s.<\/p>\n<p>What begins as a search for a wayward husband turns into a larger conspiracy about water rights in 1937 Los Angeles. Jack Nicholson is perfect as a cynical noir hero overwhelmed by the heartless corruption he faces, a corruption so entrenched in the system that even sympathetic friends tell him to ignore the evil he uncovered instead of facing it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cForget it, Jake. It\u2019s Chinatown.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>7. Silkwood (1983)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1236170\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1236170\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1236170 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Silkwood (1983) Cher, Kurt Russell, Meryl Streep\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 8\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Silkwood-1983.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Silkwood-1983.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Silkwood-1983-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Silkwood-1983-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Silkwood-1983-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Silkwood-1983-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Silkwood-1983-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1236170 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Silkwood-1983.jpg\" alt=\"Silkwood (1983) Cher, Kurt Russell, Meryl Streep\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 8\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Silkwood-1983.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Silkwood-1983-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Silkwood-1983-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Silkwood-1983-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Silkwood-1983-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Silkwood-1983-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1236170\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: 20th Century Fox.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Directed by Mike Nichols, from a script by Nora Ephron and Alice Arlen, <em>Silkwood<\/em> is more grounded than most other movies on this list. That could be because <em>Silkwood<\/em> tells the true story of Karen Silkwood, a low-level worker at the Kerr-McGee Cimarron Fuel Fabrication Site who becomes a union activist.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the book <em>Who Killed Karen Silkwood<\/em>? by Howard Kohn, <a href=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/films-about-unions-usa\/\"><em>Silkwood<\/em><\/a> avoids the historiography or histrionics that could mark a story with a clear distinction between the uncaring company and the union leader. Instead, Nichols, Ephron, and Arlen let Karen, played by Meryl Streep, be a complicated human being.<\/p>\n<h2>8. Three Days of the Condor (1975)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_721888\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-721888\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-721888 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Three Days of the Condor Robert Redford\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 9\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Three-Days-of-the-Condor-e1700442318655.png\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-721888 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Three-Days-of-the-Condor-e1700442318655.png\" alt=\"Three Days of the Condor Robert Redford\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 9\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-721888\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Paramount Pictures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Perhaps the definitive political thriller of the 1970s and, of course, one of the best conspiracy movies, <em>Three Days of the Condor<\/em> stars Robert Redford Joe Turner, a nondescript CIA agent with the codename \u201cCondor.\u201d When Turner steps out for lunch one day, he avoids a secret attack that kills all of his co-workers and goes on the run to discover the perpetrator.<\/p>\n<p>Adapting the book <em>Six Days of the Condor<\/em> by James Grady, director <a href=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/best-picture-nominated-movies-should-have-won\/\">Sydney Pollack<\/a> and writers Lorenzo Semple Jr. and David Rayfiel tap into the decade\u2019s mistrust of government and also the fear of a random attacker, as represented when Turner kidnaps a random woman (Faye Dunaway) and forces her to participate.<\/p>\n<h2>9. They Live (1988)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1184426\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1184426\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1184426 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"They Live\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 10\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/They-Live.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/They-Live.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/They-Live-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/They-Live-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/They-Live-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/They-Live-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/They-Live-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1184426 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/They-Live.jpg\" alt=\"They Live\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 10\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/They-Live.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/They-Live-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/They-Live-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/They-Live-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/They-Live-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/They-Live-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1184426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Universal Pictures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>They Live<\/em> operates like a great <a href=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/shocking-twilight-zone-episodes\/\"><em>Twilight Zone<\/em><\/a> episode, in which a drifter named Nada (Roddy Piper) discovers special sunglasses that allow him to see the alien invaders living among us. Written and directed by John Carpenter, <em>They Live<\/em> mixes social commentary with its over-the-top action.<\/p>\n<p>Not only does the film feature a six-minute-long fight scene between Nada and fellow laborer Frank Armitage (Kieth David), as well as some great one-liners written by big-time wrestler Piper), but the script also connects capitalists and conservatives to the alien invaders.<\/p>\n<h2>10. North by Northwest (1959)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1230756\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1230756\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1230756 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Cary Grant North By Northwest\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 11\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Cary-Grant-North-By-Northwest.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Cary-Grant-North-By-Northwest.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Cary-Grant-North-By-Northwest-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Cary-Grant-North-By-Northwest-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Cary-Grant-North-By-Northwest-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Cary-Grant-North-By-Northwest-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Cary-Grant-North-By-Northwest-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1230756 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Cary-Grant-North-By-Northwest.jpg\" alt=\"Cary Grant North By Northwest\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 11\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Cary-Grant-North-By-Northwest.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Cary-Grant-North-By-Northwest-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Cary-Grant-North-By-Northwest-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Cary-Grant-North-By-Northwest-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Cary-Grant-North-By-Northwest-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Cary-Grant-North-By-Northwest-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1230756\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Even those who have never seen the Alfred Hitchcock movie <em>North by Northwest<\/em> know the scene in which <a href=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/cary-grant-classic-films\/\">Cary Grant<\/a> dodges a low-flying biplane. But to know why a nondescript airplane becomes a weapon of death, they\u2019d have to watch <em>North by Northwest<\/em>, written by Ernest Lehman.<\/p>\n<p>Grant plays ad exec Roger Thornhill, who gets mistaken for a man called George Kaplan in a small mishap at a restaurant. The confusion leads Thornhill into a world of deceit, one that connects him to shady figures played by Eva Marie Saint and James Mason, and some of the greatest set pieces in cinema history.<\/p>\n<h2>11. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1202537\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1202537\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1202537 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"The Manchurian Candidate\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 12\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-Manchurian-Candidate-featured.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-Manchurian-Candidate-featured.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-Manchurian-Candidate-featured-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-Manchurian-Candidate-featured-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-Manchurian-Candidate-featured-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-Manchurian-Candidate-featured-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-Manchurian-Candidate-featured-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1202537 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-Manchurian-Candidate-featured.jpg\" alt=\"The Manchurian Candidate\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 12\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-Manchurian-Candidate-featured.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-Manchurian-Candidate-featured-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-Manchurian-Candidate-featured-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-Manchurian-Candidate-featured-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-Manchurian-Candidate-featured-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-Manchurian-Candidate-featured-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1202537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: United Artists.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhy don\u2019t you pass the time by playing a little solitaire?\u201d That simple question creates a whole host of problems in <a href=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/great-classic-black-and-white-films\/\"><em>The Manchurian Candidate<\/em><\/a>, that Cold War classic from director John Frankenheimer.<\/p>\n<p>Written by George Axelrod, based on the novel by Richard Condon, <em>The Manchurian Candidate<\/em> involves a communist plot to install a puppet in the American government by brainwashing Korean War vets Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey) and Bennett Marco (Frank Sinatra).<\/p>\n<p>The depiction of the villains might strike some modern viewers as, at best, cartoonish and, at worst, racist. But no one can deny the power of Frankenheimer\u2019s dynamic direction and Angela Lansbury\u2019s outstanding performance as Shaw\u2019s duplicitous mother.<\/p>\n<h2>12. Hot Fuzz (2007)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1081622\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1081622\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><picture decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1081622 size-full\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 13\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/slike-39-1.jpg.webp 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/slike-39-1-300x169.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/slike-39-1-1024x576.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/slike-39-1-768x432.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/slike-39-1-50x28.jpg.webp 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/slike-39-1-180x100.jpg.webp 180w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/slike-39-1-150x84.jpg.webp 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Hot Fuzz (2007)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/slike-39-1.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/slike-39-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/slike-39-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/slike-39-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/slike-39-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/slike-39-1-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/slike-39-1-180x100.jpg 180w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/slike-39-1-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/slike-39-1.jpg\" alt=\"Hot Fuzz (2007)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/slike-39-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/slike-39-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/slike-39-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/slike-39-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/slike-39-1-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/slike-39-1-180x100.jpg 180w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/slike-39-1-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript>\n<\/picture><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1081622\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Universal Pictures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The second feature film from writer\/director <a href=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/edgar-wright-movies-ranked-best-worst\/\">Edgar Wright<\/a> and co-writer\/star Simon Pegg, <em>Hot Fuzz<\/em> has all the pop culture references and frenetic imagery that marked their breakout film <em>Shaun of the Dead<\/em>. However, Wright and Pegg put those qualities to work in a story about an over-achieving police officer Nicholas Angel (Wright) sent to the peaceful English village of Sandford, where he teams with bumbling fellow constable Danny Butterman (Nick Frost).<\/p>\n<p>In between the playful buddy dynamics that develop, Wright and Pegg unveil a conspiracy by a secret cult, determined to uphold \u201cthe greater good.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>13. Michael Clayton (2007)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1198137\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1198137\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1198137 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Michael Clayton (2007) Movie\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 14\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Michael-Clayton.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Michael-Clayton.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Michael-Clayton-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Michael-Clayton-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Michael-Clayton-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Michael-Clayton-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Michael-Clayton-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1198137 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Michael-Clayton.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Clayton (2007) Movie\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 14\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Michael-Clayton.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Michael-Clayton-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Michael-Clayton-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Michael-Clayton-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Michael-Clayton-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Michael-Clayton-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1198137\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Clayton Productions\/Warner Bros.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Michael Clayton is a fixer, a lawyer who high-priced clients call when they have messy problems to solve. Played by George Clooney at his most slick, Clayton knows how the system works and the cynicism to make it work for him. But when one of his colleagues (Tom Wilkinson) suffers a crisis of conscience, Clayton finds a world much bigger and more powerful than he ever imagined.<\/p>\n<p>Written and directed by <a href=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/the-best-tilda-swinton-movies\/\">Tony Gilroy<\/a>, <em>Michael Clayton<\/em> brings the conspiracy movies of the 1970s into the 2000s, complete with a moral ambiguity and despair that fits the post-9\/11 era.<\/p>\n<h2>14. The Game (1997)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1203915\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1203915\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1203915 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Michael Douglas in The Game (1997) Hitchcock influence\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 15\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/THE-GAME-1997.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/THE-GAME-1997.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/THE-GAME-1997-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/THE-GAME-1997-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/THE-GAME-1997-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/THE-GAME-1997-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/THE-GAME-1997-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1203915 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/THE-GAME-1997.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Douglas in The Game (1997) Hitchcock influence\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 15\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/THE-GAME-1997.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/THE-GAME-1997-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/THE-GAME-1997-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/THE-GAME-1997-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/THE-GAME-1997-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/THE-GAME-1997-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1203915\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: PolyGram Films.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/every-david-fincher-movie-ranked\/\">David Fincher<\/a>\u2019s third feature <em>The Game<\/em> requires more than a little suspension of disbelief. Powerful banker Nicholas Van Orton (Michael Douglas) enjoys almost total control over his life. And yet, when his ne\u2019er-do-well younger brother Conrad (Sean Penn) gives him a game from a shady organization called Consumer Recreation Services, Nicholas plays along.<\/p>\n<p>From that moment on, Nicholas learns that the lines between the game and reality blur, stripping away not just his sense of control but also his grasp on reality. The script by John Brancato and Michael Ferris sometimes stretches credulity, but all is forgiven when the movie reaches its openhearted conclusion.<\/p>\n<h2>15. The Fugitive (1993)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1219267\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1219267\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1219267 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Harrison Ford in The Fugitive (1993)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 16\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-Fugitive.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-Fugitive.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-Fugitive-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-Fugitive-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-Fugitive-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-Fugitive-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-Fugitive-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1219267 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-Fugitive.jpg\" alt=\"Harrison Ford in The Fugitive (1993)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 16\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-Fugitive.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-Fugitive-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-Fugitive-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-Fugitive-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-Fugitive-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-Fugitive-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1219267\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Warner Bros.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For most of its running time, <em>The Fugitive<\/em> seems like a simple mistaken identity case. After his being charged with the murder of his wife (Sela Ward), Dr. Richard Kimble (<a href=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/i-know-is-most-possibly-the-most-famous-ad-lib-in-history-but-what-was-the-original-line\/\">Harrison Ford<\/a>) goes on the run to prove his innocence and bring the real killer, a one-armed man, to justice. He\u2019s pursued by a determined U.S. Marshall (Tommy Lee Jones), who doesn\u2019t care about the facts of Kimble\u2019s case.<\/p>\n<p>But director Andrew Davis, working on a script from Jeb Stuart and David Twohy, expanded their adaptation of the 1960s TV series created by Roy Huggins into a bigger story about corporate greed and medical malfeasance.<\/p>\n<h2>16. All the President\u2019s Men (1976)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1230703\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1230703\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1230703 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Robert Redford All the Presidents Men\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 17\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Robert-Redford-All-the-Presidents-Men.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Robert-Redford-All-the-Presidents-Men.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Robert-Redford-All-the-Presidents-Men-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Robert-Redford-All-the-Presidents-Men-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Robert-Redford-All-the-Presidents-Men-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Robert-Redford-All-the-Presidents-Men-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Robert-Redford-All-the-Presidents-Men-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1230703 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Robert-Redford-All-the-Presidents-Men.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Redford All the Presidents Men\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 17\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Robert-Redford-All-the-Presidents-Men.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Robert-Redford-All-the-Presidents-Men-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Robert-Redford-All-the-Presidents-Men-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Robert-Redford-All-the-Presidents-Men-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Robert-Redford-All-the-Presidents-Men-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Robert-Redford-All-the-Presidents-Men-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1230703\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Warner Bros.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Although based on a true story, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/All_the_President%27s_Men_(film)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><em>All the President\u2019s Men<\/em><\/a> feels more flashy and star-driven than most movies about real events. Then again, when that real event involves a conspiracy spearheaded by the president of the United States, writer William Goldman and director Alan J. Pakula are justified in their Hollywood approach.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman portray <em>Washington Post<\/em> journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, who detailed their investigation into the Watergate scandal in their book <em>All the President\u2019s<\/em> Men. The story has all the stuff of a Hollywood thriller, which Pakula and Goldman bring to the screen with flash and panache.<\/p>\n<h2>17. The Insider (1999)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1238982\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1238982\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1238982 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Russel Crowe in The Insider (1999)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 18\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-Insider-1999.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-Insider-1999.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-Insider-1999-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-Insider-1999-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-Insider-1999-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-Insider-1999-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-Insider-1999-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1238982 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-Insider-1999.jpg\" alt=\"Russel Crowe in The Insider (1999)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 18\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-Insider-1999.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-Insider-1999-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-Insider-1999-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-Insider-1999-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-Insider-1999-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/The-Insider-1999-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1238982\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Director Michael Mann loves a story about a man making a hard decision. But while those men most often come from the world of crime, <em>The Insider<\/em> follows men exposing criminal acts. Written by Mann and Eric Roth, based on the article \u201cThe Man Who Knew Too Much\u201d by Marie Brenner, <em>The Insider<\/em> stars <a href=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/ranking-the-greatest-russell-crowe-performances\/\">Russell Crowe<\/a> as Jeffrey Wigand, a former executive in the Brown &amp; Williamson tobacco company who wishes to reveal the industry\u2019s lies about the health risks it poses. Working with CBS news producer Lowell Bergman (Al Pacino) and host Mike Wallace (Christopher Plummer), Wigand stands against the powerful lobby that seeks to silence his testimony.<\/p>\n<h2>18. The Wicker Man (1973)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1138310\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1138310\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><picture decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1138310 size-full\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 19\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/The-Wicker-Man-1.jpg.webp 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/The-Wicker-Man-1-300x169.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/The-Wicker-Man-1-1024x576.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/The-Wicker-Man-1-768x432.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/The-Wicker-Man-1-50x28.jpg.webp 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/The-Wicker-Man-1-180x100.jpg.webp 180w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/The-Wicker-Man-1-150x84.jpg.webp 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"The Wicker Man Edward Woodward\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/The-Wicker-Man-1.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/The-Wicker-Man-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/The-Wicker-Man-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/The-Wicker-Man-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/The-Wicker-Man-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/The-Wicker-Man-1-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/The-Wicker-Man-1-180x100.jpg 180w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/The-Wicker-Man-1-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/The-Wicker-Man-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Wicker Man Edward Woodward\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/The-Wicker-Man-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/The-Wicker-Man-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/The-Wicker-Man-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/The-Wicker-Man-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/The-Wicker-Man-1-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/The-Wicker-Man-1-180x100.jpg 180w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/The-Wicker-Man-1-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript>\n<\/picture><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1138310\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: British Lion Films.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Forget the meme-worthy remake from 2006, the original <a href=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/the-best-and-worst-movie-remakes\/\"><em>The Wicker Man<\/em><\/a> is a classic of British horror. The 1973 version of <em>The Wicker Man<\/em> follows the conservative and religious police officer Neil Howie (Edward Woodward) to the remote island of Summerisle, where he investigates a girl\u2019s disappearance. Howie at first enjoys the cooperation of the village patriarch Lord Summerisle (Christopher Lee), but he cannot help but notice the strange occurrences around him, including an attempted seduction by Willow MacGregor (Britt Ekland).<\/p>\n<p>Director Robin Hardy and writer Anthony Shaffer take their time building an eerie atmosphere, full of unease, before leading Howie to the spine-tingling climax.<\/p>\n<h2>19. The Parallax View (1974)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1053815\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1053815\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><picture decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1053815 size-full\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 20\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Parallax-View.jpg.webp 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Parallax-View-300x169.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Parallax-View-1024x576.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Parallax-View-768x432.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Parallax-View-50x28.jpg.webp 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Parallax-View-180x100.jpg.webp 180w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Parallax-View-150x84.jpg.webp 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"The Parallax View, Warren Beatty\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Parallax-View.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Parallax-View.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Parallax-View-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Parallax-View-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Parallax-View-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Parallax-View-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Parallax-View-180x100.jpg 180w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Parallax-View-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Parallax-View.jpg\" alt=\"The Parallax View, Warren Beatty\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Parallax-View.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Parallax-View-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Parallax-View-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Parallax-View-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Parallax-View-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Parallax-View-180x100.jpg 180w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/The-Parallax-View-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript>\n<\/picture><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1053815\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Paramount Pictures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Before making <em>All the President\u2019s Men<\/em>, director <a href=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/the-best-tragic-romance-movies\/\">Alan J. Pakula<\/a> honed his conspiracy skills with <em>The Parallax View<\/em>, written by David Giler and Lorenzo Semple Jr. and based on the novel by Loren Singer. Warren Beaty plays investigative journalist Joe Frady, who learns from his colleague (Paula Prentiss) about a secret plan to kill witnesses to a political assassination.<\/p>\n<p>As Frady looks into it, he discovers the Parallax Corporation, an organization that recruits security personnel and makes them into secret killers. <em>The Parallax<\/em> View doesn\u2019t quite have the same punch as <em>The Manchurian Candidate<\/em> or <em>All the President\u2019s Men<\/em>, but it does have its effective scenes, such as the surreal brainwashing sequence.<\/p>\n<h2>20. Enemy of the State (1998)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1067737\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1067737\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><picture decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1067737 size-full\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 21\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Enemy-of-the-State.png.webp 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Enemy-of-the-State-300x169.png.webp 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Enemy-of-the-State-1024x576.png.webp 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Enemy-of-the-State-768x432.png.webp 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Enemy-of-the-State-50x28.png.webp 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Enemy-of-the-State-180x100.png.webp 180w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Enemy-of-the-State-150x84.png.webp 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Enemy of the State Will Smith\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Enemy-of-the-State.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Enemy-of-the-State.png 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Enemy-of-the-State-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Enemy-of-the-State-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Enemy-of-the-State-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Enemy-of-the-State-50x28.png 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Enemy-of-the-State-180x100.png 180w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Enemy-of-the-State-150x84.png 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Enemy-of-the-State.png\" alt=\"Enemy of the State Will Smith\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Enemy-of-the-State.png 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Enemy-of-the-State-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Enemy-of-the-State-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Enemy-of-the-State-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Enemy-of-the-State-50x28.png 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Enemy-of-the-State-180x100.png 180w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Enemy-of-the-State-150x84.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript>\n<\/picture><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1067737\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Most would consider it utter foolishness to try to replicate masters Francis Ford Coppola and Gene Hackman, but that\u2019s what director Tony Scott and writer David Marconi do with their <a href=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/the-best-will-smith-movies-ranked\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Will Smith<\/a> vehicle <em>Enemy of the State<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>When labor lawyer Robert Clayton Dean (Smith) ends up with a video that incriminates top members of the American intelligence community, he becomes a target of the NSA. Dean gets help from the surveillance expert Brill, played by Hackman and looking a lot like Harry Caul. <em>Enemy of the State<\/em> doesn\u2019t have the depth of character or filmmaking that one finds in <em>The Conversation<\/em>. But its tense story does make for a rollicking good time.<\/p>\n<h2>21. The Firm (1993)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1185842\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1185842\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1185842 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Tom Cruise and John Beal in The Firm (1993)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 22\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_4566-e1702923650220.jpeg\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1185842 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG_4566-e1702923650220.jpeg\" alt=\"Tom Cruise and John Beal in The Firm (1993)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 22\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1185842\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Paramount Pictures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/the-best-gene-hackman-movies-ranked-from-worst-to-best\/\">Gene Hackman<\/a> makes his third appearance on this list with <em>The Firm<\/em>, based on the novel by John Grisham. Tom Cruise stars as top-level Harvard Law grad Mitch McDeere, who plans to join the exclusive Tennessee firm of Bendini, Lambert &amp; Locke after passing the bar exam. Although the job comes with many perks, which McDeere flaunts to his wife Abby (Jeanne Tripplehorn), mentor Avery Tolar (Hackman) warns that the partners also expect total loyalty. At once, the firm tests McDeere\u2019s loyalty when they challenge his ethics, while also showing the extent of their power.<\/p>\n<h2>22. JFK (1991)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1238983\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1238983\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1238983 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Kevin Costner in JFK (1991)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 23\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/JFK-1991.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/JFK-1991.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/JFK-1991-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/JFK-1991-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/JFK-1991-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/JFK-1991-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/JFK-1991-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1238983 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/JFK-1991.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin Costner in JFK (1991)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 23\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/JFK-1991.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/JFK-1991-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/JFK-1991-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/JFK-1991-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/JFK-1991-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/JFK-1991-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1238983\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: Warner Bros.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As the dates on this list demonstrate, the 1990s rival the 1970s for generating conspiracy theories. Part of that renewed interest in the paranoid genre stems from the success of <a href=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/80s-action-movies-that-defined-the-decade\/\">Oliver Stone<\/a>\u2019s epic biopic <em>JFK<\/em>, which he co-wrote with Zachary Sklar.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than the story of the life of John F. Kennedy, <em>JFK<\/em> instead follows the investigation into the President\u2019s killing, led by New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner). Across the movie\u2019s three-hour-plus runtime, Stone points the finger at a number of possible suspects, which drew initial derision but also ignited a public thirst for paranoia.<\/p>\n<h2>23. The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1177660\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1177660\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1177660 size-full perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 24\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Long-Kiss-Goodnight-1996.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Long-Kiss-Goodnight-1996.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Long-Kiss-Goodnight-1996-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Long-Kiss-Goodnight-1996-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Long-Kiss-Goodnight-1996-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Long-Kiss-Goodnight-1996-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Long-Kiss-Goodnight-1996-150x84.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1177660 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Long-Kiss-Goodnight-1996.jpg\" alt=\"The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 24\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Long-Kiss-Goodnight-1996.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Long-Kiss-Goodnight-1996-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Long-Kiss-Goodnight-1996-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Long-Kiss-Goodnight-1996-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Long-Kiss-Goodnight-1996-50x28.jpg 50w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Long-Kiss-Goodnight-1996-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1177660\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Credit: New Line Cinema.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On the surface, <em>The Long Kiss Goodnight<\/em> owes a debt to <em>Lethal Weapon<\/em> and other buddy action movies more than it does to <em>The Manchurian Candidate<\/em>. Part of that comparison comes from writer Shane Black, who penned Lethal Weapon, and seasoned action director Renny Harlin.<\/p>\n<p>But rest assured, the story of schoolteacher Samantha Caine (Geena Davis) who, with the help of private detective Mitch Henessey (Samuel L. Jackson), discovers that she\u2019s an amnesiac assassin, contains plenty of conspiracy elements. <em>The Long Kiss Goodnight<\/em> may not have the depth of other entries on this list, but it makes up for the lack of pure action.<\/p>\n<h2>24. The X-Files (1998)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1239638\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1239638\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1239638 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"x-files movie\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 25\" data-src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/x-files-1.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/x-files-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/x-files-1-300x169.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1239638\" src=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/x-files-1.jpg\" alt=\"x-files movie\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" title=\"The Best Conspiracy Movies to Make You Feel Paranoid 25\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/x-files-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/x-files-1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1239638\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image credit: Fox Studios.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>No phenomenon better encapsulated the 90s paranoia craze than <a href=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/14-x-files-scenes-that-are-as-chilling-now-as-they-were-back-then\/\"><em>The X-Files<\/em><\/a>, the weekly television series about paranormal investigators Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson).<\/p>\n<p>The 1998 movie <em>The X-Files<\/em> may not be the best entry in the show\u2019s 11-season run (though much better than the second film in 2008, <em>The X-Files: I Want to Believe<\/em>) but it does crystalize some of the show\u2019s central concepts, including a government conspiracy to collude with alien invaders. Directed by Rob Bowman and written by series creator Chris Carter, <em>The X-Files<\/em> feels more like a long episode than a movie, but it\u2019s fun nonetheless.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wealthofgeeks.com\/the-best-conspiracy-movies-to-make-you-feel-paranoid\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t trust anybody. 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