Greatest Conspiracy Movies

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1 The Manchurian Candidate
This Cold War drama about presidential assassination fuses the far-fetched with the all-too-real. 26 78

2 All the President's Men
The Watergate Scandal didn't just ruin President Nixon; it made a great film for Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman. 20 70

3 Chinatown
What starts as an adultery case for private detective (Jack Nicholson) ends up a whole lot messier. 20 76

4 Three Days of the Condor
When a CIA researcher (Robert Redford) finds all his co-workers are dead, he's not sure how to trust. 9 67

5 JFK
Despite playing fast and loose with the facts, director Oliver Stone does make the most of some nagging questions related to the Kennedy assassination. 2 76

6 They Live
The aliens take charge in this horror satire from John Carpenter, but only one-time wrestler "Rowdy" Roddy Piper knows it. -4 64

7 The Conversation
Gene Hackman tears up his own apartment in search of bugs. Who's spying on who indeed? -5 63

8 Capricorn One
Just as the reporter (Elliott Gould) suspects: NASA's mission to Mars is a fake. -20 58

9 The Parallax View
Warren Beatty is a crusading reporter in search of answers about twelve mysterious deaths. (In the end, he's played like everyone else.) -21 55

10 Blow Out
A movie sound technician (John Travolta) inadvertently witnesses a political assassination. -23 59

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