Top Ten Conspiracy Movies

Top Ten Conspiracy Movies – Hollywood movies that best portray archetypal elements of the conspiracy subculture.

wag the dog

#10 WAG THE DOG

White House officials and a Hollywood producer create a fake war to distract the public from a sex scandal involving the US President.

 

Wag the Dog

I once caught a lie THIS big!

 

 


From Hell

#9 From Hell

A Psychic Detective(Johnny Depp ) investigates the Jack the Ripper murders and uncovers a Masonic plot. (Based on graphic the novel by Alan Moore)

 
What is that smell? Is that a goat? Did you guys bring a f*cking goat in here!

What is that smell? Is that a goat? Did you guys bring a f*cking goat in here!

 
 

 


All the Presidents Men

#8 ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN

The true story of Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein whose investigations uncover the Watergate scandal, ending Nixon’s presidency.

 

All the presidents men

Mark Felt? WTF is Mark Felt? I don’t know Mark Felt… Do you know Mark Felt Bob? ….Sounds like a made-up name to me Carl.

 

 


 
Manchurian Candidate

#7 MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE

An evil corporation utilizes brainwashing on US soldiers fighting in Iraq in order to create a perfect assassin capable of eliminating undesirable political rivals. (Based on 1962 version starring Frank Sinatra)†

†The 1962 version is in black and white and is filled with not-so-subtle foreshadowing for those who are into that sort of thing. ;)

 

All the presidents men

Bluetooth beta version

 
 

 


syriana

#6 Syriana

An energy analyst, a CIA agent, a middle-eastern prince, and a corrupt lawyer become embroiled in a high-level assassination involving Big Oil.

 

All the presidents men

Stop me if you’ve heard this one… An energy analyst, a CIA agent, a middle-eastern prince, and a corrupt lawyer get in an elevator…{snip}

 

 


syriana

#5 Network

Upon learning of his dismissal, failing news anchor Howard Beale goes on hugely popular rants quickly angering the Powers That Be and threatening the “corporate cosmology“.

 

Network

Before Alex Jones there was Howard Beale

 

 

The Corporate Cosmology speech alone is well worth the price of admission:

 




JFK

#4 JFK

Oliver Stone’s masterpiece documenting District Attorney Jim Garrison’s struggle to prove the involvement of a conspiracy behind the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy.

 

Wag the Dog

NEWMAN!!!

 

 


Top Ten Conspiracy Movies - 3 The Insider

#3 The Insider

A research chemist turns whistleblower (Jeffrey Wigand) and threatens to reveal to the world Big Tobacco’s cover up of the negative health effect of cigarette smoking.

 

The Insider

The Seven Dwarves lying through their teeth (news footage)

 
 

 


Being There

#2 BEING THERE

Peter Sellers stars as Chance, a simple TV-educated gardener who accidently becomes the protégé of shadow government kingpin Benjamin Rand.

 

Being There

Illuminati symbol in Being There

 
 


 
Being There

#1 THEY LIVE

“I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass… and I’m all out of bubblegum.” A drifter discovers a pair of sunglasses which allow him to see the true rulers of the world.

 

They Live

Coincidence?

 
 


Other movies that should have made the list but didn’t because the whole idea behind a Top 10 list is to narrow it down to ten choices.


conspiracy-theory
Conspiracy Theory staring Mel Gibson belongs in every conspiracy theorist’s movie collection.

Being There
The Good Shepherd covers everything from the Skull and Bones initiation to the transition from OSS to the CIA.
Capricorn One
Capricorn One (1977) was erroneously named as a source of Appolo 11 (1969) footage in FOX tv’s moon landing special.

The Constant Gardener
The Constant Gardener never mentions Monsanto by name but the parallels are more than obvious.
conspiracy-theory
Meryl Streep stars as Karen Silkwood, a whistleblower who takes on energy industry giant Kerr-McGee.

Godfather 3
The third installment in Coppola’s Godfather series covers John Paul I’s assassination, Banco Ambrosiano and the P2 Masonic Lodge.
Eyes Wide Shut
Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut is one of the first movie conspiracy theorists think of when asked to name an Illuminati movie.

The Constant Gardener
A comedy based on the very real CIA drug trafficking in South East Asia.

 


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