swap_horiz The Madness Alternatives

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The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

The Manchurian Candidate (1962) explores a chilling Cold War conspiracy centered around a former soldier’s manipulated m...

Cold War Classic Film Conspiracy

9.2 Excellent

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Three Days of the Condor (1975 film)

Three Days of the Condor (1975), directed by Sydney Pollack, stars Robert Redford as a CIA analyst who returns from lunc...

Film 1970S Cia Conspiracy

8.8 Great

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The 39 Steps (1935 film)

The 39 Steps is Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 British spy thriller, notable for defining the innocent-man-on-the-run template...

Classic Espionage Film British

8.7 Great

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House of Cards (UK series)

House of Cards is a 1990 BBC political thriller adapted from Michael Dobbs's novel, noted for Ian Richardson's scheming...

TV Power British Nineties

8.7 Great

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Edge of Darkness (UK TV series)

Edge of Darkness is a 1985 BBC political thriller miniseries created by Troy Kennedy Martin, starring Bob Peck as a dete...

UK TV Series Nuclear Conspiracy

8.7 Great

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State of Play (TV serial)

State of Play is a 2003 BBC serial written by Paul Abbott, noted for linking a journalist's murder inquiry to Westminste...

TV Journalism British Conspiracy

8.6 Great

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The Manchurian Candidate (novel)

The Manchurian Candidate is Richard Condon's 1959 US political thriller about brainwashing, assassination, and Cold War...

Cold War Novel Conspiracy Assassination

8.5 Great

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House of Cards (US)

House of Cards is a U.S. political drama created by Beau Willimon that premiered on Netflix in 2013, notable as one of t...

Modern Netflix TV Series Political Drama

8.5 Great

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JFK (1991 film)

JFK (1991), directed by Oliver Stone, dramatizes DA Jim Garrison's conspiracy investigation into Kennedy's 1963 assassin...

Film Conspiracy Assassination Oliver Stone

8.4 Great

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A Very British Coup

A Very British Coup is a 1988 Channel 4 political serial from Chris Mullin's novel, noted for imagining an MI5 plot agai...

TV British Eighties Coup

8.2 Great

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The Parallax View (1974 film)

The Parallax View (1974) is an Alan J. Pakula political thriller starring Warren Beatty, the second part of the director...

Film 1970S Conspiracy Assassination

8.2 Great

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House of Cards (US series)

House of Cards is a 2013 Netflix political thriller created by Beau Willimon, noted as the first studio-produced TV seri...

Netflix Washington TV Power

8.1 Great

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The Diplomat (US series)

The Diplomat is a 2023 Netflix political thriller created by Debora Cahn, starring Keri Russell as a US ambassador to Br...

Netflix UK TV Diplomacy

7.9 Good

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Rubicon

Rubicon is a 2010 AMC conspiracy thriller created by Jason Horwitch, centered on a New York intelligence analyst uncover...

Analysis TV Intelligence Conspiracy

7.7 Good

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False Flag

False Flag is a 2015 Israeli thriller created by Maria Feldman and Amit Cohen, loosely tied to the 2010 Dubai assassinat...

Israeli Espionage TV Conspiracy

7.6 Good

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Condor

Condor is a 2018 American thriller based on Six Days of the Condor, updating James Grady's CIA conspiracy story for tele...

TV Spy Cia Conspiracy

7.4 Good

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Secret City

Secret City is a 2016 Australian political thriller set in Canberra, adapted from novels by journalists Chris Uhlmann an...

Australian TV Journalism Conspiracy

7.2 Good

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Pine Gap

Pine Gap is a 2018 Australian political thriller by Greg Haddrick and Felicity Packard, set at the US-Australian intelli...

Netflix Australian TV Surveillance

6.6 Fair

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Treason

Treason is a 2022 Netflix British spy thriller created by Matt Charman, starring Charlie Cox as an MI6 deputy suddenly p...

Russia Netflix Espionage TV

5.9 Mediocre

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Secret State

Secret State is a 2012 Channel 4 political thriller starring Gabriel Byrne, inspired by Chris Mullin's novel A Very Brit...

TV British Conspiracy Channel 4

5.8 Mediocre