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Oliver Stones sprawling, controversial epic about the assassination of John F. Kennedy is a landmark in conspiracy cinema. Through the eyes of New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison, the film weav...

A high-octane 90s thriller that perfectly predicted the modern surveillance state. Will Smith plays a lawyer who accidentally comes into possession of evidence regarding a political murder, making him...

Brian De Palmas homage to 'The Conversation' is a stylish, tragic thriller about a sound recordist who accidentally captures evidence of a political assassination. John Travolta gives a career-best pe...

The OA is a bold, experimental series that follows a blind woman who returns home after seven years with her sight restored. She gathers a group of locals to help her open a portal to another dimensio...

This 1987 thriller is a tight, suspenseful mystery set within the halls of the Pentagon. Kevin Costner plays a naval officer who becomes the primary suspect in a murder investigation, only to realize...

Based on the novel by Stephen King, Mr. Mercedes follows a retired detective who is taunted by a psychopathic killer who drove a Mercedes into a crowd of people. The show is a tense cat-and-mouse game...

While the original is a classic, this 2004 remake stands on its own as a terrifyingly modern update. Denzel Washington plays a Gulf War veteran who begins to suspect that his unit's memories were alte...

You follows Joe Goldberg, a bookstore manager who becomes dangerously obsessed with the women he falls for. The show is a chilling look at the psychology of a stalker, using a first-person narrative t...

The Sinner is an anthology series that flips the traditional crime procedural on its head. Instead of asking 'who did it?', the show asks 'why did they do it?'. Each season follows a different crime w...

Eagle Eye is a high-energy, tech-focused thriller about two strangers who are brought together by a mysterious, all-seeing AI that forces them to carry out a political assassination. It is a fast-pace...

This 1962 classic is the ultimate film about paranoia and psychological manipulation. It tells the story of a Korean War veteran who is brainwashed to become an unwitting assassin for a communist cons...

Bates Motel serves as a contemporary prequel to the classic film Psycho, focusing on the formative years of Norman Bates and his complex, codependent relationship with his mother, Norma. The show is a...