American films about conspiracy theories

List of the best American films about conspiracy theories according to viewers: Zeitgeist: Moving Forward, Death Note, Fair Game, Parkland, Under the Silver Lake, Buster's Mal Heart, No Tomorrow, Man of the Year, Inferno, Imperium.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 8.1
Genredocumentary, history
CountryUSA
Duration02:41

Zeitgeist: Moving Forward, by director Peter Joseph, is a feature length documentary work which will present a case for a needed transition out of the current socioeconomic monetary paradigm which governs the entire world society. This subject matter will transcend the issues of cultural relativism and traditional ideology and move to relate the core, empirical "life ground" attributes of human and social survival, extrapolating those immutable natural laws into a new sustainable social paradigm called a "Resource-Based Economy".

Markimdb: 4.4
Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:23

A young man comes to possess a supernatural notebook, the Death Note, that grants him the power to kill any person simply by writing down their name on the pages. He then decides to use the notebook to kill criminals and change the world, but an enigmatic detective attempts to track him down and end his reign of terror.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrethriller, drama, biography
CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates
Duration01:48

Wife and mother Valerie Plame (Naomi Watts) has a double life as a CIA operative, hiding her vocation from family and friends. Her husband, Joseph Wilson (Sean Penn), writes a controversial article in The New York Times, refuting stories about the sale of enriched uranium to Iraq, Then Valerie's secret work and identity is leaked to the press. With her cover blown and other people endangered, Valerie's career and personal life begin to unravel.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrethriller, drama, history
CountryUSA
Duration01:33

November 22nd, 1963 was a day that changed the world forever — when young American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. This film follows, almost in real time, a handful of individuals forced to make split-second decisions after an event that would change their lives and forever alter the world’s landscape.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, crime, detective, film noir
CountryUSA
Duration02:18

Young and disenchanted Sam meets a mysterious and beautiful woman who's swimming in his building's pool one night. When she suddenly vanishes the next morning, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to decode the secret behind her disappearance, leading him into the murkiest depths of mystery, scandal and conspiracy.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrethriller, drama
CountryUSA

An eccentric mountain man on the run from the local sheriff recalls the mysterious events that brought him to his present fugitive state.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration05:01

When a risk-averse, straight-arrowed, female procurement manager at an Amazon-like distribution center falls in love with a free-spirited man who lives life to the fullest because he believes the apocalypse is imminent, they embark on a quest together to fulfill their individual bucket lists, with comedic and poignant results.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:55

The irreverent host of a political satire talk show decides to run for president and expose corruption in Washington. His stunt goes further than he expects when he actually wins the election, but a software engineer suspects that a computer glitch is responsible for his surprising victory.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, crime, detective
CountryUSA, Malta, France, United Kingdom, Hungary
Duration02:03

After waking up in a hospital with amnesia, professor Robert Langdon and a doctor must race against time to foil a deadly global plot.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrethriller, drama, crime, military, biography
CountryUSA
Duration02:15

Nate Foster, a young, idealistic FBI agent, goes undercover to take down a radical white supremacy terrorist group. The bright up-and-coming analyst must confront the challenge of sticking to a new identity while maintaining his real principles as he navigates the dangerous underworld of white supremacy. Inspired by real events.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genreaction, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration01:56

The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist from his Middle East homeland leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York. An FBI senior agent and his team attempt to locate and decommission the enemy cells, but must also deal with an Army General gone rogue and a female CIA agent of uncertain loyalties.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genremelodrama, drama, biography
CountryUSA

Five years after Yippie founder Abbie Hoffman goes underground to avoid a drug-related prison sentence, he contacts a reporter to get out the story of the FBI's covert spying, harassment and inciting of violence they then blame on the Left.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:52

As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his life: the search for his only daughter Emma's killer. Now, he is on a personal mission to uncover the disturbing secrets surrounding her murder, including corporate corruption, government collusion and Emma's own mysterious life.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrethriller, drama, biography, history
CountryAustralia, USA
Duration02:06

A behind-the-scenes look at news anchor Dan Rather during his final days at C.B.S. News when he broadcast a damaging report about how President Bush relied on privilege and family connections to avoid fighting in the Vietnam War.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:45

After his wife is assaulted, a husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him settle the score.

Markimdb: 7
Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
CountryUSA, China
Duration02:10

    When a gunman takes five lives with six shots, all evidence points to the suspect in custody. On interrogation, the suspect offers up a single note: "Get Jack Reacher!" So begins an extraordinary chase for the truth, pitting Jack Reacher against an unexpected enemy, with a skill for violence and a secret to keep.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration03:31

    An epidemic breaks out in Atlanta leaving the large city quarantined and those stuck on the inside fighting for their lives. This is the story of loved ones torn apart, and how the society that grows inside the quarantine reveals both the devolution of humanity and the birth of unlikely heroes.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:29

    A couple who can't stop fighting embark on a last-ditch effort to save their marriage: turning their fights into songs and starting a band.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:13

    A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:42

    A wealthy couple from the Pacific Palisades discovers homeless young lovers have moved into their home.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUSA

    An emotionally stunted aunt tries to bond with her thirteen year old niece, who wants nothing more than to run away from home and become a juggalo.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrethriller
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Netherlands
    Duration01:26

    Filmed in 1993 but never completed due to River Phoenix's death, Dark Blood tells the story of Boy, a young widower living on a nuclear testing site in the desert. Boy is waiting for the end of the world and carves Katchina dolls that supposedly contain magical powers. Boy's solitude is interrupted when a Hollywood jet-set couple who are travelling across the desert become stranded after their car breaks down. The couple are rescued by Boy, who then holds them prisoner because of his desire for the woman and his ambition to create a better world with her.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUSA

    No more sex, booze and paying the bills naked. After 20 years of parenting, empty nesters Mike and Martina are finally reclaiming their wild side. But when both of their two grown daughters unexpectedly move back in and Mike's parents scratch their plans to spend their golden years in Florida, their roost is full again. This new (and very timely) family comedy proves that life is crazy with a full house, especially the second time around.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:38

    A look at the life of an aging insult comic.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA

    Narcissistic, brash, and self-destructive Jimmy thinks all relationships are doomed. Cynical, people-pleasing, and stubborn Gretchen knows that relationships aren't for her. So when they meet at a wedding, it's only natural that the two of them go home together and, despite their better judgment, begin to find themselves falling for each other.

    Markimdb: 4.4
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

    Husband and wife doctors Paul and Kim Jordan need a drastic change. Distraught by the inexplicable death of their baby, Paul (C. Thomas Howell) convinces Kim to abandon their American lives and join a medical mission in Thailand. It seems to be just the distraction they need, until the day Paul is kidnapped by human traffickers who need a surgeon to operate on their wounded leader. Kim is left alone in a strange country, trying desperately to find her husband with no proof of what happened. While captive on the gangs' secluded island, Paul is caged with Malcolm Andrews (John Rhys-Davies), an Englishman being held for ransom. With nothing to do but talk, the two men quickly clash over philosophy, as Malcolm relies on a bold faith in God and Paul believes no god would allow these evils to happen in the world. Paul takes another hit when he finds his patient's condition much worse than he can handle on his own in such primitive conditions... Written by Anonymous (IMDB.com).

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:40

    A group of friends reunite ten years after their high-school graduation.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genredrama, western, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:39

    New Mexico Territory, 1880. Rio Cutler and his older sister Sara must abandon their home after an unfortunate event happens. In their desperate flee to Santa Fe, they cross paths with the infamous outlaw Billy the Kid and his gang, who are ruthlessly pursued by a posse led by Sheriff Pat Garret.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUSA

    After a regrettable first sexual encounter, a straight-laced high school student and her slacker best friend have 24 hours to hunt down a Plan B pill in America's heartland.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrecomedy, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:32

    Gary Faulkner is an ex-con, unemployed handyman, and modern day Don Quixote who receives a vision from God telling him to capture Osama Bin Laden. Armed with only a single sword purchased from a home-shopping network, Gary travels to Pakistan to complete his mission. While on his quest, Gary encounters old friends back home in Colorado, the new friends he makes in Pakistan, the enemies he makes at the CIA - and even God and Osama themselves.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrecomedy, drama, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:57

    G.G. Sparrow faces off with her choir's newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill, over the group's direction as they head into a national competition.

    Markimdb: 3.4
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUSA

    The daughter of a wealthy real estate mogul falls in love with a younger man, and she is introduced to the world of BDSM. With her newly awakened sexual prowess, she is finally able to take control of her life.

    Markimdb: 3.3
    Genrefantastic, action
    CountryUSA, Germany

    After surviving a worldwide pandemic, two men with different agendas, two women from a survival colony, and young girl and a man each form alliances as they cross post-apocalyptic landscapes.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, Greece
    Duration02:18

    Two women retreat to a lake house to get a break from the pressures of the outside world, only to realize how disconnected from each other they have become, allowing their suspicions to bleed into reality.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:25

    Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrefantasy, comedy
    CountryUSA
    Duration05:46

    When over-the-top Amy enters Allison’s organized but imperfect life and claims to be her guardian angel, they form an unlikely friendship and Allison can’t be sure if Amy is actually an angel or just nuts.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA

    Three former band mates enter a cave after hearing it has the power to give them what they need. As unsettling desires rise to the surface, they all wonder if the cave has real power.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA

    Follows the main character, a feminist who doesn’t believe in the idea of falling in love, especially in heteronormative love, but then she falls and there’s undeniable chemistry.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryPuerto Rico, USA
    Duration02:09

    A student at a private school uses his connections to establish a drug trafficking network.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUSA
    Duration04:48

    Comedy about one big happy family and their sometimes awkward, often hilarious and ultimately beautiful milestone moments as told by its various members. Of the three siblings, middle child Matt may have just found his true love, his co-worker, Colleen; his coddled youngest brother, Greg, and his wife, Jen, are overwhelmed by the birth of their first child; and the eldest, Heather, and her husband, Tim, are dreading their impending empty nest so much, they're considering having another baby. Their parents are Joan the family's adoring matriarch who would do anything for her kids - as long as she agrees with it - and John, the gregarious patriarch who's searching for ways to soften the blow of turning 70. As the family's lives unfold in four short stories each week, they try to savor these little pieces of time that flash by but stay with you forever, because these moments add up to what life's all about.

    Markimdb: 3.3
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama
    CountryNew Zealand, USA
    Duration01:24

    Last Fourth of July, teenager Christy Bruce disappeared from a high school beach party. Her severed arm washed ashore a day later. Drunken sea captain Blaise Shaw became a hero to the small seaside community of Harmony after killing the great white shark that was deemed responsible, but the Christy Bruce murder was no shark attack. Blaise turns to ghost hunter Ava Conte, who is skeptical but intrigued by his ghost shark ramblings. With preparations for a massive July 4th celebration rapidly approaching, they soon find themselves embroiled in a conspiracy of sex and murder involving the town's wealthiest and most powerful citizens. Unprepared to contend with a Ghost Shark that can hunt on land, sea, as well as anywhere there is enough water or rain to sustain its phantom form, Blaise and Ava must uncover the truth about the towns dark past or fall victim to the Ghost Shark

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genremelodrama, drama, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:25

    Two young New Yorkers begin to fall in love over the course of a single day, as a series of potentially life-altering meetings loom over their heads - hers concerning her family’s deportation to Jamaica, and his concerning an education at Dartmouth.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genredocumentary, music, biography, history
    CountryUSA

    Part documentary, part concert film, part fever dream, this film captures the troubled spirit of America in 1975 and the joyous music that Dylan performed during the fall of that year.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrehorror, fantasy, drama
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration01:37

    Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genredocumentary
    CountryUSA

    Political commentator, author and filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza puts forth the notion that America's history is being replaced by another version in which plunder and exploitation are the defining characteristics. D'Souza also posits that the way the country understands the past will determine the future. Using historic re-enactments, D'Souza explores the lives and sacrifices of some of America's greatest heroes, including George Washington and Frederick Douglass.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrehorror, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:04

    Two estranged brothers reunite at their missing father's video store to liquidate the property and sell off his assets. As they dig through the store, they find a VCR board game dubbed 'Beyond The Gates' that holds a connection to their father's disappearance and deadly consequences for anyone who plays it.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrethriller, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA

    Fourteen-year-old Mackenzie is sent to live with her uncle in Juneau when her mother can’t care for her anymore. The living situation quickly takes a turn for the worse, and she runs away to rejoin her mother in Seattle. While on her dangerous journey of sleeping in cars and breaking into hotel rooms, she’s drawn to Rene, a lonesome backpacker looking for tranquility in the wilderness.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrethriller, comedy
    CountryUSA

    Inspired by a true story, an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converge in a Georgia forest where a 500-pound black bear goes on a murderous rampage after unintentionally ingesting cocaine.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:02

    An American attorney on business in China, ends up wrongfully on trial for murder and his only key to innocence is a female defense lawyer from the country.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUSA

    Grieving her mother's death and estranged from her husband, Katherine Kingsmen does her best to raise her son alone. When she meets a supportive and handsome Mormon missionary, what seems like a stroke of romantic luck slowly turns into a curse.




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