Conspiracy Theory
PWR 1 Fall Quarter 2008
Jonah G. Willihnganz
Stanford University
Conspiracy Narratives in Film
This is a selected list of about 100 films that develop some sort of conspiracy narrative. Films are listed as director, title, release date and the list is still under construction, so more entires will be added.
Lang, Metropolis, 1927 Hitchcock, The 39 Steps, 1935 Hitchcock, Vertigo, 1958 Hitchcock, North by Northwest, 1959 Hitchcock, The Birds, 1963 Arnold, It Came from Outer Space, 1953 Douglas, Them!, 1954 Farrow, The Big Clock, 1948 Welles, The Trial, 1962 Kubrick, Dr. Strangelove, 1963 Frankenheimer, The Manchurian Candidate, 1962 Frankenheimer, Seven Days in May, 1964 Anotnioni, Blow Up, 1966 Polanski, Rosemary’s Baby, 1968 Kubrick, 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968 Roullet, Benito Cereno, 1969 Kubrick, A Clockwork Orange, 1971 Pakula, Klute, 1971 Wise, The Andromeda Strain, 1971 Fleischer, Soylent Green, 1973 Miller, Executive Action, 1973 Pakula, The Parallax View, 1974 Polanski, Chinatown, 1974 Coppola, The Conversation, 1974 Pollack, 3 Days of the Condor, 1975 Schlesinger, Marathon Man, 1976 Pakula, All the Presidents Men, 1976 Anderson, Logan's Run, 1976 Hyams, Capricorn One, 1977 Spielberg, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 1977 Kaufman, Invasion Body Snatchers, 1978 Chrichton, Coma, 1978 Schaffner, The Boys From Brazil, 1978 Richert, Winter Kills, 1979 DePalma, Blow Out, 1981 Lisberger, Tron, 1982 Scott, Blade Runner, 1982 Cronenberg, Videodrome, 1983
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Radford, 1984 Gilliam, Brazil, 1985 Lynch, Blue Velvet, 1986 Parker, Angel Heart, 1987 Donaldson, No Way Out, 1987 Wenders, Wings of Desire, 1988 Verhoeven, Total Recall, 1990 Robinson, Sneakers, 1992 Reed, The Third Man, 1993 Carter, The X-Files: Fight the Future, 1993 Janis, The Feminine Touch, 1994 Carpernter, Village of the Damned, 1995 Lasseter, Toy Story, 1995 Stone, JFK, 1991 Lynch, Mulholland Drive, 2001 Winkler, The Net, 1995 Gilliam, 12 Monkeys, 1995 Singer, The Usual Suspects, 1995 Mitchell, The Innocent Sleep, 1996 Hampton, The Secret Agent, 1996 Oshii, Ghost in the Shell, 1996 Niccol, Gattica, 1997 Natali, Cube, 1997 Donner, Conspiracy Theory, 1997 Levinson, Wag the Dog, 1997 Hanson, L.A. Confidential, 1997 Mamet, The Spanish Prisoner, 1997 Sonnenfeld, Men in Black, 1997 Fincher, The Game, 1997 Weir, The Truman Show, 1998 Levinson, Sphere, 1998 Scott, Enemy of the State, 1998 Proyas, Dark City, 1998 Smith, Dogma, 1999 Fincher, Fight Club, 1999 Shyamalan, The Sixth Sense, 1999 Cronenberg, eXistenz, 1999 Wachowski, The Matrix, 1999
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Pellington, Arlington Road, 1999
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