This is an incomplete list of conspiracy thriller films and TV series.
Films + Name Date DescriptionAbove the Law1988A Chicago vice unit cop stumbles on a CIA plot to finance black ops with crack cocaineAbsolute Power1997A master burglar (Clint Eastwood) goes on the run after witnessing the President murdering his mistressAir America1990Pilots in Laos discover that they are patsies for a CIA heroin-smuggling plotAll the President's MenTemenuga Trifonova. 2012. "Agency in the Cinematic Conspiracy Thriller." SubStance. Volume 41, Number 3, (Issue 129) pp. 109–1261976Two young reporters uncover the Watergate scandalAngels and DemonsTemenuga Trifonova. 2012. "Agency in the Cinematic Conspiracy Thriller." SubStance. Volume 41, Number 3, (Issue 129) pp. 109–1262009A Harvard symbologist discovers an Illuminati plot to destroy the Roman Catholic ChurchAntitrusthttp://www.allmovie.com/movie/antitrust-v231024 describes this as a paranoid thriller2001 A computer engineer who graduates from Stanford joins a Portland-based computer firm and uncovers the terrible truth of the company's operationThe Arrival1996Mysterious forces cover up an alien invasionArlington Roadhttp://www.allmovie.com/movie/arlington-road-v174364 describes this as a paranoid thriller1999A former FBI agent, grieving for his deceased wife, suspects his next-door neighbors are terroristsThe Assassination Bureau1969An international anarchist organization performs political assassinations of the "socially undesirable" for payBlow Out1981A movie sound effects man goes on the run after recording the Chappaquiddick incident-style assassination of a prominent politicianBlue Thunder1983 A helicopter pilot cop discovers that rogue military and government officials are plotting to use a high-tech police helicopter for sinister purposes Bob Roberts1991Mockumentary; a right-wing politician, embroiled in the Iran–Contra affair, is the apparent target of an assassinationThe Bourne Identity2002An amnesiac CIA assassin goes on the run from his superiors, who want to cover up their illegal activitiesThe Boys from Brazil1978Nazi fugitive Josef Mengele plots to use cloning to create the Fourth ReichBranded2012Science Fiction: A marketing executive in a dystopian future discovers that ads are alien life forms feeding off humans.Brass Target1978Rogue U.S. Army officers plot to assassinate General George S. Patton to cover up a massive theft of Nazi goldCanadian Bacon1995Comedy; the President and his advisers seek to boost his approval rating by fabricating a cold war with CanadaCaptain America: The Winter Soldier2014Superhero film; Captain America discovers that a terrorist organization has infiltrated the espionage agency he works forCapricorn One1978The government fabricates the first crewed mission to MarsCars 22011Tow Mater teams up with spies Finn McMissile and Holley Shiftwell to uncover a plot involving an organisation of Lemon terrorists sabotaging a World Grand Prix as part of a plan to discredit alternative fuel, including the promotion of a fuel called Allinol, which is gasoline engineered to blow up when in contact with an electromagnetic pulseCharlie Wilson's War2007A Texas congressman illegally funnels money to the Afghan Mujahideen via a rogue CIA agentThe China Syndrome1979Management covers up safety flaws at a nuclear power plant; foreshadowed the Three Mile Island accidentChinatown1974Film noir; a private eye stumbles onto murder and political corruption involving real estate interests in Southern CaliforniaThe Circle2017A young woman gets a job at a prestigious tech/social media company, only to discover a conspiracy that will destroy privacy.Coma1978A big hospital illegally harvests organs from comatose patientsCompany Business1991Two former spies, one CIA and one KGB, go on the run in Berlin after stumbling onto a plot to trade drug money for hostagesConspiracy Theory1997A conspiracy theorist cabbie (Mel Gibson) who falls in love with a lawyer (Julia Roberts) goes on the run after stumbling onto a real conspiracy involving brainwashingConspiracy 2001Nazi officials during World War II become involved in the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question" The Constant GardenerTemenuga Trifonova. 2012. "Agency in the Cinematic Conspiracy Thriller." SubStance. Volume 41, Number 3, (Issue 129) pp. 109–1262005Big pharmaceutical companies pull the levers of powerThe Conversation1974A paranoid surveillance expert Gene Hackman thinks he has overheard a murder plot and that he is being spied onThe Da Vinci CodeTemenuga Trifonova. 2012. "Agency in the Cinematic Conspiracy Thriller." SubStance. Volume 41, Number 3, (Issue 129) pp. 109–1262006A Harvard symbologist discovers a cover-up of the secret history of ChristianityThe Dancer Upstairs2002Hunting terrorists in South America, a policeman encounters roadblocks in a corrupted stateDark City1998An amnesiac awakes to discover that he is accused of murder, and that a mysterious group of men who possess the power to stop time and change reality are involvedThe Day of the Jackal1973OAS leaders plot to assassinate President Charles de GaulleDeath of a President2006Faux documentary; government officials cover up the truth of President Bush's assassination to push an anti-terrorism agendaDefence of the Realm1985Two Reporters (Gabriel Byrne and Denholm Elliott) are investigating an MP's sex scandal stumbles onto a web of MI5 cover-ups involving murder and nuclear weaponsThe Domino Principle1977A mysterious organization busts a Vietnam War vet out of prison for an assassinationDouble Take2001Comedy; an innocent investment banker goes on the run from the CIA and a Mexican drug cartel after stumbling onto a money laundering scheme Don't Worry Darling 2022 A young housewife discovers that life in the company town of "Victory, California" during the "1950s" isn't