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Conspiracy Theory
1997
· Movie
· 135 min
C
MEANRANK
64/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3397
- IMDb #2873
- Rotten Tomatoes #2999
- Metacritic #3285
- Letterboxd #3391
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3391
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3053
- Metacritic Critics #3435
- Metacritic Audience #2921
- Criticker #2247
- Douban #1985
- Kinopoisk #1941
- AlloCiné #2919
- Trakt #2705
Every rating
43–82
out of 100
A paranoid New York City cab driver who obsessively publishes a newsletter filled with wild conspiracy theories finds one of his far-fetched ideas is actually true. He uncovers a genuine, deadly government conspiracy, making him a target for a team of ruthless assassins. The only person who can help him is a Justice Department attorney he has long harassed with his theories, who now must decide if he is truly insane or the key to a real cover-up.
Details
- Director
- Richard Donner
- Writer
- Brian Helgeland
- Released
- 8 August 1997
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 135 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $75.0M
- Box office
- $137.0M
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