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Top 20 Paranoia movies

by jeatroff • Created 13 years ago • Modified 13 years ago
Movies about fear and suspicion where you can't trust anyone.
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  • The Thing (1982)

    1. The Thing

    19821h 49mR57Metascore
    8.2 (503K)
    A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
    DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellWilford BrimleyKeith David
  • Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson, and Matt Damon in The Departed (2006)

    2. The Departed

    20062h 31mR85Metascore
    8.5 (1.5M)
    An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.
    DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsLeonardo DiCaprioMatt DamonJack Nicholson
  • Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr., and Woody Harrelson in A Scanner Darkly (2006)

    3. A Scanner Darkly

    20061h 40mR73Metascore
    7.0 (120K)
    An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.
    DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsKeanu ReevesWinona RyderRobert Downey Jr.
  • The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

    4. The Manchurian Candidate

    19622h 6mPG-1394Metascore
    7.9 (83K)
    An American POW in the Korean War is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.
    DirectorJohn FrankenheimerStarsFrank SinatraLaurence HarveyJanet Leigh
  • Kevin McCarthy and Dana Wynter in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

    5. Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    19561h 20mApproved92Metascore
    7.7 (58K)
    A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
    DirectorDon SiegelStarsKevin McCarthyDana WynterLarry Gates
  • Guy Pearce and Carrie-Anne Moss in Memento (2000)

    6. Memento

    20001h 53mR83Metascore
    8.4 (1.4M)
    A former insurance investigator who now suffers from anterograde amnesia uses notes and tattoos to hunt down his wife's murderer.
    DirectorChristopher NolanStarsGuy PearceCarrie-Anne MossJoe Pantoliano
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

    7. 2001: A Space Odyssey

    19682h 29mG84Metascore
    8.3 (758K)
    When a mysterious artifact is uncovered on the Moon, a spacecraft manned by two humans and one supercomputer is sent to Jupiter to find its origins.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsKeir DulleaGary LockwoodWilliam Sylvester
  • Cary Grant, Alfred Hitchcock, Eva Marie Saint, and Philip Ober in North by Northwest (1959)

    8. North by Northwest

    19592h 16mApproved98Metascore
    8.3 (362K)
    A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and falls for a woman whose loyalties he begins to doubt.
    DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsCary GrantEva Marie SaintJames Mason
  • Gary Oldman, Juliette Lewis, Lena Olin, and Annabella Sciorra in Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)

    9. Romeo Is Bleeding

    19931h 50mR50Metascore
    6.5 (16K)
    A corrupt New York policeman falls under the spell of a seductive and ruthless member of a Moscow crime family.
    DirectorPeter MedakStarsGary OldmanLena OlinWallace Wood
  • Humphrey Bogart, Tim Holt, and Walter Huston in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

    10. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    19482h 6mApproved98Metascore
    8.2 (138K)
    Two down-on-their-luck Americans searching for work in 1920s Mexico convince an old prospector to help them mine for gold in the Sierra Madre Mountains.
    DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartWalter HustonTim Holt
  • Jeff Imada and Roddy Piper in They Live (1988)

    11. They Live

    19881h 34mR55Metascore
    7.2 (156K)
    They influence our decisions without us knowing it. They numb our senses without us feeling it. They control our lives without us realizing it. They live.
    DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsRoddy PiperKeith DavidMeg Foster
  • Deathtrap (1982)

    12. Deathtrap

    19821h 56mPG54Metascore
    7.0 (17K)
    A struggling playwright invites a young writer to his home to discuss a script, but the meeting spirals into a deadly game of deception and betrayal.
    DirectorSidney LumetStarsMichael CaineChristopher ReeveDyan Cannon
  • Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible (1996)

    13. Mission: Impossible

    19961h 50mPG-1359Metascore
    7.2 (502K)
    An American agent, under false suspicion of disloyalty, must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organization.
    DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsTom CruiseJon VoightEmmanuelle Béart
  • Catch-22 (1970)

    14. Catch-22

    19702h 2mR70Metascore
    7.1 (28K)
    A military pilot makes a valiant effort to be certified insane during World War II so that he can be excused from flying missions. But there's a catch.
    DirectorMike NicholsStarsAlan ArkinMartin BalsamRichard Benjamin
  • Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Elliot Page, Ken Watanabe, and Dileep Rao in Inception (2010)

    15. Inception

    20102h 28mPG-1374Metascore
    8.8 (2.7M)
    A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.
    DirectorChristopher NolanStarsLeonardo DiCaprioJoseph Gordon-LevittElliot Page
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger in Total Recall (1990)

    16. Total Recall

    19901h 53mR60Metascore
    7.5 (371K)
    When a man goes in to have virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars implanted in his mind, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real - or is he?
    DirectorPaul VerhoevenStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerSharon StoneMichael Ironside
  • Brad Pitt and Edward Norton in Fight Club (1999)

    17. Fight Club

    19992h 19mR67Metascore
    8.8 (2.5M)
    An insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.
    DirectorDavid FincherStarsBrad PittEdward NortonMeat Loaf
  • Tom Cruise in Minority Report (2002)

    18. Minority Report

    20022h 25mPG-1380Metascore
    7.6 (606K)
    John works with the PreCrime police which stop crimes before they take place, with the help of three 'PreCogs' who can foresee crimes. Events ensue when John finds himself framed for a future murder.
    DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsTom CruiseColin FarrellSamantha Morton
  • Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway in Chinatown (1974)

    19. Chinatown

    19742h 10mR92Metascore
    8.1 (367K)
    A private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.
    DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsJack NicholsonFaye DunawayJohn Huston
  • Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, and Guy Pearce in L.A. Confidential (1997)

    20. L.A. Confidential

    19972h 18mR91Metascore
    8.2 (645K)
    As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.
    DirectorCurtis HansonStarsKevin SpaceyRussell CroweGuy Pearce

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