Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "communist-conspiracy"

1. Chaplin (1992)

PG-13 | 143 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

An elderly Charlie Chaplin discusses his autobiography with his editor, recounting his amazing journey from his poverty-stricken childhood to world-wide success after the ingenious invention of the Little Tramp.

Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Geraldine Chaplin, Paul Rhys, John Thaw

Votes: 62,264 | Gross: $9.49M

2. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

PG-13 | 126 min | Drama, Thriller

An American POW in the Korean War is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.

Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury

Votes: 79,879

3. Hail, Caesar! (2016)

PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

A Hollywood fixer in the 1950s works to keep the studio's stars in line.

Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Stars: Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich, Ralph Fiennes

Votes: 143,228 | Gross: $30.50M

4. The Majestic (2001)

PG | 152 min | Drama, Romance

In 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son.

Director: Frank Darabont | Stars: Jim Carrey, Martin Landau, Bob Balaban, Jeffrey DeMunn

Votes: 57,692 | Gross: $27.81M

5. Archangel (2005 TV Movie)

R | 133 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A British college professor, working in Russia, investigates certain mysteries surrounding the life and death of Joseph Stalin.

Director: Jon Jones | Stars: Daniel Craig, Yekaterina Rednikova, Gabriel Macht, Lev Prygunov

Votes: 6,165

6. The Front (1976)

PG | 95 min | Drama

In 1953, a cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.

Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Woody Allen, Zero Mostel, Herschel Bernardi, Michael Murphy

Votes: 9,679

7. Troma's War (1988)

R | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A group of assorted Americans survive a plane crash in a Caribbean island, and discover it is infested with crawling snakes and other venomous beasts. Even worse, terrorists are preparing a full out war on America with a biological weapon.

Directors: Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman | Stars: Carolyn Beauchamp, Sean Bowen, Rick Washburn, Patrick Weathers

Votes: 2,455

8. Big Jim McLain (1952)

Approved | 90 min | Crime, Drama, History

In the post-war Hawaii, House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain and Mal Baxter hunt down Communists.

Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: John Wayne, Nancy Olson, James Arness, Alan Napier

Votes: 2,361

9. The Whip Hand (1951)

Approved | 82 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Matt Corbin, a vacationing magazine writer, takes a fishing trip to Minnesota, and stumbles across a lake in which all the fish have mysteriously died. The locals are tight-lipped about it,... See full summary »

Director: William Cameron Menzies | Stars: Carla Balenda, Elliott Reid, Edgar Barrier, Raymond Burr

Votes: 716

10. No Dead Heroes (1986)

Not Rated | 86 min | Action

A US lieutnant is turned into a guinea pig for deadly KGB experiments.

Director: Junn P. Cabreira | Stars: Max Thayer, John Dresden, Nick Nicholson, David Anderson

Votes: 162

11. Praha nultá hodina (1963)

78 min | Drama, War

Czech friends help refugees from Nazi Germany escape in 1939.

Director: Milos Makovec | Stars: Josef Bek, Ivan Palec, Jutta Hoffmann, Lubor Tokos

Votes: 13

12. Skok do tmy (1964)

92 min | Drama

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Director: Vladislav Delong | Stars: Martin Ruzek, Jaroslav Mares, Radoslav Brzobohatý, Václav Voska

Votes: 11

13. I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956)
Episode: The Boss (1954)

30 min | Drama

Philbrick's office boss notices he's looking tired and distracted of late. Little does the boss know that his employee leads three lives and is about to undergo a mission that could endanger his life.

Director: Eddie Davis | Stars: Richard Carlson, Ed Hinton, Virginia Stefan, John Hamilton

14. I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956)
Episode: Army Infiltration (1953)

30 min | Drama

As Educational Director of his district, Philbrick encourages his cell members to send literature to others abroad. A U.S. Army soldier finds himself in hot water when his elderly aunts, ... See full summary »

Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Richard Carlson, John Zaremba, Jean Harvey, Madge Cleveland

Votes: 7

15. I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956)
Episode: Baited Trap (1953)

30 min | Drama

Philbrick is ordered by a communist leader to type up a list of non-card carrying communists from a coded document, but he suspects a trap.

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Richard Carlson, Alan Reynolds, John Zaremba, Louise Kane

Votes: 8

16. I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956)
Episode: Communist Cop (1953)

30 min | Drama

Philbrick has to race against time to prevent his cell from eliminating "Comrade Rick" whom they discover to be an undercover policeman.

Director: Eugene Forde | Stars: Richard Carlson, John Zaremba, John Tomecko, Herbert Ellis

Votes: 8

17. I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956)
Episode: Defense Plant Security (1953)

30 min | Drama

The Evans Manufacturing Company has won a big defense contract with the US military. Philbrick discovers that fellow cell member Comrade Clyde has a job there. What is he up to?

Director: Eddie Davis | Stars: Richard Carlson, Ed Hinton, Ed Parker, Robert Pike

Votes: 7

18. I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956)
Episode: Parcels for Poland (1953)

30 min | Drama

The reds have a treacherous plot : they arrange a phony charitable organization that ostensibly allows people in America to donate to the relief of their destitute family members in Poland ... See full summary »

Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Richard Carlson, John Zaremba, Diana Archer, Elizabeth Cloud-Miller

Votes: 8

19. I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956)
Episode: Purloined Printing Press (1953)

30 min | Drama

To get out some secretly produced propaganda leaflets, the communists have Philbrick go through an elaborate cloak-and-dagger scheme to secure an offset printing press. It involves a new ... See full summary »

Director: Eddie Davis | Stars: Richard Carlson, David Vaile, Joe Kerr, Ellanora Needles

Votes: 7

20. I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956)
Episode: The Editor (1954)

30 min | Drama

Rock Falls newspaper editor Larry Edwards is exposing Communist infiltration at an important power plant. The infiltrator disappears, so the party send Philbrick to Rock Falls to get back the secret plans.

Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Richard Carlson, John Zaremba, Randolph Rees, Carleton Young

21. Lisey's Story (2021)
Episode: The Good Brother (2021)

TV-MA | 47 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Scott takes Lisey back to when she first learned about Boo'ya Moon and reveals the horrifying truth about his family's past.

Director: Pablo Larraín | Stars: Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Dane DeHaan

Votes: 504

22. I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956)
Episode: Captured Congressman (1953)

30 min | Drama

Philbrick is assisting George Reynolds with his election campaign for the U.S. Congress when he learns that one of Reynolds' primary contributors is giving the candidate money provided by ... See full summary »

Director: Eddie Davis | Stars: Richard Carlson, Ed Hinton, Jo Gilbert, Paul Power

Votes: 8

23. I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956)
Episode: Cell Leader (1954)

30 min | Drama

Philbrick is offered a party promotion. The problem is that acceptance would make his communications with the FBI far more difficult.

Director: Herbert L. Strock | Stars: Richard Carlson, John Zaremba, Andy Andrews, Jerry Hausner

24. I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956)
Episode: Infra Red Film (1954)

30 min | Drama

Philbrick's cell colleague Comrade Ormand claims to have a contact at the FBI who is about to supply a photo list of counter spies. Will Philbrick's name be on the list?

Director: Eddie Davis | Stars: Richard Carlson, Ed Hinton, Jack Reitzen, Lewis Martin

25. I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956)
Episode: Gun Running (1953)

30 min | Drama

Comrade Elaine instructs Philbrick to tour the city collecting assorted objects from secret contacts. The bits and pieces will be assembled into untraceable guns which the Communists will use on murder missions.

Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Richard Carlson, John Zaremba, Vivi Janiss, Ralph Van Nye

Votes: 8

26. I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956)
Episode: Campus Story (1953)

30 min | Drama

Philbrick is assigned to supervise a program to recruit likely future communists at a local college, including the son of a prominent college donor.

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Richard Carlson, Gene Reynolds, Jim Moloney, Yvette Vickers

Votes: 10

27. I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956)
Episode: Dope Photographic (1953)

30 min | Drama

The FBI requests Philbrick's help to breakup a narcotics ring, whose aim is to gather secret defense plant information in exchange for free drugs. Philbrick's plan to film the illegal ... See full summary »

Director: Eddie Davis | Stars: Richard Carlson, Walden Boyle, John Tomecko, Michael Audley

Votes: 8

28. I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956)
Episode: Helping Hand (1953)

30 min | Drama

Philbrick receives a special assignment - pick up a man who has been smuggled into the country, obtain false credentials and introduce him to the Hollywood elite. The Communist ... See full summary »

Director: Eddie Davis | Stars: Richard Carlson, Virginia Stefan, Lester Sharpe, William O'Neal

Votes: 7

29. I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956)
Episode: Passports (1953)

30 min | Drama

Communist special courier Comrade Neil tells Philbrick to liaise with a master passport forger. The party want an American citizen who has a wealth of secrets to slip out of the country and defect to the East.

Director: Herbert L. Strock | Stars: Richard Carlson, John Zaremba, Jan Arvan, Tim Graham

30. I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956)
Episode: Railroad Strike Attempt (1953)

30 min | Drama

Philbrick is ordered to write a leaflet that will trigger a wildcat strike at the local railroad yard.

Director: Eddie Davis | Stars: Richard Carlson, Norman Rainey, Duane Grey, Jim Wade

31. I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956)
Episode: The Jet Engine (1953)

30 min | Drama

While stuffing envelopes with a fellow cell member, Philbrick learns that the communists have infiltrated a jet engine manufacturing plant that uses top secret production machinery and a ... See full summary »

Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Richard Carlson, John Zaremba, Alan Lee, Edith Craig

Votes: 7

32. I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956)
Episode: The Spy (1953)

30 min | Drama

Herb is given an assignment by a high party official to surreptitiously determine the level of loyalty and dedication of a party member who is being considered for a higher-level position within the party.

Director: Eddie Davis | Stars: Richard Carlson, Virginia Stefan, Robert Clarke, Peggy O'Connor

Votes: 11

33. Timewatch (1982– )
Episode: The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald (1993)

99 min | Documentary, History

A detailed look at the early life of Oswald and his movements on the day of the Kennedy assassination.

Stars: James P. Hosty, Gerald Posner, G. Robert Blakey, Evelyn Segal

Votes: 10

34. I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956)
Episode: Birthday (1954)

30 min | Drama

Two comrades become suspicious of Philbrick.

Director: Tim Whelan | Stars: Richard Carlson, Ed Hinton, Virginia Stefan, Norman Rainey

35. I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956)
Episode: Caviar (1954)

30 min | Drama

When the reds instruct Philbrick to find a public place for a meeting, he chooses a golf driving range because he assumed the spy was a golfer because of a pamphlet. It turns out the spy ... See full summary »

Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Richard Carlson, Ed Hinton, Lucia Barclay, George Pembroke

Votes: 7

36. I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956)
Episode: Civil Defense (1953)

30 min | Drama

Comrade Ted directs Philbrick and other cell members to enrol with Civil Defense. The plan is to infiltrate and cripple the organization so that it will be unable to respond when the Communists launch an attack.

Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Richard Carlson, Hal Alexander, Patrick Miller, Paul Richards

37. I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956)
Episode: Communications (1954)

30 min | Drama

Comrade John has a plan to cripple US communications systems by sabotaging radio stations. Philbrick must find a way to tip off the FBI.

Director: Herbert L. Strock | Stars: Richard Carlson, Pat Coleman, Michael Fox, Michael Kowal

38. I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956)
Episode: Comrade Wants Out (1954)

30 min | Drama

Philbrick must denounce a party member whose loyalty is waning.

Director: Herbert L. Strock | Stars: Richard Carlson, Herbert Heyes, Constance Weiler, Charles Victor

39. I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956)
Episode: Confused Comrades (1954)

30 min | Drama

The FBI ask Philbrick to attend a secret meeting of the Communist policy committee. He manages to disunite the comrades on whether to continue with the phony peace initiative or else escalate their acts of violence.

Director: Leigh Jason | Stars: Richard Carlson, John Frank, Jane Hampton, Ed Hinton

40. I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956)
Episode: Depression (1954)

30 min | Drama

The reds plan to launch a major rumor that the US is about to enter economic depression. Only a change to Communism can rescue the situation.

Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Richard Carlson, Charles Evans, Stanley Farrar, John Goddard

41. I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956)
Episode: Dry Run (1954)

30 min | Drama

Philbrick is put to a frightening test of loyalty.

Director: Henry S. Kesler | Stars: Richard Carlson, George Dunn, John Hedloe, John Roberts

42. I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956)
Episode: Love Story (1954)

30 min | Drama

Philbrick's colleague Paul is depressed that his girlfriend Margaret has become a Communist. How can she be cured of this dreadful "sickness?"

Director: Leon Benson | Stars: Richard Carlson, Rachel Ames, James Barrett, Ben Mazer

43. I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956)
Episode: Map of the City (1954)

30 min | Drama

Philbrick's cell members receive four city map references indicating locations of planned sabotage. Utilities, communications, industrial installations and military targets will all be hit unless Philbrick can tip off the FBI.

Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Richard Carlson, Ed Hinton, Thayer Roberts, Jimmie Horan

44. I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956)
Episode: Phantom Labor Leader (1954)

30 min | Drama

Philbrick discovers that the comrades are planning to take over a labor union.

Director: Henry S. Kesler | Stars: Richard Carlson, Evelyn Eaton, Ed Hinton, Dennis Moore

45. I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956)
Episode: Progressive (1954)

30 min | Drama

The reds order Philbrick to infiltrate a citizens committee.

Director: Leigh Jason | Stars: Richard Carlson, Archie Twitchell, Clayton Post, Jo Gilbert

46. I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956)
Episode: Strategic Material (1954)

30 min | Drama

Philbrick discovers the comrades are collecting surplus metal. The FBI want to know why.

Director: Herbert L. Strock | Stars: Richard Carlson, John Zaremba, Marx Hartman, Paul Keast

47. I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956)
Episode: The Kid (1954)

30 min | Drama

A reluctant comrade is forced to film secret radar-tube designs.

Director: Herbert L. Strock | Stars: Richard Carlson, Linda Bennett, Pamela Duncan, Richard Emory

48. I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956)
Episode: The Old Man (1954)

30 min | Drama

Philbrick tries to protect an important comrade who is called before a state committee.

Director: Herbert L. Strock | Stars: Richard Carlson, Lorraine Miller, John Zaremba, Marshall Bradford

49. I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956)
Episode: The Wife (1953)

30 min | Drama

Philbrick's marriage is threatened when the party demands that wife Eva becomes a member.

Director: Eddie Davis | Stars: Richard Carlson, Virginia Stefan, Ed Hinton, Chris Alcaide

50. I Led 3 Lives (1953–1956)
Episode: Unexpected Trip (1954)

30 min | Drama

The comrades order Philbrick to report to the airport, then fly him to another US city. He arrives at a secret conference where the reds are scheming to infiltrate the US education system, hoping to brainwash kids with Communist ideology.

Director: Tim Whelan | Stars: Richard Carlson, John Zaremba, Virginia Stefan, Gayne Whitman