The Usual Suspects
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The Usual Suspects

1995Movie1 h 46 minR5 awards

CrimeDrama
79
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb8.5Letterboxd4.1/5Metacritic768.4
79
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb8.5Letterboxd4.1/5Metacritic768.4

Summary

The lone survivor of an explosive heist gone wrong recounts for interrogators the events that began with five disparate criminals assembled for a police lineup - with alleged criminal mastermind Keyser Soze at the center of it all.

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Utilitarian RevengeRare · in 12 titlesFollowing their humiliating arrest by the NYPD, the Usual Suspects take revenge by robbing New York's Finest Taxi Service, a ring of corrupt cops operating as chauffeurs for high-ranking criminals th…Coercing the InformantRare · in 26 titlesThough he insists he isn't a "rat," Verbal Kint provides his testimony to the DA in exchange for total immunity save for a minor weapons charge - which amounts to barely six months in prison.All 191 tropes

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