The Usual Suspects
1995 | 106 min | Drama, Crime, Thriller
Why it’s a Friday Night Flick
Audiences adore it (8.2/10), people are still talking about it, it earned strong reviews (87%) and it won 2 Oscars. Make plans for this one.
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Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsStrong
87% on Rotten Tomatoes, 76 on Metacritic
- AudiencesVery strong
8.2/10 from 12K viewers
- AwardsStrong
4 wins, 0 other nominations — won Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay; won Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- Box office & staying powerSolid
$23 million worldwide on a $6 million budget
- Buzz & cultural impactVery strong
1.1 million Wikipedia readers in the past year
Where to watch in US
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Cast & crew
Directed by Bryan Singer
- Stephen BaldwinMcManus
- Gabriel ByrneKeaton
- Benicio del ToroFenster
- Kevin PollakHockney
- Kevin SpaceyVerbal
- Chazz PalminteriDave Kujan
- Pete PostlethwaiteKobayashi
- Suzy AmisEdie Finneran
- Giancarlo EspositoJack Baer
- Dan HedayaJeff Rabin