Fresh
Atmospheric, illuminating and affecting, The Conspirator captivates like an untold story -- one that you can't believe you've never heard until now, and won't soon forget.
Christine Champ, Film.com
The Conspirator
One bullet killed the President. But not one man.
2011 · 2h 2m · PG-13
Crime, Drama, History
Directed by
Robert Redford
Free account saves your watchlist and ratings.
The Conspirator
Overview
Mary Surratt is the lone female charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination trial of Abraham Lincoln. As the whole nation turns against her, she is forced to rely on her reluctant lawyer to uncover the truth and save her life.
Director and cast
- Robert Redford Director
- James McAvoy as Frederick Aiken
- Robin Wright as Mary Surratt
- Evan Rachel Wood as Anna Surratt
- Kevin Kline as Edwin Stanton
- Alexis Bledel as Sarah Weston
- Danny Huston as Joseph Holt
- Justin Long as Nicholas Baker
- Colm Meaney as David Hunter
- Tom Wilkinson as Reverdy Johnson
- Norman Reedus as Lewis Payne
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
56%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Once the ideological cat is out of the bag, the drama is degraded to the level of a historical pageant.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Rotten
Leaves us feeling as empty as a raided tomb.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Fresh
A bracing courtroom drama whose every scene seems wreathed in mist, dust motes and cigar smoke, the better to suggest a nation befogged by grief.
John Anderson, Newsday
Fresh
There's a stiffness that keeps the story from packing a punch. Still, it's handsomely mounted, and at its best moments has the patina of a Masterpiece Theater production.
Claudia Puig, USA Today
More films
All the President's Men (1976)
Drama · Mystery · Thriller · PG
During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.
- Runtime
- 2h 18m
- Director
- Alan J. Pakula
- Cast
- Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden
IMDb
7.9
Rotten Tomatoes
95%
Metacritic
84
Lions for Lambs (2007)
Action · Adventure · Drama · History · R
Three stories told simultaneously in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long interview to a skeptical television reporter, detailing a strategy for victory in Afghanistan; two special forces ambushed on an Afghani ridge await rescue as Taliban forces close in; a poli-sci profess...
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Director
- Robert Redford
- Cast
- Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise, Andrew Garfield
IMDb
6.2
Rotten Tomatoes
28%
Metacritic
47
Amistad (1997)
Drama · History · Mystery · R
In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are then held prisoner in Connecticut, and their release becomes the subject of heated debate. Freed slave Theodore Joadson wants Cinque and the others exonerated and recruits property lawyer R...
- Runtime
- 2h 35m
- Director
- Steven Spielberg
- Cast
- Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne, Anthony Hopkins
IMDb
7.3
Rotten Tomatoes
77%
Metacritic
63
Sommersby (1993)
Drama · Mystery · Romance · Thriller · PG-13
Set in the South just after the US Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband, believed killed in battle. By all accounts, Jack Sommersby was not a pleasant man, thus when he suddenly returns, Laurel has mixed emotions. It appears that Jack has changed a great deal, leading some people to believe ...
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Director
- Jon Amiel
- Cast
- Jodie Foster, Richard Gere, Bill Pullman
IMDb
6.3
Rotten Tomatoes
63%
Metacritic
66
National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
Action · Adventure · Mystery · PG
Benjamin Franklin Gates and Abigail Chase re-team with Riley Poole and, now armed with a stack of long-lost pages from John Wilkes Booth's diary, Ben must follow a clue left there to prove his ancestor's innocence in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
- Runtime
- 2h 4m
- Director
- Jon Turteltaub
- Cast
- Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha
IMDb
6.5
Rotten Tomatoes
35%
Metacritic
48
Snow (1963)
Documentary · N/A
Comprising train and track footage quickly shot just before a heavy winter's snowfall was melting, the multi-award-winning classic that emerged from the cutting-room compresses British Rail's dedication to blizzard-battling into a thrilling eight-minute montage cut to music. Tough-as-boots workers struggling to keep the line clear are ...
- Runtime
- 8m
- Director
- Geoffrey Jones
IMDb
7.0
Rail (1967)
Documentary · N/A
"Rail" captures British Railways at a major turning-point in its history. In certain respects, this was a period of considerable upheaval and loss. There was a facing-up to the increasing need for a big modernisation drive. Full and speedy electrification, or the wider promotion of diesel-power on remaining lines, became a matter of to...
- Runtime
- 14m
- Director
- Geoffrey Jones
IMDb
7.4
Locomotion (1975)
Documentary · N/A
Collage film about the history of trains set to music.
- Runtime
- 16m
- Director
- Geoffrey Jones
IMDb
7.2
Shell Spirit (1963)
N/A
Directed by Geoffrey Jones.
- Runtime
- 2m
- Director
- Geoffrey Jones
IMDb
6.8
Comments
Talk about the film with other members