Conspiracy thrillers are often journalists or investigators who find themselves pulling on a small thread which unravels a vast conspiracy. The complexities of historical fact are recast as a morality play in which bad people cause bad events, and good people identify and defeat them. A common theme in such works is that characters uncovering the conspiracy encounter difficulty ascertaining the truth amid the deceptions: rumors, lies, propaganda, and counter-propaganda build upon one another until what is conspiracy and what is coincidence become entangled.
An example of a conspiracy thriller is The insider.
The Insider is a 1999 film directed by Michael Mann based on the true story of a 60 Minutes segment about tobacco industry whistleblower Jeffrey Wigand.
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