The Usual Suspects
Five criminals. One line up. No coincidence.
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.
- Director
- Bryan Singer
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Tension
- Worldwide
- $23M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How The Usual Suspects actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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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.
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
The Usual Suspects appears in 8 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Heist Movies Ranked #5
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- Top 100 Crime Movies Ranked #19
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- Crime Movies Ranked #20
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- Best Psychological Thrillers Ranked #21
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- Thriller Movies Ranked #25
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- Top 100 Mind-Bending Movies Ranked #41
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- Best Philosophical Movies Ranked #48
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- Top 250 Movies of All Time Ranked #81
Placed at #81 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
4 wins · 2 nominations
Academy Awards
2 wins · 2 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
National Board of Review Award for Best Cast
1 win
- WinnerNational Board of Review Award for Best Cast
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
1 win
- WinnerNational Board of Review: Top Ten Films
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Usual Suspects returned 3.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $6M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $23M
- Release date
- Jul 19, 1995
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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