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Argo
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Scores
- IMDb7.7/10as of 2026-02-17
- Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer96%as of 2026-02-17
- Rotten Tomatoes average8.4/10as of 2021-10-10
- Metacritic86/100as of 2025-06-16
What it is
Argo is a 2012 American historical political espionage drama thriller film directed by, produced by, and starring Ben Affleck. The screenplay, written by Chris Terrio, was adapted from the 1999 memoir The Master of Disguise by U.S. C.I.A. operative Tony Mendez and the 2007 Wired article "The Great Escape: How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans from Tehran" written by Joshuah Bearman.
At a glance
- Genres
- Drama / Thriller / History
- Original language
- English
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