🎬 Thriller, Drama, Mystery

The Manchurian Candidate

"Everything is under control."

⭐ 6.5/10 2004 2h 10m Dir. Jonathan Demme

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Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return.

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6.5/10 1,742 votes

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Year
2004
Runtime
2h 10m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 6.5/10
Votes
1,742
Genre
Thriller, Drama, Mystery
Director
Language
EN
Budget
$80.0M

Cast

🎭 Thriller 🎭 Drama 🎭 Mystery 🎬 Jonathan Demme 👤 Denzel Washington 👤 Meryl Streep 👤 Liev Schreiber
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The Manchurian Candidate has a runtime of 2h 10m (2 hours and 10 minutes).
The Manchurian Candidate was directed by Jonathan Demme and released in 2004.
The Manchurian Candidate is a Thriller, Drama, Mystery film (2004).
The cast of The Manchurian Candidate includes Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, Simon McBurney, Kimberly Elise.
The Manchurian Candidate has a TMDB rating of 6.5/10 based on 1,742 votes.

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