The Manchurian Candidate

The Manchurian Candidate

Everything is under control.

R 2004 · 130 min · ★ 6.5 (2K) · Thriller, Mystery

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.

Directed by Jonathan Demme · Written by Dean Georgaris

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Denzel Washington Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco
Meryl Streep Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA)
Liev Schreiber Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)
Simon McBurney Dr. Atticus Noyle
Kimberly Elise Rosie
Bruno Ganz Delp
Jon Voight Senator Thomas Jordan (D-CT)
Jeffrey Wright CPL Al Melvin
Anthony Mackie PFC Robert Baker III
Ted Levine Colonel Howard
Miguel Ferrer Colonel Garret
Dean Stockwell Mark Whiting

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