Snowden (2016)

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The only safe place is on the run.

CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.

• Released: 2016-09-15
• Genres: Drama, History, Crime, Thriller
• Runtime: 2h 15m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 7.1/10 from 4,786 votes

Directed by Oliver Stone.

Top cast

• Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Edward Snowden
• Shailene Woodley as Lindsay Mills
• Melissa Leo as Laura Poitras
• Zachary Quinto as Glenn Greenwald
• Tom Wilkinson as Ewen MacAskill
• Scott Eastwood as Trevor James
• Timothy Olyphant as CIA Agent Geneva
• Ben Schnetzer as Gabriel Sol
• LaKeith Stanfield as Patrick Haynes
• Rhys Ifans as Corbin O'Brian

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Snowden

• United States: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads, Starz Apple TV channel; watch free on Kanopy, Tubi TV; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: stream on MGM Plus Amazon Channel; rent on Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Google Play Movies, YouTube
• Canada: rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
• Australia: buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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