The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

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Everything is under control.

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.

• Released: 2004-07-30
• Genres: Thriller, Drama, Mystery
• Runtime: 2h 10m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.5/10 from 1,807 votes

Directed by Jonathan Demme.

Top cast

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

Full cast & crew

Where to watch The Manchurian Candidate

• United States: stream on fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, MGM Plus, Starz Apple TV channel; rent on JustWatch TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: stream on Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Basic with Ads; rent on JustWatch TV, Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies; buy on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store
• India: rent on Amazon Video
• 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: rent on JustWatch TV, Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fetch TV

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