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The Manchurian Candidate
2004
· Movie
· 129 min
C
MEANRANK
69/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2406
- IMDb #3133
- Google retired #1923
- Rotten Tomatoes #2351
- Metacritic #1471
- Letterboxd #2844
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2102
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3136
- Metacritic Critics #926
- Metacritic Audience #2716
- Criticker #230
- Douban #1885
- Kinopoisk #3241
- AlloCiné #3831
- Trakt #3244
Every rating
56–86
out of 100
Split
Lowest is AlloCiné on 56, highest is Google on 86.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →During the Gulf War, a squad of American soldiers is ambushed and captured. Years later, one of them begins to have recurring nightmares about the incident, suspecting they were subjected to a sinister mind-control experiment. His investigation suggests one of his fellow soldiers, now a rising political star, has been programmed to be an unwitting assassin.
Details
- Director
- Jonathan Demme
- Writers
- Daniel Pyne, Dean Georgaris
- Based on
- The Manchurian Candidate
- Released
- 30 July 2004
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $80.0M
- Box office
- $96.1M
- Awards
- 1 win, 12 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 13 →1 win from 13 nominations across 9 ceremonies
| Golden Globe Awards 2005 | Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Meryl Streep | Nominee |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards 2005 | Best Actress | Meryl Streep | Nominee |
| BET Awards 2005 | Best Actress | Kimberly Elise | Nominee |
| Black Reel Awards 2005 | Best Supporting Actor | Jeffrey Wright | Nominee |
| Black Reel Awards 2005 | Best Supporting Actress | Kimberly Elise | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 2005 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Meryl Streep | Nominee |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 2005 | Best Supporting Actress | Meryl Streep | Nominee |
| Hollywood Film Awards 2005 | Costume Designer of the Year | Albert Wolsky | Winner |
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Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Meryl Streep | Nominee |
Hollywood Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Costume Designer of the Year | Albert Wolsky | Winner |
Saturn Awards
3 nominations
| Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film | The Manchurian Candidate | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Liev Schreiber | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Meryl Streep | Nominee |
Black Reel Awards
2 nominations
| Best Supporting Actor | Jeffrey Wright | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Kimberly Elise | Nominee |
Jupiter Awards
2 nominations
| Best International Actor | Denzel Washington | Nominee |
| Best International Actress | Meryl Streep | Nominee |
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Meryl Streep | Nominee |
BET Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Kimberly Elise | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Meryl Streep | Nominee |
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Supporting Actress | Meryl Streep | Nominee |