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The Manchurian Candidate

1962 · 2h 6m · Thriller, Drama

IMDb 7.9 Metacritic 94 RT 96%

Watch this tonight—it's a masterclass in political thriller tension with near-perfect scores across the board. The paranoia, the twist, the performances: this 1962 classic still hits harder than most modern thrillers, and at under two hours it won't wreck your schedule.

Plot

Near the end of the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured by communists and brainwashed. Following the war, the platoon is returned home, and Sergeant Raymond Shaw is lauded as a hero by the rest of his platoon. However, the platoon commander, Captain Bennett Marco, finds himself plagued by strange nightmares and soon races to uncover a terrible plot.

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