The Manchurian Candidate
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… From TMDB
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60 of 177 · most liked firstThe Manchurian Candidate exposed the paranoia and political manipulation behind McCarthyism better than almost any film of its era. youtu.be/g5xpNBs-km0?...
neutral · AI labelView post →I also feel the need to point out that that’s not the plot of the Manchurian Candidate, that movie is about people being mind controlled
neutral · AI labelView post →i'm on the hunt for a good spy film #letterboxd #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday Trespasses 2025 Our Man in Havana 1959 The Manchurian Candidate 1962 Spy Game 2001
neutral · AI labelView post →Absolutely. It's why Putin chose Trump as his instrument of destruction. See the 1962 movie "The Manchurian Candidate." The most important part of the movie ISN'T the hypnosis murders - it's the collaboration between RW extremist Republicans and the USSR and China.
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight at @offscreenff.bsky.social I'll be introducing William Richert's mad all-star political conspiracy thriller WINTER KILLS (1979), Cinema Nova 7pm. Adapted from a novel by Richard Condon also wrote THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE); the story behind the film is as wild & crazy as the film itself.
neutral · AI labelView post →Anyone remember a book called "The Manchurian Candidate" that was made into a 1962 movie starring Frank Sinatra? It was oddly prescient.
neutral · AI labelView post →Truly miraculous that YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING exists. Could not have found better people to take on this insane project than Fielder and Oppenheim. Feels like the Manchurian Candidate for critics to swoon over the film to the degree that we have, but I'm telling ya, it's *that* good.
positive · AI labelView post →#MovieMadness Day 17: Movie with the greatest villain Angela Lansbury as the extremely manipulative mother in “The Manchurian Candidate”. (1962)
neutral · AI labelView post →Remembering the magnetic Laurence Harvey, Oscar-nominated Lithuanian-born British actor and film director, on his 98th birthday, famous for roles in ROOM AT THE TOP, BUtterfield 8, WALK ON THE WILD SIDE, THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, DARLING, F FOR FAKE, and much more. #BOTD on 10/1/1928.
neutral · AI labelView post →“The Wicker Man also belongs to a type of horror film characteristic of the 1960s, the ‘justified paranoia’ conspiracy-theory horror films, including Rosemary’s Baby (1967) and The Manchurian Candidate (1962)...” crimereads.com/the-cult-of-...
neutral · AI labelView post →John Frankenheimer (with scenes from his film "The Manchurian Candidate") - BOTD
neutral · AI labelView post →Just in time for Communism to hit the headlines again, my new book "The Screen and the Mirror" has a whole chapter on "The Manchurian Candidate" and modern-day McCarthyism! And you can read that chapter for free at @christandpopculture.com. #booksky #filmsky christandpopculture.com/capc-exclusi...
neutral · AI labelView post →John Frankenheimer (with scenes from his film "The Manchurian Candidate") - BOTD
neutral · AI labelView post →Boys State (2020) Blue Heron (2025) These Final Hours (2013) The Manchurian Candidate (1962) #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched
neutral · AI labelView post →Leslie Parrish, Actress in ‘Li’l Abner’ and ‘The Manchurian Candidate,’ Dies at 90.
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight’s movie: The Manchurian Candidate (1962). Aside from the “conniving Asians“ stereotype, really good, and interesting – I loved how they kept going back-and-forth between the “hydrangea convention“ and the brainwashing session.
positive · AI labelView post →Remem #JanetLeigh on her Birthday❤️. Films include THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, TOUCH OF EVIL, ACT OF VIOLENCE, BYE BYE BIRDIE, LITTLE WOMEN, ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD. Also was nom for an Oscar and won the globe for my favorite Hitchcock film PSYCHO, below🫣🫣🩶 #TCMParty #FilmSky #MovieSky
neutral · AI labelView post →#otd in 1914 US President Woodrow Wilson proclaims Mother's Day at the behest of greeting card companies (ok, I made the last part up) Who’s your favorite movie mother? Mine is Angela Lansbury in The Manchurian Candidate. Best. Mom. Ever. 👀👀 #happymothersday
neutral · AI labelView post →A discussion regarding a good old film about political corruption, conspiracy and the red scare. The Manchurian Candidate 1962: Politics, Power & Paranoia Just leaving this here FOR NO REASON WHATSOEVER. 👀 youtu.be/e97KpT9YtPs?si
neutral · AI labelView post →The Acid Drop drops Tuesday. The first 20 orders get two gifts, including a signed Activator face card, inspired by 1962 movie The Manchurian Candidate, in which the hero (brainwashed by commies!) activates when shown 👸💎 sign up to get the secret link 👇 www.thecolacorporation.com/pages/acid-d...
neutral · AI labelView post →... Hear me out: Star Wars Show that is Wacky Races (1968-1969) Star Wars Show that is ReBoot (1994-2001) Star Wars Movie that is Hara-Kiri (1964) Star Wars Movie that is Shaft (1971) Star Wars Movie that is The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
neutral · AI labelView post →How did that line from the Manchurian Candidate go again? "Kindest warmest, bravest"? Here's how that film ended:
neutral · AI labelView post →A great film from each year of the 1960s: 1960: Psycho 1961: A Raisin in the Sun 1962: The Manchurian Candidate 1963: High and Low 1964: Sex and the Single Girl 1965: The Sound of Music 1966: Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf? 1967: In the Heat of the Night 1968: Rosemary's Baby 1969: The Learning Tree
neutral · AI labelView post →Still not as bad as Angela Lansbury being one year older than Laurence Harvey and playing his mother in The Manchurian Candidate. I love that movie. I love them both in it. But yikes! #FrightClub
positive · AI labelView post →Teaching History of US Pop Culture next year, so only get a few films. Right now I can't decide between a musical, a Bond film, and The Manchurian Candidate for one of them. Sigh. (others settled: Hazards of Helen, Notorious, Duck Soup, The Searchers, Jaws, Die Hard, Do The Right Thing, The Matrix)
neutral · AI labelView post →Keeping in mind that I've always trusted the old Mainer saw, "The further north you go, the further south you get..." as a valid description of the enigma that is Maine, Platner's political career does spark in mind as a Made for TV movie trying to copy the success of the Manchurian Candidate🤷♂️
neutral · AI labelView post →Joining others who have said 'Network,' underappreciated DESPITE getting all the Oscar® noms and winning FOUR big ones. Another beauty, 'The Manchurian Candidate' (1962),a brilliant little paranoid thriller, built like a Swiss watch, and THE BEST MOVIE VILLAIN EVAR. (won't spoil by revealing whom)
positive · AI labelView post →This reminds me of the scene in the movie "The Manchurian Candidate" in which the dumb-as-rocks politician was trying to decide what made-up number of Communists he would insist are in the U.S. government.
neutral · AI labelView post →Playwright and screenwriter George Axelrod #botd penned the American stage and film comedy The Seven Year Itch, and other notable screen credits include Bus Stop, Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Manchurian Candidate...
neutral · AI labelView post →Graphic designer Derrick Kardos, known for work on films such as The Manchurian Candidate, The Departed, American Gangster and Black Swan, has died at 53 due to complications from long covid his family has announced. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
neutral · AI labelView post →10 non horror movies to get to know me: Lawrence of Arabia Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon This is Spinal Tap Black Narcissus North by Northwest The Manchurian Candidate Rushmore American Movie Lone Star Raising Arizona
neutral · AI labelView post →I’ll never forget the movie, “The Manchurian Candidate.”
neutral · AI labelView post →you gotta watch that new movie, The Manchurian Candidate and Gremlins 2
neutral · AI labelView post →They would never let you title a movie “The Manchurian Candidate” today. Too elitist. They’d make you call it “President Spy”
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching a very underrated thriller film Seconds starring Rock Hudson. The director, John Frankenheimer, also did the Manchurian Candidate.
neutral · AI labelView post →—AND Sam's only feasible love interest is killed AND that whole episode is SG-1 doing The Manchurian Candidate (NOT a movie I recommend. Interesting historical artifact, terrible movie. Stargate did it better but that's a low bar). And then "Window of Opportunity" is next on deck. Oh my heart. 😭
negative · AI labelView post →Watched the 1986 neo-noir "52 Pick-Up," considered something of a comeback for director John Frankenheimer. The film isn't in the same ballpark as The Manchurian Candidate - what is, really - but it's a nasty and satisfying ride, a sleazy film made interesting by a strong moral undercurrent.
neutral · AI labelView post →THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE - (1962) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Last night's #Movie Directed by John Frankenheimer and starring, Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh with Angela Lansbury outstanding in her support role. Based on the satirical novel by Richard Condon, the film not quite the same. Still a good watch.
positive · AI labelView post →In case you haven't seen it. "The Manchurian Candidate" is an excellent film.
positive · AI labelView post →Me: “Taliesin’s family history is super interesting. His grandfather wrote the screenplays for Seven Year Itch, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and The Manchurian Candidate.” My spouse, who has never watched CR, but has an infinite capacity for movie trivia: “Time out— his grandfather is George Axelrod???”
neutral · AI labelView post →Just finished watching The Manchurian Candidate. You’re absolutely right, Sandi! I have never been a conspiracy theorist but this movie was prescient and leaves me with many unanswered questions. The fact that the mainstream media dropped the story so quickly is problematic.
positive · AI labelView post →I remember watching 'The Manchurian Candidate (2004 version)' when I was a young and thought "Wow, that sounds scary" But here we are 22 years later and my thoughts are "Maybe President Shaw wouldn't have been so bad." This movie needs a remake when the traffic cone finally kicks.
positive · AI labelView post →The Manchurian Candidate. In the Angela Lansbury film an American brainwashed by the North Koreans becomes a potent political force. You know who cancelled military exercises with South Korea because it would offend his friend Kim Jong Un. He’s the Manchurian Candidate.
neutral · AI labelView post →That film/year thing. Here's my 1960s: 1960 The Magnificent Seven 1961 Whistle Down the Wind 1962 The Manchurian Candidate 1963 Jason and the Argonauts 1964 A Fistful of Dollars 1965 For a Few Dollars More 1966 The Good, The Bad and the Ugly 1967 The Jungle Book 1968 Head 1969 Easy Rider
neutral · AI labelView post →Film of The Manchurian Candidate (original anyway, I haven’t seen the remake) about 80,000 times better than its source material
positive · AI labelView post →I thought it was generally accepted that Jessica Fletcher was a diabolical serial murderer who always managed to frame someone else for her crimes. Somewhat fitting that Angela Lansbury’s first film role was in Gaslight… on top of her role in The Manchurian Candidate.
neutral · AI labelView post →Film-wise: at 6.30pm, Moonfall on E4. At 7.15, Top Hat on BBC4. At 9pm, The Manchurian Candidate on Sky Arts. At 10.30, The Nice Guys on BBC1. At 10.35, Arthur The King on BBC3. At 10.45, The Blues Brothers on BBC2. At 11.55, The Claim on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social. At 12.05am, Lion on C4 #telly
neutral · AI labelView post →New poster for The Manchurian Candidate. I changed this one probably 10 times before settling on what looks more like if Wes Anderson made the film but I’m happy so whateva. Used a brain mold and suspended a queen of diamonds playing card in jello on a plate I found at the thrift store. #art #film
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh, and The Manchurian Candidate (1962) is a Christmas movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Plus - THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE via Don't Be So Political, BLACK CHRISTMAS 35mm and the best of this year's 48 Hour Film Project at Revue, artist doc I AM THE ART: NOBUO KUBOTA and a return appearance for THE LIBRARIANS at Hot Docs, Butt's Backdoor opens on MAIN HOON NA at Eyesore Cinema. #toRep
neutral · AI labelView post →The Manchurian Candidate. Worth watching these days. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LDf...
positive · AI labelView post →It’s a horror film. It’s The Manchurian Candidate meets the Sopranos meets Nosferatu. I grieve for my country.
neutral · AI labelView post →I use to think the Manchurian Candidate was an impossibility and just an old movie! Then Donald John Trump got elected! The current president of the United States is the Manchurian candidate and he’s control Russia. Anyone who’s agreed to work in Trump’s regime should be investigated!
neutral · AI labelView post →You've seen the movie The Manchurian Candidate?
neutral · AI labelView post →I'd say THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS is a Film We Talk About On Podcasts, rather than Demme as a whole. Not a whole lot of MELVIN AND HOWARD, SWING SHIFT, THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (2004), and A MASTER BUILDER discussion is happening.
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s cliche to refer to The Manchurian Candidate, but one, (Me !!) can’t help but wonder if he’s not brainwashed,or, as one of the bad guys in the original film said “dry cleaned”… He works hard to ruin democracy, and makes capitalism ugly by his practice of it, he might be being “handled”.
neutral · AI labelView post →A great film from each year of the 60s: 1960 Peeping Tom 1961 The Hustler 1962 The Manchurian Candidate 1963 8 1/2 1964 A Hard Day's Night 1965 Bunny Lake Is Missing 1966 Alfie 1967 Accident 1968 If 1969 Kes
neutral · AI labelView post →Favorite film for each year of the 1960s: 1960: PSYCHO 1961: WEST SIDE STORY 1962: THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE 1963: 8 1/2 1964: DR. STRANGELOVE 1965: FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE 1966: SECONDS 1967: THE GRADUATE 1968: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD 1969: (abstain, nothing above 3.5 stars for me yet)
neutral · AI labelView post →#Julymoviechallenge #moviesky #filmsky 07/24 Spy In A Movie The Manchurian Candidate [1962]
neutral · AI labelView post →this is a crazy time! we are living a more outrageous version of the movie Idiocracy, meets The Candidate, meets The Manchurian Candidate, meets The Birth of A Nation.
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