Gone Girl vs The Manchurian Candidate
Gone Girl has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.5/10 for The Manchurian Candidate). The Manchurian Candidate is the shorter watch at 2h 9m compared with 2h 29m. The Manchurian Candidate is the older of the two (2004 against 2014). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Gone Girl
The Manchurian Candidate| Gone Girl | The Manchurian Candidate | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 6.5/10 |
| Year | 2014 | 2004 |
| Length | 2h 29m | 2h 9m |
| Genres | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | David Fincher | Jonathan Demme |
| Main cast | Neil Patrick Harris, Sela Ward, Kim Dickens, Missi Pyle, Casey Wilson | Jeffrey Wright, Pablo Schreiber, Anthony Mackie, Liev Schreiber, Jon Voight |
Synopsis
Gone Girl
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
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 return.
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