Oldboy vs The Manchurian Candidate
Oldboy has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 6.5/10 for The Manchurian Candidate). Oldboy is the shorter watch at 2h compared with 2h 9m. Oldboy is the older of the two (2003 against 2004). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Oldboy
The Manchurian Candidate| Oldboy | The Manchurian Candidate | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.3/10 | ★ 6.5/10 |
| Year | 2003 | 2004 |
| Length | 2h | 2h 9m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Park Chan-wook | Jonathan Demme |
| Main cast | Yoo Ji-tae, Kim Byeong-ok, Choi Min-sik, Ji Dae-han, Oh Dal-su | Jeffrey Wright, Pablo Schreiber, Anthony Mackie, Liev Schreiber, Jon Voight |
Synopsis
Oldboy
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.
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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