Shutter Island vs The Manchurian Candidate
Shutter Island has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6.5/10 for The Manchurian Candidate). The Manchurian Candidate is the shorter watch at 2h 9m compared with 2h 18m. The Manchurian Candidate is the older of the two (2004 against 2010). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Shutter Island
The Manchurian Candidate| Shutter Island | The Manchurian Candidate | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.2/10 | ★ 6.5/10 |
| Year | 2010 | 2004 |
| Length | 2h 18m | 2h 9m |
| Genres | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Martin Scorsese | Jonathan Demme |
| Main cast | Joseph Sikora, Patricia Clarkson, Emily Mortimer, Mark Ruffalo, Leonardo DiCaprio | Jeffrey Wright, Pablo Schreiber, Anthony Mackie, Liev Schreiber, Jon Voight |
Synopsis
Shutter Island
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.
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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