The Good Boy vs The Manchurian Candidate
The Good Boy has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.5/10 for The Manchurian Candidate). The Good Boy is the shorter watch at 1h 50m compared with 2h 9m. The Manchurian Candidate is the older of the two (2004 against 2026). Both are drama, mystery, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Good Boy
The Manchurian Candidate| The Good Boy | The Manchurian Candidate | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.8/10 | ★ 6.5/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2004 |
| Length | 1h 50m | 2h 9m |
| Genres | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Jan Komasa | Jonathan Demme |
| Main cast | Stephen Graham, Anson Boon, Andrea Riseborough, Savannah Steyn, Jessica Johnson | Jeffrey Wright, Pablo Schreiber, Anthony Mackie, Liev Schreiber, Jon Voight |
Synopsis
The Good Boy
Tommy, a volatile 19-year-old, revels in drugs, parties and violence. After getting separated from his friends on a drunken bender, he is abducted by a shadowy figure. He wakes to find himself imprisoned in the basement of a remote Yorkshire house, inhabited by a very strange family. But what unfolds is not what he could possibly expect.
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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