The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

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.

Director:

Jonathan Demme

Stars:

Denzel Washington (Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco), Meryl Streep (Senator Eleanor Prentiss Shaw (D-VA)), Liev Schreiber (Congressman Raymond Prentiss Shaw (D-NY)), Simon McBurney (Dr. Atticus Noyle), Kimberly Elise (Rosie), Bruno Ganz (Delp)