The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Directed by John Frankenheimer · United States
film-noir · thriller · drama · war
1.42composite canon score · ranked #683 of 6563 in our library · on 8 lists & awards
Score = weighted sum over every cited appearance below — methodology.
Where it appears
Every appearance is a citable fact; the points column shows what each contributes to the composite score.
| Appearance | Source | Points |
|---|---|---|
| TIME All-TIME 100 | TIME All-TIME 100 | 0.263 |
| AFI 100 (1998) #67 | AFI 100 (1998) | 0.246 |
| National Film Registry (inducted 1994) | National Film Registry | 0.226 |
| NYT Best 1,000 Movies | NYT Best 1,000 Movies | 0.167 |
| Criterion Collection spine #803 | Criterion Collection | 0.162 |
| Roger Ebert's Great Movies | Roger Ebert's Great Movies | 0.133 |
| Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies | Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies | 0.112 |
| Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema | Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema | 0.112 |