3. The Manchurian Candidate
The 1960s and ’70s gave birth to what would be known as New Hollywood, (also American New Wave or Hollywood Renaissance), where young filmmakers created grittier, more realistic, and socially conscious movies. One movie that kicked off the trend of great paranoid thrillers was John Frankenheimer’s 1962 neo-noir, psychological political thriller about the Cold War and sleeper agents, The Manchurian Candidate.
Starring “Ol’ Blue Eyes” himself, Frank Sinatra, as Major Bennett Marco, and Laurence Harvey as Raymond Shaw, this story about assassination was strangely prescient as just over one year later an assassin’s bullet would take the life of JFK. This deeply disturbing film, especially for the time, also showcases a powerhouse performance from Angela Landsbury that will send shivers down your spine to this day.
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