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The Manchurian Candidate is a 2004 American neo-noir psychological political thriller film directed by Jonathan Demme, based on Richard Condon's 1959 novel of the same name. It stars Denzel Washington as Major Ben Marco, a soldier haunted by nightmares after the Gulf War, who starts to question the truth behind his fellow squad-mate Raymond Shaw's political rise.

Rachel Getting Married is a 2008 American drama film directed by Jonathan Demme, starring Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Bill Irwin, and Debra Winger. Kym Buchman, a woman with a history of substance abuse, is released from rehab to attend her sister's wedding. Her struggles to reintegrate with her family and the challenges of maintaining and proving her sobriety form the core of the narrative.