The only safe place is on the run.
CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.
Snowden (2016) is a drama, history, crime and thriller film directed by Oliver Stone, released on September 15, 2016 with a runtime of 2h 15m. It stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo and Zachary Quinto. Viewers rate it 7.1 out of 10 across 4,765 ratings.
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt
as Edward Snowden
Shailene Woodley
as Lindsay Mills
Melissa Leo
as Laura Poitras
Zachary Quinto
as Glenn Greenwald
Tom Wilkinson
as Ewen MacAskill
Scott Eastwood
as Trevor James
Timothy Olyphant
as CIA Agent Geneva
Ben Schnetzer
as Gabriel Sol
LaKeith Stanfield
as Patrick Haynes
Rhys Ifans
as Corbin O'Brian
Nicolas Cage
as Hank Forrester
Joely Richardson
as Janine Gibson
Directed by Oliver Stone, written by Oliver Stone, Kieran Fitzgerald and Anatoly Kucherena, produced by Fernando Sulichin, Eric Kopeloff and Moritz Borman.
Average viewer score of 7.1/10 from 4,765 ratings.
**He who became a people's hero by betraying his own nation!** I had like to begin by saying I'm not an American and I haven't seen the Oscar winning documentary 'Citizenfour'. But I'm very much aware of everything about it through the all kinds of coverages. So my perspective about the film will be true and about the content will be neutral. I have known about what this film dealt since the day it all began. I did…
Reviewed on December 24, 2016
JGL plays a pretty convincing Snowden or at least I think he does as I've only seen the real Snowden in video and Citizenfour. I don't know exactly how correct the movie is to the actual story but as most of these things go, the movie will have been created with a slightly exaggerated storyline and version of events. An enjoyable watch and a big tick for me was that the coding and terminology used in the movie were…
Reviewed on January 7, 2017
Although the movie is not perfect, it's flaws are limited, minute and easily ignored. **A must-watch for anyone using a computer!** This adaptation of Snowden's transformation from a talented programmer working for the United States secret service into a planetary hero really takes the viewer deeper into the true story on which this film is based. It shows the human side of the path towards revealing the truth.…
Reviewed on July 21, 2017
What happened to Oliver Stone? Once upon a time you could sit down and watch a film, and knew he was the director just by the cuts alone, not to mention the atmosphere and over-all look of the presentation. This doesn't look like an Oliver Stone film. The script sounds like a Stone film. The plot is certainly an Oliver Stone plot. The subject matter and how it's handled is totally Stone. But the film, well, it's an…
Reviewed on January 14, 2023
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Snowden (2016) is available to stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads and Starz Apple TV channel, and to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube and Fandango At Home. Streaming availability is checked against JustWatch data and can change by region.
The main cast of Snowden (2016) includes Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto and Tom Wilkinson. The film was directed by Oliver Stone. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Snowden was released on September 15, 2016 and runs for 2h 15m.
Snowden (2016) holds an average rating of 7.1 out of 10 from 4,765 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy drama, history and crime films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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