Snowden

2016 film directed by Oliver Stone
Movie film Q19315473
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Summary

Snowden is a film[1]. Snowden ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,034 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Oliver Stone[3]
  • Screenwriter: Oliver Stone[4], Kieran Fitzgerald[5]
  • Composer: Craig Armstrong[6]
  • Genre: biographical film[7], drama film[8], thriller film[9], action film[10]
  • Named after: Edward Snowden[11]
  • Based on: The Snowden Files[12]
  • Cast member: Joseph Gordon-Levitt[13], Melissa Leo[14], Shailene Woodley[15], Zachary Quinto[16], Tom Wilkinson[17], Scott Eastwood[18], Logan Marshall-Green[19], Timothy Olyphant[20], Ben Schnetzer[21], LaKeith Stanfield[22], Rhys Ifans[23], Nicolas Cage[24], Joely Richardson[25], Michael Benz[26]
  • Producer: Moritz Borman[27]
  • Director of photography: Anthony Dod Mantle[28]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[29]
  • Commons category: Snowden (film)[30]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[31]
  • Review score: 6.2/10[32], 61%[33], 58/100[34]
  • Color: color[35]
  • Country of origin: United States[36], Germany[37], France[38]
  • Publication date: September 22, 2016[39], September 16, 2016[40], September 9, 2016[41]
  • Characters: Hank Forrester[42], Lindsay Mills[43]
  • Distributed by: Open Road Flims[44], Netflix[45]
  • Narrative location: Maryland[46]
  • Official website: https://snowdenfilm.com[47]
  • Filming location: Germany[48], Hong Kong[49], Munich[50], Bavaria[51]
  • Main subject: Edward Snowden[52], global surveillance disclosures (2013–present)[53], National Security Agency[54]
  • Film editor: Alex Márquez[55], Lee Percy[56]
  • Title: Snowden[57]
  • Has characteristic: film based on book[58]

Body

Adaptations and Inspiration

Snowden's after a work by is recorded as Luke Harding[59].

Why It Matters

Snowden has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] Snowden is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . filmportal.de. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Kinopolis. Retrieved . kino.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . Toronto International Film Festival. Retrieved . tiff.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  55. [57] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  56. [58] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  57. [59] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [60] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [61] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Jamie7687 · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 38
    Unconsenting media id → 13803
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ca', 'commons', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', '
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Unconsenting media id: 13803, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/172261273|Snowden (#172261273)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5134|Unconsenting Media Cata"
  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 3774114
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  3. 6w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    After a work by → Luke Harding
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ After a work by: Luke Harding, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1788062380436"
  4. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 142098
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  5. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14671 → 50106
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  6. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14571 → 395978
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  7. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Production designer → Mark Tildesley
    Publication date → +2016-09-22T00:00:00Z, +2016-09-16T00:00:00Z, +2016-09-09T00:00:00Z
    Ifco rating → 15A
    Screenwriter → Oliver Stone, Kieran Fitzgerald
    + 50 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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