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The Social Reckoning

Release date: 9 October 2026
Rating: 8.0 / 10 on TMDB

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The Social Reckoning releases in theatres today, Friday, 9 October 2026.

Frances Haugen, a young Facebook engineer, enlists the help of Jeff Horwitz, a Wall Street Journal reporter, to go on a dangerous journey that ends up blowing the whistle on the social network's most guarded secrets.

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Cast

Jeremy Strong
Mark Zuckerberg
Mikey Madison
Frances Haugen
Jeremy Allen White
Jeff Horwitz
Wunmi Mosaku
Raya
Betty Gilpin
Kris
Billy Magnussen
Teddy
Bill Burr
Charlie
Gbenga Akinnagbe

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