Movies like JFK
If JFK's mix of vietnam war, central intelligence agency (cia) and assassination stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what JFK's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Thirteen Days
2000 · Directed by Roger Donaldson · 145 min7.0
Why you'll like itWith Kevin Costner · Shares: usa president, politics, john f. kennedy · Also history and thriller
The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missile bases established on the Soviet-allied island of Cuba.
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All the Way
2016 · Directed by Jay Roach · 132 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: usa president, politics, 1960s · Also drama and history
Lyndon B. Johnson's amazing 11-month journey from taking office after JFK's assassination, through the fight to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and his own presidential campaign, culminating on the night LBJ is actually…
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Clear and Present Danger
1994 · Directed by Phillip Noyce · 141 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: central intelligence agency (cia), assassination, usa president · Also drama and thriller · From the same decade (1990s)
Agent Jack Ryan becomes acting Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA when Admiral Greer is diagnosed with cancer. When an American businessman, and friend of the president, is murdered on his yacht, Ryan starts…
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Snowden
2016 · Directed by Oliver Stone · 135 min7.1
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Oliver Stone · Also drama and history
CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.
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All the President's Men
1976 · Directed by Alan J. Pakula · 138 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: politics, conspiracy · Also drama and thriller
During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.
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Forrest Gump
1994 · Directed by Robert Zemeckis · 142 min8.5
Why you'll like itShares: vietnam war, usa president, 1960s · From the same decade (1990s)
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do.
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956 · Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · 121 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: assassination, conspiracy · Also thriller and drama
An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.
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The Conspirator
2011 · Directed by Robert Redford · 122 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: president, conspiracy · Also drama and history
Mary Surratt is the lone female charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination trial of Abraham Lincoln. As the whole nation turns against her, she is forced to rely on her reluctant lawyer to uncover the truth and…
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The Sum of All Fears
2002 · Directed by Phil Alden Robinson · 124 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: central intelligence agency (cia), usa president · Also thriller and drama
When the president of Russia suddenly dies, a man whose politics are virtually unknown succeeds him. The change in political leaders sparks paranoia among American CIA officials, so CIA director Bill Cabot recruits a…
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Watchmen
2009 · Directed by Zack Snyder · 163 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: usa president, conspiracy, ambiguous
In a gritty and alternate 1985, the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown. But after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer…
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X-Men: First Class
2011 · Directed by Matthew Vaughn · 132 min7.3
Why you'll like itWith Kevin Bacon · Shares: central intelligence agency (cia), 1960s
Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time.
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Seven Days in May
1964 · Directed by John Frankenheimer · 118 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: conspiracy · Also drama and thriller
A U.S. Marine Corps colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.