The best John F. Kennedy’s documentary movies

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

29/05/1917- 22/11/1963
Today we present the best John F. Kennedy’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best John F. Kennedy’s movies.
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Above Majestic

Above Majestic
5.9/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 30/10/2018
  • Character: Self (archive footage)
A look at the origins, history and conspiracies behind the "Majestic 12", a clandestine group of military and corporate figureheads charged with reverse-engineering extraterrestrial technology.

Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress

Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
7.9/10
An account of the last two centuries of the Anthropocene, the Age of Man. How human beings have progressed so much in such a short time through war and the selfish interests of a few, belligerent politicians and captains of industry, damaging the welfare of the majority of mankind, impoverishing the weakest, greedily devouring the limited resources of the Earth.

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
8.4/10
A chronicle of Bob Dylan's strange evolution between 1961 and 1966 from folk singer to protest singer to "voice of a generation" to rock star.

Get Me Roger Stone

Get Me Roger Stone
7.3/10
From his days of testifying at the Watergate hearings to advising recent presidential candidate Donald Trump, Roger Stone has long offended people on both sides of the political fence as a force in conservative America. Outspoken author, pundit, ahead of his time election strategist, this is his story.

The Fog of War

The Fog of War
8.1/10
Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert McNamara, The Fog of War depicts his life, from working as a WWII whiz-kid military officer, to being the Ford Motor Company's president, to managing the Vietnam War as defense secretary for presidents Kennedy and Johnson.

JFK Revisited: Through The Looking Glass

JFK Revisited: Through The Looking Glass
7.5/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 12/11/2021
  • Character: Self (archive footage)
Thirty years after his film JFK, filmmaker Oliver Stone takes viewers on a journey though recently declassified evidence in the assassination of President Kennedy - the most consequential American murder mystery of the twentieth century. Joined by Oscar-winning narrators Whoopi Goldberg and Donald Sutherland, as well as a distinguished team of forensics, medical and ballistics experts, historians, and witnesses, Stone presents compelling evidence that in the Kennedy case “conspiracy theory” is now “conspiracy fact.”

Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics

Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
7.6/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 09/11/2010
  • Character: Self (archive footage)
A look at the history of the comic book publication that launched such legendary characters as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.

How the Beatles Changed the World

How the Beatles Changed the World
6.8/10
  • Genre: DocumentaryMusic
  • Release: 23/10/2017
  • Character: Himself (archive footage)
The fascinating story of the cultural, social, spiritual, and musical revolution ignited by the coming of the Beatles. Tracing the impact that these four band members had, first in their native Britain and soon after worldwide, it reappraises the band and follows their path from young subversives to countercultural heroes. Featuring fresh, revealing interviews with key collaborators as well as a wealth of rarely-seen archival footage, this is a bold new take on the most significant band in the history of music and their enduring impact on popular culture.

Uncle Tom

Uncle Tom
8.2/10
In a collection of intimate interviews with some of America's most provocative black conservative thinkers, Uncle Tom takes a unique look at being black in America. Featuring media personalities, ministers, civil rights activists, veterans, and a self-employed plumber, the film explores their personal journeys of navigating the world as one of America's most misunderstood political and cultural groups: The American Black Conservative. In this eye-opening film from Director Justin Malone and Executive Producer Larry Elder, Uncle Tom examines self-empowerment, individualism and rejecting the victim narrative. Uncle Tom shows us a different perspective of American History from this often ignored and ridiculed group.

Mike Wallace Is Here

Mike Wallace Is Here
7.4/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 26/07/2019
  • Character: Self (archive footage)
For over half a century, 60 Minutes' fearsome newsman Mike Wallace went head-to-head with the world's most influential figures. Relying exclusively on archival footage, the film interrogates the interrogator, tracking Wallace's storied career and troubled personal life while unpacking how broadcast journalism evolved to today’s precarious tipping point.

Agnelli

Agnelli
7.5/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 18/12/2017
  • Character: Self (archive footage)
Documentary about the life of Giovanni "Gianni" Agnelli, an influential Italian industrialist and principal shareholder of Fiat.

Comandante

Comandante
6.9/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 14/02/2003
  • Character: Himself (archive footage)
Documentary on the director's meeting with Castro.

Primary

Primary
7.1/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 01/01/1960
  • Character: Himself
Primary is a documentary film about the primary elections between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey in 1960. Primary is the first documentary to use light equipment in order to follow their subjects in a more intimate filmmaking style. This unconventional way of filming created a new look for documentary films where the camera’s lens was right in the middle of what ever drama was occuring.

Dean Martin: King of Cool

Dean Martin: King of Cool
7.8/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 14/11/2021
  • Character: Self (archive footage)
Dean Martin had a laid-back charm that made him successful in everything from big-screen comedies to television variety shows to live acts in Las Vegas. Filmmaker Tom Donahue explores Martin’s varied career, including his complicated relationships with Jerry Lewis, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr, and others. We hear from admirers such as critic Gerald Early, actor Jon Hamm, and Hip-Hop artist RZA who testify to Martin’s enduring mystique.

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
7.1/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 06/08/1975
  • Character: (archive footage)
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

Cold Case Hammarskjöld

Cold Case Hammarskjöld
7.5/10
Ndola, Northern Rhodesia (currently Zambia), September 18th, 1961. Swedish Dag Hammarskjöld, UN Secretary-General, mysteriously dies in a plane crash. Decades later, Danish journalist and filmmaker Mads Brügger and Swedish researcher Göran Björkdahl investigate the case looking for a definitive closure.

Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words

Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
7.5/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 04/08/2014
  • Character: Self (archive footage)
From 1971 to 1973, Richard Nixon secretly recorded his private conversations in the White House. This film chronicles the content of those tapes, which include Nixon's conversations on the war in Vietnam, the Pentagon Papers leak, his Supreme Court appointments, and more--while also exposing shocking statements he made about women, people of color, Jews, and the media.

The Man Who Saw Tomorrow

The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
6/10
  • Genre: DocumentaryDrama
  • Release: 09/01/1981
  • Character: Himself (archive footage)
Hosted by Orson Welles, this documentary utilizes a grab bag of dramatized scenes, stock footage, TV news clips and interviews to ask: Did 16th century French astrologer and physician Nostradamus actually predict such events as the fall of King Louis XVI, the rise of Napoleon, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy? And are there prophecies that have yet to come true?

The Most Dangerous Man in Europe

The Most Dangerous Man in Europe
6.7/10
  • Genre: DocumentaryHistory
  • Release: 29/01/2020
  • Character: Self - Politician (archive footage)
Waffen-SS officer Otto Skorzeny (1908-75) became famous for his participation in daring military actions during World War II. In 1947 he was judged and imprisoned, but he escaped less than a year later and found a safe haven in Spain, ruled with an iron hand by General Francisco Franco. What did he do during the many years he spent there?

RFK

RFK
8.1/10
David Grubin's probing and perceptive biography reassesses the remarkable and tragic life of Bobby Kennedy, whose early life was spent in the shadow of his elder brother John. After JFK's assassination, he discovered his own identity in the forefront of American politics before his career was also tragically curtailed by an assassin's bullet.

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