The best Lyndon B. Johnson’s documentary movies on Google Play Movies

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

27/08/1908- 22/01/1973
We present our ranking of the best Lyndon B. Johnson’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Lyndon B. Johnson.

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

Won't You Be My Neighbor?
8.3/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 08/06/2018
  • Character: Self (archive footage)
Fred Rogers used puppets and play to explore complex social issues: race, disability, equality and tragedy, helping form the American concept of childhood. He spoke directly to children and they responded enthusiastically. Yet today, his impact is unclear. Have we lived up to Fred's ideal of good neighbors?

The House I Live In

The House I Live In
7.9/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 05/10/2012
  • Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
In the past 40 years, the War on Drugs has accounted for 45 million arrests, made America the world's largest jailer, and destroyed impoverished communities at home and abroad. Yet drugs are cheaper, purer, and more available today than ever. Where did we go wrong, and what can be done?

The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
8.2/10
In 1936, Victor H. Green (1892-1960) published The Negro Motorist Green Book, a book that was both a travel guide and a survival manual, to help African-Americans navigate safe those regions of the United States where segregation and Jim Crow laws were disgracefully applied.

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.

Korea: The Never-Ending War

Korea: The Never-Ending War
7.7/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 29/04/2019
  • Character: Self (archive footage)
Shedding new light on a geopolitical hot spot, the film — written and produced by John Maggio and narrated by Korean-American actor John Cho — confronts the myth of the “Forgotten War,” documenting the post-1953 conflict and global consequences.

Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House

Thank You, Mr. President: Helen Thomas at the White House
6.9/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 18/08/2008
  • Character: Self (archive footage)
This documentary profiles iconic journalist Helen Thomas who has held a front-row seat at White House press conferences for more than 60 years.

The Way I See It

The Way I See It
8.2/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 18/09/2020
  • Character: Self (archive footage)
Former Chief Official White House Photographer Pete Souza's journey as a person with top secret clearance and total access to the President.

John Lewis: Good Trouble

John Lewis: Good Trouble
7.5/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 03/07/2020
  • Character: Self (archive footage)
The timely biopic focuses on John Lewis’ longstanding prominence as a civil rights champion and his continuing crusade for racial and social equality. The documentary illuminates the 80-year-old Congressman’s life as it chronicles the moments on the extraordinary journey that have shaped his place in history and make him such a galvanizing figure today as protests circle the globe. Lewis’ schedule has increased ten-fold as he has become the go-to figure for TV news shows, podcasts and newspapers and magazines from the Washington Post to Vanity Fair, commenting on and leading the way forward through today’s worldwide protests and demonstrations.

The Soul of America

The Soul of America
7.3/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 22/10/2020
  • Character: Self (archive footage)
Writer, journalist, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and presidential biographer John Meacham offers his timely and invaluable insights into the country’s current political and historical moment by examining its past. Based on his 2018 bestseller of the same name.

Our Nixon

Our Nixon
6.7/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 23/01/2013
  • Character: Self
Never before seen Super 8 home movies filmed by Richard Nixon's closest aides - and convicted Watergate conspirators - offer a surprising and intimate new look into his Presidency.

The War at Home

The War at Home
7.6/10
  • Genre: DocumentaryWar
  • Release: 01/12/1979
  • Character: Self (archive footage)
Documentary film about the anti-war movement in the Madison, Wisconsin area during the time of the Vietnam War. It combines archival footage and interviews with participants that explore the events of the period on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus.

Klansville U.S.A.

Klansville U.S.A.
7.1/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 13/01/2015
  • Character: Self (archive footage)
Investigates the reasons North Carolina, long seen as the most progressive state in the South, became home to the largest Klan organization in the country, with more members than all the other Southern states combined, during the 1960s.

41

41
6.7/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 12/06/2012
  • Character: Self (archive footage)
An HBO documentary, takes a ‘personal, not political’ look at George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States.

Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook

Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook
5.6/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 02/11/2018
  • Character: Himself (archive footage)
"Rigged" shows viewers just what Republicans did – and continue to do – from creating new barriers to voter registration, to purging American citizens from the voting rolls without notice, to new and deliberate impediments to casting a vote. In addition, the film shows how GOP activists developed an elaborate but false narrative of widespread voter fraud in order to justify the necessity for new and draconian voting restrictions.

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