The Conscientious Objector

2004

English

8.0

♡ 3

91%

Documentary

War

Terry Benedict Director

Harry S. Truman as Self

Ken Lafond as Self - Battalion Scout

Elwyn Gaines as Self - Browning Automatic Rifleman

Henry Haverlock as Self - Mortar Squad

It's 1945, World War II. The Place, Okinawa. The Scene, an impregnable 400-foot high cliff-AKA Hacksaw Ridge. The Engagement, a battle so fierce the odds of survival were 1 in 10. The Act, Medic Pfc. Desmond T. Doss braved intense enemy fire to rescue 75 wounded GI's over the precipice. The Story, Infantrymen who once ridiculed and scoffed at Desmond's simple faith and refusal to carry a weapon-now owed their lives to him. Director Terry Benedict tells Desmond's incredible story through the eyes of the men who witnessed this humble man's heroic acts. Winning the respect of his fellow soldiers, they recommended him for the highest honor America can bestow on one of her sons-The Medal of Honor.

Go for Broke!

1951

English

6.6

♡ 6

71%

Robert Pirosh Director

Edward Earle as General at Dress Parade

William Yetter Sr. as German Soldier

Richard Anderson as Lieutenant

Harry S. Truman as Self

A tribute to the U.S. 442nd Regimental Combat Team, formed in 1943 by Presidential permission with Japanese-American volunteers. We follow the training of a platoon under the rueful command of Lt. Mike Grayson who shares common prejudices of the time. The 442nd serve in Italy, then France, distinguishing themselves in skirmishes and battles; gradually and naturally, Grayson's prejudices evaporate with dawning realization that his men are better soldiers than he is.

Winston Churchill: A Giant in the Century

2015

French

7.7

♡ 5

David Korn-Brzoza Director

Charles Chaplin as Self

Harry S. Truman as Self

Sarah Churchill as Self

Diana Churchill as Self

A new look at the public and private life of one of the most important statesmen in the history of Europe: Winston Churchill (1874-1965), soldier, politician, writer, painter, leader of his country in the darkest hours, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, a myth, a giant of the 20th century.

Brother Can You Spare a Dime

1975

English

7.0

♡ 5

Action

Documentary

great depression

Philippe Mora Director

Bill Elliott as (archive footage)

William Hopper as (archive footage) (as DeWolf Hopper Jr.)

Errol Flynn as Self

Harry S. Truman as Self

Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

American Experience The Blinding of Isaac Woodard

2021

English

8.2

♡ 2

Jamila Ephron Director

Brent Jennings as Isaac Woodard

Harry S. Truman as Self

Orson Welles as Self

André Holland as Self - Narrator

In 1946, Isaac Woodard, a Black army sergeant on his way home to South Carolina after serving in WWII, was pulled from a bus for arguing with the driver. The local chief of police savagely beat him, leaving him unconscious and permanently blind. The shocking incident made national headlines and, when the police chief was acquitted by an all-white jury, the blatant injustice would change the course of American history. Based on Richard Gergel’s book Unexampled Courage, the film details how the crime led to the racial awakening of President Harry Truman, who desegregated federal offices and the military two years later. The event also ultimately set the stage for the Supreme Court’s landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, which finally outlawed segregation in public schools and jumpstarted the modern civil rights movement.

Billy Graham: An Extraordinary Journey

2018

English

7.5

♡ 2

62%

Daniel Camenisch Director

Tom Brokaw as Self

Kathie Lee Gifford as Self

Bill Clinton as Self - Former President

Harry S. Truman as Self - Former President

An inside look at the life of Billy Graham, whose message of the Gospel of Christ helped change millions of lives over his nearly seven decades of evangelism.

The Good German

2006

English

6.0

♡ 14

34%

Steven Soderbergh Director

George Clooney as Jake Geismer

Cate Blanchett as Lena Brandt

Harry S. Truman as Self

Tobey Maguire as Tully

An American journalist arrives in Berlin just after the end of World War Two. He becomes involved in a murder mystery surrounding a dead GI who washes up at a lakeside mansion during the Potsdam negotiations between the Allied powers. Soon his investigation connects with his search for his married pre-war German lover.

The Corporation

2003

English

8.0

♡ 7

89%

Jennifer Abbott Director

George W. Bush as Self

Kathie Lee Gifford as Self

Nelson Mandela as Self - After Release, with Winnie

Harry S. Truman as Self - Potsdam

Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant economic, political and social force around the globe. This film takes an in-depth psychological examination of the organization model through various case studies. What the study illustrates is that in the its behaviour, this type of "person" typically acts like a dangerously destructive psychopath without conscience. Furthermore, we see the profound threat this psychopath has for our world and our future, but also how the people with courage, intelligence and determination can do to stop it.

The Special Relationship

2010

English

6.7

♡ 2

83%

british prime minister

Richard Loncraine Director

Dennis Quaid as Bill Clinton

Matthew Marsh as Foreign Policy Advisor

Bill Clinton as Self

Harry S. Truman as Self

A dramatisation that follows Tony Blair's journey from political understudy waiting in the wings of the world arena to accomplished prime minister standing confidently in the spotlight of centre stage. It is a story about relationships, between two powerful men (Blair and Bill Clinton), two powerful couples, and husbands and wives.

Strip Search

2004

English

6.1

♡ 6

47%

Sidney Lumet Director

Daniel Sauli as

Austin Pendleton as James Perley

Bill Clinton as Self

Harry S. Truman as Self

Strip Search follows several parallel stories examining personal freedoms vs. national security in the aftermath of 9/11; two main subplots involve an American woman detained in China and an Arab man detained in New York City.

The Savage Peace

2015

English

7.6

♡ 7

concentration camp prisoner

Peter Molloy Director

Michael Pennington as Narrator

Joseph Stalin as Self

Harry S. Truman as Self

Meda Mládek as Self

How, in 1945, after the end of World War II and the fall of the Nazi regime, the defeated were atrociously mistreated, especially those ethnic Germans who had lived peacefully for centuries in Germany's neighboring countries, such as Czechoslovakia and Poland. A heartbreaking story of revenge against innocent civilians, the story of acts as cruel as the Nazi occupation during the war years.

What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears?

2023

English

7.1

♡ 1

81%

Action

Documentary

informative

John Scheinfeld Director

John F. Kennedy as Self

Henry Kissinger as Self

Louis Armstrong as Self

Harry S. Truman as Self

In 1970, Blood, Sweat and Tears was one of the biggest bands in the world. They had exploded on the scene with both daring and promise, selling millions of records, winning multiple Grammy Awards including Album of the Year (beating out The Beatles' Abbey Road) and headlining the legendary Woodstock festival. In demand for concert and TV appearances, BS&T was a darling of the mainstream and rock press, icon of the counterculture and inspiration for a generation of horn-based bands. Their future was limitless. And then it all went wrong.

American Experience The American Diplomat

2022

English

7.0

♡ 4

Leola Calzolai-Stewart Director

John F. Kennedy as Self

Harry S. Truman as Self

Dwight D. Eisenhower as Self

Merv Griffin as Self - Host, Merv Griffin Show

The American Diplomat explores the lives and legacies of three African American ambassadors — Edward Dudley, Terence Todman and Carl Rowan — who pushed past historical and institutional racial barriers to reach high-ranking appointments in the Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations. At the height of the civil rights movement in the United States, the three men were asked to represent the best of American ideals abroad while facing discrimination at home. Oft reputed as “pale, male and Yale,” the U.S. State Department fiercely maintained and cultivated the Foreign Service’s elitist character and was one of the last federal agencies to desegregate. Through rare archival footage, in-depth oral histories and interviews with family members, colleagues and diplomats, the film paints a portrait of three men who left a lasting impact on the content and character of the Foreign Service and changed American diplomacy forever.

The Propaganda Game

2015

Spanish

6.8

♡ 2

93%

inter-korean relations

north korea

pyongyang, north korea

Álvaro Longoria Director

Barack Obama as Self

Harry S. Truman as Self

Bill O'Reilly as Self

Jong-un Kim as Self

North Korea. The last communist country in the world. Unknown, hermetic and fascinating. Formerly known as “The Hermit Kingdom” for its attempts to remain isolated, North Korea is one of the largest sources of instability as regards world peace. It also has the most militarized border in the world, and the flow of impartial information, both going in and out, is practically non-existent. As the recent Sony-leaks has shown, it is the perfect setting for a propaganda war.

Hiroshima

1995

English

7.8

♡ 6

84%

Roger Spottiswoode Director

Mark Camacho as Charles Sweeney, Pilot

Kenneth Welsh as President Harry S Truman

Timothy West as Prime Minister Winston Churchill

Harry S. Truman as Self

Hiroshima is a 1995 Japanese / Canadian film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and Roger Spottiswoode about the decision-making processes that led to the dropping of the atomic bombs by the United States on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki toward the end of World War II. Except as actors, no Americans took part in the production. The three-hour film was made for television and evidently had no theatrical release, but is available on DVD for home viewing. A combination of dramatisation, historical footage, and eyewitness interviews, the film alternates between documentary footage and the dramatic recreations. Both the dramatisations and most of the original footage are presented as sepia-toned images, serving to blur the distinction between them. The languages are English and Japanese, with subtitles, and the actors are largely Canadian and Japanese.

Where's My Roy Cohn?

2019

English

7.0

♡ 7

87%

manipulative relationship

usa politics

Matt Tyrnauer Director

Harry S. Truman as Himself

Donald Trump as Himself

Nancy Reagan as Self Ed Koch

Ed Koch as Self

Roy Cohn personified the dark arts of American politics, turning empty vessels into dangerous demagogues - from Joseph McCarthy to his final project, Donald J. Trump. This thriller-like exposé connects the dots, revealing how a deeply troubled master manipulator shaped our current American nightmare.

To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb

2023

English

7.4

♡ 56

86%

Christopher Cassel Director

Harry S. Truman as Self

Bill Nye as Self - Science educator

Michio Kaku as Self - Theoretical physicist

Christopher Nolan as Self - writer / director, Oppenheimer

Explore how one man's relentless drive and invention of the atomic bomb changed the nature of war forever, led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people and unleashed mass hysteria.

Why We Fight

2005

English

8.0

♡ 1

78%

Eugene Jarecki Director

Bill Clinton as Self

Frank Capra as Self

Harry S. Truman as Self

John McCain as Self

Is American foreign policy dominated by the idea of military supremacy? Has the military become too important in American life? Jarecki's shrewd and intelligent polemic would seem to give an affirmative answer to each of these questions.

White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

2007

English

8.2

♡ 9

100%

Steven Okazaki Director

Harry S. Truman as Self

Sakue Shimodaira as Self

Chiemi Oka as Self

Shigeko Sasamori as Self

Steven Okazaki presents a deeply moving look at the painful legacy of the first -- and hopefully last -- uses of nuclear weapons in war. Featuring interviews with fourteen atomic bomb survivors - many who have never spoken publicly before - and four Americans intimately involved in the bombings, White Light/Black Rain provides a detailed exploration of the bombings and their aftermath.

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The Conscientious Objector

Go for Broke!

Winston Churchill: A Giant in the Century

Brother Can You Spare a Dime

American Experience The Blinding of Isaac Woodard

Billy Graham: An Extraordinary Journey

The Good German

The Corporation

The Special Relationship

Strip Search

The Savage Peace

What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears?

American Experience The American Diplomat

The Propaganda Game

Hiroshima

Where's My Roy Cohn?

To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb

Why We Fight

White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki