Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

2023

English

6.7

♡ 3

97%

87%

Action

Documentary

Joe Brewster Director

John F. Kennedy as Se;f

Jesse Jackson as Self

Harry Belafonte as Self

Taraji P. Henson as Self - Reading Giovanni's Poems

Intimate vérité, archival footage, and visually innovative treatments of poetry take us on a journey through the dreamscape of legendary queer poet Nikki Giovanni as she reflects on her life and legacy.

Woodlawn

2015

English

6.5

♡ 23

79%

based on a true story

Andrew Erwin Director

Sean Astin as Hank

Joy Brunson as Johnnie

Jon Voight as Paul Bryant

John F. Kennedy as Self

Love and unity in a school torn by racism and hate in the 1970s. A gifted high school football player must learn to embrace his talent and his faith as he battles racial tensions on and off the field.

We Blew It

2017

French

5.7

♡ 7

95%

Action

Documentary

Jean-Baptiste Thoret Director

Paul Schrader as Himself

James Toback as Himself

John F. Kennedy as Self

Wavy Gravy as Self

How did America change from Easy Rider into Donald Trump? What became of the dreams and utopias of the 1960's and 1970's? What do the people who lived in that golden age think about it today? Did they really blow it? Shot in Cinemascope - from New Jersey to California - this melancholic and elegiac road-movie draws upon the portrait of a confused, complex and incandescent America one year after the start of the electoral campaign. That golden age has become its last romantic border and an inconsolable America is about to pull on a trigger called Trump.

An American Affair

2008

English

6.1

♡ 14

Action

central intelligence agency (cia)

William Olsson Director

Mark Pellegrino as Graham Caswell

John F. Kennedy as Self

Nikita Khrushchev as Self

John Kennedy Jr. as Self

In the early 1960s, teenager Adam Stafford (Cameron Bright) becomes obsessed with his new neighbor, Catherine Caswell (Gretchen Mol), a divorcée and free spirit. Stafford spies on Caswell as she meets with strange men, and, despite the warnings of his conservative parents, he begins working for her as a gardener. Amid rumors of her affair with President Kennedy, the two become close, but political intrigue surrounding her acquaintances soon infringes on their friendship.

Unacknowledged

2017

English

7.0

♡ 20

77%

Action

barack obama

central intelligence agency (cia)

Michael Mazzola Director

Bill Clinton as Self

John F. Kennedy as Self

Dwight D. Eisenhower as Self

Giancarlo Esposito as Self - Narrator

Dr. Steven Greer presents brand new top-secret evidence supporting extraterrestrial contact, including witness testimony, classified documents, and UFO footage, while also exploring the consequences of ruthlessly enforcing such secrecy.

By the People: The Election of Barack Obama

2009

English

6.2

♡ 4

63%

Amy Rice Director

John F. Kennedy as Self

Michelle Obama as Self

John McCain as Self

Jon Favreau as Self - Chief Speechwriter

By the People: The Election of Barack Obama is a documentary film produced by Edward Norton broadcast in November 2009 on HBO, which follows Barack Obama and various members of his campaign team, including David Axelrod, through the two years leading up to the United States presidential election on November 4th, 2008.

The War at Home

1979

English

7.6

♡ 2

100%

Barry Alexander Brown Director

Henry Kissinger as Self

Paul Newman as Self - 1968 Democratic National Convention

Dwight D. Eisenhower as Self - Discusses Domino Theory

John F. Kennedy as Self - Discusses Escalation in Vietnam

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.

The Real Right Stuff

2020

English

7.2

♡ 14

67%

Tom Jennings Director

Richard J. Valentine as Launch Spectator

John F. Kennedy as Self

Tom Brokaw as Self

Tom Wolfe as Self

The story of America's first astronauts, known as the Mercury 7, told through archival news & radio reports, newly transferred & previously unheard NASA mission audio recordings, and more rare & unseen material.

Ethel

2012

English

7.9

♡ 2

89%

intimate family portrait

woman director

Rory Kennedy Director

Rory Kennedy as Narrator

John F. Kennedy as Self

Joseph Kennedy as Self

Jacqueline Kennedy as Self

Filmmaker Rory Kennedy interviews her mother, Ethel Kennedy, who discusses family, marriage and politics.

First Signal

2021

English

3.3

♡ 17

18%

Mark Lund Director

Chris Goodwin as James Griffin

Patience McStravick as Major Ellen Sampson

John F. Kennedy as Self

Carissa Roy as Technician

When Air Force Space Command receives a signal from an alien satellite in Earth orbit an emergency meeting with the President reveals a government conspiracy.

The Saturn V Story

2014

English

7.3

♡ 1

Elliot Weaver Director

John F. Kennedy as Self

Nikita Khrushchev as Self

Neil Armstrong as Self

Buzz Aldrin as Self

In 1961, no one believed President Kennedy’s pledge to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade. To win the race to space, the USA needed to create a multi-billion dollar space program. Using stunning NASA footage, this inspirational film tells the story of the colossal challenges NASA faced to fulfill Kennedy's pledge. With the accolade of flying 24 men safely to the moon, Saturn V is considered one of mankind's greatest technological achievements. This is the story of the most powerful machine ever built, and the men and women who believed it could fly.

Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali

2021

English

6.9

♡ 9

94%

Marcus A. Clarke Director

Malcolm X as Self

Al Sharpton as Self - Civil Rights Activist, Politician

Hana Ali as Self - Daughter of Ali, Author of 'The Soul of a Butterfly'

John F. Kennedy as Self - President of the United States of America

From a chance meeting to a tragic fallout, Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali's extraordinary bond cracks under the weight of distrust and shifting ideals.

The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee

2017

English

7.3

94%

John Maggio Director

John F. Kennedy as Self

Henry Kissinger as Self

Tom Brokaw as Self

Robert Redford as Self

An intimate portrait of Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee, tracing his remarkable ascent from a young Boston boy stricken with polio to the one of the most pioneering and consequential journalistic figures of the 20th century.

Sirius

2013

English

6.2

♡ 2

62%

extraterrestrial technology

international intrigue

interview

ufo

Amardeep Kaleka Director

John F. Kennedy as Self

Dwight D. Eisenhower as Self

Steven M. Greer as Self

Thomas Jane as Self - Narrator

Dr. Steven Greer—an Emergency room doctor turned UFO researcher—discloses top secret information about classified energy and propulsion techniques, investigates new technology and sheds light on criminal and murderous suppression. He does so by accumulating over 100 Government, military and Intelligence-community witnesses who testify on record about the cover-up.

The Last Man on the Moon

2014

English

7.4

♡ 6

94%

Mark Craig Director

John F. Kennedy as Self

Nikita Khrushchev as Self

Jan Nanna Cernan as Self

Edward H. White II as Self

The 1960s was an extraordinary time for the United States. Unburdened by post-war reparations, Americans were preoccupied with other developments like NASA, the game-changing space programme that put Neil Armstrong on the moon. Yet it was astronauts like Eugene Cernan who paved the uneven, perilous path to lunar exploration. A test pilot who lived to court danger, he was recruited along with 14 other men in a secretive process that saw them become the closest of friends and adversaries. In this intensely competitive environment, Cernan was one of only three men who was sent twice to the moon, with his second trip also being NASA’s final lunar mission. As he looks back at what he loved and lost during the eight years in Houston, an incomparably eventful life emerges into view. Director Mark Craig crafts a quietly epic biography that combines the rare insight of the surviving former astronauts with archival footage and otherworldly moonscapes.

Julia

2021

English

7.6

♡ 4

96%

Julie Cohen Director

Dan Aykroyd as Self

John F. Kennedy as Self

Jay Leno as Self

Rachael Ray as Self

Using never-before-seen archival footage, personal photos, first-person narratives, and cutting-edge, mouth-watering food cinematography, the film traces Julia Child's surprising path, from her struggles to create and publish the revolutionary Mastering the Art of French Cooking (1961) which has sold more than 2.5 million copies to date, to her empowering story of a woman who found fame in her 50s, and her calling as an unlikely television sensation.

Tank on the Moon

2007

English

7.3

♡ 3

Action

Documentary

Jean Afanassieff Director

John F. Kennedy as Self

Nikita Khrushchev as Self

Neil Armstrong as Self

Buzz Aldrin as Self

The incredible story of two small robots sent by the Soviets to the moon. Designed in secrecy by Soviet laboratories in the 1960's, this is one of the greatest technological achievements in the history of the USSR. With former USSR space archives, along with recollections by several of the key participants in the Lunokhod program, the true story of the Russian lunar robots, can finally be told!

Apollo: Missions to the Moon

2019

English

7.5

♡ 10

Tom Jennings Director

John F. Kennedy as Self

Walt Disney as Self

Neil Armstrong as Self - Commander, Apollo 11

Buzz Aldrin as Self - Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 11

National Geographic's riveting effort recounts all 12 crewed missions using only archival footage, photos and audio.

The Coldest Game

2019

Polish

6.2

♡ 14

Lukasz Kosmicki Director

Cezary Kosinski as John Gift

Bill Pullman as Joshua Mansky

Robert Wieckiewicz as PKiN Director

John F. Kennedy as Self

Warsaw, Poland, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. Josh Mansky, a troubled math genius and former US chess champion, is recruited to hold a dangerous public match against the Soviet champion, while playing the deadly game of espionage hidden in the darkest shadows of a hostile territory.