John F. Kennedy books and films, ranked by your taste
Author and actor · 1 book and 10 films on Boxlist
Best known for Profiles in Courage.
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John F. Kennedy on screen
Starring John F. Kennedy

The Irishman
2019 · Film
7.7/10 · TMDBPennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy...

The Fog of War
2003 · Film
7.9/10 · TMDBUsing 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...

JFK
1991 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDBFollows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Get Me Roger Stone
2017 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDBFrom 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...

Uncle Tom
2020 · Film
7.9/10 · TMDBIn 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...

Thirteen Days
2000 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDBThe 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.
Where to watch:Rent or buy
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
2022 · Film
7.1/10 · TMDBA man narrates stories of his life as a 10-year-old boy in 1969 Houston, weaving tales of nostalgia with a fantastical account of a journey to the moon.

Mermaids
1990 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDBFifteen-year-old Charlotte Flax is tired of her wacky mom moving their family to a different town any time she feels it is necessary. When they move to a small Massachusetts town and Mrs. Flax begins dating a shopkeeper, Charlotte and her...

JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
2021 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDBThirty 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...

The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes
2022 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDBThis documentary explores the mystery surrounding the death of movie icon Marilyn Monroe through previously unheard interviews with her inner circle.
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