Cast: John F. Kennedy

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring John F. Kennedy. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics

2010 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States

Direction Mac Carter

Cast Ryan Reynolds · Lynda Carter · Zack Snyder · David Cronenberg

Synopsis A look at the history of the comic book publication that launched such legendary characters as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.

7.1

257 votes

7.1

257 votes

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1960 · Documentary · 60 min. · United States

Direction Robert Drew

Cast Robert Drew · Hubert H. Humphrey · John F. Kennedy · Jacqueline Kennedy

Synopsis Cinema verite feature that follows presidential hopefuls John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey during the 1960 Wisconsin primary.

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6.9

64 votes

6.9

64 votes

The Zapruder Film (S)

1963 · Documentary · 1 min. · United States

Direction Abraham Zapruder

Cast John F. Kennedy · Jacqueline Kennedy

Synopsis The Zapruder film is a silent 8mm color motion picture sequence shot by private citizen Abraham Zapruder with a Bell & Howell home-movie camera, as U.S. President John F. Kennedy's motorcade passed through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas on November...

6.4

87 votes

6.4

87 votes

Direction Gary Leva

Cast John Baxter · John Calley · Arthur C. Clarke · Rob Coleman

Synopsis In 2001: A Space Odyssey, Stanley Kubrick showed us what the future might look like. How true was his vision? This documentary employs interviews with filmmakers, screenwriters and authors - including Arthur C. Clarke - to delve deep into the...

6.3

25 votes

6.3

25 votes

Direction Barbara Kopple · Danny Schechter

Cast Ike Pappas · Oliver Stone · Tom Wicker · Walter Cronkite

Synopsis A documentary destined to calmly explain and analyze the facts, myths and rumours about John Kennedy's assassination and the overwhelming use of information in Oliver Stone's epic "JFK" (1991), at the same time it presents a behind the scenes documentary...

6.1

36 votes

6.1

36 votes

Marilyn Monroe: Auction of a Lifetime

2017 · Documentary · 47 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Patrick Reams

Cast Lois Banner · Ellen Burstyn · Sarah Churchwell · Marian Collier

Synopsis A chronicle of the life of Marilyn Monroe, told through some of her most personal possessions as they are put up for auction.

6.0

22 votes

6.0

22 votes

JFK: The Lost Bullet (TV)

2011 · Documentary · 60 min. · United States

Direction Max Holland

Cast Ed Herlihy · John F. Kennedy · Max Holland · Earl Warren

Synopsis It's been called the most important piece of film evidence of all time. Locked away in the vaults of the National Archives, the original Zapruder film that captured the vital 11 seconds of President John F Kennedy's assassination sits tattered...

5.7

154 votes

5.7

154 votes

Direction Emma Cooper

Cast Ray Bull · CJ Johnson · Sorrel Johnson · Andre Lillis

Synopsis This documentary explores the mystery surrounding the death of movie icon Marilyn Monroe through previously unheard interviews with her inner circle.

5.5

817 votes

5.5

817 votes

JFK: One Day in America

2023 · Documentary · United States

Direction Ella Wright

Cast Clint Hill · John F. Kennedy

Synopsis JFK: One Day in America is a three-part series that offers a comprehensive account of the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy and the ripples that followed. It commemorates six decades since that tragic moment in American history on...

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Glauber o Filme, Labirinto do Brasil

2003 · Documentary · 80 min. · Brazil

Direction Silvio Tendler

Cast Camila Amado · Jorge Amado · Paulo Autran · Bruno Barreto

Synopsis Documentary about Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha, one of the most important names in the movement called "Cinema Novo", with interviews with some of his friends and colleagues.

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Marilyn Monroe: The Mortal Goddess

1996 · Documentary · 92 min. · United States

Direction Kevin Burns · Jeff Scheftel

Cast James Bacon · George Cukor · Theodore Curphey · Joe DiMaggio

Synopsis An account of the life and career of Marilyn Monroe, one of Hollywood's most famous and glamorous movie stars. Her sad and difficult childhood is recounted, including her mother's breakdown and her life with unsympathetic foster parents. After being "discovered"...

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Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

1963 · Documentary · 52 min. · United States

Direction Robert Drew

Cast John F. Kennedy · George Wallace · Robert F. Kennedy · Vivian Malone

Synopsis During a two-day period before and after the University of Alabama integration crisis, the film uses five camera crews to follow President John F. Kennedy, attorney general Robert F. Kennedy, Alabama governor George Wallace, deputy attorney general Nicholas Katzenbach and...

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The War at Home

1979 · Documentary · 100 min. · United States

Direction Glenn Silber · Barry Alexander Brown

Cast Allen Ginsberg · John Connally · John Ehrlichman · Dwight D. Eisenhower

Synopsis Interviews with people involved with and leading the Madison, Wisconsin area resistance to the Vietnam war.

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Dallas, une journée particulière

2012 · Documentary · 84 min. · France

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The Lost JFK Tapes: The Assassination (TV)

2009 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States

Direction Tom Jennings

Cast John F. Kennedy · Raymond Buck · J. Herbert Sawyer · Oscar Huber

Synopsis Jonh Fiztgerald Kennedy assasination day exhaustively reconstructed with new footage: tv news, radio reports and home movies.

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Direction Wilfried Huismann

Cast Fidel Castro · Alexander Haig · John F. Kennedy

Synopsis Investigation of the Cuban leader Fidel Castro's role in the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy

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Virtual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived

2008 · Documentary · 80 min. · United States

Direction Koji Masutani

Cast John F. Kennedy

Synopsis VIRTUAL JFK investigates one of the most debated "what if" scenarios in the history of U.S. foreign policy: What would President John F. Kennedy have done in Vietnam if he had not been assassinated in 1963, and had he been...

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