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51. The JFK Assassination: The Jim Garrison Tapes (1992)
Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963 at the age of 46. Attractive and charismatic, he was one of the most ... See full summary »
Director: John Barbour | Stars: Jim Garrison, Bill Alford, F. Irvin Dymond, David Ferrie
Votes: 185
52. Peter Jennings Reporting: The Kennedy Assassination - Beyond Conspiracy (2003 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, History
Forty years after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, more than 80% of Americans still believe that Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone. This documentary attempts to separate fact from conspiracy theories to get to the truth.
Director: Mark Obenhaus | Stars: Robert Goldberg, John F. Kennedy, Robert Dallek, Lee Harvey Oswald
Votes: 263
53. JFK: The Final Evidence (2023)
Documentary, Action, Crime
In this two-part series, explore the mystery behind the assassination of President John F Kennedy with Dr David J Hall.
Stars: Emma Long, David J. Hall, Chris Moran
Votes: 26
54. The Only Mother to You All (2008)
TV-PG | 105 min | Comedy
An unstoppable mother of 12 children gets a job at the presidential palace and ends up in the public eye after unwittingly saving the president's life. She gets thrust onto the national ... See full summary »
Director: Wenn V. Deramas | Stars: AiAi Delas Alas, Eugene Domingo, Shaina Magdayao, Carlo Aquino
Votes: 131
55. No More Excuses (1968)
62 min | Comedy
Downey takes his camera and microphone onto the streets (and into some bedrooms) for a look at Manhattan's singles scene of the late sixties. Of course, that's not all: No More Excuses cuts... See full summary »
Director: Robert Downey Sr. | Stars: Robert Downey Sr., Alan Abel, Lawrence Wolf, Prentice Wilhite
Votes: 343
56. On Trial: Lee Harvey Oswald (1986 TV Movie)
310 min | Documentary
A documentary in which surviving witnesses are recalled to determine the guilt or innocence of the man believed to have murdered President John F. Kennedy.
Director: Ian Hamilton | Stars: Edwin Newman, Lee Harvey Oswald, Earl Warren, Vincent Bugliosi
Votes: 69
57. Image of an Assassination: A New Look at the Zapruder Film (1998 TV Movie)
88 min | Documentary, History
Abraham Zapruder's home-camera footage of the assassination of John F. Kennedy is treated to digital re-mastering. We also get to see the images hidden "between the sprocket holes, " making for a wider view of this much-analyzed event.
Stars: Peter Dean, Joseph Barabe, Phil Chamberlain, Jack Harrison
Votes: 191
58. The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (1924)
120 min | Biography, Drama, History
A biographical film featuring the presidency and assassination of Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: George A. Billings, Danny Hoy, Ruth Clifford, Nell Craig
Votes: 36
59. JFK: The Case for Conspiracy (1993 Video)
103 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Robert J. Groden | Stars: Mark Crouch, Malcolm Kilduff, Charles Brehm, Audrey Bell
Votes: 138
60. Death Faces IV (1988 Video)
87 min | Documentary, Horror
Directors: Countess Victoria Bloodhart, Steve Whight | Stars: Bizarro Blackstone, Damian B. Gravenhorse, Clyde Barrow, John Dillinger
Votes: 63
61. Muchmore Film of Kennedy Assassination (1963)
Documentary, Short, Crime
Stars: Charles Brehm, John Connally, Nellie Connally, William Greer
Votes: 39
62. Since (1966)
67 min | Drama, History
Andy Warhol's experimental reconstruction of the assassination of the President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, which serves as his critical commentary on the way the media presented the tragic event.
Director: Andy Warhol | Stars: Gerard Malanga, Ivy Nicholson, Ondine, Richard Rheem
Votes: 17
63. Reasonable Doubt: The Single-Bullet Theory and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy (1988)
51 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Director: Chip Selby | Stars: Mike Buchanan, Robert J. Groden, Robert R. Shaw, Cyril H. Wecht
Votes: 21
64. The Kennedys: The Curse of Power (2000 TV Movie)
93 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The triumphs and tragedies of America's preeminent political family.
Stars: Joseph P. Kennedy, Hugh Sidey, Kerry McCarthy, Laurence Leamer
Votes: 33
65. The Lincoln Assassination (1995 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 52 min | Documentary
An examination of the conspiracy to assassinate the beloved American president, Abraham Lincoln.
Director: Laura Verklan | Stars: Louise Mudd Arehart, Tom Berenger, James O. Hall, Harold Holzer
Votes: 33
66. Nix Film of Kennedy Assassination (1963)
Documentary, Short, Crime
Stars: John Connally, Nellie Connally, William Greer, Bobby Hargis
Votes: 48
67. Farewell, Mr. President (1987)
87 min | Crime, Thriller
Asko Mertanen is a waiter who is very interested in shooting. He gets fed up how the things are run in Finland, so he thinks that the best way to change them is to shoot the Finnish president.
Director: Matti Kassila | Stars: Hannu Lauri, Laila Räikkä, Antti Litja, Esa Saario
Votes: 352
68. Reversion (2020)
98 min | Thriller
A guy is on the run after being accused of killing the president. He claims it was not him, but someone who looks like him. Some army experiment he may have been involved with is blamed.
Director: Christopher Miles | Stars: Isaac Stephen Montgomery, Marshal Glenn, Angel Valerio, M. Steven Felty
Votes: 76
69. Himitsu: Top Secret - The Revelation (2008)
22 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
In the near future, it is possible to extract memories from a person's brain up until 48 hours after their death. A special police unit uses this method to solve crimes, but this raises many ethical dilemmas and privacy concerns.
Stars: Daisuke Namikawa, Tomokazu Seki, Ai Nonaka, Nozomu Sasaki
Votes: 44
70. Kinkyû UFO tettei shuzai tokuhô! (1989 TV Movie)
97 min | Documentary
Director: Jun'ichi Yaoi | Stars: John Blaha, John Brandenburg, George Bush, Milton William Cooper
71. 7th Son
Thriller | Announced
A group of strangers come together after an assassination of the U.S. president and make an unusual discover about themselves.
72. Disasters of the Century (1985 Video)
38 min | Documentary, Short, History
Film footage of famous 20th century disasters.
Votes: 14
73. The Zapruder Film: Truth or Deception? (2007 Video)
10 min | Documentary, Short, History
Does the Zapruder Film we see today accurately represent the true events of November 22, 1963, or has it been altered?
Stars: John Connally, Nellie Connally, William Greer, Bobby Hargis
74. Wild, Wild West: The Steel Assassin (1999 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Mystery
In this action adventure, both a sequel to Wild Wild West (1999) and very loose remake of The Wild Wild West: The Night of the Steel Assassin (1966), Artemus Gordon and Jim West must stop a mysterious assassin known only as The Bull before she can kill President Grant.
Stars: Jim Ward, Andre Ware
Votes: 8
75. Murderers, Mobsters & Madmen Vol. 2: Assassination in the 20th Century (1993 Video)
27 min | Documentary, Short, Crime
This episode of Murderers,Mobsters & Madmen will look at the infamous and notorious assassinations that plagued America in the 20th Century and changed her forever.
Director: Nick Bougas | Stars: Harold Wells, The Beatles, James Brady, Arthur Bremer
Votes: 17
76. Women's Murder Club: A Darker Shade of Grey (2009 Video Game)
Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Second entry in the Women's Murder Club "hidden object" adventure game series based on the eponymous book and TV crime series. Suspicious death of a teen cadet from a prestigious secretive military academy uncovers a conspiracy.
Director: Viachaslau Sych
77.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?
(1993)
TV-MA | 180 min | Documentary, News
At heart of mystery of who killed John F. Kennedy lies puzzle of Lee Harvey Oswald.
Directors: William Cran, Ben Loeterman | Stars: Will Lyman, Gary Oldman, Ludmila Toman, Sergei Grigorev
Votes: 86
78.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
America 1900
(1998)
TV-PG | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Exploration of life in America in the first year of the 20th century, using archive film footage and photographs.
Director: David Grubin | Star: David McCullough
Votes: 45
79.
Days That Shook the World (2003–2005)
Episode:
Terror: Made in America - Assassination of Abraham Lincoln & Oklahoma City Bombing
(2004)
30 min | Documentary, History
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth and the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City by Timothy McVay are profiled.
Director: Dan Clifton | Stars: Peter Guinness, Jim Babel, Cathy Scearce, Donald William Jayroe
Votes: 14
80.
Unsolved History (2002–2005)
Episode:
Plots to Kill Lincoln
(2004)
TV-PG | 43 min | Documentary, History, Mystery
The multiple plots and conspiracies to assassinate President Lincoln before that of John Wilkes Booth.
Directors: Robert M. Wise, Dan Gagliasso | Stars: Heather Burton, Gregory A. Gale, Dan Galiaso, Dale Gibson
Votes: 14
81.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
Insanity on Trial
(1990)
TV-PG | Documentary, Biography, History
The assassination of President James Garfield in 1880 by Charles Guiteau, who believed his actions were ordained by God, resulted in a trial where the plea "innocent by reason of insanity" was used for the first time.
Director: Rocky Collins | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Ron Vawter, Bart Whiteman, Robert Fields
Votes: 17
82.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Deadly Assassin: Part One
(1976)
TV-PG | 21 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A mysterious evil is at work on Gallifrey. The President of the Time Lords has been assassinated and the Doctor caught red-handed. An inexorable master plan has been set in motion. There can be no escape
Director: David Maloney | Stars: Tom Baker, Llewellyn Rees, Bernard Horsfall, George Pravda
Votes: 707
83.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Lee Harvey Oswald - October 5, 1957 - November 22, 1963: Part 1
(1992)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Sam's leap takes a dramatic turn when he begins leaping randomly throughout the life of Lee Harvey Oswald, accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy. Matters are complicated further when Sam's mind becomes tangled with Oswald's.
Director: James Whitmore Jr. | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Reni Santoni, Willie Garson
Votes: 513
84.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Lee Harvey Oswald - October 5, 1957 - November 22, 1963: Part 2
(1992)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
As the date for Dallas draws nearer, Oswald's personality is getting harder to control. Al is finding it harder to connect with Sam. Is Sam supposed to save the President, or unearth the conspiracy?
Director: James Whitmore Jr. | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Reni Santoni, Willie Garson
Votes: 481
85.
Red Dwarf (1988– )
Episode:
Tikka to Ride
(1997)
TV-14 | 29 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Following the encounter with their future selves, Kryten forbids the use of time travel but Lister wishes to go back in time to get some curry. However, the crew instead end up in Dallas, 1963 on the day John F. Kennedy is assassinated.
Director: Ed Bye | Stars: Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules, Robert Llewellyn
Votes: 903
86.
The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode:
Back There
(1961)
TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
At a prominent club in Washington, D.C., a socialite argues about whether it would be possible to change history by traveling back in time. When he leaves the club he finds himself in 1865, on the night that President Lincoln will be shot.
Director: David Orrick McDearmon | Stars: Russell Johnson, Paul Hartman, Bartlett Robinson, John Lasell
Votes: 2,852
87.
The Wild Wild West (1965–1969)
Episode:
The Night of the Skulls
(1966)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Western
Jim pretends to kill Arte. Now, posing as a wanted man, Jim infiltrates a murderous clan, where he uncovers a plot to assassinate President Grant.
Director: Alan Crosland Jr. | Stars: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Donald Woods, Lisa Gaye
Votes: 187
88.
The Wild Wild West (1965–1969)
Episode:
The Night of the Steel Assassin
(1966)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Western
Jim and Arte must stop Torres - a dangerous man in black more metal than flesh, with superhuman strength, the power of hypnosis, and a taste for revenge - from killing President Grant.
Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, John Dehner, Sue Ane Langdon
Votes: 221
89.
Prison Break (2005–2017)
Episode:
Flight
(2006)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
As the escape continues, lives are lost and Pope and Bellick do everything in their power to capture the convicts.
Director: Kevin Hooks | Stars: Dominic Purcell, Wentworth Miller, Robin Tunney, Amaury Nolasco
Votes: 6,966
90.
Conspiracy? (2004– )
Episode:
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
(2004)
Documentary
The leading alternative to the theory that John Wilkes Booth and a few others conspired to murder Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson and William Seward is a Confederate conspiracy. The details... See full summary »
Stars: Tom Kane, William Davis, Kevin Ging, Charles Higham
Votes: 11
91.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
Oswald's Ghost
(2008)
TV-PG | 83 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Robert Stone
Votes: 30
92.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
(2009)
TV-PG | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Barak Goodman | Stars: Will Patton, Guy Gane, Jason Roberts, Alexander Fedorchak
Votes: 108
93.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?
(2003)
TV-MA | Documentary, News
Stars: Fidel Castro, Mikhail Gorbachev, J. Edgar Hoover, Lyndon B. Johnson
Votes: 26
94.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Who Shot President Kennedy?
(1988)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Star: Walter Cronkite
Votes: 14
95.
Timewatch (1982– )
Episode:
The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald
(1993)
99 min | Documentary, History
A detailed look at the early life of Oswald and his movements on the day of the Kennedy assassination.
Stars: James P. Hosty, Gerald Posner, G. Robert Blakey, Evelyn Segal
Votes: 10
96.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided Part 6 - Blind with Weeping
(2001)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Following the Union victory at Gettysburg, and the surrender at Appomattox, the president tells Mary Lincoln they can find some happiness again. Just days later, he is shot to death.
Director: David Grubin | Stars: Holly Hunter, David McCullough, David Morse
Votes: 35
97.
America's Book of Secrets (2012–2021)
Episode:
Presidential Assassins
(2013)
TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary
Over the last centuries, there have been four successful presidential assassinations and a multitude of failed attempts. But do we know the real story behind these assassination plots?
Stars: Jonathan Adams, Norman Jarvis, Ronald Kessler, Al Corbi
Votes: 41
98.
24: Live Another Day (2014)
Episode:
Day 9: 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.
(2014)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Jack Bauer and President Heller endure the unthinkable to thwart the terror attacks of Margot Al-Harazi. Meanwhile, Jordan faces a life-or-death struggle and Kate takes drastic measures to track down Margot before it's too late.
Director: Jon Cassar | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Yvonne Strahovski, Tate Donovan, Mary Lynn Rajskub
Votes: 1,390
99.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Cold Case JFK
(2013)
TV-14 | 53 min | Documentary
The 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy is re-investigated using modern technology and contemporary scientific techniques. Included: ballistics experts reconstruct the shooting in a test of the "single bullet theory".
Director: Rushmore DeNooyer | Stars: Jay O. Sanders, Mike Haag, Josiah Thompson, G. Robert Blakey
Votes: 253
100.
Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode:
The Spy Who Came Up to the Cold
(2014)
TV-PG | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After the assassination of U.S. President William McKinley in Buffalo, Ottawa-based spy Terrance Meyers shows in Toronto. The Canadian government is concerned that some of the assassin's ... See full summary »
Director: Sudz Sutherland | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Thomas Craig, Helene Joy, Jonny Harris
Votes: 300