Movies like JFK
Discover a curated list of captivating movies similar to JFK. Explore films such as In the Line of Fire, Clear and Present Danger, and The Pelican Brief, around the themes of conspiracy theory, investigation, assassination of president. Other notable keywords include homicide and john f. kennedy assassination.
#1
In the Line of Fire
Synopsis:
Veteran Secret Service agent Frank Horrigan is a man haunted by his failure to save President Kennedy while serving protection detail in Dallas. Thirty years later, a man calling himself "Booth" threatens the life of the current President, forcing Horrigan to come back to protection detail to confront the ghosts from his past.
Starring:
Clint Eastwood,
John Malkovich,
Gary Cole
#2
Clear and Present Danger
Synopsis:
CIA Analyst Jack Ryan is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.
Starring:
Willem Dafoe,
Benjamin Bratt,
Harrison Ford
#3
The Pelican Brief
Synopsis:
Two Supreme Court Justices have been assassinated. One lone law student has stumbled upon the truth. An investigative journalist wants her story. Everybody else wants her dead.
Starring:
Denzel Washington,
Stanley Tucci,
John Heard
#4
The Insider
Synopsis:
Tells the true story of a 60 Minutes television series exposé of the tobacco industry, as seen through the eyes of a real tobacco executive, Jeffrey Wigand.
Starring:
Christopher Plummer,
Colm Feore,
Stephen Tobolowsky
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#5
The Dark Knight
Synopsis:
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.
Starring:
Gary Oldman,
Morgan Freeman,
Christian Bale
#6
GoodFellas
Synopsis:
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
Starring:
Robert De Niro,
Joe Pesci,
Ray Liotta
Plot:
gangster,
mafia,
organized crime,
sadistic psychopath,
rise and fall,
mob,
robbery,
gang violence,
adultery,
infidelity
...
#7
Angel Has Fallen
Synopsis:
After a treacherous attack, Secret Service agent Mike Banning is charged with attempting to assassinate President Trumbull. Chased by his own colleagues and the FBI, Banning begins a race against the clock to clear his name.
Starring:
Ori Pfeffer,
Gerard Butler,
Jada Pinkett Smith
#8
Patriot Games
Synopsis:
When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.
Starring:
Samuel L. Jackson,
Harrison Ford,
James Fox
#9
Z
Synopsis:
Repression is the rule of the day in this film that skewers Greek governance of the 1960s. Z, a leftist rabble rouser, is killed in what appears to be a traffic accident. But given the political climate, the death of such a prominent activist raises troubling questions. Though it's too late to save Z's life, a postmortem examination suggests that the ruling party was behind his death. As the fact…
Starring:
Jacques Perrin,
Jean-Louis Trintignant,
Magali Noël
Plot:
murder investigation,
rally,
right wing,
police,
government,
military,
politician,
1960s,
violence,
political cover up
...
#10
Traffic
Synopsis:
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and i…
Starring:
Dennis Quaid,
Michael Douglas,
Don Cheadle
Plot:
mexico,
judge,
cocaine,
interlinked stories,
drug smuggling,
kidnapping,
drug cartel,
drug trafficking,
color filter,
drug war
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#11
The Wolf of Wall Street
Synopsis:
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Starring:
Jonah Hill,
Margot Robbie,
Jon Bernthal
#12
The Dark Knight Rises
Synopsis:
Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city t…
Starring:
Joseph Gordon-Levitt,
Gary Oldman,
Anne Hathaway
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#13
Chinatown
Synopsis:
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.
Starring:
James Hong,
Jack Nicholson,
Roman Polanski
Plot:
neo noir,
private detective,
femme fatale,
detective,
police,
water rights,
tragedy,
year 1937,
racism,
domestic violence
...
#14
The Foreigner
Synopsis:
Quan is a humble London businessman whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love – his teenage daughter – dies in an Irish Republican Army car bombing. His relentless search to find the terrorists leads to a cat-and-mouse conflict with a British government official whose own past may hold the clues to the identities of the elusive killers.
Starring:
Ray Fearon,
Jackie Chan,
Pierce Brosnan
Plot:
gun,
justice,
terrorism,
explosion,
london england,
handgun,
death,
death of daughter,
affair,
restaurant
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#15
The Accountant
Synopsis:
As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise.
Starring:
J.K. Simmons,
Ben Affleck,
Anna Kendrick
Plot:
accountant,
autism,
assassin,
brother brother relationship,
sniper,
training,
father,
money,
brother,
forced suicide
...
#16
Scarface
Synopsis:
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own d…
Starring:
Michelle Pfeiffer,
Steven Bauer,
Harris Yulin
#17
Three Days of the Condor
Synopsis:
A bookish CIA researcher finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust.
Starring:
Robert Redford,
Max von Sydow,
Cliff Robertson
#18
Sicario
Synopsis:
An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
Starring:
Raoul Max Trujillo,
Emily Blunt,
Jon Bernthal
#19
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Synopsis:
Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. And with Batman and Superman at war with one another, a new threat quickly arises, putting mankind in greater danger than it’s ever known before.
Starring:
Callan Mulvey,
Jesse Eisenberg,
Ben Affleck
#20
All the President's Men
Synopsis:
During the 1972 elections, two reporters' investigation sheds light on the controversial Watergate scandal that compels President Nixon to resign from his post.
Starring:
Robert Redford,
Dustin Hoffman,
Ned Beatty