Journalist Films To Watch - If you liked Civil War (2024)

Civil War (2024) is a journalism film rather that a film exploring a second US Civil War. This peace is for people that want more about journalist and are interested in that part of the film and want more. 

For those that want to explore a second US Civil War in a film I have written an article about this subject (in 2021 and updated it in 2024) Films about a Second US Civil War  - Updated. It has what I could find.

All The President's Men (1976) 

Washington Post reporters Woodward and Bernstein uncover and report on the Watergate scandals which lead to President Nixon resigning. Based All The President’s Men by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward [First published in 1974].

Under Fire (1983)
Set in 1979 during the last days of the Somoza Government in Nicaragua. Photojournalist Russell Price, TV Reporter Alex Grazier, Print Reporter Claire Stryder are part of the press core in country. The three have history and a love triangle which causes tension between them. As the war gets closer to ending Russell loses objectivity and supports the rebels with staging of an important leader still being alive. Resulting in Russell and those helping him becoming targets of Somoza's supporters. 

The Killing Fields (1984)
Based on the book The Death and Life of Dith Pran by Sydney Schanberg [First Published in 1985]. During the Cambodian Civil War between The Cambodian National Army and the Communist Khmer Rouge. Journalists Sydney Schanberg and Dith Pran meet while working for the New York Times. When Dith Pran is captured and by the Khmer Rouge and sent to a labor and reeducation camp where he survives and seeks to escape. While this is happening Sydney Schanberg works on a campaign to free Dith Pran and reunite him with his family in the US. 

Salvador (1986)
Based on a true story photojournalist Richard Boyle and his friend Dr. Rock drive down to El Salvador during the early days of the Salvadorian Civil War. In covering events and people involved in the war.  Various parties try to use Richard Boyle for their needs while he tries to protect and get his girlfriend Maria a local citizen out of the country. 

Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
Based on the book Welcome to Sarajevo: Natasha's Story by Michael Nickelson [First Published in 1994] Two journalist Michael Henderson and Jimmy Flynn go to report on the Boasian War in 1992 the two try to beat each other to the best and most newsworthy stories. Until Jimmy decides to help a young orphan girl leave the country changing his life and those around him. 

Live from Baghdad (2002)
Based on the book Live from Baghdad: Making Journalism History From Behind the Lines by Robert Wiener [First Published in 1992]. In 1990 CNN Executive Producer Robert Weiner assembles a team to report on Iraq and the Persian Gulf War. 

War Stories (2003)
TV pilot movie about experienced Journalist Ben Dansmore and a rookie photojournalist Nore Stone as they are paired up to cover a war in the Middle East. 

Hollywood Writers (What it is like to be a Hollywood writer by Hollywood)

Writing for Hollywood; screenwriter as the protagonist by Hollywood. 

Mank (2020)

In the 1940's the studio RKO makes a deal giving Orsen Wells creative control of his films. Orsen Wells hires script writer Herman J Mankiewicz to write the screenplay for Citizen Kane (1941). This film goes over how it was written. 

The Screenwriters (2016) 

Set in the 1940's Producer Chester Mayer demands that a feature length film script be completed in 24 hours. Scriptwriters Stewart Harvey and Chip Leninskovich are at different points in their careers have to work together to create the script or they are unemployed. As they clash with how the story should go, other writers and studio employees inject their suggestions and demands making the process more challenging. 

Their Finest (2016)

Based on the novel Their Finest Hour and a Half by Lissa Evens [First Published in 2009]. Set during WWII secretary Catrin Cole becomes a script writer for propaganda films on behalf of the Allies. 

Trumbo (2015)

Based on the book Dalton Trumbo by Bruce Cook [First Published in 1977] Dalton Trumbo was one of the most in demand screen writers in the 1940's. Until his membership with the Communist Party USA gets him and 9 other writers and directors called to testify before Congress.  Refusing to cooperate The Hollywood10 were found to be in contempt and serve prison time. Upon release Trumbo is on the Hollywood blacklist created by the Assocation of Motion Picture Producers. Unable to work he finds ways to work around it until the blacklist was done away with. 

The Rewright (2014)

A burned-out screen writer Keith Michaels goes to work as a professor for Binghamton University located in upstate New York where he is assigned to teach screen writing. At first, he is just there to collect a check but over time finds he loves teaching and falls in love with a single mother taking his class.

True West (2014/2002)

Based on the stage play True West by Sam Shepard [First Published in 1981]. Brothers Austin a screen writer and his older brother Lee a drifter and small-time criminal. Must work together to complete a movie script. 

The TV Set (2006)

Story about the creation of a TV pilot starting from writing to casting, to production, and airing.  

King Kong (2005)

The third version of King Kong set in the 1930's movie producer and director Carl Denham latest film is about to be canceled he creates a team to finish his film. All he needs is a lead actress and a writer. He finds actress Ann Darrow in need of work and writer Jack Driscol who he tricks ad traps on s ship he has chartered to Skull Island. Once on the island they discover it is filled with strange creatures and a native tribe. When Ann is taken by the tribe and given to their deity King Kong a giant gorilla Jack who has fallen in love with Ann, forms a rescue party to save her. This results with King Kong being captured and brought to New York. Where he escapes and resulting in a violent clash of man vs nature. 

Adaption (2002)

Based on the true story of screen writer Charlie Kaufman's struggles to make a faithful adaption of the nonfiction book The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean [First Published in 1998] to the screen. 

New Suit (2002)

Inspired by the fairy tale The Emperor's New Clothes frustrated screen writer Kevin Taylor creates a rumor about an exciting fictional writer Jordon Strawberry and his screen play New Suit. This rumor generates a lot of interest within the industry as people put their desires into what the script and writer are about. 

The Majestic (2001)                                                                                                                                  Set in 1951 a Hollywood screen writer Peter Appleton has a car accident after a night of drinking and bad news he loses his memory and washes up in a small town where he is mistaken for the lost MIA son of the local movie theater owner Harry Trimble. Peter revives the local treater and brings life back to the town before he regains his memory.  Having regained his memories, he has to face congress and the House on Un-American Activates after being accused of being a communist. 

Chump Change (2000)

Comedy inspired by Writer, Director Stephen Burrows experiences starting out in Hollywood as he tried to find success, fame, and wealth. 

Hit and Runaway (1999)

Alex Andro wants to work in movies as a writer and has stroke of luck when he finds a producer interested in his idea about a cop working undercover as a fashion model. needing help to finish his project he forms a writing partnership with a more experienced writer Elliot Springer. 

The Muse (1999)

After winning a lifetime achievement award Steven Phillips has a career crisis. Not wanting to retire he hires a professional MUSE to revive his career. The Muse Sarah Little makes his life uncomfortable but in dealing with her his work improves ad he gets a new opportunity.  

Just Wright (1997)

Harold McMurphy is a Hollywood tour bus driver. One day he gets the opportunity to meet his favorite actress Amanda Clark where he pretends to be a successful writer. Amanda is unhappy with a script she is attached to, so she hires him to make changes to it. Wanting to spend more time with her he agrees, and things are going well until his lies are discovered.  

Doppelganger (1993)

Patrick Highsmith is a professional screen writer that is needing some extra cash. When he rents a room out to mysterious Heiress Holly Gooding they get romantically involved. Then strange things start to happen, when he learns of a murder of her parents and of her belief that her doppelganger is killing those that get too close, he has to find a way to protect himself and her from a real danger. 

The Player (1992)

Based on the novel The Player by Michael Tolkin [First Published in 1988]. Griffin Mill is a studio executive that makes decisions about what scripts and pitches move forward to development. When a coworker making moves to replace him Griffin starts receiving death threats from a writer whose script that he rejected. Not knowing who stalking and threatening him Griffin thinks he knows who it is and kills him.  Only for it to be the wrong person. As Griffen makes moves to save his career and evade law enforcement from identifying him as the murderer. Having done this the stalker reveals himself and has written a script about a studio executive that is being stalked by a writer whose work he rejected and kills the wrong man. Griffen likes the script but requests a Hollywood ending with the producer getting away with it. 

Barton Fink (1991)

Set in the 1940's Barton Fink is a successful New York playwright that is enticed to write a screenplay for Hollywood. Only to regret it when things to turn out differently from what he thought it would be. 

The Big Picture (1989) 

Recent film school graduate Nick Chapman won the top prize for his short film upon graduating. This gets him some attention from Hollywood.  Where he wants to make a serious drama that he has written. As he tries to make progress and making changes to get his film made. Hollywood starts to lose interest in him until he hits bottom. At this point he reconnects with a former classmate and creates an award-winning music video with an unknown band. This rekindles Hollywood's interest in him although this time he refuses to comprise on the film he wants to make. 

The Lonely Lady (1983)

Based on the novel The Lonely Lady by Harold Robbind [First Published in 1976] Jerilee Randel starts as a young high school graduate with dreams of success in Hollywood as a screen writer. After gaining some success in rewriting her first husband's script their marriage falls apart. As she works towards having her own script produced, she gets involves in a series of affairs with both men and women. 

Paris When It Sizzles (1964)

A screen writer hired by a producer to write a screen play for the title The Girl Who Stole The Eiffel Tower. With the deadline two days away, a temp secretary is hired to get the final product ready. The problem is that almost nothing has been written so the two of them collaborate to complete the script in time by going around Paris writing and acting out the story. 

Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-1966)

Home and work life of Robert Petrie who is the head writer of a TV comedy sketch show. 

Beloved Infidel (1959)

Based on the memoir Beloved Infidel by Sheilah Graham [First Published in 1958]. During the 1930's Sheilah Graham leaves London, England for the US where she becomes a gossip cosmist and radio host. In this role she becomes involved with F. Scotts Fitzgerald who has been writing screen plays to make money to cover various bills as he struggles with alcoholism and poor health. 

In a Lonely Place (1950)

Based on the novel In A Lonely Place by Dorothy B, Hughes [First Published in 1947]. Dixon Steele is a screen writer that has not had a success in some time. When a producer consults him about adapting a novel. Learning that the coat room girl read the novel while he was meeting with the producer, he takes her home to discuss her thoughts. The next day she is found dead, and Dixon is the prime suspect. However, his neighbor Laurel Grey is able to provide an alibi. The two become romantically involved and Dixon writing, and life improves however Laurel starts to have doubts about his innocence because of his short temper and that the police are still investigating him resulting in the relationship imploding. 

Sunset Blvd. (1950)

Joe Gillis is a screen writer that is having money problems being unable to sell his latest script. Trying to keep his car from being reposed he hides the car at an old mansion that seems empty. Finding a occupied by a former silent film star Norma Desmond. Joe flatters her and gets himself hired to help rewrite a script she has written for her return to acting. As time passes, she becomes more possessive of Joe and sabotages his work on a script that a studio is interested in. Leading to a deadly fight where he confronts her on the truth that she is a has been and that he is planning to return to his hometown. 

Labor Union Films

 Labor unions, strikes, labor organizing films. 

Newest to oldest. 

The Simpsons: Night of the Living Wage: Season 35; Episode 14 (2024)
After an unexpected medical bill requires Marge to get a job. She takes one with a food delivery start up. When the company proves to be a bad employer Marge starts a union, while company fights back.  Leading to a war and nobody being happy. 

Cesar Chavez (2014)
Based on the life of Cesar Chavez Labor Leader and co-founder of the United Farm Workers (UFW) the film devotes a lot of time to his work in the 1960’s and 70’s. 

Cart (2014)
The employees of a big box store unionize when the management start to lay off workers and forcing employees to deal with short staffing. 

Bread and Roses (2000)
Two sisters Maya and Rosa work as janitors and maids for a non-union company in Los Angeles, CA. When The Service-workers Union sends an organizer Sam Shapiro; conflict rises as management and employees fight for what they want. 

Harlan County War (2000)
Based on the Harlan County War in the 1930’s, A Kentucky woman with both her husband and Father hurt by the mines she joins the strikers in the long battle for better pay, working and living conditions.

The Simpsons: Last Exit To Springfield: Season 4; Episode 17 (1993)
When the dental plan is canceled by Mr. Burns to save money. Homer Simpson gets elected Union leader. As the leader of the union Homer leads a strike to get the dental plan back and other union goals. 

Germinal (1993)
Set in France during the 19^th century the miners of a town strike for better conditions. The aristocrats make moves to end the strike by any means necessary.  

Daens (1992)
Based on the book Pieter Daens by Louis Paul Boon [First Published in 1971]. Catholic Priest is sent to Aalst where he finds the working conditions at the major employer a textile factory deplorable, he works to help the poor going against the rich and powerful in society and the Catholic Church. 

Hoffa (1992)
Based on the life of Jimmy Hoffa a labor Union leader that had success in creating a successful and powerful labor union and got involved with organized crime before disappearing in 1972.  

Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story (1992)
After Jimmy Hoffa disappears the top position of the Teamsters Union is vacant. Jackie Presser a long time official in the union takes over as union president. 

Newsies (1992/2017) 
A musical about New York City newsboy Strike of 1899, When the newspaper publishers increase the distribution price of the already under paid newsboys, the boys form a union to battle the increase and for better working conditions.

Matewan (1987)
Set in Matewan, West Virginia Joe Kenehan a union organizer arrives in Matewan to help the miners.  While the company brings in scabs and strike breakers and union busters to keep things as they are. This results in bloody violent clashes. This is later reviled to be one of the early events in the West Virginia Coal Wars.   

Act of Vengeance (1986)
Based on the book Act of Vengeance by Trevor Armbrister [First Published in 1980]. After an accident the killed 80 miners in West Virginia the president of the United Coal Miners Union sides with the companies. Joseph Yablonski puts in his bid to become the President in the 1969 elections. Making him a target for assignation.  

Armed and Dangerous (1986)
A former cop and lawyer join a security guard company. When the pair question the union and the company they are punished. They decide to investigate what is going on and end up making enemies of everyone.  

Gung Ho (1986) TV Series: Gung Ho (1986-1987)
After the main employer a car company Hadleyville, Pennsylvania shuts down former foreman Hunt Stevenson convinces a Japanese Car Company to buy and reopen the factory. Things are good until the Japanese Management and American culture clash. Causing frustration and friction on both sides resulting in a walk off. With the plant at risk of being shutting down again the town comes together to save the plant and find a way to resolve their differences. 

Silkwood (1983)
Based on Who Killed Karen Silkwood? by Howard Kohn [First Published in 1981]. Karen Silkwood is an employee at a Kerr-Magee Petroleum Plant. When working conditions become dangerous due to cost saving measures and forced overtime. Karen becomes a union activist and whistle blower. Until her death in a car crash.      

Norma Rae (1979)
Based on the true story textile worker and union organizer Crystal Lee Sutton. Norma Rae is an employee at a cotton mill that has poor and dangerous working conditions. Norma tries to unsuccessfully improve working conditions. When union organizer   Sonny Webster comes to create a union, Norma Rae devotes herself to the creation of the union. Resulting in angering her employers and alienating her friends and family she will not stop until a union is created. 

F.I.S.T. (1978)
Set in the 1930’s Johnny Kovack is a dock worker in Cleveland, Ohio shows he is a charismatic man that can bring workers together. When he loses his job, he is recruited to work for a labor union. After being successful after violent clash with his former employer he rises up the ranks and becomes powerful target to be taken down by his enemies. 

Which Way is Up? (1977)
Orange picker Leroy Jones loses his job after getting involved in a labor action. So, he goes to LA where he gets more involved with the company that fired him and the union that got him fired.  

Why Rock The Boat? (1974)
Set in 1940 Harry Barnes becomes a reporter for The Daily Witness. As he learns on the job, he becomes interested in fellow reporter Julia Martin who is working to form a journalist union. 

Boxcar Bertha (1972)
Based on Sister of the Road by, Ben L. Reitman [First Published in 1937]. A union leader and a young woman start a war with the railroad bosses becoming criminals in the process.

The Molly Maguires (1970)
Based on the book Lament for the Molly Maguires, by Arthur H Lewis [First Published in 1964]. In 1876 a secret society of Irish Immigrant Miners fight against the mine owners Pennsylvania and other places fight for better working conditions with gun powder, sabotage, and the support of the poor. The mine owners hire the Pinkerton Detective Agency to stop the society. 

The Organizer (1963)
Set in Turan, Italy a labor union forms after an accident at a textile factory cripples a worker. While struggling to improve working conditions the union gets unexpected help from Professor Sinigaglia a union activist. He helps to organize the Union and to start a strike. 

The Big Operator (1959)
A union leader with criminal ties targets union members that can testify against him and the mob.  

I'm All Right Jack (1959)
Based on the novel Private Life by Alan Hackney [First Published in 1958]. Stanley Windrush has returned from WWII and has decided to go into business for his uncle's business. Starting at the bottom he is to work his way up. The owners and the labor union both try to use him for their own goals.  

Chicago Confidential (1957)
Based on the book Chicago Confidential by Jack Lait [First Published in 1950]. A criminal organization murder a union treasurer is killed and fellow union official Arthur Blane if framed for the crime. Blane and his Fiancé Laura Barton try to prove his innocence. 

The Garment Jungle (1957)
Set in New York garment works are struggling to unionize while the owners are doing everything possible to keep the unions out.  

Salt of the Earth (1954)
Based on a real miners’ strike in New Mexico, The workers and their families start a strike for better conditions.

On the Waterfront (1954) 
Terry Malloy an ex- professional boxer goes to work as a longshoreman in New Jersey. While running errands for a local union boss with organized crime connections Terry witnesses a murder of a union member.  Terry is caught between the mob, the union, and those opposed to the mob. 

Black Fury (1935)
Set in Pennsylvania Joe Radek a Slavic immigrant miner joins a labor dispute and helps start a strike. When strike busters end the strike, Joe takes things to the extreme. 

A look at Military Basic Training, Officer Candidate School, and or Advanced Training.

This is a look at going though Basic Training, Officer Candidate School, and or Advanced Training.

Annapolis (2006)
Jake Huard a boy from a poor family is accepted to the US Naval Academy. He is near the bottom of the class with grades and discipline but manages to improve and finish his first year. 

An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
Zack Mayo has been accepted into the US Navy Aviation Officer Candidate School. Zack is cocky and looks out for himself first. As he goes through the training, he clashes with a Gunnery Sergeant; falls for a local girl and becomes an officer and a gentleman. 

Biloxi Blues (1988)
Set during the final years of WWII A group of young recruits is sent for boot camp training in Biloxi Mississippi based on the play Biloxi Blues by Neil Simon. 

The Boys in Company C (1978)
Set in 1967 five young men become friends as they begin marine boot camp together and are sent to fight in The Vietnam War.  

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Steve Rodgers a reject from the US Military participates in a super soldier experiment. By doing this he becomes Captain America and fights against the Red Skull and his organization during WWII. 

C.P.O. Sharkley (1976-1978)
Chief Petty Officer Otto Sharkley is a career Navy man stationed in at a training base in San Diego, CA. At the base he labors to train a company of recruits into professional sailors.

Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Inspired by the novel The Short Timers by Gustav Hasford [First Published in 1979] The film James T Davis aka Joker going through Marine basic training at Paris Island South Carolina under Drill Instructor Gunnery Sergeant Hartman. After training the story continues with Private Joker (Davis) becomes a military journalist and sees various action in Vietnam.

Glory (1989)
Based on the true story of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts one of the first black company of soldiers in the US Army. Colonel Shaw trains a group of black volunteers from civilians to professional soldiers in their first battle during the US Civil War. 

The Guardian (2006) 
Fictional story about the US Coast Guard: Search and Rescue training. Experienced sailor Ben Randall is tasked with training class of rescue swimmers including Jack Fisher a young hot shot rookie into a professional Sailor and rescue swimmers.

Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
Based on the true story of Medal of Honor recipient Desmond T Doss an army medic. It shows the challenges he faced for keeping his vow to never using a weapon, going through basic training and how he pulled at least 75 men to safety in one of the bloodiest battlefields in WWII. 

Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
Set in 1983 Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Highway in the US Marine Corp is assigned to Cherry Point North Carolina to train a reconnaissance platoon. Once there finds the platoon not fighting ready, as well as clashing with a Major Powers who sees him as old fashioned. Things change when the US goes to war with Grenada. 

In The Army Now (1994)
Two best friends enlist in the US Army Reserves for some extra money and the one weekend a month two weeks a year commitment. They two of them complete boot camp and then their MOS training and are ready to go back to regular life only to be called to active service in a foreign country. 

Legionnaire (1998) 
Set in 1925 Alain Lefevre a professional boxer gets in to trouble with the mob and joins the French Foreign Legion as a way to escape. He goes through training, bonds with his fellow Legionnaires and is sent to Morocco. While he is going through this the mob learns of his whereabouts, they send men to kill him. So, he has to face danger from within and without. 

Mulan (1998) (2020)
Inspired by the Chinese myth when the Emperor of China calls conscripts an army that would require her father or another male from the family. Mulan disguises herself as a boy and fills the Emperor’s requirement. Goes to boot camp and helps defeat the Hun invaders. 

The Navy Way (1944) 
A group of recruits and how they to go through the US Navy BootCamp. 

Our Girl (2013-2020)
In the first season Molly Dawes joins the British Army as a medic. She goes through training and sees action overseas in Afghanistan. The later season focus on a different medic different medic and her tours, missions and adventures in different parts of the world. 

Private Benjerman (1980)
After, Judy Benjerman's husband dies, she hears a recruitment pitch from an army recruiter and decides to enlist. She faces struggles through boot camp and has a promising career ahead of her until while serving overseas she gets romantically involved with a communist. 

Private Valentine: Blonde and Dangerous (2008)
Megan Valentine is a movie star that is limited in her roles and is having trouble with her career. She ends up enlisting in the US Army. She gets through basic and creates new opportunities for her career.

Renaissance Man (1994)
Businessman Bill Rago is in need of money takes a job as a teacher for the US Army. His assignment is to teach under achieving recruits pass basic and become soldiers.

Starship Troopers (1997)
Inspired by the novel Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein [First Published in 1959] Set in the 23^rd Century this is a Propaganda film about wealthy Johnny Rico as he joins the military for a girl goes through boot-camp to be a Mobil Infantryman and works his way up the ranks enlisted to officer as he fights in or is linked to the most important events and battles during the Earth Arachnid War. 

Strips (1981)
Two out of shape friends with bad jobs and no girlfriends decide to enlist in the US Army. They are laced in a platoon of other less than ideal recruits. When their Drill Sergeant is incapacitated, the guys pull together graduate and are sent on an overseas mission. Where they get involved in an international incident, they become heroes. 

There's Something About a Solider (1943)
Five soldiers from different backgrounds go to Camp Davis, North Carolina for Officers Candidates School compete with each other for command slots and for the local girls.

Tigerland (2000)
Set in 1971 a group of recruits is sent to Fort Polk, Louisiana for Advanced Infantry training before going to Vietnam. 

Ten Gentlemen From West Point (1942)
Set in the early 19^th Century Congress is debating on closing the academy; they decide to have it a one-year trail. When war breaks out the Cadets prove themselves and their worth. 

Top Gun (1986)
US Navy Lieutenant Pete "Maverick" Mitchell is a daredevil Ace Fighter pilot that gets a place in the Top Gun School. There he works to be the best of the best, out do his father, and overcome personal tragedy after his best friend dies in an accident. 

Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Set 30 years after the events of the first film Pete "Maverick" Mitchell is now a Captain. When he is assigned to train a group of the pilots that the US Navy and Top Gun have to offer on what may be a suicide mission into enemy territory. As he does this, he faces mistakes and demons from his past to get his students back home.  

Yomigaeru Sora - Rescue Wings (2006) 
An anime series of the search and rescue wing of the Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) Through the eyes of a young helicopter pilot new to the unit. 

55 Films/TV Shows with an Educator as the Protagonist

Abbott Elementary (2021-?)
Comedy series is about the lives of a group of dedicated teachers that work at Abbott Elementary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania one of the worst public schools in the country. 

Anne of Avonlea (1975/1987)
Based on the second book in the Anne of Green Gables series Anne of Avonlea by L. M. Montgomery [First Published in 1909] Anne Shirley is 16 and has graduated from high school. She starts her first job as a teacher facing the challenges of new career. 

A.P. Bio (2018-2021) 
Harvard Graduate Jack Griffen is a professor at Stanford College when he loses his job due to social media. Having few choices, he moves back to his hometown of Toledo, Ohio. He takes a job as a teacher for A.P. Biology at his old high school. Hating his life, he seeks revenge on the people he blames for current situation with the help of his students. 

Bad Teacher (2011/2014)
Middle school teacher that hates her job, coworkers, and students is about to leave teaching when she dumped by her wealthy fiancé; Forcing her to return to the classroom. Not happy with this she sets out to find a husband and earn money. 

The Bells of St. Mary's (1945/1959)
Catholic Father Charles O'Malley is sent to St. Mary's an old inner city parochial school in in on the verge of being shut down. He is there to help run the school and church with a group of nuns lead by Sister Mary Benedict. They have different ideas on running the school, taking care of children, and saving the parish. 

Beyond The Blackboard (2011) 
Inspired by the book Nobody Don't Love Nobody by Stacey Bess [First Published in 1994] Stacey Bess is a 24-year-old teacher just out of college and her first job is at a school within a homeless shelter for families in Utah. She changes the life of the children she teaches. 

The Bionic Woman (1976-1978)
Spinoff of The Six Million Dollar Man (1974-1978) After Tennis Pro Jamie Sommers is injured in a freak skydiving accident, she is made into a cyborg by the US Government. Having to give up her sports career she becomes a schoolteacher and secret agent for the Office of Scientific Investigation battling spies, robots, aliens, and injustice. 

Blackboard Jungle (1955)
Based on the novel Blackboard Jungle by Evan Hunter [First Published in 1954]. Taking place in North Manual High School an all-boys school in New York City. Idealistic new English teacher Richard Dadier starts quickly clashes with the trouble making leaders in the school. As he tries to bring discipline to the school troubles escalate and he must decide to stay or take another job at a different school. 

Boston Public (2000-2004)
Set in a public high school in Boston, Massachusetts the series revolves around a group of teachers and their students as they try to get through the school year. 

Children of a Lesser God (1986)
James Leeds is hired to teach speech class for the school of the deaf. At the school he becomes interested in 25-year-old Sarah Norman former student and current custodian of the school. He peruses her and they start dating. They fall in love, but they have trouble with commutating and knowing what the other wants. After a breakup they reconcile and agree to find a way to make the relationship work. Based on the play Children of a Lesser God by Mark Medoff [First Published in 1980]. 

Christy (1994-1995)
Based on the novel Christy by Catherine Marshall [First Published in 1967] In 1912 nineteen-year-old Christy Huddleston leaves her well to do home in Ashville North Carolina to teach the children of Cutter Gap, Tennessee.  A place of impoverished people, Folk beliefs, and moonshiners that are not eager for changes she brings. 

Class of 1984 (1982)
Music teacher Andrew Norris is starting a new job at Lincoln High School. He clashes with Peter Stegman the leader of a criminal organization that operates within and out of the school resulting in a battle of wills that will only end when one of them is dead. 

Class of 1999 (1990)
In a high school that the police have given up on the new principal has decided to take part in a government experiment that uses reprogramed military robots as teachers. However, the robots malfunction and start using extreme methods to deal with problem students. 

Cooties (2014)
Chicken Nuggets that have been contaminated with a strange new virus are sent to an elementary school cafeteria in Illinois the children that eat them mutate into savage cannibals. A group of teachers discover what has happened and try to escape. 

Dangerous Minds (1995)/(1996-1997)
Based on the memoir My Posse Don't Do Homework by LouAnne Johnson [First Published in 1992] Former journalist and an officer in the US Marines LouAnne Johnson becomes a teacher for an inner-city school with a difficult class. She uses music, poetry, and other unconventional teaching methods to connect with her students and help them advance through the educational system. 

Dead Poets Society (1989)
Set in 1959 at a private all boys school in New England the new English professor John Keating encourages his students to find inspiration through poetry and to think for themselves rather than fall into conformity and group thinking. Changing his students lives. 

The Emperor's Club (2002)
Inspired by the short story The Palace Thief by Ethan Canin [First Published in 1994] Set in the 1970's History teacher William Hundert is a dedicated educator that that gets a Sedgewick Bell a rebel and non-conformer. William Hundert tries to install morals, ethics, and discipline into the boy even giving extra help and privileges only to fail in that goal. This leads him to regretting putting so much time and energy on the boy while other students did not get the time or extra help became men that he could be proud of. 

Fist Fight (2017) 
Roosevelt High School is going through a period of layoffs English Andy Campbell is on the short list to be laid off when he gets the history teacher Ron Strickland fired. Ron Challenges Andy to a schoolyard fist fight after school. Andy wanting to get out of it tries a lot of unsuccessful antics and has to go through with it. 

Front of the Class (2008)
Based on the memoir Front of the Class: How Tourette Syndrome Made Me the Teacher I Never Had by Brad Cohen [First Published in 2005]. Brad Cohen grows up with difficulties because of Tourette's. With the help of his mother, he is able to learn about his condition and reach his goal of becoming a teacher. 

Freedom Writers (2007)
Based on the book The Freedom Writers Dairy by Erin Gruwell and The Freedom Writers [First Published in 1999].   Set in 1994 Erin Gruwell starts her first teaching job at Woodrow Willson High School in Long Beach, California. She learns about the students and uses unusual teaching techniques to help the students. 

Gods Not Dead 2 (2016)
Sequel to Gods Not Dead (2014) High school history teacher Grace Wesley (A Christian) is asked by a about Jesus Christ she answers the question. When the students' parents hear of this, they get an ACLU lawyer seek to have the teacher punished. Grace Wesley fights back in court and setting things up for the sequel. 

Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939/1969/1984/2003)
Based on the book Goodbye Mr. Chips by James Hilton [First Published in1934] A schoolteacher near his retirement reflects on his life teaching at the Brookfield School a public boarding for boys, his brief marriage that ended in tragedy and his fulfillment in being a teacher.

Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955)
Based on the novel Good Morning, Miss Dove by Frances Grey Patton [First Published in 1947]. Miss Dove is a Geography teacher for Ceder Grove School one day she feels debilitating pain and sends for the Doctor and is hospitalized. s she is being treated she thinks back on her life with taking a teaching position to repay her father's debts and the students she taught that became successful productive members of society. 

GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka (1998) (1999-2000) (2012) GTO: The Movie (1999)
Former juvenal delinquent and biker gang leader becomes a high school teacher with the goal of becoming the greatest teacher ever and make school fun. His first assignment is to a class of students that were as bad as him. Through some wild antics and sincerity, he gets his students to trust him as he helps them with their problems. 

Hangin’ With Mr. Copper (1992-1997)
Teacher and Basketball Coach Mark Cooper works at an Oakland High School where he lives with two female roommates helps his students and tries to renter professional basketball. 

Head of the Class (1986-1991) (2021)
A teacher is hired to head a class of gifted prodigy students that are to win awards, raise the prestige and GPA of the school. The teacher helps the students with academic and personal problems. 

High School High (1996)
Spoof of the high school movies with somebody coming in and making things better. Richard Clark leaves his wealthy school to teach at a poor inner-city school where he can make a difference. By reaching some of the students, helping them graduate and fighting a dangerous criminal organization he really makes a difference. 

Hoosiers (1986)
Based on a true story Coach Norman Dale is hired by a small rural town in Indiana and takes the team to the state championships. 

Kindergarten Cop (1990)
LAPD Detective John Kimble is after dangerous criminal Cullen Crisp. Believing that he can find him through his ex-wife and son he goes undercover as a Kindergarten teacher. Out of his element he struggles with handling a class of five- and six-year old's. And when Cullen Crisp comes can he keep everybody safe.  

Lean On Me (1989)
Based on a true story East Side High has become a failing school full of violence, gangs, and drug use former teacher Joe Clark is brought back as the principal. With a combination of orthodox and unorthodox policies he turns the school around. However, when city officials object to how he has been running the school, they hold an investigation and may destroy the progress he has made.   

The Legend of Sleepy Hallow (1922, 1954, 1980, 1999) 
Based on The Legend of Sleepy Hallow and Other Stories by Washington Irving [First Published in 1820]. Ichabod Crane a schoolteacher in the town of Sleepy Hallow is in a courtship battle with the local blacksmith Abraham Brom Bones Van Brunt for the hand of Katrina Van Tassel the only daughter of a wealthy landowner.  On Halloween night at a party Ichabod is attending the town’s ghost stories are told including the Tale of the Headless Horseman. After the party has ended runs into the horseman and tries to escape only to never be heard from again.  

Mr. Hollands Opus (1995)
Mr. Holland is a musician and composer whose dream is to create a symphony. Not making much with music he takes a temporary job as a music teacher at a high school. Finding that the students are engaging with classic music he incorporates modern and pop music into his class to the annoyance of the administration. As the years pass comes to love teaching and does create his masterpiece. 

Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher (1996-1998)
Teacher Nick Freno works at Gerald R Ford Middle School while trying to get his big break as an actor. After the first season the middle school is turned into a high school by the district. 

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) (1978) 
Based on the novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark [First Published in 1961]. Set in the 1930's Jean Brodie is a teacher at Marcia Blaine School for Girls in Edinburgh, Scotland.  At the school she teaches her students her ideas/ideals about romance, art, culture, politics, and philosophy rather than the official conservative syllabus. When her mistakes catch up to her, she loses her position while one of her top students loses the idealized image Jean Brodie works to create. 

The Principal (1987) 
When teacher Rick Latimer is arrested for vandalism and fighting, he is punished incentivized to resign by being appointed the principal of Brandel High School a school where the teens from other schools do not want, a place of violence, and drugs. Rick Latimer unwilling to quit makes changes to the school and enters into a battle to the death with the high school drug lord.  

Rachel, Rachel (1968)
Inspired the novel A Jest of God by Margaret Laurence [First Published in 1966]    A schoolteacher in Connecticut reunites with a friend from her younger days and decides to make changes to her before it is too late. 

Rita (2012-2020)
TV series from Denmark; Rita Madsen is a good teach that has problems when it comes to her personal life. 

The Ron Clark Story (2006)
Based on the true story Ron Clark goes to teach at an inner-city elementary school with a difficult class in New York where his innovative teaching methods change the kids' lives. 

School of Life (2005)
History teacher Norman Warner has won the teacher of the year award for 43 years at Fallbrook Middle School when he passes. His less popular but dedicated son Biology teacher Matt Warner dreams of winning this award when new history teacher Michael D'Angelo becomes the new favorite of the school, he tries to sabotage the new teacher. Until he learns that winning the award will not help him surpass father, he works on changing his teaching style and being more flexible.  

School of Rock (2003) (2016-2018) 
After Musician Dewey Finn gets kicked out of his rock band, he pretends to be a substitute teacher where he is hired for teach a class of high achieving students at a private school. Learning how musically talented his students are he teaches then to love and play rock and roll with the goal of winning a battle of the bands contest.

Servant of the People (2015-2019)
Ukrainian High School history teacher Vasiliy Petrovich Goloborodko is elected the President of Ukrainian after he is seen venting his frustrations about the government on social media. The main actor actually became the President of Ukrainian in 2019. 

Sometimes They Come Back (1991)
Based on the short story; Sometimes They Come Back by Steven King [First Published in 1974]. Jim Norman takes a job teaching at the high school in his hometown where he witnessed his brother getting killed by a local gang and then the gang in a train accident. When students start dying in his class only to be replaced with teens that look like his brothers' killers, he must face the traumas of his past and send the ghosts back to where they belong. 

Stand and Deliver (1989)
Based on a true story Math teacher Jamie Escalante who used a variety of teaching techniques to prepare a bunch of poor, unmotivated students at Garfield High School in California to take and pass an advanced placement Calculus Exam.

The Steve Harvey Show (1996-2002)
Musician turned music teacher Steve Hightower works at the Booker T Washington high school in Chicago, Illinois. At the school he tries to win his long-lost love Regina Grier, help his friend get out of trouble because of his schemes, and help his students. 

The Substitute (1996)
When Mercenary Shale fiancé is attacked and injured by gang members connected to her students at Columbus High School in Miami, Florida. He goes in as a substitute teacher to investigate. He finds a drug distribution network run by a drug kingpin that he vows to take down with the help of his squad. 

Summer School (1987)
Freddy Shoop a PE teacher is forced to teach high school remedial English if he wants to gain tenure. Not taking it seriously both he and the student's goof off most of the summer. Until he is threatened with being fired unless his students pass the final exam. 

Teachers (1984)
John F. Kennedy High School in Columbus, Ohio is facing various lawsuits. So, the administration is removing problem facility. Social studies teacher Alex Jurel a frustrated burned-out teacher is on their list. They set him up to be fired when he starts to overcome his burnout by trying to help his students and new love interest with a fellow teacher and by taking on the school administration.  

Teachers (2001-2004)
British comedy series about a group of teachers going about their daily lives at a rundown public school.

This is My Land (1943)
Set during WWII in Europe the Nazi's invade and occupy a town where the people choose to cooperate or resist. Albert Lorey the school master is neutral until a resistor sabotages a train and kills two soldiers. When one of the resentence is caught and Lorey is implicated he put on trial where he calls for resistance and faces bravely faces what is to come. 

To Sir, with Love (1967)
Based on the novel To Sir, With Love by E.R, Braithwaite [First Published in 1959]. Engineer Mark Thackeray takes a temporary job as a teacher in a high school located in London's East End. He handles the class with strict discipline and teaches them how to behave, about art culture and life.  

Up The Down Staircase (1967)
Based on the novel Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman [First Published in 1964]. Sylvia Barrett is a new idealistic English teacher at Calvin College High school in New York. She quickly gets frustrated with the paperwork, the bureaucrats, and the burned-out teachers that disagree with teaching. By the end of the year, she will decide to stay or resign. 

The Wave (1981) (2008)
Based on a true story a history teacher starts a classroom experiment called the Wave.  He announces himself as the leader and instructs the students to follow his rules and philosophy. The experiment takes on a life of its own.
The 2008 version changes the setting to Germany and escalates on what actually happened. 

Welcome Back, Kotter (1975-1979)
Gabe Kotter is a high school teacher that returns to his old inner city New York City high school to teach a new generation of teens from a similar background. 

When Calls the Heart (2013) (2014-?)
When Calls the Heart by Janet Oke [First Published in 1983] Elizabeth Thatcher a teacher leaves her comfortable life with her wealthy family to teach in a rural coal mining town.  Elizabeth finds a community she treasures, a fulfilling career and falls in love with a Canadian Mountie.  

World's Greatest Dad (2009)
Lance Clayton is a writer and teacher with a life that is not going well. When his son dies in an embarrassing accident, he covers it up and writes a suicide journal. When it gets published and becomes a best seller. Lance finds keeping up with the lies and success difficult to handle.

US Presidents that have a non documentary biographical film, or miniseries

US Presidents that have a non-documentary biographical film and or mini-series. 

At this time there is a total of 69 movies, and miniseries. From that 21 out of the 45 men that have held the office of President of the United States have a non-documentary film.

All of these films are biographical but not a documentary. In other words, no docudramas, or fiction such as Lincoln fighting vampires and zombies [Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012), Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies (2012)], FDR battling werewolves [FDR: American Badass (2012) or Trump Vs The Illuminati (2020)] 

At the time of writing this The President with the most movies etc... is John F Kennedy with 12, second is Franklin Delano Roosevelt with 9 and Abraham Lincoln in third place with 9 The other 15 Presidents have 1 to 6 movies. The remaining 30 have 0. 

George Washington 1789-1797

The Crossing (2000) 
Based on the book The Crossing by Howard Fast [First Published in 1971] Washington’s crossing of the Delaware and attacking the Hessian forces at Trenton. 

George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation (1986) 
Based on the biography Washington: The Indispensable Man by James Thomas Flexner [First Published in1974]. This picks up after part one and is about his time as the first President of the United States of America. 

George Washington (1984) 
Based on the Biography Washington: The Indispensable Man by James Thomas Flexner [First Published in1974]. General George Washington and what he did during The Revolutionary War.

John Adams 1797-1801

John Adams (2008) 
Based on the biography John Adams by David McCullough [First Published in 2001]. The story of the second US President starting with the Boston Massacre and following him through the revolution, his time as a US Ambassador, Vice President, and as the second President Of the United States of America.

The Adams Chronicles (1976)
PBS miniseries about several generations of the Adams Family. The miniseries is inspired by/based on The Adams Chronicles: Four Generations of Greatness by Jack Shepherd [First Published in 1975]. 

Thomas Jefferson 1801-1809

Sally Hemings: An American Scandal (2000) 

Miniseries about Jefferson’s romantic relationship with his mistress and slave Sally Hemings. 

Jefferson in Paris (1995)

Set in France during the years of 1784-1789. The film is about Jefferson’s years as the US Ambassador to France before the French Revolution. 

James Madison 1809-1817

Magnificent Doll (1946) 

James Madison and Aaron Burr compete to win the heart of future First Lady Dolly Madison. 

James Monroe 1817-1825

John Quincy Adams 1825-1829

Amistad (1997)

Mende captives on a Spanish ship revolt and try to return home.  Only to be recaptured in US waters. This leads to a trial on wither they are slaves or free. Former President John Q Adams helps defend the captives in the court of law.

The Adams Chronicles (1976)
PBS miniseries about several generations of the Adams Family. The miniseries is inspired by/based on The Adams Chronicles: Four Generations of Greatness by Jack Shepherd [First Published in 1975]. 

Andrew Jackson 1829-1837

The Presidents Lady (1953) 

Based on the book The Presidents Lady by Irving Stone [First Published in 1951]. The pre-presidential life of Andrew Jackson and his relationship with his future wife with Rachael Donaldson.

Martin Van Buren 1837-1841

William Henry Harrison 1841-1841

John Tyler 1841-1845

James K Polk 1845-1849

Zachary Taylor 1849-1850

Millard Fillmore 1850-1853

Franklin Pierce 1853-1857

James Buchanan 1857-1861

Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865

Lincoln (2012) 

Based on the book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abrham Lincoln by Doris Kerns Goodwin [First Published in 2005].  Near the end of the US Civil War President Lincoln fights to add an amendment to the Constitution to ban slavery. 

Gore Vidal’s: Lincoln (1988) 
Based on the novel, Lincoln by Gore Vidal [First Published in 1984]. This Miniseries is about Abraham Lincoln’s Presidency from the beginning to the end of his life and presidency. 

Lincoln (1974) 

Miniseries on the life of President Abraham Lincoln 

Abe Lincoln in Illinois A.K.A.  Spirit of the People (1940) 

Based on the 1938 stage play Abe Lincoln in Illinois by Robert E. Sherwood [First Published in 1938].  The Life of Abraham Lincoln before he became President.

Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) 
This is the story of the 10 years in which Abraham Lincoln worked as a Lawyer. 

Abraham Lincoln (1930)

 An early biopic of Lincolns life and times. 

The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (1924) 

The life, the Presidency and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theater in Washington D.C.

Andrew Johnson 1865-1869

Tennessee Johnson (1942)

 After President Lincoln is killed Vice President Andrew Jackson becomes President. The film covers the life of Johnson from his escape from indentured servitude thru his impeachment. 

Ulysses S Grant 1869-1877 

Rutherford B Hayes 1877-1881

James A Garfield 1881-1881

Death By Lightning (2025)

Based on the book Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard [First Published in 2011]. This limited series focuses on James S Garfield's nomination to become the 20th US President to his assassination in office within a few weeks of taking the oath of office. 

Chester A Arthur 1881-1885

Grover Cleveland 1885-1889  

Benjamin Harris 1889-1893

Grover Cleveland 1893-1897

William McKinley 1897-1901

Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909

Elkhorn (2024)

February 14, 1884 A young Theodore Roosevelt faces the loss of both his wife Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt and mother Mittie Roosevelt. These events causes to take a break from New York politics Theodore Roosevelt heads west to The Dokata Territory. There he establishes The Elkhorn Ranch.  

The Rough Riders (1997)

The military unit created by Theodore Roosevelt and their exploits in Cuba during the Spanish-American War (April 21,1898 - August 13, 1898). 

Rough Riders (1927) 
Silent film about Theodore Roosevelt creating a volunteer unit named The Rough Riders to fight in the Spanish-American War and their various adventures. 

William Howard Taft 1909-1913

Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921

Wilson (1944) 
The political career of Woodrow Wilson which starts with his final year as the Dean of Princeton University and the start of his political career with his run for Governor of New Jersey.  With the film proceeding to his last years in the White House as the 28th President of the United States of America. 

Warren G Harding 1921-1923

Calvin College 1923-1929

Herbert Hoover 1929-1933

Franklin D Roosevelt 1933-1945

Atlantic Crossing (2021) 
Miniseries about the wartime relationship between President Roosevelt and The Norwegian Crown Princess Martha Sofia Lovisa Dagmar Thyra. 

Hyde Park on Hudson (2012) 
President FDR hosting Great Britain’s Royal Family during their 1939 visit to the US and specifically The Hyde Park retreat in New York. 

Warm Springs (2005) 

After Franklin D Roosevelt contracts Polio, he searches for a cure. This is his story about that search. 

World War II: When Lions Roared (1994) 
TV Movie on the subject of the Tehran Conference between President Frankin Delano Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Dictator Joseph Stalin. 

 

FDR That Man in the White House (1982) 

Based on the one man play That Man In The White House by Frank Kingdom [First Published in 1944]. 

F.D.R.: The Last Year (1980)
Based on the book FDR's Last Year by Jim Bishiop [First Published in 1974] Biopic of FDR's last year of life April 1944-1945. 

Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977) 

Based on the Biography Eleanor & Franklin by Joseph P. Lash [First Published in 1971]. Part 2 picks up after part 1 and is about their 12 years in the White House as President and First Lady.  

Eleanor & Franklin: The Early Years (1976) 

Based on the Biography Eleanor & Franklin by Joseph P. Lash [First Published in 1971]. Part 1 of a Miniseries on the pre–White House life of Eleanor & Franklin Roosevelt. 

Sunrise at Campobello (1960) 

Based on the stage play Sunrise At Campobello by Dore Schary [First Published in 1958]. After contracting Polio at Campobello, South Carolina, Franklin D Roosevelt looks to find a cure and seeks to reenter politics. 

Harry S Truman 1945-1953

Truman (1995) 

Based on the biography Truman by Davis McCullough [First Published in 1992] This Biopic of President Truman starting with his life before entering politics to the end of his presidency from HBO.

Harry S Truman: Plain Speaking (1976) 

Based on the book Plain Speaking: A Oral Biography of Harry S Truman by Merle Miller [First Published in 1974]. A TV movie about the life of President Truman. 

Collision Course: Truman VS MacArthur (1976) 

President Truman and General MacArthur disagree on how the war in Korea is to be fought and won. The disagreement escalated resulting in Truman relieving MacArthur from command.  

Give ‘em Hell Harry! (1975) 

One man play Give ‘em Hell Harry!: Reminiscences by Samuel Gallu [First Published in 1975]. 

Dwight D Eisenhower 1953-1961

Ike: Countdown to D-day (2004) 

This is a TV movie about General Eisenhower and the 90 days lading to D-Day June 6, 1944. 

Ike: The War Years (1980) 
An Edited shorter edited version of the 1979 miniseries. 
An account of General Dwight D. Eisenhower and his many accomplishments during WWII

Ike: The War Years (1979) 
An account of General Dwight D. Eisenhower and his many accomplishments during WWII. 

John F Kennedy 1961-1963 

Parkland (2013) 
Based on the book Four Days in November: The Assassination of President John F Kennedy by Vincent Bugliosi [First Published in 2007]. The events that happened at the Parkland hospital on Friday November 22, 1963, the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and the following days and beginning of the investigation into his death. 

The Kennedy's (2011) 
Miniseries about a few generations of the Kennedy family, and their triumphs and tragedies beginning with Joe Kennedy and ending with Robert Kennedy’s death in 1968. The miniseries is followed by the miniseries The Kennedy’s After Camelot (2017) which is about Ted Kennedy, Jackie Kennedy and her children. 

Thirteen Days (2000) 

Based on the book The Kennedy Tapes: Inside The White House During the Cuban Missile Crisis by Erenst R May [First Published in 1997].  A dramatic depiction of the Kennedy administration’s handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis.  

JFK Reckless Youth (1993) 

Based on the biography JFK: Reckless Youth by Nigel Hamilton [First Published in 1992]. Miniseries on John F Kennedy from childhood to his life as a three term Congressman for Massachusetts.

JFK (1991)

Based on the books On The Trail of Assassins by Jim Garrison [First Published in 1988] and Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy by Jim Marrs [First Published in 1989]. Louisiana district attorney Jim Garrison examines the assassination of JFK and the events that followed. 

The Kennedy's of Massachusetts (1990)

Based on the book The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga by Doris Kearns Goodwin [First Published in 1987]. Miniseries on 55 years of the Kennedy clan starting with Joe Kennedy graduating from Harvard University in 1912. 

Hoover Vs The Kennedy’s: The Second Civil War (1987) 

Miniseries on the feud between FBI Director J Edgar Hoover and the Kennedy Family. Starting at the 1960 Democratic Convention and ending with the death of Robert Kennedy in 1968. 

Prince Jack (1984) 

President John F Kennedy making decisions about Civil Rights issues during his Presidency. 

Kennedy (1983) 

Miniseries about President John F. Kennedy and his years in the White House. 

The Missiles of October (1974) 

Based on the book Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Robert F Kennedy [First Published in 1968]. TV movie about the Kennedy administration’s handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.  

Executive Action (1973) 

This is a film version of one of the conspiracy theories about the Kennedy assassination. 

PT 109 (1963) 
Based on the book PT 109 John F Kennedy in World War II by Robert John Donovan [First Published in 1961]. During WWII Lieutenant John F Kennedy takes command of a PT boat in the Solomon Islands. During his command the boat is sunk by the Japanese and the survivors make their way to Kasolo Island (also known as Plum Pudding Island and later Kennedy Island) in the Solomon Island Chain where they work on being found and rescued. 

Lyndon B Johnson 1963-1969

LBJ (2016) 

Story of LBJ becoming President after the assignation of John F Kennedy and his term as the US President.

All The Way (2016) 

Based on the book All The Way by Robert Schenkkan [First Published in 2012]. This is an HBO film is about LBJ’s first year as the US President. 

Path to War (2002) 

Johnson and his administration deal with the escalation of the Vietnam War. 

Lyndon Johnson (1987) 

One man play about President LBJ.

LBJ The Early Years (1987) 

TV movie about LBJ’s life during the years of 1934 – 1963. 

Richard Nixon 1969-1974

Elvis & Nixon (2016) 

The true story of the most requested photo in the national archives. One day Elvis decides to meet President Nixon. Elvis goes to the White House and the two have a meeting. 

Frost/Nixon (2008) 

Based on the book Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan [Fiest Published in 2007]. Three years after Nixon left office, he gave an all-inclusive interview to Davis Frost. This film is a dramatized account of those events. 

Nixon (1995) 

A biopic of Richard Nixon from childhood to his term as the US President. 

Kissinger and Nixon (1995) 

Based on the book Kissinger by Walter Isaacson [First Publishd in 1992] This TV movie is about Nixon and Kissinger working together in the lead up to the Paris Peace Accords in 1973.

 

The Final Days (1989) 

Based on the book The Final Days by Washington Post Reporters Woodward and Bernstein [First Published in 1976]. The film chronicles the final days of President Richard Nixon's administration. 

All The President's Men (1976) 

Washington Post reporters Woodward and Bernstein uncover and report on the Watergate scandals which lead to President Nixon resigning. Based All The President’s Men by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward [First published in 1974].

Gerald Ford 1974-1977

Jimmy Carter 1977-1981

Ronald Reagan 1981-1989

Reagan (2024)

Based on the book The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and The Fall of Communism by Paul Kengor [First Published in 2006]. The story of Ronald Reagan with perspectives of from The Soviet Union on Ronald Regan and why he went into politics and as well as going over his important moments of his life from childhood to college student, Hollywood actor, Governer of California and President of The United States of America. 

The Reagan’s (2003) 

This is a TV movie about Ronald Reagan early life and ending with his last day in office as the US President. 

The Day Reagan Was Shot (2001) 

Based on the true events with John Hinckley shooting President Ronald Reagan and what followed. 

George HW Bush 1989-1993  

Bill Clinton 1993-2001

George W Bush 2001-2009

W. (2008) 

A biographical film of George W Bush just after his finished his eight years in office. 

Barack Obama 2009-2017

Barry (2016) 
The college years of Barack Obama as he attended Occidental College in Los Angeles. 

Southside With You (2016) 

Story based on the first date of Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s in the Southside of Chicago, Illinois.
 

Donald J Trump 2017-2020 

The Apprentice (2024)

The early decades of Trump starting his business empire and working with and learning from lawyer Roy Cohn. 

Trump Unauthorized (2005) 

Based on the book The Trumps: Three Generations That Built An Empire by Gwenda Blair [First Published in 2000]. TV movie about Donald Trump starting with his first ventures in real estate to his life in 2005. About 12 years before he became President of the US.  

Donald Trump is the only President to have a movie made about him and his life before becoming President of the US. 

Joe Biden 2021-2024 

Donald J Trump 2023-2026

The Apprentice (2024)

The early decades of Trump starting his business empire and working with and learning from lawyer Roy Cohn. 

Trump Unauthorized (2005) 

Based on the book The Trumps: Three Generations That Built An Empire by Gwenda Blair [First Published in 2000]. TV movie about Donald Trump starting with his first ventures in real estate to his life in 2005. About 12 years before he became President of the US.