Movies by Lists - Movies About U.S. Presidents (80 [87]) 
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| 1776A musical retelling of the American Revolution's political struggle in the Continental Congress to declare independence. | 1972 | Peter H. Hunt | Drama, Family, History, Musical | 7.6 (9.4K votes) | 141 | 20211228 |
| 2001 - A Space TravestyMarshal Dix is to free US president from aliens on the int'l lunar base. A clone has replaced him in The White House. Can Dix prevent an alien invasion? | 2000 | Allan A. Goldstein | Comedy, Sci-Fi | 3.4 (12K votes) | 99 | 20220414 |
| Abe Lincoln in IllinoisHumble Abraham Lincoln gains the respect of his Illinois neighbors, growing in stature and respect until he is elected President in 1860 and departs for Washington. | 1940 | John Cromwell | Biography, Drama, History | 7.3 (1.8K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Abraham LincolnAn episodic biography of the 16th President of the United States. | 1930 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Biography, Drama, War | 5.7 (1.5K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Abraham Lincoln, Vampire HunterAbraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, discovers vampires are planning to take over the United States. He makes it his mission to eliminate them. | 2012 | Timur Bekmambetov | Action, Fantasy, Horror | 5.9 (154K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Adams ChroniclesThis ambitious multi-part PBS production brings to life five generations of one of America's leading political and historical families, tracing their lives from John Adams' years as a colonial Boston attorney to the rise in promin... | 1976 | Fred Coe, James Cellan Jones, Paul Bogart, Barry Davis, Bill Glenn | Drama, History | 8.1 (209 votes) | 1 | 20231013 |
| AmistadIn 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island. The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legally | 1997 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Biography, Drama, History | 7.3 (75.2K votes) | 155 | 20211228 |
| AnnieA spunky young orphan is taken in by a rich eccentric, much to the chagrin of the cantankerous woman who runs the orphanage. | 1982 | John Huston (*) | Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical | 6.6 (44.2K votes) | 127 | 20211228 |
| Back to the Future Part IIAfter visiting 2015, Marty McFly must repeat his visit to 1955 to prevent disastrous changes to 1985...without interfering with his first trip. | 1989 | Robert Zemeckis (*) | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi | 7.8 (511K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| BedazzledHopeless dweeb Elliot Richards is granted seven wishes by the Devil to snare Allison, the girl of his dreams, in exchange for his soul. | 2000 | Harold Ramis (*) | Comedy, Fantasy | 6.0 (101.8K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Bill and Ted's Excellent AdventureTwo seemingly dumb teens set off on a quest to prepare the ultimate historical presentation with the help of a time machine. | 1989 | Stephen Herek | Adventure, Comedy, Music, Romance, Sci-Fi | 7.0 (127K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Birth of a Nation, TheThe Stoneman family finds its friendship with the Camerons affected by the Civil War, both fighting in opposite armies. The development of the war in their lives plays through to Lincoln's assassination and the birth of the Ku Klux K | 1915 | D.W. Griffith (*) | Drama, History, War | 6.2 (24.2K votes) | 195 | 20211228 |
| Buccaneer, TheDuring the war of 1812, Louisiana buccaneer Jean Lafitte assists the Americans in defending New Orleans against the attacking British war fleet. | 1958 | Anthony Quinn | Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War | 6.5 (2.5K votes) | 119 | 20211228 |
| Buffalo BillThe story of William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, legendary westerner, from his days as an army scout to his later activities as owner of a Wild West show. | 1944 | William A. Wellman (*) | Western | 6.4 (1.5K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Buffalo Bill And The IndiansA cynical Buffalo Bill hires Sitting Bull to exploit him and add his credibility to the distorted view of history presented in his Wild West Show. | 1976 | Robert Altman (*) | Comedy, Western | 6.1 (4.6K votes) | 123 | 20211228 |
| CaliforniaEpic account of how California became a state, featuring a wagon train, the Gold Rush, a wicked saloon queen, and an evil profiteer. | 1947 | John Farrow | Western | 6.2 (935 votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Conspirator, TheMary Surratt is the lone female charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination trial of Abraham Lincoln. As the whole nation turns against her, she is forced to rely on her reluctant lawyer to uncover the truth and save her life. | 2010 | Robert Redford (*) | Crime, Drama, History | 6.9 (28.7K votes) | 122 | 20220414 |
| Court Martial of Billy Mitchell, TheA dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High Command's dismissal and neglect of the aerial fighting forces. | 1955 | Otto Preminger (*) | Biography, Drama, War | 6.8 (2K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Crossing, TheA dramatization of George Washington's perilous gamble of crossing the Delaware River and attacking the Hessian forces at Trenton. | 2000 | Robert Harmon | Biography, Drama, History, War | 7.1 (2K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Curious Case of Benjamin Button, TheTells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with consequences. | 2008 | David Fincher (*) | Drama, Fantasy, Romance | 7.8 (626.2K votes) | 166 | 20211228 |
| Davy Crockett - King of the Wild FrontierAmerican frontiersman Davy Crockett fights in the Creek Indian War, is elected to the U.S. Congress and fights for Texas at the Alamo. | 1955 | Norman Foster | Adventure, Drama, Family, Western | 6.9 (4.8K votes) | 93 | 20240313 |
| Day Lincoln Was Shot, TheApril 14, 1865. As four year of Civil War draw to a close, our country again faces unforgettable tragedy: the assassination of the President. Starring Lance Henriksen as the Great Emancipator and Rob Morrow as assassin John Wilkes... | 1998 | John Gray | Biography, Drama, History | 7.0 (384 votes) | 95 | 20240313 |
| Fancy PantsAn American actor (Arthur Tyler) impersonating an English butler is hired by a nouveau riche woman (Effie Floud) from New Mexico to refine her husband and headstrong daughter (Aggie). The complications increase when the town believes | 1950 | George Marshall (*) | Comedy, Musical, Western | 6.5 (1.3K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Flags of our FathersThe life stories of the six men who raised the flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima, a turning point in World War II. | 2006 | Clint Eastwood (*) | Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War | 7.1 (121.7K votes) | 135 | 20211228 |
| Fortune Cookie, TheA crooked lawyer persuades his brother-in-law to feign a serious injury. | 1966 | Billy Wilder (*) | Comedy, Romance | 7.3 (14K votes) | 125 | 20211228 |
| Frost NixonA dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon. | 2008 | Ron Howard | Biography, Drama, History | 7.7 (106.7K votes) | 122 | 20211228 |
| Give 'em Hell, Harry!One-man show about the presidency of Harry S. Truman. | 1975 | Steve Binder, Peter H. Hunt | Biography, Comedy, Drama | 7.3 (500 votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Great Moment, TheThe biography of Dr. W. T. Morgan, a 19th century Boston dentist, during his quest to have anesthesia, in the form of ether, accepted by the public and the medical and dental establishment. | 1944 | Preston Sturges (*) | Biography, Comedy, Drama | 6.3 (955 votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Greatest Game Ever Played, TheIn the 1913 U.S. Open, twenty-year-old Francis Ouimet played golf against his idol, 1900 U.S. Open champion, Englishman Harry Vardon. | 2005 | Bill Paxton | Biography, Drama, Sport | 7.4 (32.9K votes) | 120 | 20231207 |
| Horse Soldiers, TheIn 1863, a Union outfit is sent behind Confederate lines in Mississippi to destroy enemy railroads but a captive southern belle and the unit's doctor cause frictions within ranks. | 1959 | John Ford (*) | Adventure, Romance, War, Western | 7.1 (10.2K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Hot ShotsA parody of Top Gun (1986) in which a talented but unstable fighter pilot must overcome the ghosts of his father and save a mission sabotaged by greedy weapons manufacturers. | 1991 | Jim Abrahams | Action, Comedy | 6.8 (105.3K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| How the West Was WonA family saga covering several decades of Westward expansion in the 19th century, including the Gold Rush, the Civil War, and the building of the railroads. | 1962 | John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall, Richard Thorpe | Western | 7.1 (20.3K votes) | 164 | 20211228 |
| Hyde Park On HudsonThe story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret "Daisy" Suckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited upstate New York. | 2012 | Roger Michell | Biography, Comedy, Drama, History | 5.9 (11.7K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| I QA mechanic romances the mathematician niece of physicist Albert Einstein, with help from him and his friends. | 1994 | Fred Schepisi (*) | Comedy, Romance | 6.2 (24.9K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Ike - Countdown to D-DayA dramatization of the 90 days leading up to Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy, and how General Dwight Eisenhower, against all odds, brilliantly orchestrated the most important military maneuver in modern history. | 2004 | Robert Harmon | Drama, History, War | 7.1 (3.7K votes) | 89 | 20240313 |
| Jefferson in ParisWidower Thomas Jefferson (3rd US president 1801-09) lives in Paris 1785-90 with his daughter. He has a pretty slave girl accompany his other daughter to France. He has an alleged affair with her resulting in children. | 1995 | James Ivory (*) | Biography, Drama, History, Romance | 5.7 (3K votes) | 139 | 20211228 |
| JFKNew Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story. | 1991 | Oliver Stone (*) | Drama, History, Thriller | 8.0 (151.4K votes) | 189 | 20211228 |
| John AdamsThe life of one of the USA's Founding Fathers, its second President, and his role in the nation's first 50 years. | 2008 | Tom Hooper | Biography, Drama, History | 8.5 (31.3K votes) | 0 | 20211228 |
| Jonah HexThe U.S. military makes a scarred bounty hunter with warrants on his own head an offer he cannot refuse: in exchange for his freedom, he must stop a terrorist who is ready to unleash Hell on Earth. | 2010 | Jimmy Hayward | Action, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller, Western | 4.7 (58.1K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| Kennedys, TheThe triumphs and tragedies of the most popular political family in American history. | 2011 | Jon Cassar | Drama, History, Romance | 7.6 (7.6K votes) | 2 | 20231013 |
| Kiss Kiss Bang BangAfter being mistaken for an actor, a New York thief is sent to Hollywood to train under a private eye for a potential movie role, but the duo are thrown together with a struggling actress into a murder mystery. | 2005 | Shane Black | Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7.5 (223.5K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Legend of the Lone Ranger, TheThe sole surviving Texas Ranger (Klinton Spilsbury) of an ambush arranged by outlaw leader Major Bartholomew "Butch" Cavendish (Christopher Lloyd) returns to fight back as a great masked western hero, The Lone Ranger. | 1981 | William A. Fraker | Action, Adventure, Western | 5.1 (2.2K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| LincolnAs the American Civil War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves. | 2012 | Steven Spielberg (*) | Biography, Drama, History, War | 7.3 (255.5K votes) | 150 | 20211228 |
| Littlest Rebel, TheShirley Temple's father, a rebel officer, sneaks back to his rundown plantation to see his family and is arrested. A Yankee takes pity and sets up an escape. Everyone is captured and the officers are to be executed. Shirley and "Boja | 1935 | David Butler | Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, War | 6.9 (1.5K votes) | 73 | 20211228 |
| Longest Day, TheThe events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view. | 1962 | Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Gerd Oswald, Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck | Action, Drama, History, War | 7.8 (54.6K votes) | 178 | 20211228 |
| MacArthurBiopic of General Douglas MacArthur covering his war exploits during WW2 and the Korean War. | 1977 | Joseph Sargent | Biography, Drama, History, War | 6.6 (4.6K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Naked Gun 2.5 - The Smell of FearLieutenant Frank Drebin discovers that his ex-girlfriend's new beau is involved in a plot to kidnap a scientist who advocates solar energy. | 1991 | David Zucker (*) | Comedy, Crime | 6.9 (110.9K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| National Treasure - Book of SecretsBenjamin Gates must follow a clue left in John Wilkes Booth's diary to prove his ancestor's innocence in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. | 2007 | Jon Turteltaub | Action, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller | 6.5 (230K votes) | 124 | 20211228 |
| Night at the MuseumA newly recruited night security guard at the Museum of Natural History discovers that an ancient curse causes the animals and exhibits on display to come to life and wreak havoc. | 2006 | Shawn Levy | Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy | 6.4 (334.7K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Night at the Museum 2Security guard Larry Daley infiltrates the Smithsonian Institution in order to rescue Jedediah and Octavius, who have been shipped to the museum by mistake. | 2009 | Shawn Levy | Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy | 6.0 (189.5K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| NixonA biographical story of former U.S. President Richard Nixon, from his days as a young boy, to his eventual Presidency, which ended in shame. | 1995 | Oliver Stone (*) | Biography, Drama, History | 7.1 (31K votes) | 192 | 20220806 |
| North & South [North and South]Two friends, one northern and one southern, struggle to maintain their friendship as events build towards the American Civil War. | 1985 | Richard T. Heffron | Drama, History, Romance, War | 8.0 (11.6K votes) | 2 | 20231013 |
| Oklahoma Kid, TheDuring the Oklahoma Land Rush, the lawlessness is exacerbated by the McCord gang's feud with the Kincaids, who are trying to bring law and justice to the region. | 1939 | Lloyd Bacon (*) | Action, History, Western | 6.4 (2.2K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| One Man's HeroJohn Riley, an Irish immigrant soldier recruited in the American army during the Mexican-American War faces anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic bigotry from his fellow servicemen and defects to the Mexican army. | 1999 | Lance Hool | Action, Drama, History, Romance, War, Western | 6.1 (1.2K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| Patriot, ThePeaceful farmer Benjamin Martin is driven to lead the Colonial Militia during the American Revolution when a sadistic British officer murders his son. | 2000 | Roland Emmerich (*) | Action, Drama, History, War | 7.2 (267K votes) | 165 | 20211228 |
| Pearl HarborA tale of war and romance mixed in with history. The story follows two lifelong friends and a beautiful nurse who are caught up in the horror of an infamous Sunday morning in 1941. | 2001 | Michael Bay | Action, Drama, History, Romance, War | 6.2 (331.8K votes) | 2 | 20220912 |
| Plainsman, TheWild Bill Hickok attempts to stop an Indian uprising that was started by white gun-runners. | 1936 | Cecil B. DeMille (*) | Western | 6.8 (2.2K votes) | 113 | 20220414 |
| PT 109President John F. Kennedy kept a unique inauguration gift on his desk: a plastic-encased coconut. The tale of that coconut is the heroic story of PT 109. | 1963 | Leslie H. Martinson | Biography, Drama, War | 6.6 (2.6K votes) | 140 | 20211228 |
| Rat Pack, TheThe public and private lives of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Peter Lawford. | 1998 | Rob Cohen | Drama, Musical | 6.7 (3K votes) | 120 | 20211228 |
| Reefer MadnessAn outrageous tongue-in-cheek musical comedy adaptation of the classic anti-marijuana propaganda film Tell Your Children (1936). | 2005 | Andy Fickman | Comedy, Drama, Horror, Musical | 7.1 (6.5K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| RevolutionA trapper and his young son get pulled into the American revolution early as unwilling participants and remain involved through to the end. | 1985 | Hugh Hudson | Adventure, Drama, History, War | 5.3 (7K votes) | 126 | 20220806 |
| Right Stuff, TheThe U.S. space program's development from the breaking of the sound barrier to selection of the Mercury 7 astronauts, from a group of test pilots with a more seat-of-the-pants approach than the program's more cautious engineers prefe | 1983 | Philip Kaufman (*) | Adventure, Biography, Drama, History | 7.8 (60.2K votes) | 193 | 20211228 |
| Rough RidersUndersecretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt resigns to form a volunteer militia unit called "The Rough Riders" to fight in the Spanish-American War. | 1997 | John Milius | Action, Drama, History, War, Western | 7.3 (2K votes) | 0 | 20211228 |
| Secret HonorA fictionalized former President Richard M. Nixon offers a solitary, stream-of-consciousness reflection on his life and political career - and the "true" reasons for the Watergate scandal and his resignation. | 1984 | Robert Altman (*) | Biography, Comedy, Drama, History | 7.3 (2.9K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| SextetteOn the day of her wedding to her sixth husband, a glamorous silver screen sex symbol is asked to intervene in a political dispute between nations, which leads to chaos. | 1977 | Ken Hughes | Comedy, Musical, Romance | 3.7 (1.4K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Stars And Stripes ForeverA film biography of the composer John Philip Sousa, from his early days in the Marine Corps Band through the Spanish-American War in 1898. | 1952 | Henry Koster (*) | Biography, Comedy, Music | 7.2 (860 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Story of Mankind, TheThe Devil and the Spirit of Man argue as to whether or not humanity is ultimately good or evil. | 1957 | Irwin Allen | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | 4.9 (1.3K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Sunrise at CampobelloAfter a bout with polio, future president Franklin D. Roosevelt fights to save his political career. | 1960 | Vincent J. Donehue | Biography, Drama | 7.0 (1.3K votes) | 144 | 20211228 |
| They Died With Their Boots OnA highly fictionalized account of the life of George Armstrong Custer from his arrival at West Point in 1857 to his death at the battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876. | 1941 | Raoul Walsh (*) | Biography, Drama, Romance, War, Western | 7.2 (6.2K votes) | 140 | 20211228 |
| Thirteen DaysIn October 1962, the Kennedy administration struggles to contain the Cuban Missile Crisis. | 2000 | Roger Donaldson | Drama, History, Thriller | 7.3 (57.7K votes) | 145 | 20211228 |
| To the Last ManA highly fictionalized account of the life of George Armstrong Custer from his arrival at West Point in 1857 to his death at the battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876. | 1941 | Raoul Walsh (*) | Biography, Drama, Romance, War, Western | 7.2 (6.2K votes) | 140 | 20211228 |
| TrumanThough considered unqualified, Harry S. Truman becomes the 33rd president following the April 1945 death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. | 1995 | Frank Pierson | Biography, Drama | 7.1 (2.5K votes) | 135 | 20240313 |
| W. [Bush]A chronicle of the life and Presidency of George W. Bush. | 2008 | Oliver Stone (*) | Biography, Comedy, Drama, History | 6.3 (50.1K votes) | 129 | 20240511 |
| Warm SpringsThe stirring true story of Franklin D. Roosevelt's battle with polio in 1921. | 2005 | Joseph Sargent | Biography, Drama | 7.4 (3.3K votes) | 121 | 20240313 |
| WatchmenIn 1985 where former superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach into his own sprawling investigation, uncovering something that could completely change the course of history as we know it. | 2009 | Zack Snyder | Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 7.6 (533.3K votes) | 162 | 20211228 |
| Wild Wild WestThe two best special agents in the Wild West must save President Grant from the clutches of a diabolical, wheelchair-bound, steampunk-savvy, Confederate scientist bent on revenge for losing the Civil War. | 1999 | Barry Sonnenfeld | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Western | 4.9 (158.5K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| WilsonA chronicle of the political career of US President Woodrow Wilson. | 1944 | Henry King | Biography, Drama, History, Music, Romance | 6.4 (1.6K votes) | 154 | 20211228 |
| Wind and the Lion, TheA Berber chieftain triggers an international incident, drawing the involvement of Theodore Roosevelt, when he kidnaps an American widow and her children in 1900s Morocco. | 1975 | John Milius | Action, Adventure, Drama | 6.8 (9.2K votes) | 119 | 20220315 |
| Yankee Doodle DandyThe life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan. | 1942 | Michael Curtiz (*) | Biography, Drama, Family, Music, Musical | 7.7 (15.2K votes) | 126 | 20211228 |
| Young Mr LincolnA fictionalized account of the early life of the American president as a young lawyer facing his greatest court case. | 1939 | John Ford (*) | Biography, Drama, History | 7.6 (8K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| The Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Ross | 1927 | Arthur Maude | Short, Drama, History | 5.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Tecumseh | 1972 | Hans Kratzert | History, Western | 5.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Lincoln Conspiracy | 1977 | James L. Conway | Drama | 5.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Iron Jawed Angels | 2004 | Katja von Garnier | Biography, Drama, History | 7.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Eleanor and Franklin | 1976 | nan | Biography, Drama, Romance | 8.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years | 1977 | Daniel Petrie | Biography, Drama | 7.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The National Parks: America's Best Idea | 2009 | nan | Documentary, History | 8.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |