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Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977)
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Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story: The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during their 12-year stay at the White House.
Style: historical drama, postmodern
Plot: president, usa president, u.s. president, incest, usa history, american politics, biopic, world war two, loneliness, friendship, politics, handicapped, racism, white house, mistress, adultery, family relations, poverty, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, slum, marriage of convenience, historical event, funeral, infidelity ...
Time: 1940s, 1890s, 1900s, 20th century
Place: pearl harbor, usa, california, washington d.c.

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out political, realistic, serious and captivating films with plots about president, biopic, u.s. president, politics, usa president, white house and american politics mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres. Some movies like Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years: Eleanor and Franklin (1976), Warm Springs (2005), Truman (1995), Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (1981), The Butler (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Eleanor and Franklin (1976)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 203 min.
TV show
Story: The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, from early youth to his election as President of the United States, as told from Eleanor's point of view.
Style: historical drama, serious, realistic, captivating, stylized ...
Plot: president, usa president, u.s. president, biopic, incest, usa history, family relations, politics, couples, parents and children, democrat, state affairs ...
Time: victorian era, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 20th century ...
Place: boston, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 7.4
 3K
Warm Springs (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Franklin Roosevelt, left a paraplegic from polio at 39 years of age, seeks out a miracle cure in the backwoods of Georgia.
Style: uplifting, realistic, sincere, sentimental, political ...
Plot: president, politics, disability, politician, ambition, rise and fall, society, fighting the system, human spirit, rebellion, life is a bitch, hopes ...
Time: 1930s, 1920s, 20th century, 1940s
Place: georgia, usa, new york state, southern usa, washington d.c. ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
 7.1
 2K
Truman (1995)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Biographical account of America's President for the latter part of WWII. Shows Truman's rise from small-town nobody to leader of the USA, his decision to use the Atomic Bomb against Japan, and subsequent election as the US' post-war ...
Style: political, historical drama, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot: world war two, president, politics, world war one, usa president, politician, u.s. president, world war, north american history, world history, war, government ...
Time: 1950s, 1920s
Place: asia, usa, japan, missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (1981)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Biography of the former first lady, focusing on her years as a photojournalist and leading up to her marriage to John F. Kennedy and their moving into the White House.
Plot: u.s. president, president, john f. kennedy, biopic, usa history, kennedy family, assassination, usa president, tragic event, miscarriage, senator, tragedy ...
Time: 60s, 1950s
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
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 7.2
 119K
The Butler (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.
Style: touching, inspirational, political, emotional, factual ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: racism, civil rights, president, u.s. president, black history, butler, african american, injustice, father son relationship, white house, biopic, civil rights movement ...
Time: 80s, year 2013, 70s, 2010s, 60s ...
Place: washington d.c., usa, tennessee, america, indiana ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story (2003)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A look inside the life of John F. Kennedy Jr.
Style: touching, realistic, serious, captivating
Plot: john f. kennedy, usa president, politics, lifestyle, ambition, family relations, parents and children, looking for love, tragic hero, love and romance, state affairs, death in the family ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot (2001)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 163 min.
Story: They were more than Washington wives. They were part of an American dream known as Camelot. With strength and cunning they upheld their public image by concealing their private truths. Jackie, Ethel and Joan had little choice. They were Kennedy ...
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, political, contemplative ...
Plot: kennedy family, politics, introspection, rise to the top, ambition, state affairs, head of state, crumbling marriage, society, relationship vs career, family tradition, family life ...
Time: 80s, 60s, 70s
Place: cuba, usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: The files that escaped the shredder have become an incredible motion picture. From the Kennedys to Martin Luther King. From cab drivers to Congressmen. From housewives to hostesses. He had something on 58 million people. It was all in his files. Now ...
Style: neo noir, black and white, political, independent film, serious ...
Plot: politics, biopic, intrigue, john f. kennedy, cold war, fbi, president, gangster, society, head of state, gays and lesbians, dishonesty ...
Time: 1940s, 1920s, 60s, 1930s, 50s ...
Place: washington d.c., usa, los angeles, california, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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 83K
Jackie (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, France, Chile, China, Germany, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963.
Style: period piece, emotional, heartbreaking, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: president, first lady, american history, assassination, kennedy assassination, u.s. president, loss of husband, biopic, grief, widow, depression, visceral ...
Time: 60s, year 2016, 2010s, 90s, year 1963
Place: usa, washington d.c., austin texas, dallas texas, america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 6.6
 171
Blind Ambition (1979)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 480 min.
TV show
Story: Television series docu-drama traces the career of John Dean, special counsel of president Nixon.
Plot: u.s. president, president, politics, american politics, spy, cia, political conspiracy, usa president, political cover up, political corruption, republican party, government ...
Place: washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Harry S. Truman: Plain Speaking (1976)
Genre: Short, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 59 min.
Story: A biography of President Harry S. Truman.
Style: one man show
Plot: president, biopic, one-man show, politics, democratic party, u.s. president
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story (1980)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Dramatization of the life of Italian actress Sophia Loren who plays herself during adulthood and also that of her mother Romilda Villani.
Plot: hollywood, biopic, glory, mother daughter relationship, world war two, father daughter relationship, extramarital affair, italian woman, air raid, poverty, actress, miscarriage ...
Place: rome italy, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Give 'em Hell, Harry! (1975)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: One man show about the presidency of Harry S Truman.
Style: minimal cast, independent film, political, political comedy, one man show
Plot: u.s. president, president, korean war, usa president, real life, husband wife relationship, world war, political election, biopic, constitution, democratic party, parents ...
Time: year 1975, year 1948, 1950s, 1940s
Place: hiroshima japan, washington d.c., seattle, korea, israel ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Mark Twain and Me (1991)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Dorothy Quick, A young girl befriends the famous writer, Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemans during the final years of his life.
Audience: kids
Plot: biopic, coming of age, civil war, ship, aspiring writer, old man, writers, family relations, friendship, girl, father daughter relationship, 11 year old ...
Time: 1900s
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 6.0
 8K
Barry (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A biopic of Barack Obama set during his time as a college student in New York City.
Style: political
Audience: girls' night
Plot: president, biopic, u.s. president, inspiration, black history, philosopher, runner, real life, black, loneliness, racism, columbia university ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 7.3
 15K
All the Way (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Lyndon B. Johnson's amazing 11-month journey from taking office after JFK's assassination, through the fight to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and his own presidential campaign, culminating on the night LBJ is actually elected to the ...
Style: factual, tense, realistic, talky, intense ...
Plot: politics, racism, civil rights, president, u.s. president, african american, biopic, civil rights movement, election, usa president, propaganda, ethnic conflict ...
Time: 60s, year 2016, year 1963
Place: texas, america, vietnam, usa, dallas texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Same Kind of Different as Me (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: International art dealer Ron Hall must befriend a dangerous homeless man in order to save his struggling marriage to his wife, a woman whose dreams will lead all three of them on the journey of their lives.
Style: touching, inspirational, sincere, captivating, spiritual ...
Plot: friendship, marriage, ku klux klan, christian, homeless, forgiveness, family relations, homelessness, black, faith, love story, dysfunctional marriage ...
Time: year 2017
Place: texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation (1986)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 190 min.
Story: The first U.S. president (Barry Bostwick) and his wife (Patty Duke) endure two terms of turmoil from 1789 to 1797.
Plot: american revolution, u.s. president, president, american history, american politics, revolution, freedom, time machine, independence, american revolutionary war, usa president, agriculture ...
Time: 1780s, 1790s
Place: america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Being the Ricardos (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.
Style: historical drama, satirical, independent film
Plot: biopic, hollywood, marriage, art, friendship, love, trailblazer, writers, comedian, post war, women, urban ...
Time: 2020s, 1950s, year 1952, year 1960
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
LBJ: The Early Years (1987)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story: LBJ: The Early Years was a television movie that appeared on the NBC network in February 1987, depicting the life of former President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson from 1934 until 1973. Actor Randy Quaid won a Golden Globe award for his ...
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, sincere, thought provoking ...
Plot: biopic, president, john f. kennedy, politics, usa president, rise to the top, campaign, state affairs, media, head of state, ambition, political election ...
Time: 60s, 1940s, 1930s, 50s, year 1966 ...
Place: dallas texas, washington d.c., america, texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Based on writer Maya Angelou's childhood, this story is about a young girl in the South who is sent to live with her grandmother after her parents divorce.
Plot: rape, black, sexual abuse, blaxploitation, black lives matter, homeless, writers, poverty, trauma, childhood, racism, voice over narration ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s
Place: southern usa, arkansas, st. louis missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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 168
Born Again (1978)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Having been imprisoned for his part in the Watergate scandal, Charles Colson undergoes a religious conversion.
Style: independent film
Plot: christian, christianity, biopic, bare chested male, lawyer, prison, faith, prisoner, husband wife relationship, judge, politics, courtroom ...
Time: year 1978, 70s, year 1974, year 1969
Place: washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 7.7
 112K
Frost/Nixon (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate ...
Style: clever, political, tense, tricky, psychological ...
Plot: journalism, politics, president, reporter, journalist, loneliness, biopic, american politics, scandal, power struggle, corruption, conspiracy ...
Time: 70s, year 2008, 90s, 2000s, year 1977 ...
Place: california, new york, washington d.c., usa, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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The Ditchdigger's Daughters (1997)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Based on the memoirs of Yvonne S. Thornton, this heartwarming, inspirational family drama centers on a poor black laborer who wanted his six daughters to grow up to be doctors.
Plot: black, blaxploitation, teenager, interracial relations, family relations, patriarch, racism, education, funeral, father daughter relationship, african american, flashback ...
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 7.0
 43K
Bobby (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: In 1968 the lives of a retired doorman, hotel manager, lounge singer, busboy, beautician and others intersect in the wake of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
Style: political, realistic, light, intense, melancholic ...
Plot: politics, hotel, corruption, president, senator, assassination, american history, relationships, brutality, racial slur, honest, redemption ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1968
Place: los angeles, california, washington d.c., usa, vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 7.1
 33K
Nixon (1995)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 192 min.
Story: An all-star cast powers this epic look at American President Richard M. Nixon, a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands within. Spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking ...
Style: political, factual, talky, compassionate, intense ...
Plot: politics, vietnam war, government, political corruption, biopic, campaign, election, american politics, conspiracy, manipulation, greed, historical figure ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s, 1930s, 1920s ...
Place: washington d.c., chile, china, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 8.4
 660K
Oppenheimer (2023)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story: The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.
Style: epic, dramatic, captivating, exciting, serious ...
Audience: adult
Plot: nuclear, world war two, atomic bomb, scientist, american politics, historical event, mastermind, top secret, physics, moral dilemma, guilt, arizona desert ...
Time: 1940s, year 1945, year 1943, 1950s, year 1954 ...
Place: new mexico, netherlands, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The story of Mark Felt, who under the name "Deep Throat" helped journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the Watergate scandal in 1974.
Style: political, captivating, disturbing, tense
Plot: usa president, whistleblower, fbi, scandal, cover-up, politics, journalism, secret, husband wife relationship, white house, congressional hearing, baby ...
Time: year 1974, 70s
Place: washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Day Reagan Was Shot (2001)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The Day Reagan Was Shot is a 2001 film made for television directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh. The film stars Richard Dreyfuss as Alexander Haig and Richard Crenna as Ronald Reagan.
Style: realistic, semi serious, disturbing, suspense, tense ...
Plot: politics, political conspiracy, assassination, white house, campaign, political corruption, road not taken, dishonesty, head of state, historical event, u.s. president, secret agent ...
Time: 80s, year 1981
Place: usa, poland, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Special Relationship (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A dramatisation that follows Tony Blair's journey from political understudy waiting in the wings of the world arena to accomplished prime minister standing confidently in the spotlight of centre stage. It is a story about relationships, between ...
Style: political, realistic, intense, tricky, sincere ...
Plot: politics, head of state, honest, relationships, greed, manipulation, biopic, friends, corruption, character study, political intrigue, president ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: england, washington d.c., usa, europe, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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