Movies Like The Great Debates (Kennedy-Nixon)

If you liked The Great Debates (Kennedy-Nixon) (1996), a movie, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Mitt (2014)
★ 6.4/10
A filmmaker is granted unprecedented access to a political candidate and his family as he runs for President.
2
All the Way (2016)
★ 6.7/10
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…
3
Best of Enemies (2015)
★ 7.2/10
A documentary about the legendary series of nationally televised debates in 1968 between two great public intellectuals, the liberal Gore Vidal and the conservative William F. Buckley Jr. Intended as commentary on the…
4
The Butler (2013)
★ 7.3/10
Cecil Gaines was a sharecropper's son who grew up in the 1920s as a domestic servant for the white family who casually destroyed his. Eventually striking out on his own, Cecil becomes a hotel valet of such efficiency…
5
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (2016)
★ 7.5/10
The Beatles stormed through Europe's music scene in 1963, and, in 1964, they conquered America. Their groundbreaking world tours changed global youth culture forever and, arguably, invented mass entertainment as we…
6
Lincoln (2012)
★ 6.8/10
The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country…
7
Nixon (1995)
★ 6.8/10
A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate…
8
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass (2021)
★ 7/10
Thirty years after the release of his film JFK (1991), filmmaker Oliver Stone reviews recently declassified evidence related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which took place in Dallas on November 22…
9
Vice (2018)
★ 7/10
George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to politics, Cheney's impressive résumé includes stints as White House…
10
The Right Stuff (1983)
★ 7.4/10
At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings momentous challenges.
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The Big Short (2015)
★ 7.4/10
The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.
12
The Bloody Hundredth (2024)
★ 7.2/10
Meet the real-life airmen who inspired Masters of the Air as they share the harrowing and transformative events of the 100th Bomb Group.
13
Thirteen Days (2000)
★ 7/10
The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missile bases established on the Soviet-allied island of Cuba.
14
Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry (2021)
★ 8.2/10
This documentary offers a deeply intimate look at extraordinary teenager Billie Eilish. Award-winning filmmaker R.J. Cutler follows her journey on the road, onstage, and at home with her family as the writing and…
15
Encounters at the End of the World (2008)
★ 7.5/10
Acclaimed filmmaker Werner Herzog travels to Antarctica, where he finds a desolate, beautiful landscape, largely untouched by human hands, and a group of truly unique people who risk their lives to study it. Centered…
16
Path to War (2003)
★ 6.7/10
A powerful drama of soaring ambition and shattered dreams that takes a provocative insider's look at the way the USA goes to war—as seen from inside the LBJ White House leading up to and during the Vietnam War.
17
LBJ (2017)
★ 6.4/10
The story of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson from his young days in West Texas to the White House.
18
WHAM! (2023)
★ 7.3/10
Through archival interviews and footage, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley relive the arc of their Wham! career, from 70s best buds to 80s pop icons.
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The Luckiest Man in America (2025)
★ 6.3/10
1984; Michael Larson, an unemployed ice-cream truck driver from Ohio, steps onto the game show "Press Your Luck" harboring a secret: the key to endless amounts of money. But his winning streak is threatened when the…
20
The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)
★ 6.5/10
It’s 1974 and Sam Bicke has lost everything. His wife leaves him with his three kids, his boss fires him, his brother turns away from him, and the bank won’t give him any money to start anew. He tries to find someone…