Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "dwight-d.-eisenhower-character"

1. Oppenheimer (I) (2023)

R | 180 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.

Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr.

Votes: 725,932 | Gross: $326.11M

2. Hidden Figures (2016)

PG | 127 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program.

Director: Theodore Melfi | Stars: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner

Votes: 255,208 | Gross: $169.61M

3. The Monuments Men (2014)

PG-13 | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, War

An unlikely World War II platoon is tasked to rescue art masterpieces from German thieves and return them to their owners.

Director: George Clooney | Stars: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett

Votes: 141,147 | Gross: $78.03M

4. The Right Stuff (1983)

PG | 193 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

The 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 preferred.

Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid

Votes: 65,338 | Gross: $21.50M

5. The Longest Day (1962)

G | 178 min | Action, Drama, History

The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.

Directors: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Gerd Oswald, Bernhard Wicki, Darryl F. Zanuck | Stars: John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda

Votes: 59,056 | Gross: $39.10M

6. The Butler (I) (2013)

PG-13 | 132 min | Biography, Drama

As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man's life, family, and American society.

Director: Lee Daniels | Stars: Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, John Cusack, Jane Fonda

Votes: 119,731 | Gross: $116.63M

7. Churchill (2017)

PG | 105 min | Biography, Drama, History

Ninety-six hours before the World War II invasion of Normandy, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill struggles with his severe reservations with Operation Overlord and his increasingly marginalized role in the war effort.

Director: Jonathan Teplitzky | Stars: Brian Cox, Miranda Richardson, John Slattery, Julian Wadham

Votes: 15,782 | Gross: $1.28M

8. J. Edgar (2011)

R | 137 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

J. Edgar Hoover, powerful head of the F.B.I. for nearly fifty years, looks back on his professional and personal life.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts, Josh Hamilton

Votes: 133,617 | Gross: $37.31M

9. War and Remembrance (1988–1989)

Not Rated | 135 min | Drama, War

The trials of the Henry and the Jastrow families amidst the events after the U.S.'s entry into World War II.

Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Seymour, Hart Bochner, Victoria Tennant

Votes: 3,126

10. I.Q. (1994)

PG | 100 min | Comedy, Romance

A mechanic romances the mathematician niece of physicist Albert Einstein, with help from him and his friends.

Director: Fred Schepisi | Stars: Tim Robbins, Meg Ryan, Walter Matthau, Lou Jacobi

Votes: 26,634 | Gross: $26.37M

11. Superman: Red Son (2020 Video)

PG-13 | 84 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi

What if baby Kal-El's rocket landed not in Kansas, but in the Soviet Union? That is the premise of this Elseworld's tale from DC Comics.

Director: Sam Liu | Stars: Jason Isaacs, Amy Acker, Diedrich Bader, Vanessa Marshall

Votes: 16,861

12. Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004 TV Movie)

PG | 89 min | Drama, History, War

A 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.

Director: Robert Harmon | Stars: Tom Selleck, James Remar, Timothy Bottoms, Ian Mune

Votes: 3,692

13. FDR: American Badass! (2012)

R | 93 min | Action, Comedy

An outrageous, over-the-top spoof, FDR: American Badass is the untold true story of our country's greatest monster-hunting president!

Director: Garrett Brawith | Stars: Barry Bostwick, Lin Shaye, Bruce McGill, Ray Wise

Votes: 2,108

14. Churchill: The Hollywood Years (2004)

84 min | Comedy, War

In this irreverent parody, the British court and war government consist mainly of idiots and/or traitors. Hitler moves into Buckingham palace and plans to marry into the Windsors. A US Army... See full summary »

Director: Peter Richardson | Stars: Miranda Richardson, Antony Sher, Christian Slater, Harry Enfield

Votes: 2,606

15. Ike: The War Years (1979)

291 min | Biography, Drama, History

During World War II, General Dwight D. "Ike" Eisenhower serves as supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Western Europe. On a personal level, he has an extramarital affair with his driver Kay Summersby.

Stars: Robert Duvall, Lee Remick, Dana Andrews, J.D. Cannon

Votes: 466

16. The 11th Green (2020)

Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, History, Sci-Fi

A respected journalist uncovers the truth behind the mythology of President Eisenhower's long-alleged involvement in extraterrestrial events.

Director: Christopher Munch | Stars: Campbell Scott, Agnes Bruckner, George Gerdes, Leith M. Burke

Votes: 129

17. Ike: The War Years (1979 TV Movie)

Biography, Drama, War

Dramatization of the World War II years of Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Directors: Boris Sagal, Melville Shavelson | Stars: Robert Duvall, Lee Remick, Dana Andrews, J.D. Cannon

Votes: 188

18. Agents of Project Blue Book

Action | Post-production

Welcome back to the 20th century for a story that actually occurred, 100 years in the making. The time before Twitter, Facebook, and The Google. A time when people drank, smoked, and led ... See full summary »

Director: Kevin Davis | Stars: Jeff Etter, William Kircher, Tom Sizemore, Bill Mumy

19. J. Edgar Hoover (1987 TV Movie)

PG | 108 min | Drama

He battled the Kennedys and Martin Luther King, encouraged McCarthy and single-handedly changed the course of history. Hired by F.D.R. to be the director of the FBI, Hoover erected the most sophisticated investigatory agency in the world.

Director: Robert L. Collins | Stars: Treat Williams, Rip Torn, David Ogden Stiers, Andrew Duggan

Votes: 82

20. Conan (2010–2021)
Episode: Conan Without Borders: Ghana (2019)

TV-14 | 42 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show

Conan was invited to Ghana, to present the country and celebrate "The Year of the Return." Comedian Sam Richardson, the star of 'Veep' whose family is from Ghana, joins him.

Director: Mike Sweeney | Stars: Conan O'Brien, Richard Asante, Sam Richardson, Agnes Arthur

Votes: 58

21. American Horror Story (2011– )
Episode: Take Me to Your Leader (2021)

TV-MA | 40 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

A group of college students on a camping trip are swept up in a horrifying and deadly conspiracy decades in the making.

Director: Max Winkler | Stars: Sarah Paulson, Lily Rabe, Leslie Grossman, Angelica Ross

Votes: 3,245

22. American Horror Story (2011– )
Episode: Blue Moon (2021)

TV-MA | 41 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

An unexpected visitor arrives at the White House and reveals the details of a very horrific plan.

Directors: Laura Belsey, John J. Gray | Stars: Sarah Paulson, Lily Rabe, Leslie Grossman, Angelica Ross

Votes: 2,374

23. American Horror Story (2011– )
Episode: Inside (2021)

TV-MA | 40 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

The president struggles with the morality of a deal he must make.

Director: Tessa Blake | Stars: Sarah Paulson, Lily Rabe, Leslie Grossman, Angelica Ross

Votes: 2,566

24. Drunk History (2013–2019)
Episode: World War II (2018)

TV-MA | 21 min | Comedy, History

A group of artists known as the Ghost Army trick German troops, a resistance movement grows within Japanese internment camps, and Adolf Hitler's nephew fights for the U.S.

Director: Jeremy Konner | Stars: Derek Waters, John Lutz, Randall Park, Lyric Lewis

Votes: 84

25. American Horror Story (2011– )
Episode: The Future Perfect (2021)

TV-MA | 41 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Mamie takes matters into her own hands. The fate of the future is revealed.

Director: Axelle Carolyn | Stars: Sarah Paulson, Lily Rabe, Leslie Grossman, Angelica Ross

Votes: 3,251

26. Drunk History (2013–2019)
Episode: Trailblazers (2019)

TV-MA | 21 min | Comedy, History

Bessie Coleman becomes the first female aviator in American history; in 1957, the Little Rock Nine fight back against racial segregation in order to attend Little Rock Central High School.

Director: Jeremy Konner | Stars: Derek Waters, Lyric Lewis, Amber Ruffin, Samira Wiley

Votes: 95