
Movies that feel like JFK (1991)
If you loved JFK, the closest films we have are Munich (2005), Milk (2008) and Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen (2010). All three share JFK's contemplative and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and History Vault and others, checked against today's data.
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If JFK hit the spot, these will too

Common ground: assassination

The same two preoccupations: politics, and homophobia
The difference: Not nearly as tense as JFK

Both keep coming back to the same thing: assassination
The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

The same mix in both: stillness, then tension
The difference: Sits closer to adventure than JFK does

The same preoccupation in both: a true story
The difference: 21 years apart, and the 2010s show

Both are built on the same subject: vietnam war

One thread runs through both: a true story

Epic drama, and it commits to that

Thriller built on stillness, twice over

One thread runs through both: the investigation

Both lean on tension more than on history

One thread runs through both: texas
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