Cultural depictions of John F. Kennedy
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35th President of the United States
Tenure
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Presidential campaign Assassination and legacy
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Cultural depictions of John F. Kennedy, the 35th American president, include films, songs, games, toys, stamps, coins, artwork, and other portrayals.
Films, television series and miniseries about or including John F. Kennedy
Fictionalized
- PT 109 (1963)
- The Missiles of October (1974 docudrama made-for-television play)
- Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy (1977)
- Kennedy (1983 miniseries)
- Robert Kennedy and His Times (1985 miniseries)
- Prince Jack (1985)
- Hoover vs. The Kennedys (1987)
- The Kennedys of Massachusetts (1990 miniseries)
- JFK (1991)
- A Woman Named Jackie (1991 miniseries)
- JFK: Reckless Youth (1993 miniseries)
- Thirteen Days (2000)
- Virtual JFK (2008 docudrama)
- The Kennedys (2011 miniseries)
- The Butler (2013)
- Parkland (2013)
- Killing Kennedy (2013 television movie)
- Jackie (2016 film)
- LBJ (2017)
- The Crown (2017)
Documentaries
- Primary (1960)
- Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963)
- The Making of the President, 1960 (1963), based on the book
- John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums (1964)
- American Presidents: Life Portraits, C-SPAN series (1999)
- Roots of the Cuban Missile Crisis (2001)
- The Search for Kennedy's PT 109 (2002)
Stylistic
- Forrest Gump (1994)
- Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)
- Timequest (2002 science-fiction film)
- An American Affair (2008)
- Watchmen (2009)
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
- X-Men: First Class (2011)
John F. Kennedy assassination
Theater
- JFK: A Musical Drama (1997)
Songs about John F. Kennedy
- The First Family, a comedic impersonation album written and performed by Vaughn Meader (1962)
- "PT-109", written by Marijohn Wilkin and Fred Burch, sung by Jimmy Dean (1962)
- "That Was the President", written and sung by Phil Ochs (1965)
- "He Was a Friend of Mine", written by "Traditional/new words and arrangement Jim McGuinn", sung by The Byrds (1965)
- The Kennedy Dream, an album by Oliver Nelson (1967)
- "Crucifixion", written and sung by Phil Ochs (1967)
- "Abraham, Martin and John", written by Dick Holler, sung by Dion (1968)
Artwork
- Presidential portrait, painted by Aaron Shikler
Toys and games
- PT-109 (model) kit
- PT-109 edition John F. Kennedy "G.I. Joe" action figure
- Reelect JFK, in which Kennedy is a playable character, set in a alternative timeline, where he survives his assassination attempt, and attempts to seek reelection in 1964, while confronting key political issues such as Vietnam and the Civil Rights Movement, and discovering who was responsible for the assassination attempt on his life.http://www.giantbomb.com/reelect-jfk/3030-5633/
- Battlestations: Midway, in which Kennedy appears as a non-playable character in the single player campaign mission "Defense of the Philippines".
- Call of Duty: Black Ops, in which Kennedy appears as a non-playable character in the single player campaign mission "U.S.D.D." as well as a playable character in the "Zombies" game mode on the map "Five".
