Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "1968-democratic-national-convention"

1. Dazed and Confused (1993)

R | 103 min | Comedy

The adventures of high school and junior high students on the last day of school in May 1976.

Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Jason London, Wiley Wiggins, Matthew McConaughey, Rory Cochrane

Votes: 200,611 | Gross: $7.99M

2. The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)

R | 129 min | Drama, History, Thriller

The story of 7 people on trial stemming from various charges surrounding the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.

Director: Aaron Sorkin | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Alex Sharp, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jeremy Strong

Votes: 194,053

3. Medium Cool (1969)

R | 111 min | Drama

A TV news reporter finds himself becoming personally involved in the violence that erupts around the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

Director: Haskell Wexler | Stars: Robert Forster, Verna Bloom, Peter Bonerz, Marianna Hill

Votes: 4,732 | Gross: $1.48M

4. The Century of the Self (2002)

59 min | Documentary

A documentary about the rise of psychoanalysis as a powerful means of persuasion for both governments and corporations.

Stars: Adam Curtis, Robert Reich, Ann Bernays, Alfred Pritz

Votes: 6,381

5. Mindwalk (1990)

PG | 112 min | Drama

Philosophical conversations between a poet, politician, and scientist.

Director: Bernt Amadeus Capra | Stars: Liv Ullmann, Sam Waterston, John Heard, Ione Skye

Votes: 3,256 | Gross: $0.77M

6. Chicago 10 (2007)

R | 110 min | Documentary, Animation, History

Archival footage, animation, and music are used to look back at the eight anti-war protesters who were put on trial following the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

Director: Brett Morgen | Stars: Jeffrey Wright, Nick Nolte, Roy Scheider, Hank Azaria

Votes: 1,432 | Gross: $0.18M

7. The Janes (2022)

101 min | Documentary

Police arrested seven women who were part of a clandestine network. Using code names, blindfolds and safe houses, they built an underground service for women seeking safe, affordable, illegal abortions calling themselves JANE.

Directors: Tia Lessin, Emma Pildes | Stars: Abby, Judith Arcana, Heather Booth, Richard J. Daley

Votes: 1,491

8. Steal This Movie (2000)

R | 107 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

After years of hiding, the notorious American leftist radical, Abbie Hoffman, discusses his life, his cause and the opposition he endured.

Director: Robert Greenwald | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Janeane Garofalo, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Kevin Pollak

Votes: 2,413 | Gross: $0.08M

9. Reinventing Elvis: The '68 Comeback (2023)

110 min | Documentary, Music

The story of the behind-the-scenes drama that took place during the making of Elvis Presley's iconic 1968 TV special.

Director: John Scheinfeld | Stars: Leslie Uggams, Elvis Presley, Harry Belafonte, The Beatles

Votes: 370

10. Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 (1987 TV Movie)

R | 118 min | Documentary, Drama, History

A dramatized historical recreation of the Chicago Conspiracy trial with present testimonies by many of the participants.

Director: Jeremy Kagan | Stars: Peter Boyle, Elliott Gould, Brian Benben, Robert Carradine

Votes: 262

11. Sir! No Sir! (2005)

Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, History, War

NO! SIR! tells an almost entirely forgotten story of the military men and women who forced the U.S. government to end the Vietnam War

Director: David Zeiger | Stars: Michael Alaimo, Edward Asner, Joe Bangert, Tom Bernard

Votes: 844 | Gross: $0.11M

12. Days of Rage: the Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont (2020)

107 min | Documentary, History, Music

The decade that began with peace and love was shattered in the late 1960s amidst riots, assassinations and a war that wouldn't end. The Rolling Stones became the voice of this new era, which came to a horrific end at the Altamont festival.

Director: Tom O'Dell | Stars: Michael Lydon, Sam Culter, Ronnie Schneider, Anthony DeCurtis

Votes: 104

13. Growing Up in America (1988)

90 min | Documentary, History

Documentary on 1960s radicals in the U.S.A.

Director: Morley Markson | Stars: Don Cox, Allen Ginsberg, Fred Hampton Jr., Fred Hampton

Votes: 47

14. Our Generation (2006– )
Episode: 1968 Democratic National Convention (2007)

Documentary

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Star: Steve Gillon

15. Mad Men (2007–2015)
Episode: A Tale of Two Cities (2013)

TV-14 | 48 min | Drama

Cutler and Chaough prepare to make radical changes to the firm while Sterling and Draper are visiting a client in Los Angeles. Joan's decision to go after a new account on her own leaves Pete furious and frustrated.

Director: John Slattery | Stars: Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones

Votes: 2,144

16. 1968: The Year That Changed America (2018)
Episode: Part Three: Summer (2018)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, History

The mounting pressure of the presidential race following the death of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

Stars: Dan Rather, Charles Kaiser, Lance Morrow, Sam Brown

Votes: 33