Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "martin-luther-king-jr.-assassination"

1. 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: 119,704 | Gross: $116.63M

2. Ali (2001)

R | 157 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

A biography of sports legend Muhammad Ali, focusing on his triumphs and controversies between 1964 and 1974.

Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight, Mario Van Peebles

Votes: 105,506 | Gross: $58.20M

3. Respect (2021)

PG-13 | 145 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Following the rise of Aretha Franklin's career from a child singing in her father's church's choir to her international superstardom, RESPECT is the remarkable true story of the music icon's journey to find her voice.

Director: Liesl Tommy | Stars: Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans, Tituss Burgess

Votes: 17,819

4. The Sapphires (2012)

PG-13 | 103 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

In 1968, four talented young Australian Aboriginal girls learn about love, friendship, and war when their all-girl group The Sapphires entertains the US troops in Vietnam.

Director: Wayne Blair | Stars: Chris O'Dowd, Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Shari Sebbens

Votes: 15,163 | Gross: $2.45M

5. What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)

Not Rated | 101 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

A documentary about the life and legend Nina Simone, an American singer, pianist, and civil rights activist labeled the "High Priestess of Soul."

Director: Liz Garbus | Stars: Nina Simone, Lisa Simone Kelly, Roger Nupie, Al Schackman

Votes: 14,815

6. The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011)

Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, History

Footage shot by a group of Swedish journalists documenting the Black Power Movement in the United States is edited together by a contemporary Swedish filmmaker.

Director: Göran Hugo Olsson | Stars: Angela Davis, Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Seale, Abiodun Oyewole

Votes: 2,497 | Gross: $0.26M

7. 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: 838 | Gross: $0.11M

8. Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power (2022)

90 min | Documentary

It tells the story of the courageous campaign of citizens and activists who faced violence and oppression in the struggle for the right to vote

Directors: Geeta Gandbhir, Sam Pollard | Stars: Ella Baker, Stokely Carmichael, Courtland Cox, Mukasa Dada

Votes: 157

9. Sing Your Song (2011)

Not Rated | 103 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

Most people know the lasting legacy of Harry Belafonte, the entertainer. This film unearths his significant contribution to and his leadership in the civil rights movement in America and to social justice globally.

Director: Susanne Rostock | Stars: Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, Marge Champion, Fran Scott Attaway

Votes: 501 | Gross: $0.05M

10. Black Power: A British Story of Resistance (2021)

89 min | Documentary, History

How the movement came into being in the late 1960s, when it fought back against police brutality and racism.

Director: George Amponsah | Stars: Daniel Kaluuya, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, James Baldwin

Votes: 149

11. Evidence of Revision: The Assassination of America (2006 Video)

Not Rated | 630 min | Documentary, Biography, History

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Stars: Madeleine Brown, Thane Eugene Cesar, John Connally, Roger D. Craig

Votes: 34

12. 68 (2008 TV Movie)

110 min | Documentary, History, War

From Washington to Saigon, Rome to Mexico, Paris to London, a wave of demonstrations shakes the world. 68 travels back in time to war torn Vietnam, freed and occupied Prague, Paris demonstrating, revolution in the Americas.

Director: Patrick Rotman | Stars: Edouard Balladur, The Beatles, Claude Berri, Leonid Brezhnev

Votes: 66

13. The Trial of James Earl Ray (1993 TV Movie)

180 min | Documentary, Biography

James Earl Ray, the assassin of Martin Luther King Jr, is given a mock trial in this courtroom drama.

Stars: Earl Caldwell, W. Hickman Ewing, Marvin E. Frankel, Charlayne Hunter-Gault

14. We Have A Dream (2016)

18 min | Short

"There is something that I must say to my people...This is Our Hope!" (Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 28 August 1963). During the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, leaders within the American ... See full summary »

Director: Ruth Rachel Anderson-Avraham | Stars: Menachem Begin, David Ben-Gurion, Eugene Carson Blake, Eva Jessye Choir

15. Dragnet 1967 (1967–1970)
Episode: Management Services: DR-11 (1968)

TV-G | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

On an April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennesee. With riots erupting all over the United States, the Los Angeles Police Department braces for worse case ... See full summary »

Director: Jack Webb | Stars: Jack Webb, Harry Morgan, Art Balinger, Ed Deemer

Votes: 127

16. The Jeffersons (1975–1985)
Episode: The First Store (1980)

TV-14 | 25 min | Comedy

Flashback of the Jeffersons before moving to Hauser Street. George is determined to open his own dry cleaners, but is at odds with both his banker's racist attitudes and Lionel's militancy. He and Louise encourage Dr. King's nonviolence.

Director: Bob Lally | Stars: Isabel Sanford, Sherman Hemsley, Roxie Roker, Franklin Cover

Votes: 105

17. The Twilight Zone (2002–2003)
Episode: Memphis (2003)

TV-14 | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A terminally ill man is thrust back in time and given the opportunity to stop the assassination of Martin Luther King.

Director: Eriq La Salle | Stars: Forest Whitaker, Eriq La Salle, Jascha Washington, Vivica A. Fox

Votes: 366

18. The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness (2021)
Episode: Hello from the Gutters (2021)

TV-MA | 58 min | Documentary, Crime, History

In August 1977, the arrest of David Berkowitz ended New York City's wave of terror. But journalist Maury Terry believed there was more to the story.

Director: Joshua Zeman | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Maury Terry, David Berkowitz, Robert MacNeil

Votes: 690

19. First Ladies (2020)
Episode: Lady Bird Johnson (2020)

Not Rated | 41 min | Documentary, Biography

The Johnson administration enacted the Civil Rights Act, one of the most prolific legislative programs in U.S. history--but it likely wouldn't have succeeded without Lady Bird Johnson's ... See full summary »

Director: Kim Duke | Stars: Robin Wright, Kati Marton, Mark K. Updegrove, Luci Baines Johnson

Votes: 39

20. America's Book of Secrets (2012–2021)
Episode: FBI vs. MLK (2021)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary

In 1962, J. Edgar Hoover ordered "his bureau" to investigate Martin Luther King Jr. and soon discovered that King was associated with something he considered far more dangerous than peaceful protests: Communism.

Stars: Lance Reddick, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Keith Rice, Ben Kamin

Votes: 15

21. American Experience (1987– )
Episode: Roads to Memphis (2010)

TV-PG | 80 min | Documentary, Biography, History

This film tells the story of an assassin, James Earl Ray, his target, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the seething, turbulent forces in American society that led these two men to their ... See full summary »

Director: Stephen Ives | Stars: Daniel Amigone, Robert Byrd, John Campbell, Ramsey Clark

Votes: 126

22. Dark Docs (2020– )
Episode: When Only 600 Marines Fought, the Enemy Never Expected This (2023)

11 min | Documentary, History

Following the Tet Offensive in 1968 a Division or the North Vietnamese Army invaded the Dong Ha Sector which would be a major blow to the US supply network. A force of just 600 Marines ... See full summary »

23. Mad Men (2007–2015)
Episode: The Flood (2013)

TV-14 | 48 min | Drama

Set among the events surrounding Martin Luther King's assassination, Peggy tries to get a new apartment, Ginsberg is set up on a date, and Don has a revelation during his weekend with the kids.

Director: Chris Manley | Stars: Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones

Votes: 2,309

24. America's 60 Greatest Unsolved Mysteries and Crimes (2010– )
Episode: 9-6 (2010)

Documentary, Crime, History

We reach the top 10 in our countdown of America's greatest unsolved mysteries including the assassination of Martin Luther King, a witch hunt in Salem, and the missing minutes of Nixon's tapes.

Director: Ron Meyer | Stars: Troy Taylor, Michael Newton, Rick Beyer, Paul Aron

25. Myth of the Zodiac Killer (2023)
Episode: The Hoax Theory (2023)

TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery

An English professor lays out a stirring hoax theory on America's most famous cold case, launching filmmaker Andrew Nock on a journey into the world of "The Zodiac"; victims' family members talk on camera for the first time.

Director: Andrew Nock | Stars: Drew Beeson, Pierre Bidou, Michael Butterfield, Florian Cafiero

Votes: 25

26. American Experience (1987– )
Episode: The Busing Battleground (2023)

TV-PG | 113 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Court-mandated social integration unleashes racial unrest throughout Boston in the 1970s as Black and White students are bussed together.

Directors: Sharon Grimberg, Cyndee Readdean | Stars: Henry Allen, Thomas Atkins, Ruth M. Batson, Tomika Brown

Votes: 46

27. The 100 Days: That Defined Modern History (2022–2023)
Episode: The Assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy - 1968 (2023)

Documentary, History

In 1968, both Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy were assassinated.

Directors: Edmund Duff, Mike Kenneally | Stars: Peter B. Levy, Clay Risen, Clayborne Carson, Meena Bose

28. Days of Revolt (2015–2016)
Episode: The Black Prophetic Tradition (2015)

News, Talk-Show

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Stars: Chris Hedges, Cornel West

29. The Vietnam War (2017)
Episode: Things Fall Apart (January-June 1968) (2017)

TV-MA | 84 min | Documentary, History, War

Shaken by the violence of the Tet Offensive, assassinations of leaders and domestic unrest, Americans begin to doubt President Lyndon B. Johnson's promise that victory in Vietnam is near and he ultimately decides not to seek reelection.

Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Ron Ferrizzi, Warren Rogers, William C. Westmoreland

Votes: 761

30. American Dynasties: The Kennedys (2018)
Episode: The Legend of Camelot (2018)

42 min | Documentary, History

Numbed by grief after the assassination of her husband, Jackie crafts JFK's legacy, while Bobby becomes a champion of the dispossessed and the family's next great political hope.

Director: Jonathan Jones | Stars: Martin Sheen, Sally Bedell Smith, Richard Mahoney, Kate Andersen Brower

Votes: 51

31. 1968: The Year That Changed America (2018)
Episode: Part Two: Spring (2018)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, History

The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and Senator Robert F. Kennedy's pursuit of the Democratic nomination.

Stars: Peniel E. Joseph, Yohuru Williams, Jesse Jackson, Taylor Branch

Votes: 32

32. Tricky Dick (2019)
Episode: Nixon's the One (2019)

Not Rated | Documentary, Biography, History

Following political defeats in 1960 and 1962, Richard Nixon emerges at the height of the turbulent 1960s as the Republican Party's nominee for President in 1968.

Director: Mary Robertson | Stars: Richard Nixon, Roger Ailes, Walter Cronkite, Hubert H. Humphrey

Votes: 27