J. Edgar Hoover
John Edgar Hoover was an American law enforcement administrator who served as the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 3.765 |
| Birthday | 1895-01-01 |
| Place of Birth | Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
| Also Known As |
1943
Youth in Crisis
5/4
There is a vast increase of youth crime, doubling in the two years since the US entered World War II. With fathers off to war, women are working in th...
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Youth in Crisis
2001
It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
6.8/3
A 60-minute salute to American International Pictures. Entertainment lawyer Samuel Z. Arkoff founded AIP (then called American Releasing Corporation)...
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It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
1998
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
8/2
A documentary look at the confluence of the Red scare, McCarthyism, and blacklists with the post-war activism by African Americans seeking more and be...
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Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
2013
After Newtown: Guns in America
9.5/1
Explore America’s enduring relationship with firearms: From the first European settlements in the New World to frontier justice; from 19th Century imm...
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After Newtown: Guns in America
2014
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
7.4/7
From 1971 to 1973, Richard Nixon secretly recorded his private conversations in the White House. This film chronicles the content of those tapes, whic...
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Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
5.7/7
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
2007
Oswald's Ghost
6/4
For the Baby Boomers, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy took on the same sense of tragedy as the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks did...
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Oswald's Ghost
1947
Communism Condemned
0/0
Universal newsreel recounts the proceedings at the House Un-American Activities Committee
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Communism Condemned
2020
MLK/FBI
6.947/19
Based on newly declassified files, the film explores the US government’s surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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MLK/FBI
2019
Chaplin vs the FBI
9.5/4
How FBI followed Charles Chaplin for 50 years. Hoover was convinced that Chaplin is a communist or communist supporter.
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Chaplin vs the FBI
1993
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
5.6/9
This spellbinding documentary re-examines the issues raised by Oliver Stone's JFK, and explores the late Jim Garrison's contention that there was a "s...
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Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
2010
Roads to Memphis
0/0
The wildly disparate yet fatefully entwined stories of assassin James Earl Ray and his target, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Roads to Memphis
2010
Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
7/41
A look at the history of the comic book publication that launched such legendary characters as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.
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Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics
2014
1971
6.7/13
Forty years before WikiLeaks and the NSA scandal, there was Media, Pennsylvania. In 1971, eight activists plotted an intricate break-in to the local F...
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1971
2017
Arthur Miller: Writer
7.3/16
One of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century, Arthur Miller created such celebrated works as Death of a Salesman and The Crucible, which contin...
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Arthur Miller: Writer
2018
Martin Luther King, Jr. : Marked Man
8/1
National Geographic documentary on Martin Luther King Jr. helps drive change in the United States in the face of bitter opposition, not least from opp...
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Martin Luther King, Jr. : Marked Man
2014
Freedom Summer
7.2/6
In the summer of 1964, more than 700 students descended on violent, segregated Mississippi. Defying authorities, they registered voters, created freed...
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Freedom Summer
1974
Hearts and Minds
7.783/83
Many times during his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson said that ultimate victory in the Vietnam War depended upon the U.S. military winning the "hearts...
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Hearts and Minds
1968
Revolution Underway
0/0
This color propaganda film made National Education Program (NEP) as a warning to citizens of the USA about the subversive groups within the country lo...
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Revolution Underway
2006
J. Edgar Hoover and the Great American Inquisitions
0/0
A sizzling look at the one, the only, J. Edgar Hoover-a man whose very name conjures up images of top level law enforcement and respect. Having served...
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J. Edgar Hoover and the Great American Inquisitions
2014
Documenting John Grierson
0/0
The life and work of the documentary pioneer.
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Documenting John Grierson
2018
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
6/39
A deliciously scandalous portrait of unsung Hollywood legend Scotty Bowers, whose bestselling memoir chronicled his decades spent as sexual procurer t...
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Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
1951
A Day With The F.B.I.
2/1
U.S. government film that examines the duties of an FBI employee.
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A Day With The F.B.I.
1959
The FBI Story
6/35
A dedicated FBI agent recalls the agency's battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist spies.
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The FBI Story
2008
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
5.9/8
J. Robert Oppenheimer was a national hero, the brilliant scientist who during WWII led the scientific team that created the atomic bomb. But after the...
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The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
2010
COINTELPRO 101
0/0
COINTELPRO 101 exposes illegal surveillance, disruption, and outright murder committed by the US government in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. “COINTELPRO” r...
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COINTELPRO 101
2013
Propaganda
8.048/21
An anti-western propaganda film about the influences of American visual and consumption culture on the rest of the world, as told from a North Korean...
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Propaganda
2012
Who Bombed Judi Bari?
0/0
Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney were falsely arrested for car-bombing themselves on May 24, 1990 while on an Earth First! musical organizing tour for Red...
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