Political Assassination Movies

In 1948, a new British governor takes over a Far Eastern colony after his predecessor is murdered by terrorists.

A political drama about the assassination of a leading politician. When Hugo comes out of jail, the Communist party has embarrassingly swung in a new...

Young radical Riccardo returns home after hiding in South America for five years, only to find out that his comrades either gave up their ideals or...

An elite group of police must stop international terrorists from killing Pope John Paul II during his visit to Mexico.

Militant bodyguards carry out the assassination of the Indian Prime Minister in 1984.

Now known internationally as the world's first "gay hometown," San Francisco's Castro District was a quiet, working-class neighborhood of European...

On November 27, 1978 San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk were killed by their colleague, Supervisor Dan White. The murder...

A tabloid writer has evidence of the assassination of a US Senator. A visit from a scrupulous FBI agent suggests he may know more than he's admitting...

Yamamoto Senji fought against the Peace Preservation Law in the Diet. On March 5, 1929 he was assassinated by the right wing. A farewell ceremony was...

Burkina Faso, West Africa. October 15, 1987. Automatic gunfire breaks the even night’s silence and kills President Thomas Sankara. Had the...

A depressed tech worker begins experimenting with AI after his girlfriend leaves him for a politician.

A documentary of 24th April, 1970 assassination of Chiang Ching-kuo.

Just days after the Civil War ended, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre. As a fractured nation mourned, a manhunt closed in...

After his Tokyo farewell ceremony, Yamamoto's ashes were sent to Kyoto on March 9. Many friends and citizens gathered at his home in Uji. On the 15th...

The sarcastic account of the assassination of five Spanish politicians between 1870 and 1973 is mixed with the narration of five short stories by...

Re-enactments augment this documentary that chronicles Lincoln's journey from his early years as a rising politician through his presidency, the...

Set in the near future. Ex police officer J.B. Fitzgerald is combated by a government influenced by corrupt police officers, corporations and...

A newspaper reporter's life is endangered when she is assigned to investigate a political assassination.