A look at the life of Cecil Gaines, who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.
Casts Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, David Oyelowo, John Cusack, Jane Fonda, Cuba Gooding Jr., Mariah Carey, Terrence Howard, Lenny Kravitz, Aml Ameen
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Lupe
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Hair
It Could Happen to You
Wall Street
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Tigerland
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Henry V
The Squid and the Whale
Far from Heaven
Escape from Alcatraz
Pirogov
Bobby
The Labour and Rose
From Here to Eternity
Hilde
Dead Presidents
Quiz Show
Frost/Nixon
SIMILAR MOVIES
Lupe
IMDB 6 | Feb , 1966
Mexican actress Lupe Vélez's final hours as she overdoses on Seconal.The Unbearable Lightness of Being
IMDB 6.9 | Feb , 1988
Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him. Tereza is surprised to learn that Tomas is already having an affair with the bohemian Sabina, but when the Soviet invasion occurs, all three flee to Switzerland. Sabina begins an affair, Tom continues womanizing, and Tereza, disgusted, returns to Czechoslovakia. Realizing his mistake, Tomas decides to chase after her.Hair
IMDB 7.3 | Mar , 1979
Upon receiving his draft notice and leaving his family ranch in Oklahoma, Claude heads to New York and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his way to boot camp.It Could Happen to You
IMDB 6.7 | Jul , 1994
Charlie Lang is a simple, kindhearted New York City cop. When he realizes he has no money to tip waitress Yvonne Biasi, Lang offers her half the winnings of his lottery ticket. Amazingly, the ticket happens to be a winner, in the sum of $4 million. True to his word, Lang proceeds to share the prize money with Biasi, which infuriates his greedy wife, Muriel. Not content with the arrangement, Muriel begins scheming to take all the money.Wall Street
IMDB 7.2 | Dec , 1987
A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider, whom takes the youth under his wing.Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
IMDB 6.4 | Feb , 2004
In pre-revolution Cuba, Katey Miller is about to defy everyone's expectations. Instead of a parent-approved suitor, Katey is drawn to the sexy waiter, Javier, who spends his nights dancing in Havana's nightclubs. As she secretly learns to dance with Javier, she learns the meanings of love, sensuality and independence.Tigerland
IMDB 6.6 | Oct , 2000
A group of recruits go through Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Polk, Louisiana's infamous Tigerland, last stop before Vietnam for tens of thousands of young men in 1971.Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
IMDB 6.7 | Sep , 1986
Arriving in Chicago, Henry moves in with ex-con acquaintance Otis and starts schooling him in the ways of the serial killer.Henry V
IMDB 7.2 | Oct , 1989
In the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.The Squid and the Whale
IMDB 7 | Oct , 2005
Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.Far from Heaven
IMDB 7 | Nov , 2002
In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife's life is upended by a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in society.Escape from Alcatraz
IMDB 7.5 | Jun , 1979
San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security prison located on a rocky island. Although no one has ever managed to escape from there, Frank and other inmates begin to carefully prepare an escape plan.Pirogov
IMDB 6.8 | Dec , 1947
A biopic based on the life of Russian scientist and doctor Nikolai Ivanovich Pirogov (1810-1881), famous for being the founder of field surgery.Bobby
IMDB 6.4 | Sep , 2006
In 1968 the lives of a retired doorman, hotel manager, lounge singer, busboy, beautician and others intersect in the wake of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.The Labour and Rose
IMDB 0 | Dec , 1962
The film is about famous Chechen ballet and folk dancer Mahmud Essembayev's life.From Here to Eternity
IMDB 7.3 | Aug , 1953
In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.Hilde
IMDB 5.2 | Mar , 2009
A biography of Hildegard Knef, one of Germany's biggest post-war stars.Dead Presidents
IMDB 6.7 | Sep , 1995
On the streets they call cash dead presidents. And that's just what a Vietnam veteran is after when he returns home from the war only to find himself drawn into a life of crime. With the aid of his fellow vets he plans the ultimate heist -- a daring robbery of an armored car filled with unmarked U.S. currency!Quiz Show
IMDB 7.3 | Aug , 1994
Herbert Stempel's transformation into an unexpected television personality unfolds as he secures victory on the cherished American game show, 'Twenty-One.' However, when the show introduces the highly skilled contestant Charles Van Doren to replace Stempel, it compels Stempel to let out his frustrations and call out the show as rigged. Lawyer Richard Goodwin steps in and attempts to uncover the orchestrated deception behind the scenes.Frost/Nixon
IMDB 7.3 | Oct , 2008
For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. Nixon surprised everyone in selecting Frost as his televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy British showman and secure a place in the hearts and minds of Americans. Likewise, Frost's team harboured doubts about their boss's ability to hold his own. But as the cameras rolled, a charged battle of wits resulted.