

The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missile bases established on the Soviet-allied island of Cuba.
Acting
Greenwood's JFK: exhausted, human, surprisingly restrained.
Direction
Donaldson makes meetings feel like action sequences.
Production
Pentagon sets so authentic you'll need clearance.

Director
Roger Donaldson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real O'Donnell's children called the film 'pure fiction' regarding his role; JFK's actual tapes reveal he was barely in the room for key decisions.
Released months before the 2000 election, it accidentally became a meditation on presidential temperament that aged terrifyingly well.