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1. Annie (1982)

PG | 127 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

A spunky young orphan is taken in by a rich eccentric, much to the chagrin of the cantankerous woman who runs the orphanage.

Director: John Huston | Stars: Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Ann Reinking

Votes: 49,541 | Gross: $57.06M

2. The First Lady (2022)

TV-MA | 60 min | Biography, Drama, History

In the East Wing of the White House, many of history's most impactful and world-changing decisions have been hidden from view, made by America's charismatic, complex and dynamic first ladies.

Stars: Viola Davis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Gillian Anderson, O-T Fagbenle

Votes: 5,742

3. The Winds of War (1983)

126 min | Drama, Romance, War

The trials of the Henry and Jastrow families in the early years of World War II.

Stars: Robert Mitchum, Ali MacGraw, Jan-Michael Vincent, John Houseman

Votes: 4,665

4. War and Remembrance (1988–1989)

Not Rated | 135 min | Drama, War

The trials of the Henry and the Jastrow families amidst the events after the U.S.'s entry into World War II.

Stars: Robert Mitchum, Jane Seymour, Hart Bochner, Victoria Tennant

Votes: 3,129

5. Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)

R | 94 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret "Daisy" Suckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited upstate New York.

Director: Roger Michell | Stars: Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Olivia Williams, Samuel West

Votes: 12,367 | Gross: $6.37M

6. Truman (1995 TV Movie)

PG | 135 min | Biography, Drama

Though considered unqualified, Harry S. Truman becomes the 33rd president following the April 1945 death of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Director: Frank Pierson | Stars: Gary Sinise, Diana Scarwid, Richard Dysart, Colm Feore

Votes: 2,497

7. Warm Springs (2005 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 121 min | Biography, Drama

The stirring true story of Franklin D. Roosevelt's battle with polio in 1921.

Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Cynthia Nixon, David Paymer, Tim Blake Nelson

Votes: 3,325

8. The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)

Not Rated | 112 min | Comedy, Romance

An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in with a Midwestern family.

Director: William Keighley | Stars: Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley, Richard Travis

Votes: 8,976

9. The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)

TV-14 | 114 min | Documentary, Biography, History

A documentary that weaves together the stories of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of one of the most prominent and influential families in American politics.

Stars: Peter Coyote, George F. Will, Geoffrey C. Ward, Doris Kearns Goodwin

Votes: 2,652

10. FDR: American Badass! (2012)

R | 93 min | Action, Comedy

An outrageous, over-the-top spoof, FDR: American Badass is the untold true story of our country's greatest monster-hunting president!

Director: Garrett Brawith | Stars: Barry Bostwick, Lin Shaye, Bruce McGill, Ray Wise

Votes: 2,110

11. Eleanor and Franklin (1976)

203 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, from early youth to his election as President of the United States, as told from Eleanor's point of view.

Stars: David Huffman, Mackenzie Phillips, Lilia Skala, Ed Flanders

Votes: 387

12. Sunrise at Campobello (1960)

Not Rated | 144 min | Biography, Drama

After a bout with polio, future president Franklin D. Roosevelt fights to save his political career.

Director: Vincent J. Donehue | Stars: Ralph Bellamy, Greer Garson, Hume Cronyn, Jean Hagen

Votes: 1,509

13. Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977 TV Movie)

155 min | Biography, Drama

The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during their 12-year stay at the White House.

Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Jane Alexander, Edward Herrmann, Priscilla Pointer, Walter McGinn

Votes: 344

14. Osvobozhdenie: Napravlenie glavnogo udara (1971)

125 min | Drama, History, Romance

This five part WW2 epic drama gives a dramatized detailed account of the five major eastern front Soviet campaigns against Nazi Germany.

Director: Yuriy Ozerov | Stars: Mikhail Nozhkin, Nikolay Olyalin, Mikhail Ulyanov, Larisa Golubkina

Votes: 769

15. Lady Eleanor

Biography, Thriller | Announced

A biopic about first lady Eleanor Roosevelt as she fights to pass the anti-lynching bill while her husband is away getting treated for polio.

16. Biography (1987– )
Episode: Eleanor Roosevelt: A Restless Spirit (1994)

TV-14 | 46 min | Documentary, Biography, History

One of this century's most respected and admired figures, she was a humanitarian who transformed the place of women in society, and in the White House. Eleanor Roosevelt created the ... See full summary »

Director: Harry Rasky | Stars: Marian Anderson, Edgar Bergen, Winston Churchill, James M. Cox

Votes: 114

17. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: D'oh Canada (2019)

TV-14 | 21 min | Animation, Comedy

Lisa is mistakenly given political asylum in Canada during a family trip to Niagara Falls.

Directors: Mike B. Anderson, Matthew Nastuk | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 1,031

18. DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016–2022)
Episode: A Woman's Place Is in the War Effort! (2021)

TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The Legends crash land in 1940s Seattle in the middle of World War II and find themselves working in an airplane factory alongside "Rosies". Behrad teaches Nate about Persian culture and etiquette.

Director: Glen Winter | Stars: Caity Lotz, Tala Ashe, Jes Macallan, Olivia Swann

Votes: 823

19. Saturday Night Live (1975– )
Episode: Helen Mirren/Foo Fighters (2011)

TV-14 | 90 min | Comedy, Music

America's premiere sketch-comedy show returns for its 36th season LIVE from Studio 8H in New York City. This season, the cast includes Fred Armisen, Abby Elliott, Bill Hader, Seth Meyers, ... See full summary »

Directors: Don Roy King, Rhys Thomas | Stars: Fred Armisen, Abby Elliott, Bill Hader, Seth Meyers

Votes: 134

20. The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014)
Episode: The Rising Road (1933-1939) (2014)

TV-PG | 115 min | Documentary, Biography, History

FDR's pre-WWII presidency. The New Deal renews America. FDR's unprecedented popularity, the conservative opposition and Huey Long's populism. FDR warns isolationists of Hitler. Eleanor's platonic friendship with Lorena Hickok.

Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Peter Coyote, William Leuchtenburg, George F. Will, Doris Kearns Goodwin

Votes: 154

21. Atlantic Crossing (2020)
Episode: The Attack (2020)

TV-14 | 53 min | Drama, Family, History

The crown prince and princess of Norway, Olav and Märtha, are forced to flee when Nazi Germany launches a surprise attack on the 9th of April 1940. With Germans on their tail they have to ... See full summary »

Directors: Alexander Eik, Janic Heen | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Sofia Helin, Tobias Santelmann, Søren Pilmark

Votes: 284

22. Atlantic Crossing (2020)
Episode: The Gift (2020)

TV-14 | 54 min | Drama, Family, History

A Nazi agent slips through the cracks, putting the children at risk. Martha travels to England and gets a shock. A Norwegian war hero meets a tragic fate.

Directors: Alexander Eik, Janic Heen | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Sofia Helin, Tobias Santelmann, Søren Pilmark

Votes: 143