"You'll never believe how close we came."

2000

2h 25m

7.0(786 votes)

History

Thriller

Overview

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.

Links & Resources

IMDbView

Social & External

IMDb

Production Companies

Videos & Trailers

2 videos

Cast & Crew

87 members

Acting

Kevin Costner

Kenneth O'Donnell

Acting

Bruce Greenwood

John F. Kennedy

Acting

Steven Culp

Robert F. Kennedy

Acting

Dylan Baker

Robert McNamara

Acting

Michael Fairman

Adlai Stevenson

Acting

Henry Strozier

Dean Rusk

Acting

Frank Wood

McGeorge Bundy

Acting

Kevin Conway

Gen. Curtis LeMay

Acting

Tim Kelleher

Ted Sorensen

Acting

Len Cariou

Dean Acheson

Acting

Bill Smitrovich

Gen. Maxwell Taylor

Acting

Shawn Driscoll

U-2 Pilot

Acting

Drake Cook

Mark O'Donnell

No Image

Acting

Stephanie Romanov

Jacqueline Kennedy

Acting

Lucinda Jenney

Helen O'Donnell

Acting

Caitlin Wachs

Kathy O'Donnell

Acting

Jon Foster

Kenny O'Donnell, Jr.

Acting

Matthew Dunn

Kevin O'Donnell

No Image

Acting

Kevin O'Donnell

NPIC Photo Interpreter

No Image

Acting

Janet Coleman

Evelyn Lincoln

No Image

Acting

Bruce Thomas

Floyd

Acting

Dakin Matthews

Arthur Lundahl

Writing

Liz Sinclair

Kenny's Assistant #1

No Image

Acting

Colette O'Connell

Kenny's Assistant #2

Acting

Karen Ludwig

Operator Margaret

Acting

Audrey Rapoport

White House Operator #1

Acting

Marliese Schneider

White House Operator #2

Acting

Ed Lauter

Gen. Marshall Carter

Acting

Walter Adrian

Lyndon Johnson

No Image

Acting

James Karen

George Ball

Acting

Dan Ziskie

Gen. Walter 'Cam' Sweeney

No Image

Acting

Peter White

John McCone

Acting

Kelly Connell

Pierre Salinger

Acting

Olek Krupa

Andrei Gromyko

Acting

Ilya Baskin

Anotoly Dobrinyn

Acting

Timothy Jerome

Journalist

Acting

Jack McGee

Richard J. Daley

Acting

Lamar Smith

Aide

No Image

Acting

John Aylward

Orville Dryfoos

Acting

Madison Mason

Adm. George Anderson

Acting

Vivien Straus

White House Aide

No Image

Acting

Christopher Lawford

Cmdr. William B. Ecker

Acting

David O'Donnell

Lt. Bruce Wilhemy

Acting

Gene Del Bianco

Petty Officer

No Image

Acting

Benjamin Koldyke

RF-8 Pilot

Acting

Daniel Vergara

OAS Secretary General José A. Mora

No Image

Acting

Ruben Moreno

Argentine Diplomat

No Image

Acting

Thomas Roberts

Sonar Operator

Acting

Sean Bergin

Chief Sonarman

No Image

Acting

Alan Francis Sullivan

Executive Officer of USS Pierce

No Image

Acting

Robert Munstis

Radio Room Operator #1

No Image

Acting

Michael Gaston

Captain of USS Pierce

Acting

Joseph Repoff

Radio Room Operator #2

No Image

Acting

J. Tucker Smith

Captain of USS Kennedy

Acting

Chris Henry Coffey

Officer of Destroyer

Acting

Олег Видов

Valerian Zorin

Acting

Radu Gavor

Romanian Delegate

No Image

Acting

Zitto Kazann

Chilean Delegate

No Image

Acting

Alex Veadov

Radio Room Operator #3

Acting

Jack Blessing

John Scali

Acting

Tom Everett

Walter Sheridan

Acting

Karl Makinen

Young FBI Agent

Acting

Boris Lee Krutonog

Alexander Fomin

Acting

Charles Esten

Maj. Rudolf Anderson

Acting

Charles Barrett

Air Force NCO

No Image

Acting

Darryl Smith

Football Coach

No Image

Acting

Allan Graf

Football Referee

Acting

Robert Miranda

RFK's Driver

Acting

Todd Sible

RFK's Staffer

Acting

Marya Kazakova

Soviet Woman

No Image

Crew

Cliff Fleming

Aerial Coordinator

Crew

Craig Hosking

Pilot

Acting

Michael R. Bowman

Aide to JFK (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Greg Bronson

Secret Service Agent (uncredited)

Acting

Walter Cronkite

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

Ryder Davis

Boy Scout (uncredited)

Acting

Roger Ferreira

Army Lieutenant General (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Armen Garo

Crewman on Freighter (uncredited)

Acting

Gilley Grey

Air Force Pilot (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Phil Hawn

UN Administrator (uncredited)

Crew

Rick Kain

Carpenter (uncredited)

Acting

John F. Kennedy

Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Acting

Steven Koller

White House Staff (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Pramod Kumar

U Thant (uncredited)

Acting

Richard Rossi

Reporter (uncredited)

Acting

Larry Strauss

Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon (uncredited)

No Image

Acting

Brad Yoder

Sorensen's Assistant (uncredited)

Similar Movies

1935

The Perfect Tribute

The day after his Gettysburg Address, President Abraham Lincoln meets a wounded Confederate soldier in a hospital. The blinded rebel, not knowing his visitor's identity, regales him with memorized lines from the speech.

Movie

6.0

1957

The Pride and the Passion

During the Napoleonic Wars, when the French have occupied Spain, some Spanish guerrilla soldiers are going to move a big cannon across Spain in order to help the British defeat the French. A British officer is there to accompany the Spanish and along the way, he falls in love with the leader's girl.

Movie

6.0

2008

Blood Brothers

Two wealthy young brothers living on a plush estate give refuge to a petty criminal who is on the run from the police. Neither the boys' parents or their staff know about the fugitive's presence, which leads them open to exploitation. Sure enough, they soon discover the fugitive has no intention of leaving.

Movie

6.5

1985

The Falcon and the Snowman

The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.

Movie

5.8

1948

The Iron Curtain

The Iron Curtain is based on the actual 1945 case of Soviet cipher clerk Igor Gouzenko, (Dana Andrews), who, after careful training, was assigned to the U.S.S.R. Embassy in Ottawa, Canada in the midst of World War II. Eventually, Gouzenko defected with 109 pages of material implicating several high level Canadian officials, outlined the steps taken to secure information about the the details of the nuclear bomb via numerous sleeper cells established throughout North America. The scandal that resulted when details of this case were publicized by American columnist Drew Pearson in early 1946 involved Canada, Britain and the United States.

Movie

7.3

1982

The Atomic Cafe

A disturbing collection of 1940s and 1950s United States government-issued propaganda films designed to reassure Americans that the atomic bomb was not a threat to their safety.

Movie

5.5

2024

He Went That Way

Set in 1964, a three-day journey along Route 66 begins when Bobby Falls, a 19-year-old serial killer, hitches a ride with Jim Goodwin, a celebrity animal handler travelling with his precious cargo: his TV chimpanzee, Spanky.

Movie

6.6

2018

The Angel

True story of Ashraf Marwan, who was President Nasser's son-in-law and special adviser and confidant to his successor Anwar Sadat - while simultaneously Israeli Intelligence's most precious asset of the 20th century. Based on NYT bestselling book 'The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel' by Uri Bar-Joseph.

Movie

Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn

9.0

2007

Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn

The story of Tasmanian-born actor Errol Flynn whose short & flamboyant life, full of scandals, adventures, loves and excess was largely played out in front of the camera - either making movies or filling the newsreels and gossip magazines. Tragically he was dead from the effects of drugs and alcohol by the time he was only 50 & the myths live on. But there is another side of Flynn that is less well known - his ambitions to be a serious writer and newspaper correspondent, his documentary films and his interest in the Spanish Civil War and Castro's Cuba

Movie

7.4

2019

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie industry. Dalton is the neighbor of the young and promising actress and model Sharon Tate, who has just married the prestigious Polish director Roman Polanski…

Movie

6.2

2024

Reagan

Told through the voice of former KGB agent Viktor Petrovich, whose life becomes inextricably linked with Ronald Reagan's when Reagan first caught the Soviets’ attention as an actor in Hollywood, Reagan overcomes the odds to become the 40th president of the United States.

Movie

4.6

2021

Dashcam

A video editor for a news show in New York City receives government files containing footage from a police car's dashcam.

Movie

4.8

1965

Spy in Your Eye

A secret agent is assigned ot rescue the daughter of a deceased East German scienist, who discovered a valuable formula.

Movie

7.3

1964

Seven Days in May

A U.S. Marine Corps colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.

Movie

5.5

2018

The Bubble

Diving deep into the true causes of the Great Recession, the financial crisis of the 2010s, renowned economists, investors and business leaders explain what America is facing if we don't learn from our past mistakes. Is the economy really improving or are we just blowing up another Bubble?

Movie

5.3

1993

Bethune: The Making of a Hero

True story of Norman Bethune, a medical doctor who fought for justice in China during Mao's rise to power.

Movie

5.0

1958

Emilia Galotti

The Prince of Guastalla falls in love with the young citizen Emilia Galotti, who is soon to marry Count Appiani. In order to win Emilia, the prince tries to send the count on an "honorable" journey on his behalf with the help of his chamberlain Marinelli. However, after the Count refuses this offer, Marinelli decides to have the wedding carriage robbed on his own initiative in order to have Emilia abducted to the Prince's nearby pleasure palace. But he has not thought of the prince's mistress, Countess Orsina, and Emilia's shaken father Odoardo, both of whom soon arrive at the castle, one to meet the prince, the other to look after his daughter...

Movie

7.4

1953

Pickup on South Street

In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified information to the communists, Candy, who has been trailed by FBI agents for months in hopes of nabbing the spy ringleader, is sent by her ex-boyfriend, Joey, to find Skip and retrieve the valuable microfilm he now holds.

Movie

5.8

1986

The Whistle Blower

A war veteran tries to investigate the murder of his son who was working as a Russian translator for the British intelligence service during the Cold War. He meets a web of deception and paranoia that seems impenetrable...

Movie

8.1

2024

Conquer: Lahad Datu

When hundreds of militants invade eastern Sabah, the Royal Malaysia Police sends in an elite force to respond to the incursion.

Movie

Recommended Movies

6.5

2022

Klondike

The story of a Ukrainian family living on the border of Russia and Ukraine during the start of the war. Irka refuses to leave her house even as the village gets captured by armed forces. Shortly after they find themselves at the center of an international air crash catastrophe on July 17, 2014.

Movie

5.5

2018

Julius

An organised arts teacher has only one main problem in life, which is his father – a painter always going from one party to the next. When the father lives through his second heart attack and still refuses to change his lifestyle, Julius will have to find a way to influence his behaviour.

Movie

6.5

1930

Hell's Angels

When the Great War breaks out, brothers Roy and Monte Rutledge, each attending Oxford University, enlist with the Royal Flying Corps.

Movie

7.5

2005

George Carlin: Life Is Worth Losing

Carlin returns to the stage in his 13th live comedy stand-up special, performed at the Beacon Theatre in New York City for HBO®. His spot-on observations on the deterioration of human behavior include Americans’ obsession with their two favorite addictions - shopping and eating; his creative idea for The All-Suicide Channel, a new reality TV network; and the glorious rebirth of the planet to its original pristine condition - once the fires and floods destroy life as we know it.

Movie

6.7

2015

The Sunshine Makers

The story of Nicholas Sand and Tim Scully, the unlikely duo at the heart of 1960s American drug counter-culture. United in a utopian mission to save the planet through the consciousness-raising power of LSD, these underground chemists manufactured a massive amount of acid, including the gold standard for quality LSD, 'Orange Sunshine,' all while staying one step ahead of the Feds.

Movie

5.4

2002

A cavallo della tigre

Plagued by financial problems, ne'er-do-well Guido ends up in jail after faking an armed robbery at his workplace. A year later, just a few days before his release, he's forced by two dangerous inmates to take part in their jailbreak. On the run, Guido sets out to find his partner Antonella, who helped him with the robbery and still has the money.

Movie

5.6

2010

Dirty War

Army colonel Gabriele Moresco and twelve of his soldiers occupy a hospital in Sicily, Italy, taking every patient and doctor as hostages and giving an ultimatum to the government: if they won't admit their role in hiding proof of the use of depleted uranium in the Balkan Wars and the subsequent countless cases of cancer among Italian soldiers in 56 hours, all the hostages will be killed. Negotiator Paolo Manfredi is called to save the hostages, not knowing that his wife and daughter are among them.

Movie

6.6

2021

Juniper

When a self-destructive teenager is suspended from school and asked to look after his feisty alcoholic grandmother as a punishment, the crazy time they spend together turns his life around.

Movie

5.8

2000

Here on Earth

Three lives of three young people intersect over the course of one summer. A rich student and a young working-class man accidentally destroy a diner when their impromptu road race takes a disastrous turn. Ordered by a judge to spend the summer repairing the building, they find themselves becoming rivals for the affections of the owner's daughter.

Movie

8.2

1981

They Don't Wear Black Tie

Otavio is an idealistic union leader trying to organize workers at a factory to resist the company's exploitative practices. His son, Tião, one of the employees, is more of a realist and doesn't want to risk losing his job by striking. This clash of perspectives puts the father and son at odds. Fortunately, Tião's mother, Romana, is on hand to act as a moderator between the two opinionated men.

Movie

7.0

1958

Auntie Mame

Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew Patrick after his wealthy father dies. Conflict ensues when the executor of the father's estate objects to the aunt's lifestyle and tries to force her to send Patrick to prep school.

Movie

6.3

2005

The Upside of Anger

After her husband runs off with his secretary, Terry Wolfmeyer is left to fend for herself -- and her four daughters. As she hits rock bottom, Terry finds a friend and drinking buddy in next-door neighbor Denny, a former baseball player. As the two grow closer, and her daughters increasingly rely on Denny, Terry starts to have reservations about where their relationship is headed.

Movie

5.2

1982

Zapped!

Peyton and Barney are fun loving high school students working on a science project with white mice. When one of the mice begins to move food toward itself with out touching it, Barney finds he has accidently discovered a formula for telekinetic powers. Now, how much trouble can a high school boy who can move things with just his mind get into?

Movie

Old Men in New Cars: In China They Eat Dogs II

6.8

2002

Old Men in New Cars: In China They Eat Dogs II

The last wish of the dying "Monk" is for his foster child, Harald, to find his real son, Ludvig. But the latter is currently in a Swedish prison cell...

Movie

6.1

2014

Rob the Mob

The true-life story of a crazy-in-love Queens couple who robbed a series of mafia social clubs and got away with it… for a while… until they stumble upon a score bigger than they ever planned and become targets of both the mob and the FBI.

Movie

7.7

2003

The Fog of War

Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert McNamara, The Fog of War depicts his life, from working as a WWII whiz-kid military officer, to being the Ford Motor Company's president, to managing the Vietnam War as defense secretary for presidents Kennedy and Johnson.

Movie

6.0

2001

Human Nature

Obsessive scientist Nathan and his lover, the naturalist Lila, discover Puff: a man born and raised in the wild. As Nathan trains the wild man in the civilized ways of the world, Lila fights to preserve the man’s natural state. In the power struggle that ensues, an unusual love triangle emerges.

Movie

6.2

2001

Don't Say a Word

When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he is horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a young woman, suffering from PTSD, who knows a secret six digit code number.

Movie

6.0

2001

The Tailor of Panama

A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The tailor also has a wife, who works for the Panamanian president and a huge debt. The mission is to learn what the President intends to do with the Canal.

Movie

6.9

2001

Lammbock

Stefan and Kai run a thriving business: a home-grown cannabis trade disguised as a pizza delivery service. For now they just have to fight aphids.

Movie