Cultural depictions of John F. Kennedy

Official Presidential portrait of John F. Kennedy painted by Aaron Shikler

Cultural depictions of John F. Kennedy, the 35th American president, include films, songs, games, toys, stamps, coins, artwork, and other portrayals.

Films about or including John F. Kennedy

Fictionalized

• PT 109 (1963)
• The Missiles of October (1974 docudrama made-for-television play)
• Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy (1977)
• Kennedy (1983 miniseries)
• Robert Kennedy and His Times (1985 miniseries)
• Prince Jack (1985)
• Hoover vs. The Kennedys (1987)
• The Kennedys of Massachusetts (1990 miniseries)
• JFK (1991)
• A Woman Named Jackie (1991 miniseries)
• JFK: Reckless Youth (1993 miniseries)
• Thirteen Days (2000)
• Virtual JFK (2008 docudrama)
• The Kennedys (2011 miniseries)
• The Butler (2013)
• Killing Kennedy (2013 television movie)
• Jackie (2016 film)

Documentaries

• Primary (1960)
• Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963)
• The Making of the President, 1960 (1963), based on the book
• John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums (1964)
• American Presidents: Life Portraits, C-SPAN series (1999)
• Roots of the Cuban Missile Crisis (2001)
• The Search for Kennedy's PT 109 (2002)

Stylistic

• Forrest Gump (1994)
• Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)
• Timequest (2002 science-fiction film)
• An American Affair (2008)
• Watchmen (2009)
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
• X-Men: First Class (2011)

John F. Kennedy assassination

Theater

• JFK: A Musical Drama (1997)

Songs about John F. Kennedy

• The First Family, a comedic impersonation album written and performed by Vaughn Meader (1962)
• "PT-109", written by Marijohn Wilkin and Fred Burch, sung by Jimmy Dean (1962)
• "That Was the President", written and sung by Phil Ochs (1965)
• "He Was a Friend of Mine", written by "Traditional/new words and arrangement Jim McGuinn", sung by The Byrds (1965)
• The Kennedy Dream, an album by Oliver Nelson (1967)
• "Crucifixion", written and sung by Phil Ochs (1967)
• "Abraham, Martin and John", written by Dick Holler, sung by Dion (1968)
• "Catholic Day", written by Adam Ant and performed by Adam and the Ants (1979)
• "Seconds", written and performed by The Human League (1981)
• "The Day John Kennedy Died", written and performed by Lou Reed (1982)
• "Kennedy", written by David Gedge and performed by The Wedding Present (1989)
• "Canaveral", written and performed by Shellac (2000)

Artwork

• Presidential portrait, painted by Aaron Shikler

Toys and games

• PT-109 (model) kit
• PT-109 edition John F. Kennedy "G.I. Joe" action figure

Governmental images

• Presidents of the United States on U.S. postage stamps § John F. Kennedy
  • Five cents John Kennedy
• Kennedy half dollar

See also

• Cultural depictions of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis