Here we've displayed a list of the best Mccarthyism films : Trumbo(2007), Good Night, and Good Luck.(2005), The Front(1976), A King in New York(1957), Storm Center(1956), Guilty by Suspicion(1991), I Was a Communist for the F.B.I.(1951), Big Jim McLain(1952), Fellow Traveller(1989), Something for the Birds(1952) ... ...
Documentary
USA
2007
96 Minutes
Joan Allen Brian Dennehy Michael Douglas Paul Giamatti Nathan Lane Josh Lucas Liam Neeson David Strathairn Donald Sutherland
screenwriter congressman interrogator film studio executive filmmaker actor creative fiery incredible inspiring hollywood, calif. mexico prison hollywood blacklist dalton trumbo huac mccarthyism communism defiance underdog
Through a focus on the life of Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976), this film examines the effects on individuals and families of a congressional pursuit of Hollywood Communists after World War II. ... See full summary »
Drama, History, Biography
USA|France|UK|Japan
2005
93 Minutes
David Strathairn Patricia Clarkson George Clooney Jeff Daniels Robert Downey Jr. Frank Langella Ray Wise Robert John Burke Reed Edward Diamond Tate Donovan Grant Heslov
reporter politician employee television producer cool engaging patriotic washington, d.c. communism mccarthyism journalism adventure underdog quest 1950s
Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1976
93 Minutes
Woody Allen Zero Mostel Herschel Bernardi Michael Murphy Andrea Marcovicci Remak Ramsay Marvin Lichterman Lloyd Gough David Margulies Joshua Shelley Danny Aiello
cashier screenwriter comedian actor neurotic friend rousing witty touching dark moving new york city television studio living space courtroom street diner show business corruption television
In 1953, a cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1957
105 Minutes
Charles Chaplin Dawn Addams Oliver Johnston Maxine Audley Jerry Desmonde Sidney James Joan Ingram Michael Chaplin John McLaren Phil Brown
king young boy communist queen revolutionary amusing witty new york city paris television studio television communism social commentary royalty mccarthyism rivalry rescue 1950s
A recently-deposed European monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity and is later wrongly accused of being a Communist.
Drama
USA
1956
85 Minutes
Bette Davis Brian Keith Kim Hunter Paul Kelly Joe Mantell Kevin Coughlin Sally Brophy Howard Wierum
widow librarian attorney assistant girlfriend townsperson inspiring passionate powerful small town united states library courtroom new england censorship mccarthyism communism ethics betrayal book banning
During the 1950s, a small-town librarian is shunned by the locals after she refuses the City Council's request to remove a book on Communism from the library's shelves.
Drama
USA
1991
105 Minutes
Robert De Niro Annette Bening George Wendt Patricia Wettig Sam Wanamaker Luke Edwards Chris Cooper Ben Piazza Martin Scorsese Barry Primus Gailard Sartain
director wife son friend senator studio head powerful gripping gutsy disheartening hollywood, calif. washington, d.c. film set family home mccarthyism communism loyalty persecution honor sacrifice
David Merrill (Robert De Niro), a fictitious 1950s Hollywood Director, returns from filming abroad in France to find that his loyalty has been called into question by the House Committee on... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1951
83 Minutes
Frank Lovejoy Dorothy Hart Philip Carey Richard Webb James Millican Ron Hagerthy Paul Picerni Frank Gerstle Russ Conway Hope Kramer Kasia Orzazekski
undercover agent communist brother woman chief patriotic spirited passionate melodramatic hotel pittsburgh courtroom apartment undercover operations mccarthyism communism paranoia new identity deception sacrifice
In Pittsburgh, PA, an F.B.I. agent works to undermine the Communist party, but his brothers and his teenage boy thinks he's a real Red.
Drama
USA
1952
90 Minutes
John Wayne Nancy Olson James Arness Alan Napier Veda Ann Borg Gayne Whitman Hal Baylor Robert Keyes Hans Conried John Hubbard Gordon Jones
investigator communist psychiatrist secretary partner spirited confident patriotic hawaii doctor's office hospital communism crime espionage mccarthyism pursuit revenge 1950s
In the post-war Hawaii, House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain and Mal Baxter hunt down Communists.
Drama
1989
97 Minutes
Ron Silver Hart Bochner Imogen Stubbs Daniel J. Travanti Katherine Borowitz Richard Wilson Jonathan Hyde Alexander Hanson John Labanowski
screenwriter friend actor director ex-girlfriend actress dark brooding emotional somber hollywood, calif. film set london office mccarthyism blacklisting filmmaking exile suicide betrayal
The 1950s McCarthy witch hunt ruins a Hollywood star (Hart Bochner) and drives his screenwriter friend (Ron Silver) to London.
Romance
1952
81 Minutes
lobbyist old man zoologist matron politician landlady witty lighthearted washington, d.c. party museum hotel political corruption activism mccarthyism deception environmental consciousness underdog quest love
An old rascal (Edmund Gwenn) unites Washington lobbyists (Victor Mature, Patricia Neal) at odds on a bill affecting the California condor.