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Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
When there is an assassination attempt on US President Allan Trumbull, his trusted confidant, Secret Service Agent Mike Banning, is wrongfully accused and taken into custody. After escaping from capture, he becomes a man on the run and must evade his own agency and outsmart the FBI in order to find the real threat to the president. Desperate to uncover the truth, Banning turns to unlikely allies to help clear his name, keep his family from harm, and...
2) Bobby
Publisher
Genius Products
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in a Los Angeles hotel kitchen. We see Kennedy's acceptance speech after winning the California Democratic presidential primary, his death at the hands of gunman Sirhan Sirhan, and the chaos and despair that ensued. The people at the hotel don't know what is coming. Our grief at hearing RFK's own words, so eloquent, so hopeful and inspiring. Watch the horrible events unfold and wonder what might have been....
3) Eagle eye
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Two strangers become involved in a high-tech assassination plot when they are called by a mysterious woman who threatens their families and can track their every move.
4) 24: season 5
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Eighteen months after faking his own death, Jack Bauer is forced to return to Los Angeles when it becomes apparent that the only four people who know he is still alive are being systemically targeted for assassination. The assassinations coincide with the signing of an anti-terrorism treaty between Russia and the U.S., leading Jack to suspect a link between the assassinations, the treaty, and a group of Russian terrorists.
Publisher
AMC Studios
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
When Finn Wallace, the head of London's most powerful crime family, is assassinated, no one knows who ordered the hit. With rivals everywhere, Finn's impulsive son Sean takes over and puts a stop to all criminal business in London until his father's killer is found. As the city is torn apart by the power struggles of the international gangs that control it, Sean finds the only person he can rely on is Elliot Finch, a low level enforcer with a mysterious...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
During World War II, a group of Jewish-American guerilla soldiers, known as "the Basterds," hatch a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler who will be attending a film premier at a Paris theater owned by a Jewish woman.
7) The Irishman
Series
Criterion collection volume 1058
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
An epic saga of organized crime in post-war America told through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran, a hustler and hitman who worked alongside some of the most notorious figures of the twentieth century. Left behind by the world, former hit man and union truck driver Frank Sheeran looks back from a nursing home on his life's journey through the ranks of organized crime: from his involvement with Philadelphia mob boss Russell Bufalino to...
Publisher
Paramount
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set ten years in the future, Lou, who has become the 'father of the Internet,' is shot by an unknown assailant, Jacob and Nick fire up the time machine again to save their friend.
"...rough-and-ready comic vigor, but also a surprising measure of thematic integrity."--Variety.
"...a noticeably peppier romp..."--Los Angeles Times.
10) The conspirator
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Depicts events in Washington after Abraham Lincoln's assassination as seven men and one woman are arrested and charged with conspiring to kill the President, the Vice-President, and the Secretary of State.
11) X2: X-men united
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2003.
Language
English
Description
An assassination attempt is made on the life of the president by a teleporting mutant. This act upsets the entire world and entices the president to begin the mutant-human war as predicted by Charles Xavier earlier. In an effort to get to the bottom of the attack and prevent world-wide war, Xavier sends out Storm and Dr. Jean Grey to search for the teleporting mutant and discover the truth behind the assassination attempt.
12) Killing Lincoln
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013]
Language
English
Description
A riveting historical narrative of the heart-stopping events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the first work of history from mega-bestselling author Bill O'Reilly. Narrated by Tom Hanks.
13) Shooter
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Bob Lee Swagger is a master marksman who has retreated from his duty as an off-the-books hired gun for the military. He has become disillusioned with his government, but finds that the government needs Swagger to scope out the location of a rumored attempt on the life of the president. A shadowy government operative begs Swagger to use his sniper's skills to out-fox the assassin. Ultimately he is double-crossed and framed for the attempted assassination....
14) The interpreter
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
In one of the hidden corridors of power at UN headquarters, translator Silvia Broome overhears a potentially explosive secret about a planned assassination attempt. But when federal agent Tobin Keller investigates her claim, is she a victim or a suspect?
15) The interview
Publisher
[Sony Pictures Entertainment]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Two amateur TV hosts land an interview with the North Korean dictator Kim Jung-un, and are recruited by the CIA to assassinate him.
16) Parkland
Publisher
Millennium Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
November 22, 1963 is a day that changed the world forever when beloved American President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. Parkland is the true story behind that tragic day, told from the vantage point of individuals who are forced to make split-second decisions after this incomprehensible event that will change the world's landscape forever.
18) The sentinel
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
A career Secret Service agent with his own hidden secrets becomes the lead suspect in a plot to assassinate the President of the United States.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Everyone in 1880s America knows Jesse James. He's the nation's most notorious criminal and is being hunted by the law in 10 states. He's also the land's greatest hero, lauded as a Robin Hood by the public. No one knows of Robert Ford, at least not yet. But the ambitious 19-year-old aims to change that. He befriends Jesse and rides with his gang. And if that doesn't bring Ford fame, he will have to find a deadlier way. Friendship becomes rivalry and...
20) 24, season one
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Twenty-four hours of a counter-terrorist agent's attempt to prevent the assassination of a presidential candidate.