Despots, Demagogues & Dictators: 10 Films To Prepare You For The Rise Of Donald Trump

While normally we try to keep our little corner of the internet relatively apolitical, even the most politically inactive, apathetic or far-removed of us has had cause to gape in awestruck horror at the campaign being run by frontrunner candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States, Donald J. Trump. With soundbites and speeches that sound like satire, and countless elegant and not-so-elegant takedowns —of his suitability, his honesty, his intelligence, his basic goddamn decency, even his business savvy— apparently doing little to stem his incomprehensible popularity, we've done what we always do when despair hits. We've gone to the movies.

So here are ten films that have given us food for thought when considered in light of Trump's seemingly irresistible rise, and the only slightly hyberbolic disastrous consequences that could possibly ensue if he goes unchecked. Spoiler alert: while some are comedies and others are deadly serious, all are...