20 Movies With Fake US Presidents, Ranked
More than merely the leader of the free world, the American president has become a popular figure in movies through the years. But fake presidents might have an even tougher road than their real-life counterparts. They may have to face a comet hurtling toward the planet or a sinister organization trying to take down the government.
With Independence Day: Resurgence and the 2016 presidential election on the horizon, we have ranked, by Metascore, those film with the funniest, bravest and most inspirational fake POTUSes in recent cinema history.
In this 1995 film written by Aaron Sorkin (a few years prior to the start of The West Wing), Andrew Shepherd (Michael Douglas) is the first bachelor president. Not only is Shepherd leading the free world, but he also navigates the even tougher terrain of the dating world. It is impressive, to say the least.