Summary
The documentary series explores different political figures throughout history.
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- Friends night
- Teens
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Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+26)
Critics 100Audiences 74GoodWatch 87
Tomatometer100%
IMDb7.4
Audience score74%
Time to watch it all
3 h
6 episodes, about 30 min each
An episode a night: done in 6 nights.
Reach
Streams in 131 countries
+121First aired
2021
July 9, 2021
Ended 2021
Genres
DocumentaryWar & PoliticsLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
- TV-MAUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBackground WatchBinge-FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 13 more16 people
- Peter DinklageSelf - Narrator (voice)6 episodes
- Adolf HitlerSelf (archive footage)3 episodes
Kim Jong-ilSelf (archive footage)3 episodes
Asha RangappaSelf3 episodes- Muammar GaddafiSelf (archive footage)2 episodes
Kim Il-sungSelf (archive footage)2 episodes
Joseph StalinSelf (archive footage)2 episodes- Saddam HusseinSelf (archive footage)1 episode
- Idi AminSelf (archive footage)1 episode
- Fidel CastroSelf (archive footage)1 episode
- Madeleine AlbrightSelf1 episode
- George W. BushSelf (archive footage)1 episode
Barack ObamaSelf (archive footage)1 episode
Vladimir PutinSelf (archive footage)1 episode
Ban Ki-moonSelf (archive footage)1 episode
Kim Jong-unSelf (archive footage)1 episode
Production · 5
- Peter Dinklage Executive Producer
- Jake Laufer Executive Producer
- David Ginsberg Executive Producer
- Jonas Bell Pasht Executive Producer
- Jonah Bekhor Executive Producer
Sound · 3
- Curt Cash Supervising Sound Editor
- Rodrigo Andrade Sound Editor
- Bob Bronow Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art · 1
- Sah Tantivaranyoo Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Alexis Arenas Makeup Artist
- Patricia Ambroise Key Makeup Artist
How to Become a Tyrant episodes
1 season · 6 episodes
Episodes
- S1 E1 Seize Power, 7.4
- S1 E2 Crush Your Rivals, 7.5
- S1 E3 Reign Through Terror, 7.3
- S1 E4 Control the Truth, 7.3
- S1 E5 Create a New Society, 7.3
- S1 E6 Rule Forever, 7.4
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