--- title: Photos: Worst Dictators in Movies - Kim Jong-un in The Interview description: From Kim Jong-un to Sauron, see some of the worst dictators to appear on the big screen canonical: https://time.com/3638014/worst-movie-dictators/ author: TIME Photo article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-17T17:31:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:06:37.303Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Photos: Worst Dictators in Movies - Kim Jong-un in The Interview og:description: From Kim Jong-un to Sauron, see some of the worst dictators to appear on the big screen og:url: https://time.com/3638014/worst-movie-dictators/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4bcf51ffeecd79ed/69876f66e20a879149a84166/movie-dictators-01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Randall Park og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Photos: Worst Dictators in Movies - Kim Jong-un in The Interview twitter:description: From Kim Jong-un to Sauron, see some of the worst dictators to appear on the big screen twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4bcf51ffeecd79ed/69876f66e20a879149a84166/movie-dictators-01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See 11 of the Worst Dictators Portrayed in Movies by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Dec 17, 2014 5:31 PM UTC  Kim Jong-un - The Interview Kim Jong-un - The InterviewColumbia by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Dec 17, 2014 5:31 PM UTC  Kim Jong-un - The Interview Columbia  RALPH FIENNES as Lord Voldemort in Warner Bros. Pictures’ fantasy adventure “HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Warner Bros.  Hitler - Inglourious Basterds Universal  President Snow - The Hunger Games Lionsgate  Kim Kong-il - Team America: World Police Paramount  The White Witch - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Buena Vista  President Prime Minister Admiral General Haffaz Aladeen - The Dictator Paramount  Idi Amin - The Last King of Scotland Fox Searchlight  Sauron - Lord of the Rings New Line Cinema  Adam Sutler - V for Vendetta Warner Bros,  Jacobim Mugatu - Zoolander Paramount ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3638014/worst-movie-dictators/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3638014/worst-movie-dictators/"},"headline":"See 11 of the Worst Dictators Portrayed in Movies","datePublished":"2014-12-17T17:31:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:06:37.303Z","description":"From Kim Jong-un to Sauron, see some of the worst dictators to appear on the big screen","url":"https://time.com/3638014/worst-movie-dictators/","keywords":["movies","Hunger Games","Kim Jong Un","photography","kim jong il","the interview"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4bcf51ffeecd79ed/69876f66e20a879149a84166/movie-dictators-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4bcf51ffeecd79ed/69876f66e20a879149a84166/movie-dictators-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Randall Park","caption":"Randall Park","creditText":"Columbia","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3638014/worst-movie-dictators/","name":"See 11 of the Worst Dictators Portrayed in Movies"}}]}] ```