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srcameron

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Sun Oct 2, 2016, 08:30 PM Oct 2016

Movies That Remind Me of Donald Trump [View all]

1. All the King's Men "The Broderick Crawford Version"
2. A Face in the Crowd
3. Secret Honor "Movie about Nixon"
4. Nixon
5. Elmer Gantry
6. Pleasantville "Specifically the Mayor"
7. The Best Man "Cliff Robertson's character"
8. The Sweet Smell of Success "Burt Lancaster's character, though Trump is far less cool."
9. The Sweet Bird of Youth "Ed Begley's character"
10. Network. "Yes, the unhinged Howard Beale"
11. Meet John Doe "I can't remember his name, but the guy who decides to use Gary Cooper's
movement to make a run for the Presidency"
and of course
11. Citizen Kane "Especially given Trumps lack of consistency and pretense at having the common man's touch."

Does anybody else have any suggestions?

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Mr Potter from its A Wonderful Life world wide wally Oct 2016 #1
"I Claudius," though a television series, makes me think of the Trump family, rusty quoin Oct 2016 #2
"the wolf of wall street" mopinko Oct 2016 #3
I forgot one srcameron Oct 2016 #4
Interesting pressbox69 Nov 2016 #6
Like Kane. pressbox69 Nov 2016 #5
Idiocracy pressbox69 Nov 2016 #7
BTW pressbox69 Nov 2016 #8
Yup pressbox69 Feb 2017 #11
Just watched "The Founder" with Michael Keaton Docreed2003 Jan 2017 #9
Elmer Gantry mainstreetonce Feb 2017 #10
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