How to Become a Tyrant(TV show/series, 2021)

Name: How to Become a Tyrant
Genre: Documentary, War & Politics
Released: 2021
Rating: 3.7

30min per episode | Genres: Documentary, War & Politics

Mini series in 1 season with 6 episodes

Rating: 3.7/5 (with 93 votes)

How to Become a Tyrant is a Netflix docu-series narrated by Peter Dinklage. It is partly based on the 2011 non-fiction book The Dictator’s Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics. It was followed by another series using the same format, also narrated by Dinklage, called How to Become a Cult Leader, which was released on 28 July 2023. On 14 November 2023, How to Become a Mob Boss was released. ()

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About How to Become a Tyrant

The documentary series explores different political figures throughout history.

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How to Become a Tyrant Seasons and Episodes

07/09/2021Miniseries - 6 episodes

The documentary series explores different political figures throughout history.

#1 | 07/09/2021Seize Power

3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Interested in becoming a tyrant? There are rules, and the playbook for a rise to dictatorship starts with one of history's most brutal: Adolf Hitler.

#2 | 07/09/2021Crush Your Rivals

3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

You've secured your place at the top, but maintaining power means watching your back. Nobody did that better or more ruthlessly than Saddam Hussein.

#3 | 07/09/2021Reign Through Terror

3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

When keeping your population under control, is it better to be loved or feared? Idi Amin certainly thought he knew the right answer to that question.

#4 | 07/09/2021Control the Truth

3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Through public relations spin, revisionist history and censorship. Soviet autocrat Joseph Stalin found a certain flexibility with the truth useful.

#5 | 07/09/2021Create a New Society

3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Free speech? Right to assembly? Rebel-turned-dictator Muammar Gaddafi realized that civil liberties had to go when reshaping society. But he got soft.

#6 | 07/09/2021Rule Forever

3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Seizing power is hard, but keeping it is harder. In North Korea, the Kim dynasty unlocked the secret to ruling forever: They declared themselves gods.

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 18 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Ended

First episode released on: 07/09/2021

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"暴君速成指南"

"Πώς να Γίνεις Τύραννος"

"كيف تصبح طاغية"

"暴君养成指南"

Keywords: political documentary, dictator

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How to Become a Tyrant(TV show/series, 2021)

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