14 Best Fictional Movie Presidents

Remember Donald Trump?

He's that guy from the American Apprentice, who had a few cameos in Zoolander and Home Alone 2. Well, and here's some breaking news for those of you who've been in a coma for the past 18 months:

Trump has just landed his biggest role yet. As America's next Head of State. Yes, the reality TV star will soon become the reality US President.

We'll understand if you'd like to slip back into that coma.

Truth has, it would appear, trumped fiction when it comes to unlikely plotlines. And yes, I really did just use the Trump pun.

So, while the world comes to terms with this against-all-odds ascension from the Billionaire man of the people, it's worth looking to Hollywood for a sense of what might lie ahead for the new President-elect. Because, if films have taught us anything, it's that Presidents need to be ready for the next alien, meteor, nuclear or environmental event that will inevitably arise.

Frankly, after recent events, there is little left that would cause a surprise.

It’s fair to say that Pullman’s President Whitmore had things pretty tough during his stint as Commander-in-Chief, in Roland Emmerich’s spectacularly nuts sci-fi disaster film.

Confronted by an invading hoard of beasties from outer space, hellbent on wiping out every iconic landmark on the planet, Whitmore has to endure the loss of both wife and White House (although not necessarily in that order).

Nevertheless, with the help of cigar-chomping Wil Smith and Jeff Goldblum being all Goldblum-y, Whitmore proves he’s a can-do Prez. Whipping up an emotional storm thanks to his Dylan Thomas referencing 4th of July speech; before taking to the air to join in the extra-terrestrial ass-kicking.

And you thought Trump had a problem with aliens!