Idi Amin: movies and TV shows
Idi Amin has 14 credits in the archive: 10 films and 4 TV series, from 1963 to 2025. Highest rated: How to Become a Tyrant (7.4/10).
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Career timeline
1963 – 2025 · busiest year: 2021 (2 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Christmas Karma | Self (archive footage, uncredited) | Film | — | 100 |
| 2024 | A Life Among Elephants | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 99 |
| 2022 | Thrown into Canada | Film | — | 97 | |
| 2021 | How to Become a Tyrant | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.4 | 96 |
| 2021 | Året var 1972 | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 96 |
| 2018 | Basketball: A Love Story | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.3 | 93 |
| 2017 | How to Stage a Coup | Film | — | 92 | |
| 2013 | Dictator: One Crazy Job | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 88 |
| 1998 | How to Be Foreign Secretary | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 73 |
| 1995 | Un siècle d'écrivains | TV | — | 70 | |
| 1977 | Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 52 |
| 1974 | General Idi Amin Dada | Himself (as Idi Amin Dada) | Film | — | 49 |
| 1973 | Aikamme uskomuksia - ei ainoastaan leivästä | Himself, president of Uganda (archive footage) | Film | — | 48 |
| 1963 | World in Action | TV | 7.0 | 38 |