Kim Il-sung: movies and TV shows

Kim Il-sung has 24 credits in the archive: 21 films and 3 TV series, from 1972 to 2024. Highest rated: How to Become a Tyrant (7.4/10).

Career timeline

1972 – 2024 · busiest year: 2015 (5 credits)

Year	Title	Role	Type	Rating	Age then
2024	Bright Future	Himself (archive footage)	Film	—	112
2024	Cinema in the Land of Comrade Kim	Himself	Film	—	112
2023	Comrade: The Making, Glory and Unmaking of a Dictator	Self (archive footage)	TV	—	111
2023	Beyond Utopia	Self (archive footage)	Film	—	111
2023	Nordkorea – Die Macht der Kim-Dynastie	Himself	Film	—	111
2021	How to Become a Tyrant	Self (archive footage)	TV	7.4	109
2021	North Korea: Inside The Mind of a Dictator	Self (archive footage)	Film	—	109
2020	Korea, A Hundred Years of War	Self (archive footage)	Film	—	108
2019	Korea: The Never-Ending War	Self (archive footage)	Film	—	107
2019	A Friend of Kim	Self (archival footage)	Film	—	107
2016	The Lovers and the Despot	Self - Politician (archive footage)	Film	—	104
2015	Spotlight	Self (archive footage)	TV	5.7	103
2015	The Propaganda Game	Self (archive footage)	Film	—	103
2015	Dennis Rodman's Big Bang in PyongYang	Self (archive footage)	Film	6.3	103
2015	Kim Jong-un: The Unauthorized Biography	Self - Politician (archive footage)	Film	—	103
2015	I Am Sun Mu	Self (archive footage)	Film	—	103
2010	The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu		Film	—	98
2006	Crossing the Line	Self (archive footage)	Film	—	94
2005	The Dictator's Cut	Himself	Film	—	93
1994	Always Working Together for the People	Himself	Film	—	82
1994	The Year 1994 of the Great Career	(archive footage)	Film	—	82
1989	North Korea: The Parade	Self	Film	—	77
1976	Blue Days		Film	—	64
1972	Country of Orchards		Film	—	60