The Power of Nightmares
UK,
2004, 1 h
Directed by:
Adam CurtisScreenplay:
Adam CurtisCinematography:
Lucy KelsallCast:
Osama bin Laden (a.f.), Gerald Ford (a.f.), Lyndon B. Johnson (a.f.), Ayatollah Khomeini (a.f.), Henry Kissinger (a.f.), Gamal Abdel Nasser (a.f.), Richard Nixon (a.f.), Ronald Reagan (a.f.) (more)Plots(1)
How the illusory threat of a hidden network of terror has come to dominate politics throughout the world. (BBC)
Cast
![Osama bin Laden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/352/160352005_1044cf.jpg)
Osama bin Laden (a.f.)
Saudi Arabia
Best series:
South Park (1997) (series) - a.f.
NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2003) (series) - a.f.
Star Trek: Enterprise (2001) (series) - a.f.
![Gerald Ford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/432/166432349_ce54c8.jpg)
Gerald Ford (a.f.)
USA
Best series:
Quantum Leap (1989) (series)
Disneyland (1954) (series)
Dynasty (1981) (series)
![Lyndon B. Johnson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/949/157949952_a20eef.jpg)
Lyndon B. Johnson (a.f.)
USA
Best series:
From the Earth to the Moon (1998) (series)
Mad Men (2007) (series) - a.f.
The X-Files (1993) (series) - a.f.
![Ayatollah Khomeini](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/901/157901498_b826cf.jpg)
Ayatollah Khomeini (a.f.)
Iran
Best series:
Star Trek: Enterprise (2001) (series) - a.f.
![Henry Kissinger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/950/157950001_8b835c.jpg)
Henry Kissinger (a.f.)
German Empire
Best series:
For All Mankind (2019) (series) - a.f.
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995) (series)
Dynasty (1981) (series)
![Gamal Abdel Nasser](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/664/161664929_052068.jpg)
Gamal Abdel Nasser (a.f.)
Egypt
![Richard Nixon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/793/161793107_27accb.jpg)
Richard Nixon (a.f.)
USA
Best series:
Narcos (2015) (series) - a.f.
The Simpsons (1989) (series) - a.f.
M*A*S*H (1972) (series) - a.f.
![Ronald Reagan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268088_13685b.jpg)
Ronald Reagan (a.f.)
USA
Best series:
Narcos (2015) (series) - a.f.
Who Is America? (2018) (series) - a.f.
The X-Files (1993) (series) - a.f.
![Donald Rumsfeld](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/368/160368340_c98bec.jpg)
Donald Rumsfeld (a.f.)
USA
Best series:
The Looming Tower (2018) (series) - a.f.
30 Rock (2006) (series)
![Tony Blair](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/862/166862210_f38f28.jpg)
Tony Blair (a.f.)
UK
Best series:
The Simpsons (1989) (series)
The Catherine Tate Show (2004) (series)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2001) (series) - a.f.
![Leonid Brezhnev](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/901/157901448_c3d8e8.jpg)
Leonid Brezhnev (a.f.)
Russian Empire
Best series:
Wallace and Gromit's World of Inventions (2010) (series) - a.f.
Star Trek: Enterprise (2001) (series) - a.f.
Wonderful Times (2009) (series) - a.f.
![George W. Bush](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273930_acf417.jpg)
George W. Bush (a.f.)
USA
Indira Gándhí (a.f.)
India
![Nancy Davis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/105/792/105792708_849e10.jpg)
Nancy Davis (a.f.)
USA