Top 5: Presidents in Film

In honor of our great Nation's Birthday, I've put together a list of the top five most incredible Presidents in cinema for your enjoyment.  Happy 4th-o-July everybody... Celebrate safely!

#5- President James Dale (Jack Nicholson)- Mars Attacks!
Never has a leader remained so calm, cool, and mellow as President James Dale during Tim Burton's imagining of the invasion of earth.  "I want the people to know that they still have 2 out of 3 branches of the government working for them, and that ain't bad."

#4- President Skroob (Mel Brooks)- Spaceballs
I know... I know... He's not an American President.  But he's STILL one of the funniest President's I've ever seen! He may have been a little inept, but at least he didn't make up words like "strategery!" "I can't make decisions! I'm a PRESIDENT!"

#3- President George W. Bush (James Adomien)- Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
I'm not a proponent of using drugs, but  James Adomien's performance as George W. Bush made us all stop and wonder... Was Bush on drugs? Or would they have, in fact, made him a better President? "Shit, It's Cheney! Come on, you guys, keep quiet!"

#2- President Thomas J. Whitmore (Bill Pullman)- Independence Day
We've already had a President on the list that was involved with an alien invasion, but President Whitmore handled it the exact opposite from President Dale.  Jack Nicholson may have preferred to allow the aliens to "come in peace," but all that ended up doing was get him killed.  Bill Pullman hopped into a flight suit to fly a jet to take them down himself (Fun fact: President Bush dressed up in a flight suit hoping to do the exact same thing to the Middle East before realizing the mission was not, in fact, accomplished).  President Whitmore also has one of the best monologues in summer blockbuster history: "The Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day the world declared in one voice: "We will not go quietly into the night!" We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate... OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!"

#1- President James Marshall (Harrison Ford)- Air Force One
The greatest American President since... Well, ever!  I'm sure the others could have come close if they had dropped such an ass-kicking on their opponents, but even then... Does Washington screaming "Wheres my family?!?" at the Brits have the same effect? Certainly not. President Marshall is a TRUE American hero (I'm looking at YOU Lincoln, Roosevelt, Jefferson, other Roosevelt, and Kennedy!).  And really... is there any other quote that I can pick to end this? "GET OFF MY PLANE!"