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# A Streaming List for All the Ronald Reagan Haters Out There
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/ronald-reagan-streaming-movies/
- Published: 2020-12-07T21:30:03.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T15:42:33.000Z
- Description: Enjoy some dissenting views on the US president — the subject of a new series — from critical explanations of his image-making to a satirical show that makes him a supervillain.
- Author: Dan Schindel
- Tags: Film, Documentary, Netflix, Review, Ronald Reagan, Streaming, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 09:08 (2019, 2020, part 3)

Showtime recently finished airing its documentary miniseries *The Reagans*, a biographical portrait of US President Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy, and how their carefully curated media performances led them into the White House. After decades of across-the-aisle praise for Reagan in the mainstream — a unrepentant warmonger whose thirst for deregulation created nearly every problem we face today — it was a breath of fresh air to get its more critical perspective on him. In that spirit, here's how you can stream that series and other dissenting takes on Reagan's legacy.

## The Reagans (2020)

While four hourlong episodes might not seem like enough to cover such a consequential presidency, the documentary series is less about the Reagans themselves and more about how they cultivated their respective public images over time. Vitally, it draws a line between this elevation of image over compassionate politics to the rightward drift of the Republican Party and, of course, the eventual apotheosis of Trump.

*Available on* [*Showtime*](https://www.sho.com/the-reagans?ref=hyperallergic.com)*.*

## The Reagan Show (2017)

This documentary is composed entirely of archival and behind-the-scenes footage from the Reagan administration, and frequently juxtaposes the public with the private. In doing so, it creates a direct study in selective media framing and messaging. Coming several years before *The Reagans*, it acts as a great showcase for the subjects the show discusses.

*Available on* [*various platforms*](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-reagan-show?ref=hyperallergic.com)*.*

## Wet Hot American Summer (2015, 2017)

This one is just for fun. When Netflix revived the cult classic 2001 comedy [*Wet Hot American Summer*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0243655/?ref=hyperallergic.com) for two follow-up miniseries (*First Day of Camp* and *Ten Years Later*), Reagan (played in a purposefully cartoonish manner by film and series co-creator Michael Showalter) popped up in both series as a recurring villain. In keeping with the parody show's absurd plotlines, the most powerful man on Earth makes it his personal mission to destroy a kids' summer camp. It is a bracing, if silly, rejoinder to the idea of Reagan as "the Great Communicator."

*Available on Netflix* ([First Day of Camp](https://www.netflix.com/title/80039813?ref=hyperallergic.com)) ([Ten Years Later](https://www.netflix.com/title/80117800?ref=hyperallergic.com))