The Rancher
The Rancher
2012, English. Directed by Kelly Sears.
A series of terrible dreams unhinge a man in power. The Rancher is a parafictional newsreel film featuring an anonymous president during wartime. The reworked footage, sampled from newsreels about Lyndon Baines Johnson, presents a more fraught portrait of the daily life of this archetypical president. As he escalates military involvement, the president is plagued by terrible dreams that result in the unraveling of public opinion about the war. The narrative of The Rancher largely parallels LBJ’s administration as well as ones from more recent history.
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- 0h 7m
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- English
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The Rancher runs 7 minutes (0h 7m).
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The Rancher isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 2012. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Rancher?
If you liked The Rancher, try Of Mice and Men, Man Without a Star, Monte Walsh.
Who directed The Rancher?
The Rancher (2012) was directed by Kelly Sears.