This past Thursday, Eric Trump spoke on Fox News about Hillary Clinton and Benghazi, and he said that "13 Hours," the Michael Bay-directed film about the Benghazi attacks, should be a requirement for American voters to watch before they elect a new president. Eric Trump's citing of cinema's power really struck me, for in a world of overstuffed superhero movies and dumb gross-out comedies, some media can still strike a chord for the people watching it, even if it happens to be a Michael Bay movie.

However, Benghazi is only the start of the list of flaws in Clinton's arsenal, and Donald Trump is a whole other subject entirely. To continue what Eric Trump started, here are six movies Americans should actually be required to watch before they vote:

"The Big Short"

In 2008, the housing market crashed on Wall Street, hurling our country into a recession. And, after President Obama's bail-out of Wall Street in 2009 funded by the taxpayers, one could deduce, aided by the mainstream media, that this wasn't Wall Street's actual fault. In 2015, Adam McKay's recount of the true story suggests otherwise. This comedy-drama tells the story of a group of bankers that short the Housing Market, and, more importantly, the greed that Wall Street has, and how the only mistakes are the ones you won't learn from.

Why You Should Watch It: Forget giving speeches to Wall Street. This lucrative businessman is going to have infinite sympathy for the bankers. In a country run by billionaires, "The Big Short" will make you question ... no, reject, whether having a billionaire in the Oval Office is a good idea.

"Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"

This 1939 Capra film tells the fictional tale of the newly-elected Senator Jefferson Smith (James Stewart) moving to Washington and being mentored by the steady hand of long-time Senator Joseph Paine (Claude Raines). However, as Smith's altruism gets stopped by Paine's corruption, Smith starts to realize that the federal government might not be as pure of a place as he had recently thought.

Why You Should Watch It: Experience does not always mean virtue, and this film shows that corruption actually does happen, and it has been happening in 1939 and in 2016.

"Bob Roberts"

Bernie Sanders supporter Tim Robbins directed, wrote the music for, and starred in this 1992 political mock-umentary about folk singer Bob Roberts running for the Republican side in a Pennsylvania senate race against incumbent Brickley Paiste (Gore Vidal). Roberts is a sort of anti-Bob Dylan, evident enough with his hit "These Times, They Are-A-Changing Back," as he talks about the "dangers" of the cultural revolution of the 60s. Although Roberts seems pure on the outside, a potential scandal among his foundation "Broken Dove" with allegations that his organizations smuggled drugs for profit, leads us to question how trustworthy this guy really is.

Why You Should Watch It: With this cultivation of Ted Cruz, the Reagan era "family values" has been revitalized, and it should be reminded that if things look too shiny on the surface, there are probably some dirty things happen underneath. Also, there is a thought-provoking bit by John Cusack on the military industrial complex and how even the most "liberally slanted" networks (NBC) will endorse wars as long as it gets them money.

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"

Kazakhstan native Borat (Sacha Baron Cohen) is called to do a documentary of what makes the United States great. This documentary is set in New York, but, after falling in love with Pamela Anderson and finding out she lives in Los Angeles, Borat is called upon to travel across the country to meet her. In between, he offends almost everyone he meets with his over-the-top patriotism for Kazakhstan, and he discovers the undercurrents to what American patriotism holds.

Why You Should Watch It: Part of Donald Trump's campaign to "make America great again" is to shun the ideas of other countries and even dismiss them. He makes America culture look like a established, professional country and other countries barbaric and irrational, but it's only through this movie that you can realize how our own country has its own barbaric and irrational qualities to it underneath the surface.

"Street Fight"

This 2005 Marshall Curry documentary covers Cory Booker's 2002 campaign for Mayor of Newark against incumbent Crocker Jarmon. It's an uphill battle for Booker to say the least, and after the Jarmon team starts participating in illicit behavior and trying to corrupt the Booker campaign, the race turns savage.

Why You Should Watch It: 2016 has been dubbed the year we found out our elections were rigged, and this documentary shows how corruption in elections happen on a ground level. If you're confused how an election official purged over 100,000 Brooklyn voters from the rolls or if the Nevada Democratic Convention hijacked votes for the Primary you can see some first-person action in "Street Fight." You wanna hear something ironic? Cory Booker might be Hillary Clinton's Vice President.

"Idiocracy"

Ah, yes. The big one. This 2006 Mike Judge satire is about when Joe Bowers (Luke Wilson) is put in hibernation for a year with a woman named Rita (Maya Rudolph) in a secret military experiment. When they are forgotten, they are kept there until the year 2505, and, there, they discover that human intelligence has devolved to the point where Joe is the smartest person in the world. After a footage shortage happens after crops start dying (because they start getting watered by gatorade), Joe is called upon to fix the situation and save humanity.

Why You Should Watch It: You won't need to look past President Camacho (Terry Crews), the former WWE-esque wrestler and porn star, the celebrity who got elected president. It's easy to vote for the demagouge, the guy everybody knows, but, as we've seen before both in the world and in our personal lives, the easy way is not the right way. Also, be on the lookout because Judge has reportedly teamed up with Terry Crews and the "Idiocracy" team to make anti-Trump ads. After you watch that and before you vote, hopefully you can agree with President Obama and me and identify that, in politics and in life, ignorance is not a virtue.