The Kingmaker is a 2019 documentary film written and directed by Lauren Greenfield, featuring the political career of Imelda Marcos[6] with a focus on the Marcos family's efforts to rehabilitate the family's image and to return to political power,[7][8] including her plans to see her son, Bongbong, become President of the Philippines,[9][10] and the alliance that Bongbong and Imee Marcos established with Rodrigo Duterte in his bid to win the 2016 Philippine presidential election.

[8][14] As described by IndieWire, the second half of the film "features survivors of her husband's declaration of martial law and focuses on the political comeback of the Marcos family,"[6] focused on the ascension of her son, Bongbong Marcos, to increasingly prominent national posts.

[15] Aside from Imelda Marcos herself, other figures Greenfield featured in the documentary include Marcos' son, the vice-presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos; former Philippine President Benigno Aquino III; Vice president Leni Robredo who had defeated Bongbong Marcos in the 2016 Philippine vice presidential election; former Presidential Commission on Good Government head Andres Bautista; and Martial Law torture survivors including former Commission on Human Rights chair Etta Rosales, and journalist-screenwriter Pete Lacaba.

In numerous promotional interviews, Greenfield characterizes Imelda Marcos as the documentary's unreliable narrator.

[2] So in order to make sure viewers understood that something Marcos was saying was untrue, Greenfield would intersperse interviews with people who knew otherwise, such as Martial Law torture victims and officials who investigated the Marcoses.

[23] It was later released on iWantTFC, the streaming platform of ABS-CBN, on May 15, 2020,[24] and made available to watch on demand starting August 1 of that year.

[25] On March 19, 2022, the original documentary premiered in the Philippines for free on YouTube with more than 500,000 views as of May 4, ahead of the May 9 elections.

[28] They can all be accessed and downloaded for free in Evergreen Pictures' Vimeo[29] and official website of the Digital Museum of Martial Law.

The critical consensus on Rotten Tomatoes reads, "The Kingmaker aims a disquieting spotlight at the private life of a divisive public figure – as well as the ways in which unchecked power seduces and corrupts.