Civil War
In April 2024 , the democratic film party A24 release a new film calledCivil War , which take after a chemical group of journalists in a dystopian future where the United States has strike into yet another civic warfare that is about to total to a head . Civil War’scast include mavin such as Kirsten Dunst , Wagner Moura , Cailee Spaeny , Stephen McKinley Henderson , Sonoya Mizuno , Nick Offerman , and JessePlemons . Notably , the moviewas written and target by sci - fi icon , Alex Garland . Civil Warstands out due to its singular premise , but also , its relevancy to issues being faced today .
Throughout the film , Civil Warbrings up motif that are dark-skinned , prevalent , and particularly thinking - provoking , and it is more than likely that audiences will want even more of these topics after seeing theend ofCivil War . Luckily , there arecountless flick that deplume on the ideas explore in the 2024Alex Garland pic . More specifically , there are awe-inspiring film that delve deeply into photojournalist character , state of war and anti - war in America , and alternate United States account . No matter what aspects ofCivil Warinterested viewing audience , there isalways a similar movie to keep the turmoil rolling .
While most war movies are criticise for their inaccuracy , there are many that dumbfound various detail right , realise the praise of military experts .
10The China Syndrome (1979)
James Bridges
Though it has fiddling to do with war , The China Syndromeis a strong lieu to start when see moving-picture show like 2024’sCivil War . The flick , starring Jane Fonda , Jack Lemmon , and Michael Douglas , followsa video reporter and her cinematographer who accidentally witness an emergency closure at a nuclear plant , or a SCRAM event . They go on to discover that the plant is using guard cover - ups . A large part of what makesCivil Warinteresting is the fact thatits assumption hoop honest to fears Americans are receive in the present daytime , and whenThe China Syndromecame out , the same could be said . 12 days after its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival , the Three Mile Island nuclear accident occurred in Pennsylvania . For those seeking more journalistic , politically prepared movies to followCivil War , this is a classic choice .
9Apocalypse Now (1979)
Francis Ford Coppola
Opposingly , Apocalypse Nowhas little to do with the journalism depict inCivil War , but it shines when it make out to depict the horror of war . This iconic motion picture by Francis Ford Coppola followsa Vietnam soldier who is sent on a mission to encounter and terminate another promising soldier that has reportedly deserted and go excited . Though there are innumerous war pic that are successful at portray the horrors of war , Apocalypse Now , andmovies about the Vietnam Warin general , stand out . This is a pressing story thatinduces the same sentience of affright and helplessness asCivil Wardoes , though their individual struggle are much different . Apocalypse Nownot only follows the same threads of anti - war opinion , but it also has countless awarding and a sensational cast to back it up , include Charlie Sheen and Marlon Brando .
Apocalypse Now won the Palm D’or laurels at the Cannes Film Festival in 1979 , which was the same festival that The China Syndrome serve .
8A Private War (2018)
Matthew Heineman
ThoughCivil Waris fictional , it pulls on several aspects of reality , and its master character is a perfect example of this .
In the same elbow room that Kirsten Dunst ’s Lee Smith essay to get up close and personal with the president in the midst of a civil war , A Private War’sreal life character Marie Colvin plunges headlong into the difference of infinite countries around the world .
Therefore , for those consultation members who were catch by Dunst ’s performance and character , 2018’sA Private Waris a great lower-ranking watch . The biographical state of war moviefollows Colvin as she sustains a life - altering injury , is diagnose with PTSD , and how she works through these issuesin order to proceed telling significant stories of state of war . LikeCivil War , A Private Warhomes in on the destruction warfare can bestow , but it also shines a light on the mode it affects individuals as well .
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7Testament (1983)
Lynne Litman
AlthoughCivil Warexplores the very specific situation in which section of the United States greyback against the government activity , create a 2d civil war , there are picture thatevoke the same smell of fear and confusion but with an entirely unlike premiss . For the 1983 movieTestament , the conception is not civil warfare , but nuclear war . The movie bring station in a California suburbia where a typical familydiscovers that the Carry Nation is under nuclear scourge and they could be next . LikeThe China Syndrome , Testamentcame out at a time when reverence of nuclear warfare , particularly against the Soviet Union , was very high . In this way , Testamentis not just an examen of nuclear warfare , but put on display Americans existent fears . This makes the flick even more eery and intriguing . Overall , Testamentdoes the same job thatCivil Wardoes , only fifty year originally .
6Lee (2023)
Ellen Kuras
return to stories of journalists , Leegets even closer to whatCivil Wardepicts via Kate Winslet as the modeling - turn - photojournalist Lee Miller . Though her descent as a model at Vogue are quite different from the origins ofCivil War’sLee Smith , the two primary characters not only apportion gens , but also profession . Both cleaning lady arephotojournalists , captive on receive the staring exposure to depict the gruesome wars before them . Really , the biggest grounds why those who likedCivil Warshould watchLeeis because of these similarities that the master characters share . Despite the fact that these cinema are vastly different in genre and execution , their protagonist are connected across meter , fiction , and audiences . Those who want to see a real sprightliness version of Kirsten Dunst ’s Lee Smith should most definitely train out 2023’sLee .
5Children Of Men (2006)
Alfonso Cuarón
Despite verging more on the fictional side of things , Children of Menportrays an apocalypse that feel just as possible and horrify asCivil War , and for that reason , it is a great movie to watch . base on a 1992 novel of the same name , small fry of Menfollows abureaucrat who must put the survival of the cosmos before himself as society faces consummate ecocide , sterility , and depression , and the last babe in the world dies . As previously bring up , this is a movie that is much more stylize thanCivil War , however the films are doing many of the same thing .
Though the scenario that plays out inChildren of Menfeels impossible or far off , it really is n’t much different than the war showcased inCivil War .
Children of Menbrings audiences ' attention to other huge problems being faced by fellowship , include spheric thawing . For those seek a more dystopian , fiction - advancing movie , this is the idealistic movie to leap into .
4The Killing Fields (1984)
Roland Joffé
In many way , The Killing FieldsandCivil Warare two side of the same coin . WhereCivil Warsees Lee Smith and other fellow journalists move closer to the core of America ’s fictitious civil warfare , The Killing Fieldswatches Dith Pran do the same , but in the very substantial setting of the Cambodian civic war . The Killing Fieldsfollows reporter Sydney Schanberg and his Cambodian translator Dith Pran as Schanberg hatch the Cambodian civic war for the New York Times . However , when U.S. violence pull out of the conflict and Schanberg decides to pass on , Pran decline tending and rather start deeper into the conflict to get the story , even as the Khmer Rouge close in . Plotwise , The Killing FieldsandCivil Warare one in the same , and for this reason they are the perfect pair of motion picture to watch together . Together , fabrication and reality merges into one with child anti - war news report .
Haing S. Ngor , who played Dith Pran in the flick , won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Killing Fields in 1985 .
3The C.S.A: The Confederate States Of America (2004)
Kevin Willmot
Though it may seem like a strange or unlikely candidate to join this tilt , the satirical comedyThe C.S.A. : The Confederate States of Americaactually brings quite a bunch to the tabular array when paired withCivil War . The C.S.A.is a 2004 comedy thatdelves into a interlingual rendition of America in which the Confederacy won the polite war of the 1860s . By no means does this movie make any naturalistic predictions about this substitute history , however , it certainly does get audiences mean , even if it is through laughter . And in many mode , the actual American civil war is inexorably plug into to the fictional warfare thatCivil Waris trying to portray . All in all , both picture show are doing a exchangeable Book of Job , just in different genres and with different premises . So , for those seekinga more laughable looking at an alternate American chronicle , The C.S.A : The Confederate States of Americais the perfect watch .
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2Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Stanley Kubrick
In terms of warfare movies , Full Metal Jacketmay be the closest one will get toCivil War . Although the grooming sequences of the start of the photographic film are completely separate from whatCivil Wardepicts , once Private " Joker " Davis hand Vietnam , the similarities are severe to ignore . Full Metal Jacketfollowsa Vietnam soldier from his time in rush cantonment to his arriver in Vietnam as a journalist during the Battle of Hué . Where the biopics mention above focussing in on diary keeper characters , and the dystopian motion picture delve deep into warfare and crisis , Full Metal Jacketdoes a bit of both . LikeCivil War , it is both a study of fiber and of crisis . Through the lens of Joker , and also Private " Gomer Pyle " Lawrence , audiencessee the outcome war has both on country and on individuals . As far as warfare movies go , this is certainly the most similar toCivil War .
Full Metal Jacketwas notably directed by movie great , Stanley Kubrick .
1Come And See (1985)
Elem Klimov
The most significant movie to watch afterCivil Waris the moving picture it was inspire by , a 1985 Soviet Union film calledCome and See . In the past times , director Alex Garland has mark thatthis movie help inspireCivil War , and it is n’t hard to see why . Come and Seefollows a unseasoned son who is force into the forest after his village is invaded and link up up with resistance fighters , include a unseasoned little girl . However , upon return to his home , the son key out his family unit slaughter , andhis continued survival becomes a mixture of Leslie Townes Hope and sadness . What particularly stands out aboutCome and Seeis the moral force of those who make it the tragedies of war when other do not . This is an estimation search inCivil Waras well , and is certainly an interesting part of the greater story of anti - war .
Come and See is a 1985 Soviet warfare drama directed by Elem Klimov . The film follows a young Belarusian boy identify Flyora as he witnesses and experiences the horrors of World War II . Through his eyes , viewing audience are exposed to the vicious reality of state of war and its annihilating impact on humankind . Renowned for its stark depiction of fierceness and hurt , the photographic film is view a powerful anti - war statement .
