Movies where the thematic elements revolve around a group of people banding together against an oppressive force, but not really a chosen one style story. I have Braveheart in mind but I don’t know if that really hits the same notes, because so much of it is also a love revenge story.
Elysium is a really bad good movie or a really good bad movie. I find myself thinking about it frequently despite being aware of its many shortfalls (white savior complex and Jodie Foster’s career-worst performance as a rightwinger’s vision of Hilldawg for instance).
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:im-doing-my-part: Starship Troopers!
Serious suggestion: The Battle for Algiers
The Bader-Meinhof Complex (2008) is about the Red Army Faction
Shock Troops (1967) is about the Maquis in Vichy France
State of Siege (1972) is about the Tupamaros in Uruguay abducting Dan Mitrione.
Out of these three, State of Siege is the by far the coolest.
