Films and TV shows that feel like B.Y.O.B. by System of a Down
A furious, sardonic anti-war rant that turns the machinery of war into a grim party where the poor are sent to die while the powerful stay safe.
- Jarhead (2005): Young soldiers adrift in the Gulf War, with boredom, bravado and absurdity driving the story.
- Three Kings (1999): A chaotic, satirical take on a war fought for cynical reasons.
- Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004): Angry, era-defining documentary about the Iraq War and who pays for it.
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964): War-machine madness played as a dark joke.
- Lions for Lambs (2007): Politicians, media and soldiers collide over a war that sends young people to die.
- Generation Kill (2008): A gritty, darkly funny look at the 2003 Iraq invasion and its incompetence.
- The Hurt Locker (2008): A tense, jittery portrait of men addicted to the war that consumes them.
- Chernobyl (2019): Lies, bureaucracy and expendable lives under a state that puts itself first.
