Films and TV shows that feel like Chop Suey! by System of a Down
A frantic, sardonic spiral of anger and grief that breaks open into a cathartic, almost prayerful plea about death, self-righteousness and who gets judged.
- Fight Club (1999): Manic anti-establishment fury and a lurching, sardonic spiral into chaos.
- Falling Down (1993): A Los Angeles man cracks under social pressure in a burst of righteous, unhinged rage.
- Requiem for a Dream (2000): Frantic momentum building toward an anguished, inevitable collapse.
- Donnie Darko (2001): Suburban alienation, mortality and a feverish early-2000s unease.
- American History X (1998): Anger, judgment and grief colliding with a plea for redemption.
- Mr. Robot (2015): Paranoid, politically charged alienation and an unraveling mind.
- Six Feet Under (2001): Premiered the same year, it confronts death and how we judge the dying with dark humor.
- Natural Born Killers (1994): Chaotic, satirical media-age violence with a furious political edge.
