War Is The Force That Gives Us Meaning

The title comes from a book by Chris Hedges that seemed to give Kathryn Bigelow inspiration for her movie The Hurt Locker. Hedges set an ironic tone to his book, as he strenuously questioned our roles in foreign wars after years as a war correspondent. Below are some films I felt examined war with a more critical eye,

This list looks at films that find the irony in modern war, question its motives, or at least try...