21 Best Films Of The 21st Century By Genre

21. Historical - Downfall

While Downfall is known to most people as the one from all those funny memes, the film in itself is a truly fascinating tale. Taking us inside the final days of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi campaign, this German language film manages to portray the Führer and the SS chiefs as humans with real emotions.

We while we may see the genuine feelings they may have, we are never allowed to forget the horrifying monsters that the Nazi commanders truly were. We may be placed alongside the Nazi chiefs as their world falls apart, but we are always reminded just how different their mindsets were to normal human behaviour.

At the heart of the story is the truly short sided and simplistic nature of Hitler, whose determination to never surrender is only matched by his illogical mindset and inhumane nature. Bruno Ganz is simply phenomenal as Hitler, the raw emotion and anger breeding through his performance truly scary to watch.