10 Best Film Biopics About Politicians

Perhaps the most reviled man in history, Downfall's task to make a film about Adolph Hitler without turning off its audience was always going to be difficult. Thankfully, the film exceeds at everything it tries to do and creates a brilliant dive into the psyche of an evil man who is losing everything around him.

As Berlin begins to fall in April of 1945, Downfall portrays Hitler's final days as he and his inner circle hide in a bunker in denial about their coming doom. Bruno Ganz brings a great deal of nuance to the man himself and shows that he wasn't some mythical monster but an unstable man who has lost his grip on power.

Downfall is a fascinating look at fanaticism as those closest to Hitler refuse to admit the Nazis have lost the war. There is some increasingly disturbing imagery as those that worship what the Reich stood for make heinous choices in preserving its memory and ensuring they'll avoid capture.

Without a degree of sensationalism, Downfall is a compelling and realistic look at the fall of the Third Reich.