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Originally Posted by Robin

I am going to 2nd the nomination of this film as an extremely enlightening and intriguing look into the political situation in the Middle East right now.

I would also add these two other films as a great lens through which to consider current events:

The Battle of Algiers -- deals with French occupied Algiers and the terrorist uprising to force the French out of the country. Touches on topics of terrorism, torture, foreign occupying forces and resistance fighters. The film is in black and white, but the subject may as well have been ripped from the headlines. One of my all-time favorite movies, and Criterion has created an excellent DVD copy of this film.

Syriana -- came out on DVD recently. Notable quote from fictional Prince Nasir Al-Subaai: When a country has five percent of the world's population but spends fifty percent of the world's military spending, that country's persuasive power is in decline.

Syriana was boring.