# "Death and Destruction to the fascists!" Movie Marathon **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [February 4, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-and-destruction-to-the-fascists-movie-marathon/1013894 "2025-02-04T22:31:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-and-destruction-to-the-fascists-movie-marathon/1013894/1 "2025-02-04T22:31:09Z")
I’m sick and tired of it all and I can’t take no more! So this Saturday, I’m going to sit on the couch and do NOTHING, I’m all emotionally drained, I’ve set aside some additional emergency supplies (and ammo) and it feels like there’s little more _positive_ I can do (and yes we’ve increased our donations and set them to be monthly recurring to the ACLU). So now I’m going to engage in a visual marathon of seeing the Fascists get their comeuppance. I’m going to start with the movie **V for Vendetta** , which I mentioned as a good parable for the modern American dystopia [in another thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dystopian-movie-do-you-feel-the-us-is-headed-for/924844), followed by the Ahhhhnold feature **The Running Man** , which I nominated for the same role after the November election. Both have elements of actual hope that _something_ better will be found after the disaster. But I’ve been increasingly nihilistic about our future, so I think I’ll finish with a pair of “Watch the World Burn” sort, with a Snake Plisken Double feature **Escape from New York/L.A.**. Somehow, I suspect this will NOT be the last time I sink to this escapism / ironic enjoyment, so feel free to suggest movies for future marathons, or ones you want to indulge in yourselves. [side note - **Idiocracy** often comes up these sorts of threads, but at least some of the people there are actually trying, and even if not, are by the premise too stupid to know better, they aren’t fascists or enablers.] ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-and-destruction-to-the-fascists-movie-marathon/1013894/2 "2025-02-04T23:37:38Z")
Perhaps include The Blues Brothers for the scene involving the Illinois Nazis? ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-and-destruction-to-the-fascists-movie-marathon/1013894/3 "2025-02-04T23:49:54Z")
You might try Land and Freedom, the Ken Loach film about the Spanish Civil War. La Commune (Paris, 1871), by Peter Watkins is great, but the long version runs nearly 6 hours, so you risk getting a bad case of cinema buns if you don’t take a break or two. And don’t forget They Live. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2025, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-and-destruction-to-the-fascists-movie-marathon/1013894/4 "2025-02-04T23:55:54Z")
“Downfall” seems worthy of being on the list. “Raiders of the Lost Ark” could work. “Inglourious Basterds” ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-and-destruction-to-the-fascists-movie-marathon/1013894/5 "2025-02-05T00:16:37Z")
The movie Snowpiercer has its moments. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-and-destruction-to-the-fascists-movie-marathon/1013894/6 "2025-02-05T02:02:02Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > “Inglourious Basterds” Oh yes, I’ve been intending to watch this one for various reasons, but never seem to actually get around to doing so. > [@Kropotkin](#): > > They Live. I kinda agree and kinda don’t. It is a great send up of capitalism’s tendency to damn everything in search of profit, and it’s close, but just a bit shy of what I’m looking for. Doesn’t mean it isn’t great to watch, and I do so at least every other year… Hmmm. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-and-destruction-to-the-fascists-movie-marathon/1013894/7 "2025-02-05T09:39:11Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > But I’ve been increasingly nihilistic about our future, so I think I’ll finish with a pair of “Watch the World Burn” sort, with a Snake Plisken Double feature **Escape from New York/L.A.**. _Starship Troopers_ is a documentary about what will happen if the Trump faction is victorious and quashes all resistance. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-and-destruction-to-the-fascists-movie-marathon/1013894/8 "2025-02-05T10:54:52Z")
TV series? _Handmaid’s tale_ and _Man in the High Castle_. > [@Cervaise](#): > > _Starship Troopers_ And _RoboCop_ as well. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-and-destruction-to-the-fascists-movie-marathon/1013894/9 "2025-02-05T11:21:55Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > Oh yes, I’ve been intending to watch this one for various reasons, but never seem to actually get around to doing so. It’s not easy to watch (some powerful scenes that will make most squirm) but, I think, worth seeing. I have a few quibbles with the movie but still recommend it. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-and-destruction-to-the-fascists-movie-marathon/1013894/10 "2025-02-05T11:25:35Z")
_Pan’s Labyrinth_ ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-and-destruction-to-the-fascists-movie-marathon/1013894/11 "2025-02-05T11:34:07Z")
Great movie but is it one where fascists get their comeuppance? It takes place in Franco’s Spain, her dad is a part of it (I think). It’s been a while since I have seen it though so I may be remembering it wrong. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-and-destruction-to-the-fascists-movie-marathon/1013894/12 "2025-02-05T11:45:06Z")
Individual Nazis getting theirs: The Boys From Brazil Marathon Man Apt Pupil ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-and-destruction-to-the-fascists-movie-marathon/1013894/13 "2025-02-05T12:34:17Z")
Yes, the fascist general gets shot to death at the end. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-and-destruction-to-the-fascists-movie-marathon/1013894/14 "2025-02-05T12:47:36Z")
> [@Kropotkin](#): > > You might try Land and Freedom, the Ken Loach film about the Spanish Civil War. La Commune (Paris, 1871), by Peter Watkins is great Neither of those ended well, though. _Casablanca_? _Is Paris Burning_ _The Longest Day_ Or if you can get them, some of the British movies from WW2, like _Pimpernel Smith_, _Freedom Radio_ or _Went The Day Well?_ ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-and-destruction-to-the-fascists-movie-marathon/1013894/15 "2025-02-05T13:28:16Z")
> [@PatrickLondon](#): > > Neither of those ended well, though. Well, as the saying does, we may have lost the war(s), but we had all the good songs. And in these films the spirit of resistance lives on, so that’s an anti fascist lesson and warning, if not catharsis. 30 years ago a publisher suggested we could use a book on the post-world war 2 era titled, “So you thought the fascists lost the war.” I wish I’d written it and was working on the second edition. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-and-destruction-to-the-fascists-movie-marathon/1013894/16 "2025-02-05T21:54:44Z")
_Where Eagles Dare,_ 1968. Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood killin’ Nazis, killin’ Nazis and then then going out and killin’ some more Nazis. A brutal, satisfying action flick.