The best films of the end of capitalism

 The best films of the end of capitalism

Can capitalism end before the end of the world? Or are the two linked to each other to the point that the spread of capitalism will be the cause of the collapse of the world, in general, the British critic Mark Fisher summed it up in a deep saying, which is “predicting the end of the world is simpler than predicting the end of capitalism.” Today we review together the most important films of the end of capitalism, which may differ or agree With Fisher's quote.

Before talking about black realism films, we have to realize that the year 2020 is the year of the epidemic as some call it, especially after the abhorrent Corona pandemic invaded the world and caused the deaths of millions, many of us realized that the world is on its way to change or destruction, and that the current system So weak that it will not stand up much against the revolution of nature.

Although the year 2020 did not change anything with the rotten capitalism that dominates the world, and life is still struggling again after the development of Corona vaccines, the pessimistic view of many speculates that the future will become darker, as I discussed many films that conveyed to us a fictional perception. Or predict the end of the world scene.

Hence, Mark Fisher wrote a book on capitalist realism, in which he proved the validity of the theory of comparing capitalism to a parasite, as this creature is able to turn humans into zombies, so the best way to imagine what the world will be like in the future is to watch films that give us a special impression of the concept Capitalism and the end of the world.

The best films of the end of capitalism

1. Songs from the Second Floor

2. NomadLand movie

3. The Lamb . movie

4. Sorry to Bother You

5. The movie Dogville

6. American Psycho

7. Melancholia movie

1. Songs from the Second Floor

A comedy-drama film, it is one of the most important films of the end of capitalism in world cinema. It was produced in 2000 by international director Roy Anderson. It received a good rating on IMDB, which is 7.6 out of 10, and on Rotten tomatoes, its rating was 89%.

The film deals with a fictional picture of the last days of the era of capitalism on the planet, as the year 2001 will be the year of turmoil and depletion of the declining morale, especially for the elderly who have lost their passion for life.

The bad thing about the film is that it does not present a plot or a goal in its story, but rather a mere expectation that is not based on conclusive evidence that the result of the exacerbation of capitalism in the world with the toiling and the simple will be a negative tie. The capitalists will not win and the simple and marginalized will not lose, because everyone is stuck inside this lonely world.

Especially after the deterioration of the global economy index at the beginning of the new millennium, the film shows many bleak scenes from which the smell of tension rises, mixed with gray colors and the pale faces of heroes as if they were corpses that came out of the graves towards other graves, but they are for the living.

2. NomadLand movie

A drama film produced in 2021, directed by the wonderful director Chloe Chow, it has a good rating on Imdb, which is 7.3 out of 10, and on Rotten Tomatoes, it has a rating of 93%.

The film tells the life of a sixty-year-old talented actress who won two Oscars, Frances McDormand, as she decides to live in the wilds of the American West.

The film may be far from the films of the end of capitalism in general, but of course it shows the difference between America, which had a population of 70,000 people 400 years ago, and America today after the tyranny of capitalism and its transformation into a colony of expatriates and settlers, as the message of the film, despite its depth, is clear in Her rejection of racial colonialism and her plea for the return of America to its original citizens.

Today, everything in America is subject to the rule of the dollar, the citizens are nothing but property and slaves to the cruelty of the capitalist system, which the film describes as ambiguity and sadism.

3. The Lamb . movie

It is classified in the category of fantasy, drama and horror films, produced in 2021 by veteran director Valdemar Johansson. It has a modest rating on Imdb, which is 6.3 out of 10, and on Rotten tomatoes, it has a very good rating of 86%.

This melancholy film talks at length about the negative aspects of capitalism in rural societies, as capitalist institutions become civilized, and rural life becomes moribund.

They decide not to have children for fear of failing to provide for children. They are content with raising animals and livestock, as men work in the fields, plant and harvest, while women are forced to freeze eggs and work in sheep pens. There is no hope for the future and no achievement in life within rural communities.

Therefore, panic and fear of what is to come is a natural result of destruction, especially since mothers need motherhood and fathers need support after old age. There is no interconnection between humans within the events of this bleak movie.

4. Sorry to Bother You

It is classified in the category of comedies and dramas. It was shown in 2018 by international director Potts Riley. It has an average rating on Imdb, which is 6.9 out of 10. On the Rotten tomatoes, it has an average rating of 93%.

A movie, Sorry to Bother You, discusses the end of capitalism, but in a satirical way, so you can consider it as a different movie with us in the article. The young man lives in California, where he feels trapped in the prison of this job.

He finds himself escaping from this realistic prison to live inside a state of fantasies and daydreams, as the film logically sees that the world of imagination and dreams is stronger and more durable than the world of capitalism. In order to enjoy the experience.

5. The movie Dogville

In the category of crime and drama, it was shown in 2003, starring the beautiful Nicole Kidman and directed by the creator Lars von Trier. It received a high rating on Imdb, which is 8 out of 10, and on Rotten tomatoes, it is rated well at 70%.

The film depicts the simple life in the small town of Dogville inside America, as it is like a theater show where it presents the city in a showy manner without landscapes or urban life, it is just a small city inhabited by good people who want to live in harmony.

The story of the film revolves around Grace, who escapes to Dogville from gangs for a mysterious reason, and finds generosity, containment and warmth inside the city and among its people, so she decides to interact with them and offer her skills and services to them for free, but even Dogville has some capitalists who are trying to control Grace.

The strange thing about the film is that its director relied on bringing the cinematic scene closer to the theater, as if he wanted to make the audience feel what a simple life is, which only requires leaving your fertile imagination to the sky, while you draw the remaining lines of the city of Dogville, which the director refused to show its external beauty; Because he sees that they are just deceptive manifestations that only the abhorrent capitalist societies follow.

6. American Psycho

A bloody psychological horror film that was shown in 2000, starring the talented star Kristen Bell and directed by the brilliant Marie Haroun. It has a high rating on Imdb, which is 7.6 out of 10, and on Rotten Tomatoes, its rating is modest at 69%.

The film generally talks about a psychopath working on Wall Street. For him, life is a desire and desires that he seeks with all his strength and influence to satisfy, whatever the cost. He may hire a prostitute and kill her in order to have a moment of excitement and fun.

The movie is really strange, and the performance of Kristen Bell, a superficial young man who only cares about life for his luxurious clothes, muscular muscles and perfect appearance, makes you realize how strange it is for those people who treat life as their own with all the money and desires it contains, the more life gives them more luxury and bliss, they suffer corruption in the land, believing that they are above others.

In the end, the movie is full of bloody and sexual scenes so you have to be careful if you don't like this type of movie, this movie will be unsuitable to watch.

7. Melancholia movie

An important film from the end of capitalism films. It is the second film with us on the list directed by Lars von Trier. It was shown in 2011 in cinemas. It received a good rating on Imdb, which is 7.2 out of 10, and on the Rotten tomatoes, it has a very good rating of 80%.

The movie Melancholia is a science fiction and psychological drama movie, as melancholia is a psychological syndrome associated with chronic symptoms of depression. The author and director of the film was suffering from severe depression when he wrote this movie in a book called “The Depression Trilogy” while he was in a psychiatric clinic.

The heroine, Justin, here is a woman who suffers from a failed married life and seeks a divorce, and she suffers from some psychological disorder that makes her imagine that the world will end as a result of the collision of the planet Melancholia with our planet.

The film monitors the case of the heroine who decided to calm down inside her dark world, as she believes that life on this planet beats with evil, even when asked about the reason for this belief, she does not find a flowery answer to establish this belief in the ugliness of life with evidence, but only adopts this feeling based on an internal intuition that moves it