Movies That Most Accurately Depict the Brutality of War

Waltz With Bashir

Filmmaker Ari Folman served as a soldier during the 1982 Lebanon War. But his memories were unclear. As an act of creative therapy, he made “Waltz With Bashir,” an animated documentary about trying to uncover repressed trauma. In using animation, Folman gives the subject matter its necessary dreaminess, while also aggressively juxtaposing such aesthetics with their inherent brutality.