Chernobyl

An incredible portrayal of the tyranny, corruption, incompetence, silencing and barbarism that Eastern Europe endured at the hands of the Soviets. Regardless of the fact that the show's main focus is on the nuclear disaster, it also manages to spotlight the chronic incompetence and corruption on every level within the Soviet system. I love that the content is objective and devoid of stereotypes and dead tropes and the acting is phenomenal. I usually dislike realism in movies, literature and art but this is one of the rare ways, I believe it's done well and serves vital role in delivering the point. The content is so harsh, depressive,, disgusting and traumatising that it really needs no colouring, it is even more horrifying knowing that actually happened and can happen again and it is due to the diligent self-sacrifice of a handful of people that millions are still alive and well today. The ending also strikes as it is rare that any people who dared to say the truth and oppose the communist barbarism get out alive.