Four Lions

By the middle of the 2000s, it had been established that Islamist terror was the Defining Theme of Our Time, and any novelist, film-maker, playwright, poet or TV dramatist worthy of the title had to tackle it. Most artistic efforts of the time tended to concentrate on the radicalisation process, perhaps because the political classes' efforts to address it were so glib and lacking, perhaps because it offered the most obvious window to explaining terrorism. But in this 97 minute long comedy they laid out the perfect combination of commentary on the poignant issues of Islamophobia in society post- 9/11 and a riveting satire that is entertaining all the same.