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Surviving Disaster: Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster (2006)
Original and still the best version
Without made-up sub plots or silly romance stories to get the required quota of women roles etc. Paints a chilling and factual retelling of the events leading up to and after the explosion. Adrian Edmonson (normally a comedian) shines here as he tells the story. I have no idea why two new films have just been made when this pretty much does the job of both of them.
Jubilee (1978)
Dark and Reflective of Reality (of the time)
OK, so it's not polished Hollywood, but nor was late 1970's Britain for the youth of the time. It will help viewers hugely if they are old enough to appreciate this film in context. This was never intended to be light family viewing, and it makes not even the slightest effort to follow standard movie rules. Instead, this represents the disconnection youth felt from authority, be it the power holding class or big business which just seeks to exploit (ooh, nothing changed there). In this movie, the Punks have taken over the streets and the corporations still pull the strings from their protected mansions. Religious groups are not going to like the raw attention to sex and violence which society does its best to bottle-up and deny exists (funnily enough we have retrograded these days into political correctness).
Media and institutions are more sophisticated at managing us these these days, and the youth of today has different issues - but the message of the film is a relevant today (maybe even more so) at it was in 1978.
Watch with an open mind !