12. "Darkest Hour" (2017)

World War II Movie Night has its first biopic with 2017's
"Darkest Hour," one of several movies made about Winston
Churchill, and the one many consider the best. From the makers of
inaugural episode feature "Atonement," "Darkest Hour" follows
Churchill (Gary Oldman) through several days in May 1940, during
which he is chosen as Prime Minister amid the increasing German
takeover of Europe, including the events that would come to be
known as 'Dunkirk.' Witness Churchill's increasing desperation as
he deals with not only Germany but the French, his own party, and
the King... Asides include thoughts on Gary Oldman's vast
filmography and the tendency of drinkers to become weepy.