Bowling for Columbine (2002)

This is not a film about gun control. It is a film about the fearful heart and soul of the United States, and the 280 million Americans lucky enough to have the right to a constitutionally protected Uzi. From a look at the Columbine High School security camera tapes to the home of Oscar-winning NRA President Charlton Heston, from a young man who makes homemade napalm with The Anarchist's Cookbook to the murder of a six-year-old girl by another six-year-old. Bowling for Columbine is a journey through the US, through our past, hoping to discover why our pursuit of happiness is so riddled with violence.

Genres: Documentary, Drama

What to watch after Bowling for Columbine

• The Corporation (2003) — Same subject: canada
• Sicko (2007) — Michael Moore directed both
• The House I Live In (2012) — George H. W. Bush appears in both
• Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) — Same feel: critical, cynical
• Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992) — Two steps away in the credits
• Black Hawk Down (1997) — George H. W. Bush appears in both