The match
1492: Conquest of Paradise
1992France★ 6.3subtitled
1492: Conquest of Paradise depicts Christopher Columbus’ discovery of The New World and his effect on the indigenous people.
Close, not exact
The Dark Knight, but for the conversation it starts after
Nothing in the catalog nails this hook as hard as The Dark Knight does, but the films below come honestly close.
If you want a second one
The Baader Meinhof Complex
2008Germany★ 7subtitled
When German police viciously quell a protest against the shah of Iran, popular journalist Ulrike Meinhof rebels against her dishonest marriage, walks away from her children and joins radical anarchist Andreas Baader. Together with Baader's girlfriend, Gudrun Ensslin, they form the violent Red Faction Army, and together perpetrate a slew of terrorist attacks as a way of disrupting the fabric of what they see as an increasingly fascist state.
If you want a second one
Shin Godzilla
2016Japan★ 7.2subtitled
When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover the monster's weakness and its mysterious ties to a foreign superpower. But time is not on their side - the greatest catastrophe to ever befall the world is about to evolve right before their very eyes.