directed by: Alfonso Gómez-Rejón, year: 2019
actors: Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult, Tom Holland

The Current War is a biographical drama about the fierce contest to power the modern world. It follows Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse as they race to commercialize electricity, while Nikola Tesla’s radical ideas and Samuel Insull’s industry mastery push the story forward. Set in the late 19th century, the film blends ambition, invention, and political intrigue, showing how rival visions and personal costs helped reshape technology and society. It presents a nuanced portrait of ingenuity and power, and the human toll behind transformative breakthroughs.

Early 20th Century, Biographical Drama, Historical Drama, Period Piece, Technology Biopic, Industrial Age Rivalry