Churchill is a good comparison for Zelenskyy, although a different sort of leader that accomplishes the same level of resolve.
When I think of Zelenskyy, I think of Viktor Laszlo from Casablanca. It's a microcosm film about World War 2. Laszlo was opposed by the Americans for silly ego reasons - in this case, Rick withheld the plans because of jealousy over Ilsa, married to Laszlo, and wanted to keep her in Casablanca by keeping Laszlo there - But Laszlo held strong in defiance of the Germans.
Also, a bit of Trivia: the emotion in that scene isn't acted, Paris had fallen a couple years earlier, one actress you see in tears, Madeleine Lebeau had fled Paris with her Jewish husband as the Nazis rolled in. They made their way to Lisbon, and escaped to the US - this story made its way into the script of Casablanca.
And I can't post a scene from Casablanca without posting its ending:
Not sure if the Ukraine story will end this way or if Moscow's madness will end before it gets to this stage. But the ending of Casablanca with Renault throwing his Vichy water in the trash, then kicking it over is one of my favourite beats in cinema history. Right now, in our time, we have a lot of timid Chamberlains and cowardly Pétains (Trump, Orbán), and not enough Churchills, FDRs, and De Gaulles.
I describe myself as a little dose of toxic masculinity.
