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War on Terror

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  • Paul Gross and Rossif Sutherland in Hyena Road (2015)

    1. Hyena Road

    20152hR44Metascore
    6.5 (9.6K)
    Three different men, three different worlds, three different wars - all stand at the intersection of modern warfare - a murky world of fluid morality where all is not as it seems.
    DirectorPaul GrossStarsRossif SutherlandAllan HawcoDavid Richmond-Peck
  • Kilo Two Bravo (2014)

    2. Kilo Two Bravo

    20141h 48mR
    7.1 (15K)
    Kajaki Dam 2006. A company of young British soldiers encounter an unexpected, terrifying enemy. A dried-out river bed, and under every step the possibility of an anti-personnel mine. A mine that could cost you your leg - or your life.
    DirectorPaul KatisStarsDavid ElliotMark StanleyScott Kyle
  • Battle for Haditha (2007)

    3. Battle for Haditha

    20071h 37mR65Metascore
    6.9 (7.6K)
    An investigation of the massacre of 24 men, women and children in Haditha, Iraq allegedly shot by 4 U.S. Marines in retaliation for the death of a U.S. Marine killed by a roadside bomb. The movie follows the story of the Marines of Kilo Company, an Iraqi family, and the insurgents who plant the roadside bomb.
    DirectorNick BroomfieldStarsMatthew KnollElliot RuizEric Mehalacopoulos
  • John Cena and Aaron Taylor-Johnson in The Wall (2017)

    4. The Wall

    20171h 28mR57Metascore
    6.2 (33K)
    Two American soldiers are pinned down in the Iraqi desert by a lethal sniper with only a crumbling wall between them.
    DirectorDoug LimanStarsAaron Taylor-JohnsonJohn CenaLaith Nakli
  • Djimon Hounsou and Diane Kruger in Special Forces (2011)

    5. Special Forces

    20111h 49mR37Metascore
    6.3 (20K)
    A French journalist in Afghanistan is kidnapped by the Taliban.
    DirectorStéphane RybojadStarsDiane KrugerDjimon HounsouBenoît Magimel
  • The Battle for Marjah (2010)

    6. The Battle for Marjah

    20101h 28m
    7.3 (750)
    On February 13, 2010, American-led coalition forces launched the biggest military operation since the beginning of the Afghanistan War. Their target was the town of Marjah, a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan. There, the Marines had four tasks: remove the Taliban, hold all ground seized, build infrastructure and governance, and transfer control to Afghan security forces. In this powerful account, award-winning journalist Ben Anderson tells the story of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, and its commanding officer, Captain Ryan Sparks. At the battle's outset, Sparks and the 272 men of Bravo are flown 12 miles and dropped into the center of Marjah, where the Taliban lie in wait. For the young Marines, their first task begins. Embedded with Bravo Company, Anderson provides an intimate and sobering look at the realities of counterinsurgency warfare.
    DirectorAnthony WonkeStarsRobert GatesStanley McChrystalMike Mullen
  • Jason Cottle, Nick Gomez, Gonzalo Menendez, Roselyn Sanchez, Nestor Serrano, Alex Veadov, Ailsa Marshall, Ajay James, Ernest Manson, Callaghan, Weimy, Dave, Derrick Van Orden, Duncan Smith, Mikey, Jesse Cotton, Ray Mendoza, Rorke Denver, Billy, and Katelyn in Act of Valor (2012)

    7. Act of Valor

    20121h 50mR40Metascore
    6.4 (73K)
    An elite team of Navy SEALs embark on a covert mission to recover a kidnapped CIA agent.
    DirectorsMike McCoyScott WaughStarsAlex VeadovRoselyn SanchezNestor Serrano
  • Commando: On the Front Line (2007)

    8. Commando: On the Front Line

    20078 epsTV Mini Series
    8.0 (321)
    A hard hitting ITV series that follows Royal Marines recruits from day one of training, through 32 weeks of the longest and hardest military training in the world and then to the front line in Afghanistan.
  • Nicholas Hoult in Sand Castle (2017)

    9. Sand Castle

    20171h 53mTV-MA45Metascore
    6.3 (29K)
    The story follows a young soldier, and his introduction into the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Based on true events, it bears witness to the destruction and horrors of war.
    DirectorFernando CoimbraStarsNicholas HoultLogan Marshall-GreenHenry Cavill
  • Taking Fire (2016)

    10. Taking Fire

    20165 epsTV Mini Series
    7.9 (350)
    Soldiers recount their experiences in one of the worst places of Afghanistan through helmet cameras and testimony years after their tour.
    StarsKevin ConroyJ.J. McCoolKyle Boucher
  • Inside Combat Rescue (2013)

    11. Inside Combat Rescue

    2013– 6 epsTV-14TV Mini Series
    8.5 (703)
    Elite Air Force pararescuemen combat operations retrieve wounded personnel from lethal warzones in Afghanistan and Eastern Europe during Enduring Freedom. Their air and ground perspective.
  • My Fighting Season (2016)

    12. My Fighting Season

    20167 epsTV Mini Series
    8.0 (166)
    A documentary series following American Soldiers in Afghanistan. Real footage captured from on the ground camera's.
    StarsKyle FemathPeter James Stednick Jr.
  • The Fighting Season (2015)

    13. The Fighting Season

    20157 epsTV Mini Series
    7.7 (304)
    Provides a first person perspective into Americas longest war.
    StarsDavid LightJohn GrahamGeneral Zahir
  • Restrepo (2010)

    14. Restrepo

    20101h 33mR85Metascore
    7.4 (25K)
    A year with one platoon in the deadliest valley in Afghanistan.
    DirectorsTim HetheringtonSebastian JungerStarsThe Men of Battle Company 2nd of the 503rd Infantry Regiment 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat TeamJuan 'Doc RestrepoDan Kearney
  • Live to Tell (2016)

    15. Live to Tell

    2016– 12 epsTV Series
    8.1 (81)
    Visceral portrayal of U.S. Special Operations Forces battling in Afghanistan and Iraq, with first-person accounts, archival footage, and cinematic sequences exploring the human experience of war.
    StarsKenny SheardBrittany McQueenDavid Ausem
  • Armadillo (2010)

    16. Armadillo

    20101h 45mNot Rated72Metascore
    7.4 (11K)
    Danish soldiers are sent to Afghanistan in 2009 for 6 months, to help stabilize the country against the Taliban. They're stationed on Armadillo military base in Helman province. Unlike other war movies, this is the real deal - no actors.
    DirectorJanus MetzStarsKim BirkerodMads MiniDaniel Olby
  • No Man Left Behind (2016)

    17. No Man Left Behind

    20166 epsTV Mini Series
    7.4 (190)
    No Man Left Behind dramatizes true stories of war heroes whose missions didn't go according to plan, forcing them to fight for their survival against harrowing odds.
    StarsDale ZelkoDillion BehrJohn McGonagill
  • Korengal (2014)

    18. Korengal

    20141h 24mR67Metascore
    6.7 (4.2K)
    Korengal picks up where Restrepo (2010) left off--with the same men, in the same valley, with the same commanders--but presents a very different look at the experience of war.
    DirectorSebastian JungerStarsLaMonta CaldwellMiguel CortezStephen Gillespie
  • The Warfighters (2016)

    19. The Warfighters

    2016–201713 epsTV Series
    7.6 (201)
    First-person accounts of US Special Forces missions in the war on terror showing real combat experiences.
    StarsJared ShawRyan SangsterMichael Sauers
  • Thad Luckinbill, Lauren Chavez-Myers, Elsa Pataky, Michael Peña, Michael Shannon, Geoff Stults, Navid Negahban, Chris Hemsworth, Allison Gabriel, Kenneth Miller, Austin Stowell, Austin Hébert, and Trevante Rhodes in 12 Strong (2018)

    20. 12 Strong

    20182h 10mR54Metascore
    6.5 (97K)
    12 Strong tells the story of the first Special Forces team deployed to Afghanistan after 9/11; under the leadership of a new captain, the team must work with an Afghan warlord to take down the Taliban.
    DirectorNicolai FuglsigStarsChris HemsworthMichael ShannonMichael Peña
  • Brad Pitt, Anthony Michael Hall, Daniel Betts, Topher Grace, Anthony Hayes, Emory Cohen, John Magaro, Aymen Hamdouchi, and RJ Cyler in War Machine (2017)

    21. War Machine

    20172h 2mTV-MA56Metascore
    6.0 (51K)
    An idiosyncratic general confronts opposition from enemies, allies, and bureaucrats while leading a massive rebuilding operation in Afghanistan.
    DirectorDavid MichôdStarsBrad PittDaniel BettsJohn Magaro
  • Mark Wahlberg in Lone Survivor (2013)

    22. Lone Survivor

    20132h 1mR60Metascore
    7.5 (316K)
    Marcus Luttrell and his team set out on a mission to capture or kill notorious Taliban leader Ahmad Shah, in late June 2005. Marcus and his team are left to fight for their lives in one of the most valiant efforts of modern warfare.
    DirectorPeter BergStarsMark WahlbergTaylor KitschEmile Hirsch
  • Bradley Cooper in American Sniper (2014)

    23. American Sniper

    20142h 13mR73Metascore
    7.3 (551K)
    Navy S.E.A.L. sniper Chris Kyle's pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him into a legend. Back home with his family after four tours of duty, however, Chris finds that it is the war he can't leave behind.
    DirectorClint EastwoodStarsBradley CooperSienna MillerKyle Gallner
  • Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker (2008)

    24. The Hurt Locker

    20082h 11mR95Metascore
    7.5 (485K)
    During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
    DirectorKathryn BigelowStarsJeremy RennerAnthony MackieBrian Geraghty
  • Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

    25. Zero Dark Thirty

    20122h 37mR95Metascore
    7.4 (331K)
    A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L.s Team 6 in May 2011.
    DirectorKathryn BigelowStarsJessica ChastainJoel EdgertonChris Pratt

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