Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "afghanistan", "year-2001"

1. 12 Strong (2018)

R | 130 min | Action, Drama, History

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.

Director: Nicolai Fuglsig | Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Peña, Navid Negahban

Votes: 91,777 | Gross: $45.82M

2. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)

PG-13 | 105 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Jack Ryan, as a young covert C.I.A. analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.

Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Chris Pine, Kevin Costner, Keira Knightley, Kenneth Branagh

Votes: 138,194 | Gross: $50.58M

3. A Private War (2018)

R | 110 min | Biography, Drama, War

One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontline of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless.

Director: Matthew Heineman | Stars: Rosamund Pike, Alexandra Moen, Tom Hollander, Faye Marsay

Votes: 20,999 | Gross: $1.63M

4. Fair Game (I) (2010)

PG-13 | 108 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller

CIA operative Valerie Plame discovers her identity is allegedly leaked by the government as payback for an op-ed article her husband wrote criticizing the Bush administration.

Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Sonya Davison, Vanessa Chong

Votes: 51,043 | Gross: $9.53M

5. Manhunt: The Inside Story of the Hunt for Bin Laden (2013)

TV-14 | 102 min | Documentary, History, War

Filled with testimony and recollections from actual C.I.A. agents, this in-depth account reveals the remarkable true story of the pursuit of the world's most notorious terrorist, Osama bin Laden.

Director: Greg Barker | Stars: Osama bin Laden, Nada Bakos, Marty Martin, Cindy Storer

Votes: 1,172

6. In This World (2002)

R | 88 min | Drama

A refugee family is trying to reach more peaceful lands illegally inside trucks.

Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Jamal Udin Torabi, Enayatullah, Imran Paracha, Hiddayatullah

Votes: 4,408

7. Chasing Freedom (2004 TV Movie)

R | 88 min | Drama

A lawyer reluctantly takes on the pro bono asylum case of a woman who has fled the brutal Taliban regime in Afghanistan and arrived in the United States seeking freedom.

Director: Don McBrearty | Stars: Juliette Lewis, Layla Alizada, Bruce Gray, Michael David Simms

Votes: 415

8. We Are Now Beginning Our Descent

Drama | Announced

A story set in circa-2001 Afghanistan and centered on an affair between a Scottish foreign correspondent and an American reporter.

Director: Pawel Pawlikowski

9. The Armchair Historian (2017– )
Episode: 2001 Invasion of Afghanistan (2020)

20 min | Documentary, Animation

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Director: Griffin Johnsen | Star: Griffin Johnsen

10. Feature History (2016–2023)
Episode: Feature History - Soviet-Afghan War (2017)

10 min | Documentary, Animation, History

A short history of Afghanistan leading up to major events in the soviet-Afgahn War followed by a look at the aftermath, e.g. the continuing war without the Soviets.

11. Mystères d'archives (2009– )
Episode: 2001: l'enterrement du commandant Massoud (2012)

Documentary, Short, History

Films of the funeral of Ahmad Shah Massoud, the commander of the anti-Taliban coalition in Afghanistan. He had been assassinated a week before on 9 September 2001.

Directors: Pierre Catalan, Serge Viallet | Stars: Abdullah Abdullah, Mohammed Fahim, Yusuf Jannesar, Ahmad Massoud

Votes: 6

12. Ryan Dawson (2009– )
Episode: Sam Harris Is a Neocon Little Bitch (2012)

21 min | News

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Star: Ryan Dawson