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1. Kandahar (2023)

R | 119 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

A CIA operative and his translator flee from special forces in Afghanistan after exposing a covert mission.

Director: Ric Roman Waugh | Stars: Tom Rhys Harries, Farhad Bagheri, Gerard Butler, Mitchell LaFortune

Votes: 33,849

2. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)

PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

The IMF is shut down when it's implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization's name.

Director: Brad Bird | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton

Votes: 528,612 | Gross: $209.40M

3. An American Carol (2008)

PG-13 | 83 min | Comedy, Fantasy

An anti-American filmmaker who's out to abolish the July Fourth holiday is visited by three ghosts who try to change his perception of the country.

Director: David Zucker | Stars: Kevin P. Farley, Kelsey Grammer, Leslie Nielsen, Trace Adkins

Votes: 10,108 | Gross: $7.00M

4. The Thief of Bagdad (1924)

Not Rated | 155 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

A recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess.

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Julanne Johnston, Snitz Edwards, Charles Belcher

Votes: 6,976 | Gross: $4.36M

5. Combat Hospital (2011)

42 min | Drama, War

Portrays doctors and nurses from Canada, the U.S., the U.K. and other allied countries saving lives and limbs in a war zone military hospital modeled on a real facility in Afghanistan.

Stars: Michelle Borth, Luke Mably, Terry Chen, Arnold Pinnock

Votes: 2,351

6. The Road to Guantanamo (2006)

R | 95 min | Drama, War

Part drama, part documentary, The Road to Guantánamo focuses on the Tipton Three, a trio of British Muslims who were held in Guantanamo Bay for two years until they were released without charge.

Directors: Mat Whitecross, Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Riz Ahmed, Farhad Harun, Waqar Siddiqui, Arfan Usman

Votes: 11,476 | Gross: $0.32M

7. Kandahar (2001)

Not Rated | 81 min | Drama

After an Afghanistan-born woman who lives in Canada receives a letter from her suicidal sister, she takes a perilous journey through Afghanistan to try to find her.

Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Nelofer Pazira, Hassan Tantai, Ike Ogut, Sadou Teymouri

Votes: 7,065 | Gross: $0.02M

8. Bin Laden: War on Terror (2016)

Documentary, History, War

A re-telling of the events leading up to the death of the world's most wanted man. Includes details of the bold military operation that found, hunted and killed Osama Bin Laden.

Director: Marilyn Higgins | Stars: Barack Obama, Osama bin Laden, Yasser Arafat, George W. Bush

9. Return to Kandahar (2003)

65 min | Documentary

Nelofer Pazira returns to Afghanistan to find her lost friend.

Directors: Paul Jay, Nelofer Pazira

Votes: 111

10. Shootout! (2005– )
Episode: Afghanistan's Deadliest Snipers (2006)

Documentary, History

Re-enacts some of the decisive battles in the the early years of the war in Afganistan (2001-2004) that drove the Taliban from power.

Director: Tony Long | Stars: Jason Amerine, Erik Thompson, Matthew Scott Wilcox, Garth R. Hassell

Votes: 6

11. Magnum P.I. (2018–2024)
Episode: Blood Brothers (2019)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Magnum, flooded with memories of his tour in Afghanistan, helps his fallen friend's brother search for a now-grown Afghan boy who may have been a victim of trafficking.

Director: Peter Weller | Stars: Jay Hernandez, Perdita Weeks, Zachary Knighton, Stephen Hill

Votes: 538

12. Afghanistan: The Wounded Land (2020)
Episode: Mudjahedin und Taliban (2020)

53 min | Documentary, History

The Soviet army left Afghanistan, but the war continued between Mujahideen commanders. The country fell into chaos, until a new force emerged: the Taliban.

Directors: Mayte Carrasco, Marcel Mettelsiefen | Stars: Nadja Berlinghoff, Khaled Hosseini, Nadia Ghulam Dastgir, Shukria Barakzai

Votes: 43

13. Walker (2021– )
Episode: Sittin' on a Rainbow (2022)

TV-14 | 40 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Cassie and Captain James race to find Cordell, but the situation goes from bad to worse when Liam also disappears; Stella and August pursue a lead of their own.

Director: Austin Nichols | Stars: Jared Padalecki, Ashley Reyes, Molly Hagan, Keegan Allen

Votes: 807

14. Alert: Missing Persons Unit (2023– )
Episode: Chloe (2023)

TV-14 | Action, Crime, Drama

The MPU investigates the abduction of a young child, whose abduction is likely revenge related to her father's work.

Director: Michael Offer | Stars: Scott Caan, Dania Ramirez, Ryan Broussard, Adeola Role

Votes: 335

15. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: America and the Taliban (1) (2023)

TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, News

How America's 20-year investment in Afghanistan culminated in the Taliban victory. Drawing on decades of on-the-ground reporting and interviews with Taliban and US officials.

Directors: Marcela Gaviria, Martin Smith | Stars: Martin Smith, Jason Dempsey, Abdul Salam Zaeef, Marc Grossman

Votes: 53