Best Modern-Day/Future Warfare Dramas
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- StarsAlexander SkarsgårdJames RansoneLee TergesenA Rolling Stone reporter, embedded with The 1st Recon Marines chronicles his experiences during the first wave of the American-led assault on Baghdad in 2003.
- CreatorSteven BochcoChris GerolmoStarsJosh HendersonLuke MacfarlaneErik PalladinoA dramatized take on war in Iraq.
- DirectorPeter BergStarsJamie FoxxChris CooperJennifer GarnerA team of U.S. government agents are sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.
- DirectorEdward ZwickStarsLeonardo DiCaprioDjimon HounsouJennifer ConnellyA fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.
- DirectorMike McCoyScott WaughStarsAlex VeadovRoselyn SanchezNestor SerranoAn elite team of Navy SEALs embark on a covert mission to recover a kidnapped CIA agent.
- DirectorAntoine FuquaStarsBruce WillisCole HauserMonica BellucciA Special-Ops commander leads his team into the Nigerian jungle in order to rescue a doctor who will only join them if they agree to save 70 refugees too.
- DirectorEdward ZwickStarsDenzel WashingtonMeg RyanLou Diamond PhillipsA U.S. Army officer, despondent about a deadly mistake he made, investigates a female chopper commander's worthiness for the Medal of Honor.
- DirectorPaul GreengrassStarsTom HanksBarkhad AbdiBarkhad AbdirahmanThe true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
- DirectorDavid O. RussellStarsGeorge ClooneyMark WahlbergIce CubeIn the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War, four soldiers set out to steal gold that was stolen from Kuwait, but they discover people who desperately need their help.
- DirectorPaul GreengrassStarsMatt DamonJason IsaacsGreg KinnearDiscovering covert and faulty intelligence causes a U.S. Army officer to go rogue as he hunts for Weapons of Mass Destruction in an unstable region.
- DirectorTom CleggStarsSean BeanJamie BartlettKevin CollinsThis is the true story of the most highly decorated British patrol since the Boer war: an eight man SAS team inserted behind Iraqi lines during the Gulf War in January 1991. Their mission was to take out the scud missiles which Saddam Hussein was using to terrorize his enemies, as well as to sever strategic communication lines between Baghdad and North West Iraq. This top secret mission was called "Bravo Two Zero" and it was commanded by Sergeant Andy McNab. Of the eight who went out, only five returned. Dropped into "scud alley" carrying 210-pound packs, McNab and his men soon found themselves surrounded by Saddam's army. Their radios didn't work; the weather was brutally cold. And they had been spotted.
- DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsTommy Lee JonesSamuel L. JacksonGuy PearceAn attorney defends an officer on trial for ordering his troops to fire on civilians after they stormed a U.S. embassy in a Middle Eastern country.
- DirectorPredrag AntonijevicStarsDennis QuaidNastassja KinskiPascal RollinA hardened mercenary in the Foreign Legion begins to find his own humanity when confronted with atrocities during the fighting in Bosnia.
- DirectorDanis TanovicStarsBranko DjuricRene BitorajacFilip SovagovicBosnia and Herzegovina during 1993 at the time of the heaviest fighting between the two warring sides. Two soldiers from opposing sides in the conflict, Nino and Ciki, become trapped in no man's land, whilst a third soldier becomes a living booby trap.
- DirectorJohn MooreStarsGene HackmanOwen WilsonGabriel MachtA disillusioned pilot shot down over war-torn Bosnia goes on the run from the local military and an assassin, as his commanding officer risks all to save him.
- DirectorJames DodsonStarsNicholas GonzalezMatthew BushellKeith DavidNavy SEALS, headed by Lt. Bobby James, are dispatched to North Korea on a covert mission, all in an effort to take out a missile site...
- DirectorTim MathesonStarsJoe ManganielloKen AndersonChannon RoeNavy SEALS mount an attack on Colombian special forces to clear their names and rescue a hostage.
- DirectorRobert RedfordStarsTom CruiseMeryl StreepRobert RedfordInjuries sustained by two Army rangers behind enemy lines in Afghanistan set off a sequence of events involving a congressman, a journalist and a professor.
- DirectorKimberly PeirceStarsRyan PhillippeAbbie CornishJoseph Gordon-LevittA veteran soldier returns from his completed tour of duty in Iraq, only to find his life turned upside down when he is arbitrarily ordered to return to field duty by the Army.
- CreatorDavid MametStarsDennis HaysbertRegina TaylorAudrey Marie AndersonA secret US military group conducts covert operations across the world, facing several life-threatening situations during their missions.
- DirectorTerry GeorgeStarsDon CheadleSophie OkonedoJoaquin PhoenixPaul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager, houses over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda, Africa.
- DirectorRaoul PeckStarsIdris ElbaCarole KaremeraPamela NomveteWhen the Hutu nationalists raised arms against their Tutsi countrymen in Rwanda in April 1994, the violent uprising marked the beginning of one of the darkest times in African history which resulted in the deaths of almost 800,000 people.
- DirectorMick JacksonStarsMichael KeatonHelena Bonham CarterJoshua LeonardCNN producer Robert Wiener, his colleague and their crew venture to the Iraqi capital to cover the Gulf War.
- DirectorStéphane RybojadStarsDiane KrugerDjimon HounsouBenoît MagimelA French journalist in Afghanistan is kidnapped by the Taliban.
- DirectorSrdjan DragojevicStarsDragan BjelogrlicNikola KojoDragan MaksimovicDuring the war in Bosnia, two childhood friends eventually become enemies, as the tragic and devastating circumstances of the war put them on the opposite sides and expose the most gruesome and cruel aspects of the human nature.
- DirectorDavid AttwoodStarsLinus RoacheVincent PerezLia WilliamsThe horrors of war are examined from the view points of lifelong friends, who end up on opposing sides in the war in Sarajevo. One is an expert marksman, who trains the snipers used to terrify the city and the other becomes a freedom fighter, who rejects his friend's offer to gain an escape from the city. As might be expected, the two eventually have to face-off against one another.
- DirectorKevin ReynoldsStarsGeorge DzundzaJason PatricSteven BauerA Soviet tank and its warring crew become separated from their patrol and lost in an Afghan valley with a group of vengeance-seeking rebels on their tracks.
- DirectorJennifer CapraruRoger SpottiswoodeStarsRoy DupuisOwen SejakeJames GallandersThe story of General Romeo Dallaire's frustrated efforts to stop the madness of the Rwandan Genocide, despite the complete indifference of his superiors.
- DirectorMichael Caton-JonesStarsJohn HurtHugh DancyDominique HorwitzA Catholic Priest and an English teacher get stranded in a school in Kigali during the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
- StarsKenneth BranaghHarriet WalterToby JonesA series of eight dramas to mark the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. Each drama focuses on a real event that happened exactly five years ago to the day.
- DirectorEmir KusturicaStarsPredrag 'Miki' ManojlovicLazar RistovskiMirjana JokovicTwo underground black marketeers, Marko and Blacky, sell weapons to the Communist resistance in wartime Belgrade, living the good life along the way.
- DirectorLjubisa SamardzicStarsNebojsa GlogovacAna SofrenovicIvan JevtovicBelgrade during the height of the war Yugoslavia in 1999. Kaja struggles with daily destruction and the constant threat of being drafted, but also with his impending divorce from his wife Tijana, who wants to emigrate with their son.
- DirectorEmir KusturicaStarsSlavko StimacNatasa TapuskovicVesna TrivalicWhat could be better for the village than a scenic railway to bring in the tourists? What could be worse for tourism than war? Luka builds the railway and shuts his eyes to war. Then Luka's wife runs off with a musician and his son is called up to the army. Luka's life is a war zone. Then he meets Sabaha..
- DirectorZelimir ZilnikStarsAleksandar BrujicVjeran MiladinovicMilja MilenkovicA transvestite couple from 1990s Belgrade beholds their profession as a pacifistic mission, curbing the urges of rapists, gamblers and horny young men during turbulent periods in war torn country.
- DirectorSrdjan DragojevicStarsDusan PekicMilan MaricDragan BjelogrlicThis film follows two Belgrade youths on their rise to gangster legends in a decaying society.
- StarsPhilip WinchesterSullivan StapletonMichelle LukesFollows the actions of Section 20, a secretive unit of British military intelligence. A team of special operations personnel conduct several high risk missions across the globe.
- CreatorRob HeylandChris RyanStarsRoss KempMiles AndersonChristopher FoxExplosive military drama about a crack SAS team. There's a life-or-death mission, reputations at stake, and stamina sorely tested at a combat survival weekend.
- DirectorSergio CastellittoStarsPenélope CruzEmile HirschAdnan HaskovicA mother brings her teenage son to Sarajevo, where his father died in the Bosnian conflict years ago.
- DirectorSylvester StalloneStarsSylvester StalloneJulie BenzMatthew MarsdenIn Thailand, John Rambo joins a group of mercenaries to venture into war-torn Burma, and rescue a group of Christian aid workers who were kidnapped by the ruthless local infantry unit.
- DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsLubna AzabalMélissa Désormeaux-PoulinMaxim GaudetteTwins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history and fulfill their mother's last wishes.
- DirectorAngelina JolieStarsZana MarjanovicGoran KosticRade SerbedzijaDuring the Bosnian War, Danijel, a soldier fighting for the Serbs, re-encounters Ajla, a Bosnian who's now a captive in his camp he oversees. Their once promising connection has become ambiguous as their motives have changed.
- DirectorMartin CampbellStarsClive OwenAngelina JolieLinus RoacheThe world's cruelty is confronted with the love of two different people who try to save humanity from poverty and war.
- DirectorIrwin WinklerStarsSamuel L. Jackson50 CentJessica BielThree soldiers struggle to readjust to life at home after returning home from a lengthy tour in Iraq.
- DirectorSusanne BierStarsUlrich ThomsenNikolaj Lie KaasConnie NielsenTwo brothers must negotiate changing roles and shifting family dynamics when one is sent to war in Afghanistan.
- DirectorPhilip HaasStarsConnie NielsenDamian LewisMido HamadaThe story of an American journalist, a CIA operative, and an Iraqi photographer against the backdrop of the bloody war in Iraq.
- DirectorShoojit SircarStarsNargis FakhriJohn AbrahamRaashi KhannaAn Indian intelligence agent journeys to a war-torn coastal island to break a resolute rebel group and meets a passionate journalist.
- DirectorEytan FoxStarsOhad KnollerYehuda LeviAssi CohenRomance blooms between two soldiers (Knoller, Levi) stationed in an Israeli outpost on the Lebanese border.
- DirectorPaul GreengrassStarsPaul McGannDavid MorrisseySteven WaddingtonAn army unit, conducting reconnaissance deep within enemy territory, is disclosed and defeated. Several surviving soldiers desperately run to the border.
- DirectorMichael ConnorsStarsSeth GabelReshma ShettyAidan QuinnAfter his transfer request to stay stateside is approved, a lieutenant in the National Guard faces a dilemma: one of his soldiers looks to go AWOL as their unit gears up for deployment to Iraq.
- StarsTobin BellScott PattersonCostas MandylorSelected from an elite military unit post-9/11, Special Agent Mike Cutler carries out a dangerous mission to track and trace Al Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan, only to find himself at the center of a deadly conspiracy.
- DirectorFrancesco LucenteStarsJamie DravenGrace Caroline CurreyVinessa ShawAn American soldier is unable to cope with the realities of daily life after he returns from his tour of duty in Iraq.
- DirectorBahman GhobadiStarsSoran EbrahimAvaz LatifSaddam Hossein FeysalNear the Iraqi-Turkish border on the eve of an American invasion, refugee children like 13-year-old Kak (Ebrahim), gauge and await their fate.
- DirectorSamuel FischerStarsJonathan BennettJames CromwellJohn CromwellMemorial Day, 1993. When 13-year-old Kyle Vogel discovers the World War II footlocker belonging to his grandfather, Bud, everyone tells Kyle to put it back. Luckily, he ignores them. Although Bud has never talked about the war, he finds himself striking a deal with his grandson: Kyle can pick any three souvenirs, and Bud will tell him the stories behind each one. Memorial Day not only takes us on a journey into Bud's complicated wartime past, but also into Kyle's wartime future. As the two men share parallel experiences in combat, they come to realize how that magical day on the porch shaped both of their lives.
- DirectorMike ClattenburgStarsNick StahlNicolas WrightStephen LoboAn experienced journalist risks returning to Afghanistan in pursuit of a sensational story.
- DirectorSteven SilverStarsRyan PhillippeMalin AkermanTaylor KitschA drama based on the true-life experiences of four combat photographers capturing the final days of apartheid in South Africa.
- DirectorRobert SingerStarsJeff GoldblumLake BellLouise LombardA failed pilot for a drama about two war journalists, a cynical and disillusioned man and an idealist woman who must deal with the horrors of war as well as their own opposing viewpoints while reporting from Uzbekistan.
- StarsJames NesbittStephen GrahamWarren BrownThree ex-servicemen return to Basra, each for a different reason.
- DirectorLiza JohnsonStarsLinda CardelliniMichael ShannonJohn SlatteryA soldier returns to her family, friends, and old job after a tour of duty, though she finds herself struggling to find her place in her everyday life.
- DirectorJ. Stephen MaunderStarsMark DacascosArmand AssanteTom SizemoreDuring a military raid to rescue in Iraq, Max Forrester's teammate and girlfriend Sasha, disappears mysteriously. Two years later, Max, who has since retired from the army receives a call from his former commander Captain Dyer, who informs him that Sasha is still alive and is in a place called Paradise Island, and also inform him that the army is ready to take action to recover it and accuse it of treason and desertion. Max then decided to go for help Sasha and once found, she learns from her that she was working undercover to discover and report a dangerous arms smuggling conducted by a handful of men called Shadow Company. Max and Sasha must now prevent the illicit trafficking takes place and retrieve the weapons in a spectacular and very dangerous showdown with Ghost, the head of Shadow Company.
- DirectorMarc MundenStarsGerard KearnsMatthew McNultyNaomi BentleyUses detailed research and explosive new testimonies by soldiers who have served in Iraq to tell an emotional fictional story of two young men very much out of their depth.
- DirectorBahman GhobadiStarsShahab EbrahimiFaegh MohamadiAllah-Morad RashtianDuring the war between Iran and Iraq, a group of Iranian Kurd musicians set off on an almost impossible mission. They will try to find Hanareh, a singer with a magic voice who crossed the border and may now be in danger in the Iraqi Kurdistan. As in his previous films, this Kurdish director is again focusing on the oppression of his people.
- DirectorAbbas FahdelStarsKarim SalehHafsia HerziHiam AbbassThe Mesopotamian Marshes, at the delta of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, in the south of Iraq. This is where Mastour and Zahra grow up. Shortly after their marriage, Mastour and Zahra are forced to separate when the Gulf War breaks out. On the battlefield, Mastour befriends Riad, a young soldier from Baghdad. Mortally wounded, Mastour makes Riad promise to protect Zahra when the war is over. When Riad arrives in the village, he falls deeply in love with Zahra. But unable to bear the loss of her husband, Zahra shuts herself off. In this completely foreign environment that is hostile to this newcomer, and as a new conflict is on the verge of inflaming the whole area, Riad will do the impossible to find his place.
- DirectorSomnath GuptaStarsAngana BasuBidipta ChakrabortyMithu ChakrabortyAn endearing love story in the time of cultural conflicts presenting the personal tragedy of the emigrant commoner caught in the crossfire of international wars.
- DirectorMitch DavisStarsEion BaileyLinda HardyF. Murray AbrahamAn American Jewish man visiting Jerusalem for the funeral of his father gets sucked into a world of violent intrigue after meeting a mysterious, beautiful Palestinian woman.
- DirectorEromoseStarsIdris ElbaWilliam HopeMonique Gabriela CurnenAn AWOL Black Ops soldier mentally unravels when holed up in a Brooklyn motel room.
- DirectorMichael WinterbottomStarsStephen DillaneWoody HarrelsonMarisa TomeiAmerican and British journalists Flynn and Michael Henderson, along with their respective news teams, meet at the beginning of the Bosnian war in Sarajevo. During their reports, the group find an orphanage run by the devoted Mrs. Savic near the frontline. Feeling sympathy, Henderson decides to take one of the children, Emira, illegally back to England.
- DirectorCharles-Olivier MichaudStarsRhys CoiroDavid-Alexandre CoiteuxLina RoesslerBlaise Dumas, war correspondent, covers an armed conflict in Eastern Europe. When he wakes from a temporary coma in his home town of Quebec City, Blaise discovers that his long time collaborator and photographer has not come back with him. He then sets out to recapture the events that led to his friend's disappearance and his own narrow escape from the war zone.
- DirectorLevent SemerciStarsMete HorozogluIlker KizmazBirce AkalayStory of 40-man Turkish task force who must defend a relay station.
- DirectorEmre SahinStarsScott LevyChad MathewsMatthew R. AndersonSniper-Inside the crosshairs is a documentary based show profiling the worlds best Sniper shots and feats known to man. This documentary takes you behind the scenes to give the viewer and inside look at what it takes to pull off the shots that these men have done. A must see for any real shooter looking for a no bull show on shooting.
- DirectorTimur BekmambetovStarsBarry KushnerViktor VerzhbitskiyDavid KheirdInterviewing prisoners somewhere near the Afghan/Pakistani border, American photojournalist Charlie Palmer and medic Victor Davis are caught in a violent insurrection where the lines between friends and foes are blurred and smashed.
- DirectorNed FarrStarsDreya WeberParis P. PickardAnthony Michael JonesAn ex-marine returns to her hometown after Iraq and helps a 20 year old woman, who is otherwise facing prison, prepare for military boot camp.
- DirectorVladimir BortkoStarsMichele PlacidoTatyana DogilevaMikhail ZhigalovThe events of the film take place on the eve of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan. The son of a high-ranking military man is sent to the paratrooper unit, commanded by Major Bandura.
- StarsJodhi MayDamian LewisMatthew MacfadyenAfter seeing devastating results of ethnic war in former Yugoslavia soldiers from UNPROFOR peace units find it impossible to return back to their civil lives in the UK.
- DirectorMilan LuthriaStarsAmitabh BachchanSanjay DuttAkshaye KhannaA group of Indian POW (Prisoners Of War) rebels against Pakistani army and tries to escape from their captivity during India-Pakistan war in 1971.
- DirectorJohn LydeStarsMatthew ReeseJennifer KlekasK. Danor GeraldAction film about a N.Korean general's vendetta against a U.S. team of special ops soldiers who are on a mission to free Japanese political prisoners.
- DirectorJason WestStarsBilly MurrayCraig FairbrassDavid SobolovThe Call of Duty series returns this time into a modern day setting. The player takes control of a character nicknamed "Soap," for the majority of the campaign and will need to progress through many modern warfare scenarios.
- StarsLex LangSvonBen DiskinTake on the role of commander of two squads of the United States military, Alpha and Bravo, as you guide them in the fictional country of Zekistan on a mission to capture or kill the terrorist Al Afad.
- DirectorLars GustavssonTom KeeganStarsAndrew ByronElena Nikitina BickDaniel CurshenIn Battlefield 4, players once again step into the role of the U.S. Marines. They will experience nail biting single player missions and competitive multiplayer action ranging from areas across the world.
- DirectorJason WestStarsLance HenriksenKeith DavidBarry PepperA massacre at a Russian airport leads to a war between Russia and the United States. Meanwhile, a Task Force is sent to find the perpetrators and bring the bloodshed to an end.
- DirectorTobias StrömvallBlade ZavierSam McGlynnStarsJeffrey PierceJon BrunoDustin James LeightonA first person shooter developed with the help of Tier 1 military operators depicting violent missions in Afganistan.
- DirectorMichael CondreyGlen A. SchofieldStarsBilly MurrayBruce GreenwoodIdris ElbaThe Russian Federation continues its invasion of the U.S., as well as Europe, including England, France and Germany.
- DirectorCameron BrownStarsPeter StormareJennifer HalePhil LaMarrKorea has become a war zone when the president is assumed dead and Song, a ruthless dictator, takes over. Suddenly, the Allied Nations, China, the Russian Mafia and South Korea are all engaged in the war.
- DirectorMischa WebleyStarsChadwick BosemanTory KittlesBilly ZaneThe shadow of war follows a troubled Iraq War vet as he is forced to pursue one of his own into the Pacific Northwest wilderness to finally confront a war crime that has haunted them both.
- DirectorOlivier GrunerStarsEric RobertsOlivier GrunerSalmaan BokhariAn elite band of mercenaries is caught behind enemy lines and left for dead. When their mission leader escapes war torn Sector 4, he pledges to return, leaving "No One Left Behind."
- DirectorJean-Stéphane SauvaireStarsChristophe MinieDaisy Victoria VandyJoseph DuoA cast of unknown performers are used in this drama about child soldiers fighting a war in the West African Country Liberia.
- DirectorJennifer ChaRobert CoddingtonBrian WyserStarsChristian MortensenJeffrey PierceJon BrunoRegroup with the SEALs from Medal of Honor, as they take on an international terrorist plot.
- DirectorElia SchneiderElia K. SchneiderStarsRoque ValeroEdgar RamírezRamiro Meneses"Punto y raya" is the story of a young Colombian recruit who, while patrolling his country's border, is befriended by a Venezuelan adversary, and the tragic consequences of their relationship.
- DirectorAtiq RahimiStarsGolshifteh FarahaniHamid DjavadanHassina BurganIn a war ridden country a woman watches over the husband reduced to a vegetable state by a bullet in the neck, abandoned by Jihad companions and brothers. One day, the woman decides to say things to him she could never have done before.
- DirectorMark GriffithsStarsThomas Ian GriffithChris MulkeyMark CarltonAn ex-marine returns to Vietnam when he learns his former mercenary partner whom he thought was killed is being held by a sadistic general.
- DirectorShimon DotanStarsRob LoweGale HansenTracy GriffithTwo soldiers form a lasting bond during training to be Navy Seals but soon grow apart as they are sent off to fight in Desert Storm.
- DirectorHenry CrumStarsMark DacascosTheresa RandleJeff FaheyThe Strike Force team is back in this action-packed sequel to "The Hunt For Eagle One"! Terrorists have stolen a Ground Control Encoder, a new anti-hijack device that enables Air Traffic Control to lock out the pilot's instruments and fly a plane by remote control. When the military learns of the terrorists plans to use it to crash a jetliner into a secret U.S. Military Intelligence airbase in southeast Asia, The Strike Force team led by Lt. Matt Daniels is sent again into rebel territory to locate and recover the stolen Encoder before the terrorists carry out their threat. Can the Daniel's crew stop the impending world war?
- DirectorLouis MorneauStarsMichael DudikoffCary-Hiroyuki TagawaTyrin TurnerA group of prisoners are going to Vietnam to rescue the daughter of a V-I.P. The Ones who survive get their freedom back...but hell awaits them.
- DirectorDon OhlmeyerStarsRichard AssadLance AugustEric Avery WeissThe first Iraq war saw many tragedies and many acts of heroism. This is the story of the conflict seen through the eyes of the men and women involved.
- DirectorTom ShellStarsA.J. DravenSteven BauerFinola HughesWhen Captain Kyle Fierson's unit is ambushed during a raid to rescue a deadly nuclear device, he must run for his life - not only to track down the missing time bomb, but also to clear his name when he is accused of aiding the terrorists.
- DirectorPierluigi CiriaciStarsMark GregoryJohn VernonSavina GersakA group of soldiers find themselves trapped behind enemy lines in Afghanistan. Their only hope for survival is to board a specially-designed bus.
- DirectorPeter MacDonaldStarsSylvester StalloneRichard CrennaMarc de JongeRambo mounts a one-man mission to rescue his friend Colonel Trautman from the clutches of the formidable invading Soviet forces in Afghanistan.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsJosh HartnettEwan McGregorTom SizemoreThe story of 160 elite U.S. soldiers who dropped into Mogadishu in October 1993 to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord, but found themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily armed Somalis.