War in Iraq 2003-2011
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- DirectorKathryn BigelowStarsJeremy RennerAnthony MackieBrian GeraghtyDuring 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.
- 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.
- DirectorUtku CelikStarsDerya AslanAlex DaweAydin OrakDuring the early days of the Iraq War, a kidnapped archaeologist must discover who his captor is and why he's being held before the situation ends in bloodshed.
- CreatorBarbara HallStarsTéa LeoniTim DalyErich BergenA political drama which looks into the life of the Secretary of State as she tries to balance work with family.
- DirectorOday RasheedStarsSamar QahtanMyriam AbbasHussein Abdul-KareemIraqi filmmaker Hassan documents the lives of his friends and neighbors in the tumultuous days following the U.S. invasion of his country.
- DirectorEbrahim SaeediStarsTima AmiriShahab FaziliMahmoud GliIn 1979, the political upheavals following the Iranian Islamic revolution drove many Iranian Kurds to take refuge in Iraq, where they were placed in camps under appalling living conditions. In 2004, Sheelan - a young doctor of Kurdish origin who had managed to flee to Sweden with her parents - takes advantage of the fall of Saddam Hussein to return to Iraq; she hopes to find her uncle who she hasn't heard from in over twenty years. Having suffered a stroke, he has lost his ability to speak. His loving son wishes to take him back to his native land, so that he can live out the rest of his days in peace. Unable to convince her uncle and cousin to leave with her for Sweden, Sheelan accompanies them on a long and stormy journey to Iran.
- DirectorMeedo AliStarsSaif HushamA young boy's imagination comes to life through his pencil drawings at Baghdad orphanage.
- DirectorMohamed Al DaradjiStarsAseel AdelBashir Al MajidMuhammed HashimScarred Baghdad 2003... confusion, uncertainty and death engulf the bombed ruins of a Psychiatric asylum. Voyeuristically we move between the past and the present of three Iraqi lives entangled by the chaos of the American 'Shock and Awe' campaign...
- DirectorMohamed Al DaradjiStarsShazada HusseinYasser TalibBashir Al MajidA willful young boy follows his just as obstinate grandmother in a journey across Iraq, determined to discover the fate of her missing son, Ahmed's father, who never returned from war.
- DirectorKiarash AnvariStarsKiarash AnvariHabibSalar JahangardTwo Iranian brothers deal in different ways with life in post Gulf War Iran.
- DirectorMohammad Ali Bashe AhangarStarsMehri Sadat AlaghaAmir Hossein ArmanHamid Reza AzarangHamid's brother has been missing in action, presumed dead, for twenty-two years. Coming to terms with the loss, Hamid has now moved on and, as custom dictates, married his brother's widow. But ...
- DirectorTodd PhillipsStarsJonah HillMiles TellerSteve LantzLoosely based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a three hundred million dollar contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.
- DirectorFernando CoimbraStarsNicholas HoultLogan Marshall-GreenHenry CavillThe 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.
- DirectorJason HallStarsMiles TellerBeulah KoaleJoe ColeA group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield.
- DirectorAng LeeStarsJoe AlwynGarrett HedlundArturo Castro19-year-old Billy Lynn is brought home for a victory tour after a harrowing Iraq battle. Through flashbacks, the film shows what really happened to his squad - contrasting the realities of war with America's perceptions.
- DirectorJasmin DurakovicStarsAmar SelimovicMarija KaranAdnan HaskovicSarajevo, after 11th September 2001. Karim works as deminer in the hills around the city while waiting to be sent to Iraq with his group. His main reason -- the money. But a love story with unhappy ending will change his life. It's a tale about a love triangle between him, his best friend Juka and Ivana, girl from Belgrade, but at the same time this is a story about the clash between West and Islam and how one young Bosnian copes with this issue. Karim is a Bosnian Muslim, but he is not a "walking mine"; he only tries to de-mine his own little corner of the earth and to make it safer. This is
- DirectorMinos PapasStarsLiz SargentGiuseppe BausilioHakan Tolga PolatJohnny, an Iraq war veteran who wrestles with post traumatic stress and the transition to civilian life, is tormented by an incessant hyper vigilance and insomnia and the lingering questions of his past actions in combat.
- DirectorAlireza AminiMany Kurd people attempting to cross the border into Iran during the recent U.S.-led invasion of Iraq but they face many difficulties in the way.
- DirectorStephen MarshallStarsRosario DawsonNathan CrookerAmy RedfordIn this politically charged homage to Medium Cool, a photographer covers the urban guerrilla war on New York streets during the RNC.
- DirectorChristopher MartiniStarsMax MartiniRobert WaldenSayra PlayerA story of a father and son, two veterans from two very different Wars, helping each other to get through each day, and heal the wounds of War.
- DirectorErken IalgashevStarsEric RobertsDanny TrejoMichael MadsenWho is the strongest man in the world?
- DirectorShawkat Amin KorkiStarsAdil AbdolrahmanHussein Hassan AliAba RashA road movie set in Iraq in 2003 during the fall of Saddam. Two Kurds are looking for the parents of a five-year-old boy who has been found in the street in tears. His name is Saddam too. At the same time the boy's parents are looking for him everywhere, worried because of the boy's name which is now taboo. All the attempts of the two Kurds to get rid of the child fail: neither the Americans nor the men of religion at the mosque want him. Little Saddam begins to become a real problem. In the streets and all around them, they are surrounded by the chaos and crazy atmosphere of those days, with violence always on the verge of exploding.
- DirectorBahman GhobadiStarsIsmail GhaffariAllah-Morad RashtianFarzin SabooniMamo, an old and legendary Kurdish musician living in Iran, plans to give one final concert in Iraqi Kurdistan. After seven months of trying to get a permit and rounding up his ten sons, he sets out for the long and troublesome journey in a derelict bus, denying a recurring vision of his own death at half moon. Halfway the party halts at a small village to pick up female singer Hesho, which will only add to the difficulty of the undertaking, as it is forbidden for Iranian women to sing in public, let alone in the company of men. But Mamo is determined to carry through, if not for the gullible antics of the bus driver.
- DirectorDaniel J. PicoStarsKeith ComptonBriAnna WeaverCircus-SzalewskiMichael returns home to Chicago from Operation Iraqi Freedom with more scars than he left with. Abused by his father, Roman, as a child, he spent his teenage years as a petty thief until he is caught and given an ultimatum, military or jail. Now, that his bloody Tour of Duty is over, he returns home to find his mother, Teresa, dead by her own hand, pushed to the brink by her abusive husband Roman. Michael vows to take vengeance for his poor mother by killing Roman. But he must have one last day with his girlfriend, Rose, a recent high school graduate who stayed loyal to Michael during his tour. But this happy reunion of young lovers takes a turn for the worst when Michael begins to show abusive behaviors toward Rose, not unlike his father's behaviors as a child. Michael must choose to let his past go and leave his father to rot in his own hell of self torture, or join him by his side.
- DirectorRichard GibsonStarsLance HenriksenShane BriantElizabeth MaywaldDaniel Crane is an American civilian engineer working to rebuild war torn Iraq who is kidnapped on his last day in Fallujah. Beaten and alone he is hostage caught up in the drama of war.
- DirectorLauand OmarStarsOzzie AzizAware XanPeyuand Ismael HawezAll Bekhal wants is to get an education and be happy. But her parents have other plans for her. The laws have changed after Saddam Hussein. But can society change her traditions too?
- DirectorAdel AdeebAdeladeebStarsMahmoud Abdel AzizNeville ArchambaultKevin CannonHossam returns home to Cairo for New Year's Eve after a year's separation from his wife. At the airport, his plans for a romantic night (and to conceive a child) are thwarted by several events, including a terrorist plot.
- DirectorDouglas HornStarsJan D'ArcyLathrop WalkerMegan HillIn order to save her anti-war documentary, a mother of a new Marine officer must interview her son before he ships out to Iraq.
- DirectorIram Parveen BilalStarsNatalya OliverKarl MannLejla HadzimuratovicAn American soldier, Devon, falls in love with his innocently charming Arabic interpreter, Marwa, in Iraq. He helps Marwa resist the force of her father, Salam, and survive the atrocities and cruelties of war. In the last moments before they're to meet again, their love is put to the test, as are their ideals.
- DirectorCarl MillerStarsMichael OtisYasmine DelawariQaid Al-NomaniAwaiting beheading, terrorist captured news reporter learns of the true reason behind the Coalition Forces infiltration into Iraq. Can he survive long enough to reveal the truth?
- DirectorRob BottsStarsGary WeeksRob BottsPaul J. AlessiLine in the Sand is the story of two US Marines lost in the wastelands of Iraq fighting insurgency, the environment, their own ideologies, and eventually each other, to survive.
- DirectorGraham GreenStarsNichelle NicholsMahsa MasoudiAndrew W. WalkerA military interrogator returns from Iraq with Acute Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
- DirectorFrederic ColierStarsEvelyn LutzkyChris PetersonSayra PlayerAfter losing her son in Iraq, Louise, still grieving, is forced to give up the control of her company. Craig and Susan have gone broke, spending their savings in unsuccessful attempts to have a child. Craig, in desperation, comes up with a scheme to raise money. His first client, Louise . . .
- DirectorKatski FloresStarsRon CapindingGlaiza De CastroIrma AdlawanA painter goes into exile after finding out he has Guillain-Barre Syndrome, a rare disorder that prevents him from painting.
- 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.
- DirectorJennifer KramerStarsSayeed ShahidiMark CollierHope CervantesA young boy tries to reconcile with his father, who has returned from Iraq but is still haunted by his service.
- DirectorMichael SarrowStarsRey GoyosLaVeda DavisKellen DorschA soldier visits a psychologist to recall, in vivid flashback, the horrors of working at an infamous US military prison.
- DirectorTim RobbinsStarsVincent FosterBrent HinkleyJay R. MartinezA play that chronicles the war in Iraq through satire and commedia dell'arte masks., which pokes fun at neo-conservatives such as Karl Rove, Condoleezza Rice, Dick Cheney, and Donald Rumsfeld.
- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsDenzel WashingtonLiev SchreiberMeryl StreepIn the midst of the Gulf War, soldiers are kidnapped and brainwashed for sinister purposes.
- DirectorAtil InaçStarsSelim BayraktarRana CabbarSerdal GençAn entire village in northern Iraq is wiped out when misinformed and panicked American soldiers stage a nighttime raid there.
- DirectorHiner SaleemStarsNazmi KirikEyam EkremBelçim BilginSet during the Iraq-Iran war in the 80s, the film tells of a tragicomic road trip set in Iraq's Kurdistan.
- DirectorHiner SaleemStarsMarisa CommandeurFerhad FeqiRoj HajoAs era of Saddam ends in Iraq, far away in Germany, Azad, a Kurdish exile is glued to TV screen.
- DirectorHüseyin KarabeyStarsAyça DamgaciHama Ali KahnCengiz BozkurtThree years ago, in real-life, Hama Ali, a charismatic actor from Iraq famous locally for his performance as Iraq's version of Superman, met Ayca on a film-set. He and Ayca, a fiery actress from Turkey, had a passionate love affair before returning to their respective homes.
- DirectorRodrigo CortésStarsRyan ReynoldsJosé Luis García-PérezRobert PatersonPaul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.
- DirectorErin BerryStarsJake BuseyMatthew MacFadzeanVik SahayJason tragically lost his young son when their SUV exploded. Now fighting as a soldier in Iraq, the suicide bombings that occur around him on a daily basis constantly remind him of losing his son. An army scientist approaches Jason about an experimental virus that would create a squad of suicide bombers they could use against the enemy. Uncertain if he has already been infected by the virus, Jason must struggle to decipher which explosions are real and which are in his head.
- 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.
- DirectorJack HartnettStarsJack HartnettScott LevyLesli KayPlagued with survivor's guilt, an Iraq war veteran turned mercenary stumbles upon a plot to sabotage America's energy independence. Fighting to free the demons in his head, he sets out to eradicate the traitors amongst us.
- DirectorJon BarrStarsH. Michael WallsNicholas WilderMary SharplesThe repercussions are immediate when activist history professor Arthur Collins - out of frustration - assigns his class to design a plan to assassinate the President of the United States. Life becomes particularly tough for the professor's teaching assistant T.K., whose reluctance to choose a side plants the young man right in the middle.
- DirectorGianluca ArcopintoStarsAran BertRabie HamidLogan Laturi
- DirectorEric SmithStarsBrian AbBrandon CarreroDanny UddinA soldier is faced with a choice of saving himself or saving another. Remembering the stories his father told him about his grandfather, a hero in World War II, he realizes that his life is not his own.
- DirectorKen LoachStarsMark WomackAndrea LoweJohn BishopThe story of a private security contractor in Iraq who rejected the official explanation of his friend's death and sets out to discover the truth.
- DirectorMax ChiccoStarsFrank AdonisFabrizia CarminatiMara CheminiThe story is about two Italian contractors in AbuGhraib prison. Their task is to guard a very important prisoner in Abu Ghraib prison: Saddam Hussein.
- DirectorOday RasheedStarsAsaad Abdul MajeedAlaa NajemHattam AudaCrime, passion and childhood innocence in an Iraqi tale.
- DirectorLuke MoranStarsLuke MoranSean AstinSara PaxtonAn American soldier deployed at Abu Ghraib finds himself behind the walls of the infamous Hard Site, where he develops a secret friendship with an Iraqi detainee.
- DirectorBeto GómezStarsMiguel RodarteJesús OchoaJoaquín CosioA Mexican crime lord is forced by his mother to plan a suicidal rescue mission to find his lost brother in the most unexpected place on Earth...
- 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.
- DirectorKrzysztof LukaszewiczStarsBartlomiej TopaAntoni KrólikowskiHristo ShopovYear 2004, operation Iraqi freedom. Iraqi rebels loyal to Shiite leader Muqtada Al-Sadr, launched an insurgency. Karbala City Hall is cut off, leaving inside 40 Poles and 40 Bulgarian soldiers with supplies of food and ammo to 24h fight.
- DirectorGiorgio SerafiniStarsLaDon Drummond
- DirectorAdam MarcusStarsVal KilmerGary ColeJennifer EspositoA wounded United States Marine discovers a corporate conspiracy designed to run illegal aliens out of an Arizona border town by any means necessary.
- DirectorChristopher McQuarrieStarsTom CruiseRosamund PikeRichard JenkinsA homicide investigator digs deeper into a case involving a trained military sniper responsible for a mass shooting.
- 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.
- DirectorFrédéric AuburtinStarsGérard LanvinAnne MarivinClément KochFrance mobilizes to gain the release of two kidnapped journalists in Iraq, but only the victims know the crime has been faked.
- DirectorNoel BradyStarsTim DillardMark DoyleJohn FaheyCorporal Sean Curtis, a U.S Marine, on a mission is separated from his platoon. He falls foul of a IED. Later he wakes up to find himself a prisoner. Here he learns the lessons of war and life from a most unlikely of sources, his captor.
- CreatorAlex GansaHoward GordonStarsClaire DanesMandy PatinkinDamian LewisA bipolar CIA operative becomes convinced a prisoner of war has been turned by al-Qaeda and is planning to carry out a terrorist attack on American soil.
- DirectorMasahiro KobayashiStarsFusako UrabeNene ÔtsukaTakayuki KatôYuko volunteered to be an aid worker in Iraq and was taken hostage there. When freed she returned to Japan, but after being home six months she is still the ongoing object of harassment from her own countrymen. A co-worker finds many angry postings on the Internet denouncing her and spreads them very vocally, causing her boss let her go. He tells her that the atmosphere at the hotel where she works as a chambermaid has changed negatively as a result. Several anonymous phones are made daily to her at home where she lives with her father and stepmother, saying that she is an embarrassment and disgrace to Japan. She is even harassed by strangers on the street after buying soup at a local convenience store, ruining her dinner. Her boyfriend dumps her, calling her actions as a volunteer in a foreign country selfish, that she should have stayed in Japan and only helped her own community. Yuko's father supported her decision to go to the Middle East, and he defends her actions after her return, but his company is also receiving threatening phone calls over his daughter's actions. At the loss of her father, she dreams of returning to the only place where she felt her life had meaning, where children greeted her warmly as she gave them Japanese treats. She realizes that staying in Japan might cause her to become as cold as those around her, simply to survive.
- CreatorSteven BochcoChris GerolmoStarsJosh HendersonLuke MacfarlaneErik PalladinoA dramatized take on war in Iraq.
- DirectorPeter MarkleStarsNicholas GuilakLaura ReganBrent SextonBased on the true story of the rescue of Private Jessica Lynch, by the United States army, in Iraq.
- 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.
- DirectorMichele SoaviStarsRaoul BovaClaudia PandolfiMatteo Reza AzchirvaniNov. 12 2003, Nassirya Iraq. A terrorist attack succeed to kill 24 Italians participating to the peace keeping mission "Antica Babilonia". It has not importance what that group of brave and professional soldiers (and civilians)did to help the local population, the Al Qaeda supporters had already take their decision. A truck full of high power explosive break into the headquarters just the day before the shift change.
- DirectorScott DerricksonStarsEric BanaEdgar RamírezOlivia MunnNew York police officer Ralph Sarchie investigates a series of crimes. He joins forces with an unconventional priest, schooled in the rites of exorcism, to combat the possessions that are terrorizing their city.
- StarsIgal NaorShohreh AghdashlooMakram KhouryA mini-series that explores the inner workings of Saddam Hussein's family and his relationship with his closest advisors.
- DirectorSerdar AkarStarsNecati SasmazBilly ZaneGhassan MassoudThe film covers through fiction real-life events like the occupation of Iraq, the execution of Daniel Pearl, the Hood event and the Abu Ghraib torture scandal.
- 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.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsLeonardo DiCaprioRussell CroweMark StrongA CIA agent on the ground in Jordan hunts down a powerful terrorist leader while being caught between the unclear intentions of his American supervisors and Jordan Intelligence.
- DirectorDoug RaoStarsSamuel OatleyHouda EchouafniSimon Chandler
- DirectorJames EvansStarsJoey SylvesterEnan J. RingJames EvansTwo fine young American soldiers on sniper patrol in Iraq discover an enemy combatant who is not so combative.
- DirectorK. Lorrel ManningStarsMichael CuomoWilliam Oliver Watkins
- DirectorSidney J. FurieStarsCurtis MorganZan CalabrettaJordan BrownA group of U.S. soldiers defy their country when they release mistreated prisoners.
- DirectorRoberto BenigniStarsRoberto BenigniJean RenoNicoletta BraschiA love-struck Italian poet is stuck in Iraq at the onset of an American invasion.
- DirectorJosef RusnakStarsWesley SnipesEliza BennettLena HeadeyEx-C.I.A. Agent James Dial (Wesley Snipes) is asked to take out terrorist Ali Mahmud Jahar (Nikolai Sotirov), only to realize he's been set up by his former employer, Jeremy Collins (Ralph Brown).
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsBradley CooperSienna MillerKyle GallnerNavy 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.
- DirectorGabriel RangeStarsHend AyoubBecky Ann BakerGeorge W. BushYears after the assassination of President George W. Bush in Chicago, an investigative documentary examines that as-yet-unsolved crime.
- 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.
- DirectorK. Lorrel ManningStarsMichael CuomoJ.D. WilliamsMonique Gabriela CurnenA war-torn Marine returns home to face his fiercest battle yet - the one against himself.
- DirectorOren MovermanStarsBen FosterSamantha MortonWoody HarrelsonAn American soldier struggles with an ethical dilemma when he becomes involved with a widow of a fallen officer.
- 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.
- StarsJames NesbittStephen GrahamWarren BrownThree ex-servicemen return to Basra, each for a different reason.
- 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.
- DirectorNeil BurgerStarsRachel McAdamsTim RobbinsMichael PeñaThree different soldiers - a woman and two men - return from war and facing the peaceful life's problems of each other.
- DirectorDoug LimanStarsNaomi WattsSean PennSonya DavisonCIA 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.
- DirectorRobert GlickertStarsErik FellowsWestley ThorntonManny MontanaWhile on a mission to locate three missing soldiers, a team of reconnaissance marines encounter a blood-spattered Iraqi stumbling through the desert. After following the distraught man into the depths of an insurgent cave, the marines make a horrifying discovery bringing them face-to-face with an ancient evil.
- DirectorIrwin WinklerStarsSamuel L. Jackson50 CentJessica BielThree soldiers struggle to readjust to life at home after returning home from a lengthy tour in Iraq.
- DirectorRoss KatzStarsKevin BaconTom AldredgeNicholas ArtBased on real-life events, Lt. Col. Michael Strobl, a volunteer military escort officer, accompanies the body of 19-year-old Marine Chance Phelps back to his hometown of Dubois, Wyoming.
- 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.
- DirectorBryan Gunnar ColeStarsElijah WoodChris KleinJon BernthalThe military draft is back, and three best friends are drafted and given 30 days to report for duty. In that time, they're forced to confront everything they believe about courage, duty, love, friendship, and honor.
- DirectorJim StrouseStarsJohn CusackEmily ChurchillRebecca SpenceUpon hearing his wife was killed in the Iraq war, a father takes his two daughters on a road trip.
- DirectorSidney J. FurieStarsMark O'BrienCurtis MorganNick AbrahamFour high school football stars enlist in the Marines to serve their country in Iraq. Unfortunately, they don't all return home. The ones that do survive face guilt, problems assimilating back into every day life, and a society that doesn't seem to support them. They face the pressure and the temptation to rejoin their fellow Marines on the battlefield as they struggle to blend into civilian life. This is a story about American heroes, their courage, their pain, their humanity.
- 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.
- DirectorPaul HaggisStarsTommy Lee JonesCharlize TheronJonathan TuckerA retired military investigator works with a police detective to uncover the truth behind his son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.